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their memory. I might as well argue moral 

 principle from the fact that my dog Karl, 

 like scores of other dogs, will hold a piece of 

 biscuit on his nose so long as I say "trust," 

 and will when I say "paid for" gaily toss 

 his head and catch the biscuit in his honest 

 mouth, as argue that because he finds eleven 

 tennis-balls among the shrubs in five minutes, 

 when I say, " We can't find them at all, 

 Karl ; do go and find them, good dog, 

 will you ? Find the balls, old fellow " 

 therefore he understands my sentence. He 

 simply grasps the words " find " and " balls," 

 sees the game at a standstill, and reasons out 

 our needs and his responsibilities, quickened 

 by the expectation of pattings on the head, 

 pettings, and pieces of biscuit. It is remark- 

 able that if I try to delude him by uttering 

 " base coin " in the shape of words just like 

 the real words, as, for example, if I say 

 "Jacob" instead of "paid for," he makes 

 no mistake, but refuses the morsel, however 

 delicate, till it is " paid for." 



Prominent nouns, participles, verbs, c., 

 make up the lingua franca that so beautifully 



