5. His emotions are divided between contemptuous hatred of those who are beneath him because they are black, and envious hatred of those who are above him because they are what he calls “aristocrats”; and we are not alarmed if he rallies the “crackers” of a state, or even of a group of states in which the same conditions exist, to his support.
6. No one knew where the boundary line was, because, as we pointed out long ago, there never was a boundary line.
7. Holmes illustrated, perhaps better than any of that remarkable circle of poets of whom he was the surviving member, the brightness and beauty of life in itself.
8. There is no sorrow I have thought more about than this: that one who aspires to live a higher life than the common should fall from that serene height into the soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.
The use of the colon in No. 8 follows conventional punctuation; and, therefore, as many good writers prefer this mode of punctuation, it is well to know the usage.
9. This, however excellent in its way, is neither scientific nor rational.
10. This, however, excellent though it be, is neither scientific nor rational.
11. He lacks all the essentials of a big man.... No, he is not the man for the place.
12. It is possible, yes, probable, that the work can be done in the time set for it.