e two statements,--

I give it to you because it's good;
Virtue brings its own reward;

why is there an apostrophe in the first "it's," and none in the second?

Let your hands be honest and clean--
Let your conscience be honest and clean--

Combine these two sentences by the word _and_; rewrite them, omitting
all needless words.

Compose two sentences, one having the action-word _learned_; the other
the word _taught_.

Fill each of the following blank spaces with the correct form of the
action-word _bear_:

As Christ -- His cross, so must we -- ours.
Our cross must be --. "And -- His own
cross, He went forth to Calvary."

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_38_

elate'
despond'
lu' mi nous
pil' grim age

ONE BY ONE.

One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going;
Do not strive to grasp them all.

One by one thy duties wait thee;
Let thy whole strength go to each;
Let no future dreams elate thee,
Learn thou first what these can teach.

One by one (bright gifts from Heaven)
Joys are sent thee here below;
Take them readily when given,
Ready, too, to let them go.

One by one thy griefs shall meet thee;
Do not fear an armed band;
One will fade as others greet thee--
Shadows passing through the land.

Do not look at life's long sorrow;
See how small each moment's pain;
God will help thee for to-morrow,
So each day begin again.

Every hour that fleets so slowly
Has its task to do or bear;
Luminous the crown, and holy,
When each gem is set with care.

Do not linger with regretting,
Or for passing hours despond;
Nor, thy daily toil forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.

Hours are golden links, God's token,
Reaching heaven; but one by one
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done.

_Adelaide A. Procter._

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Choose any four lines of the poem, and tell what lesson each line
teaches.

Name some great works that were done little by little.

What does "Rome was not built in a day" mean?

Tell what is meant by "He that despiseth small faults shall fall by
little