121. STARS IN MY COUNTRY'S SKY... 122. GOD BLESS OUR STARS...... 123. WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY TO HIS INAUGURATION... W. Irving, 388 124. LINCOLN'S JOURNEY TO HIS INAUGURATION... L. H. Whitney, 394 140. ALL NATURE SPEAKS OF A SPIRIT-WORLD 141. "How MANIFOLD ARE THY WORKS!". 145. EULOGY ON DANIEL WEBSTER. II. THE AGE OF PROGRESS.. V. THE AMERICAN UNION.. VI. EXPULSION FROM PARADISE. VII. WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT. SANDERS' UNION READER. NUMBER FIVE. PART FIRST. ELOCUTION. ELOCUTION is the art of delivering written or extemporaneous composition with force, propriety, and ease. It deals, therefore, with words, not only as individuals, but as members of a sentence, and parts of a connected discourse: including every thing necessary to the just expression of the sense. Accordingly, it demands, in a special manner, attention to the following particulars; viz., ARTICULATION, ACCENT, EMPHASIS, INFLECTION, MODULATION, and PAUSES. SECTION I. ARTICULATION. ARTICULATION is the art of uttering distinctly and justly the letters and syllables constituting a word. It deals, therefore, with the elements of words, just as elocution deals with the elements of sentences: the one securing the true enunciation of each letter, or combination of letters, the other giving to each word, or combination of words, such a delivery as best expresses the meaning of the author. It is the basis of all good reading, and should be carefully practiced by the learner. |