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In the first place, then, we may remark thatmental excitement spontaneously prompts the use of those forms of speechwhich have been pointed out as the most effective. "Out with him!" "Awaywith him!" are the natural utterances of angry citizens at a disturbedmeeting. A voyager, describing a terrible storm he had witnessed, wouldrise to some such climax as--"Crack went the ropes and down came themast. " Astonishment may be heard expressed in the phrase--"Never wasthere such a sight!" All of which... sentences are, it will be observed, constructed after the direct type. Again, every one knows that excitedpersons are given to figures of speech. The vituperation of the vulgarabounds with them: often, indeed, consists of little else. "Beast, ""brute, " "gallows rogue, " "cut-throat villain, " these, and other likemetaphors and metaphorical epithets, at once call to mind a streetquarrel. Further, it may be noticed that extreme brevity is anothercharacteristic of passionate language. The sentences are generallyincomplete; the particles are omitted; and frequently important wordsare left to be gathered from the context.
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