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Par. I48.]

VERBS.

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Here " is " expresses the identity between " my
brother " and the Subject of " is," i.e. " the author."
Hence the name Object could not be given to
"my brother." Indeed, if you alter the sentence
by putting yourself in your brother's place, it becomes
(2) "The author of this book is I."
Since, therefore, you are obliged to use the Subjective form " I" (not "me "), it follows that
"brother" in (1) is Subjectively, not Objectively,
used.
For a similar reason, the ordinary term " Object"
cannot be given to the Noun following the Verb
in -
(3) "He was made, appointed, created, ki7gq."
(4) "He was thought, deemed, believed, supposed,
called, named, a rascal."
(5) "He seems, appears, looks a rascal."
In these sentences the Verb by itself is incomplete. " He was made " is not only not the complete
meaning; it is even untrue. The Verb is, not "was
made," but " was made-king." "To make-king" and
"to make-beautiful" are, each, just as much one
Verb, as " to be-king" and "to beauti-fy."
I48 Since the words " rascal" and " general" supplement the preceding Verbs, they may be called the
Supplement of the Verb; and, since they are here