LECTURE VI.
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THE ELEVEN RULE (by desire).
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“Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
If the bowl had been stronger
My tale had been longer.”
This lecture, though quite irrelevant, is given to gratify the curiosity of many youthful enquirers.
The eleven rule (which only applies to American leads) is simply this: that, if under favourable circumstances, you add certain integers together and the result should be eleven, then you shall see what you shall see. (It can scarcely be called a novelty, for it seems to have been well known to Virgil,
“Magnus ab integro sœclorum nascitur ordo.”)