cour'te ous im'age cour'te sy cour'te sies sweet'en en no'ble faith'ful ness her'o ism gal'ler y tin'kle tin'kling cym'bal con ceal' cyn'i cal ad vance' 77 "He that is courteous at all will be courteous to all." "Behavior is a mirror in which every one shows his image.' "The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it." Faithfulness in little matters fits one for heroism in great trials. 78 "Faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love." 66 'Speech is given to man to conceal his thoughts," was said by the cynical Frenchman, Talleyrand. "Who does not advance loses ground." "October! the foliage becomes a royal crown, decking nature with mingled hues of green and gold and tint.” "Nature can soothe, though she cannot always satisfy." roy'al deck'ing min'gle tint sat'is fy err hu'man for give' di vine' rein pray'er chap'el ex am'ine 79 "To err is human; to forgive divine." "My tongue within my lips I rein, For who talks much must talk in vain." In his great sorrow, the man of God went to the house of prayer, and there in the inner chapel examined his soul, seeking comfort in secret worship of the Almighty. 80 WORD BUILDING (Prefixes) un = the opposite of the simple word; under = beneath; with against, from; up-motion upward. = in'sult in sult' re sult' for give' test scal'lop beach "An insult is like mud; it will brush off better when it is dry." You cannot insult me, for if you are good, I am also; and if you are bad, I can forgive you. The result tests the work. In long scallops, the waves rolled in upon the beach. cit'i zen cap'ture bur'glar pris'on dan'ger ous ig'no rant in cline' pith'y pub'lish 82 "The citizen is to a nation what the sail is to a ship." The police will capture the burglar and will take the unfortunate man to prison. "Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend." "As the twig is bent, the tree inclines." 83 The many wise and pithy sayings published in Poor Richard's Almanac in pub'lished the years 1732-1757 were intended to al'ma nac in struct' hon'est y thrift re move' pas'sage arc'tic half' way na'tive instruct its readers in the value of work, honesty, and thrift. Example: "Three removes are as bad as a fire." "Would you think it? Spring has come, Winter's paid his passage home; rel'ish rel'ished cru'el ty or'a tor fame hello' cen'tral vis'age chore de scribe' 84 "A little nonsense now and then To the glass, you meet a smile." 85 WORD BUILDING (Suffixes) able, ible pertaining to, fit to be, worthy of; = er = more; est most; age result of; = = sur'est ba'sis a dieu' a new' re gret'ful sigh "In every country, knowledge is the surest basis of public happiness." "Delightful summer! thus adieu Till thou shalt visit us anew; But who without regretful sigh Can say adieu and see thee fly." arched breeze world 87 "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, heard Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world." Twenty single things make a score. score e vent' grad'u ate grad'u at ing di plo'ma fel'spar crys'tal com pose' gran'ite bulk de ter'mine wheth'er dif'fi cult quar'ry du'ra ble "Our world is a college, events are teachers, happiness is the graduating point, and character is the diploma that God gives to man." 88 Quartz, felspar, and mica in crystal grains compose granite rock. The word granite means gritty or grainy. In many granites, more than half the bulk is felspar, the color of which determines whether the granite is of the red or gray variety. It is a very hard rock, difficult to quarry and to work, and very durable. It is much used for buildings, bridges, and monuments. |