In actual debate examples are produced to disprove a universal assertion, affirmative or negative. Suppose it is maintained that every wise man has a keen sense of humour. You doubt this: you produce an instance of the opposite, say Milton. The force of your contradictory instance is not increased by exhibiting the argument in syllogistic form: the point is not made clearer. The Third Figure was perhaps of some use in Yes and No Dialectic. When you had to get everything essential to your conclusion definitely admitted, it was useful to know that the production of an example to refute a generality involved the admission of two propositions. You must extract from your opponent both that Milton was a wise man, and that Milton had not a keen sense of humour, before you could drive him from the position that all wise men possess that quality. _Examples for Analysis._ Scarlet flowers have no fragrance: this flower has no fragrance: does it follow that this flower is of a scarlet colour? Interest in the subject is an indispensable condition of learning easily; Z is interested in the subject: he is bound, therefore, to learn easily. It is impossible to be a good shot without having a steady hand: John has a steady hand: he is capable, therefore, of becoming a good shot. Some victories have been won by accident; for example, Maiwand. Intemperance is more disgraceful than cowardice, because people have more opportunities of acquiring control of their bodily appetites. "Some men are not fools, yet all men are fallible." What follows? "Some men allow that their memory is not good: every man believes in his own judgment." What is the conclusion, and in what Figure and Mood may the argument be expressed? "An honest man's the noblest work of God: Z is an honest man": therefore, he is--what? Examine the logical connexion between the following "exclamation" and "answer": "But I hear some one exclaiming that wickedness is not easily concealed. To which I answer, Nothing great is easy." "If the attention is actively aroused, sleep becomes impossible: hence the sleeplessness of anxiety, for anxiety is a strained attention upon an impending disaster." "To follow truth can never be a subject of regret: free inquiry does lead a man to regret the days of his childish faith; therefore it is not following truth."--_J. H. Newman._ He would not take the crown: Therefore 'tis certain he was not ambitious. As he was valiant, I honour him; as he was ambitious, I slew him. The Utopians learned the language of the Greeks with more readiness because they were originally of the same race with them. Nothing which is cruel can be expedient, for cruelty is most revolting to the nature of man.