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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 Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
CASCADES
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From this reading THE CHIEF OF THE CASCADES.
Charles
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
CHIEF
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From this reading THE CHIEF OF THE CASCADES.
classic
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
college
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
conditioned
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
development
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
dreams
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
Edward
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
endowments
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
especial
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
Everett
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
family
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
gifts
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
graduate
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
graduation
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
Greek
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
Harvard
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
Henry
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
heroic
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
how
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
known
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
led
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
made
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
Mann
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
many
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
Marlowe
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
matter
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
mental
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
mission
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
models
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
noble
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CHIEF OF THE CASCADES.
oratory
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
Pericles
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
period
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From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
Phillips
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
qualities
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
scholarly
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
some
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
soul
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From this reading He had many scholarly gifts, and as many noble qualities of soul as mental endowments.
student
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
Sumner
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHIEF OF THE CASCADES.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
training
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
turned
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
used
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
usually
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
Ware
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Marlowe Mann was a graduate of Harvard in the classic period of the college.
well
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From this reading But the young student of this heroic training, no matter how well conditioned his family, usually turned from his graduation to some especial mission in life.
Wendell
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
young
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From this reading He was used to the oratory of Henry Ware and young Edward Everett, and had known Charles Sumner and Wendell Phillips at college, when the Greek mind and models led the young student in his fine development, and made him a Pericles in his dreams.
