82 A METHOD OF MEASURING THE DEVELOPMENT 



Required answer : Royalty is hereditary, the tenure of office c ^ 



is for Hfe, and its powers are very great; the president is elected, ,^ ■^' 

 his tenure of office is limited, and his powers are less extensive.' U- 



60. "Listen attentively to what I am about to read. After 

 finishing, I shall ask you to repeat the sense of the selection: 

 Many opinions have been given on the value of life. Some call 

 it good, others call it had. It zvould be more just to say that it 

 is mediocre, for on the one hand our happiness is never so great 

 as we would have it, and on the other hand our misfortunes 

 are never so great as others would have them. It is this medi- 

 ocrity of life which makes it just, or rather, zvhich prevents it 

 from being radically tmjust. 



It is required that the thought of this selection be under- 

 stood. 



