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			2)	Appeal to the associative imagination			46
				a)	Appeal to fancy		46
			3)	Appeal to the penetrative imagination			47
			4)	Appeal to the contemplative imagination			47
				a)	Philosophy in the fairy tales		48
				b)	Proverbs in the fairy tales		50
				c)	Relation of the contemplative imagination to science		52
		c.	A basis of truth, or appeal to the intellect				53
			1)	The truth must be idealistic			53
				a)	It may be realistic		53
				b)	It may be romantic		53
			2)	Value of the appeal of literature to the intellect			53
		d.	A form more or less perfect				54
			1)	The elements of form: words, sentences, paragraphs, and wholes			58
				a)	Words, the medium of language must have two powers		54
					(1)	Denotation, to name what they mean	54
					(2)	Connotation, to suggest what they imply	54
				b)	Suggestive power of words illustrated		55
			2)	General qualities characteristic of perfect form			57
				a)	Precision or clearness		57
					(1)	Precision demands that words have denotation	57
					(2)	Precision appeals to the intellect	57
				b)	Energy or force		57
					(1)	Energy demands that words have connotation	58
					(2)	Energy appeals to the emotions and holds the attention	58
				c)	Delicacy or emotional harmony		58
					(1)	Delicacy demands that words have the power of adaptation	58
					(2)	Delicacy demands that form appeal to the aesthetic sense	58