The adjectives and participles used as adjectives in the following
sentences are printed in _italics_. Determine which adjectives are
capable of comparison, and whether they are compared by adding _er_ or
_est_, or by the use of _more_ and _most_.
In _a_ community _regulated_ by laws of demand and supply, but
_protected_ from _open_ violence, _the_ persons who become _rich_ are,
generally _speaking_, _industrious_, _resolute_, _proud_, _covetous_,
_prompt_, _methodical_, _sensible_, _unimaginative_, _insensitive_ and
_ignorant_. _The_ persons who remain _poor_ are _the_ entirely
_foolish_, _the_ entirely _wise_, _the idle_, _the reckless_, _the
humble_, _the thoughtful_, _the dull_, _the imaginative_, _the
sensitive_, _the well-informed_, _the improvident_, _the_ irregularly
and impulsively _wicked_, _the clumsy_ knave, _the open_ thief, and
_the_ entirely _merciful_, _just_ and _godly_ persons.--_Ruskin_.