13-19ths

Updated: May 11, 2025

Write down, first, the arguments for not shutting, according to their supposed value; then do the same for the arguments per contra; lastly, sum up both, and strike the balance. Thus Deducting 3 from 16, 13 remain. Result balance of 13-19ths in favour of not shutting the door.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428: Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852