Note the equivalence of value in the subordinate phrases in the next extract. Queen Guinevere enters a convent and lives there for many years as a simple

nun:

Then she, for her good deeds and her pure life,
And for the power of ministration in her,
And likewise for the high rank she had borne,
Was chosen Abbess, there, an Abbess lived
For three brief years, and there, an Abbess, past
To where beyond these voices there is peace.
-TENNYSON: Guinevere.

The three groups:

for her good deeds and her pure life,
And for the power of ministration in her,
And likewise for the high rank she had borne,

are clearly subordinate to the rest of the sentence, but
all have exactly the same thought value. In reading
this extract the student must not forget that the prin-
cipal sentence is "Then she
was chosen Ab-
bess," and that, let me repeat, the three phrases we
have discussed are subordinate, but all equally so.

Cassius. For Cassius is aweary of the world;
Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother;
Check'd like a bondman; all his faults observed,
Set in a note-book, learn'd, and conn'd by rote,
To cast into my teeth.

-Julius Caesar, IV, iii.

-Then old Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Top couple, too; with a good stiff piece of work set out for them; three or four and twenty pair of partners; people who were not to be trifled with; people who would dance and had no notion of walking.

But if there had been twice as many-ah! four times-old Fezziwig would have been enough for them all, and so would Mrs. Fezziwig.-DICKENS: A Christmas Carol.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad,
An abbot on an ambling pad,
Sometimes a curly shepherd-lad,
Or long-hair'd page in crimson clad,
Goes by to tower'd Camelot.

-TENNYSON: The Lady of Shalott.

The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung,
The sober herd that lowed to meet their young,
The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool,
The playful children just let loose from school,
The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering
wind,

And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ;-
These all in sweet confusion sought the shade,'
And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
-GOLDSMITH: The Deserted Village.

The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;

The hillside's dew-pearled;

The lark's on the wing;

The snail's on the thorn:

God's in his heaven

All's right with the world.

-BROWNING: Pippa Passes.

Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.-THE BIBLE.

God give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready
hands;

Men whom the lust of office does not kill;

Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;

Men who have honor,-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before a demagogue,

And damn his treacherous flatteries without
winking!

Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking:

For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,
Their large professions, and their little deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps!
-HOLLAND: Wanted-Men.

FIRST VOICE

Men of thought! be up and stirring, night and day: Sow the seed,-withdraw the curtain,-CLEAR THE WAY!

SECOND VOICE

Men of action, aid and cheer them, as ye may!

There's a fount about to stream,

There's a light about to beam,
There's a warmth about to glow,

There's a flower about to blow;

There's a midnight blackness changing into gray.

FIRST VOICE

Men of thought and men of action, CLEAR THE WAY!

THIRD VOICE

Once the welcome light has broken, who shall say
What the unimagined glories of the day?

What the evil that shall perish in its ray?

FOURTH VOICE

Aid the dawning, tongue and pen;

Aid it, hopes of honest men;

Aid it, paper; aid it, type;

Aid it, for the hour is ripe,

And our earnest must not slacken into play.

FIRST VOICE

Men of thought and men of action, CLEAR THE WAY!

SECOND VOICE

Lo! a cloud's about to vanish from the day;
And a brazen wrong to crumble into clay.

Lo! the right's about to conquer: CLEAR THE WAY!

THIRD VOICE

With the right shall many more

Enter smiling at the door;

With the giant wrong shall fall

Many others, great and small,

That for ages long have held us for their prey.

ALL

Men of thought and men of action, CLEAR THE WAY!

-MACKAY: Clear the Way (arranged).

CHAPTER IV

GROUP SEQUENCE WITH SUBORDINATION

The problem of Sequence is often complicated by that of Subordination. It is worth while therefore to devote an entire chapter to studying some passages especially chosen to test your ability in both problems.

Where the subordinate groups are long, or where there are many in succession, there is likely to be confusion in the reader's mind, and to avoid this it is advisable to cut them out temporarily and lay stress on getting the principal idea or statement. When the student has that clearly in mind let him study carefully the subordinate idea or ideas. Then in reading aloud, when he comes to the point in the sentence where the main idea is interrupted by the subordinate one, let him pause an instant and, keeping in mind the principal sentence so far as it has gone, read the subordinate idea until he comes again to the main statement, and then finish that without regard to the interruption.

Her fair head, with all

Its wealth of hair shining and richly brown
Like melon seeds, its eyes of topaz, lips

Like twin pomegranate blooms, its cheeks as smooth
As a flute's note, and all that loveliness