The Elements of Deductive Logic: Designed Mainly for the Use of Junior Students in the Universities |
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Page 114 - The conclusion is destructive. If A is B, C is D, and E is F ; But either C is not D, or E is not F ; .*. A is not B.
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Page 158 - In a higher world it is otherwise; but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.