dein quaecumque dixisset protinus reluctantium syllogismorum  contrarietatibus excipiebamus; sed repellebat omnium nostrum temerarias oppositiones: itaque nihil non perpensum probatumque recipiebatur.
Thereupon we would immediately encounter all his observations with a battery of opposing syllogisms, but he always routed his opponents rash objections; the upshot was that no idea was accepted without being thoroughly weighed and tested.
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