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Excerpt from Argumentation and Debate In regard to the content and method of certain chapters, a word of explanation may be due. In the first place it was decided that considerable material showing the relation of argumentation to other fields, particularly to those of law and logic, should be included in this volume. I have long desired that my classes should have more complete and more authoritative explanations of our relations with these fields than I have been able to find in previous text-books on argu mentation, and I know that I am not alone in this. Most teachers of argumentation and debate probably desire that their students shall have backgrounds and foundations in the subjects comparable to those furnished students in other departments of the curriculum. Such backgrounds and foundations will make it possible for the student of argu mentation to relate this work intelligently to his work in logic, law, English composition, etc. And particularly they will enable him to take the results of this work with him to his work in all other courses and into his thinking and acting in everyday life. Having decided to include material of this sort (such as is particularly found in the chapters dealing with Evidence, Kinds of Arguments, and Fallacies), the question arose as to the manner in which such material should be introduced. It was decided that the use of many direct quotations from recognized authorities in these several fields would be the most frank, most accurate, most authoritative, and on the whole most satisfactory method. It is for this reason that the readers will find an unusual, though under the circumstances I trust not an undue, amount of direct quotation from other writers, in this text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.