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.
22 FIGURES FOR THE MILLION. The rich, the poor, both high and low, Ay, every mother's son, From Court to Poor-law Union, Take care of No. I. Too bad it is to be a bore. And so my strain is done, Except it is to say once more. Take care of No. I. The man who takes care of No. 1
SUBTRACTION. 23 RULE IIL SUBTRACTION. '* I'll example you with thievery. The sun's a thief, and with his great subtraction Robs the vast sea. The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears. The earth's a thief. That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement : each thing's a thief. The laws you curb and whip in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft All that you meet are thieves." Shakspere. Subtraction teaches to "take from" or to find the difference of two numbers ; having taken too much in, and slept out ; to find the difference in sovereigns and shillings between that and sleeping at home according to the ^ conventional laws of virtuous propriety.'* {Vide Miss Martineau.) The figures are to be arranged in subtraction one under the other; that line expressing the
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SUBTRACTION. 23<br />
RULE IIL<br />
SUBTRACTION.<br />
'* I'll example you with thievery.<br />
The sun's a thief, and with his great subtraction<br />
Robs the vast sea. The moon's an arrant thief,<br />
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.<br />
The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves<br />
The moon into salt tears. The earth's a thief.<br />
That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen<br />
From general excrement : each thing's a thief.<br />
The laws you curb and whip in their rough power<br />
Have uncheck'd theft All that you meet are thieves."<br />
Shakspere.<br />
Subtraction teaches to "take from" or to find<br />
the difference of two numbers ; having taken too<br />
much in, and slept out ; to find the difference in<br />
sovereigns and shillings between that and sleeping<br />
at home according to the ^ conventional laws of<br />
virtuous propriety.'* {Vide Miss Martineau.)<br />
The figures are to be arranged in subtraction<br />
one under the other; that line expressing the
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