54 "The best pilots have need of mari ners as well as of sail, anchor, and other tackle." The dessert was delicious. "Seeds, which mildew in the garner, scattered, fill with gold the plain." "The search for the truth is the noblest occupation." De Staël. An epaulet is a shoulder ornament worn by military and naval officers. "Forward let me still go in my search after truth, and therein let me die.” — Arminius. 57 "If the human body did not possess the power of generating heat so as to maintain in all climates an equality of temperature, it could not exist long!"- Combe. "The man who gambles picks his own pocket." "Defects of character bring their own punishment, however lofty the rest of the character may be." "Truth lies at the bottom of the well." -Old Proverb. 59 WORD BUILDING Mit'te re [mis'sus] = to send. per mis'si ble trans mit' e mit' ad mis'sion mis'sile re mit' re mit'tance con vert' in vert' re vers'i ble re vert'ed = Impolite conduct is never permis. sible. The sun emits heat and light. The cannon hurled missiles into the enemy's camp. 66 'Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong." 99 The tumblers are inverted. The chair has a reversible back. The property obtained by fraud finally reverted to its rightful owner. me think' a bide' con'cordTM cus'tom ty'rant mar'tyr ne ces'si ty 61 "Methinks that there abides in thee Some concord with humanity." -Wordsworth. "Custom is a tyrant." "Not the pain, but the cause, makes the martyr." 66 Habit, when not resisted, soon becomes a necessity."- Saint Augustine. "If we criticise, we must not wince when we are criticised." re sist'ed crit'i cise wince a bid'ing winc'ing crit'i cis ing crit'i cism a part' in'ti mate re frain' prac'tis ing de cep'tion 64 "Let pleasure go; put care apart." "He is good whose intimate friends are all good."- Lavater. Those who desire to command respect must refrain from practising deception. "Life is a rich strain of music, suggesting a realm too fair to be."-Curtis. The chords of music thrilled the heart. "He who has good health is young, and he who has no debts is rich." "He most lives who thinks the most, feels the noblest, acts the best." "Our best friends are they who tell us of our faults and help us to mend them." "Do thou thy work; it shall succeed |