UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or the patience of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake. You don't joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers _ at kindergarten level, as at university level _ form a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and snares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.
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The underlined expression:
“An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms.”
shows parallelism because of the deliberate repetition of similar grammatical structures:
“forever on the move, forever vigilant”
“without drums, without gleaming uniforms”
This balanced and repeated structure is used to emphasise the teachers’ continuous effort and quiet dedication.
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