t, to which our knowledge is one of the contributors.
_Knowledge_ comprises the materials; _wisdom_ the ability to use
them to practical advantage and to worthy or noble purpose.
_Knowledge_ is mental possession; _wisdom_ is mental and moral
power.
EXERCISE - Confused
1. Consult the dictionary for the distinction between the members of each
of the following pairs. In each blank of the illustrative sentences insert
the word appropriate in meaning.
____ to receive knowledge. ____ to impart
knowledge.
He ____ from laughter. He steadfastly ____ from
evil courses.
Though he always displayed ____, he did not
carry it to the point of ____.
I shall ____ most of the suggestions, but must ____
the one made by Mr. Wheeler.
. When the package was ____ at the local post
office, Bayard refused to ____ it.
. The dull ____ of his head. A sharp ____ below
shoulder-blade. I have known the ____ of cold hands. "My heart ____, and
a drowsy numbness ____ My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk."
. With firmness and ____ he set about reconciling the
factions. Her ____ enabled her to perceive that something was amiss.
. The magnetized iron filings ____. The cold iron
____ to the boy's tongue.
. The ____ of the heated particles to each other
was instantaneous. Amid these trials their ____ to the cause was unshaken.
. His ____ to the room was forced. He obtained
____ into a fraternal order.
. When he ____ that he had a weapon, he practically
____ that he had slain the man.
. He was ____ to going. Their answer was ____.
. In this emergency he sought ____. He asked my ____
as to the best place to hang the picture.
. To let these mishaps ____ you is to ____ your
suffering.
. It is an ____ to suppose that I made any ____
to you.
. It was more than a possible ____; it was an
unmistakable ____.
. Though we call him a(n) ____, he is in skill by no
means the ____ you might think him.
. You are unintentionally ____. These words are
deliberately ____.
. Since we ____ the enemy to advance, would it
not be wise to ____ him?
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