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ETTERS intended for capitals of full size are indicated in the manuscript by underscoring them with three parallel lines. The first word of every full sentence should begin with a capital letter. For the proper expression of words correctly written in English this rule is invariable, but it should not be applied, when literal exactness is intended, to a reprint of the incorrect writing of an illiterate person who does not begin a sentence with a capital. Every line or verse of poetry should begin with a