as is the misstatement of a premise to precede a false conclusion. For
instance, in the aphorism, variously rendered, 'what is natural is
right,' there is an excellent illustration
of the misapplication of the word 'natural.' If the saying means that
what is natural is just and wise, it might as well run 'what is natural
is wrong,' injustice and
unwisdom being as natural, _i.e._, a part of Nature, as justice and
wisdom. Morbidity and immorality are as natural
as health
and purity. Not more
so, but not less so. That 'Nature is made better by no mean but Nature
makes that mean,' is true enough. It
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