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INNOCENT (page 220).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _innocent_ in the full sense signify? 2. Is _innocent_
positive or negative? How does it compare with _righteous_, _upright_,
or _virtuous_? 3. In what two applications may _immaculate_, _pure_, and
_sinless_ be used? 4. With what limited sense is _innocent_ used of
moral beings? 5. In what sense is _innocent_ applied to inanimate
substances?

EXAMPLES.

They are as ---- as grace itself.

For blessings ever wait on ---- deeds,
And tho a late, a sure reward succeeds.

The wicked flee where no man pursueth, but the ---- are bold as a
lion.

A daughter, and a goodly babe;
... the queen receives
Much comfort in't: says, _My poor prisoner,
I am ---- as you_.

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INQUISITIVE (page 221).

QUESTIONS.

1. What are the characteristics of an _inquisitive_ person? 2. Is
_inquisitive_ ever used in a good sense? What, in that sense, is
ordinarily preferred? 3. What does _curious_ signify, and how does it
differ from _inquisitive_?

EXAMPLES.

His was an anxiously ---- mind, a scrupulously conscientious heart.

Adrian was the most ---- man that ever lived, and the most universal
inquirer.

I am ---- to know the cause of this sudden change of purpose.

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INSANITY (page 221).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _insanity_ in the widest sense? in its restricted use? Which
use is the more frequent? 2. From what is _lunacy_ derived? What did it
originally imply? In what sense is it now used? 3. What is _madness_? 4.
What is _derangement_? _delirium_? 5. What is the specific meaning of
_dementia_? 6. What is _aberration_? 7. What is the distinctive meaning
of _hallucination_? 8. What is _monomania_? 9. What are _frenzy_ and
_mania_?

EXAMPLES.

Go--you may call it ----, folly--you shall not chase my gloom away.

All power of fancy over reason is a degree of ----.

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INTERPOSE (page 222).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _interpose_? 2. How does _intercede_ differ from
_interpose_? 3. What is it to _intermeddle_? How does it differ from
_meddle_? from _interfere_? 4. What do _arbitrate_ and _mediate_
involve?

EXAMPLES.

Dion, his brother, ---- for him and his life was saved.

Nature has ---- a natural barrier between England a