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October 17, 2009

Popular Fallacies

Charles Lamb - Popular Fallacies: VII. -- OF TWO DISPUTANTS, THE WARMEST IS GENERALLY IN THE WRONG
Temper, indeed, is no test of truth; but warmth and earnestness are a proof at least of a man's own conviction of the rectitude that which he maintains. Coolness is as often the result of unprincipled indifference to truth or falsehood, as of a sober confidence in a man's own side in a dispute.

Posted by Vanderleun at October 17, 2009 12:09 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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