Truth And Facts ( Originally Published 1912 ) Successful,
argumentation has its proper basis in truth and may be defined
as any statement or belief supported by sufficient proof. Sir
William Hamilton defines truth as "a harmony, an agreement, a
correspondence between our thought and that which we think
about." Thomson says "Truth means that which is certain, whether
we think it or not," . while Goethe describes it as a huge torch
which we try to steal past with blinking eyes, fearing to be
burnt. Newman calls it certitude, or "the perception of a truth
with the perception that it is a truth." Our first business,
then, is to get. our thoughts to correspond with the facts. The
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," should be
our constant aim. When we are desirous of reaching a certain
place, we do not usually ask about beautiful landscapes, nor
easy paths, but for, the right road, and the shortest route. In
our thinking habits, let the invariable question be: "Is this
the truth?" We must seek truth