He makes no allowance for any residual weight they may have.

He does not ask which is the more probable hypothesis.

If the authentication of a document is incomplete, if the reference of a passage is not certain, he treats it as if it did not exist.

He forgets the old story of the faggots, which, weak singly, become strong when combined.

His scales will not admit of any evidence short of the highest.
Fractional quantities find no place in his reckoning.