The Spike or Victoria University College Review 1935
of Disputation
of Disputation
I Would I were
of those who
(argumentative)
entangle all in one emmeshing web
not these half-knotted ends
this frayed-out phrase
these straying commentries
but one whole net
thin, spid'ry, but entire
no flimsy thread of tenuous casuistry
no warp and woof that keep not company
but system, patterned thought, and symmetry
then
in disputation
I should not need to say—
only the fool demands consistency.
—I.D.C.