Assimilative Memory Part 24

1. Why could not "feel" be left out?

2. Why not omit "science," and say "medical arts"?

3. Why not omit "angels" and "harps," and simply add "celestial" to "hymns"?

4. If the pupil does not know who "Hengler" is, should we not omit the name and insert instead "singing clown"?

5. Why should not "fare" be a better In. by sound with "gare" than "guard"?

6. If tapestry means other things besides carpets, would not "tapestry carpet" be a sufficient intermediate?

7. If "pelle" is p.r.o.nounced as if applied "pel," ought not "Pall Mall" to be p.r.o.nounced as if spelled "Pell Mell"?

ENGLISH. INTERMEDIATES. ITALIAN.

Basket ... horse-basket ... pannier ... paniera " ... casket ... ring ... bull ... bellow ... corbello Gold ... nugget ... ore ... oro His ... his own ... zone ... bind ... sew ... suo Thy ... thy face ... head ... foot ... toe ... tuo Uncle ... "Dutch uncle" ... Holland ... Zuyder Zee ... Zio Pius ... church ... pew ... Pio Month ... Month of May ... mace ... mese Made ... servant-maid ... cook ... fat ... fatto

Synonyms, as well as words having but a slight difference in sound like _Insidious_ and _Invidious_ are easily discriminated by _memorised_ Correlations: INSIDIOUS ... inside ... hole ... fox ...

TREACHERY.--INVIDIOUS ... invade ... hostility ... ILL-WILL.

1. Is the letter "i" in Zio p.r.o.nounced as if spelled Zeeo?

2. If so, is "pew" a good In. by sound with Pio?

3. Why would not these be good correlations, viz., INSIDIOUS, hideous ... moral turpitude ... TREACHERY.--INVIDIOUS ...

perfidious ... betrayal. ILL-WILL.

4. How many correlations have you made so far?

5. Have you made your own in every case, or memorised mine in every case?

6. Have you indicated the relations in all cases by writing in 1, 2, or 3?

7. If not, why not?

HOW TO MEMORISE DATES, &c., WHERE YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE FACTS, &c.

Let every Pupil write examples of his own selection of names Correlated to Dates of birth and death worked out as below, or some other _pairs_ of extremes, such as name of s.h.i.+p to its captain on one side, and its tonnage (or destined port) on the other.

To remember _Dates_ of _Birth_ and _Death_ (&c.) of men, correlate the SURNAME AS BEST KNOWN to the word expressing the date of BIRTH, and correlate the BIRTH-WORD to the DEATH [&c.] word:--

Do not look for a.n.a.lytic Date-words in the following cases until you have first memorised my Correlations or your own. You can then review the examples and easily find a.n.a.lytic Date-words if you are _sufficiently acquainted_ with the facts of the cases, as: Lord Beaconsfield (18)05, {S}a{l}ient.[J] Here is a supposed a.n.a.lytic formula by English Liberals, of Gladstone's birth:--Gladstone--"{S}u{p}reme"

(18)09; by Foreigners--"{S}u{p}ereminent;" by Tories, "{S}{p}oliator;" by Home Rulers--"{S}u{p}porter;" by Parnellites--"A{s}{p}erser;" by Churchmen--"{S}{p}iritual;" by Agnostics--"{S}u{p}erst.i.tious;" by Unionists--"{S}e{p}aratist;" by admirers of eloquence--"{S}{p}ellbinder;"

by decriers of speaking--"{S}{p}outer."

[J] One of the meanings of "Salient" is "to force itself on the attention." Recall his threat when coughed down on the occasion of his maiden speech in the House of Commons. "You will hear me" (18)05.

