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Boys, prepare to recite your lessons. Young ladies, let me hear you
repeat what you have learned. Study, diligently, whatever task may be
allotted to you. To correct the spirit of discontent, let us consider
how little we deserve. To die for one's country, is glorious. How can we
become wise? To seek God is wisdom. What is true greatness? Active
benevolence. A good man is a great man.
NOTE 1. _Man_, following _great_, and _what_, in the last two
examples, are nom. after _is_: RULE 21. _To seek God_, and _to die
for one's country_, are members of sentences, each put as the nom.
case to _is_ respectively: RULE 24. The verb _to correct_ is the
infinitive mood absolute: NOTE under RULE 23. _May be allotted_ is a
passive verb, agreeing with _which_, the relative part of _whatever.
That_, the first part of whatever, is an adj. pronoun, agreeing with
_task_; and _task_ is governed by _study._ _Hear_, following _let_,
and _repeat_, following _hear_, are in the infinitive mood without
the sign _to_, according to RULE 25. _To recite_ is governed by
_prepare_: RULE 23.
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