(19) Deliberation is concerned with actions.
Actions are means.
.'. Deliberation is concerned with means.
(20) 'No beast so fierce but has a touch of pity; But I have none:
therefore I am no beast.'
(21) Practical pursuits are better than theoretical.
.'. Mathematics are better than logic.
(22) Death must be a good. For either the soul, ceasing to be,
ceases ta suffer, or, continuing to be, lives in a better state.
(23) What is right should be enforced by law.
.'. Charity should be so enforced.
(24) All animals were in the Ark.
.'. No animals perished in the Flood.
(25) If he robs, he is not honourable.
If he pays all his dues, he does not rob.
.'. If he pays all his dues, he is honourable.
(26) A dove can fly a mile in a minute.
A swallow can fly faster than a dove.
.'. A swallow can fly more than a mile in a minute.
(27) 'I must soap myself, because it's Sunday.'
'Then do you only soap yourself on Sunday.'
(28) If the charge is false, the author of it is either ignorant or
malicious. But the charge is true. Therefore he is neither.
(29) All the angles of a triangle are equal to two right angles.
The angle at the vertex is an angle of a triangle.
.'. It is equal to two right angles.
(30) Si gravis sit dolor, brevis est; si longus, levis. Ergo
fortiter ferendus.
(31) You are not what I am.
I am a man.
.'. You are not a man.
(32) The extension of the franchise is necessary, for it is
imperative that the right of voting should be granted to classes who
have hitherto not possessed this privilege.
(33) If Hannibal is really victorious, he does not need supplies;
while, if he is deluding us, we ought certainly not to encourage him
by sending them. Livy, xxiii. 13. § 5.
(34) Laws must punish, and punishment hurts.
All laws therefore are hurtful.
(35) The sun is an insensible thing.
The Persians worship the sun.
.'. The Persians worship an insensible thing.
(36) Some ores are not metals; for they are not fluids,
and some metals are not fluids.
(37) All the Grecian soldiers put the Persians to flight.
.'. Every Grecian soldier could rout the Persians.
(38) The resurrection of Jesus Christ is either an isolated fact or
else admits of parallel. But if it be an isolated fact, it cannot be
rendered probable to one who denies the authority of Christianity;
and, if it admit of parallel, it no longer proves what is
required. Therefore it is either incapable of being substantiated or
else makes nothing for the truth of Christianity.
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