And in what sense, if they rightly
understood and exercised this royal or gracious influence, the order and
beauty induced by such benignant power would justify us in speaking of
the territories over which each of them reigned as 'Queens' Gardens.'
Here still is the true critical style, with exact definitions;
but the whole argument is a metaphor, and the object of the criticism
is to rouse feelings that will lead to action.
It will be observed that words which by definition are to be taken in
some sort of technical sense are distinguished to the eye in some way.
Matthew Arnold used italics. Ruskin first places "state" within quotation
marks, and then, when he uses the word in a still different sense,
he writes it with a capital letter---State. Capitalization is perhaps
the most common way for designating common words when used in a special
sense which is defined by the writer---or defined by implication.
This is the explanation of the capital letters with which the writings of
Carlyle are filled. He constantly endeavors to make words mean more than,
or something different from, the meaning they usually have.
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