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rious_? 2. What is the implication if we say one is _industrious_ just now? 3. What does _diligent_ add to the meaning of _industrious_? EXAMPLES. Look cheerfully upon me, Here, love; thou see'st how ---- I am. The ---- have no time for tears. * * * * * INDUSTRY (page 216). QUESTIONS. 1. What is _industry_? 2. What does _assiduity_ signify as indicated by its etymology? _diligence_? 3. How does _application_ compare with _assiduity_? 4. What is _constancy_? _patience_? _perseverance_? 5. What is _persistence_? What implication does it frequently convey? 6. How does _industry_ compare with _diligence_? 7. To what do _labor_ and _pains_ especially refer? EXAMPLES. Honors come by ----; riches spring from economy. 'Tis ---- supports us all. There is no success in study without close, continuous, and intense ----. His ---- in wickedness would have won him enduring honor if it had taken the form of ---- in a better cause. * * * * * INFINITE (page 216). QUESTIONS. 1. From what language is _infinite_ derived, and with what meaning? To what may it be applied? 2. How do _countless_, _innumerable_, and _numberless_ compare with _infinite_? 3. What is the use of _boundless_, _illimitable_, _limitless_, _measureless_, and _unlimited_? 4. What are the dimensions of _infinite_ space? What is the duration of _infinite_ time? EXAMPLES. My bounty is as ---- as the sea, my love as deep, the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are ----. Man's inhumanity to man makes ---- thousands mourn. * * * * * INFLUENCE (page 217). QUESTIONS. 1. What is it to _influence_? is one _influenced_ by external or internal force? 2. To what kind of power does _actuate_ refer? Does one person _actuate_ or _influence_ another? 3. What do _prompt_ and _stir_ imply? 4. What is it to _excite_? 5. What do _incite_ and _instigate_ signify? How do these two words differ? 6. What do _urge_ and _impel_ imply? How do they differ in the source of the power exerted? 7. What do _drive_ and _compel_ imply, and how do these two words compare with each other? EXAMPLES. He was ---- by his own violent passions to desperate crime. And well she can ----. Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be a
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