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Nature

Chapter VI

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DISCIPLINE.
IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.
This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.
Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.
They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Nature

Chapter VI

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
DISCIPLINE.
Line 2
IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.
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This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.
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Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.
Line 5
They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.”

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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 view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

animals

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

arrive

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

climate

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

day

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

DISCIPLINE

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From this reading DISCIPLINE.

educate

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From this reading They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

fact

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

food

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

forces

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

give

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

INprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

includes

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From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

labor

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

lessons

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

locomotion

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

meaning

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

mechanical

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

nature

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

new

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

once

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

parts

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From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

preceding

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From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

Reason

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From this reading They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

significance

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

sincerest

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

society

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

Space

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

Understanding

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From this reading They educate both the Understanding and the Reason.

unlimited

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From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

use

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From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

uses

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From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.

view

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From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading IN view of the significance of nature, we arrive at once at a new fact, that nature is a discipline.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Space, time, society, labor, climate, food, locomotion, the animals, the mechanical forces, give us sincerest lessons, day by day, whose meaning is unlimited.

world

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From this reading This use of the world includes the preceding uses, as parts of itself.