from _obtain_? from _achieve_? 3. How does _obtain_
differ from _procure_?

EXAMPLES.

The heights by great men ---- and kept
Were not ---- by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might ----
By fearing to attempt.

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ATTITUDE (page 65).

QUESTIONS.

1. How does _position_ as regards the human body differ from _attitude_,
_posture_, or _pose_? 2. Do the three latter words apply to the living
or the dead? 3. What is the distinctive sense of _attitude_? Is it
conscious or unconscious? 4. How does _posture_ differ from _attitude_?
5. What is the distinctive sense of _pose_? How does it differ from, and
how does it agree with _attitude_ and _posture_?

EXAMPLES.

The ---- assumed indicated great indignation because of the insult
implied.

The ---- was graceful and pleasing.

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ATTRIBUTE, _v._ (page 65).

QUESTIONS.

1. What suggestion is often involved in _attribute_? 2. How does
_attribute_ differ from _refer_ and _ascribe_? 3. Is _charge_ (in this
connection) used in the favorable or unfavorable sense?

EXAMPLES.

---- ye greatness unto our God.

He ---- unworthy motives which proved a groundless charge.

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ATTRIBUTE, _n._ (page 66).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the derivation and the inherent meaning of _quality_? 2. What
is an _attribute_? 3. Which of the above words expresses what
necessarily belongs to the subject of which it is said to be an
_attribute_ or _quality_? 4. What is the derivation and distinctive
sense of _property_? 5. How does _property_ ordinarily differ from
_quality_? 6. In what usage do _property_ and _quality_ become exact
synonyms, and how are _properties_ then distinguished?

EXAMPLES.

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The ---- to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.

Nothing endures but personal ----s.

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AVARICIOUS (page 68).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do _avaricious_ and _covetous_ differ from _miserly_,
_niggardly_, _parsimonious_, and _penurious_? 2. Of what matters are
_greedy_ and _stingy_ used? How do they differ from each other?

EXAMPLES.

I am not ---- fo