Here is a selection of '-tion' nouns used by Lincoln, culled from his quotes. Fill-in the blanks selecting appropriate words from the Choice Box.
USED WORDS-CHOICE BOX solution
separation
revolution
resolution
reservation
reputation
relation
recognition
proposition
preservation
position
litigation
institution
generation
evolution
elation
definition
constitution
consideration
ambition
* Every man is said to have his peculiar ____.ANSWER.
REM:We may append 'and peculiar ways of realising them.'
* Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of ____.ANSWER.
* Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher ____on.ANSWER.
REM:Really! Why do then Capitalists try to get rid of labor, whimsically, under the guise of dire economic depression. According to Keynesian Income Multiplier, every dollar paid to labor, will return to the Capitalists either as consumption or savings. Either way, the Capitalist benefits.
* Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their ____nal right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.ANSWER.
REM:And elect the same fools in a different guise!
* Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a ____of liberty.ANSWER.
REM:Sheep knows the value of liberty. Wolf knows the value of food.
* Knavery and flattery are blood ____.ANSWER.
* This country, with its ____s, belongs to the people who inhabit it.ANSWER.
REM:Won't the institutions belong to the Capitalists? When we try to enter any private institution, the security guard will push us out.
* Discourage ____.ANSWER.
* Never stir up ____.ANSWER.
* Allow the president to invade a neighboring ____. Never he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.ANSWER.
* Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new ____ conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.ANSWER.
* Our defense is in the ____n of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.ANSWER.
* The philosophy of the school room in one ____ be the philosophy of government in the next.ANSWER.
REM:What will be the philosophy of different Governments of different countries in 2040? Is there, a true relationship between what is taught in schools and the philosophies of a Government? There will exist, probably such relationship- if civics, ethics, laws and logic are given due recognition in schools, Colleges and Universities. But, the Capitalists have no use with them.
* Character is like a tree and ____like a shadow.ANSWER.
REM: We may have to rewrite. Power and wealth are the trees. Awesome watching at the sky-scrapers provide the shadows.
* Always bear in mind that your own ____to succeed is more important than any other.ANSWER.
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