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IV. TPIEIR SIMULTANEOUS SEBVICE OF DIEFEKENT PRINCIPALS. 



Suppose a series of ideas to be expressed in turn by successive 

 initiatives ; it lies within the power of one vicarious word to 

 serve as simultaneous proxy to them all. To illustrate, "I just 

 met Brown, Jones and Eohinson. They were on their way to 

 the Court-House''. In the latter sentence ^'Thev" reinstates 

 at once each one of the ideas expressed in turn by ^^Brown", 

 ^^Jones," and ^'Robinson". 



In doings of this sort the vicarious words accommodate their 

 scruples to the service of masters not only many, but also differ- 

 ent in sentential status. Thus, "A year ago I (subject or first 

 term) introduced you (object or last term) to Brown (indirect 

 object or adjunct of mid-term). ^Ye were rather gay that 

 night." 1 



Such difference of principals may be even greater. Thus, 

 ^'Blue is the color of Yale. The Harvard flag's are crimson. 

 These are famous colors." ^'These" presents vicariously and in 

 substantive function the ideas expressed by "blue" and "crim- 

 son". But of these ideas the former was, as principal, a noun, 

 and the latter an adiective.^ 



V. THE COMPLEXITY OF THEIR PRINCIPALS. 



I have in mind at present the case in which two or more 

 ideas, structurally built together, are treated as a unit, and pre- 

 sented a second time by a vicarious word. In the previous case 

 the proxy might be said to serve one or more individuals. In 

 the present case it may rather be said to serve a society. To 

 illustrate, "The physicians declare the daughter of Brown to be 

 insane. He, is greatly depressed. She is his youngest child. 

 It is verv sad." In this sentential series "He" reinstates 

 "Bro^vn" and "Brown" only. "She" reinstates "the daughter 

 of Bro^vn". "It" reinstates the plexus expressed by "the daugh- 



^It will furtlier be noted, in the appendix on personals, that also the lexical 

 values of principals are, in this case, very different. 



2 This inaccuracy is repeated and extended in the interest of brevity. Strictly 

 the ideas noted have in thought that function v^-hich gives to their corresponding 

 words the sentential rank of noun and adjective. 



