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Names of things personified.
_Nature_, _Vice_, _Thrift_, and the like.
39.

Adjectives derived from proper nouns.
_The Elizabethan age._ _Roman law._ Such adjectives and even proper nouns themselves lose the capital when they are applied as trade or scientific names to articles of common use or reference.
_roman type_, _india ink_, _chinese white_, _volt_, _watt_, _boycott_, _platonic_, _bohemian_.
40.

The first word of a direct quotation.
_As he turned to go he said: "Farewell, we shall never meet again."_ 41.

The first word after "Whereas" and "Resolved" in resolutions.
_WHEREAS.

It has pleased God...._ _therefore be it RESOLVED, That...._ 42.


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