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Excerpt from English Composition as a Social Problem Much of the failure of schools to develop any literary power beyond that of simple, direct ex position and narration is due to this neglect of feeling. If it were not for shades of feeling, what we know as literary style would not: exist. Its fine variations of form are due not so much to difierences of cold Objective truth as to the subtle variations of attitude with which we confront reality. Poetic expression is different from the prosaic because of the dominance of the subjee tive factors in our desire to express ourselves. We shall never thoroughly enrich our composi tion-teaching until we accept the principle that the development of attitudes is as necessary as the development of an accurate comprehension of the varied world which we are to describe and discuss. 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.