Chapter III: Part II: Fourth Year

1

A mer i ca
A mer i can
Pil grim
moun tain
free dom
lib er ty
it is
’tis

2

AMERICA

My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the Pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain-side
Let freedom ring.

--SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH.

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breath
breathes
soul
na tive

Breathes there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
“This is my own, my native land”?

--SIR WALTER SCOTT.

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wolf re ply as sist pit y
wolves re plied poor pit ied
crea ture a lone

See what happens to _y_ in _reply_ and _pity_ when _ed_ is added.

When _es_ is added to _wolf_ see what happens to _f_. In what other words does this happen?

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One day a fox fell into a well. He howled aloud.

A wolf ran to see what the matter was.

“Poor creature,” said the wolf, “how I pity you!”

“Don’t pity me,” replied the fox. “Assist me.”

--ÆSOP.

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e nough con tent trav el pock et
tough rich trav el er emp ty
rough a muse purse re cov er

9

health wealth rob ber

Health is the best wealth.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

--SHAKESPEARE.

Better an empty purse than an empty head.

--GERMAN.

The traveler with empty pockets fears no robber.

10

be come be gin be gun be fore
be long be gin ning be low be fore hand

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torn stitch trou ble
tum ble a cross af ter ward
a shamed beg gar loose
nurse pun ish blis ter
bruise fault her self
comb of fer gar den

Look thoughtfully at _ui_ in _bruise_, _au_ in _fault_, _oo_ in _loose_, _ou_ in _trouble_.

There is only one _c_ in _across_.

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Look at the picture, then write five sentences about it, using as many words as you can from Lessons 11, 12, and 13.

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an ger bos om jus tice win dow
sur round foot

When anger in the bosom lies,
Justice out the window flies.

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sil ver lady fur elm
shad y lad ies cur sir
shad ow sat in church birch

The _y_ in _lady_ changes to _i_ and _es_ is added when we mean more than one _lady_--_ladies_.

Look at the _u_ in _church_ and the _i_ in _birch_.

17

The silver birch is a dainty lady,
She wears a satin gown;
The elm tree makes the old churchyard shady,
She will not live in town.

--EDITH NESBIT.

18

voice breeze touch
vi o let breath

The rough voiced breeze that shook the trees
Was touched by a violet’s breath.

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left camp nar row fir
cit y lamp ma ple grove
o’clock damp beech drove
front called spruce stove
path field for est cove

Look at _o_ in _front_, _ie_ in _field_, and _ple_ in _maple_.

Do not forget the apostrophe in _o’clock_.

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We left the city at six o’clock.
The camp is in a grove of fir, maple, beech, and spruce trees.
Jack called the grove our forest.
In front of the camp is the river.
A narrow path leads across a field to its banks.

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lum ber tim ber boards car pen ter
shin gle sea shore

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build inch un der re al ly
build ing inch es be neath porch
built firm gi ant dis tant
south sol id whose dis tance
seems fort square broad

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The camp was built of native lumber.

The building was firm and solid as a fort.

The boards were over an inch thick.

It stood under a giant tree whose branches really seemed
to touch the distant sky.

On the south side was a broad square porch.

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ham mock at tic eaves can dle
buck et cel lar lan tern moon light
shov el cor ner

Make a sentence telling how the camp was lighted at night.

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di vide break fast pre pare chance
la bor din ner fish watch
e qual sin ner veg e ta ble dan ger
e qual ly win ner cot tage stran ger
en joy pro vide i dle an y way

Look carefully at the second _e_ in _vegetable_.

36

At camp the labor is divided. None are idle.

All enjoy an equal chance to help.

Jack prepares breakfast and dinner.

Frank provides fish and vegetables.

The dog watches that no danger comes near the cottage.

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cab bage squash ba na na rai sins
car rot to ma to cur rants ol ive
rad ish tur nip grape prune
on ion lem on

39

kitch en re move ash es
ov en kin dle

Remove the ashes.
Kindle the fire.
Have a hot oven.
Sweep the kitchen.

