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Just as in learning to read, I said, we were satisfied when we

knew the letters of the alphabet, which are very few, in all

their recurring sizes and combinations; not slighting them as

unimportant whether they occupy a space large or small, but

everywhere eager to make them out; and not thinking ourselves

perfect in the art of reading until we recognise them wherever

they are found:

True-

Or, as we recognise the reflection of letters in the water, or in

a mirror, only when we know the letters themselves; the same art

and study giving us the knowledge of both:

Exactly-