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Places at which a notable experience had occurred had ever 

 after a peculiar power of sympathy ; in short, any and all inan- 

 imate objects and miscellaneous happenings acquired in my ex- 

 perience an emotional value and human-like character. These 

 are, we doubt not, experiences common to all sensitive children, 

 yet they should not be disregarded in the comparison of the 

 racial with the individual development. 



The special instance to be here recorded is that of a rather 

 exceptionally sensitive boy of ten years who is advanced in his 

 studies perhaps a year as compared with the average. There 

 are no idiosincracies and the peculiar qualities attributed to 

 numerals have, as he says, been instinctive from the first. In 

 general, the odd numbers always impress him as possessed of 

 unpleasant or " mean " attributes. He could assign no reason 

 unless it was because they always made other numbers uneven 

 when affecting them; at the same time, he is sure that he had 

 the same ideas before he reached the subject of multiplication 

 in arithmetic. The following is the list of numerals with the 

 attached ideas : 



No. I. Mean, small figure with a sour face. The face is 

 visuahzed, having a big mouth, little eyes, a frown and a pim- 

 ple-like nose. He seems to be dressed in a pleated coat. There 

 are some boys who look a little like this figure, but it is not asso- 

 ciated with anyone especially. He is dwarfish and "pigeon- 

 toed " with bow-legs. The impression is of something insig- 

 nificant and he does nothing but stand up straight and look at 

 one. He is mean, perhaps, because he does not add to the 

 value when multiplied by. 



No. 2. A good little figure, trying to make things even. 



No. 3. Mean ; cheats other numbers and makes them 

 uneven when multiplied. Has a face like No. i. 



No. 4. Good little number with a grin on his face. Al- 

 ways trying to help somebody. 



No. 5. Little old man with an unpleasant face, sneaking 

 up behind trying to injure someone. 



No. 6. Just like No. 2, an invisible spirit trying to do 

 good. 



