so many pleasant things, and said them in so delightful a way, that no one ever grew tired of listening to him. One summer he built himself a house, but it was so small that his neighbors wondered how he could be content with it. "What is the reason," said they, "that you, who are so great a man, should build such a little box as this for your dwelling house?" "Indeed, there may be little reason," said he; "but, small as the place is, I shall think myself happy if I can fill even it with true friends."

45. If any man think it a small matter, or of mean concernment, to bridle his tongue, he is much mistaken; for it is a point to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

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- Plutarch.

I like the lad who, when his father thought
To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase
Of vagrant worm by early songster caught,
Cried, “Served him right! it's not at all surprising;

The worm was punished, sir, for early rising.” — Saxe.

47. A man may see and hear, and read and learn, whatever he pleases, and as much as he pleases; he will never know anything of it except that which he has thought over, that which by thinking he has made the property of his mind. Pestalozzi.

48. Though the ancient feudal systems were not, strictly speaking, confederacies, yet they partook of the nature of that species of association. There was a common head, chieftain, or sovereign, whose authority extended over the whole nation; and a number of subordinate vassals or feudatories, who had large portions of land allotted to them, and numerous trains of inferior vassals or retainers, who occupied and cultivated that land upon the tenure of fealty

or obedience to the persons of whom they held it. Each principal vassal was a kind of sovereign within his particular demesnes. The consequences of this situation were a continual opposition to the authority of the sovereign, and frequent wars between the great barons or chief feudatories themselves. The power of the head of the nation was commonly too weak either to preserve the public peace, or to protect the people against the oppressions of their immediate lords. This period of European affairs is emphatically styled by historians the times of feudal anarchy.

When the sovereign happened to be a man of vigorous and warlike temper and of superior abilities, he would acquire a personal weight and influence which answered for the time the purposes of a more regular authority. But in general the power of the barons triumphed over that of the prince, and in many instances his dominion was entirely thrown off, and the great fiefs were erected into independent principalities or States. Alexander Hamilton.

49. If there be good in that I wrought,

Thy hand compelled it, Master, Thine;
Where I have failed to meet Thy thought,

I know, through Thee, the blame is mine. — Kipling.

50. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding. brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind;

charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.—

1 Cor. 13.

DIALOGUES AND SHORT STORIES

1035. A dialogue may be written in either one of two forms:

I. It may consist wholly of conversation, like a play or drama.

2. It may be written as part of an article, and combined with narrative and description, like a magazine story. A composition of this kind which contains a complete narrative that ends effectively, is usually called a short story.

1036. As a school exercise, dialogues may be written in two ways:

1. Each character may be assigned to a different pupil. When this is done, the pupils representing the different characters will meet, and each one will write his part of the dialogue.

2. The dialogue may be written by a single pupil, with explanations, remarks, etc., such as are found in magazine stories and novels.

1037. The following suggestions will be of service : 1. Make your characters "true to nature."

Browning has been criticised for making his characters, even his children, talk like himself.

2. Study a drama of Shakspere's, other good plays, etc. 3. Read two or three magazine stories carefully, noticing the form of composition, etc.

EXERCISE

1038. The following subjects for dialogues or short stories are suggested:

1. Going to Boarding School.

Characters: Mrs. Jones, who is inclined to send her daughter away to school; Mary, her daughter, who is anxious to go; Aunt Esther, a maiden lady, opposed to schools.

2. The Next Election.

Characters: J. L. L., a Republican; W. U. H., a Democrat ; E. K. M., an Independent.

3. Country Life vs. City Life. 4. Theater Going. 5. Traveling vs. Reading. 6. The Best Magazine. 7. Dialogue between a Dog and a Cat. between a Boy and his Grandfather. 10. My Schoolbooks' Quarrel.

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8. Conversation 9. The Owl and the

BUSINESS PAPERS1

1039. The following business papers are among those in common use: receipts, invoices, accounts, promissory notes, duebills, drafts, checks, and orders.

Simple forms of these business papers will be given.

1040.

Receipts

Philadelphia, October 21, 1876.

100

Received of W. S. Landor, Ten 25 Dollars, in full of all accounts to date.

$1025.

100

Harriet Martineau.

A receipt should always be given for money paid or deposited, and generally on the delivery of merchandise or other articles of value. Losses and lawsuits may thus frequently be prevented.

The foregoing form is used when an account is paid in full. For the words "in full of accounts," use "on account," if payment is made on an unsettled account; "in full of all demands," if all claims are paid, etc.

A convenient size for a receipt, promissory note, draft, check, etc., is three by seven or eight inches.

The payment of part of a promissory note (1043) should be receipted on the back or the face of the note.

Invoices and accounts may be receipted as shown in 1042.

EXERCISE

1. Copy the foregoing receipt.

2. Write a receipt, showing that Samuel J. Tilden has paid you $125 on account.

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3. If you pay your account in full at William Cake's bakery ($63.75%), what form of receipt should he give you?

1 For a full treatment of the subject of Business Papers, see the author's Practical Bookkeeping."