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Where shall that land, that spot of earth, be found?
Art thou a man? a patriot?-look around:
O, thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam,
That land thy country, and that spot thy home!

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

129.-St. Philip Neri and the Youth.

St. Philip Neri,1 as old readings say,

Met a young stranger in Rome's streets one day;
And, being ever courteously inclined

To give young folks a sober turn of mind,
He fell into discourse with him; and thus
The dialogue they held comes down to us.

NERI. Tell me what brings you, gentle youth, to Rome.
YOUTH. To make myself a scholar, sir, I come.
NERI. And, when you are one, what do you intend?
YOUTH. To be a priest, I hope, sir, in the end.
NERI. Suppose it so, what have you next in view?
YOUTH. That I may get to be a canon too.

NERI. Well, and how then?

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1 St. Philip Neri. This poem, by | but he sold all that he possessed, the English poet Byrom, embodies and devoted himself to a life of acan incident related of St. Philip tive benevolence. After his death Neri. Philip Neri was a wealthy he was canonized (i.e., put in the Italian of the sixteenth century; list of saints) by Pope Gregory XV.

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YOUTH. Why, cardinal's a high degreeAnd yet my lot it possibly may be.

NERI. Suppose it was, what then?

YOUTH.

Why, who can say

But I've a chance of being pope one day?

NERI. Well, having worn the miter and red hat,
And triple crown,2 what follows after that?
YOUTH. Nay, there is nothing further, to be sure,
Upon this earth, that wishing can procure:
When I've enjoyed a dignity so high

As long as God shall please, then I must die.

NERI. What! must you die, fond youth? and, at the best,

But wish, and hope, and may be, all the rest?

Take my advice: Whatever may betide,

For that which must be, first of all provide;
Then think of that which may be, and indeed,

When well prepared, who knows what may succeed,3
But you may be, as you are pleased to hope,
Priest, canon, bishop, cardinal, and pope?

DR. BYROM.

1 cardinal, one of the seventy | hat being the symbol of a cardinal, composing the pope's council, and by whom the pope is elected.

2 mitre... crown; the mitre being a bishop's crown, the red

and the triple crown the crown of the pope.

3 succeed, follow.

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APPENDIX.

ANALYSIS OF LATIN DERIVATIVES.

Introductory Note. - Following will be found a list of Latin prefixes and suffixes, together with very many of the most important Latin root-words. These roots are arranged alphabetically, as are also the derivatives under each. These derivatives include all the words the analysis of which is called for in the Language Studies, with many additional words of interest. These latter are put in brackets at the end of each list. In the case of verb roots, the present infinitive and the supine are given, and that part of these forms which is the radical (used along with prefixes and suffixes to form English derivatives) is given in bold-face type. In the case of noun and adjective roots, the nominative and genitive (possessive) forms are given, and the radical is marked in bold-face type. Under each root the words called for are fully analyzed and defined; but in the supplementary lists it has been thought better to leave the words unanalyzed, in order to test the pupils' knowledge of etymology, and practice them in the use of the dictionary.

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III. DERIVATIVES.

1.- EQUUS, equal, even; ÆQUARE, ÆQUATUM, to make equal.

equal: equal, even-like: alike, not differing.

equation equation, that which expresses equality.

equator: equator, that which divides into two equal parts: a line midway between the poles of a sphere.

equality: equal +ity, the state of being equal.

equalize: equal + ize, to make equal.

equity: equity, state of being even or impartial: hence, equal justice, fairness.

[equable, equitable, adequate, co-equal, unequal.]

2.-AG ERE, ACTUM, to act, to do, to drive.

act: (verb) to do, to perform; (noun) a thing done, a deed. action: action, the act of doing: act, performance.

active: active, having the quality of acting: constantly engaged in

action, lively, busy.

actor: actor, one who acts.

enact: en+act, to put in act: to decree, to perform.

exact: (Lat. exactus, accurate), precise.

exactly: exact + ly, in an exact manner: precisely.

transaction: trans+act + ion, an act, affair.

[agency, agent, activity, agile(ity), enactment.]

3.-ARS, ARTIS, art, skill.

art: (1) cunning; (2) skill; (3) painting, sculpture, etc.

artful: art+ful, full of art: crafty, cunning.

artificer: (through Lat. ars and facere, to make), a mechanic, artisan. artist: artist, one who is engaged in one of the fine arts.

artless: art + less, without art: simple, ingenuous.

[artfulness, artfully, artlessness, artistic, inartistic.]

4.- CAD ERE (CID in compounds), CAS UM, to fall.

accident: ac+cid+ent, that which befalls: an event proceeding from an unknown cause.

accidental: ac+cid+ent+al, chance-like: incidental.

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