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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
all
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
associated
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
beasts
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
came
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
century
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
concerned
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
continent
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
continents
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
development
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From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
difference
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From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
disregard
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
ELEPHANT
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
else
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
end
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
equallynounUS /ˈequally/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
evil
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
fact
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
far
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
forget
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
frankly
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
further
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
geographical
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From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
given
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
goes
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
gone
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
hardly
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
history
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
HORSE
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
human
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
hundred
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
industrial
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
later
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
laymen
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
LION
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
Mahdi
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
MAN
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
mankind
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
mean
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
meant
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From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
mere
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
Mohammedan
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
nineteenth
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
often
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
paleontological
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
paleontology
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From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
prehistory
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
PRIMITIVE
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
progress
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
great speed
From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
regards
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
religious
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
say
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
self-evident
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
seventh
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
social
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
society
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
Soudan
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
speed
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
statement
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
there
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From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
thousand
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
three
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In prehistory and paleontology there is the same geographical difference as regards the rapidity of development in time.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
trite
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
true
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
two
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
unequal
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From this reading PRIMITIVE MAN; AND THE HORSE, THE LION, AND THE ELEPHANT To say that progress goes on and has gone on at unequal speed in different continents, so far as human society is concerned, is so self-evident as to be trite.
visualize
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In history, a given century may on one continent mean what on another continent was meant by a century that came a thousand years before or a thousand years later.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
world
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From this reading The Soudan under the Mahdi at the end of the nineteenth century was in religious, industrial, and social life, in fact in everything except mere time, part of the evil Mohammedan world of the seventh century.
years
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From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet, after all, we hardly visualize even this fact to ourselves; and we laymen, at least, often either disregard or else frankly forget the further fact that this statement is equally true as regards the prehistory of mankind and as regards the paleontological history of the great beasts with which he has been associated on the different continents during the last two or three hundred thousand years.
