Excerpt from Miscellaneous Studies in Prose: For the Exclusive Use of Grenville Kleiser's Mail Course Students IT IS generally recognized that clear and accurate thinking must precede clear and ao curate expression. The selections presented here have a double value for the student. First, as examples of clear and forceful think ing; second, as specimens of good English. The student of English should be a general reader of the recognized stylists. These ex tracts should stimulate his interest in the larger works of such writers as Addison, Car lyle, Macaulay and Newman. Webster should be closely studied as a master of English style, with special regard to the needs of the public speaker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.