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st. The storm raged without, but within the house all was brightness and ----. There is no ---- so sweet and abiding as that of doing good. This is the very ---- of love. * * * * * HAPPY (page 190). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the original meaning of _happy_? With what words is it allied in this sense? 2. In what way is _happy_ a synonym of _blessed_? 3. What is the meaning of _happy_ in its most frequent present use? EXAMPLES. ---- are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. To what ---- accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit. A ---- heart maketh a ---- countenance. I would not spend another such a night, Tho 'twere to buy a world of ---- days. * * * * * HARMONY (page 191). QUESTIONS. 1. What is _harmony_? 2. How does _harmony_ compare with _agreement_? 3. How do _concord_ and _accord_ compare with _harmony_ and with each other? 4. What is _conformity_? _congruity_? 5. What is _consistency_? 6. What is _unanimity_? 7. How do _consent_ and _concurrence_ compare? EXAMPLES. We have made a covenant with death and with hell are we at ----. Tyrants have made desperate efforts to secure outward ---- in religious observances without ---- of religious belief. That action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the ---- of the universe. The speaker was, by general ----, allowed to proceed. * * * * * HARVEST (page 192). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the original meaning of _harvest_? its later meaning? 2. How does _harvest_ compare with _crop_? 3. What is _produce_? How does it differ from _product_? 4. What is the meaning of _proceeds_? _yield_? _return_? 5. Is _harvest_ capable of figurative use, and in what sense? 6. What is the special meaning of _harvest-home_? _harvest-tide_? _harvest-time_? EXAMPLES. Just tickle the earth with a hoe, and she laughs with an abundant ----. And the ripe ---- of the new-mown hay gives it a sweet and wholesome odor. It soweth here with toil and care But the ---- of love is there. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn ---- that mellowed long. * * * * * HATRED (page 193). QUESTIO
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