does not reach a height so great as in the first. At the beginning of the third, however, he does not drop quite to the level of the first and second; and from the beginning of the third, through the fourth and fifth, feeling is constantly rising until it terminates in his thrilling appeal to arms. There are little breaks in the rise of feeling at the end of paragraphs 3 and 4, but they are not profound. At the end of the fifth paragraph, however, interest and excitement subside considerably, though he begins the sixth paragraph at about the level where he closed the third. From the beginning of the sixth to the end of the eighth, there is scarcely an interruption in the progress of the climax till he closes in that stirring outburst, "Give me liberty or give me death!" You will not have difficulty in appreciating the meaning of what has just been said, but if you do not quite understand now what is meant by climax, and do not appreciate what perfect examples of it are shown in this speech, reverse the position of some of these sentences. Imagine Patrick Henry as rising in his place and saying at the very outset, "Mr. President,-I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" In all probability the members of the Convention would have laughed at him. But by the time he had wrought upon their feelings to the end of this speech, they were ready to echo his words and vote for his resolution. 4. STYLE. A few qualities of Patrick Henry's style are well worth noticing. You will see that he has not selected high-sounding words that carry weight because of their volume, as Webster might have done, but he has selected words which are clear, clean-cut and full of meaning. Only once or twice has he shown any weakness in this respect. One of the chief qualities of his style, then, is its directness. Moreover, every sentence is marked by earnestness, and his frequent references to himself show his sincerity. It appeals to high motives in us and abounds with noble sentiments which every patriotic American can appreciate. These are some of the reasons why we can not read this speech without being profoundly moved by it. PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES NOTE. The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling them phonetically. N is used to indicate the French nasal sound; K, the sound of ch in German; ü, the sound of the German ü, and French u; ö, the sound of ö in foreign languages. ACELDAMA, a sel' da mah AEDUI, eed' ui ALBINUS, al bi' nus ALENCON, ah loN soN' ALMAINE, al' mayn ALESIA, a lee' sy a ANDROMACHE, an drom' a ke ARMADA, ahr may' dah, or ahr mah' dah ASOLO, ah' zo lo ASAPP UL DOWLAH, ah' saf ool dow' lah ASTYANAX, as ty' a nax AUMALE, o mahl' BALAKLAVA, bah lah klah' vah BAYEUX, bah eu' BOILOGNE, bwa lohn' BOUQUET, boo kay' BOURCHIER, boor' chy ur BRETONS, brit' uns BRUTES, broo' teez CAIRO, ki' ro CAIUS OCTAVIUS, kay' yus ok tay' vy us CALAIS, kah lay' CHERONEA, ker o nee' a CHALONS, shah loN' CHAMPLAIN, sham playn' CHAMOUNI, shah mou nee' CHARLEMAGNE, shahr' le mayn CHARLEROY, shahr" I rwah' CHIARA, kee ah' rah CICERO, sis' e ro CONFUCIUS, kon fu' she us CREASY, kree' sy CRECY, kres' see, (FRENCH) kray see' CORNARO, kor nah' ro D'AUBIGNY, do been yee' DECIUS BRUTUS, dee' shus broo' tus DIANA, di an' ah, or di ay' na DIOCLETIAN, di" o klee' shan EPHESUS, ef' ee sus FELIPPA, fay leep' pah FROISSART, JEAN, frwah sahr', zhoN FROUDE, frood GERGOVIA, jer go' vy a GNIDOS, ni' dos HARCOURT, hahr' kurt HENGIST, hen' gist HERMIONE, her mi' o ne HUMBRE, hum' bur HYPATIA, hy pay' she ah HYPERIDES, hy per' y deez JUNGFRAU, yoong' frow LAS CASAS, BARTHOLOME DE, lahs kas' sas, bar tol' o may day LAUTERBRUNNEN, low" ter broon'en LUCA, loo' kah LUIGI, lu ee' jy LYCEANS, li see' anz LUXEMBOURG, lux oN boor' MACEDONIA, mas" ee do' ny ah MAFFEO, mah fay' o MARCUS AEMILIUS LEPIDUS, mahr' kus ee mil' lep' y dus MERE DE GLACE, mayr deh glahs' METELLUS CIMBER, me tel' lus sim' bur METELLUS SCIPIO, ma tel' lus sip' y o MOINE, mwahn MONSIGNOR, mohn say nyor' MONT BLANC, moN bloN MONTCALM, mont kahm' MONTREUIL, moN treu'y MONTSAULT, moN so' NUNCOMAR, noon' ko mar ORESTES, o res' teez ORNE, orn OUDE, owd PHENE, fay' ne yus PHILIPPI, fy lip' i PICARDY, pik' ar dy PLANTAGENETS, plan taj' e netz PLEIDES, plee' ya deez POICTIERS, pwah ty ay' POITEVIN, pwah t vaN' POMPONIUS ATTICUS, pom po' my us at' ty kus PONTHIEU, poN tyeu' POPILIUS, po pil' y us PYLADES, pil' a deez PYRRHUS, pir' us PULTOWA, pul to' va RAJAH OF BENARES, rah' jah of ben ah' reez RONCESVALLES, ron" thes val' yays SABINUS, sa bi' nus SAINT DENIS, saN dnee' SAINT LEGER, Saynt lej' er, or sil' in jur SCARABEUS, skar a bee' us SCUTARI, sku tah' ry SEBALD, say' bahld SEINE, sayn SENLAC, sen' lak STRABO, stray' bo SUJAH DOWLAH, soo' jah dow' lah TENERIFFE, ten" ur if' TREBONIUS, tree bo' ny us TREVISO, tra vee' so |