e teachers have been most successful in having the
entire speech read aloud during successive recitations while the members
of the class were looking up historical topics or doing other
preliminary or supplementary work. At all events, the oral reading of a
considerable portion of the speech at some time or other is strongly to
be advised.

The purpose of the first reading is to make clear Burke's plan, and to
arouse the imagination so that the student may enter into the spirit of
the occasion. To that end the main divisions of the speech should be
noted by the pupil and the propositions of the principal arguments set
down for use later in making a detailed brief.

Introduction: pp. 37-45.
Main Argument: pp. 46-96.
Conclusion: pp. 96-110.
Refutation: pp. 110-123.
Peroration: pp. 124-127.

A. England ought to concede; for

I. The population is too large to be
trifled with. pp. 46-47

II. The industries even more than the
population make the colonies important. pp. 47-55

III. The use of force is unwise (refutation). pp. 55-57

IV. The temper and character of the
colonists make conciliation advisable. pp. 57-65

V. Our policy of coercion has endangered
the fundamental principles
of our government pp. 65-69

VI. Concession is a necessity pp. 69-79

B. What the Concession ought to be.

I. It must satisfy the colonists on the
subject of taxation pp. 79-82

II. It should admit them into an interest
in the English Constitution pp. 82-95

III. Satisfaction is possible without admitting
the colonies into Parliament. pp. 95-110

III. Second Reading

This reading should be accompanied with a careful and detailed study,
both of thought and form. There seems to be a general agreement that a
detailed brief should be studied; but some prefer to have the brief more
or less fully worked out by the teacher, while others maintain that
much, if not most, of the value of such practice is lost unless the
student actually works it out for himself. The former hold that students
make sorry work of it unless they have a great deal of help, and that
the results are not commensurate with the time and effort expended. On
the other hand, an honest and earnest effort on the pa