COMIC ARITHMETIC
Arithmetic is the art or science of computing
bj numbers. It is national, political, military,
and commercial. It is of the highest importance
to the community ; because it pre-eminently
teaches us to take care of Number I. Our ministers
succeed according to their knowledge of the
science of numbers. Witness the skilful management
of majorities of the lower house.
He who understands the true art of Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication^ and Division, as here
laid down, will not be considered a mere cipher in
tlie world; but will, in all probability, make a
considerable /^wre ; and in the figurative words of
Horace, be "Dives agris dives positis in foenore
nummis."
Let us, therefore, under the guidance and protection
of that god of honest men, the light-heeled
and light-fingered Mercury, be diligent so to add
to our store by subtracting from the stores of
others, that we may add to our importance. Let
us so multiply our resources, by encouraging dimsion
among our contemporaries, that we may see
their reduction in the perfection of our own practice.
Arithmetic is the art or science of computing
bj numbers. It is national, political, military,
and commercial. It is of the highest importance
to the community ; because it pre-eminently
teaches us to take care of Number I. Our ministers
succeed according to their knowledge of the
science of numbers. Witness the skilful management
of majorities of the lower house.
He who understands the true art of Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication^ and Division, as here
laid down, will not be considered a mere cipher in
tlie world; but will, in all probability, make a
considerable /^wre ; and in the figurative words of
Horace, be "Dives agris dives positis in foenore
nummis."
Let us, therefore, under the guidance and protection
of that god of honest men, the light-heeled
and light-fingered Mercury, be diligent so to add
to our store by subtracting from the stores of
others, that we may add to our importance. Let
us so multiply our resources, by encouraging dimsion
among our contemporaries, that we may see
their reduction in the perfection of our own practice.
14 FIGURES FOR THE MILLION. MIHI CUBA FUTUBI. Addition teaches, also, to add units together, and to find their sum total, as A-|-B=S. A bachelor is a unit ; a Benedict, unitee* Matrimonial Addition.— By common ciphering 1 and 1 make 2. But, by the mathematics of matrimony, t and 1 will produce from 1 to 20, arranged in row, one above another, like a flight of
ADDITION. 15 stairs. A MAN OF MANY WOES. They make a pretty addition to a man's effects,, as well as to his income ; and, if not themselves capital, are a capital stimulus to exertion. Surrounded by these special pleaders, a man becomes as sharp-set as a Lancashire ferret, and looks as fierce as a rat-catcher's dog at a sink-hole. Such men ought to be labelled, " Beware of this unfortunate dog ! " for he would bite at a file ! Adding to your name.—This is another mode of performing addition. It is not necessary to go
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MIHI CUBA FUTUBI.<br />
Addition teaches, also, to add units together, and<br />
to find their sum total, as A-|-B=S. A bachelor<br />
is a unit ; a Benedict, unitee*<br />
Matrimonial Addition.— By common ciphering<br />
1 and 1 make 2. But, by the mathematics of<br />
matrimony, t and 1 will produce from 1 to 20,<br />
arranged in row, one above another, like a flight of