Three Rs

“ Wroat at her marriage, as her own property to do with as she pleased. In addition to the real estate, therefore, you have fifty thousand pounds, which is invested in the three per cents, in foreign railway shares, in United States bonds, and in other perfectly safe and reliable securities. The interest upon these investments varies from three to seven per cent., but averages five per cent., and I have to announce to you that you have therefore an annual income of twenty-five hundred pounds, of which, by your aunt’s will, you come into immediate possession. ”

“ Say a man wants to borrow twenty pounds, and is to pay back at three shillings a week. The interest is first deducted for the whole time, so that if he agrees to pay only five per cent. he will receive but nineteen pounds ”

“ Quit of these three sources of misconception, the reader will have little farther difficulty in apprehending the real nature of Effectual value. He may, however, at first not without surprise, perceive the consequences involved in his acceptance of the definition. For if the actual existence of wealth be dependent on the power of its possessor, it follows that the sum of wealth held by the nation, instead of being constant, or calculable, varies hourly, nay, momentarily, with the number and character of its holders! and that in changing hands, it changes in quantity. ”

“ I whistled low and long.
“The mate,” proceeded he, “not Van Laar, but the mate—” he paused and looked at me with an expression of significant attention; “the mate gets one-third of the remainder—thirty thousand five hundred and fifty-six dollars, or six thousand one hundred and eleven pounds.” He read these figures from his little book.
“A good haul for the mate,” said I.
“The balance of sixty-one odd thousand dollars,” he went on, “goes to the men according to their rating. This they will receive over and above their wages, which average from three to six pounds a month.” ”

“ The division of the ready money, upwards of three thousand five hundred rupees, gave to each man a considerable sum, enough, at any rate, to support him for some time,—the more especially as the share of the former booty was not nearly expended; for every man lived as frugally as possible, and all seemed intent upon vying with each other as to who should have the largest share at the general division. ”

“ What ought a man to give his sais in the Hills? My ruffian says eight rupees, because everything is so dear.
MISS T. Six rupees a month, and one rupee Simla allowance—neither more nor less. And a grass-cut gets six rupees. That's better than buying grass in the bazar. ”

“ If a certain number of apples are to be equally distributed amongst a certain number of boys, if the share of one is one apple, the share of ten or twenty is plainly equal to ten or twenty. But if we state that the share of three boys is twelve apples, and ask what number will be sufficient for nine boys, the answer is not obvious ”

“ The quantity of rubies without flaw, sapphires, and pearls belonging to one person, is five, eight and seven respectively. The number of like gems belonging to another is seven, nine and six. One has ninety, the other sixty-two rupees. They are equally rich. Tell me quickly, then, intelligent friend, who art conversant with algebra, the prices, of each sort of gem?
Answer—14, 1, 1, etc. V. 105 & 156.
[Bhāskara 'assumes' relative values.]
32. The horses belonging to these four persons respectively are five, three, six and eight; the camels belonging to them are two, seven, four and one ”

“ This will sometimes be said for three or four shillings, but at other times, if a rich man takes a fancy to a priest, or has a fit of extreme devotion upon him, he will give eight or ten mil reis, two or three pounds, and it does happen, that one hundred mil reis are received for saying a mass, but this is very rare;—at times an ox or an horse, or two or three, are given. ”

“ It indicates certain transactions between three parties , as if A owes B, and B owes C. A is ordered to play direct to C which is called Payus. If a man has two pieces of land or sawah on each side of a third bit, and the third is coveted to form one compact whole, that is also called Payus. ”

“ I give and bequeath the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand rupees to be placed at Interest in the most secure manner possible in the East India Company or Government papers bearing interest and that interest to be employed for the poor, first having divided this Interest in three portions or parts: one- for the relief of the poor of Lucknow of christian religion, (second) -for the poor of Calcutta- and (third) for the relief of the Poor of Chandernaggur...................... ”

“ Example: A person was born in 1860, and is now 38 years of age.
122. There are 3 numbers in continued proportion—the middle number is 60, and the sum of the others is 125. Find the numbers.
123. A lends B a certain sum at the same time he insures B’s life for £737 12s. 6d., paying annual premiums of £20; at the end of three years and just before the fourth premium is to be paid, B dies, having never repaid anything. What sum must A have lent B in order that he may have just enough to recoup himself, together with 5 per cent. compound interest on the sum lent and on the premiums? ”

“ All a person's members when reckoned together are eight and four score pounds in value. [137] A person's finger is a cow and a score of silver in value. [138] The worth of the thumb is two kine and two score of silver. [139] A person's nail is thirty pence in value. [140] The worth of the extreme joint, twenty six pence and a half-penny and a third of a penny. [141] The worth of the middle joint, fifty and a half-penny and two parts of a half-penny. [142] The worth of the nearest joint, eighty pence. [143] A person's foretooth is twenty four pence in value with three augmentations ”

“ We might say that, according to the above, the final end in its totality must be divided among the sum of individuals, and that hence, if the final end is a determined and complete Whole, the sum of individuals must also be a complete Whole; and this remark furnishes us opportunity for an additional statement, which opens a wide prospect. For, in so far as the final end is to become visible, it must be apportioned among a determined and fixed sum of individuals, since it is visible only in the form of individuals. ”

“ Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait, and count forty. To save three-quarters, count sixty. To save it all, count sixty-five. ”

“ by virtue of what right
Have I never once tended field or tree?
My government-pay is three hundred tons;
At the year's end I have still grain in hand.
Thinking of this, secretly I grew ashamed; ”

“ If a workman can conveniently spare those three halfpence, he buys a pot of porter. If he cannot, he contents himself with a pint; and, as a penny saved is a penny got, he thus gains a farthing by his temperance. ”

