Another example of the "clause unemphatic through mental projection " we take from Matt. 5: 34, 35, 36:

33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, "Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths :"

34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne :

35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

The 33d verse contains a quotation rendered with disparagement; then comes the slower time on "Swear not at all; neither by heaven," and while uttering the words "neither by heaven" the mind is naturally employed in thinking of the reason for not swearing by heaven-both speaker's and listener's minds revert at once to the sanctity of heaven as being the reason; then has the clause, " for it is God's throne," been mentally projected, while pronouncing the words "neither by heaven." The 35th and 36th verses are analyzed in exactly the same manner: "Nor by the earth" (emphatic); "for it is his footstool" (unemphatic through mental projection): "neither by Jerusalem" (emphatic); "for it is the city of the great King" (mentally projected). "Neither shalt thou swear by thy head" (emphatic), "because thou canst not make one hair white or black" (mentally projected).

The next example, besides the clauses unemphatic through mental projection, embraces a quotation of disparagement, and one that is approbatory:

43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.

In uttering the words that immediately follow the quotation of disparagement, "But I say unto you, Love," the mind at once flies to the opposite of the maxims inculcated in the quotation of disparagement; love what then? "your enemies," "bless (emphatic) them that curse you" (unemphatic, mentally projected), "do good (emphatic) to them that hate you" (unemphatic, m. p.), "and pray (emphatic) for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" (unem.). "That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven" (emphatic).

Another example is found in Matt. 7: 7, 8:

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

The emphatic words (or new facts stated) being

"ask," ""seek," "knock"; the other clauses in that verse are mentally projected by each of those words successively. "Receiveth," "findeth," "it shall be opened" (in the 8th verse) are mentally projected by the clauses that immediately precede them.

The next examples are from the 24th and 25th verses of Matt. 7:

24 *

*

I will liken him unto a wise man

which built his house upon a rock :

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house,—

is an example of massing, the several clauses presenting one and the same idea-that of violent assault from the elements; and in the utterance of that idea, the faculties must necessarily be engaged with the consequences of such an attack upon the house with so sure a foundation; then is mentally projected the clause, "and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock."

In Romans 12: 19, we find an example of the slow quotation; it is given here because of its fitness in introducing the 20th verse containing clauses mentally projected, they being "feed him," and "give him drink." The break in the thought between the literal and metaphorical occurs after the word "shalt," the metaphor then begins.*

*This metaphor is supposed to be taken from the melting of metals, by covering the ore with burning coals; the meaning, "In so doing, thou wilt mollify thine enemy and bring him to feel kindly," etc.

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

INFI

CHAPTER IV.

INFLECTION.

§ 1.-GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

NFLECTIONS of voice indicate the true place and standpoint of each thought;-the mental attitude regarding certain facts or ideas; the negative or positive light in which the mind views them.

Readings, lectures, sermons, etc., are frequently rendered confused and obscure through ignorance of this important principle; sometimes an opposite meaning from the one intended is first indicated by the voice, and then accepted by the mind. So unerring is the human ear in detecting meaning, even shades of meaning, by tones when they are natural (or true), that, without having caught the words, or been present to observe looks or gestures, people say, "from the sounds I judged that some one was angry;" or "that there was a quarrel, or that some one was advocating a certain measure "" or course of conduct," or from their voices I surmised that one was mercilessly condemning, the other was imploring leniency, or pardon, or grace, or whatnot." Why are we not as instantaneously convinced of the lecturer's or reader's intention? Why is not the preacher's meaning equally evi