4 Aug. 1809 4

Fallacies Ch. 1. Personalities vitup

2

2. Exposure in globe[?]

If arguments of this class, let them even be built upon the very strongest ground that arguments of this class are capable of being built upon, were to be regarded as conclusive - say even as possessing that degree of conclusive form which is so generally appears to be ascribed /attributed/ to them by those by whom they are urged, observe the consequence - or at any rate one consequence - viz. that the very persons by whom they are urged would be in the power of the adversaries whom by these instruments /weapons/ they are opposing placed in their power by the force and virtue of those very instruments. The supposed wicked author or proposer or advocate of this supposed wicked measure has but to propose the opposite of this or any other wicked measure, in order to compel these virtuous opposers of the wicked measure in question to support any and every other wicked measure, at his choice. a

(a)

For example take Cobbet[?]