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"Comedy drives dull care away. "Let us revere the memory of the apostles."— Rivers.

Charles V. abdicated his crown; his minister resigned his office; both renounced the world, its allurements and troubles, and thus abandoned all power.

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Early rising is usually beneficial to health, and sluggishness should be deprecated." Ellis.

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"Economy itself is a great revenue."

Cicero.

"Good humor makes all things tolerable."- Beecher.

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Lu'de re [lu'sus] = = to play, to laugh at, to sport with. Pes [ped'is]=foot. Pous [pod os'] (Greek) = feet. Cen'tum = hundred. Quad' r-= four.

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ap'pli ca'tion

ac'cu ra cy
punc'tu al'i ty
dis patch'
ef fi'cient

sim plic'i ty
ex'cel lenee
su preme'
as ser'tion

chide
rep'ri mand
dis cuss'

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"Attention, application, accuracy, method, punctuality, and dispatch are the qualities required for the efficient conduct of business of any sort."- Smiles.

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Simplicity is the crowning excellence of art."

"Goodness is the supreme beauty." "Assertion is no proof." - Holder

lin.

A parent chides a son; a master reprimands a servant.

"Souls agree, minds discuss."

Préault.

"Punctuality is the soul of business."

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WORD BUILDING

Oc'u lus

= eye.

I're [i'tum]=to go

Me ti'ri [men'sus] = to measure.

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"A good conscience is a good pillow."

ra pid'i ty mar'tial en cir'cle

in tense'

re vive'

in'stinct

af fec'tion

ex pan'sion

fil'ial

colo'nel

reg'i ment

cor'po ral

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Accuracy first; then rapidity.
"The martial airs of England

Encircle still the earth."

After intense heat, a cool breeze is refreshing and revives one's drooping spirits.

"Patriotism has its roots deep in the instincts and affections. Love of the fatherland is an expansion of filial love."-Field.

The colonel commands a regiment.
A corporal is an inferior officer.

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"A nation is made great only by worthy citizens.'

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