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salt sprin kle juice cher ry
so da wrin kle juic y choc o late
stir pud ding fork dough
spoon bis cuit pep per dough nut
coal ket tle pour jel ly

44 45

flow er heav en
show er si lent
bow er de light
tow er high
won der mir ror

46

The moon, like a flower,
In heaven’s high bower,
With silent delight
Sits and smiles at the night.

FLOWER AND FAIRY WORDS

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pur ple na ture ti ny col or
pan sy fan cy fair y scar let
li lac blos som fair ies beau ti ful
com mon bush fa vor laugh ter
wreath lawn mer ry dan de li on

REVIEW OF TROUBLESOME WORDS

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used loose wear built
color lose early easy
break enough sugar beginning
know any minute wrote
tonight shoes tear sure
laid said read knew
would once does heard
doctor piece just writing
write having says whole
often guess done none

Each of the words on this page has some little “catch” in it. Try to find what is difficult in each word. Make a list of all you misspell. Keep this list on your desk or somewhere handy. Study whenever you get a chance. Don’t let these simple, everyday words master you. _Master them._

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o bey com mand busi ness serve

Look at _e_ in obey, _i_ in _business_.

Only two syllables in _business_.

He that has learned how to obey will know how to command.

--SOLON.

If you would have your business done, go; if not, send.

--FRANKLIN.

He is best served who serves himself.

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tru ly po lite re main ac tion
ounce ex am ple re main der ad vice

No _e_ in _truly_; _ai_ in _remain_; _c_ in _advice_.

Better an ounce of example than a pound of advice.

Words pass away, but actions remain.

--NAPOLEON.

Truly polite, always polite.

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lis ten bud
rip ple bud ding
flut ter mud
blue bird mud dy
to ward fence

60

Listen a moment, I pray you;
What was that sound that I heard?
Wind in the budding branches,
The ripple of brooks, or a bird?
Hear it again, above us; and see a flutter of wings.
The bluebird knows it is April, and soars toward the sun and
sings.

--EBEN REXFORD.

61

bob o link pi geon spar row hawk
hand some won der ful

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bald brief aw ful cir cle
ea gle grief se vere home
ar row com plete ar rive dome
mur der cru el man age Rome
breast wound glance bod y

Look at _a_ in _eagle_ and _breast_, _ie_ in _grief_ and _brief_, _e_ in _cruel_, _ou_ in _wound_.

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THE EAGLE AND THE ARROW

A hunter once shot an eagle. Severely wounded, the bird managed to fly to his home. When he arrived he glanced at the cruel arrow in his breast. It was winged with one of his own feathers.

“Oh,” he cried, “to think I have been murdered by an arrow that I helped to make!”

--ÆSOP.

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learn ing in vite har vest boil
wis dom in vi ta tion this tle soil
cloth com pa ny whis tle toil
clothes pea cock ex pect toi let
be gan how ev er in deed suit

71

Learning is not wisdom any more than cloth is clothes.

--FRENCH.

How can a sparrow expect to be invited into the company of a peacock?

--HANS ANDERSEN.

He that has a good harvest may be content with some thistles.

--SCOTTISH.

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calm waist debt moan
palm crumb mourn col umn

Find a silent letter in every word in Lessons 72 and 73.

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ad mire great ness death thank ful
ad mir ing ab sent at tempt suc cess
grum ble pres ent half suc ceed
grum bling cow ard halves peo ple
lev el thous and be cause thorn

_E_ is omitted in _admire_ and _grumble_ when ing is added. What changes are made in the word _half_ when we mean more than one half?

78

In admiring greatness we rise to its level.

He who killed a lion when absent, feared a mouse when present.

--FRENCH.

A coward dies a thousand deaths.

--GERMAN.

A bold attempt is half success.

--DANISH.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.

--KARR.

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pal ace hum ble though roam
a mid ’mid pleas ure

’Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.

--JOHN HOWARD PAYNE.

Home is where love is.

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wig wam cup board pi an o cur tain
cab in cham ber book case so fa
cas tle par lor al bum vase
pan try bed room blot ter Bi ble
clos et bath room car pet quilt

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ache bus i ly chi na wipe
head ache pleas ant brit tle fore noon
ly ing qui et ly warm a pron
sur prise quick ly wash tow el
lin en daugh ters soft fin ish

When _ly_ is added to _busy_, _y_ is changed to _i_.

