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Show Dictionary User Modest. "Men aro never so modest as when they go to use a dictionary," remarked an attendant at the public library. "As a rule when you see a man go to a public dictionary or ono In any place where other people aro around, yo'u'll see him look around furtively as It In fear somebody might see him. Men who make no pretensions at having any great amount of knowledge nevertheless neverthe-less seem to be embarrassed to have any one think that they do not know tho pronunciation or meaning of some English word. The next time you seo a man looking up a word In the dictionary, dic-tionary, Just ask him what It fs ho is looking up, and see It he will tell you. You'll find In nt least nine cases out of ten that he won't tell. He's afraid you'll know It and have tho fun of enlightening him." Cleveland Plain Dealer. |