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Transparent bodies transmit light freely, form and color being easily distinguishable. Translucent bodies obstruct nearly all the light, but form and color cannot be distinguished. Examples, common and ground glasses.

One is actuated by motives as the result of deliberative thought; impelled or driven by vehement and impetuous feeling; induced or led to act through inclination or persuasion.

"A man is not educated until he has the power to summon, in an emergency, his mental powers in vigorous exercise to effect its purpose."-Webster.

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"The prosperity of a country depends not upon the abundance of its revenues, nor upon the strength of its fortifications, nor upon the beauty of its public buildings, but upon the number of its cultivated citizens, its men and women of education, enlightenment, and character. Here are found the true interest, the chief strength, and the real power of a nation.” -Luther. "Education is a companion that no misfortune can depress, no clime destroy, no enemy alienate, no despotism enslave; at home a friend, abroad an introduction, in solitude a solace, and in society an ornament." - Phillips.

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Ap'tus (att, ept) = fit. Fa'ri [fa'tus] = to speak. Qui es'ce re [qui e'tus] = to rest, to repose.

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