; so, also, this accent is obvious, in
nav"iga'tion, com"prehen'sion, plau"sibil'ity, etc. The whole subject,
however, properly belongs to dictionaries and spelling books.

EMPHASIS. (34)

Emphasis consists in uttering a word or phrase in such a manner as to give
it force and energy, and to draw the attention of the hearer particularly
to the idea expressed.

This is most frequently accomplished by an increased stress of voice laid
upon the word or phrase. Sometimes, though more rarely, the same object is
effected by an unusual lowering of the voice, even to a whisper, and not
unfrequently by a pause before the emphatic word.

The inflections are often made subsidiary to this object. To give emphasis
to a word, the inflection is changed or increased in force or extent. When
the rising inflection is ordinarily used, the word, when emphatic,
frequently takes the falling inflection; and sometimes, also, the falling
inflection is changed into the rising inflection, for the same purpose.

Emphatic words are often denoted by being written in italics, in SMALL
CAPITALS, or in CAPITALS.

Much care is necessary to train the pupil to give clear and expressive
emphasis, and at the same time to avoid an unpleasant "jerky" movement of
the voice.

ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS. (35)

Where the emphasis is independent of any contrast or comparison with
other words or ideas, it is called absolute emphasis.

EXAMPLES. (35)

1. We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

2. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean--roll!

3. Arm, warriors, arm!

4. You know that you are Brutus, that speak this,
Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.

5. Hamlet. Saw, who?
Horatio. The king, your father.
Hamlet. The king, my father?

6. Strike--till the last armed foe expires;
Strike--for your altars and your fires;
Strike--for the green graves of your sites;
God, and your native land!

RELATIVE EMPHASIS. (35)

Where there is antithesis, either expressed or implied, the emphasis is
called relative.

EXAMPLES. (35)

1. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

2. But I am describing your condition, rather than my own.

3. I fear not death, and shall I then fear thee?

4. Hunting men, and not beasts, shall be his game.

5. He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but for the
sins of the whole world.

6. It may moderate and restrain, but it w