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CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF COMPOSITION
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Table II.

Fig. 11 gives the word-curves constructed from five thousand averages of the two works.
Fig. 9. Five 1,000 Word-curves from Schiller's 'Kabale und Liebe.' (See Table II.) Fig. 10. Five 1,000 Word-curves from Schiller's 'Thirty Years' War.' (See Table II.)

Next I tabulated ten thousand words from Goldsmith, choosing the drama 'She Stoops to Conquer' and his essay on the 'Present State of Polite Learning in Europe.'

Table III.