[21] Socrates’ criticism of the speech of Lysias (263 d ff.) is that the latter defended a position without having submitted it to the discipline of dialectic. [22] Mortimer J. Adler, _Dialectic_ (New York, 1927), p. 75. [23] Cf. Adler, _op. cit._, pp. 243-44: Dialectic “is a kind of thinking which satisfies these two values: in the essential inconclusiveness of its process, it avoids ever resting in belief, or in the assertion of truth; through its utter restriction to the universe of discourse and its disregard for whatever reference discourse may have toward actuality, it is barren of any practical issue. It can make no difference in the way of conduct.” [24] Adler, _op. cit._, p. 224. [25] All quotations are given verbatim from _The World’s Most Famous Court Trial_ (National Book Company, Cincinnati, 1925), a complete transcript. [26] Hosea 12:10 “I have also spoken unto the prophets, and have multiplied visions, and by the ministry of the prophets I have used similitudes.” [27] _Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke_ (London, 1855-64), VI, 18-19. Hereafter referred to as _Works_. [28] _Loc. cit._ [29] _Works_, II, 155. [30] _Works_, III, 315. [31] _Works_, III, 317. [32] _Works_, VI, 52. [33] _Loc. cit._ [34] _Works_, VI, 57. [35] _Works_, VI, 88. [36] _Works_, I, 476. [37] It is interesting to compare this with his statement in _An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs_ (_Works_, III, 77): “The number engaged in crimes, instead of turning them into laudable acts, only augments the quantity and intensity of the guilt.” [38] _Works_, I, 479. [39] _Works_, I, 509. [40] _Works_, I, 462. [41] _Works_, I, 469. [42] _Works_, I, 480. [43] _Works_, II, 335. [44] _Works_, II, 179-80. [45] _Works_, II, 180. [46] _Works_, VII, 23. [47] _Works_, VII, 99-100. [48] John Morley, _Burke_ (New York, 1879), p. 127. [49] _Ibid._, p. 129.