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[See p. 72]
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Mark, in a large Diagram, the following pairs of Propositions from
the preceding Section: then mark a small Diagram in accordance with
it, &c.
5. No. 13. [see p. 49] 9. No. 17.
6. No. 14. 10. No. 18.
7. No. 15. 11. No. 19. [see p. 50]
8. No. 16. 12. No. 20.
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Mark, on a large Diagram, the following Pairs of Propositions: then
mark a small Diagram, &c. These are, in fact, Pairs of PREMISSES
for Syllogisms: and the results, read off from the small Diagram,
are the CONCLUSIONS.
13. No exciting books suit feverish patients; Unexciting
books make one drowsy.
14. Some, who deserve the fair, get their deserts; None
but the brave deserve the fair.
15. No children are patient; No impatient person can sit
still.
[See pp. 72-5]
16. All pigs are fat; No skeletons are fat.
17. No monkeys are soldiers; All monkeys are mischievous.
18. None of my cousins are just; No judges are unjust.
19. Some days are rainy; Rainy days are tiresome.
20. All medicine is nasty; Senna is a medicine.
21. Some Jews are rich; All Patagonians are Gentiles.
22. All teetotalers like sugar; No nightingale drinks wine.
23. No muffins are wholesome; All buns are unwholesome.
24. No fat creatures run well; Some greyhounds run well.
25. All soldiers march; Some youths are not soldiers.
26. Sugar is sweet; Salt is not sweet.
27. Some eggs are hard-boiled; No eggs are uncrackable.
28. There are no Jews in the house; There are no Gentiles
in the garden.
[See pp. 75-82]
29. All battles are noisy; What makes no noise may escape
notice.
30. No Jews are mad; All Rabbis are Jews.
31. There are no fish that cannot swim; Some skates are
fish.
32. All passionate people are unreasonable; Some orators
are passionate.
[See pp. 82-84]
CHAPTER III.
CROOKED ANSWERS.
"I answered him, as I thought good,
'As many as red-herrings grow in the wood'."
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1. Elementary.
1. Whatever can be "attributed to", that is "said to belong to",
a Thing, is called an 'Attribute'. For example, "baked", which
can (frequently) be attributed to "Buns", and "beautiful", which
can (seldom) be attributed to "Babies".
2. When they are the Names of two Things (for example, "these
Pigs are fat Animals"), or of two Attributes (for example, "pink
is light red").
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