14. Since all presuming men are contemptible, and since this man presumes to believe his opinions are correct, he is not worthy of our consideration.
15. To prove to you that our standing army should be permanently enlarged, I will show that every nation of any prominence whatsoever keeps a standing army.
16. The elective system of studies is preferable to the prescribed system, because
A. The student can elect those studies which will do him the most
good, for
1. He can elect what he pleases.
17. Strikes benefit the working man, because
A. They benefit him financially, for
1. If they did not, he would not strike.
18. When thirteen sit at table together, one of them always dies within the year.
19. To decide whether or not strikes are justifiable it is necessary to see if they have for the most part been successful in the past.