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ing. Use, or functional, meanings. Theoretical, or critical, meanings. Differentiation of mental systems. Differen tiating influences occupations, organic differences, men tal environments. Effect of differentiation of meanings. Practical problems involved. The problem of understand ing. The problem of exposition. The problem of con troversy. The problem of co-operation.

CHAPTER IV FEELING 65

Feelings and feeling-tones. Feelings and emotions. Pain and unpleasantness. Physiological and psychical factors of feeling, and their relation to one another. The cause of pleasantness and unpleasantness. The relation of feeling to desire. Feeling and habit. The feeling-tone as related to the strength of the stimulus. Intelligence and the enrichment of the emotional life. Bearing upon the practical problems of preaching.

CHAPTER V SENTIMENTS AND IDEALS 94

Definition of sentiment. Sentiments classified as con crete and abstract. Sentiments classified according to their moral value. Tendency to centralize character about one sentiment. Analysis of an ideal. The ideal as a pure construction of the imagination, and as realized in a single specimen of a class. Relation of ideals to sentiments. How these emotional dispositions are developed. The great task and opportunity of the preacher.

CHAPTER VI THE EXCITATION OF FEELING. 115

Ways of arousing feeling. Two ways of arousing feel ing at the disposal of the orator peculiar personal char acteristics, and communication by expression. Voluntary control of the feelings. &quot; Tearing a passion to tatters.&quot; Dramatic action its nature and value to the orator. Style especially the skilful use of pictorial language and rhythm. The importance of harmony between feel ings aroused by different stimuli. Individual variations in emotional power.

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