It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest ----.
I dare swear he is no ---- but prays from his heart.
In the reign of Henry VII., an ----,
named Perkin Warbeck, laid claim to the English crown.
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HYPOTHESIS (page 205).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is a
hypothesis? What is its use in scientific investigation and study? 2. What is a
guess? a
conjecture?
a
supposition? a
surmise? 3. What implication does
surmise ordinarily convey? What is a
theory? a
scheme? a
speculation? How do they differ?
EXAMPLES.
----, fancies, built on nothing firm.
There are no other limits to ---- than those of the human mind.
The
development ----, tho widely accepted by men of science fails of proof at many important points.
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IDEA (page 206).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is
idea derived, and what did it originally mean? 2. What did
idea signify in early
philosophical use? 3. What is its present popular use, and with what words is it now synonymous?
EXAMPLES.
All rests with those who read. A work or ---- Is what each makes it to himself.
He who comes up to his own ---- of greatness must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.
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IDEAL (page 206).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is an
ideal? 2. What is an
archetype? a
prototype? 3. Can a
prototype be
equivalent to an archetype?
4. Is an
ideal primal, or the result of development? 5. What is an
original? 6. What is the
standard? How does
it compare with the
ideal? 7. How are
idea and
ideal contrasted?
EXAMPLES.
Be a ---- to others and then all will go well.
Synonyms and Antonyms, by James Champlin Fernald
391
The mind's the ---- of the man.
Every man has at times in his mind the ---- of what he should be, but is not.
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IDIOCY (page 207).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is
idiocy? 2. What is
imbecility? How does it compare with
idiocy? 3. How does
insanity differ from
idiocy or
imbecility? 4. How do
folly and
foolishness compare with
idiocy? 5. What is
fatuity?
stupidity?
EXAMPLES.
Where
ignorance is bliss, 'tis ---- to be wise.
To expect an effect without a cause, or attainment without application, is little less than ----.
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IDLE (page 208).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is
idle derived, and what is its original meaning? 2. What does
idle in
present use
properly denote? Does it necessarily denote the absence of all action? 3. What does
lazy signify? How does it
differ from
idle? 4. What does
inert signify?
sluggish? 5. In what realm does
slothful belong, and what does it
denote? 6. How does
indolent compare with
slothful?
EXAMPLES.
The ---- stream was covered with a green scum.
Never
---- a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the ---- turn upon his bed.
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IGNORANT (page 208).
QUESTIONS.
1. What does
ignorant signify? How wide is its range? 2. What is the meaning of
illiterate? 3. How does
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