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If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't… — Lewis Carroll

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If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass · 1871
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Logic
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Novel
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1871
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Lewis Carroll
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Carroll, Lewis. "Through the Looking-Glass." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016, ch. 4.
Original citation
Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan, 1871, ch. 4.

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