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con vic'tion

"Heaven's harmony is universal

love."

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History is but the unveiling scroll of prophecy." Garfield.

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"No work, no recompense.' "Correction, when timely, is just." Keep thy conduct free from reproach."

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"Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent.

"Evil dispositions need no tutors." "Above all things, reverence your

self."

"A profound conviction raises a man above a feeling of ridicule."— Mill.

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WORD BUILDING

Va le're (valu, vail)

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Tes ta'ri [tes ta'tus] = to depose, to make one's will.

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Nun ti a're [nun ti a'tus] (nounc) = to proclaim,

to report.

Mer ca'ri [mer ca'tus] (merci, merch, market) trade.

Mens [men'tis] = the mind.

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de struc'tion

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ap pre'ci ate con cep'tion re source' a dopt' ex pe'di ent pro long!

ex ist'ence

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"The destitute are often timid; search them out and succor them." “Pride goeth before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”

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Only the reverent can appreciate Nature."

Travel widens our conceptions. At a time when his resources were at the lowest ebb, Robinson Crusoe adopted every expedient in order to prolong his existence.

Have you read the story of Crusoe ?

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"A brutal and vicious criminal is scarcely more

dangerous to his fellow-men than a self-seeking hypocrite."

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con'stan cy fic'kle ness sig'ni fies ad her'ence sta bil'i ty fix'ed ness es sen'tial firm'ness re sist'ance

res'o lu'tion stead'i ness flight'i ness

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Constancy of mind is opposed to fickleness and signifies strong adherence to a chosen thing; stability or fixedness of character prevents one from changing easily, an essential quality in one who commands; firmness gives power of resistance when one's purposes or resolutions are attacked; while steadiness refers to one's course of action and is opposed to flightiness.

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WORD BUILDING

Falci es (faci, fici)= a face.

San ci're [sanc'tus] (sanctu, saint, sancti) = to make

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ig'no rance is'o la'tion serv'i tude tyr'an ny mar'vel ous sci'ence po lit'i cal fran'chise re mote' ham'let pil'lage

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Sickness, ignorance, isolation, fraud, force, and servitude to tyranny have been the great causes of poverty. The marvelous advances of science are lessening sickness; schools, books, newspapers, and the political franchise are decreasing ignorance; isolation is almost unknown since the mails reach the remotest hamlet; fraud is growing difficult; pillaging is impossible; and servitude is legally destroyed. It is possible that sometime poverty itself may cease

to exist.

“Actions, words, looks, steps, form the alphabet by which you can spell character."

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