of being no ---- at all.

The fundamental objection to the doctrine of ----, in all its
modifications is that taken by Dr. Reid, viz., "that agreeableness
and ---- are not moral conceptions, nor have they any connection
with morality. What a man does merely because it is agreeable is not
virtue."

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VACANT (page 363).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the meaning of _empty_? of _vacant_? 2. To what does _vacant_
especially refer? 3. What is the difference between an _empty_ house and
a _vacant_ house? 4. What is the difference in dignity between the two
words? 5. What is the significance of _void_ and _devoid_? 6. What does
_waste_ imply? 7. In what sense is _vacuous_ used?

EXAMPLES.

---- heads console with ---- sound.

The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind
And the loud laugh that spoke the ---- mind.

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VENAL (page 365).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what is _venal_ derived, and with what meaning? _mercenary_?
_hireling_? 2. How are _mercenary_ and _venal_ discriminated from
_hireling_?

EXAMPLES.

The closing quarter of the nineteenth century may be termed the ----
era of American politics. Never before has legislation been so
universally, so unscrupulously, and unblushingly for sale.

The body of Greeks, immortalized under the name of the Ten Thousand,
... though embarking on a foreign ---- service, were by no means
outcasts, or even men of extreme poverty.

It is not the hire, but the working only for the hire that makes the
----.

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VENERATION (page 366).

QUESTIONS.

1. By what qualities is _awe_ inspired? 2. What elements are present and
what lacking in _awe_? 3. What is _dread_ and by what aroused? 4. How do
_reverence_ and _veneration_ differ from _awe_ or _dread_? 5. How does
_adoration_ compare with _veneration_?

EXAMPLES.

Man craves an object of ----; and if not supplied with that which
God has appointed, will take what offers.

The Italian climate robs age of its ----, and makes it look newer
than it is.

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VENIAL (page 367).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what is _venial_ derived, and what does it signify? 2. How does
_venial_ compare with _pardonable_? 3. How does _excusable_ differ from
the above words? 4. What very differen