Can I take a statement from vol a of the encyclopedia Britannia and prove something said in vol c of the same encyclopedia?
I know you asked hooah, but I would like to weigh in on this and my opinion is no. Using vol A of Britannia to prove something in vol C of the same encyclopedia is bad argumentation because you've used the same "source" to prove something the source says. What one should do is use another source, maybe an encyclopedia by another company, and compare the two to see if they corroborate with each other. That way, your argument stands on firmer ground as you have two sources to back each other up.
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