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Table II. 



Schiller : ' Kabale und Liebe.' 



Schiller : ' History of the Thirty Years' War.' 



Fig. 11 gives the word-curves constructed from five thousand averages 

 of the two works. 



Fig. 9. Five 1,000 Word-curves from Fig. 10. Five 1,000 Word-curves from 



Schiller's 'Kabale und Liebe.' (See Table Schiller's 'Thirty Years' War.' (See Table 

 II.) II.) 



Next I tabulated ten thousand words from Goldsmith, choosing 

 the drama ' She Stoops to Conquer ' and his essay on the ' Present State 

 of Polite Learning in Europe.' 



Table III. 



