THE SCIENCE OF NUMBERS
the 4 would tend to complete the plans that the 3 originated. The two middle letters of the name, the “O” and the “R,” would naturally bring inflexibility of purpose, and the compelling force that bends others to one’s will. The 5s or “Es” are so thoroughly out of harmony with both the name and the birth that they are readly recognized as the conditions that subjected George Washington to such great suffering through malignant plots, the quarrels of subordinates, and gross ingratitude.
ABRAHAM Lincoln: Name, 26, or 8. Birth, 12, or 3, (12 Feb. 1809).
A 3 in birth indicates a strong social nature, a good talker, the lover of humanity, a leader of men. Such an individual would have to be engaged in a work of wide-spread influence, or, otherwise, he would not be happy. A name that is 8 through 26 would indicate intensity in feeling, world love, and high aspira-
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