458 Wisconsin A cademy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
become a mental unit. This can be most easily shown by a 
diagram; accordingly, 
I (for yon) 
experience 
I wish yon to tell me the believing-or-disbelieving 
the truth of 
Brown 
to be 
honest. 
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ITS OPERATION ON THE HEARERS MIND. 
As previously argued (See p. 428) any thought may be con¬ 
ceived as consisting of any one of its parts, plus the remainder; 
and that remainder may serve as restricter or distinguisher of 
that part. Applying this doctrine to what may be called the per¬ 
pendicular thought, as diagramed above, and conceiving that 
thought as constituted of “believing-or-disbelieving” and a re¬ 
mainder, I regard the former constituent as restricted or dis¬ 
tinguished by the latter. That is, the particular believing-or- 
disbelieving which I wish you to tell me, is separated for you 
from others, by its being, the one experienced ini connection with 
the truth of Brown’s being honest.* Accordingly, if you suc¬ 
ceed in thinking after me my perpendicular thought, you will 
know what I wish you to tell. At the same time you will know 
that I wish you to tell it to me, if you succeed in thinking after 
me what may be called the horizontal thought. 
Now vour success in thinking my thoughts after me is my 
success in expressing them. Accordingly, interrogative needs 
will be met, if I can change my diagram into a successful sen¬ 
tence—that is, if, given a judgment interrogative as to belief, I 
succeed in 
ITS EXPRESSION BY A SENTENCE. 
What is offered by the last diagram (see above)—that- is a 
judgment interrogative as to belief—is in my opinion roughly 
what is meant by the interrogative sentence “Is Brown honest ?” 
*Any argument supporting this proposition would be an essential 
repetition of pp. 415-416, 426-428. 
