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widely extended people. His services in the eld had won the con dence of his llow-citizens; th committed to his vigilance and integrity their high­ est interests in their legislative assembly. In this school he per cted himself in the knowledge of man­ kind; he observed the contentions of parties, the arti ces and con icts of human passions; he saw the necessity of curbing them by salutary restraints, he studied the complicated science of legislation, he learned to venerate the sanctity of laws, to esteem them as the palladium of civil society, and deeply imbibed this maxim, so important r the soldier and the statesman, and which he ever after made the rule of his conduct, that the armed defenders of their country would broak up the undations of social or­ der and happiness, if they availed themselves· of the turbulence of war, to violate the rights of private property and personal liberty.
LESSON XIII.
EXTRACTS FROM ARCHBISHOP CARROLL'S EULOGIUM ON
GENERAL WASHINGTON (CONCLUDED).
RECAPIT1ULATE, v., to repeat again the sum of a rmer discourse. F. recapituler. I. rac pitolare. L. re and capitulum.
lNCOMPAT1IBLE, a., inconsistent; that cannot subsist with something else. F., om L. in and co peto.
Ca1T1ICAL, a., important as regards the consequences. L. criticus. CoNvuL's1vE, a., that produces convulsion. From L. convul.io. Exno's10N, n., a bursting with noise. From L. explodo; ex and
plau , to utter a burst of sound.
PREs'AGE, n., something which reshows a future event. F., om
L. prmsagiurn.
RETALIA1TION, n., the return of like r like. From Low L: retalio ;
re and talio, from tcdis, like.
CoNCIL1IATJNG, a., winning; having the quality of gain g vour.
From L. concilio.
AB1DICATE, v., to relinqui h; to renounce; to abandon. L. abdico. !NsIG1NIA, n., badges or distinguishing marks of o ce or honour.