Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1902 — Speaking Italics. [ARTICLE]

Speaking Italics.

A piece of parliamentary repartee quite as good as the famous retorts In the House of Commons and our Congress comes from a New England university. Two students, ranged against each other In debate, grew very warm and took to commenting on each other’s oratorical manner. One of them spoke with much emphasis, letting the stress of his voice fall explosively on certain passages. His opponent opened his speech by saying, “My friend on the negative thinks to win this debate by speaking exclamation-marks and Italics." The' other ceuld do nothing at tha moment to turn the laugh which thla speech raised, but when bis turn came be “got back” at his opponent with this retort: “My friend on the affirmative sajp I speak Italics. I should say that be uses Italics In the way they are used In the English RHrie, not to emphasize, bat to mark what La not original and Inspired.”