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REFINEMENT (page 305).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what does _civilization_ apply, and what does it denote? 2. What
is _refinement_? 3. What is the primary meaning of _cultivation_? the
derived meaning? 4. By what word is _cultivation_ now largely
superseded? 5. What does _culture_ denote?

EXAMPLES.

What is ----? It is the humanization of man in society, the
satisfaction for him in society of the true law of human nature.

Giving up wrong pleasure is not self-sacrifice, but self-----.

This refined taste is the consequence of education and habit; we are
born only with a capacity of entertaining this ----.

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RELIABLE (page 306).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is to be said of the controversy regarding the formation and use
of the word _reliable_? 2. What do _trusty_ and _trustworthy_ denote? 3.
How does _reliable_ compare with these words? 4. What meaning may
_reliable_ convey that _trusty_ and _trustworthy_ would not?

EXAMPLES.

Good lack! quoth he, yet bring it me
My leathern belt likewise,
In which I bear my ---- sword,
When I do exercise.

The first voyage to America, of which we have any perfectly ----
account, was performed by the Norsemen.

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RELIGION (page 307).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the original sense of _piety_? the derived sense? 2. What is
_religion_? What does it include? 3. What is _worship_? _devotion_? 4.
What is _morality_? _godliness_? _holiness_? 5. How is _theology_
related to _religion_?

EXAMPLES.

---- is man's belief in a being or beings, mightier than himself and
inaccessible to his senses, but not indifferent to his sentiments
and actions, with the feelings and practises which flow from such
belief.

----, whose soul sincere
Fears God, and knows no other fear.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make ---- impossible.

Systematic ---- may be defined as the substance of the Christian
faith in a scientific form.

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REND (page 309).

QUESTIONS.

1. To what are _rend_ and _tear_ usually applied? Which is the stronger
word? 2. In what connection is _rive_ used, and in what sense? 3. What
does _lacerate_ signify? 4. How does _mangle_ compare with _lacerate_?
5. What do _burst_ and _rupture_ signify? Which is the str