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Chapter XVI
"A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE." "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather. "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!" Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life. But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “"YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
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From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
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From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
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From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
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From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
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From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
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From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
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From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
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From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
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From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
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From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
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From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
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From this reading But their influence for good or evil comes to receptive characters.
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From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
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From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
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From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
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From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
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From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "How sorry I am that I had to sell my pamphlets!"
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From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
which person or people
From this reading "A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "YOU must read good books," said Benjamin Franklin's godfather.
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From this reading Books have stamped their character on young men at the susceptible age and the turning points of life.
