"This was such a new idea to Alice, that she was quite silent for a minute or two, which gave the Pigeon the opportunity of adding, 'You're looking for eggs, I know _that_ well enough; and what does it matter to me whether you're a little girl or a serpent?' "'It matters a good deal to _me_,' said Alice hastily;..." * * * * * _A. A. W._, p. 75: "'But why [asked Alice] did they live at the bottom of a well?' "'Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "'I've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an offended tone, 'so I can't take more.' "'You mean you can't take _less_,' said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take _more_ than nothing.'" Q. MATHEMATICIANS' TREATMENT OF LOGIC. _A. A. W._, p. 74: The Hatter had told of his quarrel with Time, and of Time's refusal now to do anything he asked: "'... It's always six o'clock now!' "A bright idea came into Alice's head. 'Is that the reason so many tea things are put out here?' she asked. "'Yes, that's it,' said the Hatter, with a sigh: 'it's always tea time, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles.' "'Then you keep moving round, I suppose?' said Alice. "'Exactly so,' said the Hatter: 'as the things get used up.' "'But what happens when you come to the beginning again?' Alice ventured to ask. "'Suppose we change the subject,' the March Hare interrupted, yawning. 'I'm getting tired of this.'" * * * * * _A. A. W._, p. 99: "'And how many hours a day did you do lessons?' said Alice, in a hurry to change the subject. "'Ten hours the first day,' said the Mock Turtle, 'nine the next, and so on.' "'What a curious plan!' exclaimed Alice. "'That's the reason they're called lessons,' the Gryphon remarked, 'because they lessen from day to day.' "This was quite a new idea to Alice, and she thought it over a little before she made her next remark. 'Then the eleventh day must have been a holiday.' "'Of course it was,' said the Mock Turtle. "'And how did you manage on the twelfth?' Alice went on eagerly. "'That's enough about lessons,' the Gryphon interrupted in a very decided tone...." R. METHOD IN MATHEMATICS AND LOGIC. _A. A. W._, p. 71: "'Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. 'I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added, looking angrily at the March Hare. "'It was the _best_ butter,' the March Hare meekly replied. "'Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter grumbled; 'you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.' "The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, 'It was the _best_ butter, you know.'" S. VERDICT THAT LOGIC IS PHILOSOPHY. _A. A. W._, pp. 119-23: "... 'Consider your verdict,' he [the King] said to the jury, in a low trembling voice.