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DICTATION DAY
BY DAY
A
MODERN
SPELLER
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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK
BOSTON
CHICAGO
SAN
FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN
CO.,
Limited
LONDON
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
,j^ %
MELBOURNE
THE
MACMILLAN CO. OF
CANADA,
Ltd.
TORONTO
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DICTATION
DAY BY DAY
A
MODERN
SPELLER
Siytb J^ear
BY
KATE VAN WAGENEN
^
Fbincipal PcbuC'
Scrooi,
No.
2,
Borough
of the
Bsonx
^3
Nbw Yobk City
^O
THE
MACMILLAN
COMPANY
1911
AU
righU
reserve
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HARVARD
COLLEGE
LlSnARY
GIFT
OF
T:1E
NEV/TON
F;1 E
LIBRARY
OOPTBISHT,
1911,
bt
the
maomillan
oohpant.
Set
up
and
dectrotyped.
PuUiihed
April,
igxz.
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PREFACE
Dictation
Day
by
Day is
published
with
the
hope
that
it
may
appeal
to
the teacher
of the
average
child.
A careful
supervision
of
the
work
of little
children
has
led the
writer
to
believe
that
too
much is often
attempted
during
the
first
few
years
of
a
child's life.
In the
large
cities,
the
standard
cannot
be
what
a
few
children,
under
exceptional
circumstances,
are
able
to
accomplish,
but
what
the child of
ordinary
capacity
is
able
to
master.
Therefore the
first
principle
of
these
books
is
absolute
Simplicity.
A
second
principle
that
finds
expression
here is
Repetition.
All
small,
troublesome
words
the bane
of
composition
work
are
repeated
again
and
again,
in
every
grade
of the
series.
In these
books,
the
unnatural
arrangement
of
columns
of
words
is
reduced
to
a
minimum.
The
old-fashioned
method
of
teaching
children
to
read
by
compelling
them
to
learn
lists
of words
is
happily
abolished,
and
the
day
is
not
far distant
when
a
similar method
of
teaching
spelling
will
also
be
relegated
to
the
''Land of
Forgotten
Things/*
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vi
PREFACE
The
number of
new
words in
this
book
is
less
than
in the
other
books
of the
series,
owing
to
the
fact
that
teachers
of Sixth
Year
children
are
obliged
to
drill
most
thoroughly
on
proper
^
names
used in
the
history
and
geography
of their
respective
grades.
The
short
selection from
Essays
in
Applica-ion
by
Henry
van
Dyke,
and the
stanza
by
Eugene
Field from
A
Valentine
are
used
by
the
kind
permission
of
Charles Scribner's
Sons,
the
authorized
publishers
of
the
works of
these
authors.
The
author
also
feels
greatly
indebted
to
those
principals
who
have
submitted hundreds
of
chil-ren's
letters,
on
which the models
in
these
books
have been
based.
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SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
The exercises
in these
books
have
been
care-ully
graded,
and the
only
new
words in
any
paragraph
are
those that
are
underlined.
Some
of
the words in the
margin
are
review
words,
introduced
to
call
attention
to
the
formation of
plurals.
Where
proper
names
have
not
been
underlined,
it
is
expected
that the teacher
will
put
them
on
the
blackboard,
and
allow them
to
remain
during
the
writing
of
the
lesson.
The
spelling
exercises in
these books
were
used
for
several
terms
in
manuscript
form. The
teachers
put
the
lessons
on
the
blackboard,
and
the
children
copied
them
for
home
study.
It
was
found, however,
that
this
method
wasted
an
infinite
amount
of
time,
a
fault
that in
our
crowded curriculum
seems
almost
a
crime.
A
far
weightier
objection
to
this method
was
the
fact
that
in classes
even
of careful
teachers,
many
children
made
mistakes in
copying
the
exercises
from the
blackboard.
They
therefore studied
them
incorrectly,
so
that
the
teacher,
besides
dealing
with
legitimate
difficulties,
bore the
added
burden
of
eradicating
errors
that
were
firmly
vii
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
Here
once
the
embattled
fanners
stood,
And fired the shot heard
round
the
world.
R.
W.
Emebson.
14
Hail,
Columbia
happy
land
Hail,
ye
heroes,
heav*n-bom
band
Who
fought
and
bled
in
Free-om's
cause.
And when
the
storm
of
war
was
gone.
Enjoyed
the
peace
your
valor
won.
Let
independence
be
our
boast.
Ever
mindful
what it
cost,
Joseph
Hopkinson.
15
A
traveler
said that
he
could
not
attempt
a
descrip-ion
of the services in the
great
cathedral
at
Rome.
He
closed
with these
words
:
That
which
made
the
deep-st
impression
upon
me
was
the
reverent
attitude
of
an
audience
of
sixty
thousand
souls.
em
bat'Ued
hail
Co lum'bi
a
he'ro
he'roes
val'or
boast
de
scrip'tion
ca
the'dral
im
pres'sion
rev'er
ent
at'ti
tude
au'di
ence
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DAILY
LESSONS
16
Our
class had
a long
gram-ar
lesson
in
which
we re-iewed
the
various
kinds
of
phrases. Josephine/^
said
the
teacher
at
last,
write
a
sentence
which shall
contain
both
an
adverbial
and
an
re
viewed'
.
phra'ses
Jo'se
phine
ad
verHbi
al
at'tri
bute
attribute
phrase.
Review
frightened
captain heavenly
mountain
carried
replied
directed
injured
selected
attention
accustomed
received
beautiful
nephew
dismayed
delicate
17
A
tremendous audience
gathered
to
applaud
the
fa-ous
singer.
Not
a
seat
was
vacant
and
even
the
aisles
were
crowded.
At the
con-lusion
of the
performance,
the artist aroused
great
en-husiasm
by
singing
Home,
Sweet
Home.**
18
Some
of
the
domestic evils
of
drunkenness
are
houses
without
windows,
gardens
without
fences,
fields
without
tillage,
barns without
roofs.
tre
men'dous
ap
plaud'
va'cant
aisles
con
clu'sion
en
thu'si
asm
do
mes'tic
drunk'en
ness
fen'ces
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
tai'age
prin'ci
pies
dis
posed'
com
plain'
mu'ti
ny
is'sue
scour
and
children without
cloth-ng,
principles,
morals,
or
manners.
Benjamin
Franklin.
19
It is observed
at
sea
that
men
are
never
so
much dis-osed
to
complain
and
mu-iny,
as
when least
employed.
Hence
an
old
captain,
when
there
was
nothing
else
to
do,
would issue
the order
to
scour the anchor.
Samuel Smiles.
20
Do
you
remember
why
Columbus
undertook
his
voy-ges
of
discovery?
They
were
inspired
chiefly
by
the
desire
to
find
shorter
trade
routes.
From that time
until
to-day,
men
have
sought by
every
possible
means,
to
con-uer
distance.
