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Page vii
... principle might safely be condemned as untrue . Yet because rhetoric is a means to an end , the application of its principles must vary with the age and the people where it is to be exercised . This is an age of newspapers , and we are ...
... principle might safely be condemned as untrue . Yet because rhetoric is a means to an end , the application of its principles must vary with the age and the people where it is to be exercised . This is an age of newspapers , and we are ...
Page lxxvii
... principle of construction , the qualification should precede the thing qualified . In our language , this is the usage with the adjective , and to a considerable extent with the adverb . Hence , if a qualification lies between two words ...
... principle of construction , the qualification should precede the thing qualified . In our language , this is the usage with the adjective , and to a considerable extent with the adverb . Hence , if a qualification lies between two words ...
Page 65
... principles ; to which I said that unless he had a principle of selection he would not have taken notice of those facts on which he grounded his principle . You must have a lan- tern in your hand to give light , otherwise all the ...
... principles ; to which I said that unless he had a principle of selection he would not have taken notice of those facts on which he grounded his principle . You must have a lan- tern in your hand to give light , otherwise all the ...
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