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of verbal forms may first be made, entailing a particular struc¬ 
ture of thought, I hold it axiomatic that the choice of structure 
is normally prior to use of verbal forms, and rank the use of 
particular verbal forms as corollary to structure-choice. 
To illustrate, given what is expressed by “I saw a collision,” 
and what is expressed by “An express train struck a freight,” 
suppose I am to use the former as central and the latter as 
lateral, in a centro-lateral thought. 
From what is to serve as lateral I omit, as previously shown, 
the element of belief, thereby renouncing the use of assertive 
verbal forms. 
From what is to serve as central I omit (see page 134, 
etc.) the final term in order to make room for a lateral sub¬ 
stitute. 
The opportunity thus afforded is available in several ways, 
in exhibiting which I take a hint from the unique Artemas 
Ward’s description of the funeral of Brigham Young, the 
solemnity of which, as chronicled by the humorist, was more 
or less impaired, if I rightly recollect, by the mutual jealousies 
of twenty widows, each of whom aspired to precedence in 
marching to the grave. 
For the purposes of illustration, let their number be reduced 
to three, to match the elements of lateral thought, these latter 
also being thinkable as each aspiring to priority of entrance 
into association with central thought; and let it be determined 
in what aspects the little company might appear. 
(1) To a bird’s eye view of the “exercises,” the female total 
may offer no distinguishable individual constituents, appear¬ 
ing rather as a blended whole or, more specifically, as a vidual 
continuum. This case, however, and the variant presented by 
a blended squad of two attended by one distinguishable indi¬ 
vidual (or vice versa) may be dismissed for reasons indicated 
on pages 134-139 (and in “Revision,” pages 83-4). 
(2) To a nearer view the three may be distinguishable, 
each from the others, without however appearing in any or¬ 
derly arrangement, but rather as a miniature chaotic aggrega¬ 
tion—or, say, a relict rabble—a case rejectable, as altogether 
