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'Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.'
| V. | |
| To obtain mercy | is blessed |
| Those who show mercy obtain mercy | they must be considered blessed |
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'Some speculative men are unworthy of trust; for they are unwise, and no unwise man can be trusted.'
| I. | |
| Unwise men | are not to be trusted |
| Some speculative men are unwise | they are not to be trusted |
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'No idle person can be a successful writer of history; therefore Hume, Macaulay, Hallam and Grote must have been industrious.'
| I. | |
| Successful historians | are not idle persons |
| Hume and the rest were successful historians | they cannot have been idle persons |