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George F. Hoar: “If there be a fallacy, he is not hurried away to something else before he can detect it.”

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If there be a fallacy, he is not hurried away to something else before he can detect it.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar notes that careful reading allows for the identification of logical fallacies that might be missed in a live speech.

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