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 make pets of them. A 4 should make every effort to avoid business relations with a 3. Its best associates are 2s, 8s, 11s, and 22s.

E, or 5. An “E” is possessed of a dual nature. Even when in harmony it is both beneficent and maleficent, although, under such favorable conditions, soul-racking regret and munificent atonement follow all exhibitions of maleficence. Although a good number when in concord, it is apt to become a most dangerous one in discord, as many of its attractive qualities are easily reversed. When in harmony an “E” will probably be a social and entertaining person, although inclined to be more fond of dress and worldly things, than of the spiritual life. When such higher manifestations of character become possible, however, this 5 is both a philosophical and a peace-making element in society, but it must be remembered that, as 5 is usually of nervous