Excerpt from The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words
When a writer describes what is outside of his mind and is the object of his attention, the mode of treatment is objective; when he deals with the thoughts and feelings suggested to his mind by outward objects, it is subjective. When Goldsmith describes the appearance of the village of Auburn, his writing is objective; when he gives his thoughts and feelings caused by what he sees, it is subject ive.
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