Indeed, left nothing ---- for your purpose
Untouch'd, slightly handled, in discourse.

In such a time as this, it is not ----
That every nice offense should bear his comment.

How could money be better spent than in erecting a ---- building for
the greatest library in the country?

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BEGINNING (page 78).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what language is _beginning_ derived? _commencement_? How do the
two words differ in application and use? Give instances. 2. What is an
_origin_? a _source_? a _rise_? 3. How are _fount_, _fountain_, and
_spring_ used in the figurative sense?

EXAMPLES.

For learning is the ---- pure,
Out from which all glory springs.

Truth is the ---- of every good to gods and men.

Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war are great in love;
The ---- of all brave acts is seated here.

It can not be that Desdemona should long continue her love to the
Moor, nor he his to her: it was a violent ----, and thou shalt see
an answerable sequestration.

In the ---- God created the heaven and the earth.

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BEHAVIOR (page 79).

QUESTIONS.

1. How do _behavior_ and _conduct_ differ? 2. What is the special sense
of _carriage_? of _bearing_? _demeanor_? 3. What is _manner_? _manners_?

EXAMPLES.

Our thoughts and our ---- are our own.

Good ---- are made up of petty sacrifices.

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BENEVOLENCE (page 80).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the original distinction between _benevolence_ and
_beneficence_? 2. In what sense is _benevolence_ now most commonly used?
3. What words are commonly used for _benevolence_ in the original sense?
4. What was the original sense of _charity_? the present popular sense?
5. What of _humanity_? _generosity_? _liberality_? _philanthropy_?

EXAMPLES.

---- is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.

The secrets of life are not shown except to ---- and likeness.

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BIND (page 81).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive sense of _bind_? 2. What is the special
meaning of _tie_? 3. In how general a sense is _fasten_ used? 4. Which
of the above three words is used in a figurative sense?

EXAMPLES.

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said;
---- up the knocker, say I