But it has already been shown that expectation is only an expression of memory.
Hume does not discuss the nature of language, but so much of what remains to be said, concerning his philosophical tenets, turns upon the value and the origin of verbal propositions, that this summary sketch of the relations of language to the thinking process will probably not be deemed superfluous.
So large an extent of the field of thought is traversed by Hume, in his discussion of the verbal propositions in which mankind enshrine their beliefs, that it would be impossible to follow him throughout all the windings of his long journey, within the limits of this essay.

I purpose, therefore, to limit myself to those propositions which concern--1.

Necessary Truths; 2.

The Order of Nature; 3.

The Soul; 4.
Theism; 5.