II. DESCRIPTIVE. Moderate Movement, Middle Pitch, Radical Stress, Moderate Force, Pure Tone, Expulsive Form. [From "Aspect of Egypt."-Addison.] There cannot be a finer sight than Egypt at two seasons of the year; for if we ascend one of the pyramids in the months of July and August we behold, in the swollen waters of the Nile, a vast sea, in which numberless towns and villages appear, with several causeways leading from place to place, the whole interspersed with groves and fruit-trees, whose tops only are visible—all which forms a delightful prospect. This view is bounded by mountains and woods, which terminate, at the utmost distance the eye can discover, the most beautiful horizon that can be imagined. In winter, on the contrary, that is to say, in the months of January and February, the whole country is like one continuous scene of beautiful meadows, whose verdure, enameled with flowers, charms the eye. The spectator beholds on every side flocks and herds dispersed over all the plains, with infinite numbers of husbandmen and gardeners. The air is then perfumed by the great quantity of blossoms on the orange, lemon, and other trees, and is so pure that a wholesome or more agreeable is not to be found in the world, so that nature being then dead, as it were, in all other climates, seems to be alive only for so delightful an abode. III. INTRODUCTION TO LEGAL SPEECH. Moderate Movement, Middle Pitch, Radical Stress, Moderate Force, Pure Tone, Expulsive Form. [From "Reply to Wickham in Burr's Trial."-Wirt.] In proceeding to answer the argument of the gentleman I will treat him with candor. If I misrepresent him it will not be intentionally. I will not follow the example which he has set me on a very recent occasion. I will endeavor to meet the gentleman's propositions in their full force, and to answer them fairly. I will not, as I am advancing toward them, with my mind's eye measure the height, breadth and power of the proposition. If I find it beyond my strength, halve it; if still beyond my strength, quarter it; if still necessary, subdivide it into eighths; and when, by this process, I have reduced it to the proper standard, take one of these sections and toss it with an air of elephantine strength and superiority. If I find myself capable of conducting, by a fair course of reasoning, any one of his propositions to an absurd conclusion, I will not begin by stating that absurd conclusion as the proposition itself which I am going to encounter. I will not, in commenting on the gentleman's authorities, thank the gentleman with sarcastic politeness for introducing them, declare that they conclude directly against him, read just so much of the authority as serves the purpose of that declaration, omitting that which contains the true point of the case, which makes against me; nor, if forced by a direct call to read that part also, will I content myself by running over it as rapidly and inarticulately as I can, throw down the book with a theatrical air, and exclaim, "Tust as I said!" when I know it is just as I had not said. SECTION XXXIII. SLOW MOVEMENT. Slow movement is appropriate for the expression of solemn, serious, grave and devotional thought. EXAMPLES: I. SOLEMN AND SERIOUS THOUGHT. Slow Movement, Low Pitch, Median Stress, Subdued Force, Pure Tone Effusive Form. [From "Mountains of Life."-Clark.] There's a land far away, 'mid the stars, we are told, Where the pure waters wander through valleys of gold, 'Tis the land of our God, 'tis the home of the soul, Where the ages of splendor eternally roll; Where the way-weary traveler reaches his goal, On the ever-green Mountains of Life. II. GRAVE DIDACTIC. Slow Movement, Low Pitch, Radical Stress, Moderate Force, Pure Tone Expulsive Form. [From "Promises of Religion to the Young."-Alison.] In every part of Scripture it is remarkable with what singular ten derness the season of youth is always mentioned, and what hopes are offered to the devotion of the young. It was at that age that God appeared unto Moses when he fed his lock in the desert, and called him to the command of his own people. It was at that age that he visited the infant Samuel, while he ministered in the temple of the Lord, "in days when the word of the Lord was precious, and when there was no open vision." It was at that age that his Spirit fell upon David, while he was yet the youngest of his father's sons, and when among the mountains of Bethlehem he fed his father's sheep. It was at that age also that they brought young children unto Christ that he should touch them, and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased, and said to them, "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." If these, then, are the effects and promises of youth and piety, rejoice, O young man, in thy youth rejoice in those days which are never to return, when religion comes to thee in all its charms, and when the God of nature reveals himself to thy soul, like the mild radiance of the morning sun when he rises amid the blessings of a grateful world. III. REVERENCE AND DEVOTION. Slow Movement, Low Pitch, Median Stress, Moderate Force, Orotund, Effusive Form. [From "The Groves, God's First Temples."-Bryant.] O God! when thou Dost scare the world with tempests, set on fire The swift, dark whirlwind that uproots the woods Of these tremendous tokens of thy power, SECTION XXXIV. VERY SLOW MOVEMENT. Very slow movement is appropriate for the expres sion of profound reverence, deep solemnity, adoration, amazement, awe and horror. EXAMPLES: I. PROFOUND REVERENCE AND ADORATION Very Slow Movement, Very Low Pitch, Median Stress, Energetic Force, Aspirate Orotund, Effusive Form. [From "God."-Derzhavin.] O thou Eternal One! whose presence bright All space doth occupy, all motion guide; Whom none can comprehend, and none explore; Embracing all, supporting, ruling o'er, Being whom we call God, and know no more. II. SUBLIMITY AND AWE. Very Slow Movement, Very Low Pitch, Median Stress, Energetic Force, Aspirate-Pectoral Orotund, Effusive Form. [From "Closing Year."-Prentice.] 'Tis a time For memory and for tears. Within the deep, Still chambers of the heart, a specter dim, Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time, And solemn finger to the beautiful And holy visions that have passed away, And left no shadow of their loveliness And, bending mournfully above the pale, Sweet forms that slumber there, scatters dead flowers O'er what has passed to nothingness. III. AMAZEMENT, AWE AND HORROR. Very Slow Movement, Very Low Pitch, Median Stress, Energetic Force, Aspirate-Pectoral Orotund, Effusive Form. [From "Darkness."-Byron.] The world was void: The populous and the powerful was a lump, A lump of death, a chaos of hard clay. And their masts fell down piecemeal: as they dropped The waves were dead; the tides were in their grave; The moon, their mistress, had expired before; The winds were withered in the stagnant air, And the clouds perished: Darkness had no need SECTION XXXV. RAPID MOVEMENT. Rapid movement is appropriate for the delivery of animated, gay, joyous thought and impassioned and indignant emotion. "It gives utterance to all playful, humorous and mirthful moods. It sometimes, on the other hand, gives its characteristic effect to fear." EXAMPLES: 1. ANIMATED. Rapid Movement, High Pitch, Radical Stress, Energetic Force, Expulsive and Explosive Forms. [From "Spirit of Poetry."-Percival.] The world is full of poetry-the air Is living with its spirit; and the waves Dance to the music of its melodies, And sparkle in its brightness. Earth is vailed And mantled with its beauty; and the walls That close the universe with crystal in |