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dead, then that he is taken to a hospital, and that they fear he 

 will not recover! Incorrect responses: It is foolish to go bi- 

 cycling. — It is foolish, to recover. — Hospital — There is nothing 

 foolish in that. 



2. — / have three brothers — Paid, Ernest and myself. Cor- 

 rect responses: You have but two brothers. — You are not your 

 own brother. — // you have three brothers you must have three 

 brothers, you must not count yourself. You should say, I have 

 two brothers. Incorrect responses : The foolishness is that you 

 say myself. — You shoidd say your name. — That which is fool- 

 ish is Earnest. — The foolishness there is you. — There is nothing 

 foolish. 



3. — The body of an unfortunate young girl, cut into eighteen 

 pieces, was found yesterday on the fortifications. It is thought 

 tliat she killed herself. Correct responses: She could not cut 

 herself into eighteen pieces. — // she cut off her arm she could 

 not cut up the rest. Incorrect responses : It zvas foolish to kill 

 herself. — The eighteen pieces are the foolish thing. — One can- 

 not tell whether she killed herself. — There is nothing foolish. — 

 It is that it is not true. — She had no quarrel with herself that 

 she shotdd cut herself up. 



4. — There was a railroad accident yesterday, but it was not 

 a bad one; the -number of dead is only 48. Correct responses: 

 It is bad if there are 48 dead; it is very bad. — It is not bad and 

 the number of dead are 48! Incorrect responses: 48 dead. — 

 There is nothing foolish. — It is that there were <no deaths. One 

 should say many dead bodies. 



5. — Someone said: "If I should ever grow desperate and 

 kill myself, I will not choose Friday, because Friday is an un- 

 lucky day and will bring me unhappiness. Correct responses : 

 // he kills himself, it makes (no difference whether it be Friday 

 or any other day. — It makes no difference if he is dead. — // he 

 killed himself on Friday it could not bring him bad luck. — He 

 might as well kill himself on Friday as on Saturday; that is of 

 no importance. Incorrect responses: Friday is just like any 



