Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 111

Essay

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"Because of [Abraham] Lincoln's policies the cemeteries of the nation were sown with 600,000 premature bodies, long turned to dust now, but in their time just as open to the promise of life as any young draft dodger of the 1960s."
-From Tom Landess, "The Dark Side of Abraham Lincoln," The Southern Partisan

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Definitions:

Inventory Value

The total cost or market value of all the goods and products held by a company intended for sale in the ordinary course of business.

Rising Prices

Refers to an economic condition where the general level of prices for goods and services increases over a period of time.

LIFO Liquidation

A reduction in inventory that results when the number of units sold exceeds the number of units purchased, often resulting in lower costs and higher profits under Last-In, First-Out accounting.

Interim Reporting

The financial statements issued by a company for a period less than its full fiscal year, often quarterly, to provide timely information to investors.