Review
cargoes
fairies
walnut
obliged
treasures
terrible scales
tongue
liberties
excellent
furniture
company
established
scratched
carriage
weather
un
der
took'
in
spired'
routes
sought
con'quer
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DAILY LESSONS
21
With
the
completion
of the
Suez
Canal,
the
sea
trip
from
western
Europe
to
China and
Japan
was
materially
les-ened.
Since
then,
engineers
have
been
interested
in
the
question
of
a
similar canal
at
Panama.
22
The
pioneer
in
this
gigan-ic
work
was
the French
Panama
Canal
Company,
with Ferdinand
de
Lesseps
as
president.
The
French
people
believed
that
owing
to
his
vast
experience
at
Suez,
he
would
be
the
most
competent
man
to
manage
the
enter-rise.
23
Ten
years
after
the
com-encement
of
the
work,
the
French
Company
was
unable
to
proceed
through
lack of
funds.
During
this
time,
many
millions
had
been
ex-ended,
and
a
multitude
of
lives had been
sacrificed
in
this
pestilential
country.
com
ple'tion
ca
nal'
ma
te'ri
al
ly
les'sened
en
gi
neers'
pi
o
neer
gi gan'tic
ex
pe'ri
ence
com'pe
tent
en'ter
prise
com
mence'ment
pro
ceed'
ex
pend'ed
mul'ti
tude
pes
ti len'tial
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10 DICTATION
DAY BY
DAY
24
In
1904
Congress
pur-hased
from
the
French
Com-any
and
from
the
Republic
Con'gress
of Panama
all
essential
rights
es
sen'tial
in
this
territory.
Have
you
ter'ri
to
ry
ever
read
of
any
of
the ob-
ob'sta cles
stacks which
our engineers
trop'i
cal
must
overcome
in this
tropi-
cal
country
?
Review
believe
safety certainly dainty
surprised
brimming
celery
lettuce
meadows
difficult
anxiously busily
discovered
delighted
cranberries
pumpkin
26
The climate
of Panama
is
tropical,
which
means
that
it
has
a
dry
season
and
a
rainy
season.
There
is
also
an
enormous
percentage
of
moisture
in
iiie
air,
and
the
land is
very
fertile.
26
In
the
rainy
season,
the
rivers
become
raging
tor-ents.
A
canal in this
region,
therefore,
must
afford
ample
cli'mate
e
nor'mous
per
cent'age
mois'ture
fer'tile
tor'rents
re'gion
am'ple
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DAILY
LESSONS
11
protection
against
all
such
perils,
s
its
route
follows
the
course
of
one
of the
most
turbulent
streams
on
the
isthmus.
27
In
many
places
the
labor-rs
are
forced
to cut
their
way
through
treacherous
swamps,
where
it
is
difficult
to
find
a
solid foundation
on
which
to
build.
Here the
workmen
must
also
fight
against
malaria
and
other
diseases.
28
The
principal
cut
on
the
isthmus
is
at
Culebra.
The
cutting
of nine
miles of
solid
rock
and
the removal
of
such
vast
quantities
of
material,
form,
in
all
probability,one
of
the
greatest
problems
of
the work.
per'ils
turTbu lent
treach'er
ous
swamps
foun
da'tion
ma
la'ri
a
diseas'es
prin'cipal
re
mov'al
quan'ti
ty
quan'ti
ties
prob
a
bil'i
ty
prob'lems
Review
complete
captures
circles
Robert
village
precious
grudge
shoulder
Florence
pleasure
suflfering
medicines
vacation
boroughs
continent
geography
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12
DICTATION
DAY
BY DAY
Congress
29
discussed
for
some
months the
advantages
and
disadvantages
of
both
dis
cussed'
a
sea
level
canal
and
a
lock ad van'ta
ges
canal.
To
help
the
mem-
de ci'sion
bers
reach
a
decision
much
tes'ti
mo
ny
expert
testimony
was
taken,
a
dopt'ed
until
finally
the
plans
for
a
lock
canal
were
adopted.
30
The
plans
necessitate the
spending
of
many
millions
of
dollars,
but
the
canal
will
be
a
great
benefit
to
commerce.
Merchandise
can
be
trans-orted
from New York
to
San
Francisco in
fourteen
days
instead
of
sixty
days.
31
Aromatic
plants
bestow
No
spicy
fragrance
where
they
grow
;
But
crushed
and
trodden
to
the
ground.
Diffuse their
balmy
sweets
around.
Oltveb
Goldsmith.
ne
ces'si
tate
ben'e
fit
ben'e fit
ed
com'merce
mer'chan
dise
trans
port'ed
ar
o
mat'ic
spi'cy
crushed
trod
trod'den
dif
fuse'
balm'y
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DAILY
LESSONS
13
32
The
avaricious
man
is
like
the barren
sandy ground
of
av
a
ri'cious
the
desert,
which sucks
in
all
bar'ren
the
rain
and
dews
with
greedi-
des'ert
ness,
but
yields
no
fruitful
greed'i
ness
herbs
or
plants
for
the
benefit
yields
of others.
Zeno.
defeated
sitting-room
hospital
visitor
Review
exclaimed
escaping
furnace
peninsula
familiar
business
invalids
headache
soldiers
intelligence
subjects
trolley
33
The
imniigrant
who
de-ired
his
son
Michael
to enter
school,
was
hardly
prepared
for the
question
:
Have
you
a
certificate
of
vaccination
?
He
was
surprised
to
learn
that
no
child
could be
ac-epted
without
such
a
cer-ificate.
34
In
1813
Commodore
Perry,
under
the
most
adverse
cir-umstances,
won
a
great
na-al
victory
on
Lake
Erie.
im'mi
grant
Mi'chael
cer
tif
'i
cate
vac
ci
na'tion
ac
cept'ed
com'mo
dore
adVerse
cir'cum
stan
ces
naVal
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DICTATION
DAY
BY DAY
Before
the
contest
began,
he
raised
a
flag
over
his
vessel
bearing
these words
:
Don't
give
up
the
ship.
36
The
result
of
the
expedi-ion
seems
like
a
miracle,
when
we
consider
the
superior
training
of
the British.
Perry
announced
his
conquest
in
the
following
words:
We
have
met
the
enemy
and
they
are
ours.*'
36
Every
afternoon
at
five
o'clock,
Theodore
helped
Dorothy
for
an
hour
with
her
lessons. Now
Dor-thy,
I
heard
him
say,
I
shall be
very
much
disap-ointed
if
you
cannot
point
out
the
predicates
in
all
these
imperative
sentences.
con'test
ex
pe
di'tion
mir'a
cle
su
pe'ri
r
an
nounced'
con'quest
The'o
dore
Dor'o
thy
dis
ap
point'ed
pred'i
cates
im
per'a
tive
Review
complaint purchased
liberties
originally
conductors
transfer
passengers
sardines
traveling
foreign
anchored
governor
solemnly
funeral
procession
scissors
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DICTATION
DAY
BY DAY
40
How
beautiful
the
Queen
of
Night,
on
high
Her
way
pursuing
among
scattered
clouds,
Where,
ever
and
anon,
her
head
she
shrouds.
