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Page 8
... the moving and shaping force of the desire to reach the end . In fact , in the
stress of composition the author is not conscious that he uses language , being
wholly occupied and moved as the recipient is to THE SCIENCE OF
DISCOURSE .
... the moving and shaping force of the desire to reach the end . In fact , in the
stress of composition the author is not conscious that he uses language , being
wholly occupied and moved as the recipient is to THE SCIENCE OF
DISCOURSE .
Page 20
Weighty and forcible utterance cannot be gotten at from the outside , but spring
from the weight and force of the life which makes the utterance . The whole
character and life are necessary to each fit word 20 THE SCIENCE OF
DISCOURSE .
Weighty and forcible utterance cannot be gotten at from the outside , but spring
from the weight and force of the life which makes the utterance . The whole
character and life are necessary to each fit word 20 THE SCIENCE OF
DISCOURSE .
Page 24
Coming now to the task of a particular composition , with volume and force of life
in general , the author must be moved in each production by A Sincere Purpose .
— We have already observed that the effect in the mind addressed ...
Coming now to the task of a particular composition , with volume and force of life
in general , the author must be moved in each production by A Sincere Purpose .
— We have already observed that the effect in the mind addressed ...
Page 28
Every discourse , like a plant or an animal , is the product of a vital force ; and it
cannot take the form of life by external carpentry . Composition is not primarily a
putting together ; but the outgoing of a unitary impulse which divides itself into a ...
Every discourse , like a plant or an animal , is the product of a vital force ; and it
cannot take the form of life by external carpentry . Composition is not primarily a
putting together ; but the outgoing of a unitary impulse which divides itself into a ...
Page 46
Therefore when a composer chooses a theme by which to accomplish a certain
end , his first concern is to so bring the theme into his life that it becomes the
impelling force in speech . No merely external posting up on a subject will meet
the ...
Therefore when a composer chooses a theme by which to accomplish a certain
end , his first concern is to so bring the theme into his life that it becomes the
impelling force in speech . No merely external posting up on a subject will meet
the ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Science of Discourse |
| Author | Arnold Tompkins |
| Publisher | The author, 1897 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 26 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 432 pages |
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