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Chapter XII
THE WELCOME HOME The war was over. Peace rested on the land. All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased. June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory. The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading “All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.”
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading Peace rested on the land.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Peace rested on the land.
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From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
above and across; more than
From this reading THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.
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From this reading Peace rested on the land.
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From this reading Peace rested on the land.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
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From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.
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From this reading THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading THE WELCOME HOME The war was over.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All men, North and South, were thankful that the shedding of human blood had ceased.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading June came, brighter, more beautiful, than any other June of which living men had memory.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
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From this reading The world was filled with sunshine, with flowers, with the songs of birds, with the flashings of waters, with the gladness of nature and humanity.
