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true. It will be seen that statements could be chosen which 

 would test the power of analysis and of thinking things together 

 in any field of science from the most specialized to the most 

 universal. Following is an example of this form of test. • 



"Put a mark in the margin opposite each of the following 

 sentences which is absurd : 



"Though armed only with his little dagger, he brought down 

 his assailant with a single shot. 



"Silently the assembly listened to the orator addressing them. 



"While walking backwards he struck his forehead against a 

 wall and was insensible. 



"I saw his boat cleaving the water like a swan. 



"With his sword he pierced his adversary, who fell dead. 



"The storm which began yesterday morning has continued 

 without intermission for three days. 



"That day we saw several Ice-bergs which had been entirely 

 melted by the warmth of the Gulf Stream. 



"Our horse grew so tired that finally we were compelled to 

 walk up all the hills. 



"Many a sailor has returned from a long voyage to find his 

 home deserted and his wife a widow. 



"The two towns were separated only by a narrow stream 

 which was frozen over all winter. 



"The great advantage of these means of measuring intellectual 

 ability lies in their rapidity and objectivity. If well devised, 

 only two answers are possible, the pupil Is measured easily, 

 rapidly, and independently of subjective factors, and his condition 

 is defined in terms of a simple numerical value. 



"There is no time for me to discuss methods of making, 

 recording and utilizing these or the hundreds of other equally 

 worthy measurements of educational achievement, that is, of 

 changes produced or prevented In human nature. Nor Is this a 

 proper occasion to outline the precautions that are required by 

 the complexity and variability of facts of intellect and character 

 and the absence of well-defined scales with equal units and known 

 zero points, in which to measure facts of intellect and character. 

 For our present purpose it is enough to know that. In spite of 



