Rhetorical and Elocutionary Embellishments

I was wondering what might be something unique or original to post. This picture is an assortment of original "things".

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The books on their side under the car came out of a one room school house that was next to my grandfather's home in a place called "Cherry Creek" Idaho. The copyright shows the first printing in 1914 and the last one 1937. I took a number of books out of this school in the 1950's when it was just sitting unused and open to the elements. These are 3 volumes of a series called "The New Wonder World". It reminded me of "World Books" or an old "Britancia" talking about a lot of subjects. The book to the left of these volumes is called "Preaching and Public Speaking" and it was written in 1898. On the title page it says that it is "A Manual for the Use of Preachers of the Gospel, and Public Speakers in General" Some of the chapters titles are: The Art of Thinking, characteristics of the Sermon, Kinds of Sermons, Methods of Communicating Thought, Analysis of the Sermon, and then "Rhetorical and Elocutionary Embellishments" Pretty good stuff and actually it is a book worth reading. This book was a gift from Joseph A. Jones to Merlin as written in his handwriting in 1952. I think from a note on the inside cover that it was purchased by my Grandfather for $2.00 in 1903. The favorite part of this book may still be ahead of me. I noticed that the last thing in the book is listed on page 435 and is "A sermon by President Wilford Woodruff" I have read several books on his life recently an really found him to be a most fascinating individual. I had forgotten this chapter in a book I have had on my self a long time. I am very anxious to read it so I think I will later today....................

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The model of the old Ford is "cool". Wish I had had one.