"Major premise" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... himself a Democrat or a Republican and the claim should be contested he would find it a difficult one to prove. The missing link in his chain of evidence would be the major premise in the syllogism necessary to the establishment of his political status—a definition of "Democrat" or "Republican." Most of the statesmen in public and private life who are poll-parroting these words, do so with entire unconsciousness of their meaning, or rather without knowledge that ...
— The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays - 1909 • Ambrose Bierce |
