2.  The civilized world was never so orderly as now.

3.  Law suits take time, especially in cities; sometimes they take years.

4.  There is a difference between law and justice.

5.  We cry for a multitude of reasons of surprising variety.

6.  In the growth of a child nothing is more surprising than his ceaseless activity.

7.  Education for the children of a nation is a benefit to the whole nation.

(Have you said what you intended to say?  What methods of development have you used?  Is the main thought of the two paragraphs the same even though they begin with the same sentence?)

SUMMARY

1.  Language is (1) a means of expressing ideas, and (2) a medium through
   which ideas are acquired.

2.  The acquisition of ideas by means of language requires:—­
    a. That we know the meanings of words, and so avoid forming
           incomplete images (Section 27) and incomplete thoughts (Section
           33).
    b. That we understand the relations in thought existing among words,
           phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs (Section 32).

3.  Ideas acquired through language may be used for composition purposes—­
    a. Provided we form complete and accurate images and do not confuse
           the image with the language that suggested it (Section 28).
    b. Provided we make the main thoughts so thoroughly our own that we
           can furnish details and instances, originate comparisons, or
           state causes and effects, and thus become able to describe them
           or explain them, or prove them to others (Section 52). 
         Until both a and b as stated above are done, ideas acquired
           through language are undesirable for composition purposes.

4.  Comparisons aid in the forming of correct images.  They may be literal
   or imaginative.  If imaginative, they become figures of speech.

5.  Figures of speech. (Complete list in the Appendix.)
    a. A simile is a direct comparison.
    b. A metaphor is an implied comparison.
    c. Personification is a modified metaphor, assigning human
           attributes to objects, abstract ideas, or the lower animals.

6.  Suggestions as to the use of figures of speech.
    a. Never write for the purpose of using them.
    b. They should be appropriate to the subject.
    c. One of the two things compared must be familiar to the reader.
    d. Avoid hackneyed figures.
    e. Avoid long figures.
    f. Avoid mixed metaphors.

7.  Choice of words.
    a. Use words presumably familiar to the reader.
    b. Use words that express your exact meaning.  Do not confuse similar
           words.
    e. Avoid the frequent use of the same word (Section 17).