or,
more briefly, sense ----.
----s sweet,
Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart.
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SENSIBILITY (page 328).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _sensibility_ in the philosophical sense? in popular use? 2.
What does _sensitiveness_ denote? 3. What is _susceptibility_? How does
it compare with _sensitiveness_? 4. How are _susceptibility_ and
_sensitiveness_ discriminated in physics?
EXAMPLES.
The ---- of the external surface of the body is a special endowment
adapted to the elements around and calculated to protect the
interior parts from injury.
---- to pleasure is of necessity also ---- to pain.
Every mind is in a peculiar state of ---- to certain impressions.
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SEVERE (page 329).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _severe_? _rigid_? _strict_? 2. How does _rigorous_ compare
with _rigid_? 3. What does _austere_ signify? What element is always
found in an _austere_ character?
EXAMPLES.
In mathematics we arrive at certitude by ---- demonstration.
He who the sword of heaven will bear
Should be as holy as ----.
---- law is often ---- injustice.
By ---- adherence to truth in official dealing with the natives, the
English have come to be always believed in India.
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SHELTER, _v._ (page 331).
QUESTIONS.
1. When is anything said to be _covered_? 2. How does _shelter_ compare
with _cover_? 3. What does _defend_ signify? 4. What does _guard_ imply?
5. How does _protect_ surpass _guard_ and _defend_? 6. What does
_shield_ signify? How does it compare with _guard_ or _defend_? 7. In
what sense is the verb _harbor_ commonly used?
EXAMPLES.
He that ----eth his sins shall not prosper, but he that forsaketh
them shall find mercy.
Thou who trod'st the billowy sea,
---- us in our jeopardy!
In youth it ----ed me,
And I'll protect it now.
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SIN (page 332).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is _sin_? 2. How is _transgression_ discriminated from _sin_ in
the general sense? 3. What is _crime_? _guilt_? _depravity_?
EXAMPLES.
Commit
The oldest ----s the newest kind of ways.
---- is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial
to society.
How ---- once har
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