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further reasoning. He cannot carry through
an endless series of reasonings. Therefore
some final reasoning there must be that
is adopted on the assumption that a
reasoning which satisfied the feeling of
logicality is as good as any reaosning
can be; and if this be not true all
reasoning is worthless. Consequently, since
every reasoning satisfies the reasoner's
feeling of logicality, every reasoning is
as good as any reasoning can be. That
is, there is no distinction of good and
bad reasoning.

That is the argument which I pronounce
a miserable fallacy. If we extend to arguments just
maxim of our law, every argument must
be presumed to be sound until it is proved
fallacious. Accordingly, I will refer to this
argument as the "defendent-argument," and