We remember the pupils who were able to spell these difficult words, and we forget those who were unable to spellthem. We remember the good spellers and forget how many poor ones there were. The question is not whether one or two could spell, or learn to spell such words, but could nearly every pupil in the school spell such words? If they could, what use did they make of their knowledge? The corollary to the proposition is, how many were unable to spell which.