But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad ? " JOHNSON. " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing,... Life of Johnson - Page 374by James Boswell - 1904Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor - 1971 - 1512 pages
...asked what he thought of "supporting a cause which you know to be bad" was: "Sir, you do not know it io be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have...your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to he bad, must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1972 - 1726 pages
...reply to Boswell upon being asked what he thought of "supporting a cause which you know to he bad" was: "Sir. you do not know it to be good or bad till the...cause to be bad. must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your arguments ю be weak and inconclusive. But. Sir, that is not enough. An argument which... | |
| Iowa State Bar Association - 1901 - 938 pages
...? " he said : " Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking,...enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge, to whom you urge it; and if it does not convince him, why then, sir, you are wrong... | |
| Thomas R. Martland - 1981 - 240 pages
..."But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" and Johnson typically replies: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the Judge to whom you urge it; and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong... | |
| Greg Clingham - 2002 - 238 pages
...morality of the issue as an effect of its rhetoric or textuality: Sir, you do not know it [the cause] to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I...An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the Judge to whom you urge it; and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong,... | |
| 2004 - 652 pages
...reply to Boswell upon being asked what he thought of "supporting a cause which you know to be bad" was: "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...cause to be bad, must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which... | |
| Don Herzog - 2006 - 216 pages
...N. Shklar, Ordinary Vices (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 1984), chap. 2. your clients with false representations of your opinion:...An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the Judge to whom you urge it: and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong,... | |
| James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 pages
...distressed with the same malady of imagination, transfers to others its own feelings. Who could suppose that it was to introduce a comedy, when Mr Bensley solemnly...An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the Judge to whom you urge it: and if it does convince him, why then, Sir, you are wrong,... | |
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