ts strength along with our own, because in
all parts it is the British strength that I consume. I do not choose
to be caught by a foreign enemy at the end of this exhausting
conflict; and still less in the midst of it. I may escape; but I can
make no insurance against such an event. Let me add that I do not
choose wholly to break the American spirit: because it is the spirit
that has made the country.

Lastly, we have no sort of experience in favor of force as an
instrument in the rule of our Colonies. Their growth and their
utility has been owing to methods altogether different. Our ancient
indulgence has been said to be pursued to a fault. It may be so. But
we know, if feeling is evidence, that our fault was more tolerable
than our attempt to mend it; and our sin far more salutary than our
penitence.

2. Wells's _Geometry_ gives the following proposition: "Two
perpendiculars to the same straight line are parallel." The evidence
given is: "If they are not parallel, they will, if sufficiently
produced, meet at some point, which is impossible, because from a
given point without a straight line but one perpendicular can be
drawn." Is this evidence sufficient to constitute proof? Does it
convince you? Why, or why not?

3. Set down as much evidence as you can think of in ten minutes, to
convince a business man that a high-school education is an advantage
in business life.

4. Support the statement that football has benefited or harmed this
school, with five truthful statements that are evidence. Indicate
which ones would be most effective, if you were speaking to the
students, and which would make the strongest impression on the
faculty.

5. In the following statements of testimony, tell which ones would be
good evidence and which not. Tell why or why not in each case.

(1) X, a student, was told that unless he should point out the pupil
who had put matches on the floor, he would be expelled. X then said
that Y was guilty.

(2) James Brown, a teamster, asserts that the use of alcohol is
beneficial to all persons.

(3) John Burns, a labor leader, declares that labor unions are
beneficial to trade.

(4) F. W. McCorkle, a large manufacturer, states that labor unions
have proved beneficial to commerce.

(5) Professor Sheldon, a college president and profound student of
economics, has declared that labor unions help th