Emerson, quoted on the human voice, 102, 103;
his own voice described, 103, 104.
_Enjambement_, absence of, in Pope's verse, 101.
Estimates of all things, relative, 27.
Eternal Word, The, not exclusive, 149, 150.
Examinations, literary, 55-60;
leading object of, 59.
Faith in womankind, a liberal education, 173.
Feeling must precede knowing, in a child, 70, 71.
Femineity _vs._ womanliness, 173, 174.
Garrison, William Lloyd, quoted on Mazzini's advocacy of the
equality of the sexes, 177.
Gesture, mimetic, its absurdities, 128-131.
Greek verse must be read aloud, and in time, 46.
Grouping of speech, 28.
Home-life in this country, 139, 140.
Hume, David, quoted on criticism, 37.
Imitation of Christ, quoted on 'the eternal word,' 147, 148.
'Impressions before the letter,' 40.
Inflections, or bends, of the voice, must be always
significant, 77-79.
Interior life demanded in reading, 119.
Jesus, teachings of, clothed in circumstance and imagery, 157-160.
Keats, John, quoted on the Popian period of English poetry, note 6.
Language, as addressed to the eye, must be largely supplemented by
the voice, 29, 30.
Languages, modern, the study of, 51, 52.
Latin verse, must be read aloud, and in time, 46.
Legouvé, Ernest, quoted in regard to reading, in America, as an
educational agency, 34;
quoted on 'les vers libres,' note 7.
Lewes, G. H., quoted on the stuffing of children with
knowledge, 40, 41.
Linguistic studies, importance of vocalization in, 43.
Literary education, leading object of, 122.
Literary examinations, 55;
leading object of, 59.
Literary lecture, what it should be, 36, 37.
Manhood, a true, 167.
Mazzini, Giuseppe, quoted on woman, her power, her equality with
man, and her rights, 174-177;
William Lloyd Garrison quoted on Mazzini, 177.
Melody in reading, 97-101.
Milton's Samson Agonistes, choruses of, must be read in time, 51.
Mimetic gesture, its absurdities, 128-131.
Monotony preferable to non-significant intervals, 79.
Moral influence of the speaking voice, 104-107.
Moral insight of man, 168, 169.
Moral teachers, the greatest, not explicit moralizers, 155.
Mothers, comparatively few, capable, 146;
indebtedness of great men to their, 178.
'Natural' reading, 13.
Nature, spiritual relationship with, 142-145.
Perspective of speech, an important element of interpretative
reading, 27.
Phenomena not in themselves educative, 148.
Plato quoted on the written and the spoken word, note 8.
Poem, a, not a poem until it is voiced, 30;
a true, 62.
Poets cannot always vocalize their own verse, 14.
Pope's verse, its mechanical uniformity, 100, 101;
absence of _enjambement_ in, 101.
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