♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



FOR SEPTEMBER (Second Map of Paik), 

 g the heavens as they appear at the followin;; liours :— 



I At 'J^ o'clock October 3. I At 8i o'clock October 15. 



At 9 o'clock October 7. At ?| o'clock October 22. 



I At 8^ o'clock October 11. | At 8 o'clock October 26. 



ulthougl 



B might make Cfrtain marks to serve in after- 

 times to recall ideas to Lis mind. These marks, on the 

 access of a second person, might become signs to him if a 

 convention were made between the two, and it is, there- 

 fore, apparent that convention, which plays so important 

 a. part in development of language, is present at its very 

 birth. 



Thomson says :— "Language, in lis iiin.sf, ^-cTU'ral acco]'- 

 tation, might be described as n iiimli' nf ex |ii-cssiiii,' dur 

 thoughts by means of motions of t he Ii.kIn ; ii \miuIi1 thus 

 include spoken words, cries, invnluntnry LTistuiTS tlmt 

 indicate the feelings, even painting and sculpture, together 

 with those contrivances which replace speech in situa- 



tions where it cannot be employed."* Ideas may be 

 communicated not only by sight and hearing, but also by 

 the other senses. Thus Laura Bridgeinan, who was both 

 blind and deaf, acquired a good education wholly through 

 the sense of touch, through -which alone she cmU re- 

 ceive instruction. I remember also read in lt a slrikin'_:ly 

 illustrative en.se in NNliieh a mnn, owiiic L- nirvuus 

 disei.se. l.ist :ill M-, -.:;..,:, , xr, |i . ii :, x. :> -• :11 area en 



.Ir.i 



and In 



" Laws of Thought," e<l. 1860, p. 27. 



