Word: logically
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Some of the bootleg liquor is just as deadly as denatured alcohol. It is strange logic to insist that if a person buys bootleg poisoned alcohol and is killed by using it he is a martyr. But if he buys carbolic acid and drinks it he is merely a suicide...
...first year's existence, let me say I think one reason why those 950,522 ought-to-be readers of Forbes do not subscribe is because of B.C.'s irritating way of everlastingly singing the praises of successful millionaires?because of the possession of their millions. Despite the logic of his Scottish sermonizing style he has not succeeded in educating us "U. S. wage earners," as you put it, to the viewpoint of the wage-payer, or vice versa...
...many a Fundamentalist can irk men of reason by simply opposing steadfast faith to inquisitive logic. But Dr. Straton's dogma is not merely steadfast; it is wild and violent. His answers to reasonable inquiry would irritate a St. Francis of Assisi. Dr. Witherspoon Dodge of Atlanta, mild-mannered pastor of the Central Congregational Church, was in the audience. Startled by the Northerner's tone and manner, Dr. Dodge ventured a question on Dr. Straton's interpretation of evolution. Dr. Straton's reply was as the bolt of a self-appointed God of vengeance. Nettled, Dr. Dodge asked another question...
...Joseph Jastrow of the University of Wisconsin replied, not sparing Sir Arthur in his absence. He put spiritism in a class with witchcraft, hysteria and paranoiac illusion, charging spiritualists, as distinct from psychic researchers, with "wishful thinking and logic-blindness." He was at pains, however, to appreciate the large significance of spiritualism's implications, whether they be baffling truth or "stupendous" error...
...those to whom participation in this forensic contest is interesting should prepare a three minute speech on either side of the question as announced above. The affirmative of this topic affords an excellent opportunity for brilliant' logic and witty repartee. The meeting of the candidates will be held in Harvard 6 at 7.30 o'clock, Monday evening. Three speakers and an alternate will be selected so form the University team. If enough candidates turn out, six speakers and two alternates will be chosen...