1. Can you think of any other analytic words to express the date of the birth of Abraham Lincoln? 2. Since "h" has no figure value, could we not use "Shaper"? 3. If not, why? 4. What analytic number, word, phrase, or sentence, does the pupil retain best? 5. Are formulas made by others ever perfectly retained? 6. In what cases?
(2) "{ N}oah a (34) { M}e{ r}e (8) Wai{ f}," (2) "{ N}oah (3) { M}ay (48) { R}o{ v}e," or (2) "{ N}oah (3) { M}ay (48) A{ r}ri{ v}e," are analytic sentences where _all the sounded consonants_ are used. But a greater _variety_ of sentences might be found, or _one_ sentence be more readily found in the first instance if only the _initial_ consonants are used: as, (2) { N}oah's (3) { M}enagerie (4) A{ r}k (8) { F}ull, or (2) { N}oah (3) { M}ade (4) A{ r}arat (8) { F}amous, or (2) { N}oah's (3) { M}arvellous (4) { R}ainy (8) { F}lood, or (2) { N}oah's (3) { M}ighty (4) A{ r}k (8) { F}loated, or (2) { N}oah (3) { M}ounted (4) A{ r}arat (8) { F}irmly. Other specific analytic phrases for this event may easily be found by the student.
The superiority of analytic phrases where _all_ the sounded consonants are used, over the analytic sentences, where only the initial consonants are employed, may be seen in the case of the number of men who enlisted in behalf of the Federal Government in the late war. The number was _two millions, three hundred and twenty thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four_. By initial consonants we have, (2) A{ n}y (3) { M}an (2) { n}ow (0) i{ s} (8) a { f}ull (5) { l}oyal (4) He{ r}o. By all the sounded consonants we have--"I{ n}hu{ m}a{ n} Ci{ v}i{ l} Wa{ r};" the latter shorter, more significant, and more easily remembered. And, on the principle that a condensed, brief statement, if clear and definite, makes a more vivid impression than a longer one, we shall find that a short analytic phrase is better for the memory than an analytic sentence, and an analytic single word than a phrase. But a short analytic phrase, or a short analytic sentence, is usually necessary, owing to our ignorance of the subject matter, the limitations which belong to all figure alphabets, and our neglect to act strictly on the lines of In., Ex., and Con.
1. Is the analytic word or phrase self-connected to the event? 2. Why will sentences sometimes be useful? 3. What must be avoided? 4. Can a greater variety of sentences be found if only the initial consonants are used? 5. What does the phrase "Inhuman Civil War" represent? 6. What does it show the superiority of? 7. What are the characteristics which recommend it? 8. Is a short analytic phrase better for the memory than an analytic sentence? 9. On what principle?