As he is irrefragably free, he will not always obey; he will try other paths-perhaps the contrary one-by way of testing whether he has life in himself.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody
So saying, the lawyer exhibited the date and signature of the note, which irrefragably proved, either that this perverse Mr. Higginbotham was alive when he wrote it, or-as some deemed the more probable case, of two doubtful ones-that he was so absorbed in worldly business as to continue to transact it even after his death.
"From-Twice-Told-Tales"
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
It is the first hopeful movement of the age; for our own Free Church educational movement, though perhaps second in point of importance, only serves irrefragably to demonstrate its necessity.
"Leading Articles on Various Subjects"
Hugh Miller