Nor hoped before,
Nor dared before;
And show as never was shown before
The power that lies in you.
Stand all as one; see justice done;
Believe and dare and do.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
SPELLING
LESSON 26
In our last lesson we had examples of words in which the s had the soft sound, and also of words in which the s had the sound of z. In some English words, it is difficult to determine which sound to use. There are a number of words in English beginning with dis. In a few of the words, the s has the sound of z, and in other words it has the sound of s. There are only a few words which are pronounced with the diz sound. Discern, dismal and dissolve are always pronounced with the diz sound. Disease and disaster are pronounced both ways. Some dictionaries give the diz sound and some give the dis sound.