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.
| 72 | 73 | |||||
| calm | waist | debt | moan | |||
| palm | crumb | mourn | col umn | |||
Find a silent letter in every word in Lessons 72 and 73.
| 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | |||
| 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?
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In admiring greatness we rise to its level.