When George's father or mother called George, and said, "Come here,
George," the little child saw that George _went to_ his father, or his
mother.
6. Now, nobody told the little child what George, or his father, or his
mother, meant by the word _come_; but he always saw, that when any one
said to another, "_Come_," that the one who was spoken to always _moved
towards_ the person who called him, and in this way the little child
found out what his father or his mother meant by the word _come_.
7. It was in this way, my young friend who are reading this lesson, that
you, yourself, learned the meaning of most of the words that you know.
8. When you were a little child, like the infant of whom I have been
speaking, you knew no more about words, or about speaking, than he did.
9. But, by hearing others speak and use words, you learned to use them
yourself; and there is no word ever used, either in books or anywhere
else, that you cannot find out its meaning, provided that you hear it
used frequently, and by different persons.
10. I will now give you an example, to show you what I mean.
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