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Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders
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reechoed from every part of the house.

11. _The war is inevitable_,--and LET IT COME! I repeat it,
Sir,--LET IT COME!
PATRICK HENRY.

12. Be we _men_,
And suffer such dishonor? MEN, and wash not
The stain away in BLOOD?
MISS MITFORD.

13. O SACRED FORMS! how _proud_ you look!
How _high_ you lift your heads into the sky!
How _huge_ you are! how _mighty_ and how _free_!
KNOWLES.

14. I shall know but _one_ country. The ends _I_ aim at, shall be "My
COUNTRY'S, my GOD'S, and TRUTH'S."
WEBSTER.

NOTE VII.--ANTITHETIC EMPHASIS is that which is founded on the contrast
of one word or clause with another.

EXAMPLES OF ANTITHETIC EMPHASIS.

1. The faults of _others_ should always remind us of our _own_.

2. He desired to _protect_ his friend, not to _injure_ him.

3. But _yesterday_, the word of Caesar might
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