Premise: In any event, it is hard to discern, from the arch style affected in an attempt to make dull facts interesting, just what is the origin of sow one's wild oats .  In many entries, Claiborne labors the obvious, offering little or nothing we do not already know, could easily imagine, or for which the author offers no explanation.

Hypothesis: Claiborne offers a lot of information that is new and was unknown to the reader.
Relation: contradiction