THE SCIENCE OF NUMBERS
possible to find a name to fit it, a name that will not only agree in its own number, but also in the matter of Cornerstone, Keystone, Capstone, etc. In such an emergency, however, the remedy is always at hand, for, in the adoption of a new name, it is not necessary to conform to any custom, or to any rule of spelling, however long established. That is to say, if repeated experiments in the enumeration of names fail to discover any series of letters that will produce the desired effects, we still have the alternative of calling upon the imagination to supply the name that is wanted. Thus, if no so-called common name will meet our requirements, we, fortunately, have the privilege of “making-up” one to fit the purpose. In every case, however, the choice of such a name should not be made without serious deliberation, for it is almost as necessary that it should be in every respect pleasing to the person adopting it as it is that it should come
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