XXVI.

A brilliant move is the _retorsio argumenti_, or turning of the

tables, by which your opponent's argument is turned against himself.

He declares, for instance, "So-and-so is a child, you must make

allowance for him." You retort, "Just because he is a child, I must

correct him; otherwise he will persist in his bad habits."

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