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Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy
Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy

Chapter XXVI

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THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!
The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!
Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!
Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!
Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy

Chapter XXVI

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THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!
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The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!
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Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!
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Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!
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Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

Learner Dictionary

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

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

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

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

Nevertheless adverb US /ˌnevərðəˈles/

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!”

Part noun US /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!”

Sudden noun US /sudden/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!”

Terrible noun US /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.”

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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 The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

abuses

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

always

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

amazed

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

any

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

beginnings

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From this reading Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!

birth

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

blame

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

blazon

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

bonfire

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

burning

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!

chiefly

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

cleansed

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

deliberately

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

destruction

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

devastation

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

dissoluteness

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

Divine

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

down

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

dwellers

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

end

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From this reading Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!

faults

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

flame-winged

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

follies

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

foul

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

FREEDOM

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From this reading THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!

Fury

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

God

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

God's

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

harvest

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

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

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

highest

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

how

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

huge

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

human

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

interests

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!

Law

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

like

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

made

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

miserable

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

Monster

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

movement

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

muddle-headed

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

neglect

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/

in spite of what has just been said

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!

old

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

partnounUS /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

people

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

plague

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

predict

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From this reading Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!

Revolution

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From this reading THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!

rubbish

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

say

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

seed

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

SONG

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From this reading THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!

sown

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

springs

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

storm

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

suddennounUS /sudden/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

swiftly

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

swoops

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

terror-stricken

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE SONG OF FREEDOM Revolution!

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

then

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

thick

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From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

trace

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From this reading Who can trace its beginnings--and who can predict its end!

Tragic

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

units

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

Universe-House

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

visitation

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From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

WhopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Who shall say how, or where, the seed is sown that springs so swiftly to such thick harvest!

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The flame-winged Fury that swoops down on a people like a sudden visitation of God, with the movement of a storm, and the devastation of a plague in one!

work

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.

world

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From this reading Tragic and terrible as its work has always seemed to the miserable and muddle-headed human units, whose faults and follies, whose dissoluteness and neglect of the highest interests of the people, are chiefly to blame for the birth of this Monster, it is nevertheless Divine Law, that, when any part of God’s Universe-House is deliberately made foul by the dwellers in it, then must it be cleansed,--and Revolution is the burning of the rubbish,--the huge bonfire in which old abuses blazon their destruction to an amazed and terror-stricken world.