DAILY LESSONS treasure bea'con musk'rat plied tier ma rine' val'u a ble blend'ed meek'ness do mes'tic 1 "Memory is the treasure of the mind." "From world to world, God's beacons shine.” "The muskrat plied the mason's trade, And tier by tier his mud walls laid." The sponge, which is the skeleton of a marine animal, is a valuable product. Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness."-Stanhope. The horse is perhaps the most useful of all the domestic animals. 66 Final, silent e of most words is dropped, when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. ナ re gard' sweet'meat wholly chief'ly whole'some for bid'ding lat'ter a dapt' sa'ges dame 3 "We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most. "The mind adapts itself to a difficult problem as the eye adapts itself to darkness."- Agassiz. "What sages have died to learn 5 WORD BUILDING Ag'e re [ac'tus] = to do, drive, urge. Model analysis-Action from act, to do; ion, the act of; action, the act of doing. re act' re action in active ac'tive ly trans act! ac'tor a'gent ex act! a'gen cy coun ter act 66 Every opinion reacts upon him who utters it." "Character itself fades away out of the inactive life." Brooks. Men transact business with one another. "Abraham Lincoln was so exact in all his dealings that people called him. 'honest Abe."" Coffin. Evil counteracts the good. grace'ful brilliant a void' ex treme' suf fice' suf ficed' de feat' em'pire mem'o rize quo ta'tion 6 "Water, soft, pure, graceful water ! Earth has no other jewels so brilliant as the flashing spray of water upon which the sunlight pours." "Avoid extremes." Cleobulus. A "The power of words is immense. well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat to victory, and to save an empire." Memorize many of these quotations. 7 When adding a suffix that begins with a vowel, all monosyllables ending with a consonant double the final consonant in case it is preceded by a single vowel. All words of two or more syllables with a final consonant whose primary accent falls upon the last syllable, also double the final consonant in the same сторит nour'ish em bit'ter en light'en a gree'a ble crit'i cism still'ness stead'y stead'i ness fea'ture DAILY LESSONS 9 The rains nourish the plants. 73 "Truth embitters those whom it does not enlighten." "Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." - George Eliot. "Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding." —O. W. Holmes. sa lut'ed o be'di ence ar'gue dis pute' tal'ent en'er gy ap par'el pro claim' twi'light "The morning lark, the messenger of the day, Saluted with her song the morning gray." John Dryden. "True obedience does not argue or dispute.' "The difference between one boy and another is not so much in talent as in energy."-Thomas Arnold. "The apparel oft proclaims the man." "Now twilight lets her curtain down and pins it with a star.” |