on,
The end of war's ----.

Life seems to be ---- in proportion to its value.

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PRECEDENT (page 282).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _precedent_? 2. How does _case_ fall short of the meaning
of _precedent_? 3. What is an _obiter dictum_? How does it differ from a
_precedent_?

EXAMPLES.

Where freedom broadens slowly down
From ---- to ----.

Let us consider the reason of the ----, for nothing is law that is
not reason.

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PREDESTINATION (page 282).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _predestination_? 2. How does _fate_ differ from
_predestination_? 3. What does _necessity_ signify in the philosophical
sense? 4. What is _foreknowledge_? Does it involve _foreordination_ or
_predestination_?

EXAMPLES.

For ---- has wove the thread of life with pain.

All high truth is the union of two contradictories. Thus ---- and
free-will are opposites; and the truth does not lie between these
two, but in a higher reconciling truth which leaves both true.

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PREJUDICE (page 283).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _presumption_? On what is it founded? 2. On what are
_prejudice_ and _prepossession_ based? How do these two words differ
from each other?

EXAMPLES.

When the judgment's weak, the ---- is strong.

The ---- is always in favor of what exists.

His fine features, manly form, and perfect manners awakened an
instant ---- in his favor.

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PRETENSE (page 283).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is a _pretense_? How does it differ from a _pretext_? 2. What is
a _ruse_?

EXAMPLES.

The claim of a stronger nation to protect a weaker has commonly been
but a ---- for conquest.

It is not poverty so much as ---- that harasses a ruined man--the
struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse.

The independent English nobility conspired to make an insurrection,
and to support the prince's ----s.

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PREVENT (page 284).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the original meaning of _prevent_? 2. What word is now
commonly used in that sense? 3. What is the meaning of _obviate_?
_preclude_? 4. How is _prevent_ at present used?

EXAMPLES.

The contrary supposition is obviously ----.

When the Siberian Pacific Railway is finished, what i