Hidden
from
view in dense
obscurity.
William Wordsworth.
pur
sue
pur
su'ing
scat'tered
a
non'
shrouds
ob
scu'ri
ty
Review
industrious valuable
brilliant addition
molasses
groceries
impatient
exercises
anniversary religion
citizens
arbutus
buttons
balloons
controlled
automobile
41
One of the
most
beautiful
marches
ever
written is the
wedding
hymn
from the
opera
of
Lohengrin.
Whenever
the
opera
is
performed,
the
orchestra
plays
this
hymn
at
the
marriage
of
Lohengrin
and Elsa of
Brabant.
42
The
narrative
on
which
this
particular
opera
is
founded
recites
that
God-
wed'ding
hymn
op'e
ra
per
formed'
or'ches
tra
mar'riage
nar'ra
tive
par
tic'u
lar
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DAILY
LESSONS
17
frey,
Duke
of
Brabant,
has
vanished and that
Elsa,
his
sister,
is accused
of
spiriting
him
away.
43
The
one
who
accuses
Elsa
is Count
Frederick,
whose
chief
desire is
to
gain
posses-ion
of Elsa's
property
and
to
be
declared
ruler of
the
duchy.
Elsa
is
summoned
before
King Henry
and
there
asserts
her innocence.
44
Coimt
Frederick
says
he
will
fight
with
any
one
who
volunteers
to
champion
Elsa's
cause.
They
both
agree
that Heaven
will then
decide
between
them.
Elsa,
in
ex-reme
distress,
says
she will
bestow
her
hand and
fortime
on
the
knight
who defends
her.
Review
van'ished
ac
cused'
spir'it
ing
Fred'er
ick
pos
ses^sion
prop'er
ty
sum'moned
as
serts'
in'no
cence
vol
un
teers'
cham'pi
on
ex
treme'
dis
tress'
knight
hyacinth
crocus
perceived
peculiar
handkerchief
proclaim
curious
political
emerged
dangerous
caterpillar
cellar
declaration marvelous
adjective electricity
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DICTATION
DAY BY
DAY
46
Before
the
assembled
court-ers,
the heralds
blow
the
summons,
but
no champion
appears
for
the
solitary
Elsa.
Suddenly,
at
the
supreme
moment,
a
small
skiff
ap-roaches
drawn
by
a
beau-iful
white
swan
with
a gold
chain
suspended
from
its
neck.
46
There,
in
the
wondrous
swan
boat,
stands
a
knight
in
dazzling
armor.
His
gracious
countenance
inspires
confi-ence,
and
as
he
steps
upon
the shore
he
is
welcomed
by
the
knights
and
ladies
of
the
court.
47
As
Lohengrin
kneels
be-ore
the
radiant
Elsa,
he
says
he will defend
her if
she
will
promise
never
to
inquire
his
name.
Elsa
is
in
such
des-erate
straits that
she
con-ents.
He
then
challenges
and
defeats Count
Frederick.
court'iers
her'alds
sol'i
ta
ry
su
preme'
sus
pend'ed
won'drous
daz'zling
ar'mor
gra^cious
coun'te
nance
con'fi dence
kneels
ra'di
ant
des'per
ate
con
sents^
chal'len
ges
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19
48
At
the
appointed
hourElsa
and
the
knight
are
married.
Elsa,
unmindful of
her
prom-se,
begs
him
to
reveal his
name.
She
is
so
persistent,
that
at
last
he
exclaims,
with
a
gesture
of
despair:
Lo-engrin
is
my
name/'
ap
point'ed
mar'ry
max'ried
re
veal'
per
sist'ent
ges'ture
accident
friendship
employed
telegraph
Review
immediately
surface
graduates
sensitive
direction
isthmus
commenced
quotations
persuade
contnrades
frequently
amazement
49
Lohengrin
says
that
hav-ng
revealed
his
name,
he
has
forfeited his
right
to
remain,
and
must
now
go
into
exile.
As
he
reluctantly
turns
from
the
terrified
Elsa,
the
group
of
people
exclaim:
The
swan
the
swan
50
Yes,
there
is
the
swan
with
the
golden
chain
attached
to
its
neck.
Just above
the
skiff
hovers
a
lovely
white
f
or'f
eit ed
ex'ile
re
luc'tant
ly
ter'ri
fied
group
at
tached'
hov'ers
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DICTATION
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stead'i
ly
spec'ta
cle
vis'i
ble
loos'ens
faith'ful
grad'u
al
ly
mis'er
a
ble
mys
te'ri
ous
ly
dove,
and
as
it
steadily
approaches,
the
spectacle
be-omes
visible
to
all.
61
As
soon
as
Lohengrin
loos-ns
the chain from
the neck
of the
faithful
swan,
it
gradu-lly
sinks. Then
Lohengrin,
leaving
the miserable
Elsa,
springs
into
the skiff.
The
dove seizes
the
chain,
and
Lohengrin
vanishes
as
mys-eriously
as
he
came.
62
Before
Josephine's
depar-ure
for
the
summer,
she
bought some
handkerchiefs
on
which
to
embroider her
mother's initials.
When
she
opened
the
parcels
contain-ng
silks,
worsted,
and
other
material,
she
found the
mark-ng
too
indistinct
to
be of
use.
Review
determined
celebrates
bakery
nickel
although
continued
height
discoveries
occurred
diflSculty patience
endeavored
sufficient
telephone
attendance
celebrated
de
par'ture
em
broid'er
in
i'tials
wors'ted
in
dis
tinct'
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LESSONS
21
53
Helen's
work in decimals
was
very poor
in
comparison
with
Bertha's,
though
when
the
grammar
hour
arrived,
the tables
were
turned. The
teacher
was
always positive
that Helen
could
classify,
without
hesitation,
any
word
in the lesson.
54
Instead of
going
to
the
theater
on
Saturday,
Theo-ore
and
his friends obtained
permission
to
go
to
Bronx
Park.
They
remained
sev-ral
hours,
visiting
the
gar-ens
and
the
menagerie.
For
limcheon
they
had sand-iches,
fruit,
and
a
most
delicious
cinnamon
cake.
dec'i
mals
com
par'i
son
pos'i
tive
clas'si
fy
hes
i
ta'tion
the'a
ter
per
mis'sion
men
ag'e
rie
lunch'eon
de
li'cious
cin'na
mon
55
Who
does
not
enjoy
the
winter
When the
mercury
falls
to
zero,
and
icicles
abound,
then
even
such
nui-ances
as
freezing pipes
and
delayed
traffic
are
accepted
mer cu
ry
i'ci
cles
nui'san
ces
traffic
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DICTATION
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BY
DAY
by
adults,
as
the
price they
pay
for
the
sports
of
the
a
dults'
youngsters.
