I have read a line with a peculiar attention; I am impressed
by the reading, and this makes me say that I have observed something
besides the mere seeing of the written signs and the speaking of
words.
I have also expressed it by saying that I have noticed a
particular atmosphere round the seeing and speaking.
How such a metaphor as that embodied in the last sentence
s
can
arise || can come to suggest || present itself to
me may be seen more clearly by looking at this
example: If you heard sentences spoken in a monotone, you
might be tempted to say that the words were all enshrouded in a
particular atmosphere.
But wouldn't it be using a peculiar way of representation to
say that speaking the sentence in a monotone was adding something to
the mere saying of it?
Couldn't we even conceive speaking in a monotone as the
result of
taking away from the sentence its inflexion.
Different circumstances would make us adopt
differ
ent
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ways of
representation.
If, e.g., certain words had to be read out in a
monotone, this being indicated by a staff and a sustained note beneath
the written words, this notation would very strongly suggest the idea
that something had been added to the mere speaking of the
sentence.