LIEUTENANT. Upon my word, you shall take it. I swear you shall.
MONTANUS. Then I will take it to keep you from breaking an oath.
LIEUTENANT. But may I not also try to turn you into something? Par exemple, I will turn you into a soldier.
MONTANUS. Oh, that is very easy, for all students are soldiers of the intellect.
LIEUTENANT. No, I shall prove that you are a soldier in body. Whoever has taken press-money is an enlisted soldier. You have done so, ergo—
MONTANUS. Nego minorem.
LIEUTENANT. Et ego probo minorem by the two rix-dollars you took into your hand.
MONTANUS. Distinguendum est inter nummos.
LIEUTENANT. No distinction! You are a soldier.
MONTANUS. Distinguendum est inter the two: simpliciter and relative accipere.