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Chapter V
7. Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8. Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. 9. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.”
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading 7.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading 9.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
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From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
above and across; more than
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Foot-prints, that, perhaps, another, Sailing over life’s solemn[131] main,[132] A forlorn[133] and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
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From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime;[129] And, departing, leave behind us Foot-prints[130] on the sands of time;— 8.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving,[134] still pursuing,[135] Learn to labor, and to wait.
