What is a _vulgarism_? 4. What is
_cant_ in the sense here considered?

EXAMPLES.

There is a ---- bred of vileness that is never redeemed; there is
also a ---- that is the vigorous utterance of uncultured wit, that
fills a gap in the language and mounts ultimately to the highest
places.

A ---- is worse than ----, because it bears the ineffaceable stamp
of ignorance.

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SOCIALISM (page 338).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is _socialism_? What term do many of its advocates prefer? 2.
What is _communism_? _anarchism_?

EXAMPLES.

---- in its full sense means the abolition of inheritance, the
abolition of the family, the abolition of nationalities, the
abolition of religion, the abolition of property.

----, in some modified form, is steadily making its way among
thinking men under the guise of cooperation.

---- is the offspring of sore hearts and shallow brains. It is the
wisdom of the man who burned down his house because his chimney
smoked.

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SPONTANEOUS (page 340).

QUESTIONS.

1. When is anything properly said to be _spontaneous_? _voluntary_?
_involuntary_? 2. How do _voluntary_ and _involuntary_ compare with each
other? both with _spontaneous_?

EXAMPLES.

---- is opposed to reflective. Those operations of mind which are
continually going on without any effort or intention on our part are
_spontaneous_.

No action that is not ---- has any merit.

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SPY (page 340).

QUESTIONS.

1. In what are the _spy_ and the _scout_ alike? 2. In what do they
differ? 3. What are their respective rights in case of capture? 4. What
is an _emissary_?

EXAMPLES.

A daring ---- of General Stuart made his way to my quarters, and
informed me that General Imboden had planned an attack upon the
town.

I had grown uneasy in regard to the disjointed situation of our army
and, to inform myself of what was going on, determined to send a
---- into the enemy's lines.

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STATE, _v._ (page 341).

QUESTIONS.

1. From what is _state_ derived? What does it mean? 2. What is the
significance of _assert_? What element is prominent in this word? 3.
What is the relative force of _affirm_ and _assert_? _asseverate_?
_aver_? _assure_? 4. What does _affir