There are _two s’s_ in _surprise_; one _l_ in _towel_.

Look at _ea_ in _pleasant_; _o_ in _apron_; _a_ in _wash_ and _warm_.

_Apron_ is pronounced _a pern_.

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sauce rib bon va ca tion be tween
sauc er whis per to geth er scour
plen ty bas in grate ful praise

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MOTHER’S HELPERS

Mother has a headache this forenoon and is lying down. Her two daughters are working busily to give her a pleasant surprise.

“Work quietly and quickly, but carefully,” said Kate. “China is very brittle. I’ll wash the dishes in warm water. You wipe them with this soft linen towel. Between us we will soon finish.”

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fam i ly neph ew neigh bor mas ter
grand pa cous in vis it or tax
grand ma in fant mem ber ma chine
aunt wo man butch er fur nace
un cle wo men gro cer fu el

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splen did edge ter ri ble swept
might y ledge storm slept
strength wedge ex plain ten der
up root ed pledge in stead slen der
straight sledge an swered fen der

99

THE OAK AND THE REED

A _mighty_ oak that had been uprooted by a _terrible_ storm, lay on the bank of a river.

On the edge of the water grew a straight slender reed.

“What, are you still growing!” said the oak. “I was big and strong. You are little and weak.”

“I can _explain_,” _answered_ the reed. “You fought the _storm_ as it swept by. So you were _uprooted_ for all your _splendid_ strength. Instead of fighting the storm, I bent to it, and I still stand.”

--ÆSOP.

Rewrite the above fable, using other words in place of those that are italicized.

100

a gainst
de pends
worth
ton
al ways

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.--

GARFIELD.

Luck is always against the man who depends upon it.

101

li ar
crip ple
truth
be lieve
pun ish ment

A liar is sooner caught than a cripple.

--PORTUGUESE.

A liar’s punishment is in not being believed when he speaks the truth.

102

mod est
mod est y
sel dom
jew el
jew el ry
much

A modest dog seldom grows fat.

--DANISH.

Modesty is a jewel, but one may wear too much jewelry.

Do noble things, not dream them, all day long.

--KINGSLEY.

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jour ney ves sel en gine sta ble
ca noe car go rail road sta tion
fer ry cam el rail way de pot
mo tor bi cy cle trol ley ga rage
har bor au to mo bile bal loon pier

107

choice sort mount
choose pre fer trip

108

far ther pub lic rath er de sire
driv en push vis it gone

What sort of travel do you prefer? You may have your choice. Mount your bicycle for a short trip. If you desire to go farther, there is the automobile or the public trolley. Or would you rather go by the railroad?

TRAVEL WORDS GEOGRAPHY WORDS

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a gent rap id vil lage globe
tick et mo tion cit ies sphere
de part cap tain cap i tal ho ri zon
de lay of fi cer con ti nent lo cate
ho tel con duct or val ley north ern

Look at _tion_ in _motion_, the second _o_ in _conductor_, _ph_ in _sphere_, the ending in _cities_. There are several words on this page that you will misspell if you are not careful to pronounce them correctly.

113

wel come serv ant hun ger

Welcome is the best dish on the table.

--SCOTTISH.

The master of the house is the servant of the guest.

--PERSIAN.

Hunger is the best sauce.

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show er y dawn troop er slope
pow er un less hoop rope
warn yel low loop scope
in vade with in stoop hope
bu gle with out pa rade hope ful
held their pa rad ed hop ing

118

THE DANDELIONS

Upon a showery night and still,
Without a sound of warning,
A trooper band surprised the hill,
And held it in the morning.

We were not waked by bugle-note,
No cheer our dreams invaded,
And yet at dawn their yellow coats
On the green slopes paraded.

--HELEN GRAY CONE.

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sor ry judge for give ness angry
sor row judg ing pa tient dis tress
bor row tongue dis be lieve dis tressed
e vil par don re port tale-bearer
con duct cheer ful cour age at ten tion

Look thoughtfully at _tongue_ and _patient_; the _o_ in _courage_ and the _tion_ in _attention_.

