[6] Preˊ-cepts, commands, rules or directions for moral guidance.

[7] In-culˊ-cate, to urge, or enforce.

[8] Apˊ-o-logue (log), a parable, a moral fable.

[9] Im-pressˊ, to fix deep, to imprint.

[10] Con-spicˊ-uous, plain, manifest, evident.

[11] Tolˊ-er-ance, patient endurance, indulgence.

II.—LITTLE AT FIRST, BUT GREAT AT LAST

1. A traveler through a dusty road,

Strewed[12] acorns on the lea,[13]

And one took root, and sprouted up,