A moment's attention given to this passage will stamp it upon the mind so that it will never be forgotten. An inattentive person would notice nothing peculiar about this quotation; he would most likely see that it spoke of trees, brooks, and stones, but he would fail to notice the bearing that the words tongues, books, and sermons had on them. The attentive person would instantly grasp the fact that the initial letter of tongues is the same as that of trees, that of books the same as brooks, and that of sermons the same as stones, and he thereby immediately has transferred the thought of the poet to his own mind by means of attention, and the details are so thoroughly seen and understood as to make a deep impression on his mind and render him capable of reproducing the lines at any time.
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