9. Ye crags' and peaks', I'm with you once again.
Exception 1.—Relative emphasis often reverses this and the first rule, because emphasis is here expressed in part by changing the usual inflections.
EXAMPLES. (23)
1. If you care not for your property', you surely value your life'.
2. If you will not labor for your own' advancement, you should regard that of your children'.
3. It is your place to obey', not to command'.
4. Though by that course he should not destroy his reputation', he will lose all self-respect'.
Exception 2.—The names of persons addressed in a formal speech, or when used emphatically, have the falling inflection.
EXAMPLES. (24)
1. Romans, countrymen, and lovers', hear me for my cause, etc.