intelligence is a source of ceaseless wonder.
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MISFORTUNE (page 242).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
misfortune? Is the sufferer considered blameworthy for it? 2. What is
calamity?
disaster? 3. In what
special sense are the words
affliction,
chastening,
trial, and
tribulation used?
How are these four words
discriminated the one from another?
EXAMPLES.
He's not valiant that dares die, But he that boldly bears ----.
I never knew a man in life who could not bear another's ---- perfectly like a Christian.
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MODEL (page 243).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a
model? a
pattern? How are they distinguished from one another? 2. Which admits of freedom or
idealization?
EXAMPLES.
Things done without ----, in their issue Are to be fear'd.
Be a ---- to others, and then all will go well.
Washington and his compeers had no ---- of a federal republic with constitutional bonds and limitations.
Moses was admonished, See that thou make all things according to the ---- shewed to thee in the mount.
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MODESTY (page 244).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
modesty in the general sense? In what specific sense is the word also used? 2. What is
bashfulness?
diffidence?
coyness?
reserve?
EXAMPLES.
For silence and chaste ---- is woman's
genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
If a young lady has that discretion and ----, without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make
an ostentatious parade of it.
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His shrinking ---- was often mistaken for a proud ----.
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MONEY (page 244).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
money?
specie?
cash? 2. How does
property differ from
money? 3. What is
bullion?
capital?
EXAMPLES.
I am not covetous for ----; Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost.
For the love of ---- is the root of all evil.
He converted all his ---- into ready ----.
One who undertakes to do business without ---- is likely to be speedily straitened for ----.
---- in reversion may be of far less value than ---- in hand.
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MOROSE (page 245).
QUESTIONS.
1. By
what characteristics are the morose distinguished? the
sullen and
sulky? 2. How does
sullen differ from
sulky? 3.
What is the meaning of surly? 4. Which of these words denote transient moods and which denote
enduring states or disposition?
EXAMPLES.
My master is of ---- disposition, And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality.
A poet who fails in writing, becomes often a ---- critic.
He answered with a ---- growl.
Achilles remained in his tent in ---- inaction.
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MOTION (page 246).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
motion? 2. How does
motion differ from
movement? Give examples. 3.
In what sense is move
employed? 4. What is the special sense of
motion in a deliberative assembly? 5. Is
action or
motion the more
comprehensive word? Which is commonly used in reference to the mind?
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EXAMPLES.
That ---- is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
There is no death! What seems so is ----; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose
portal we call Death.
The Copernican theory first clearly explained the ---- of the planets.
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MUTUAL (page 246).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the meaning of
common?
mutual?
reciprocal? 2. Is it correct to speak of a
mutual friend?
EXAMPLES.
---- friendships will admit of division, one may love the beauty of this, the good humor of that person.
In all true family life there is a ---- dependence which binds hearts together.
---- action is the rule in the human body, where every part is alternately means and end,
and every action both
cause and effect.
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NAME (page 247).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a
name in the most general sense? 2. In the more limited sense, how does a
name differ from an
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