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Economy is no disgrace: it is better to live on a little, than to outlive a great deal.

Almost all difficulties are to be overcome by industry and perseverance.

A small injury done to another is a great injury done to yourself.

He that sows thistles will not reap wheat.

The weapon of the wise is reason; the weapon of fools is steel.

Never defer that till to-morrow, which can be as well performed to-day.

In your intercourse with the world, a spoonful of oil goes further than a quart of vinegar.

Fools go to law, and knaves prefer the arbitration of lawyers.

You must convince men before you can reform them. A man's fortunes may always be retrieved, if he has retained habits of sobriety and industry.

No man is ruined who has preserved an unblemished character.

Habits of tenderness towards the meanest animals, beget habits of charity and benevolence towards our fellow-creatures.

ADVICE TO YOUNG PERSONS INTENDED FOR TRADE,
By Dr. Benjamin Franklin.

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REMEMBER that time is money-He that ten shillings a day at his labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only expence; he has spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides.

Remember that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie in my hands after it is due, because he has a good opinion of my credit, he gives me the interest, or, so much as I can make of the money during that time. This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has large credit, and makes. good use of it.

Remember that money is of a proific or multiplying nature-Money can produce money, and its offspring can produce more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six,

turned again it is seven and threepence: and so on, till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that throws away a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.

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Remember that six pounds a year is but a great a day → For this little sum (which may be daily wasted, either in time or expence, unperceived) a man of credit may, on his own security, have the constant possession and use of a hundred pounds. So much in stock, briskly turned by an industrious man, produces great advantage.

Remember this saying, "The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse." He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare, This is sometimes of great use. Next to industry and frus gality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a man in the world, than punctuality and justice in all his dealings: therefore never keep borrowed money an hour beyond the time promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever.

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of the hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-. table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day, and demands. it before it is convenient for you to pay him.

Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly.This is a mistake that many people who have credit fall into. To prevent this, keep an exact account, for some time, both of your expences and your income. If you take the pains at fist to enumerate particulars, it will have this good effect: you will discover how wonderfully small trifling expences mount up to large sums; and will discern what might have been, and may for the future be saved, without occasioning any great inconvenience.

wealth, if you desire it, is as plain It depends chiefly on two things, that is, waste neither time nor

In short, the way to as the way to market. industry and frugality, moncy, but make the best use of both.

Proper Names which occur in the Old and New Testaments, with the Syllables divided and accented.

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A-grip' pa
A-has-u-e'rus
A-him'e-lech

Bar-ti-me' us

Did' y-mus

Bar-zilla-i

Di-o-nys' i-us

Bash'e-math

A-hit' o-phel

Be-el'ze-bub

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[El' ka-nah

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El na-than

Ar-tax-erx'es

C'en'cre-a

El' y-mas

Ce-sa' re-a

Be-er' she-ba

Beth-es' da

Beth' le-hem

Dru-sil' la

E-bed' me-lech
Eb-en-e' zer
Ek' rons
El-beth' el
E-le-a'zer

E-li'a-kim
E-li-e' zer
E-li hu
E-lim'e-lech
El'i-phaz
E-liza-beth

Ash'ta-roth

As' ke-lon

As-syr' i-a
Ath-a-li'ah

Cher' u-bim

Cho-ra zin
Cle' o-phas

Em ma-us

Ep'a-phras
E-paph-ro-di'tus
E-phe' si-ans

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PROPER NAMES which occur in ANCIENT and MODERN GEO GRAPHY, with the Syllable marked which is to be accented.

Ab' er-deen Appen-nines

Ab-er-isth' with Arch-an' gel

Bok'ha-ra
Bo-na-vis' ta

Ac-a-pul' co

Au-ren-ga' bad

Bos' pho-rus

Ac-ar-na' ni-a

Ba-bel-man' del

Bo-rys' the-nes.

Ach-æ-meni-a Baby-lon

Bra-gan'za

Ach-e-ron' ti-a Bag-nagar

Bran'den-burg

Ad-ri-a-no' ple Bar-ba' does

Al-es-san' dri-a Bar-ce-lo' na

Bu-thra' tes.

Bus-so' ra

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By-zan' ti-um.

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Caf-fraʼri-a

Be-ne-ven'
Be-ne-ven' to

to

Cag-li-a' ri

Bes-sa-ra'bi-a

Cal-a-ma' ta

An-ti-pa' ros

Bis. na'

gar

Cal-cut' ta

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