“ A common monetary standard will be established, with the consent of the various governments, by which industrial transactions will be greatly facilitated. Three spheres made respectively of gold, silver, and platinum, and each430 weighing fifty grammes, would differ sufficiently in value for the purpose. The sphere should have a small flattened base, and on the great circle parallel to it the Positivist motto would be inscribed. ”

“ She might have saved her fear, for he did not notice. "Some," he said, straightening up from the gear and looking at her with a half smile.
"Do I sound disloyal," she said tremulously, "if I suggest that if Earth Three wins we have the means here to join them?" Virginia hoped to gain some idea of his feelings on the subject so that she could calculate his intentions.
Bronson shook his head grimly. "Earth Three," he said, "appears to have all the cards. No one doubts that Earth Two is doomed and is no true menace compared to Three. ”

“ The Alamogordo experiment on Earth One was the most probable, of course. Obviously Earth Two is destined to die soon, leaving but Earths One and Three.
"But," continued Maddox thoughtfully, "we have posed the problem and the machine here reasons that we are correct."
"Then we need not undergo all the strife in order to survive!"
"Obviously not. Once the pathways through time are no longer strained by multiple existences the strain will cease. In other words, once we—Earth Three—are the only true survivor the strain will cease and there will be no fear of our demise." ”

“ Bronson laughed. "How long would it be before one of Kingston's men discover the secret of unlocking the energy of the atom with a gadget the size of your wrist watch? Hah! Every man his own atom-bomb!" he snorted. "Well, remember this, Virginia, on Earth Three every chunk of space-resonant material is more deadly than the Alamogordo Flame!" ”

“ Bronson shook his head. "You're not fair," he said. "He's done nothing that you or I would not do to protect our own worlds. And," smiled Bronson, "remember that Earth Two is already doomed."
Virginia whirled on him. "Because a man is slated to die as all men are, is that an excuse to commit murder?"
"No," he said. "But life is still a matter of the survival of the fittest. I deplore Kingston's act but remember that Kingston knows that it is either kill or be killed."
"Then there is nothing wrong with Earth Three," snapped Virginia with deep bitterness. ”

“ Confound it, it's simple enough, too, but for the life of me I cannot see it."
"What can be wrong with a world where science and knowledge are not suppressed?"
"I don't know," he said irritably. "But there's something wrong with Earth Three." He turned back to the gear again. "The one thing we must be on the watch for is the day when Kingston sends word for his trustees to assemble his space-resonant materials into a supercritical mass. ”

“ Bronson waved a book. "And I'm a little shocked at the lack of true basic research to be found on Earth Three."
"What?" asked Virginia.
"It seems as though they know a lot," he explained. "But they know no more about this stuff than the nineteen hundreds knew about the electricity they used."
"That's natural," she said. "People are always willing to use something beneficial though they know little about its basic fundamentals. One out of a thousand automobile drivers really knows anything about the internal combustion engine. ”

“ Therefore we are the ones to survive and we are working toward that end. That is why we grabbed you. Your world is doomed. We must ensure the doom of Earth One so that Earth Three is the only one left."
Kingston turned to Maddox. "I think we might be wise to collect Ed Bronson too," he said. "No use letting him run free. Find him and bring him through too."
Maddox nodded and went to work on the controls, setting the dial that determined the depth of penetration to Earth Two. He worked rapidly, sweeping the house that was cojacent with the house on Earth One. ”

“ They are unprepared to enter any form of strife to survive. We—Earth Three—have developed ourselves and our science greatly and in any strife we are best fitted to survive!"
"All right, it sounds logical," snapped Kingston. "But how do we prove it without arousing suspicion?"
"We can rotate a bit of the core of the Earth Two atomic fire to this earth," said Maddox. "Once we establish the atomically-inflammable qualities of Earth Three, we can safely assume that Earth One will be the same. Remember," said Maddox with a grin, "on Earth Three the Alamogordo Bomb was a dud—it didn't even fire!" ”

“ And from the vantage point above Earth Two, his viewer showed a spreading holocaust that threatened to cover the entire globe from pole to pole. It would be but a matter of time before a gout of flame and horror erased him and removed all resistance to Kingston's plans. Switching the scene to Earth Three, Bronson saw that the pitifully few dots of flame had been removed.
Which was right? A world playing with death in myriad or a world so conservative that it had not advanced to the point where it could turn the tables? ”

“ Regardless of any decision to eschew a former life, the training of a lifetime will remain. That Virginia had no intention of remaining on Earth Two did not remove her interest in the main problem of her life. Bronson had some theories that were interesting. Therefore Virginia was content to remain and learn all she could.
Such knowledge might come in handy at a later date.
Leader Kingston leaned back against a counter and regarded his cohorts with a cold stare. Maddox growled in his throat and the three guards cowered because theirs had been a crime punishable by death for hundreds of years. ”

“ A thing learned is a sheaf garnered."
Therefore, three times a week, Tzu Mo sat meekly facing Jabez Trask and imbibing all sorts of knowledge that might be useful to her in her future Pell Street career—all about landscape gardening and physiology and Longfellow and similar approved settlement house subjects—while Miss Edith Rutter, in an adjoining room, was teaching a handful of tiny, sloe-eyed, pig-tailed tots the white man's Three R's. ”

“ The miraculous powers of modern calculation are due to three inventions: the Arabic Notation, Decimal Fractions, and Logarithms. ”

“ If he leaves four sons, and bequeaths to some person as much as the share of one of his sons, less one-fourth of what remains from one-third after the deduction of the share, and one dirhem; and to another one-third of what remains from the one-third, and one dirhem; then this legacy is determined by one-third. [30] Take one-third of the capital, and subtract from it one share; there remains one-third, less one share; add hereto one-fourth of what you have then it is one-third and one-fourth of one-third, less one share and one-fourth. ”