1. Memorise the correlation you make.

2. Do you find it difficult to get a.n.a.lytic date-words?

3. What is necessary in order to get them readily?

_Lord Beaconsfield_ ... beacon ... the rock ... {t}he {v}e{s}se{l} [born 1805]

... Vessel ... anchor ... hope ... {t}o ha{v}e {f}ai{t}h [died 1881]

_Mr. Gladstone_ ... gladness ... sorrow ... {t}he hea{v}y {s...o...b.. [born 1809]

... heavywaters ... Noah's flood ... few saved ... {t}oo {f}ew {m}e{n} [M. P. in 1832]

_Napoleon Bonaparte_ ... banishment ... embarkation ... {T}oo{k} {sh}i{p} [born 1769]

... Took s.h.i.+p ... masthead ... G.o.dhead ... {D}i{v}i{n}i{t}y ...

[died 1821]

_Robert Burns_ ... Scottish poet ... map of Scotland ... map of the World ... {T}he {g}{l}o{b}e [born 1759]

... "The Globe" ... newspaper ... page ... Wai{t}i{ng} {p}a{g}e ...

[died 1796]

_Oliver Goldsmith_ ... poverty ... plenty ... {T}oo{k} e{n}ou{gh} [born 1728]

... "bread enough" ... prodigal son ... {Th}e you{ng}e{r} [died 1774]

_Nelson_ ... Britain's bulwark ... Whi{t}e {cl}if{f} [born 1758]

... Whi{t}e {f}os{s}i{l} [died 1805]

_Cardinal Wolsey_ ... butcher ... steel ... straight ... {D}i{r}e{ct} [born 1471]

... point ... horns ... {D}i{l}e{m}ma{s} [died 1530]

_Cardinal Newman_ ... "kindly light" ... {V}e{s}{t}a [born 1801]

... fire G.o.ddess ... sun G.o.d ... {Ph}{b}u{s} [died 1890]

_The Marquis of Salisbury_ ... St. Paul's burial ... {Th}e {f}a{m}ou{s} [born 1830]

{Th}e famous ... Livingstone ... travelling ... {v}oya{g}i{ng} [succeeded to t.i.tle 1867]

_J. J. Rousseau_ ... "Emile" ... early education ... E{d}u{c}a{t}e {n}ow [born 1712]

... draw out thought ... I {th}i{n}{k} o{f} you [died 1778]

_Charles Darwin_ ... "Natural Selection" ... The chosen one ... Ha{p}py [born (180)9][K]

... greatest happiness ... {T}o ha{v}e hea{v}e{n} [died 1882]

_George Eliot_ ... Adam Bede ... add ... A{d}{v}a{n}{c}e [born 1820]

... Money ... 10 ... {T}wo {f}i{v}e{s} [died 1880]

_Richard Wagner_ ... "Music of Future" ... future time ... {T}o ha{v}e {t}i{m}e [born 1813]

{T}o ha{v}e {f}a{m}e [died 1883]

_The Duke of Albany_ ... delicate ... pale ... white ... Whi{t}e {f}{l}a{m}e [born 1853]

{F}i{r}e [died (18)84]

_Charles d.i.c.kens_ ... "Pickwick Papers" ... picnic biscuits ...

biscuit-tin ... {T}i{n} [born (18)12]

{C}a{s}e [died (18)70]

_t.i.tus Oates_ ... barley ... mash-tub ... man's tub ... {D}io{g}e{n}e{s} [born 1620]

... harsh critic ... He a{t}ta{ck}{s} a{l}l [died 1705]

The specific gravity of the Iridium is 22.40 IRIDIUM ... I ridicule ... Ridiculous ... All laugh ... {n}o{n}e {s}e{r}iou{s}.

=22.40= See a.n.a.lytic Subst.i.tutions, concerning the expression of decimals.

One pound avoirdupois equals .45355 of a kilogram-- POUND AVOIRDUPOIS ... old measure ... new measure ... new reign ...

(=.45355=) Hi{s} {r}u{l}e {m}ay ha{l}low a{l}l.

Great Earthquake at Lisbon in 1755-- =1 7 5 5= LISBON ... Listen ... Hus.h.!.+... TALK LOWLY.

Sorata (Andes) 21,286 feet high. =2 1 2 8 6= SORATA ... sore ... cured ... salt fish ... UNEATEN FISH.