re _experienced
together_ or nearly together. They became cemented together, so that the
revival of one is apt to call up the other, and this is concurrence.
=Capt. John Smith.= } Con.
=Anvil.= }
A proper name may be also used in other relations. The word, sound, or
name Smith may also be a general term applicable to many classes of
persons, as _coppersmith_, _goldsmith_, _silversmith_, &c. When we think
of _Capt. John_ Smith we use the word as a proper name. But when we
think of Smith and Anvil we use the word Smith in its general sense. In
either case it is an act of Concurrence. Smiths use anvils. We have
thought of these words together, and that mental act has had a tendency
to unite them together.
=Anvil.= } In. by A. & C.
=Heavy.= }
Anvil is a _concrete thing_ that possesses the attribute heaviness; and
heavy is an abstract term that applies to heavy things, but does not
state what they are. The idea or thought of heaviness is _common_ to
both words, and therefore it is a case of In., and as one term is
concrete and the other abstract, it is a case of In. by A. & C.
=Heavy.= } Con.
=Gravitation.= }
Things are heavy that press toward the earth, in consequence of the
action of gravity in their case. Gravitation, whatever that is, is what
makes them tend toward the earth. We may say it is a Cause, and as we
think of Cause producing Effect, and Effect as produced by Cause, such
cases are _thought of together_, or almost simultaneously, and hence we
have a case of Concurrence.
=Gravitation.= } Con.
=Sir Isaac Newton.= }
There is no In. or Ex. here, but Con. We have read or heard that Newton
discovered the Law of Gravitation. We have exercised our minds in regard
to these two words, in thinking of them together, and that is
concurrence.
=Sir Isaac Newton.= } Con.
="Diamond."= }
Newton went out of his library on one occasion, leaving his pet dog
"Diamond" in the room. The dog jumped up on to the table, overturned the
light, which set fire to most valuable manuscripts. They burned up. When
Newton returned and discovered what his pet had done, he exclaimed, "O!
Diamond, Diamond, thou little knowest what thou hast done." The name
Diamond becomes thus vividly associated in our minds with the
forbearance of the great Newton. We cannot forget it. We hold them
together hereafter by Con.
=Diamond.= } In. by s.
=Dying.= }
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