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Chapter XXI
LIKE A STUCK PIG. Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black. There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did. There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort. He was no ordinary negro.
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for the reason that
From this reading “Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading LIKE A STUCK PIG.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
for the reason that
From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
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From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
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From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
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From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
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From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading LIKE A STUCK PIG.
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From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
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From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading He was no ordinary negro.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
not any; not one
From this reading He was no ordinary negro.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
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From this reading He was no ordinary negro.
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From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
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From this reading LIKE A STUCK PIG.
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From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
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From this reading LIKE A STUCK PIG.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There are others as dark as Erebus who would have done nothing of the sort.
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From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
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From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
which person or people
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
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From this reading Hannibal was neither better nor worse, morally, because his color was black.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There are men with white complexions who would have done exactly as he did.
