EXAMPLES.

Be thou ---- unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Thy purpose ---- is equal to the deed:
Who does the best his circumstance allows
Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

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FAME (page 166).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _fame_? Is it commonly used in the favorable or unfavorable
sense? 2. What are _reputation_ and _repute_, and in which sense
commonly used? 3. What is _notoriety_? 4. From what do _eminence_ and
_distinction_ result? 5. How does _celebrity_ compare with _fame_? 6.
How does _renown_ compare with _fame_? 7. What is the import of _honor_?
of _glory_?

EXAMPLES.

Saying, Amen: Blessing and ----, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
----, and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.

A good ---- is more valuable than money.

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of ----.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it ----.

Seeking the bubble ----
Even in the cannon's mouth.

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FANATICISM (page 166).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _fanaticism_? _bigotry_? 2. What do _fanaticism_ and
_bigotry_ commonly include? 3. What is _intolerance_? 4. What is the
distinctive meaning of _superstition_? 5. What is _credulity_? Is it
distinctively religious?

EXAMPLES.

---- is a senseless fear of God.

The fierce ---- of the Moslems was the mainspring of their early
conquests.

The ---- that will believe nothing contrary to a creed is often
joined with a blind ---- that will believe anything in favor of it.

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FANCIFUL (page 167).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the meaning of _fanciful_? 2. What does _fantastic_ add to
the meaning of _fanciful_? 3. How does _grotesque_ especially differ
from the _fanciful_ or _fantastic_? 4. How does _visionary_ differ from
_fanciful_?

EXAMPLES.

Come see the north wind's masonry,
... his wild work;
So ----, so savage, naught cares he
For number or proportion.

What ---- tints the year puts on,
When falling leaves falter through motionless air
Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone!

Plays such ---- tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.

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FANCY (page 167).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is an