"Truth seldom goes without a scratched face."
What seldom goes without a scratched face? _Truth_ seldom goes without a scratched face. Does truth ever go without a scratched face? Truth _seldom_ goes without a scratched face. What does truth seldom do without a scratched face? Truth seldom _goes_ without a scratched face. Does truth seldom go with a scratched face? Truth seldom goes _without_ a scratched face. Truth seldom goes without what? Truth seldom goes without a _scratched face_. What kind of a face is spoken of? Truth seldom goes without a _scratched_ face. Without what scratched thing does truth seldom go? Truth seldom goes without a scratched _face_.
1. Instinct is inherited memory. 2. Books are embalmed minds. 3. Words are the fortresses of thought. 4. A name denotes objects and connotes attributes. 5. Force is depersonalised will. 6. A somnambule only acts his dream. 7. Attention is fixation of consciousness. 8. Science is organised common sense.
The student of Interrogative Analysis can apply this method to the examples given under the Analytic-Synthetic Method. This will give the needful additional practice. But let him not attempt too much at any one time. Three to four examples thoroughly studied are quite sufficient for one session or sitting.
POEMS LONG OR SHORT EASILY LEARNED BY HEART.
1. Before attempting to memorize any selections of Prose or Poetry, never fail _first to read it carefully_ to ascertain what it is all about, to learn its aim and _mode of development_ and its _peculiarities_, and not least of all, to look up and note down in writing the _meaning of unfamiliar_ words.
2. In this poem the average reader might have to consult the dictionary for the precise meaning of "Crystalline" [clear, unalloyed], "Runic" [old-fashioned, mystical], "Tintinnabulation" [bell-ringing], "Monody" [a monotonous sound], "Ghouls" [imaginary evil beings supposed to prey upon human bodies], and "Pæan" [a song of triumph]. The pupil should understand that except in the rare cases where mere sound helps us, we learn wholly through the _meaning_ of the words and their _relations_ between the meanings, and therefore if he fails to know the import of any word or words in a selection, he cannot receive the full benefit of the methods taught in this System.
