EXAMPLES.
No one is at liberty to speak ill of another without a justifiable ——, even tho he knows he is speaking truth.
I am not only witty myself, but the —— that wit is in other men.
Necessity is the —— of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Alas! how light a —— may move
Dissension between hearts that love!
REASONING ([page 303]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What do argumentation and debate ordinarily imply? 2. How does reasoning differ from both the above words in this respect? 3. To what kind of reasoning were argument and argumentation formerly restricted? How widely are the words now applied? 4. How do argument and argumentation compare with reasoning as regards logical form?