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A sight dip into philosophy, a study of the formation of moods, the parts known, the whole can be used with much greater dexterity and struggle

        But to this argument I hear the response that a study of the sciences gives something useful and practical.

They teach things used in everyday life, that ancient language are too _______.

        In reply I ask, do not all philosophers go back to the Greeks and Romans for their foundational truths? Down

to this very hour the great minds of Greece and Rome are living powers in the world. Plato's genius is a force with by well-nigh every explorer in oral philosophy. There are few speculations now _____ on philosophy in which he or his thoughts do not appear. Then look at Aristotle, one of the most living names known to the thinking world. Think of his wonderful gauge of observation, the multitude of subjects on which he has thrown out invaluable suggestions: his profound insight into metaphysics and poetry, the marvelous accuracy with which he has explained the elements and and the principles of political life in which mankind must live. Where can a boy be interested in so many things, catch so many vistas, acquire so valuable and so fruitful a familiarity with so many provinces of manly thoughts?

     A mind of this order awakens in those who come under its influence, many more ideas than one of lower degree

expresses _____ with a greater truth, flashes _____ in__ ____ ____ spirit of the recipient, kindles a more fervent int______ and calls forth a more ardent imitation.