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From such impressions arises that ἐνάργεια which Cicero Perhaps an allusion to Part. Or. vi. 20. ἐνάργεια =clearness. calls illumination and actuality, which makes us seem not so much to narrate as to exhibit the actual scene, while our emotions will be no less actively stirred than if we were present at the actual occurrence. Is it not from visions such as these that Vergil was inspired to write— Sudden her fingers let the shuttle fall And all the thread was spilled, Aen. ix. 474. Or,
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In his smooth breast the gaping wound ib. xi. 40. or the description of the horse at the funeral of Pallas, his trappings laid aside ? ib. xi. 89. And how vivid was the image of death conceived by the poet when he wrote- And dying sees his own dear Argive home ? ib. x. 783. Again, when we desire to awaken pity,
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we must actually believe that the ills of which we complain have befallen our own selves, and must persuade our minds that this is really the case. We must identify ourselves with the persons of whom we complain that they have suffered grievous, unmerited and bitter misfortune, and must plead their case and for a brief space feel their suffering as though it were our own, while our words must be such as we should use if we stood in their shoes.
