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Page 32
... definite experience of the effect pro- duced ; not be satisfied with a blurred or vague general sense of what the discourse means . With the composer a definite and firm seizing of the end is absolutely essen- tial to direct and ...
... definite experience of the effect pro- duced ; not be satisfied with a blurred or vague general sense of what the discourse means . With the composer a definite and firm seizing of the end is absolutely essen- tial to direct and ...
Page 34
... definite effect on the mind is to affect prominently one or another of these powers . This fact defines the end , making it threefold more definite than the mere idea of addressing the mind ; and gives rise to the three great classes of ...
... definite effect on the mind is to affect prominently one or another of these powers . This fact defines the end , making it threefold more definite than the mere idea of addressing the mind ; and gives rise to the three great classes of ...
Page 47
... theme be definitely bounded . To this end it should be stated in as many definite ways as possible , and the boundary lines between it and all adjacent territory of thought should be pre- cisely THE THOUGHT IN DISCOURSE . 47.
... theme be definitely bounded . To this end it should be stated in as many definite ways as possible , and the boundary lines between it and all adjacent territory of thought should be pre- cisely THE THOUGHT IN DISCOURSE . 47.
Page 48
... definite end . After the theme as a whole has been grasped it must be inwardly explored and all its phases , and its elements selected out and organized into the theme as a whole . Whatever wealth of life there is in the theme must be ...
... definite end . After the theme as a whole has been grasped it must be inwardly explored and all its phases , and its elements selected out and organized into the theme as a whole . Whatever wealth of life there is in the theme must be ...
Page 53
... definite organic whole instead of the vague one grasped at the outset . This analysis and synthesis takes definite character from the kinds of unities which constitute the theme , from the kinds of relations which bind the parts into ...
... definite organic whole instead of the vague one grasped at the outset . This analysis and synthesis takes definite character from the kinds of unities which constitute the theme , from the kinds of relations which bind the parts into ...
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