Assimilative Memory Part 19

8. If not, why?

MOUNTAINS.

Mt. Everest [29,002] {N}amed U{p}on a {S}urvey {S}trictly U{n}ique; or I{n}dia's {P}eak I{s} {C}ertainly U{n}equalled.--This is the highest mountain on the globe; or I{n}dia's {B}oundary {S}ummit I{s} U{n}approachable. Kinchinjunga is 28,156 ft. high. We shall know what Mountain is meant if we omit the first syllable "kin." Hence we can use the formula, "{N}ext E{v}erest {D}awns {L}ofty {Ch}injunga."

Popocatepetl (17,783 ft.)--{Th}e {G}reatest {C}rater o{f} {M}exico.

Mt. Brown (16,000 ft.)--{Th}is {Ch}arming We{s}tern {S}cenery {C}elebrated.

Mt. Blanc (15,781 ft.)--{Th}is A{l}pine {C}one {F}ascinates {T}ravellers.

Jungfrau (13,720 ft.)--{Th}is {M}ountain A{g}a.s.siz {N}imbly A{s}cended.

--Prof. Aga.s.siz was one of the first who reached the summit of this mountain.

Ben Nevis (4,406 ft.) --He{r}e {R}eview a {S}nowy {G}iant.

Snowdon (3,570 ft.) --{M}ajestic Hi{l}ls {G}reet {S}nowdon.

Saddleback (2,787 ft.) --{N}ear {K}eswick {V}iew a {C}raig.

--This mountain is situated near the town of Keswick.

1. Are there any letters in the word "Ohio" which have a figure value?

2. Do you see any way by which you can make the word "Known" stand for 2 by my figure alphabet?

3. How can you infallibly retain these figure-sentences?

LAt.i.tUDE AND LONGITUDE.

No one can have very definite or exact ideas of Geography who does not know the Lat.i.tude and Longitude of the chief Cities of the World.

Lat. = 55--00' } (5) {L}ondon's (5) {L}at.i.tude (0) Ea{s}ily (1) LONDON } (0) {S}een.

Long. = 0 } (0) {S}tarting-point.

Lat. = 40--52' } (4) Yo{r}k (0) {C}ity's (5) {L}at.i.tude (2) NEW YORK CITY } (2) {N}amed.

Long. = 73--59' } (7) {C}ommercial (3) {M}etropolis'

} (5) {L}ongitude (9) {P}ortrayed.

Lat. = 40--00' } (4) {R}epublic's (0) {Z}ealous (3) PHILADELPHIA } (0) {S}tatesman (0) {S}igned.

Long. = 75--10' } (7) {Q}uaker (5) {L}ongitude (1) {T}oo } (0) {S}ober.

Lat. 41--45' } (4) {R}ebuilt (1) {T}own's (4) {R}eal (4) CHICAGO } (5) {L}at.i.tude.

Long. = 87--50' } (8) {F}ires (7) {C}annot (5) {L}ongitude } (0) {S}acrifice.

Lat. = 42--20' } (4) Ha{r}vard (2) U{n}iversity's (2) {N}earest (5) BOSTON } (0) {C}ity.

Long. = 71--05' } (7) {G}ives (1) {T}ea (0) {S}pillers'

} (5) {L}ongitude.

Lat. = 30--00' } (3) {M}ississippi's (0) {S}outhernmost (6) NEW ORLEANS } (0) {S}eaport (0) {S}erene.

Long. = 90--00' } (9) "{B}utler (0) {S}tole (0) {S}ilver } (0) {S}poons."[F]

Lat. = 39--41' } (3) {M}ountain (9) {P}eaks (4) O'e{r}look (7) DENVER } (1) {D}enver.

Long. = 105--00' } (1) {D}enver's (0) {C}ertain (5) {L}ongitude } (0) {S}afely (0) A{s}certained.

Lat. = 37--30' } (3) {M}etallic (7) {C}alifornia's (8) SAN FRANCISCO } (3) {M}etropolitan (0) {C}ity.

