judgment.

Man ----s, but God disposes.

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PROTRACT (page 293).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is it to _protract_? 2. What is the significance of _defer_ and
_delay_, and how do these words differ in usage from _protract_? 3. How
does _elongate_ differ from _protract_? 4. Is _protract_ ordinarily
favorable or unfavorable in sense? 5. Is _continue_ favorable or
unfavorable?

EXAMPLES.

Unseen hands ----
The coming of what oft seems close in ken.

Burton, a hypochondriac, wrote the "Anatomy of Melancholy," that
marvel of learning, and ---- his life to the age of sixty-four.

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PROVERB (page 293).

QUESTIONS.

1. In what do the _proverb_ and the _adage_ agree? In what respects do
they differ? 2. What is an _apothegm_? an _aphorism_? How do these two
words differ? 3. What is a _dictum_? a _saying_? 4. What is a _precept_?
How does it differ from a _motto_ or _maxim_? 5. How do _motto_ and
_maxim_ differ from each other?

EXAMPLES.

The ---- must be verified,
That beggars mounted, run their horse to death.

Books, like ----s, receive their chief value from the stamp and
esteem of ages through which they have passed.

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PRUDENCE (page 294).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the definition of _prudence_? 2. How does _providence_ differ
from _prudence_? 3. How does _care_ compare with _prudence_ and
_providence_? 4. How is _frugality_ related to _prudence_? 5. How do
_foresight_ and _forethought_ compare with each other, and both with
_providence_?

EXAMPLES.

When desp'rate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and ---- folly.

With a ---- unknown in other parts of Scotland, the peasantry have
in most places planted orchards around their cottages.

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PURCHASE (page 295).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what language is _purchase_ derived? 2. From what is _buy_
derived? 3. How do _buy_ and _purchase_ agree in meaning? What single
definition would answer for either? 4. How do _buy_ and _purchase_
differ in use? Give instances.

EXAMPLES.

I'll give thee England's treasure,
Enough to ---- such another island,
So thou wilt make me live.

'Tis gold which ----s admittance.

---- the truth, and sell it not.

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