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Chapter 2
Aftercompletionoflaconicepistolarycompositionssheabandonedtheimplementofcalligraphyintheencausticpigment,exposedtothecorrosiveactionofcopperas,greenvitriolandnutgall.Unusualpolysyllablesofforeignoriginsheinterpretedphoneticallyorbyfalseanalogyorbyboth:metempsychosis(methimpikehoses),alias(amendaciouspersonmentionedinsacredscripture).
Whatcompensatedinthefalsebalanceofherintelligencefortheseandsuchdeficienciesofjudgmentregardingpersons,placesandthings?
Thefalseapparentparallelismofallperpendiculararmsofallbalances,provedtruebyconstruction.Thecounterbalanceofherproficiencyofjudgmentregardingoneperson,provedtruebyexperiment.
Howhadheattemptedtoremedythisstateofcomparativeignorance?
Variously.Byleavinginaconspicuousplaceacertainbookopenatacertainpage:byassuminginher,whenalludingexplanatorily,latentknowledge:byopenridiculeinherpresenceofsomeabsentother’signorantlapse.
Withwhatsuccesshadheattempteddirectinstruction?
Shefollowednotall,apartofthewhole,gaveattentionwithinterestcomprehendedwithsurprise,withcarerepeated,withgreaterdifficultyremembered,forgotwithease,withmisgivingreremembered,rerepeatedwitherror.
Whatsystemhadprovedmoreeffective?
Indirectsuggestionimplicatingselfinterest.
Example?
Shedislikedumbrellawithrain,helikedwomanwithumbrella,shedislikednewhatwithrain,helikedwomanwithnewhat,heboughtnewhatwithrain,shecarriedumbrellawithnewhat.