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In another corner of the same House sat a Chinese, just arrived in London, who also wishes to commit to memory the names, shapes, gait, dresses, &c. of the Barbarians that spoke and legislated in his presence.
The Londoner, the Colonial gentleman, and the Chinese, have evidently the same piece of knowledge to heave into their brain; but for the Londoner it is the 1st phrenotypic problem; he has to stick together a name which is to him a familiar notion, with a personage which is for him a familiar notion also—thus, a (
symbol characters) with a (symbol characters)
For the colonial gentleman it is the 2nd phrenotypic problem; he has to stick together a name which is for him a familiar notion, with a personage which is for him a not-familiar notion:— thus . . a (symbol characters) with a (symbol characters)
For the Chinese it is the 3rd phrenotypic problem; he has to stick together a name which is for him a not-familiar notion, with a personage which is for him a not-familiar notion, thus:—
a (symbol characters) with a (symbol characters)
A child attempts to commit to memory the alphabet; it has continually to connect together two notions, viz. a visible sign, a letter which it never saw before, with an isolated sound of which
