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1837
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From this reading 1837-1861.
1842
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
1861
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From this reading 1837-1861.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
agitation
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
American
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
antislavery
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
Channing
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
civil
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
coherence
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
CONCORD
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From this reading THE CONCORD WRITERS.
Emerson
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
England
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
enough
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
enthusiasms
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
genius
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
given
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
group
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
history
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
humanitarian
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
intellectual
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
later
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
literature
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
merit
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
movement
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
movements
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
New
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
phase
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
ran
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
religion
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
revolt
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
school
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
second
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
series
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
social
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
spent
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
stage
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
tendency
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONCORD WRITERS.
There
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From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
times
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
transcendentalism
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
Unitarianism
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
war
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From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was the great humanitarian movement, or series of movements, in New England, which, beginning in the Unitarianism of Channing, ran through its later phase in transcendentalism, and spent its last strength in the antislavery agitation and the enthusiasms of the civil war.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There has been but one movement in the history of the American mind which has given to literature a group of writers having coherence enough to merit the name of a school.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
WRITERS
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From this reading THE CONCORD WRITERS.
wrote
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From this reading The second stage of this intellectual and social revolt was transcendentalism, of which Emerson wrote, in 1842: "The history of genius and of religion in these times will be the history of this tendency."
