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Show tions. Hundred in ever of writers may be foun long-civilize nation, wh for shorttime believe, and make others believe that they see and utter truths, wh of themselve natura clothe on garment bu do no though wh fee in it uncon sciously upon the language created by th primar writer of th country those namely, who hold primarily on nature @ But wise men pierce this rotten dictio and fasten words again to visible things so that picturesque language is at once commandin certificate that he wh em ploys it, is a man in alliance with truth an Go & Th momen our discours rise above the ground line of familiar facts, an is inflamed with passion or exalted b thought, it clothes itself in images. A ma conversin in earnest, if he watc his in tellectual processes, will find that alway a materia image, mor arises in his mind or les luminous cotemporaneou wit every thought, which furnishes the vestment of the thought. Hence, good writin and brilliant discourse are perpetual allegories. This imagery is spontaneous. It i the blending of experience with the presen action of the mind. It is proper creation 3 |
