19. Select the star players of the country and you will have a team which cannot be beaten. 20. All the houses on this street present a pretty picture; this house, therefore, which is on this street, will make a fine picture. 21. What is the good of all your teaching, for every day we hear of wrong doing made possible by education. 22. You are not what I am; I am a teacher; hence you are not a teacher. 23. The student of history is compelled to admit the law of progress, for he finds that society has never stood still. Russell. 24. This bill must have been designed to bleed the people because it is supported by the grafters of the state. 25. “To close the saloons on Sunday is contrary to the wishes of the people of the city; hence those ‘farmer legislators’ should keep hands off.” 26. Success is the right man in the right place doing his best, and you are working to the limit. 27. Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise. It is, therefore, easy enough to get rich. 28. Honesty being the best policy, I must tell the truth to my patient, though to tell him that he cannot live will shorten his life many days. 29. A stitch in times saves nine, hence an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 30. The richest man I know used to sweep his office every morning, hence it pays to commence at the bottom. 31. Cramming is an injurious habit, since it makes the building of logical memories practically impossible. 32. A strong will means a trained will; struggle is an indication of weakness. 33. There is no such thing as a national or state conscience; therefore, no judgments can fall upon a sinful nation. Hibben. 34. The principles of justice are variable; the appointments of nature are invariable; therefore, the principles of justice are no appointment of nature. Aristotle. 35. Intelligence and not sex should be the standard; therefore, let the women have their way. 36. “War by killing off the men of the country gives the living a better opportunity to succeed because of reduced competition.” 37. Since you deem yourself a misfit, in the name of common sense, why do you not change your occupation? 38. The conquest of America by Europeans has been a good thing for the world; since no eminent historian doubts it. GENERAL EXERCISES IN TESTING THE VALIDITY OF HYPOTHETICAL, DISJUNCTIVE AND DILEMMATIC ARGUMENTS. _The student must remember to give attention to the fallacies in meaning as well as to the fallacies in form._ 1. If I speak at length, he is bored; if I speak briefly, he is offended; therefore I will not speak at all. 2. If virtue is involuntary, vice is also involuntary; but vice is voluntary, hence virtue is also.