Expression of Thought Connection. 
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word " this ” presents indefinitely that which is believed; and 
that which is believed is again symbolized by the second sen¬ 
tence. The indefinite prefigures the definite and may be said 
to be the definite in a germinal stage of development. But as 
such cases are comparatively rare and obviously different from 
those to follow, they may be excluded from this investigation. 
C. The second thought contains the whole of the first. 
The two may be expressed by a single sentence, e. g. “ That A is 
honest I do not doubt. ” But more commonly two independent 
sentences are employed, e. g. “ A is honest. That I do not doubt. ” 
Cases in which the first sentence is so obviously repeated as a 
main term of the second may be neglected on account of their 
simplicity. 
In the cases to be considered neither sentence is usually con¬ 
ceived to be repeated in the other, but a word of the second 
is believed to join the two. This word is classed as a con¬ 
junction and is known by the special name of a thought-con¬ 
nective. 
It is my object in this investigation to demonstrate that, in 
these cases also, what the thought-connective names is part and 
parcel of the second thought. In so doing, 1 will first endeavor 
to show that such a theory must be true by establishing the 
untruth of all other possible theories. 
In choosing examples it would be strictly proper to use only 
sentences of some length, because the accepted sign of separate¬ 
ness, the period, is usual only between such sentences. But, 
as a matter of convenience, short examples are chosen, it being 
always easy to conceive them as sufficiently amplified. 
WHAT VALUES THE THOUGHT-CONNECTIVE CANNOT HAVE. 
Using my list of possible word-values (see p. 10) and follow¬ 
ing the order of convenience, it is plain that 
First , the thought-connective might be functional. That is, 
it might show as what thought-element some idea is to be used. 
But this it does not; e. g. “And George the dragon slew”. 
The poetic arrangement is chosen for the purpose of leaving, to 
order no power to settle the choice of subject. It is accordingly 
