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The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future
The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future

Chapter IX

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Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.
“Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.
“Light--and the twin portion of Light,--Fire.
The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.
Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.
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The Young Diana: An Experiment of the Future

Chapter IX

Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.
Line 2
“Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.
Line 3
“Light--and the twin portion of Light,--Fire.
Line 4
The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.
Line 5
Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

Learner Dictionary

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

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.”

Repeated noun US /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.”

All words in this reading · 54

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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 Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading “Light--and the twin portion of Light,--Fire.

any

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

attention

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

bewilderment

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

blindness

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

Chaos

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

comprehension

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

confusion

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

Darkness

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

death

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

Diana

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

divine

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

emphatic

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

fascinated

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

felt

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

Fire

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From this reading “Light--and the twin portion of Light,--Fire.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

glory

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

gropes

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

instinctively

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading “Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.

LifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.

Light

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From this reading “Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.

listened

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

nearer

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

other

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

portion

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From this reading “Light--and the twin portion of Light,--Fire.

quiet

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

religious

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

repeatednounUS /repeated/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.

Rosicrucians

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

sect

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

slowly

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From this reading “Light is Life,” he repeated, slowly.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

there

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

things

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

tones

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

twin

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From this reading “Light--and the twin portion of Light,--Fire.

unseen

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From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

voice

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From this reading Diana listened to the quiet, emphatic tones of his voice in fascinated attention.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

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

From this reading Darkness is Chaos,--not death, for there is _no_ death--but confusion, bewilderment and blindness which gropes for a glory instinctively felt but unseen.

world

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From this reading The Rosicrucians have come nearer than any other religious sect in the world to the comprehension of things divine.