Have something to say, and say it, was the Duke of Wellington's theory of style; Huxley's was to say that which has to be said in such language that you can stand cross-examination on each word. The Writer - Page 111901Full view - About this book
| John Franklin Genung - English language - 1900 - 694 pages
...directly concerned with the making of literature, and the demands of self-culture therein involved. " Have something to say, and say it, was the Duke of...which has to be said in such language that you can stanl cross-examination on each word. Be clear, though you may be convicted of error. If you are clearly... | |
| American Institute of Electrical Engineers - Electric engineering - 1903 - 810 pages
...spoils the sense either by not saying what the engineer means or by saying what he does not mean. " Have something to say., and say it:" was the Duke...that you can stand cross-examination on each word." This is the secret of his lucidity. To show how far from the criteria of style either the " Iron Duke... | |
| American Institute of Electrical Engineers - Electric engineering - 1903 - 834 pages
...spoils the sense either by not saying what the engineer means or by saying what he does not mean. " Have something to say. and say it." was the Duke of...theory of style, Huxley's was " to say that which lias to be said in such language that you can stand cross-examination on each word." This is the secret... | |
| James Richard Ainsworth Davis - Naturalists - 1907 - 320 pages
...into that mastery of clear expression for which he deliberately laboured, the saying exactly what he meant, neither too much nor too little, without confusion...cross-examination on each word. Be clear, though you may get convicted of error. If you are clearly wrong, you will run up against a fact sometime and get set... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - Readers - 1910 - 446 pages
...ought to have tested for yourself." And this ideal of scholarship went into his very style of writing. "Say that which has to be said in such language that you can stand cross-examination in each word. Be clear, though you may be convicted of error. If you are clearly wrong, you will run... | |
| Cades Alfred Middleton Smith - Building materials - 1911 - 332 pages
...of expression is as great a source of error as inaccuracy of observation. Huxley's theory of style was " to say that which has to be said in such language...that you can stand cross-examination on each word." EXPERIMENTS SUITABLE FOR COLLEGE LABORATORIES. OH Wires and Springs. 1. To Determine the Relation between... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - Authors, English - 1919 - 286 pages
...into that mastery of clear expression for which he deliberately labored, the saying exactly what he meant, neither too much nor too little, without confusion...that you can stand cross-examination on each word." He sought to be clear; and he was able to attain the desired lucidity only by so organizing his material... | |
| Roscoe Lewis Ashley - Citizenship - 1922 - 488 pages
...distinguish synonym from synonym, we are but half living a life whose meanings are expressed in words. 1 "Have something to say, and say it" was the Duke of Wellington's theory of style. The well educated citizen. applied science. Educational advance has come chiefly through the remarkable... | |
| Sarah Knowles Bolton - Scientists - 1926 - 384 pages
...theory of style, viz; having something to say and saying it, Huxley went one step further, adding "and say that which has to be said in such language that you can stand cross-examination on each word." Always he sought for clearness and organization in his composition, and here his faculty and training... | |
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