_E come l'uomo a sospirar ridutto Per l'interno sconcerto de gli affetti Pravi, germoglia miserabil frutto; Cosè la terra fra suoi varj effetti Pel reo fermento, onde bollir si sente, Da se produce i velenosi insetti. Infin, da la materia putrescente, Nascon l'abbominevoli bestiuole, Ed è questa per me cosa evidente. So che nol voglion le moderne scuole; Ma ciò che monta? In simile argomento E'lecito a ciascun dir ciò che vuole._[1] [Footnote 1: CORDARA.] CHAPTER CLXIX. LINKS AND AFFINITIES. A MAP OF THE AUTHOR'S INTELLECTUAL COURSE IN THE FIVE PRECEDING CHAPTERS. _Ὦ φίλε Φαῖδρε, ποῖ δὴ καὶ πόθεν;_ PLATO. And now it may be agreeable to the reader to be presented here with a sort of synopsis, or itinerary, whereby as in a chart he may trace what he perhaps has erroneously considered the erratic course of association in the five antecedent Chapters. First, then Aristotle held that domesticated animals were benefitted by their connection with man. Secondly, the Biographer and disciple of Dr. Dove thought that Aristotle was not altogether right when he held that domesticated animals were benefitted by their connection with man. Thirdly, Chick-Pick, and Hen-Pen, and Cock-Lock, and Duck-Luck, and Turkey-Lurkey, and Goosey-Loosey, being consulted, confirmed the opinion of the Biographer and Disciple of Dr. Dove, that Aristotle was not altogether right when he held that domesticated animals were benefitted by their connection with man. Fourthly, it was seen that Goosey-Loosey, ended her speech abruptly and significantly with the word _But_: When Chick-Pick and Hen-Pen, and Cock-Lock, and Duck-Luck, and Turkey-Lurkey, and Goosey-Loosey, being consulted, confirmed the opinion of the Biographer and Disciple of Dr. Dove, that Aristotle was not altogether right when he held that domesticated animals were benefitted by their connection with man. Fifthly, it was observed that Grammarians have maintained many and mysterious opinions concerning the nature of the word _But_, with which Goosey-Loosey ended her speech abruptly and significantly, after Chick-Pick, and Hen-Pen, and Cock-Lock, and Duck-Luck, and Turkey-Lurkey and Goosey-Loosey, being consulted had confirmed the opinion of the Biographer and Disciple of Dr. Dove, that Aristotle was not altogether right when he held that domesticated animals were benefitted by their connection with man.