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i.e. "Some persons, who are not philosophers, are not gamblers."

? 9.

I have tabulated, for curiosity, the various orders in which the Premisses of the Aristotelian Sorites

pg185 ? 10.

pg186 1.

Whenever some of the English boys are singing "Rule Britannia", and some not, some of the Monitors are wide-awake;

Whenever some of the Scotch are dancing reels, and some of the Irish fighting, some of the Welsh are eating toasted cheese;

Whenever some of the Monitors are asleep, and some not, some of the Irish are fighting;

Whenever some of the Monitors are awake, and some of the Welsh are eating toasted cheese, none of the Scotch are dancing reels;

Here the MS. breaks off suddenly. The Problem is to complete the sentence, if possible.

A logician, who eats pork-chops for supper, will probably lose money;

A gambler, whose appetite is not ravenous, will probably lose money;

A man who is depressed, having lost money and being likely to lose more, always rises at 5 a.m.;

A man, who neither gambles nor eats pork-chops for supper, is sure to have a ravenous appetite;

A lively man, who goes to bed before 4 a.m., had better take to cab-driving;

A man with a ravenous appetite, who has not lost money and does not rise at 5 a.m., always eats pork-chops for supper;

A logician, who is in danger of losing money, had better take to cab-driving;

An earnest gambler, who is depressed though he has not lost money, is in no danger of losing any;

A man, who does not gamble, and whose appetite is not ravenous, is always lively; pg188 A lively logician, who is really in earnest, is in no danger of losing money;

A man with a ravenous appetite has no need to take to cab-driving, if he is really in earnest;

A gambler, who is depressed though in no danger of losing money, sits up till 4 a.m.

A man, who has lost money and does not eat pork-chops for supper, had better take to cab-driving, unless he gets up at 5 a.m.

A gambler, who goes to bed before 4 a.m., need not take to cab-driving, unless he has a ravenous appetite;

A man with a ravenous appetite, who is depressed though in no danger of losing, is a gambler.

When the day is fine, I tell Froggy "You're quite the dandy, old chap!";

Now that Froggy's hair is out of curl, he has put away his gorgeous waistcoat;

Whenever I go out on the roof to enjoy a quiet cigar, I'm sure to discover that my purse is empty;

When the day is fine, and I'm not in the humour for a cigar, and Froggy is grinning like a hyaena, I never venture to hint that he's quite the dandy;

When my tailor calls with his little bill and finds me with an empty purse, I remind Froggy of that ?10 he owes me;

My railway-shares are going up like anything!

When my purse is empty, and when, noticing that Froggy has got his gorgeous waistcoat on, I venture to remind him of that ?10 he owes me, things are apt to get rather warm;

Now that it looks like rain, and Froggy is grinning like a hyaena, I can do without my cigar;

When the thermometer is high, you need not trouble yourself to take an umbrella;

When I tell Froggy that he's quite the dandy, he grins like a hyaena;

When my railway-shares are going up, and when it is chilly and looks like rain, I have a quiet cigar;

When Froggy's mother lets him go a-wooing, he seems nearly mad with joy, and puts on a waistcoat that is gorgeous beyond words;

When the day is cool and the thermometer low, and I say nothing to Froggy about his being quite the dandy, and there's not the ghost of a grin on his face, I haven't the heart for my cigar!

pg190 4.

Any one, fit to be an M.P., who is not always speaking, is a public benefactor;

Clear-headed people, who express themselves well, have had a good education;

A woman, who deserves praise, is one who can keep a secret;

People, who benefit the public, but do not use their influence for good purpose, are not fit to go into Parliament;

People, who are worth their weight in gold and who deserve praise, are always unassuming;

Public benefactors, who use their influence for good objects, deserve praise;

People, who are unpopular and not worth their weight in gold, never can keep a secret;

People, who can talk for ever and are fit to be Members of Parliament, deserve praise;

Any one, who can keep a secret and who is unassuming, is a never-to-be-forgotten public benefactor;

A woman, who benefits the public, is always popular;

People, who are worth their weight in gold, who never leave off talking, and whom it is impossible to forget, are just the people whose photographs are in all the shop-windows;

An ill-educated woman, who is not clear-headed, is not fit to go into Parliament;

Any one, who can keep a secret and is not for ever talking, is sure to be unpopular;

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