VII. Suggested Reading
Lamb’s Dissertation on Roast Pig. Addison’s Hilpa and Shalum. Emerson’s Compensation. Holmes’s The Broomstick Train.
VIII. Memorize
METRICAL FEET[12]
Tro͞che͝e | trı͞ps frŏm | lo͞ng tŏ | sho͞rt ||;
Fr͞om lo͞ng | tō lo͞ng | ı͞n s͞ol|e͞mn s͞ort
Slo͞w Spo͞n|de͞e stālks; || stro͞ng fo͝ot, yĕt | īll ăblĕ
Ēvĕr tŏ | ke͞ep ŭp wĭth | Da͞cty̆l trĭ|sȳllăblĕ;
Ĭa͞m|bŭs mōves | frŏm sho͞rt | tŏ lo͞ng;
Wĭth ă le͞ap | ănd ă bōu͞nd | thĕ swĭft Ān|ăpĕsts thro͞ng.Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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CHAPTER XVII
EDITORIALS—DESTRUCTIVE
“O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o’er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O’ the pleurisy of people!”Beaumont and Fletcher.
I. Introduction
In Chapter XVI constructive editorials were discussed. The object of this chapter is to present a few exercises on destructive editorials. Their object, of course, is not really to create ruin; it is merely to clear away rubbish in order to prepare the ground for the edifice of truth.