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Scripture texts and phrases, fragmei *s of poetry, 

 stock quotations, bits of hymns, and other frag- 

 mentary portions of literature firmly held in 

 everybody's memory. Who does not know thou- 

 sands and thousands of familiar tags, such as 

 "To be or not to be," "Man wants but little liere 

 below," " All flesh is grass," " Let dogs deliglit to 

 bark and bite," and so forth, ad infinitum? Add 

 to these the general stock of common proveibs, 

 "A bird in the liand," "A rolling stone," "Two 

 of a trade," "The early bird," and all the rest of 

 it, and then consider how vast is the accumulation 

 to which they each separately bear witness. Or 

 consider once more our acquaintance with the 

 names, places, and facts of Scripture history, and 

 then of history and geography generally. Try, 

 for example, to recall to one's self all that every 

 child knows and recollects about the Chinese 

 Empire. Think first of the individual Chinaman, 

 with his yellow skin, his oblique almond eyes, his 

 twisted pig-tail, his queer dress, his clumsy shoes, 

 his solenni demeanor; think then of his numda- 

 rins, his emperor, his small-footed wife, his quaint 

 little children. Recollect his porcelain, his wil- 

 low-pattern plates, his curious drawing, his aerial 

 perspective. Recall his strange writing, as seen 

 on china or tea-chests, and let that in turn bring 

 up to memory his tea, his silk, his ojjium, his 

 lacquer-ware. Then remember his religion, his 



