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47. He that would have his virtue published, is not the servant of virtue, but glory.-Johnson.

48. Think twice before you speak once and you will speak twice the better for it.

49. The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.-Longfellow.

50. A man of little learning is like the frog who, having never seen the ocean, thinks its well a great sea.-Burmese Proverb.

51. Thy friend has a friend and thy friend's fri nd has a friend, so be a reet.-Talmud.

52. Let our oject be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country.-Daniel Webster.

53.

Circumstances? I make circumstances.-Napoleon. 54. The moment the skill of the artist is perceived, the spell of the art is broken.-Macaulay.

55. Make all you can, save all you can, give all you can. -Wesley.

56. We can only escape the arbitrariness of the judge by placing ourselves under the despotism of the law.-Napoleon.

57. Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor lies.-Pope.

58. He who saith there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.-Bishop Berkeley.

59. He jests at scars that never felt a wound.-Shakespeare.

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60. No really great man ever thought himself so.-Haz

1. True politeness consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.-Chesterfield.

62. You had better return a fan gracefully than give a thousand pounds awkwardly.-Chesterfield.

63. The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.-Mencius.

64. Who speaketh kind words hath many friends, but the harsh man hath but few.-Burmese Proverb.

65. So live with thy friend that if he become thine enemy he can do thee no harm.-Tully.

66. No friend is a friend until he shall prove a friend.Beaumont and Fletcher.

67. He who hunts for flowers, will find flowers; he who loves weeds may find weeds.-Beecher.

68. Little minds are hurt by little things; great minds rise above them.-La Rochefoucauld.

69. Words pass away but actions rem

-Napoleon.

70. Woman can do everything, because she rules those who command everything.-French Proverb.

71. Go to your rich friend's house when invited, to your poor friend's house without invitation.-Portuguese.

72. Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.-Washington.

73. Even the fool is wise after the event.-Homer. 74. The nickel plating gives no power to the engine. 75. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.-Bible.

76. A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed.-Addison.

77. To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.-Coleridge.

8. He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, cooly answers, and ceases when he has no more to say, is in possession of some of the best requisites of man. -Lavater.

79.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.—Bible.

80. It is much easier to ruin a man of principle than a man of none, for he may be ruined through his scruples.Colton.

81. Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance.-Addison.

82. People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding up a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy.—Sterne.

83. A man must first govern himself, ere he be fit to govern a family; and his family, ere he be fit to bear the government in the commonwealth.-Sir Walter Raleigh.

84. Possession is eleven points in the law.—Cibber.

85. If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.— Swift.

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86. He who covets what belongs to another deservedly loses his own.-Phædrus.

87. It matters not how long you live, but how well.— Publius Syrus.

88. The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.-Emerson.

89. We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.—Emerson.

90. Necessity is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.-Pitt.

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1. p as in peep

2. b as in bib

3. t as in tot

4. d as in did

5. ch as in church 6. j as in judge 7. k as in kick 8. g as in gig 9. f as in fife 10. v as in vivid 11. th as in thin

12. th as in then

TABLE OF CONSONANTS.

13. s as in sauce

14. z as in zone
15. sh as in show
16. zh as in azure
17. 1 as in lull
18. m as in mum
19. n as in none
20. ng as in ring
21. r as in roar
22. w as in we
23. wh as in why
24. y as in yet

25. h as in hat

CONSONANT PRACTICE.

Utter distinctly, giving a quick, decisive accent to first syllable:

1. (Lips). Peepuh, beebuh; feefuh, veevuh; wewuh, wheewhuh; kweekwuh; meemuh.

2. (Tongue). Teetuh, deeduh; thethuh, theethuh; seesuh, zeezuh; reeruh; sheeshuh, zheezhuh; neenuh; cheechuh, jeejuh, leeluh.

3. (Jaw). Yeeyuh; keekuh, geeguh.

4.

(Abdominal muscles). Heehuh.

5. Practice 1, 2, 3 and 4 of above, using ah and ō in place of "ee," as-pahpuh, bahbuh, etc.; pōpuh, bōbuh, etc.

DRILLS ON SELECTED CONSONANTS.

T, Th, D.

t as in toot.

th as in thick, myth. th as in though, smooth. d as in did.

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