nd how? 4. What is _self-confidence_? Is it worthy or
unworthy? 5. Is _self-assertion_ ever a duty? _self-conceit_? 6. What is
_vanity_? How does it differ from _self-confidence_? from _pride_? 7.
What is _self-esteem_? How does it differ from _self-conceit_? from
_self-confidence_?

EXAMPLES.

---- may puff a man up, but never prop him up.

---- is as ill at ease under indifference, as tenderness is under
the love which it can not return.

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EMBLEM (page 146).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what language is _emblem_ derived? What did it originally
signify? 2. What is the derivation and primary meaning of _symbol_? 3.
How do the two words compare as now used? 4. How does a _sign_ suggest
something other than itself? 5. Can the same thing be both an _emblem_
and a _symbol_? a _sign_ and a _symbol_? 6. What is a _token_? a
_figure_? an _image_? a _type_?

EXAMPLES.

Rose of the desert, thou art to me
An ---- of stainless purity, ----
Of those who, keeping their garments white,
Walk on through life with steps aright.

All things are ----s: the external shows
Of nature have their ---- in the mind
As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.

Moses, as Israel's deliverer, was a ---- of Christ.

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EMIGRATE (page 147).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the distinctive meaning of _migrate_? What is its
application? 2. What do _emigrate_ and _immigrate_ signify? To what do
they apply? Can the two words be used of the same person and the same
act? How?

EXAMPLES.

The ship was crowded with ---- mostly from Germany.

---- are pouring into the United States often at the rate of half a
million a year.

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EMPLOY (page 147).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the distinctive senses of _employ_ and _use_? Give
instances. 2. What does _use_ often imply as to materials _used_? 3. How
does _hire_ compare with _employ_?

EXAMPLES.

The young man had been ---- by the firm for several months and had
proved faithful in every respect.

The church was then ready to ---- a pastor.

What one has, one ought to ----: and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.

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END, _v._ (page 148).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _end_, and what reference does _end_ have to intention
or