DECEPTION (page 123).
QUESTIONS.
1. How is _deceit_ distinguished from _deception_? from _guile_?
_fraud_? _lying_? _hypocrisy_? 2. Do all of these apply to conduct as well as to speech? 3. Is _deception_ ever innocent? 4. Have _craft_ and _cunning_ always a moral element? 5. How is _dissimulation_ distinguished from _duplicity_?
EXAMPLES.
The ---- of his conduct was patent to all.
It was a matter of self-----.
The judge decided it to be a case of ----.
DEFINITION (page 124).
QUESTIONS.
1. Which is the more exact, a _definition_ or a _description_? 2. What must a _definition_ include, and what must it exclude? 3. What must a _description_ include? 4. In what respect has _interpretation_ a wider meaning than _translation_? 5. How does an _explanation_ compare with an _exposition_?
EXAMPLES.
A prompt ---- of the difficulty prevented a quarrel.
The ---- of scenery was admirable.
The seer gave an ---- of the dream.
Many a controversy may be instantly ended by a clear ---- of terms.
DELIBERATE (page 125).
QUESTIONS.
1. What are the chief distinctions between _deliberate_? _consult_?
_consider_? _meditate_? _reflect_? 2. Do large gatherings of people _consult_, or _meditate_, or _deliberate_? 3. Do we _reflect_ on things past or things to come? 4. How many persons are necessarily implied in _consult_, _confer_, and _debate_ as commonly used? in _deliberate_, _consider_, _ponder_, _reflect_? in _meditate_? 5. What idea of time is implied in _deliberate_?
EXAMPLES.
The matter was carefully ---- in all its bearings.
The legislature ---- for several days.
DELUSION (page 127).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the essential difference between _illusion_ and _delusion_?
How does _hallucination_ differ from both? 2. Which word is used especially of objects of sight?
EXAMPLES.
The ---- of the sick are sometimes pitiful.
In the soft light the ---- was complete.
DEMONSTRATION (page 127).
QUESTIONS.
1. To what kind of reasoning does _demonstration_ in the strict sense apply? 2. What is _evidence_? _proof_? 3. Which is the stronger term? 4.
Which is the more comprehensive?
EXAMPLES.
The ---- of the witness was so complete that no further ---- was required.
A mathematical ---- must be final and conclusive.
DESIGN (page 128).
QUESTIONS.
1. What is the distinctive meaning of _design_? 2. What element is prominent in _intention_? _purpose_? _plan_? 3. Does _purpose_ suggest more power to execute than _design_? 4. How does _intent_ specifically differ from _purpose_? Which term do we use with reference to the Divine Being?