Ohio in the war : her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers . Georgia. This work is truly scientific and practical. It seizes the old idea of invention, unfoldedby both Aristotle and Cicero, and develops it in the light of modern metaphysics, andthus illuminates it and adapts it to the present analysis of the mental powers. It is, to allintents and purposes, the art of thinking, rather than of writing. It makes thought thepedestal, style the shaft, ideas the soul and body too of composition, style the mere habil-iments—the having something to say—the motive power—the manner of saying it—the me


Ohio in the war : her statesmen, her generals, and soldiers . Georgia. This work is truly scientific and practical. It seizes the old idea of invention, unfoldedby both Aristotle and Cicero, and develops it in the light of modern metaphysics, andthus illuminates it and adapts it to the present analysis of the mental powers. It is, to allintents and purposes, the art of thinking, rather than of writing. It makes thought thepedestal, style the shaft, ideas the soul and body too of composition, style the mere habil-iments—the having something to say—the motive power—the manner of saying it—the mere machinery; in one case characterized by strength, in another by grace, beauty,and polish. Let teachers try it; they will not be disappointed. It is an aid in the rightdirection.—New York Observer. Mi • 7/ z°> .;j % ? w -?&»** j »* \^ ^^T • & Lincoln National Life FoundationCollateral Lincoln Library. Wft


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