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an tiq'ui ty pre'cept doc'trine pru'dence pre serve'

'O, many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant."

The maxims of antiquity contain the essence of wisdom; the precepts and doctrines of religion are the foundation of right living; the rules of prudence preserve us from error and misfortune; and the laws are the basis

mis for'tune of civil society.

dis'count

al low'ance re bate'

fic'tion

Discount is a rebate or an allowance for the payment of a debt before it is due.

"Man is a lover of fiction."

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"Victory belongs to the persevering."- Napoleon.

"One to-day is worth two to-morrows."- Franklin.

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Cu ra're [cu ra'tus] = to care for, heal.
Pon'e re [pos'it us]= to place.

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"Perseverance fails nineteen times but succeeds

the twentieth."- Anderson.

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"The storm of contrary wind unfurls the banner and thereby makes its inscription more legible."

"Hamilton's death, by making the duel odious, did more to abate it than any other event in history."-Lodge. "Dueling is a relic of barbarism." "Candor looks with equal fairness at both sides of a subject."- Webster. "Etiquette regulates our conduct." "Extend courteous greeting to every one, whatever be his faith." -Jacheel.

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Cap'e re [cap'tus] (ceiv, cept, ceipt, ceit) = to take,

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"Truth lies at the bottom of the well."-Old Proverb.

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"No legacy is so rich as honesty." The laws of God exempt no man from the obligation of obedience.

"Let a man believe that you suspect his fidelity, and he will soon verify your opinion.

The troublesome task assigned me not only proved irksome but also extremely vexatious.

"An estate inherited is less valued." "Cowards die many times; the val

iant never taste death but once."

"To thine own self be true; and it will follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."

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Shakespeare.

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"The habit of looking at the bright side of things is better than an income of a thousand pounds a year."- Hume.

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