Evaluate the following analogical argument:Hank Kingscote has won every one of his fifteen previous prizefights by knockouts. The chances are that the poor fellow who's going to fight him next will wind up stretched out on the canvas.

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Prizefights are a lot like snowflakes and political elections: the next one is not necessarily going to look like the last one(s). We know nothing about the opponents in Hank's previous fights (the premise-analogue) nor about his upcoming opponent (the fight with whom is the population).

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