Review
Virginia
southern
agreeable
president
merchant
Panama
college
promotion
guided
mysteries
compelled
examination
machinery
geranium
cemetery
camphor
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DICTATION
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BY
DAY
thoughtful,
not
only
of
our blessings,
but
also
of
those who
are
without
them;
not
only
of
our
abundance,
but
also of the
want
of
others.
*
John
Herbert
Phillips.
Christmas
And
suddenly
there
was
with
the
angel
a
mul-itude
of the
heavenly
host,
praising
God
and
saying,
Glory
to
God
in
the
highest,
and
on
earth
peace,
goodwill
toward men.
The
Bible.
New
Yearns
Day
In
ancient
Rome,
where
gods
and
goddesses
were
worshiped,
Janus
was
the
god
of
gates
and
doors.
His
picture
shows
two
faces,
to
represent
the fact
that
he looked
forward
and
backward. The
first
month
of the
year
is
named
in
his
honor.
LincolrCs
Birthday
Let
reverence
for
the laws
be
taught
in
schools,
in
seminaries,
in
colleges;
let
it be written
in
primers,
in
spelling
books,
and
in
almanacs;
let
it
be
preached
from
the
pulpit,
proclaimed
in
legislative
halls,
and
enforced
in
courts
of
justice.
Abraham
Lincoln.
St
Valentine^s
Day
Not
many
sounds
in
life
exceed in
interest
a
knock
at
the door. It
is,however,
so
seldom
that
just
the
person
we
want
to
see
comes
;
but
of
all
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DICTATION
25
the clamorous
visitations,
the
welcomest in
ex-ectation
is
the
sound
that ushers
in,
or
seems
to
usher
in,
a
Valentine.
Charles Lamb.
Washington's
Birthday
I
see
in
Washington
a
great
soldier,
who
fought
a
trying
war
to
a
successful end
impossible
with-ut
him;
a
great
statesman
who
did
more
than
all
other
men
to
lay
the foundations
of
a
republic
which has
endured in
prosperity
for
more
than
a
century.
Henry Cabot Lodge.
Arbor
Day
It
is
time
to
call
a
halt
on
forest
destruction,
and
order
a
forward
march
on
forest
restoration.
The
great
pines
once
used for
spars
in the
king's
ships
are
all
gone.
The
great
oak forests
are
seen
no
more.
Their
beauty
and
grandeur
are
known
only
in
legend,
song,
and
story.
Hon. James S.
Whipple.
Memorial
Day
How
sleep
the
brave who
sink
to rest
By
all their
country's
wishes
blest
When
Spring,
with
dewy
fingers
cold,
Returns
to
deck
their
hallowed
mold,
She
there
shall
dress
a
sweeter
sod
Than
Fancy's
feet
have
ever
trod.
WiLLLAM
Collins.
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DICTATION
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DAY
Flag
Day
Our
national
anthem
was
written
by
a
young
lawyer
named Francis Scott
Key.
In
the
War
of
1812
he
was a
prisoner
on
the
British
ships
while
they
were
attacking
Baltimore,
and
the
following
morning
when he found
our
flag
still
flying
from
the fort that
protected
the
city,
he
wrote
the Star
Spangled
Banner.
Fourth
of
July
When
Freedom
from her
mountain
height.
Unfurled her
standard
to
the
air,
She
tore
the
azure
robes
of
night.
And
set
the
stars
of
glory
there
James Rodman
Drake.
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27
PREFIXES
A
prefix
is
a
word
or
syllable
put
before
another
word
to
modify
its
meaning.
I. ad
(a,
oc,
af^
ag^
aly
arty
etc.)
=
to
adhere
.
allure
aggressor
assign
affix attain
n. sub
(suCy
sufy
suQy
su^y
etc.)
under
;
after
;
up
subscribe
suffix
succeed
suggest
subdivide
support
III.
06
{ocy
ofy
op)
=
in front
of
;
before
;
against
object
offer
obtrude
offend
occur
oppose
IV.
ante
{anti)
=
before;
against
antecedent
antidote
anteroom
antipathy
antedate
antislavery
V.
be
=
to
make
bedeck
befriend
benumb
bedim
becalm bedew
VI.
con
{cOy
coly
corny covy
etc.)
=
together
;
with
conjoin
commingle
coact
correspond
collect
coequal
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Vn.
contra
{contrOy
counter)
=
against
contradict
controversy
contraband
countermand
controvert
counteract
VIII. inter
=
between;
among
intercede
intermarry
interline
interchange
interpose
intertwine
IX.
pro
=
for; forward;
forth
pronomi
project
profess
produce
promotion
provoke
X.
a,
aby
abs
=
from
;
away
avert
abduct
absolve
abnormal
abstain
abstract
XI.
de
=
down;
from
depose
dethrone
deject
depart
descend
detract
XII.
non
=
not
nonsense
non-member
non-attendance
non-delivery
non-productive
non-resident
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29
SUFFIXES
A suflSx is
a
word
or
syllable
added
to
another
word
to
modify
its
meaning.
I.
hood
=
the
state
of
boyhood
brotherhood
childhood
girlhood
manhood
priesthood
n.
ship
=
the
office
of
;
the
state
of
friendship
membership
clerkship
scholarship
partnership
ownership
III.
ment
=
act
of
;
state
of
being
;
that which
movement
engagement
punishment
excitement
judgment
settlement
announcement
acknowledgment
IV.
ery, ry
=
place
where
;
state
of
being
;
art
or
practise
of
nursery
slavery
pottery
dentistry
bravery
surgery
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DICTATION
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VI.
sourie
=
fuU
of
;
causing
frolicsome
troublesome
venturesome
wearisome
blithesome
quarrelsome
VII.
VIII.
ablcy
ible
=
that
may
or can
be
;
worthy
of
curable
honorable
reversible
terrible
allowable
pitiable
digestible
admissible
IX.
al
=
like
;
pertaining
to
magical
bridal
maternal
rural
autumnal
legal
X.
anty
ent
=
one
who
;
ing
assailant
pleasant
assistant
provident
president
apparent
XI.
ix n
=
act
of
;
state
of
being
election
protection
digestion
reflection
decision
corruption
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BY
DAY
LATIN
STEMS
A
stem
is a foundation
word
to
which
prefixes
and suffixes
may
be
added.
I.
dico^
dictum
=
to
say
dictate contradict
dictionary predict
benediction
valedictory
II.
spedo (spicio),
spectum
=
to
behold
prospect
suspicious
respect
conspicuous
inspect
despicable
III.
facioy
factum
(ficioyectum)
=
to
make
;
to act
facile
manufacture
faculty
difficult
factor
perfect
IV.
duco,
ductum
=
to
lead
introduce abduction
produce
deduction
reduce
viaduct
V.
fero,
latum
=
to
bear
;
to
carry
refer
relate
prefer
dilate
transfer
translate
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STEMS
33
VI.
gradiofy
gressus
=
to
walk
graduate
congress
degrade
progress
gradual
egress
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DICTATION
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BY
DAY
LETTERS
YOUNG
GIRL
wanted
to
operate
telephone
switch-oard
and
to
do
light
office
work;
must
be
clean
and
neat
in
appearance,
have
good
school
education
and
live
with
her
parents;
some
office
experience
desirable.
