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PROF. CLARK'S TWO LITERARY LECTURES.

Not that there Is no need at all for H.
lustratlon; but this need Is almost en-
tlrely restricted 10 pictures OF things
which the mind could form no concep-
ton OF, such as an ancient implement
Of war OF husbandry.
Vocal expression is matter OF get
ting the picture and the feeling OF
passage, No amount OF infection
teaching will help the pupil to express
what he reads. He must be alive TO
his text. He must know the meaning
OF the words In order to get the thought.
Then comes the picture OF what he Is
reading about. After this comes the
spirit OF the selection. II Ii comes at
all. And last OF all comes expression.
Nor Will expression come without the
first three OF these mental processes
INTERPRETATION OF PRINTED
PAGE.
There Is no art or science, Mr.. Clark
began which will'enable you to be sure
that you can get the thought from the
printed page. II Is purely a matter OF
range OF vision. If your range is mar
row, you viii have TO look at the facts
before you In groups; and this Is al
ways more or less difficult because the
mind may forget that while II 10 look
Ing at this. IT, on the contrary, your
range OF vision Is broad, your task Is
not so hard. Just what the professor
meant by taking In the facts OF lit
erature" was made clear by reference
10 Macbeth" Macbeth, in the speech
that he made Just before the murder OF
Duncan, says In effect that II he could
escape the consequences OF the crime in
this world he'd Jump the life TO come;'
and then goes on to give himself rea-
sons why he should not COM
NIT the deed Now, here are some
facts, Is Macbeth good man or bad
at hearth The person, therefore, that
can take IN" the greatest number OF
fects, viii, other things being equal be
the most likely to get the thought Of the
past,
But merely TO see the facts Is not
enough, IL Is necessary to see the rela-
ton between the facts that come under
the observation. Darwin, for instance,
had probably no more facts than many
others, But he had the poetic imagina-
ton to see the principle that brought
the facts he observed into one. In life
we Judge the character OF our friends
by what they do. what they say, and
when they do and say II. SO II is In
literature. And the when Is Of special
Importance The actor that requires
the elevation Of the dead body OF Ham
let into the vacant throne with a crown
on the limp form In order that there
may poetic justice, has not taken IN
CROUCH facts Of this Shakespearlan
drama or has failed to see the relation
OF those facts one TO another,
In reading, there must be kept IN
mind few fundamental principles.
The first Of these is that the phrase,
not the word. Is the unit To illustrate
this principle, Mr.. Clark quoted
variety OF selections The second prin-
ciple Is. that not all the phrases are
OF equal value. Every phrase demands
a separate Judgment, But here II
must be remembered that there are
several kinds Of values. There Is the
absolute value, that which It always
and invariably has there Is the rela-
tive value. that which II has In this
particular text; then there is the emo
tonal value II is this last that per.
mits individuality in reading. That is
no two persons Will read alike, and
both may be right, because the groups
mean different things to them. or APP