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nse is the word often used? EXAMPLES. ---- is a very vague and unscientific term. Each nation considers its own language, each tribe its own dialect, euphonic. ---- may be defined to be a succession of poetical feet arranged in regular order according to certain types recognized as standards, in verses of a determinate length. We have three principal domains in which ---- manifests its nature and power--dancing, music, poetry. * * * * * MIND (page 241). QUESTIONS. 1. What is _mind_? How does it differ from _intellect_? 2. What does _consciousness_ include? Is it attended with distinct thinking and willing? 3. What is the _soul_? 4. From what is _spirit_ used in special contradistinction? How does it differ from _soul_? 5. What is Paley's definition of _instinct_? 6. In what contrasted meanings is the word _sense_ employed? 7. What is _thought_? EXAMPLES. A great ---- will be strong to live, as well as to think. God is a ----: and they that worship him must worship him in ---- and in truth. * * * * * MINUTE (page 242). QUESTIONS. 1. What is the meaning of _minute_? 2. When is a thing said to be _comminuted_? 3. How does _fine_ differ from _comminuted_? 4. What terms are applied to an account extended to _minute_ particulars? to an examination similarly extended? EXAMPLES. No ---- room so warm and bright, Wherein to read, wherein to write. Life hangs on, held by a ---- thread. An organism so ---- as to be visible only under the microscope, yet possessed of life, motion, and seeming intelligence is a source of ceaseless wonder. * * * * * MISFORTUNE (page 242). QUESTIONS. 1. What is _misfortune_? Is the sufferer considered blameworthy for it? 2. What is _calamity_? _disaster_? 3. In what special sense are the words _affliction_, _chastening_, _trial_, and _tribulation_ used? How are these four words discriminated the one from another? EXAMPLES. He's not valiant that dares die, But he that boldly bears ----. I never knew a man in life who could not bear another's ---- perfectly like a Christian. * * * * * MODEL (page 243). QUESTIONS. 1. What is a _model_? a _pattern_? How are they distinguished from one another? 2. Which admits of free
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