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nderstood by the auditors. We are moved in reading, not so much by what is said, as by the manner of reading. It is not what we hear that affects us, but that which we ourselves imagine. An author cannot fully express his ideas in writing; hence the interpretation of the hearer is often false, because he does not know the writer. It is remarkable, the way in which we refer everything to ourselves. We must needs create a semblance of it. We are affected by a discourse because we place the personage in a situation our fancy has created. Hence it happens that we may be wrong in our interpretation, and that the author might say: "This is not my meaning." In hearing a symphony we at once imagine a scene, we give it an aspect; this is why it affects us. A written discourse requires many illustrative epithets; in a spoken discourse, the adjectives may be replaced by gesture and inflection. Imitation is the melody of the eye, inflection is the melody of the ear. All that strikes the eye has a sound; this is why the sight of the stars produces an enchanting melody in our souls. Hence in a discourse, speech is the letter, and it is inflection and gesture which give it life. Nevertheless:-- B.--The role of speech, although subordinate, is not only important, but necessary. In fact, human language, as we have said, is composed of inflection, gesture and speech. Language would not be complete without speech. Speech has nothing to do with sentiment, it is true, but a discourse is not all sentiment; there is a place for reason, for demonstration, and upon this ground gesture has nothing to do; the entire work here falls back upon speech. Speech is the crown of oratorical action; it is this which gives the final elucidation, which justifies gesture. Gesture has depicted the object, the Being, and speech responds: _God_. Chapter IV. The Value of Words in Phrases. Expression is very difficult. One may possess great knowledge and lack power to express it. Eloquence does not always accompany intellect. As a rule, poets do not know how to read what they have written. Hence we may estimate the importance of understanding the value of the different portions of a discourse. Let us now examine intellectual language in relation to intensity of ideas. There are nine species of words, or nine species of ideas. The article need not be counted, since it is lacking in several languages. It is the accord of ni
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