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Page 46
... 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 requirement ; the speaker or writer must be able to give original con- struction to the theme by the ...
... 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 requirement ; the speaker or writer must be able to give original con- struction to the theme by the ...
Page 55
... brings before the mind its successive stages of development , and also its parts as they at present work together side by side . Thus every individual is a space whole or a time whole a simultaneous whole or a successive whole . - While ...
... brings before the mind its successive stages of development , and also its parts as they at present work together side by side . Thus every individual is a space whole or a time whole a simultaneous whole or a successive whole . - While ...
Page 64
... brings out in varied ways this one idea . And when he describes the mountain by saying , ― " With our faint heart the mountain strives , " he expresses , in the word " strives , " the fact that the mountain seeks to influence our lives ...
... brings out in varied ways this one idea . And when he describes the mountain by saying , ― " With our faint heart the mountain strives , " he expresses , in the word " strives , " the fact that the mountain seeks to influence our lives ...
Page 66
... bring a particular mental state fully into consciousness , it is necessary to present the conditions which produced ... brings out the spiritual Ichabod Crane by means of the physical Ichabod . Physical objects are frequently presented ...
... bring a particular mental state fully into consciousness , it is necessary to present the conditions which produced ... brings out the spiritual Ichabod Crane by means of the physical Ichabod . Physical objects are frequently presented ...
Page 67
... bring the picture briefly and fully before the mind . This relation has great power of suggestiveness . To in- troduce the description of a shipwreck by , " It was midnight on the waters , " both arouses a vague sense of fear , which ...
... bring the picture briefly and fully before the mind . This relation has great power of suggestiveness . To in- troduce the description of a shipwreck by , " It was midnight on the waters , " both arouses a vague sense of fear , which ...
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