The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-02-17
Communications.
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F.r tie Potter JourRai

10TH there IS a communication, the writ
or Of which solicjts, for the sake Of men
tai culture, a discussion Of the following
proposition;
RESOLVED, Tiai the man lo5o drinks altori-
eating liquors Is not 4 osan.'
But before | proceed, wish to say that
| am nut that Magistrate whom he saw
drink at the bee; nor am going to offer
any apology for drinking. What | will
say, | will do it as saying the honest con
victions Of my own Judgment, upon the
proposition under consideration. FIRST,
then, our view Of the proposition IS, that
it contains a self-contradictiou; FOR, how
can a mou. b. man and not a man at
the same time2 This much at least is
hot logical, to our limited comprehension.
But for the proofs Of the writer in sup
port of bis proposition; let us look at
them. His first remark is, THAT III the
process of creation man was made But
the proposition not only implies this but.
states it. This then IS not proof Man
must exist before he can do anything.
Deslue>, the iaCuitic3 VIA "ii'C" HC = '"-
do"ea are tno'e |nlc' ueIeF'l'Ae '..N' TO
be what he is called in the proposition
man. 1t is rcas0U which assigns him
20 the species hont1 in the genus a"jn.al
nlan "'"'''''," Owe. al oS''s'S' Ia'i anu
proposition nor has the gratuitous asser-
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