ABSTRACT
SENTIMENTALITYisoneofthegreatestobstaclesinthewayofthehonest,carefuluseofwords:andthewordssentimentalandsentimentalityareamongotherimportant obstacles.
Forsentimentalisafavourite'dirtyword'andissupposed toputanendtoanargument.Unfortunatelyitisfatallyeasy tostigmatizeallemotionsofwhichwedonotapprove,or whichwecannotunderstandfromwantofexperience,as sentimental.Thetoneofvoiceinwhichthewordisgenerally spokenmakesitclearthatthisisatermofextremecontempt, possiblytouchedwithamusement,morelikelytouchedwith malice.
