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.
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SUBTRACTION. 29<br />
Detraction may be :— performed in a variety of<br />
ways, as for example " Oh, I know him—his<br />
great grandfather was — but no matter, and his<br />
mother—no better than she should be, but I hate<br />
to speak evil of the dead. I have enough to do to<br />
mind my own business—and yet one cannot help<br />
knowing—but yet nobody knows what he is or<br />
how he gets his money. He makes a show certainly,<br />
but I like things to be paid for before they<br />
are sported. His wife, too—what was she, do<br />
you suppose? As I have heard, a cook in a<br />
tradesman's family.—Well, a cook is not so bad<br />
after all—I am sure it is better than a doctor.<br />
But I believe he was forced to marry her.—Poor<br />
woman, she suffered, I dare say—Well, it is well it<br />
is no worse—It was the only amends he could<br />
make her—It<br />
would have been a cruel thing for<br />
the poor innocent children to be born illegitimate.<br />
—But he is still very gay—These sort of men will<br />
be — but there will be an expose some day.<br />
Things can't go on for ever—Well, I wish them<br />
no harm, poor creatures—But do you go to<br />
their party to-night?—I go only for the sake<br />
of seeing how madam cook conducts the entertainment."
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