“’AussitendrequeZaire’astenderasZaire-French。Alludestothefrequentrepetitionofthephrase，latendreZaire，intheFrenchtragedyofthatname。Properlyintroduced，willshownotonlyyourknowledgeofthelanguage，butyourgeneralreadingandwit。Youcansay，forinstance，thatthechickenyouwereeatingwriteanarticleaboutbeingchokedtodeathbyachicken-bonewasnotaltogetheraussitendrequeZaire。Write！
_’Vanmuertetanescondida，Quenotesientavenir，Porqueelplazerdelmorir，Nomestorneadarlavida。’_
“That’sSpanishfromMigueldeCervantes。’Comequickly，Odeath！
butbesureanddon’tletmeseeyoucoming，lestthepleasureI
shallfeelatyourappearanceshouldunfortunatelybringmebackagaintolife。’Thisyoumayslipinquiteaproposwhenyouarestrugglinginthelastagonieswiththechicken-bone。Write！
_’Ilpover’huomochenonse’neraaccorto，Andavacombattendo，eeramorto。’_
That’sItalian，youperceivefromAriosto。Itmeansthatagreathero，intheheatofcombat，notperceivingthathehadbeenfairlykilled，continuedtofightvaliantly，deadashewas。TheapplicationofthistoyourowncaseisobviousforItrust，MissPsyche，thatyouwillnotneglecttokickforatleastanhourandahalfafteryouhavebeenchokedtodeathbythatchicken-bone。Pleasetowrite！
_’Undsterb’ichdoch，nosterb’ichdenn_
_Durchsiedurchsie！’_
That’sGermanfromSchiller。’AndifIdie，atleastIdiefortheeforthee！’Hereitisclearthatyouareapostrophizingthecauseofyourdisaster，thechicken。Indeedwhatgentlemanorladyeitherofsense，wouldn’tdie，Ishouldliketoknow，forawellfattenedcaponoftherightMoluccabreed，stuffedwithcapersandmushrooms，andservedupinasalad-bowl，withorange-jelliesenmosaiques。Write！YoucangetthemthatwayatTortoni’sWrite，ifyouplease！
“HereisanicelittleLatinphrase，andraretoo，onecan’tbetoorechercheorbriefinone’sLatin，it’sgettingsocommon
ignoratioelenchi。Hehascommittedanignoratioelenchithatistosay，hehasunderstoodthewordsofyourproposition，butnottheidea。Themanwasafool，yousee。Somepoorfellowwhomyouaddresswhilechokingwiththatchicken-bone，andwhothereforedidn’tpreciselyunderstandwhatyouweretalkingabout。Throwtheignoratioelenchiinhisteeth，and，atonce，youhavehimannihilated。Ifhedarestoreply，youcantellhimfromLucanhereitisthatspeechesaremereanemonaeverborum，anemonewords。Theanemone，withgreatbrilliancy，hasnosmell。Or，ifhebeginstobluster，youmaybedownuponhimwithinsomniaJovis，reveriesofJupiteraphrasewhichSiliusItalicusseehere！appliestothoughtspompousandinflated。Thiswillbesureandcuthimtotheheart。Hecandonothingbutrolloveranddie。Willyoubekindenoughtowrite？
“InGreekwemusthavesomethingprettyfromDemosthenes，forexample。！