clone of saturn comments on Debate Rules In Benjamin Franklin’s Junto

[clone of saturn]

I think “positive” may mean “forceful” (and I think you may be taking it to mean “approving”).

This is still a primary meaning in contemporary English:

adjective

1. explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.

2. admitting of no question: positive proof.

3. stated; express; emphatic: a positive denial.

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