original_? 6. What is the
_standard_? How does it compare with the _ideal_? 7. How are _idea_ and
_ideal_ contrasted?

EXAMPLES.

Be a ---- to others and then all will go well.

The mind's the ---- of the man.

Every man has at times in his mind the ---- of what he should be,
but is not.

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IDIOCY (page 207).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _idiocy_? 2. What is _imbecility_? How does it compare with
_idiocy_? 3. How does _insanity_ differ from _idiocy_ or _imbecility_?
4. How do _folly_ and _foolishness_ compare with _idiocy_? 5. What is
_fatuity_? _stupidity_?

EXAMPLES.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis ---- to be wise.

To expect an effect without a cause, or attainment without
application, is little less than ----.

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IDLE (page 208).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what language is _idle_ derived, and what is its original
meaning? 2. What does _idle_ in present use properly denote? Does it
necessarily denote the absence of all action? 3. What does _lazy_
signify? How does it differ from _idle_? 4. What does _inert_ signify?
_sluggish_? 5. In what realm does _slothful_ belong, and what does it
denote? 6. How does _indolent_ compare with _slothful_?

EXAMPLES.

The ---- stream was covered with a green scum.

Never ---- a moment, but thrifty and thoughtful of others.

As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the ---- turn upon his
bed.

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IGNORANT (page 208).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _ignorant_ signify? How wide is its range? 2. What is the
meaning of _illiterate_? 3. How does _unlettered_ compare with
_illiterate_?

EXAMPLES.

So foolish was I and ----; I was as a beast before thee.

A boy is better unborn than ----.

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IMAGINATION (page 209).

QUESTIONS.

1. Into what two parts was _imagination_ divided in the old psychology?
2. What name is now preferably given to the so-called _Reproductive
Imagination_ by President Porter and others? 3. What is _fantasy_ or
_phantasy_? In what mental actions is it manifested? 4. What is
_fantasy_ in ordinary usage? 5. How is _imagination_ defined? _fancy_?
6. To what faculty of the mind do both of these activities or powers
belong? 7. In what other respects do _imagination_ and _fancy_ agree?
What is the one great distinction b