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from its corresponding mental condition that makes ordinary 
reading aloud “like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and 
harsh.” ‘A natural expressiveness,” says Professor Bell, 
‘may and should be given even to the A B C.” 
Inflections are either— 
TL2iSimple sor, 
2. Compound, 
both forms being either rising orfalling. A simple inflection 
consists of a single slide of the voice in either an upward 
or downward direction; thus, / or \. The compound in- 
flection is obtained by uniting two or more simple inflections ; 
thus, /\, or \/. When the last interval is an upward in- 
flection the compounded inflection is said to be rising; and 
when the reverse is the case the compound inflection is said 
to fall. ‘The expressiveness is in all cases limited by the 
interval through which the voice passes. 
Simple Inflections. 
Compound Inflections. 
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It is clear that the limbs or constituents of a compound 
inflection may be equal or unequal. Of the multiform per- 
mutations of the several inflections we cannot here give 
an account, nor is it necessary; for let once the principle be 
grasped, and the deduction of specific rules is an easy matter. 
Mr. Millard says:—‘‘ The fundamental law of inflection, 
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