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There are ten things for which no one has ever yet been sorry. These are--for doing good to all; for speaking evil of none; for hearing before judging; for thinking before speaking; for holding an angry tongue; for being kind to the distressed; for asking pardon for all wrongs; for being patient towards everybody; for stopping the ears to a tale-bearer; for disbelieving most of the ill reports.

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Frank lin per haps sprout wil low
wharf no tice cheap bil low
Hol land sin gle leap pil low
else tu lip heap U ni ted
short bulb reap States
near ly close bas ket morn ing

128

While Franklin was walking on a wharf one morning, he saw some cheap willow baskets in which some tulip bulbs had been brought from Holland. Perhaps no one else would have noticed the single short green sprout on one of the willows. Franklin cut it off carefully and planted it. From this one sprout have grown most of the basket willows in the United States.

A man’s best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet.

WORDS OFTEN HEARD IN SCHOOL

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pri ma ry cor rect ex act his to ry
writ ten schol ar ex er cise charge
prompt er ror jan i tor en e my
re peat ex cuse your self can non
ob serve taught col o ny un der stand

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neg lect per fect po em a rith me tic
un ion lan guage au thor di vide
at tack cop y sen tence di vi sor
chap ter com ma ti tle div i dend
liq uid pe ri od dic tate sport

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meas ure curve e rect weigh
min u end carve cough weight
bush el up per re cess o mit
draw ing up right base mod el
spel ling re cite base ball an nu al

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pic nic cot ton wool dif fer ent
u su al mus lin wool en dif fer ence
jol ly col lar sweat swamp
ar ranged neck tie sweat er par ty
car riage blouse pas ture lem on ade
flan nel o ver alls or chard co coa

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THE PICNIC

Summer is the usual time for picnics, but mother arranged a jolly one for us last fall.

Instead of cotton or muslin dresses, the girls wore flannel ones. The boys left their collars and neckties at home, and wore old blouses and overalls. We all wore woolen sweaters.

We did not go in carriages. We walked across the pasture, through the orchard to the grove on the other side of the swamp. Ours was a nutting party.

Our picnic was different from summer picnics in other ways. Instead of cold lemonade we had hot cocoa, and we ate our lunch in the sunniest place we could find, by a great rock. It was almost night when we reached home, and we all ran to the fire to warm our fingers and toes.

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Make a sentence using the following words.

scat tered crowd de cid ed search
chest nuts wal nuts

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sand wich fudge squir rel club
pic kle chick en a corn tur key
nap kin hun gry rab bit crick et

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false hon est prom ise faith
false hood hon est y birth faith ful
quar rel no ble knight how ev er
val or hon or knight hood loy al
for tune hon or a ble what ev er loy al ty

153

He who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.

--ALICE CARY.

Stand by your promise, your honor, your faith, as loyally as the knights of old.

--GEORGE HERBERT.

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Here are some of the most commonly used, most commonly misspelled, words. You have studied every one of them. Are you sure that you can and do spell every one correctly?

piece raise busy write
beginning wrote color writing
though enough guess here
coming truly says hear
early sugar believe done
instead straight knew women
easy could February always
through much Wednesday where
every minute lose been
half Tuesday loose friend
none wear would business
often answer once money
cough trouble does their
ache among heard there
break said know sure