M.
G.,
424
Eagle
Office.
168
Rogers
Av.,
Brooklyn,
Feb.
18,
1911.
To
Advertiser
M.
G.
Eagle
Office,
Brooklyn,
N.
Y.
Dear
Sir
:
In
reply
to
your
advertisement
in
the
Eagle
for
a
girl
for
office
work,
I desire
to
make
application
for
the
position.
I
am
fifteen
years
of
age,
and
in
June,
1910,
graduated
from P. S.
92.
My
school work
was
always
rated
A
and
B4-,
so
I think
that
I
would
be
able
to
please
you,
although
I
have
not
had
the
desired
office
experience.
Miss
Louise
Castle,
the
Principal
of
P.
S.
92,
has
given
me
permission
to
use
her
name
as
reference,
and
will
reply
to
any
inquiries
which
you
may
desire
to
make.
Very
respectfully,
Susan
A.
Hall.
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LETTERS
35
STENOGRAPHY,
TYPEWRITING.
BOOK-KEEP-NG,
PENMANSHIP, ARITHMETIC,
c..
taught
by
specialists
day
and
night
;
preparation
for
business
and
civil
service;
situations
obtained;
call,
write
or
telephone
for
Catalogue
and
Civil
Service
Booklet.
G.
S.
WALWORTH'S
INSTITUTE
(founded
1871),
51-66
East
126th
St.
135
Atlantic
St.,
Stamford,
Conn,,
Oct.
5,
1910.
To
the
Secretary
of
the
G.
S.
Walworth
Institute,
51
East
125
St.,
New
York,
N.
Y.
Dear
Sir
:
'Will
you
kindly
send
me,
at
your
earliest
convenience,
a
copy
of
your
Catalogue
and Civil
Service
Booklet
?
When
I
come
to
the
city,
my
time is
very
limited,
so
I
should
like
you
to
state
what
hour
during
the
day
will
be
the
best time
for
me
to
call
to
make
arrangements
for instruction.
Yours
respectfully,
Frank
Pennoyer.
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DAY
438
West
164
St.,
New
York,
Mar.
24,
1911.
To
the
Consolidated Gas
Co.,
1910
Amsterdam
Ave.,
New
York,
N.
Y.
Gentlemen
:
Will
you
kindly
send
a
man
to
the
above
address
to
inspect
the
gas range
?
It
has
not
given
satisfaction
for
some
time,
and
if it
cannot
be
repaired,
I
should
like
a new
range
installed.
Please
attend
to
this
at
your
earliest
convenience, and
oblige.
Yours
truly,
Charles Powers.
1245
Market
St.,
St.
Louis,
Mo.,
Ti/r
J
...
Jan.
12,
1911.
My
dear
Miss
Morris,
Will
you
kindly
excuse
me
from
my
music
lesson
next
Thursday?
My
sister
is
very
ill,
and
I
should
not like
to
disturb
her
by
playing.
I
hope
she
will
be
well
enough
for
me
to
take
a
lesson
the
following
week.
I
am
very
sorry
to
lose
my
lesson,
but
1
intend
to
practise
more
than
an
hour
a day
to
make
up
for
it.
Yours
respectfully,
George
Hilton.
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LETTERS
37
214
West
89
St.,
New
York,
Dec.
22,
1910.
Dear
Elizabeth,
By
the
next
mail,
you
will
receive
a
lace
bureau
scarf,
which
I
send
with
my
very
best
wishes.
When I
was
at
your
house
on
Thanks-iving,
I heard
you say
you
always
wanted
a
lace
scarf in
place
of
the
linen
ones
you
had
been
using.
Wishing
you
all
a
Merry
Christmas
and
a
Happy
New
Year,
I
am.
Lovingly
yours,
Kate
Macdona.
9
Bradford
St.,
Albany,
N.
Y.,
Dec.
26,
1910.
My
dear
Friend,
Yesterday
I
received
the
lovely
lace
scarf
you
sent
me
for
Christmas,
and
I
am so
delighted
with
it,
that
I
want to
thank
you
im-ediate
It is the
prettiest
one
I
ever
saw,
and
I
hope
some
day
you
will
see
how fine it looks
on
my
bureau.
You
could
not
have
given
me
any-hing
that would
have
pleased
me
more.
Wishing
you
and
all
the other
members
of
your
family a Happy
New
Year,
I
remain.
Yours
affectionately,
Elizabeth
Morgan.
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DAY
SELECTIONS FOR MEMORIZING
Pbescbibed
bt
the
New
Yobk
Citt Coubsb
of
Studt
SHERIDAN'S RIDE
Up
from
the
South
at
break
of
day,
Bringing
to
Winchester
fresh
dismay,
The
aflfrighted
ir with
a
shudder
bore,
Like
a
herald
in
haste,
to
the
chieftain's
door.
The terrible
grumble,
and
rumble,
and
roar,
Telling
the
battle
was
on once
more,
And Sheridan
twenty
miles
away.
And wider still those
billows
of
war
Thundered
along
the
horizon's
bar
;
And louder
yet
into
Winchester
rolled
The
roar
of
that
red
sea
uncontrolled.
Making
the
blood
of the
listener
cold.
As
he
thought
of the stake
in
that
fiery
fray,
And Sheridan
twenty
miles
away.
But
there is
a
road
from
Winchester
town,
A
good,
broad
highway leading
down
;
And
there,
through
the
flush of
the
morning
light,
A
steed
as
black
as
the steeds
of
night.
Was
seen
to
pass,
as
with
eagle
flight.
As
if
he
knew
the
terrible
need
;
He
stretched
away
with his
utmost
speed
;
Hills
rose
and
fell
;
but
his
heart
was
gay.
With Sheridan
fifteen miles
away.
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DICTATION
DAY
BY DAY
With
foam
and with
dust,
the
black
charger
was
gray
;
By
the flash of his
eye,
and the red nostril's
play.
He
seemed
to
the
whole
great
army
to
say,
I
have
brought
you
Sheridan
all
the
way
From
Winchester
down
to
save
the
day
Hurrah
hurrah
for Sheridan
Hurrah
hurrah
for
horse and
man
And when their
statues
are
placed
on
high.
Under
the
dome
of the
Union
sky.
The
American soldier's
temple
of
fame.
There with the
glorious
General's
name,
Be it
said,
in
letters
bold and
bright :
Here
is
the
steed that
saved
the
day,
By
carrying
Sheridan into the
fight.
From
Winchester,
twenty
miles
away
Thomas
B.
Read.
THE
MINSTREL-BOY
The
Minstrel-boy
to
the
war
is
gone.
