riginal meaning of
_exterminate_? _eradicate_? _extirpate_? 2. To what are these words
severally applied?

EXAMPLES.

Since the building of the Pacific railroads in the United States,
the buffalo has been quite ----.

The evil of intemperance is one exceedingly difficult to ----.

No inveterate improver should ever tempt me to ---- the dandelions
from the green carpet of my lawn.

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FAINT (page 164).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the chief meanings of _faint_? 2. How is _faint_ a synonym
of _feeble_ or _purposeless_? of _irresolute_ or _timid_? of _dim_,
_faded_, or _indistinct_?

EXAMPLES.

Great is the strength of ---- arms combined,
And we can combat even with the brave.

In his right hand a tipped staffe he held,
With which his ---- steps he stayed still;
For he was ---- with cold, and weak with eld;
That scarce his loosed limbs he hable was to weld.

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FAITH (page 164).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _belief_? 2. How does _credence_ compare with _belief_? 3.
What is _conviction_? _assurance_? 4. What is an _opinion_? 5. How does
a _persuasion_ compare with an _opinion_? 6. What is a _doctrine_? a
_creed_? 7. What are _confidence_ and _reliance_? 8. What is _trust_? 9.
What elements are combined in _faith_? 10. How is _belief_ often used in
popular language as a precise equivalent of _faith_? 11. How is _belief_
discriminated from _faith_ in the strict religious sense?

EXAMPLES.

---- is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.

Put not your ---- in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there
is no help.

---- is largely involuntary; a mathematical demonstration can not be
doubted by a sane mind capable of understanding the terms and
following the steps.

Every one of us, whatever our speculative ----, knows better than he
practises, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.

There are few greater dangers for an army in the face of an enemy
than undue ----.

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FAITHFUL (page 165).

QUESTIONS.

1. In what sense may a person be called _faithful_? 2. In what sense may
one be called _trusty_? 3. Is _faithful_ commonly said of things as well
as persons? is _trusty_? 4. What is the special difference of meaning
between the two words? Give examples.