SECTION XII.

RULE 12. The emphatic succession of particulars, making an emphatic series, and emphatic repetition, requires the falling inflection.

NOTE. In the application of the first part of this rule, in which it has reference to a succession of particulars, or an emphatic series, the two preceding ones, with their notes and exceptions, must be strictly observed.

EXAMPLES.

Emphatic Succession of Particulars.

1. True gentleness teaches us to bear one another's bùrdens to rejoice with those who rejòice; to weep with those who wèep; to please every one his neighbor for his good; to be kind and tender-hearted; to be pitiful and courteous; to support the weak, and to be patient to àll men.

2. No more he enjoys the tranquil scène; it has become flat and insipid to his taste; his books are abàndoned; his retort and crucible are thrown asìde; his shrubbery in vain blooms, and breathes its fragrance upon the àir; he likes it nòt; his ear no longer drinks the rich melody of músic; it longs for the trumpet's clangor, and the cannon's ròar.

Increasing Intensity of Falling Inflections.

1. Let no MAN DÀRE impugn my motives, on the peril of his

life.

2. I tell you, though you, though all the wÒRLD, though an angel from IIÈAVEN, should declare the truth of it, I could

not believe it.

Emphatic Repetition.

1. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms- nèver! NÈVER! NÈVER!

QUESTIONS. What is the rule for emphatic succession of particulars and emphatic repetition? What other rules, with their notes and exceptions, must be observed in the application of the first part of this one? Does the falling inflection sometimes become more intense on each succeeding particular? Give an example.

2. What, sir, are the constituent elements of society? Persons and property. What are the subjects of legislation? PERSONS AND PROPERTY. What are the subjects upon which the law-making power is called to act? PERSONS AND PROPERTY.

EXERCISE I.

Emphatic Succession of Particulars.

1. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of màn; the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

2. For to one is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom; to another, the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; to another, faith, by the same Spirit; to another, the gifts of healing, by the same Spirit; to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, discerning of spirits; to another, diverse kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues.

3. Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face. She has touched it with vermilion; planted in it a double row of ivory; made it the seat of smiles and blushes; lighted it up, and enlivened it with the brightness of the èyes; hung it, on each side, with curious organs of sense; given it airs and graces that cannot be described; and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.

4. It would be tempting to enlarge on the closing scene of Socrates' a life; a scene which Plato b has invested with such

a Socrates, a celebrated heathen philosopher, born at Alopece, near Athens, 470 B. C. b Plato, a heathen philosopher, by descent an Athenian, born 429, B. C.

immortal glory; -on the affecting farewell of his judges; on the long thirty days which he passed in prison before the execution of the verdict; on his equanimity, amid the uncontrollable emotions of his companions; on the gathering in of that solemn evening, when the falling of the sunset hues on the top of the Athenian hills, was the signal that the last hour was at hand; on the introduction of the fatal hemlock; his immovable countenance, his firm hand, and the burst of frantic lamentations from all his friends, as, with his habitual ease and cheerfulness, he drained the cup to its dregs; then, the solemn silence enjoined by himself; the pacing to and fro; the strong religious persuasions attested by his last words; the cold palsy of the poison creeping from the extremities to the heart; and the gradual torpor, ending in death.

EXERCISE II.

Increasing Intensity of Inflection and Emphatic Repetition.

1. This was the honor of the Greek; this was the honor of the Roman; this was the honor of the Jew; this was the honor of the Gentile; a this, too, was the honor of the Christain, till the superstition and barbarity of northern devastators darkened his glóry, and degraded his character.

2. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, all that I àm, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready to stàke upon it; and I leave off as I began; sink or swim; live or die; survive or perish,I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and, by the blessing of God, it shall be my dying sentiment; - Independence— now, and independence — forever!

* Gentile, any one not of Jewish descent.

3. There still remains that which is even paramount to the law; that great tribùnal, which the wisdom of our ancestors raised in this country for the support of the people's rights; that tribunal, which has made the law; that tribunal, which has given me you to look at; that tribunal, which is surrounded with a hedge, as it were, set about it; that tribunal, which, from age to age, has been fighting for the liberties of the people.

Bàde thee return, and walk in wisdom's ways.
The seasons, as they roll'd, bàde thee return;
The glorious sun, in his diurnal round,
Beheld thy wandering, and bade thee return,
The night, an emblem of the night of death,
Bade thee return; the rising mounds,
Which told the traveler where the dead repose
In tenements of clay, bade thee return;

And, at thy father's grave, the filial tear,

Which dear remembrance gave, bade thee return,

And dwell in Virtue's tents, on Zion's hili!

SECTION XIII.

RULE 13. Whenever the sense is complete, whether at the close, or any other part of the sentence, the falling inflection should be employed.

EXAMPLES.

1. May no sorrow distress thy dàys; may no strife disturb thy nights; may the pillow of peace kiss thy cheeks, and the pleasures of imagination attend thy dreams.

QUESTION What is the rule when the sense is complete?

2. Spare the father of my childrèn; save my husband. Innocence is seated on his brów, and the milk of human kindness flows round his heart.

3. Peace will be established; confidence will come with peace; capital will follow cònfidence; employment will increase with capital; education will be desired; knowledge will be diffúsed, and virtue will grow with knowledge.

4. Knowledge does not comprise all that is contained in the larger term of education. The feelings are to be disciplìned; the passions are to be restràined; true and worthy motives are to be inspired; a profound religious feeling is to be instílled, and pure morality inculcated under all circumstances. All this is comprised in education; and it is mainly received from a mother's plastic hànd.

In reading the preceding 3d and 4th paragraphs, and others of like construction, some would prefer the upward suspensive slide. The falling inflection, however, gives more force and power to the expression.

EXCEPTION. When strong emphasis with the falling inflection, comes near the end of the sentence, as when the introductory member of any antithesis or comparison requires the falling inflection, the close, or last member of the sentence, takes the rising inflection, or slight oircumflex.

EXAMPLES.

1. Covet that popularity which follows, not that which must be rún after.

2. We should estimate a man's character more by his goodness, than by his wealth.

3. If content cannot remove the disquietudes of mankind, it will at least alléviate them.

4. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, they will reverence my són.

5. The inebriate may lose all respect for himself, but surely, he cannot forget his wife and his children.

QUESTION. What is the exception to this rule? Give examples.