 | Canadian Bar Association - Law - 1920 - 396 pages
...a Judge. "Boswell: But what do you think of supporting a cause "which you know to be bad? "Johnson: Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till "the..."cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from supposing "your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, sir, that is "not enough. An argument which... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - Literature - 1926 - 924 pages
...a judge." BOSWELL: "But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" JOHNSON: "Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...weak and inconclusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it; and if it... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - Literature - 1926 - 928 pages
..."But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?" JOHNSON: "Sir, you do 1768 not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines...weak and inconclusive. But, sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself may convince the judge to whom you urge it; and if it... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 728 pages
...particular, what he thought of supporting a cause which one knows to be bad. " Sir," said Dr. Johnson, " You do not know it to be good or bad till the judge...it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; sothat your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1906 - 200 pages
...to the judge. Boswell : But what do you think of supporting a cause you know to be bad ? Johnson : Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the...cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your argument to be weak or inconclusive. But, sir, that is not. enough. An argument that... | |
 | Law - 1926 - 512 pages
...Johnson, " you do not know it to be good or bad until the Judge determines it. I have said that you have to state facts fairly, so that your thinking, or what...weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the Judge to whom you urge it ; and if it... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1924 - 524 pages
...a judge." Boswell. 'But what do you think of supporting a cause which you know to be bad?' Johnson. 'Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad' till the...weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the judge to whom you urge it; and if it... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor - 1971 - 1512 pages
...asked what he thought of "supporting a cause which you know to be bad" was: "Sir, you do not know it io be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have...your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to he bad, must be from reasoning, must be from supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.... | |
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Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad must be from reasoning, must be from your supposing your arguments... 
