e rocks and angry waters, was the noble youth
borne onward, eager to succeed in his perilous undertaking. Those on
shore looked on with breathless interest.

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Directions for Reading.--Point out the _emphatic words_ and mark
_inflection_ in the third paragraph on page 295.[17]

What effect has very strong _emphasis_ upon _inflection_? (See
_Directions for Reading_, page 238.)[18]

Should this lesson be read more slowly, or somewhat faster than
conversation?

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Language Lesson.--Let pupils fill blanks in the sentences given below,
using in turn, each of the following sets of words:

(1) _saw, knew, was, plunged;_

(2) _sees, knows, is, plunges;_

(3) _perceived, thought, was, jumped;_

(4) _perceives, thinks, is, jumps;_

(5) _noticed, concluded, was, dived;_

(6) _notices, concludes, is, dives_.

He ---- in the water a white object, which he ---- -- the boy's dress.
Then he ---- into the roaring rapids.

When the first, third, and fifth sets of words are used, the action is
represented as something that is past; but when the second, fourth, and
sixth sets are used, the action is represented as going on at the
present time.

The forms of _verbs_ (_action-words_) which are given in the first,
third, and fifth sets are used to indicate past time, and are called
_past tenses_; and the forms given in the second, fourth, and sixth
sets are used to indicate present time, and are called _present
tenses_.

[17] See fifth paragraph from the end of the passage.

[18] See Lesson L.

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LESSON LXII.

e merge', _come out_.

vor'tex, _water in whirling motion; a whirlpool_.

con fid'ed, _given into the care of_.

vis'i ble, _in sight_.

spec ta'tors, _those who look on_.

vent'ured, _dared_.

re ward', _that which is received in return for one's acts_.

des'ti nies, _lives and fortunes_.

sup pressed', _kept back_.

re doub'led, _made twice as great_.

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ANECDOTE OF WASHINGTON.

PART II.

O, how that mother's straining eyes followed the struggling youth! How
her heart sunk when he went under, and with what joy she saw him emerge
again from the waters, and, flinging the waves aside with his strong
arms, struggle on in pursuit of her boy!

But it seemed as if his generous efforts