Part 8

The letters "ar" occur in both the Christian names.

=MillARd Fillmore.= } Con. =FrANklin Pierce.= }

The "ar" of Millard and the "an" of Franklin is a case of Con. reversed, i.e., "an" and "ar" is Con. since "n" precedes "r" in the Alphabet. Here the alphabetical order is reversed.

=FrANklin Pierce.= } In. =James BuchANAN.= }

The "an" in Franklin is identical in spelling and in sound with the two "ans" in Buchanan.

Let the student recall the series of names from Andrew Jackson to James Buchanan several times, and at each recall let him also recall the relation which bound the pairs together, and then let him recall the series from Washington to Buchanan, both forward and backward, without consciously reviving the relations.

REMARKS.

1. This may be called the "Single Term Group," since none of the group served more than one term.

2. The group is notable for the fact that it is the only one in which two Presidents (William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor) died natural deaths while in office.

THIRD GROUP.

Period of Civil War and Reconstruction.

=JAMes Buchanan.= } In. =AbrahAM Lincoln.= }

This pair of names furnishes an In. by spelling, not sound, "am" in both, but not pronounced alike. This must be noticed, as it is a weak In.

=Abraham LinCOLN.= } In. =Andrew JOHNson.= }

The "l" in "coln," and the "h" in "John" are silent. It is a case of In. by sound. To the ear the sound of "Con." is like that of "Jon."

=ANdrew Johnson.= } In. =Ulysses S. GrANt.= }

"An" in Andrew and in Grant has the same sound.

=UlyssES S. Grant.= } In. =Rutherford B. HayES.= }

"Es" in Ulysses and in Hayes is the same in spelling--but not in sound. It must be noticed, as it is the weakest of all. A stronger tie has heretofore been given.

=Rutherford B. HAYes.= } Con. =James A. GarFIELD.= }

There is a strong association between Hay of Hayes and and the field of Garfield, as in the familiar word "Hayfield."

=James A. GARfield.= } In. =Chester A. ARthur.= }

In "Gar" and "Ar" there is a strong In. by sound.

=Chester A. ArTHUR.= } In. =GroVER Cleveland.= }

Between "thur" and "ver" there is a clear In. by sound.

=Grover ClevelANd.= } Con. =BenjAMin Harrison.= }

There is a fair In. by sound between "an" and "am;" but as they are alphabetically reversed, it makes a case of Con. reversed.

=BenjAMin Harrison.= } In. & =Grover ClevelANd.= } Ex.