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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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DIVISION. 41<br />

lion when dividing the spoil, consider that you<br />

have a right to ihQ first part, because you are a<br />

lion; to the secoiid, because you are strong; to<br />

the third, because no one dares dispute your right<br />

and to the fourth, because no one is so able as<br />

yourself to defend it.<br />

This is the lion's share.<br />

Division of Time.—" Tempus fugit,''<br />

and therefore<br />

the due systematic and proper division of<br />

time, in a rational manner, is the bounden duty of<br />

every "beardling." All philosophers and some<br />

kings, whether from Democritus to Tim Bobbin,<br />

or from Alfred the Great to that merry old soul,<br />

" Old King Cole," have divided their time<br />

equitably, according to the maxim of Horace,<br />

" Carpe diem, quam rmnimum credula postero.""<br />

Modern life teaches and exhibits the same necessity<br />

for the rigid division of the " stuff life is made of,"<br />

and the twenty-four hours may be systematically<br />

divided,<br />

with great advantage, by young men, as<br />

follows ;<br />

1. To yawning, vertigo, head-ache and soda-water, say<br />

from one to three, a.m 2<br />

2. From pulling off the night-cap to putting the first leg<br />

out of bed 1

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