On logic Adams stated that to read Freemans cases intelligently ". . . implies a definite exercise in the use of "Mill's Canons of Inductive Logic"" and the books offered a very practical means of testing students' understanding of the canons. Herbert notes that Thorndyke's reasoning ". . . is distinguished by its rigorous logic" Thorndyke, like his creator, was a medical man, he was also a barrister, and "combined his legal and medical training into a personage of willful dominance, impeccable logic, and scholarly and comprehensive inductive reasoning."