In the third place, were we to settle upon a particular number or color, we might induce a tendency to superstition in our nature, and this we must always avoid. We would always be thinking: 'what is the number of the house we are going to live in'; 'what is the color of the room I shall occupy'; 'what is the color of that dress'; and so on. What would it be then if the person were obliged to live in that particular house, or were obliged to occupy that room in the hotel. If the number were inharmonious he would think everything would go wrong while staying there!