Sentence:  Which will win? The man with only a superficial knowledge, going half way back, or the man with a knowledge that is thoroughly grounded in the sources of the law? But it will be said that the chances are that neither will ever have gone so far back, and thus one will be as well-<WSD>weaponed</WSD> as the other. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Equipped, prepared.