2 AUGUST 1946, Page 14

FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS

SIR,—As I was never educated, perhaps you will be so good as to let me know the meaning of "soltsitur anzbulando." I enjoy your articles when I can understand them.—Yours faithfully, J. M. SINCLAIR. [" It (e.g., a baby's problem of how to walk) is solved by walking." Generally speaking, you solve the problem of how to do a thing by lust doing it.—ED., The Spectator]