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Chapter X
MODERN MAGIC. Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving. The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly. But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them. Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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for the reason that
From this reading “But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.”
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From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
for the reason that
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
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From this reading MODERN MAGIC.
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From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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From this reading MODERN MAGIC.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
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From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading The magicians of old knew that truth and conducted themselves accordingly.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison.
which person or people
From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading Human nature enjoys nothing better than to wonder--to be mystified; and it thanks and remembers those who have the skill to gratify this craving.
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From this reading But our modern wonder-workers fail of their due influence, because, not content to perform their marvels, they go on to explain them.
