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 is denoted the joining of the essence and existence) there be added any matter which is not A, then Z + A + a —the simple pipe becomes Z + A + x—the complex pipe.

Such are the doctrines of the Megacremasuotic School of Pipe Philosophers.

Fifthly, let us take the Cœlosphaeric or Cyclosematic School. And their teaching is this:—The real essence of the pipe is contained in the bowl, whence cometh the name Cœlosphaeric, since they regard the bowl as the root, from out of which, from reasons of practical utility and convenience, the stem hath sprung; some saying that the first pipe was a bowl in which tobacco was placed, and the smoke drawn out from a hole in the side. They profess to find a support to these doctrines in the fact that supposing any one should detach the stem from the bowl he would by no means call the stem by itself a pipe, whereas a bowl without a stem might very well be called so. Further, by analogy they liken a pipe to a tree. Now without a