Re: about "dream from"

lin wrote: 
"Life is the art of dreaming sufficient conclusions from insufficient
premises."

in the sentence above ,wot does the "dream.... from "mean?
means conclude?imagine?get? or ....

Shouldn't the quotation read 'drawing'?

Quick google- yes, here it is: Samuel Butler.

Though why you can 'draw' conclusions (drag them out?) but not 'dream' them is a matter for the clichemongers.

Paul Burke
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