Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations.

And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.

To every Form of being is assigned,"Thus calmly spoke the venerable Sage,"An active Principle.

The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery.

Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible; we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can. We patch and tinker more than we renew. The novelty soaks in; it stains the ancient mass; but it is also tinged by what absorbs it.

Algebra is a form of low cunning.