FOURTH YEAR VOCABULARY

absent amuse attention bedroom
ache anger attic beech
acorn angry aunt before
across annual author beforehand
action answered automobile beggar
admire any awful begin
admiring anyway bald beginning
advice apron balloon begun
afterward arithmetic banana believe
against arranged base belong
agent arrive baseball below
album arrow basket beneath
alone ashamed basin between
always ashes bathroom Bible
America assist beautiful bicycle
American attack because billow
amid attempt become birch
birth breathes cabin chance
biscuit breeze called chapter
blister brief calm charge
blossom brittle camel cheap
blotter broad camp cheerful
blouse bruise candle cherry
bluebird bucket cannon chestnuts
boards bud canoe chicken
bobolink bugle capital china
body build captain chocolate
boil building cargo choice
bookcase built carpenter choose
borrow bulb carpet church
bosom bush carriage circle
bower bushel carrot cities
break busily carve city
breakfast business castle close
breast butcher cellar closet
breath cabbage chamber cloth
clothes corner curve disbelieve
club correct damp distance
coal cottage dandelion distant
cocoa cotton danger distress
collar cough daughter distressed
colony courage dawn divide
color cousin death dividend
column cove debt divisor
comb coward decided doctor
comma creature delay does
command cricket delight dome
common cripple depart done
company crowd depend dough
complete cruel depot doughnut
conduct crumb desire drawing
conductor cupboard dictate driven
content cur difference drove
continent currants different eagle
copy curtain dinner early
easy expect firm garage
eaves explain fish garden
edge fairies flannel giant
elm fairy flower glance
else faith flutter globe
empty faithful foot gone
enemy false forenoon grandma
engine falsehood forest grandpa
enjoy family forgiveness grape
enough fancy fork grateful
equal farther fort greatness
equally fault fortune grief
erect favor Franklin grocer
error fence freedom grove
evil fender front grumble
exact ferry fudge grumbling
example field fuel guess
excuse finish fur half
exercise fir furnace halves
hammock honor invite know
handsome honorable janitor labor
harbor hoop jelly ladies
harvest hope jewel lady
having hopeful jewelry laid
hawk horizon jolly lamp
headache hotel journey language
health however judge lantern
heap humble judging laughter
heard hunger juice lawn
heaven hungry juicy leap
held idle just learning
herself inch justice ledge
high inches kettle left
history indeed kindle lemon
Holland infant kitchen lemonade
home instead knew level
honest invade knight liar
honesty invitation knighthood liberty
lilac mid murder offer
linen mighty muslin officer
liquid minuend napkin often
listen minute narrow olive
locate mirror native omit
loop moan nature once
loose model nearly onion
lose modest necktie orchard
loyal modesty neglect ounce
loyalty moonlight neighbor oven
lumber morning nephew overalls
lying motion noble palace
machine motor none palm
manage mount northern pansy
maple mountain notice pantry
master mourn nurse parade
measure much obey paraded
member mud observe pardon
merry muddy o’clock parlor
party pity provide rather
pasture pleasant prune read
path pleasure public really
patient pledge pudding reap
peacock plenty punish recess
people pocket punishment recite
pepper poem purple recover
perfect polite purse remain
perhaps poor push remainder
period porch quarrel remove
piano pour quickly repeat
pickle power quietly replied
picnic praise quilt reply
piece prefer rabbit report
pier prepare radish ribbon
pigeon present railroad rich
pilgrim primary railway ripple
pillow promise raisins roam
pitied prompt rapid robber
Rome sentence slept spruce
rope servant slope square
rough serve soda squash
said severe sofa squirrel
salt shadow soft stable
sandwich shady soil station
satin shingle solid stir
sauce shoes sorrow stitch
saucer short sorry stone
says shovel sort stoop
scarlet shower soul storm
scattered showery sparrow stove
scholar silent spelling straight
scope silver sphere stranger
scour single splendid strength
search sinner spoon strict
seashore sir sport succeed
seems sledge sprinkle success
seldom slender sprout sugar
suit thousand travel upper
sure ticket traveler upright
surprise timber trip uprooted
surround tiny trolley used
swamp ’tis trooper usual
sweat title trouble vacation
sweater together truly valley
swept toil truth valor
tale-bearer toilet tulip vase
taught tomato tumble vegetable
tax ton turkey vessel
tear tongue turnip village
tender tonight uncle violet
terrible torn under visit
thankful touch understand visitor
their tough union voice
thistle toward unite waist
thorn towel united walnuts
though tower unless warm
warn whisper without wound
wash whistle wolf wreath
watch whole wolves wrinkle
wealth whose woman write
wear wigwam women writing
wedge willow wonder written
weigh window wonderful wrote
weight winner wool yellow
welcome wipe woolen yourself
wharf wisdom worth
whatever within would

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Transcriber’s note

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice.