The book A System of Rhetoric was written by author Bardeen, C. W. (Charles William), 1847-1924 Here you can read free online of A System of Rhetoric book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A System of Rhetoric a good or bad book?
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Sometimes the idea thus conceived, is developed and formed rapidly, and then the plan of the discoui-se an-anges itself on a sudden, and you throw it upon paper warm with the fei-vor of the conception which has just taken place, as the metal in a state of fusion is poured into the mould, and tills at a single turn all its lineaments. It is the case most favorable to eloquence, — that is, if the idea has been well conceived, and if it be fraught with light. But in general, one must not be in a h...urry to form one's plan. In nature, life always needs a definite time for self-organization, — and it is only ephemeral beings which are quickly formed, for they quickly pass away. Eveiything destined to be durable is of slow growth, and beth the solidity and the strength of existing things Chap, XVII. ] FIRST STEPS. 333 bear a direct ratio to the length of their increase and the mature- ness of th»Mr production. Development of the Idea. Tlie thouglits ai)i)ly themselves to a frequent consideration of the idea conceived ; they turn it and return it in every direction, look at it in all its a«i>ects, place it in all manner of relations ; then they jxinetrate it with their light, scnitinize its foundation, and examine its principal parts in succession ; these begin to come out, separate themselves from each other, to assume shaip out- lines, just as in the bud the fii"st rudimentary ti-aces of the flower are discernible ; then the other organic lines, appearing oue after the other, instinct with life, or like the confused, first animate form, which, little by little, declares itself in all the finish of its proportions.
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