material
and spiritual.

These races are all clearly differentiated by other ---- traits than
the color of the skin.

We can not think of substance save in terms that imply ----
properties.

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PITIFUL (page 273).

QUESTIONS.

1. What was the original meaning of _pitiful_? What does it now signify?
2. How does _pitiful_ differ in use from _pitiable_? 3. What was the
early and what is the present sense of _piteous_?

EXAMPLES.

There is something pleading and ---- in the simplicity of perfect
ignorance.

The most ---- sight one ever sees is a young man doing nothing; the
Furies early drag him to his doom.

O, the most ---- cry of the poor souls!

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PITY (page 273).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _pity_? _sympathy_? 2. How does _sympathy_ in its exercise
differ from _pity_? 3. How does _pity_ differ from _mercy_? 4. How does
_compassion_ compare with _mercy_ and _pity_? 5. How does
_commiseration_ differ from _compassion_?

EXAMPLES.

Nothing but the Infinite ---- is sufficient for the infinite pathos
of human life.

He hallows every heart he once has swayed,
And when his presence we no longer share,
Still leaves ---- as a relic there.

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PLEAD (page 274).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _plead_ in the ordinary sense? in the legal sense? 2.
How do _argue_ and _advocate_ differ? 3. What do _beseech_, _entreat_,
and _implore_ imply? 4. How does _solicit_ compare with the above words?

EXAMPLES.

Speak to me low, my Savior, low and sweet,
. . .
Lest I should fear and fall, and miss thee so,
Who art not missed by any that ----.

Speaking of the honor paid to good men, is it not time to ---- for a
reform in the writing of biographies?

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PLEASANT (page 275).

QUESTIONS.

1. What does _pleasant_ add to the sense of _pleasing_? 2. How does
_pleasant_ compare with _kind_? 3. What does _good-natured_ signify? How
does it compare with _pleasant_?

EXAMPLES.

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to ---- dreams.

When fiction rises ---- to the eye,
Men will believe because they love the lie.

... If we must part forever,
Give me but one ---- word to think upo