Long. = 122--00' } (1) {Th}e (2) {N}avigator (2) {N}ow (0) {S}ees } (0) {S}an Francisco.

Lat. = 34--19' } (3) {M}en (4) {R}elish (1) Ho{t} (9) {B}aths.

(9) HOT SPRINGS } Long. = 93--00' } (9) {B}athing (3) {M}ust (0) {S}ave } (0) {S}ickness.

Lat. = 40--29 } (4) I{r}on (0) {S}melting (2) Hau{n}ts (10) PITTSBURG } (9) {P}ittsburg.

Long. = 79--50' } (7) {G}reat (9) {P}ittsburg's (5) {L}ongitude } (0) {S}ecured.

Lat. = 43--02' } (4) {R}oaring (3) {M}agnificent (0) {C}easeless (11) NIAGARA FALLS } (2) {N}iagara.

Long. = 79--12' } (7) A {C}ataract (9) {P}ours (1) A{t} } (2) {N}iagara.

Lat. = 18--53' } (1) {Th}e (8) {F}irst (5) Is{l}and (3) {M}et.

(12) BOMBAY } Long. = 72--53' } (7) {K}ipling's (2) {N}ativity (5) We{l}l } (3) {M}entioned.

Lat. = 22--34' } (2) {N}umerous (2) {N}atives (3) {M}igrate (13) CALCUTTA[G] } (4) He{r}e.

Long. = 88--24' } (8) A {V}iceroy (8) {F}avours (2) {N}atural } (4) {R}emembering.

Lat. = 37--49' (S) } (3) {M}elbourne's (7) {G}rounds (4) Ya{r}ra (14) MELBOURNE } (9) {B}isects.

Long. = 44--58' (E) } (4) Ha{r}bour's (4) {R}iver (5) We{l}l } (8) {F}urrowed.

Lat. = 33--55' (S) } (3) {M}athematical (3) {M}apping (5) Wi{l}l (15) CAPETOWN } (5) {L}ast.

Long. = 18--28' (E) } (1) {T}able Bay (8) {F}avours (2) {N}umerous } (8) {V}essels.

[F] No one supposes that Butler really stole spoons.

[G] Lord Elgin, the present Viceroy, gave Prof. Loisette H. E.'s patronage when the Professor lectured in Calcutta. As his system is the foe of all artificial methods, it is _par excellence_ the "Natural"

System.

EARLY TRAINING IN FIGURES.

If the mind-wandering mode of _rote_ learning is no longer practised, but an _a.s.similating_ method is subst.i.tuted for it; if we abolish the "mind-wrecking" procedure of forcing immature minds into and through studies which they cannot comprehend, and which, therefore, create chronic habits of Inattention; and if the idea of numbers and their elementary processes are _objectively_ taught, until habits of sure enumeration and calculation are formed, then, when the child reaches maturity, he will rarely if ever require any conscious aid in remembering a series of 2, 3, 4, or more figures.

Meantime, a thorough training in this system tends to do away with the injurious effects of false mental habits; to set the Memory and Attention at work in a natural way, and greatly strengthen both; and while learning a large number of dates in a short time, or many figures in one series may still require the use of the System, unless the Numeric Thinking prior to this chapter has been mastered, yet, in the ordinary way of meeting figures in reading, study, or business, there will seldom occur any _necessity_ for resorting to the method taught in this lesson.

WHAT MUST BE DONE FOR AN ACQUIRED ATTENTION.

In the case of those who have not inherited, but who have _acquired_, a great power of Attention, a decided _benefit_ will ensue, however, if throughout life they occasionally use the System in regard to numbers and in learning prose and poetry by the a.n.a.lytic-Synthetic and Interrogative a.n.a.lysis Methods.

1. Will a pupil always require an aid to remember figures?

2. What is required of him in order to enable him to do away with any _conscious_ aid?

3. What does a thorough training in my system accomplish in the meantime?

4. Will there ever be any _necessity_ of using the figure alphabet?