(2) Whenever some of the Scotch are dancing reels, and some of the Irish
fighting, some of the Welsh are eating toasted cheese;
(3) Whenever all the Germans are playing chess, some of the Eleven are
_not_ oiling their bats;
(4) Whenever some of the Monitors are asleep, and some not, some of the
Irish are fighting;
(5) Whenever some of the Germans are playing chess, and none of the
Scotch are dancing reels, some of the Welsh are _not_ eating toasted
cheese;
(6) Whenever some of the Scotch are _not_ dancing reels, and some of the
Irish _not_ fighting, some of the Germans are playing chess;
(7) Whenever some of the Monitors are awake, and some of the Welsh are
eating toasted cheese, none of the Scotch are dancing reels;
(8) Whenever some of the Germans are _not_ playing chess, and some of
the Welsh are _not_ eating toasted cheese, none of the Irish are
fighting;
pg187
(9) Whenever all the English are singing "Rule Britannia," and some of
the Scotch are _not_ dancing reels, none of the Germans are playing
chess;
(10) Whenever some of the English are singing "Rule Britannia", and some
of the Monitors are asleep, some of the Irish are _not_ fighting;
(11) Whenever some of the Monitors are awake, and some of the Eleven are
_not_ oiling their bats, some of the Scotch are dancing reels;
(12) Whenever some of the English are singing "Rule Britannia", and some
of the Scotch are _not_ dancing reels, * * * *
Here the MS. breaks off suddenly. The Problem is to complete the
sentence, if possible.
[N.B. In solving this Problem, it is necessary to remember that
the Proposition "All x are y" is a _Double_ Proposition, and is
equivalent to "Some x are y, and none are y'." See p. 17.]
2.
(1) A logician, who eats pork-chops for supper, will probably lose
money;
(2) A gambler, whose appetite is not ravenous, will probably lose money;
(3) A man who is depressed, having lost money and being likely to lose
more, always rises at 5 a.m.;
(4) A man, who neither gambles nor eats pork-chops for supper, is sure
to have a ravenous appetite;
(5) A lively man, who goes to bed before 4 a.m., had better take to
cab-driving;
(6) A man with a ravenous appetite, who has not lost money and does not
rise at 5 a.m., always eats pork-chops for supper;
(7) A logician, who is in danger of losing money, had better take to
cab-driving;
(8) An earnest gambler, who is depressed though he has not lost money,
is in no danger of losing any;
(9) A man, who does not gamble, and whose appetite is not ravenous, is
always lively;
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(10) A lively logician, who is really in earnest, is in no danger of
losing money;
(11) A man with a ravenous appetite has no need to take to cab-driving,
if he is really in earnest;
(12) A gambler, who is depressed though in no danger of losing money,
sits up till 4 a.m.
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