LECTURE VIII.

LECTURE VIII.

ON VERBS.

Unpleasant to expose error.--Verbs defined.--Every thing acts.--Actor and object.--Laws.--Man.--Animals.--Vegetables.--Minerals.--Neutrality degrading.--Nobody can explain a neuter verb.--_One_ kind of verbs.--_You_ must decide.--Importance of teaching children the truth.--Active verbs.--Transitive verbs false.--Samples.--Neuter verbs examined.--Sit.--Sleep.--Stand.--Lie.--Opinion of Mrs. W.--Anecdote.

LECTURE IX.

ON VERBS.

Neuter and intransitive.--Agents.--Objects.--No actions as such can be known distinct from the agent.--Imaginary actions.--Actions known by their effects.--Examples.--Signs should guide to things signified.-- Principles of action.--=Power=.--Animals.--Vegetables.--Minerals.--All things act.--Magnetic needle.--=Cause=.--Explained.--First Cause.--=Means=.--Illustrated.--Sir I. Newton's example.--These principles must be known.--=Relative= action.--Anecdote of Gallileo.

LECTURE X.

ON VERBS.

A philosophical axiom.--Manner of expressing action.--Things taken for granted.--Simple facts must be known.--Must never deviate from the truth.--Every _cause_ will have an _effect_.--An example of an intransitive verb.--Objects expressed or implied.--All language eliptical.--Intransitive verbs examined.--I run.--I walk.--To step.-- Birds fly.--It rains.--The fire burns.--The sun shines.--To smile.--Eat and drink.--Miscellaneous examples.--Evils of false teaching.--A change is demanded.--These principles apply universally.--Their importance.