In the ranks of
death
you'll
find him
;
His father's
sword he has
girded
on.
And his
wild
harp slung
behind
him.
Land
of
song
said the
warrior-bard,
Though
all the
world
betrays
thee,
One
sword,
at
least,
thy rights
shall
guard.
One faithful
harp
shall
praise
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The
Minstrel
fell
but
the
foeman's
chain
Could
not
bring
his
proud
soul
under;
The
harp
he loved ne'er
spoke
again,
For
he
tore
its
chords asunder
;
And
said,
No
chains shall
sully
thee,
Thou soul
of love and
bravery
Thy
songs
were
made for
the
brave
and
free.
They
shall
never
sound
in
slavery
Thomas
Moore.
ORPHEUS WITH HIS
LUTE
Orpheus
with
his lute
made
trees.
And
the mountain
tops
that
freeze.
Bow
themselves
when
he
did
sing
:
To
his
music,
plants
and
flowers
Ever
sprung
;
as
sun
and
showers
There had
made
a
lasting
spring.
Everything
that heard
him
play.
Even
the
billows of
the
sea.
Hung
their
heads and
then
lay
by.
In
sweet
music is
such
art.
Killing
care
and
grief
of heart
Fall
asleep,
or,
hearing,
die.
William
Shakespeare.
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DICTATION
DAY
BY DAY
ABOU
BEN ADEEM
Abou
Ben Adhem
(may
his tribe increase
)
Awoke
one
night
from
a
deep
dream
of
peace.
And
saw,
within the
moonlight
in his
room,
Making
it
rich
and
like
a
lily
in
bloom.
An
angel,
writing
in
a
book of
gold
;
Exceeding
peace
had
made
Ben
Adhem
bold.
And,
to
the
presence
in
the
room
he
said,
What writest
thou?
The vision raised
its
head.
And with
a
look
made
of
all
sweet
accord,
Answered,
The
names
of
those who love
the
Lord.
And
is mine
one?
said
Abou.
Nay,
not
so,
Replied
the
angel.
Abou
spoke
more
low.
But
cheerily
still;
and
said,
I
pray
thee,
then,
Write
me
as
one
that loves
his
fellow-men.
The
angel
wrote
and vanished.
The
next
night
It
came
again,
with
a
great
wakening light.
And showed
the
names
whom
love of God
had
blessed,
And,
lo
Ben
Adhem's
name
led all
the
rest.
Leigh Hunt.
SONG
OF
MARION'S
MEN
Our
band
is
few,
but
true
and
tried.
Our
leader
frank and
bold
;
The
British
soldier trembles
When
Marion's
name
is
told.
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Our
fortress is
the
good
greenwood,
Our
tent
the
cypress-tree
;
.
We know the forest round
us.
As
seamen
know the
sea.
We know
its
walls
of
thorny
vines.
Its
glades
of
reedy
grass,
Its safe
and
silent
islands
Within
the
dark
morass.
Woe
to
the
English soldiery
That
little
dread
us near
On
them shall
light
at
midnight
A
strange
and sudden
fear
:
When,
waking
to
their
tents
on
fire.
They
grasp
their
arms
in
vain.
And
they
who
stand
to
face
us
Are beat
to
earth
again
;
And
they
who
fly
in
terror
deem
A
mighty
host
behind,
And
hear
the
tramp
of
thousands
Upon
the
hollow wind.
Then
sweet
the hour
that
brings
release
From
danger
and
from
toil
:
We
talk
the
battle
over.
And
share the
battle's
spoil.
The woodland
rings
with
laugh
and
shout.
As if
a
hunt
were
up.
And
woodland
flowers
are
gathered
To
crown
the
soldier's
cup.
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DICTATION DAY BY DAY
With
merry songs
we
mock
the
wind
That
in
.the
pine
top
grieves.
And slumber
long
and
sweetly
On beds of oaken leaves.
Well knows the
fair and
friendly
moon
The band
that
Marion leads
The
glitter
of their
rifles,
The
scampering
of their
steeds.
'Tis life
to
guide
the
fiery
barb
Across the
moonlight plain
;
'Tis life
to
feel the
night
wind
That
lifts
the
tossing
mane.
A
moment
in the British
camp
A
moment
and
away
Back
to
the
pathless
forest.
Before
the
peep
of
day.
Grave
men
there
are
by
broad
Santee,
Grave
men
with
hoary
hairs
;
Their
hearts
are
all with
Marion,
For
Marion
are
their
prayers.
And
lovely
ladies
greet
our
band
With kindliest
welcoming,
With
smiles like
those of
summer,
And
tears
like
those of
spring.
For them
we
wear
these
trusty
arms.
And
lay
them down
no more
Till
we
have driven
the
Briton,
Forever,
from
our
shore.
William
Cullen
Bryant.
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THE FIRST SNOWFALL
The
snow
had
begun
in the
gloaming.
And
busily
all
the
night,
Had
been
heaping
field
and
highway
With
a
silence
deep
and
white.
Every pine
and fir
and
hemlock
Wore
ermine
too
dear
for
an
earl,
And
the
poorest
twig
on
the
elm
tree
Was
ridged
inch
deep
with
pearl.
From sheds
new-roofed with
Carrara
Came
Chanticleer's muffled
crow
;
The
stiff rails
softened
to
swan's-down
And still fluttered
down
the
snow.
I
stood
and
watched
by
the window
The noiseless work of the
sky.
And
the
sudden flurries
of
snowbirds.
Like
brown
leaves
whirling
by.
I
thought
of
a
mound
in
sweet
Auburn,
Where
a
little headstone stood
;
How
the flakes
were
folding
it
gently.
As
did robins
the Babes in the Woods.
Up
spoke
our own
little
Mabel,
Saying,
Father,
who made
it
snow?
And
I told
of
the
good
All-Father
Who
cares
for
us
here
below.
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DICTATION
DAY BY
DAY
Again
I
looked
at
the
snowfall,
And
I
thought
of
the leaden
sky
That
arched
o'er
our
first
great
sorrow.
When
that
mound
was
heaped
so
high.
I
remembered
the
gradual
patience
That fell
from
that cloud
like
snow
Flake
by
flake,
healing
and
hiding
The
scars
that renewed
our
woe.
And
again
to
the
child
I
whispered,
The
snow
that
husheth
all.
Darling,
the merciful
Father
Alone
can
make
it
fall
Then,
with
eyes
that
saw
not,
I
kissed
her.
And
she,
kissing
back,
could
not
know
That
my
kiss
was given
to
her
sister.
Folded
close under
deepening
snow.
James Russell Lowell.
THE
DESTRUCTION
OF
SENNACHERIB
The
Assyrian came
down
like the wolf
on
the
fold.
And
his
cohorts
were gleaming
in
purple
and
gold
;
And
the sheen of their
spears
was
like
stars
on
the
sea
When
the blue
wave
rolls
nightly
on
deep
Galilee.
