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quires speed proportioned to that rce, and then resists being again stopped, in proportion to its speed; so, all bodies or atoms in the universe have about them, in regard to motion, what may be g­ uratively called a stubbornness, tending to keep them in their existing state, whatever it may be; in other words, they neither acquire motion, nor lose motion, nor bend their course in motion, but in exact pro­ portion to some rce applied. · l any of the motions now going on in the universe with such regularity­ as that turning of the earth which produces the phe­ nomena of day and night-are motions which began thousands of years ago, and continue unvarying in this way. Such cts are conveniently recalled by
ARNOTT.
KNOWLEDGE (nol']edje), n., learning, in rmation; illumination of the mind. Old Eng. knowlech.
SENTI1MENT, n., feeling, sense. F. sentiment, om sentir, to el. EnucA'TioN, n., rmation of manners; the act of training the habits and a ections; the act of leading or drawing rth the culties of the mind. F. education, om (L.) educare,-e, and ducare, to
lead rth.
LESSON XVIII.
ON THE DUTIES OF SCHOOL BOYS.
ANCIENT (ane'-), a., old; ·of other or past times. F. ancien. See "Antiquity," p. 51.
OR'ATOR, n., an eloquent speaker; one who delivers elaborate speeches or harangues. L. orator, om orare, to speak :-os (oris, the genitive), the mouth, is the root.
AMEND'MENT, n., correction; change om bad r the better. F. amendement, om menda, L., a stain, a blemish.
L., I prove or approve.
D1sCERN (diz-zern'), v., to see or perceive clearly and d1stmctly. L. discerno,-di8, and cerno, om krino, G., I discern.
No'BLE, a., generous, spirited. F. and S. noble ; L. nobilis, om nosco, I know.
E ruLA'TION, n., rivalry, competition. F. emulation, from mulus, L., vying with.
PROB1ITY, n., rectitude, integrity, sincerity. F. probite, om probo,
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the term inertia.