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860
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
all
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From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
angels
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From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
anywhere
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
brutes
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From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
call
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From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
can't
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
cannot
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From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
crucial
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
Disfigure
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From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
earned
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
earth's
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
effort
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
find
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
glad
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
graze
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
hard
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
ignorance
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
knowledge
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
laborious
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
lying
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From this reading What need of lying?
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
men
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
more
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
names
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From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What need of lying?
needs
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What need of lying?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
pasturage
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
peace
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
please
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From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
power
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
proof
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
remains
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
rights
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
see
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
side
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
simple
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
state
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From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
subjoin
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From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
There
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Men are not angels, neither are they brutes: Something we may see, all we cannot see.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
too
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
truth
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
try
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
turn
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
way
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From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
we've
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From this reading There needs no crucial effort to find truth If here or there or anywhere about: We ought to turn each side, try hard and see, 860 And if we can't, be glad we've earned at least The right, by one laborious proof the more, To graze in peace earth's pleasant pasturage.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What need of lying?
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading --Not as I state it, who (you please subjoin) Disfigure such a life and call it names.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading While, to your mind, remains another way For simple men: knowledge and power have rights, But ignorance and weakness have rights too.