Like the leaves
of the forest
when
summer
is
green,
That
host
with
their
banners
at
sunset
were
seen
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DAY
BY
DAY
A MAN'S
A
MAN FOR
A' THAT
Is
there for honest
poverty
That
hangs
his
head,
an' a' that
?
The
coward
slave,
we
pass
him
by
;
We
dare be
poor
for a'
that.
For
a'
that,
an' a'
that.
Our
toils
obscure,
an'
a' that
;
The
rank
is but the
guinea's
stamp
The man's the
gowd
for a' that
What
tho'
on
hamely
fare
we
dine.
Wear
hoddin
gray,
and a'
that
;
Gie
fools
their
silks,
and
knaves
their
wine
A
man's
a
man
for
a'
that
For
a'
that,
an'
a'
that.
Their
tinsel
show,
and
a'
that
;
The
honest
man,
though
e'er
sae
poor,
Is
king'
o'
men
for
a'
that
You
see
yon
birkie,
ca'd
a
lord,
Wha
struts,
an'
stares,
an' a'
that
Tho'
hundreds
worship
at
his
word.
He's
but
a
coof for
a' that
For
a'
that,
an' a'
that.
His
riband,
star,
and
a'
that
;
The
man
of
independent
mind,
He looks
and
laughs
at
a' that.
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A
prince
can
mak'
a
belted
knight,
A
marquis,
duke,
an'
a' that
;
But
an
honest man's aboon his
might
Gude
faith,
he
mauna
fa'
that
For a'
that,
an' a'
that,
Their
dignities,
an' a'
that,
The
pith
o'
sense,
an'
pride
o'
worth.
Are
higher
rank than
a'
that
Then let
us
pray
that
come
it
may,
(As
come
it will for
a'
that).
That
sense
an'
worth,
o'er a' the
earth.
May
bear
the
gree,
an'
a'
that
For
a'
that,
an'
a'
that.
It's
coming
yet
for
a' that
That
man
to
man,
the
whole
warld
o'er.
Shall
brothers
be
for
a' that
Robert Burns.
NOBILITY
True
worth is in
being,
not
seeming.
In
doing
each
day
that
goes
by
Some
little
good
not
in
the
dreaming
Of
great
things
to
do
by
and
by.
For
whatever
men
say
in
blindness
And
spite
of the
fancies
of
youth.
There's
nothing so kingly
as
kindness
And
nothing
so
royal
as
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
We
get
back
our
mete
as
we
measure.
We
cannot
do
wrong
and
feel
right.
Nor
can we
give pain
and
gain pleasure,
For
justice
avenges
each
slight.
The air
for
the
wing
of
the
sparrow.
The
bush
for
the
robin
and
wren.
But
alway
the
path
that is
narrow
And
straight,
for the
children
of
men.
'Tis
not
in
the
pages
of
story,
The
heart
of
its
ills
to
beguile,
Though
he who makes
courtship
to
glory
Gives
all
that
he
hath
for
her smile.
For
when
from
her
heights
he
hath
won
her,
Alas
it
is
only
to
prove
That
nothing's
so
sacred
as
honor.
And
nothing
so loyal as
love.
We
cannot
make
bargains
for
blisses.
Nor
catch
them
like
fishes
in
nets
;
And
sometimes
the
thing
our
life
misses,
Helps
more
than the
thing
which it
gets.
For
good
lieth
not
in
pursuing
Nor
gaining
of
great
nor
of
small.
But
just
in
the
doing
and
doing
As
we
would
be done
by,
is
all.
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Through
envy,
through
malice,
through hating.
Against
the world
early
and
late.
No
jot
of
our
courage
abating,
Our
part
is
to
work
and
to
wait.
And
slight
is
the
sting
of
his
trouble
Whose
winnings
are
less
than
his
worth.
For
he who is honest is
noble
Whatever
his fortunes
or
birth.
Alice Caby.
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DAY
BY
DAY
ADDITIONAL
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FOR
MEMORIZING
LADY
CLARE
It
was
the
time when lilies
blow,
And clouds
are
highest
up
in
air,
Lord Ronald
brought
a
lily-white
doe
To
give
his
cousin,
Lady
Clare.
I
trow
they
did
not
part
in
scorn
;
Lovers
long
betroth'd
were
they
;
They
two
will
wed
the
morrow
morn
God's
blessing
on
the
day
He
does
not
love
me
for
my
birth.
Nor for
my
lands
so
broad
and
fair
;
He loves
me
for
my
own
true
worth.
And
that is
well,
said
Lady
Clare.
In
there
came
old
Alice
the
nurse.
Said,
Who
was
this
that
went
from
thee
?
It
was
my
cousin,
said
Lady
Clare;
To-morrow
he
weds with me.
O,
God
be
thank'd
said Alice the
nurse,
That
all
comes
round
so
just
and
fair
Lord Ronald is
heir of all
your
lands.
And
you
are
not
the
Lady
Clare.
99
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Are
ye
out
of
your
mind,
my
nurse,
my
nurse,
Said
Lady
Clare,
that
ye
speak
so
wild
?
As God's
above,
said Alice the
nurse,
I
speak
the truth
:
you
are
my
child.
The old
earl's
daughter
died
at
my
breast;
I
speak
the
truth,
as
I live
by
bread
I buried her like
my
own
sweet
child.
And
put
my
child in her
stead.
Falsely,
falsely
have
ye
done,
O
mother,
she
said,
if
this
be
true.
To
keep
the best
man
under the
sun
So
many
years
from his due.
Nay
now,
my
child,
said
Alice
the
nurse,
But
keep
the
secret
for
your
life.
And
all
you
have
will be
Lord
Ronald's
When
you
are
man
and wife.
If I'm
a
beggar
born,
she
said,
I will
speak
out,
for
I dare
not
lie.
Pull
off,
pull
oflf
the brooch
of
gold.
And
fling
the diamond
necklace
by.
Nay
now,
my
child,
said Alice the
nurse,
But
keep
the
secret
all
ye
can.
She
said,
Not
so :
but
I
will know
If
there
be
any
faith
in
man.
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
Nay
now,
what
faith ?
said Alice
the
nurse,
The
man
will
cleave
unto
his
right.
And
he shall have
it,
the
lady
replied,
Tho' I
should
die
to-night.
Yet
give
one
kiss
to
your
mother dear
Alas,
my
child,
I
sinn'd for thee
O
mother, mother, mother,
she
said,
So
strange
it
seems
to
me.
Yet
here's
a
kiss
for
my
mother
dear.
My
mother
dear,
if
this be
so,
And
lay
your
hand
upon
my
head.
And
bless
me,
mother,
ere
I
go.
She
clad
herself in
a
russet
gown,
She
was
no
longer
Lady
Clare
:
She
went
by
dale,
and
she
went
by
down.
With
a
single
rose
in her
hair.
The
Kly-white
doe
Lord
Ronald
had
brought
Leapt
up
from
where
she
lay,
Dropt
her
head
in the maiden's
hand.
