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ities bring one into an intimate relationship with his 

 subject. A man of vast technical learning, he is still so 

 interested in the relation of his facts to the problems of 

 men that he is always able to infuse life into the driest of 

 subjects, in other words, to humanize his knowledge; and 

 in the estimation of Matthew Arnold, this is the true work 

 of the scholar, the highest mission of style. 



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SUGGESTED STUDIES IN SUBJECT-MATTER, STRUCTURE, 

 AND STYLE 



Although fully realizing that the questions here given 

 are only such as are generally used everywhere by instruc- 

 tors in English, the editor has, nevertheless, included them 

 with the hope that some one may find them helpful. 



The studies given include a few general questions and 

 suggestions on subject-matter, structure, and style. The 

 questions on structure are based on an anatysis of the whole 

 composition and of the paragraph ; those on style are based 

 on a study of sentences and words. Such a division of 

 material may seem unwarranted ; for, it may be urged, firm- 

 ness of structure depends, to a certain extent, upon sen- 

 tence-form and words ; and clearness of style, to a large 

 extent, upon the form of the paragraph and whole com- 

 position. The two, certainly, cannot be in justice separated ; 

 and especially is it true, more deeply true than the average 

 student can be brought to believe, that structure, " mind, in 

 style " as Pater phrases it, primarily determines not only 

 clearness, but also such qualities of style as reserve, refine- 

 ment, and simple Doric beauty. Since, however, structure is 

 more obviously associated with the larger groups, and style 

 with the smaller, the questions have been arranged accord- 

 ing to this division. 



I. Suggestions for the Study of Subject-Matter. 



1. To whom does Huxley address the essay? 



2. Can you see any adaptation of his material to his audi- 



ence? 



