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ยง 1. LESSON I.
I ORTANCE .OF EARLY HABITS.
CoRRUP1TION, n., wickedness. * corruption, om r tum, L., and this, probably, om rumpo, I break or destroy.
0HAR1ACTERs, n., the persons with their assemblage of qualities. L. and G. character, om charasso, G., I stamp, I cut, &c.
UNcHA1NGEABLE,t a., xed, immutable. F. changer, to turn,-of doubt l etymology.
FELI 'ITY, n., happiness. '. felicite, fromfelix, L., happy. MrsFOR1TUNE, n., calamity. F. infortune, om/ors, L., chance.. ENcouR'AGED, v., cherished. F. en-cour e, om cor, L., the heart-
the heart being the seat of courage.
PROPEN1SITY, n., inclination. F. and S. propension, om pendeo, L., I hang or lean.
brroR1TUNATE, a., disquieting. L. im ortunus, (portus, a port), without a port or resting-place.
1NsUPPORT1ABLE, a., intolerable. F. insupportable, not to be borne, om porto, L., I carry.
Tm.ruL'Tl'ous, a., con sedly agitated. L. tumultuosus, om twneo, I swell
1. shall not gather in od age that which was not sown in youth. If you " sow corruption," says the Apostle, "yon shall reap corruption." You say every day yourselves, that we always die as ,ve have
* Abbreviations.-L. Latin; G. Greek; S. Spanish ; I. Italian ; F. French; Ger. German ; D. Dutch; A.S. Anglo-Saxon, &c.
t For signi cation of the pre xes im, mis, en, im, in, and of the a xes -able, -ity, &c. , see Lists of Pre xes and Post xes, commencing
at page 401.
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