"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link."
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Cf. Thomas Reid Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, 1786, Vol. II, p. 377, Essay VII, Of Reasoning, and of Demonstration, ch. 1: "In every chain of reasoning, the evidence of the last conclusion can be no greater than that of the weakest link of this chain, whatever may be the strength of the rest." .
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