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always
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
apt
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
becomes
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From this reading The savant becomes unpoetic.
bereave
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
cloud
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
contemplation
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
deepest
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
dim
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
Empirical
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
eternal
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
faint
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
faintly
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
frame
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
functions
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
highest
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
inquiries
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
knowledge
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
laws
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
manly
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
often
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
possible
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
processes
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
PROSPECTS
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From this reading PROSPECTS.
reason
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
refined
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
respecting
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
savant
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From this reading The savant becomes unpoetic.
science
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
seated
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
seems
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
sight
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
student
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
things
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
truest
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.
unpoetic
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From this reading The savant becomes unpoetic.
verities
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From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
very
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That which seems faintly possible--it is so refined, is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities.
whole
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From this reading Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight, and, by the very knowledge of functions and processes, to bereave the student of the manly contemplation of the whole.
world
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From this reading IN inquiries respecting the laws of the world and the frame of things, the highest reason is always the truest.