Crusoe had many schemes; but it took
a great deal of work to carry them out; and the sum of all was steady
work for twenty-five years. In the end we conclude that whatever he got
was dearly bought. We come to know what a thing is worth only by
measuring its value in the work which it takes to get that thing or to
make it, as Crusoe did his chairs, tables, earthenware, etc.)
Questions and Notes. What is peculiar in these words: _cabin, pistols,
razors, money, value, measuring, bought, barley, capful, roll, successors,
desert, certainly?_ What sound has _ou_ in _journeys?_ Is this sound for
_ou_ common? What rule applies to the plural of _journey?_ How else may
we pronounce _lead?_ What part of speech is it there? What is the past
participle of _lead?_ Is that pronounced like _lead,_ the metal?
How else may _tear_ be pronounced? What does that other word mean?
Find a word in the above paragraphs pronounced like _flower_.
What other word pronounced like _buy? profit? sum? dear? know? ware?_
What sound has _s_ in _sugar_? Make a list of the different ways in which
long _e_ is represented. What is peculiar about _goes_? Make a list of
the different ways in which long _a_ is represented in the above
paragraphs.
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