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or, more briefly, sense ----. ----s sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart. * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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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