chanical? 2. What
element does _habit_ add to _custom_ and _routine_? 3. Should we
preferably use _custom_ or _habit_ of a society? of an individual? 4.
What is _fashion_? _rule_? _system_? 5. What are _use_ and _usage_, and
how do they differ from each other? 6. What is _practise_? 7. What is
the distinctive meaning of _wont_?

EXAMPLES.

Every ---- is preserved and increased by correspondent actions, as
the ---- of walking by walking, of running by running.

Montaigne is wrong in declaring that ---- ought to be followed
simply because it is ----, and not because it is reasonable or just.

Lord Brougham says "The longer I live the more careful I am to
entrust everything that I really care to do to the beneficent power
of ----."

---- makes perfect.

Without ---- little that is valuable is ever learned or done.

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HAPPEN (page 188).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _happen_ signify? 2. How does it differ from _chance_? 3.
What is the distinctive meaning of _betide_? 4. How do both _befall_ and
_betide_ differ from _happen_ in grammatical construction? 5. What is
the meaning of _supervene_? 6. Is _transpire_ correctly used in the
sense of _happen_? When may an event be properly said to _transpire_?

EXAMPLES.

Whatever ---- at all ---- as it should.

Thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bear grain, it may ----
of wheat, or of some other grain.

Ill ---- the graceless renegade!

It ---- that a secret treaty had been previously concluded between
the powers.

If mischief ---- him, thou shalt bring down my gray hairs with
sorrow to the grave.

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HAPPINESS (page 189).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _gratification_? _satisfaction_? 2. What is _happiness_? 3.
How does _happiness_ differ from _comfort_? 4. How does _comfort_ differ
from _enjoyment_? 5. How does _pleasure_ compare with _comfort_ and
_enjoyment_? with _happiness_? 6. What do _gratification_ and
_satisfaction_ express? How do they compare with each other? 7. How does
_happiness_ compare with _gratification_, _satisfaction_, _comfort_, and
_pleasure_? with _delight_ and _joy_? 8. What is _delight_? _ecstasy_?
_rapture_? 9. What is _triumph_? _blessedness_? _bliss_?

EXAMPLES.

Sweet is ---- after pain.

Virtue alone is ---- below.

Hope elevates and ---- brightens his cre