In such a time as this, it is not ——
That every nice offense should bear his comment.
How could money be better spent than in erecting a —— building for the greatest library in the country?
BEGINNING ([page 78]).
QUESTIONS.
1. From what language is beginning derived? commencement? How do the two words differ in application and use? Give instances. 2. What is an origin? a source? a rise? 3. How are fount, fountain, and spring used in the figurative sense?
EXAMPLES.
For learning is the —— pure,
Out from which all glory springs.
Truth is the —— of every good to gods and men.
Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,
By which those great in war are great in love;
The —— of all brave acts is seated here.