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APPENDIX A. 



HYBRIDITY, AND THE " MECHANICS OF LITERATURE." 



220. In the matter of style and the Mechanics of 

 Literature it is impossible to please all critics. The 

 term Universologj is open to objection as a literary 

 Hybrid ; it has great popular advantage, however, 

 over any term of purely Greek extraction, which 

 would suggest no idea to the common apprehension. 

 The whole subject and others similar have been con- 

 sidered and discussed in " The Basic Outline " (B. O. 

 c. 1-9, t. 3) ; it is also alluded to further on in the 

 work Appendix D, t. 246, p. 295. 



221. At the point cited in The Basic Outline, the prin- 

 ciples and policy of the liberal use of Capitals, Ital- 

 ics, etc., as appliances for emphasis and distinction, 

 which I have adopted in this, and shall continue in 

 my subsequent scientific works, have been explained 

 somewhat in detail. One additional consideration 

 may be stated here. It is my desire and intention 

 to introduce a system of Scientific Headings, for the 



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more rapid promulgation of these new scientific 

 views ; and, where ideas are both weighty and new, 

 a judicious rendering of them for the ears of others 

 requires a deliberate and special management of the 

 voice, with appropriate pauses, and a considerable 

 variety of emphasis, changing with the degree of 

 importance which attaches to each word or phrase. 

 The exceptional system of Punctuation and Literary 

 Dress which characterizes this and the accompanying 

 work, is intended to aid tho reader in this respect ; 



