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Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders
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1. If you seek to make one rich, study not to increase his stores' but
to diminish his desires`.

2. They have mouths',--but they speak not`:
Eyes have they',--but they see not`:
They have ears',--but they hear not`:
Noses have they',--but they smell not`:
They have hands',--but they handle not`:
Feet have they',--but they walk not`.
BIBLE.

NOTE I.--When one of the antithetic clauses is a _negative_, and the
other an _affirmative_, generally the negative has the _rising_, and
the affirmative the _falling_ inflection.

EXAMPLES.

1. I said an elder soldier` not a better'.

2. His acts deserve punishment` rather than commiseration'.

3. This is no time for a tribunal of justice', but for showing mercy`;
not for accusation', but for philanthropy`; not for trial', but for
pardon`; not for sentence and execution', but for compassion and
kindness`.


RULE V. The Pause of Suspension, denoting that the sense is incomplete,
usually has the _rising_ inflection.
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