ARGUMENT WITH CONVICTION
A RUSSIAN reader is trained to the idea that no argument is advanced with conviction unless it begins by calling the opponent a liar, thief, diversionist, pro-Hitlerite and grinder of the face of the poor. The Western reaction, rather, is to dismiss any argument which starts out with an imputation of bad faith, on the ground that it must be a very weak argument if it has to use such methods. This is a difficulty of language which the most skilful translation cannot remove; but it is serious enough to deserve attention.—New York Herald Tribune 1 .
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 36, 11 October 1946, Page 4
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99ARGUMENT WITH CONVICTION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 36, 11 October 1946, Page 4
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