In the following examples, the relative emphasis is applied to three sets
of antithetic words.

15. The difference between a madman and a fool is, that the former
reasons justly from false data; and the latter, erroneously from just data.

16. He raised a mortal to the skies,
She drew an angel down.

Sometimes the antithesis is implied, as in the following instances.

17. The spirit of the white man's heaven,
Forbids not thee to weep.

18. I shall enter on no encomiums upon Massachusetts.



EMPHASIS AND ACCENT. (37)

When words, which are the same in part of their formation, are contrasted,
the emphasis is expressed by accenting the syllables in which they differ.
See Accent, page 33.



EXAMPLES. (37)

1. What is the difference between probability and possibility?