And
foUow'd her
all the
way.
Down
stept
Lord Ronald from
his
tower
:
O
Lady
Clare,
you
shame
your
worth
Why
come
you
drest like
a
village
maid.
That
are
the
flower
of
the
earth
?
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
Now
who
be
ye,
would
cross
Loehgyle,
This
dark
and
stormy
water
?
O,
I'm the chief of Ulva's
isle.
And
this
Lord
UUin's
daughter.
And
fast
before
her
father's
men
Three
days
we've
fled
together.
For should he find
us
in the
glen.
My
blood
would
stain
the
heather.
His
horsemen
hard
behind
us
ride;
Should
they
our
steps
discover.
Then who
will
cheer
my
bonny
bride
When
they
have
slain
her
lover
?
Out
spoke
the
hardy
Highland
wight,
I'll
go,
my
chief
I'm
ready
;
It
is
not
for
your
silver
bright
;
But
for
your
winsome
lady
:
And
by
my
word
the
bonny
bird
In
danger
shall
not
tarry
:
So
though
the
waves
are
raging
white,
I'll
row
you
o'er
the
ferry.
By
this
the
storm
grew
loud
apace.
The
water-
wraith
was
shrieking
;
And
in
the
scowl
of heaven
each
face
Grew
dark
as
they
were
speaking.
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But still
as
wilder blew the
wind.
And
as
the
night
grew
drearer,
Adown the
glen
rode armed
men.
Their
trampling
sounded
nearer.
O
haste
thee,
haste
*'
the
lady
cries,
Though
tempests
round
us
gather
;
I'll
meet
the
raging
of the
skies,
But
not
an
angry
father.
The
boat
has
left
a
stormy
land,
A
stormy
sea
before
her,
When,
oh
too
strong
for human
hand.
The
tempest
gather'd
o'er
her.
And
still
they
row'd amidst the
roar
Of
waters
fast
prevailing
;
Lord
UUin
reach'd that
fatal
shore
;
His
wrath
was
changed
to
wailing.
For
sore
dismay
'd
through
storm
and
shade.
His child he did
discover
:
One
lovely
hand
she stretch'd for
aid,
And
one
was
round
her
lover.
Come back
come
back
he
cried
in
grief,
Across this
stormy
water:
And I'll
forgive
your
Highland
chief,
My
daughter
oh
my
daughter
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
'Twas vain
:
the loud
waves
lashed
the
shore.
Return
or
aid
preventing
;
The
waters
wild
went
o*er his
child,
And he
was
left
lamenting.
Thomas
Campbell.
ALL'S
WELL
The
clouds,
which rise
with
thunder,
slake
Our
thirsty
souls with
rain
;
The
blow
most
dreaded falls
to
break
From
off
our
limbs
a
chain
;
And
wrongs
of
man
to
man
but
make
The
love
of God
more
plain.
As
through
the
shadowy
lens
of
even
The
eyes
look
farthest
into
heaven
On
gleams
of
star
and
depths
of blue
The
glaring
sunshine
never
knew
John G. Whittier.
THE
BELEAGUERED
CITY
I have
read,
in
some
old,
marvelous
tale,
Some
legend
strange
and
vague,
That
a
midnight
host of
specters
pale
Beleaguered
the walls of
Prague.
Beside
the
Moldau's
rushing
stream,
With
the
wan
moon
overhead,
There
stood,
as
in an awful
dream,
The
army
of the
dead.
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SELECTIONS
FOR MEMORIZING
59
White
as a
sea-fog,
landward
bound.
The
spectral
camp
was
seen,
And,
with
a
sorrowful,
deep
sound,
The river flowed
between.
No
other
voice
nor
sound
was
there.
No
drum,
nor
sentry's
pace
;
The mistlike banners
clasped
the air
As clouds with clouds
embrace.
But
when
the
old
cathedral
bell
Proclaimed the
morning
prayer.
The
white
pavilions
rose
and fell
On
the alarmed air.
Down
the
broad
valley
fast and
far
The
troubled
army
fled
;
Up
rose
the
glorious morning star,
The
ghastly
host
was
dead.
I
have
read,
in the
marvelous
heart
of
n:an.
That
strange
and
mystic
scroll.
That
an
army
of
phantoms
vast
and
wan
Beleaguer
the human soul.
Encamped
beside Life's
rushing
stream.
In
Fancy's misty light.
Gigantic shapes
and shadows
gleam
Portentous
through
the
night.
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
Upon
its
midnight
battle-ground
The
spectral
camp
is
seen.
And,
with
a
sorrowful,
deep
sound,
Flows
the
River
of
Life between.
No
other
voice
nor
sound
is
there,
In the
army
of
the
grave
;
No
other
challenge
breaks
the
air.
But
the
rushing
of
Life's
wave.
And
when
the
solemn
and
deep
church-bell
Entreats
the soul
to
pray.
The
midnight
phantoms
feel
the
spell.
The shadows
sweep
away.
Down
the
broad
Vale
of
Tears
afar
The
spectral
camp
is
fled
;
Faith
shineth
as
a morning
star.
Our
ghastly
fears
are
dead.
Henry
W.
Longfellow.
CLEON
AND
I
Cleon
hath
ten
thousand
acres.
Ne'er
a
one
have
I
;
Cleon
dwelleth
in
a
palace.
In
a
cottage
I
;
Cleon
hath
a
dozen
fortunes.
Not
a
penny
I
:
Yet the
poorer
of
the
twain
is
Cleon,
and
not
I.
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FOR MEMORIZING 61
Cleon
is
a
slave
to
grandeur.
Free
as
thought am
I
;
Cleon fees
a score
of
doctors.
Need of
none
have
I
;
Wealth
surrounded,
care
environed,
Cleon fears
to
die
;
Death
may
come
he'll find
me
ready.
Happier
man am
I.
Cleon
sees no
charms in
nature.
In
a
daisy
I
;
Cleon hears
no
anthems
ringing
'Twixt the
sea
and
sky
;
Nature
sings
to
me
forever,
Earnest listener
I
:
State for
state,
with all
attendants
-
Who would
change
?
Not I.
Chakles Mackay.
I
REMEMBER,
I
REMEMBER
I
remember,
I remember
The house
where
I
was
bom.
The little window where the
sun
Came
peeping
in
at
morn
;
He
never
came
a
wink
too
soon.
Nor
brought
too
long a
day,
But
now,
I often wish the
night
Had borne
my
breath
away
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DICTATION
DAY
BY
DAY
I
remember,
I
remember
The
roses,
red
and
white,
The
violets,
and the
Kly
cups
Those flowers made
of
light
The
lilacs
where
the robin
built.
And
where
my
brother
set
The
laburnum,
on
his
birthday,
The
tree
is
living
yet
I
remember,
I
remember
Where
I
was
used
to
swing,
And
thought
the
air
must
rush
as
fresh
To swallows
on
the
wing
;