“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
“A king thou art and, therefore, thy commands shall be, yea, must be obeyed.”
Taking the inverted propositions in order and making each logical, the following is the result: “The pure in heart are blessed”; “You be true to yourself, and....”; “You are a king, therefore....”
5. ARGUMENTS WHICH ARE INCOMPLETE AND MORE OR LESS IRREGULAR.
(1) “He must be a star player; for he played fullback on the team which won the championship.”
(2) “The man is not to be trusted; because he served a term of 90 days in jail.”
(3) “Only material bodies gravitate, and ether does not gravitate.”
(4) “If only fools despise knowledge, this man cannot be a fool.”
(5) “A charitable man has no merit in relieving distress; because he merely does what is pleasing to himself.”