CHAPTER14
MrGodwin’sfivepropositionsrespectingpoliticaltruth，onwhichhiswholeworkhinges，notestablished—Reasonswehaveforsupposing，fromthedistressoccasionedbytheprincipleofpopulation，thatthevicesandmoralweaknessofmancanneverbewhollyeradicated—Perfectibility，inthesenseinwhichMrGodwinusestheterm，notapplicabletoman—Natureoftherealperfectibilityofmanillustrated。
IFthereasoningsoftheprecedingchapterarejust，thecorollariesrespectingpoliticaltruth，whichMrGodwindrawsfromthepropositionthatthevoluntaryactionsofmenoriginateintheiropinions，willnotappeartobeclearlyestablished。
Thesecorollariesare，’Soundreasoningandtruth，whenadequatelycommunicated，mustalwaysbevictoriousovererror：
Soundreasoningandtrutharecapableofbeingsocommunicated：