2. The knowledge', the power', the wisdom', the goodness' of God, must all be unbounded.
3. To advise the ignorant', to relieve the needy', and to comfort the afflicted' are the duties that fall in our way almost every day of our lives.
4. No state chicanery', no narrow system of vicious politics', no idle contest for ministerial victories', sank him to the vulgar level of the great.
5. For solidity of reasoning', force of sagacity', and wisdom of conclusion', no nation or body of men can compare with the Congress at Philadelphia.
6. The wise and the foolish', the virtuous and the evil', the learned and the ignorant', the temperate and the profligate', must often be blended together.
7. Absalom's beauty', Jonathan's love', David's valor', Solomon's wisdom', the patience of Job, the prudence of Augustus', and the eloquence of Cicero' are found in perfection in the Creator.
REMARK.—Some elocutionists prefer to give the falling inflection to the last member of a commencing series.
Exception.—In a commencing series, forming a climax, the last term usually requires the falling inflection.
EXAMPLES. (29)
1. Days', months', years', and ages', shall circle away, And still the vast waters above thee shall roll.