Chapter 1 of Letters and social aims is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Letters and social aims is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOCIAL AIMS. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO. 1876. UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
Chapter 1 of Letters and social aims is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “aim” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading “SOCIAL AIMS.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.”
a university in England
From this reading “UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.”
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
From this reading “RALPH WALDO EMERSON.”
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading “UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.”
relating to human society and its members
From this reading “SOCIAL AIMS.”
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading “UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.”
cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
From this reading “UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.”
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From this reading 1876.
plural of “aim” — an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading SOCIAL AIMS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
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From this reading UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
a university in England
From this reading UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
From this reading RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
relating to human society and its members
From this reading SOCIAL AIMS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
the body of faculty and students at a university
From this reading UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
From this reading UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE.
Chapter 1 of Letters and social aims by Ralph Waldo Emerson holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 435 sentences of Letters and social aims, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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