Let this be admitted. Deficiencies of language are often,
perhaps almost invariably, linked with deficiencies of knowledge.
To repair the one we must at the same time repair the other. This may seem
a hard saying to those who seek, or would impart, mere glibness of phrase
without regard for the substance--who worship "words, words, words"
without thought of "the matter." There is such a thing as froth of
utterance, but who has respect therefor or is deceived thereby? Speech
that is not informed is like a house without a foundation. You should not
desire to possess it. Abroad in this world of ours already are too many
people who darken counsel by words without knowledge.
EXERCISE M
A second lieutenant is the commissioned officer of lowest grade in the
United States army. Name all the grades from second lieutenant to the
grade that is highest.
An admiral is the officer of highest grade in the United States navy. Name
all the grades down to that which is lowest.
Name as many as possible of the different ranks of the clergy in the Roman
Catholic Church, in the Church of England.
Give ascendingly the five titles in the British nobility.
Name the different kinds of vehicles.
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