The fountain failing, and the word non-existent, the whole pretension is a disgusting usurpation, which is more utterly irrational when it is considered that authority for such an outrage can be found only in positive words, plain and unambiguous in meaning.
Sumner critiques the irrationality of authority based on ambiguous language in legal contexts.
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