smile and tear? "Man! thou _pendulum_ 'twixt a smile and tear." 3.
'Twixt a tear and what else is man said to be a pendulum? "Man! thou
pendulum 'twixt a _smile_ and tear." 4. 'Twixt a smile and what else is
man said to be a pendulum? "Man! thou pendulum 'twixt a smile _and
tear_." 5. By what word is the relation between "pendulum" and "a smile
and tear" described? "Man! thou pendulum _'twixt_ a smile and tear." 6.
Is the pendulum which man is said to be 'twixt a smile and tear
addressed in the first, second, or third person? "Man! _thou_ pendulum
'twixt a smile and tear."

The pupils will see that the above method is fundamentally unlike the
ordinary question and answer method. In the latter procedure, a question
is asked and the answer is given by "yes" or "no," or by the use of one
or more words of the sentence. To illustrate: What is "man" called in
this passage? Ans. A pendulum. What swings betwixt a smile and tear?
Ans. A pendulum, &c., &c.

1. Define Interrogative Analysis.
2. What does it incite the intellect to do?
3. What does the process consist of? What are they?

But in my Method the aim is _to repeat as much of the sentence as is
possible informing the question and the whole of it in each reply_; and
in _question and reply_ the _word_ that _constitutes the point of both_
is to be especially _emphasized_, and in this way _the mind is exercised
on each word of the sentence twice_ (once in question and once in
answer), and _each word of the sentence is emphasized in reference to
the whole of the sentence_. And in all these separate steps it is
impossible for the mind to remain in a passive state, but must be
_active_ and _absorbing_ throughout, and thereby a most vivid =first
impression= is secured, and the remembrance of it assured.

Besides the habit of exhaustively considering and weighing a sentence
which is created by this method, it not only secures the faithful
recollection of the passages to which it is applied, but it gives
another great advantage. What usually makes a person dull in
conversation? Setting aside timidity, we find that well-informed persons
are sometimes good listeners, but no talkers. Why is this? In
conversation their minds are apt to remain in a _recipient passive_
state. Hence no trains of thought arise in their own minds. And having
nothing in their minds which seeks utterance, they remain quiet. Now the
practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to
in