swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested that is some books are to be read only in parts others to be read but not curiously and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.

9. Recall to your recollection the free nations which have gone before us where are they now . . how have they lost their liberties if we could transport ourselves to the ages when Greece and Rome flourished and

should ask a Grecian if he did not fear that some daring military chieftain would some day overthrow the liberties of his country the confident and indignant Grecian would exclaim no no we have nothing to fear from our heroes our liberties will be eternal-Henry Clay.

IO. When I was at Grand Cairo I picked up several Oriental manuscripts which I still have by me among others I met with one entitled the visions of mirza which I have read over with great pleasure I intend to give it to the public when I have no other entertainment for them and shall begin with the first vision which I have translated word for word as follows on the fifth day of the moon, etc.Addison: The Spectator.

II. The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination and at once dispelled all fears and apprehensions with which I approached him he lifted me from the ground and taking me by the hand mirza said he I have heard thee in thy soliloquies follow me Addison: The Spectator.

12. A recent writer says one man had been telling a story of how he had lost 200 pounds by giving credit to a man who seemed all right and the talk had drifted to credit in general one of the group suggested that if a man stood the first two or three credits he was good to continue on such a basis but here the first man took him up and said that's wrong my customer had paid up on no less than four

orders then he came with the fifth and left me in the lurch it was the confidence trick over again did you get good references with him asked somebody yes they were all right.

13. Side-tracked by ignorance for the lack of a little more preparation would be a fitting epitaph over the grave of many a failure in every department of endeavor we find men switched off obliged to stop just this side of their laurels because they did not follow the main track of thorough preparation in their youth perhaps there is no other country in the world where so much poor work is done as in America.

14. Some boys never seem to know anything you ask them if you put to them a question that is in the least out of the ordinary you are practically sure they will say I do not know others always seem to give you the information you want their minds are alert quick receptive their knowledge definite certain their memory reliable.

15. When you ask a man to give you a position and he reads this language in your face and manner please give me a position do not kick me out fate is against me I am an unlucky dog I am disheartened I have lost confidence in myself he will only have contempt for you he will say to himself that you are not a man to begin with and he will get rid of you as soon as he can if you consider yourself a worm of the dust you must expect people to trample on you if you make a door-mat of yourself people are sure to wipe their feet on you.

16. We can learn to live nobly only by acting nobly on every occasion if you shirk the first trial of your manhood you will be so much weaker at the second and if the next occasion and the next find you unprepared you will unquestionably sink into baseness a swimmer becomes strong to stem the tide only by frequently breasting the high waves

if you practice always in shallow waters your heart may fail you in the hour of high flood.

17. Mr. Carnegie says the most valuable acquisition to his business which an employer can obtain is an exceptional young man there is no bargain so fruitful.

This is the Marshall Field & Company idea of what makes the exceptional employee :

To do the right thing at the right time in the right way to do some things better than they were ever done before to eliminate errors to know both sides of the question to be courteous to be an example to work for love of the work to anticipate requirements to develop resources to recognize no impediments to master circumstances to act from reason rather than rule to be satisfied with nothing short of perfection.

18. The basis of the English language is the AngloSaxon element in it of the words in the dictionary less than one-half are Anglo-Saxon but of the words in common use the proportion of derivatives from this source is large because most of the connecting words the articles the pronouns and the auxiliary verbs are of Anglo-Saxon origin.

19. Many minutes passed the old bellkeeper was alone Ah groaned the old man he has forgotten me as the word was upon his lips a merry ringing laugh broke on his ear and there among the crowd on the pavement stood the blueeyed boy clapping his tiny hands while the breeze blew his flaxen hair all about his face and swelling his little chest he raised himself on tiptoe and shouted the single word ring.

20. To be useful the outline must have unity that is it should have a few main topics for which all preceding topics prepare and which all succeeding topics complete these main topics should bear some necessary and logical relation to one another.

TWELFTH LESSON

The dash is used:

THE DASH

I. To show a sudden break or transition in the thought: It seems impossible to convince them that-but why discuss the matter further?

2. To mark the omission of letters or figures; as, Mr. C-n. Pages 34-60. 1877-1914.

3. After as, namely, that is, etc., when the statement or enumeration thus introduced begins on the next line; also to separate the name of an author from an extract from his writings; as

Religion is the best armor in the world, but the worst cloak. Bunyan.

4. To set off a parenthetical expression that has not so close a connection as would be indicated by commas:

Those that hated him most heartily-and no man was hated more heartily-admitted that he was an intelligent

man.

Do not use the dash indiscriminately for the purpose of concealing defective knowledge or ignorance of the rules for the use of other punctuation marks.

Make the dash of sufficient length to prevent confusion with the hyphen. In typewriting the dash is made by striking the hyphen twice,

MARKS OF PARENTHESIS

Parentheses are used:

When an amount expressed in words is followed by an expression of the same amount in figures; as, twenty dollars ($20).

2. To set off parenthetical expressions that have little or no bearing on the meaning of the sentence. These expressions are equivalent to aside remarks in spoken language:

In his recent letter (I am enclosing a copy of it) he speaks well of Miss Rose.

The student will note that there are three marks used for setting off parenthetical expressions: the comma, the dash, and the curves. The mark to be used is determined by the degree of parenthesis the writer wishes to express. In business correspondence the comma is usually sufficient. As between dashes and curves, dashes are preferable.

"A violent parenthesis goes between dashes; a strong parenthesis between curves; a weak parenthesis between

commas:

"I. These three qualifications-accuracy, rapidity, and modesty are essential in a good stenographer.

"2. These three qualifications (accuracy, rapidity, and modesty) are essential in a good stenographer.

"3. These three qualifications, accuracy, rapidity, and modesty, are essential in a good stenographer.

The first of these parentheses throws the qualifications 'into high relief. The second is strong, but so to speak confidential. The third is merely incidental."-Lewis's Business English.