ABSTINENCE ([page 10]).
QUESTIONS.
1. How does abstinence differ from abstemiousness? from self-denial? 2. What is temperance regarding things lawful and worthy? regarding things vicious and injurious? 3. What is the more exact term for the proper course regarding evil indulgences?
EXAMPLES.
He was so moderate in his desires that his —— seemed to cost him no ——.
Among the Anglo-Saxons the idea of universal and total —— from all intoxicants is little more than a century old.
ABSTRACT, v.; ABSTRACTED ([page 10], [11]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the difference between abstract and separate? between discriminate and distinguish?[C] 2. How does abstract, when said of the mind, differ from divert? from distract? 3. How do abstracted, absorbed, and preoccupied differ from absent-minded? 4. Can one who is preoccupied be said to be listless or thoughtless? one who is absent-minded?[382]