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Chapter 2

           Onthesepackthreadsthepeoplestrungtheirpetitions,whichmountedupdirectly,likethescrapsofpaperfastenedbyschoolboysattheendofthestringthatholdstheirkite.Sometimeswereceivedwineandvictualsfrombelow,whichweredrawnupbypulleys.

           TheknowledgeIhadinmathematics,gavemegreatassistanceinacquiringtheirphraseology,whichdependedmuchuponthatscience,andmusic;andinthelatterIwasnotunskilled.Theirideasareperpetuallyconversantinlinesandfigures.Iftheywould,forexample,praisethebeautyofawoman,oranyotheranimal,theydescribeitbyrhombs,circles,parallelograms,ellipses,andothergeometricalterms,orbywordsofartdrawnfrommusic,needlessheretorepeat.Iobservedintheking’skitchenallsortsofmathematicalandmusicalinstruments,afterthefiguresofwhichtheycutupthejointsthatwereservedtohismajesty’stable.

           Theirhousesareveryillbuilt,thewallsbevil,withoutonerightangleinanyapartment;andthisdefectarisesfromthecontempttheybeartopracticalgeometry,whichtheydespiseasvulgarandmechanic;thoseinstructionstheygivebeingtoorefinedfortheintellectsoftheirworkmen,whichoccasionsperpetualmistakes.Andalthoughtheyaredexterousenoughuponapieceofpaper,inthemanagementoftherule,thepencil,andthedivider,yetinthecommonactionsandbehaviouroflife,Ihavenotseenamoreclumsy,awkward,andunhandypeople,norsoslowandperplexedintheirconceptionsuponallothersubjects,exceptthoseofmathematicsandmusic.

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