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 events and character than “A,” and “S” will be still more forceful than “J,” none of these facts affect the mathematical calculation by which the NAME NUMBER is determined. At the same time, as will be seen as step by step the fundamental principles of the Science are unfolded, the facts concerning this difference in vibrations must be remembered, that the proper degree of force may be given to each letter in the readings that are to come later.

Moreover, in beginning the study of the Science of Numbers it is best that only the given name should be counted. In the play of vibrations it is the given name that is the great positive force, and, while it is true that the surname has some effect in shaping the vibrations of the BIRTH NUMBER, or the negative force, its influence is of such character that it is never taken into account until the student has become a thorough master of the first principles of the Science.