8. Places near the sea are not extremely cold in winter, nor are they
extremely warm in summer.
(Here a choice is denied.)
9. Either Hamlet was mad, or he feigned madness admirably.
(See (16), Lesson 20.)
+Independent Clauses+ expressing thoughts one of which is an +inference+
from the other.
10. People in the streets are carrying umbrellas, hence it must be raining.
11. I have seen, therefore I believe.
I | have seen
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| '
'
I | ' believe
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|\'
\therefore
+Explanation+.--In such constructions _and_ may be supplied, or the adverb
may be regarded as the connective. The diagram illustrates _therefore_ as
connective.
+Independent Clauses+ joined in the sentence +without a conjunction+.
12. The camel is the ship of the ocean of sand; the reindeer is the camel
of the desert of snow.
13. Of thy unspoken word thou art master; thy spoken word is master of
thee.
14. The ship leaps, as it were, from billow to billow.
+Explanation+.--_As it were_ is an independent clause used parenthetically.
_As_ simply introduces it.
15. Religion--who can doubt it?--is the noblest of themes for the exercise
of intellect.
16. What grave (these are the words of Wellesley, speaking of the two
Pitts) contains such a father and such a son!
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