D. f. This sentiment I will maintain | with the last breath of Life. *
H. f. I appeal to you, sir, for your de cis ion.

A.f. I appeal to the great Searcher of HEARTS for the truth of what I

ut ter.

D. o. Of all mistakes, | NONE are so fa tal as those which we incur through prejudice.

H. o. Truth, honor, JUS tice, were his mo tives.

A. o. Fix your eye on the prize of a truly No ble am bi tion.

D. e. A WAY with an idea so absurd!

H. e. The breeze of morning | wafted IN cense on the air.

A. e. In dreams through camp and court he bore | the trophies of a CON queror.

D. b. A WAY with an idea so abhorrent to humanity!

H. b. Search the records of the remotest an TI quity for a par allel to this.

A. b. Then rang their proud HURRAH!

2. R. H. P.

D.f. Put DOWN | the unworthy feeling!

H.f. Re STRAIN the unhallowed pro pen sity.

D. o. Let every one who would merit the Christian name | re PRESS | such a feeling.

H. o. I charge you as men and as Christians to lay a re STRAINT on all such dispo si tions!

A. o. Ye gods, | with HOLD your ven geance!

D. e. The hand of affection | shall smooth the TURF for your last pil low! H. e. The cloud of adversity threw its gloom over all his PROS pects. A. e. So darkly glooms yon thunder-cloud that swathes | as with a purple SHROUD Benledi's distant hill.

* See Rule 16.

3. R. H. V.

H.f. Arise! meet and re PEL your foe!

A. f. For BID it, Almighty God!

H. o. He generously extended the arm of power | to ward off the blow.
A. o. May Heaven a VERT the ca lam ity!
H. e. Out of my SIGHT, ❘ thou serpent!

H. b. Thou tempting fiend, a VAUNT!

4. B. H. S.

D. f. All personal feeling he de Pos ited on the al tar of his country's good.

H. f. Listen, I im PLORE you, to the voice of rea son!

A. f. HAIL! universal Lord.

D. o. Every personal advantage | he sur REN dered to the common good.

H. o. WEL come once more to your early home!

A. o. HAIL! holy Light!

D. e. I utterly re NOUNCE | all the supposed advantages of such a station.
H. e. They yet slept | in the wide a BYss of possi bil ity.
A. e. Joy, joy for EVER!

5. B. H. P.

D. f. Lie LIGHT ly on him, earth-his step was light on thee.
H.f. Now all the blessings of a glad father LIGHT on thee!
A. f. Blessed be Thy NAME, O Lord, Most High.

D. o. We are in Thy sight | but as the worms of the DUST!
H. o. May the grace of God | abide with you for EVER.
A. o. And let the triple rainbow rest

D. e. Here let the tumults of passion

o'er all the mountain TOPS.
forever CEASE!

H. e. Spread wide a ROUND the heaven-breathing calm!
A. e. Heaven | opened WIDE her ever-during gates.

6. B. H. V.

H. f. HENCE, hideous spectre !

A. f. AVERT, O God, the frown of thy indignation!
H. o. Far from OUR hearts be so inhuman a feeling.
A. o. Let me not | NAME it to you, ye chaste stars!

H. e. And if the night have gathered aught of evil or concealed, dis PERSE it.

A. e. Melt and dis PEL, ye spectre doubts!

Note.-Begin to raise the hand on the dotted words, make the climax of gesture on the words in small capitals, and drop the hand upon the syllables in italics.

PART IV.

ELOCUTION.

READING is the art of receiving or imparting ideas by means of written or printed characters. It is silent or vocal, sentential or oratorical.

Sentential reading has regard to the sense or thought of the composition; oratorical reading expresses not only the thought, but the emotion of the thought. To this end elocution is a means.

Elocution is the vocal delivery of extemporaneous or written composition, and includes vocal gymnastics and gesture.*

VOCAL GYMNASTICS.

Vocal gymnastics is the science and the art of speech. It includes orthoëpy, pitch, force, and time in the first, and orthophony in the second portion of the definition. Science teaches us to know, art to do. Science is classified knowledge, art is the use of classified knowledge.

The science of speech is the philosophy of the human voice-its relations, principles, and laws.

The art of speech is the use of these scientific facts.

1. ORTHOËPY treats of correct pronunciation. It includes articulation, enunciation, and pronunciation.

2. PITCH is any degree of elevation or height. In oratory, pitch is the position of voice upon the diatonic scale.

3. FORCE is the result of action. In oratory, force is the degree of intensity or energy with which words or their components are uttered.

4. TIME is a measured portion of duration. Time in oratory is the measure of rate or speed of utterance.

5. Orthophony is the training of the vocal organs in orthoëpy, pitch, force, and time.

* Gesture is not discussed as a science in this Manual, but has been treated with a view to assist the teacher or student in its application. See Gesture, p. 101.