Chapter I

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From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

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From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

anew

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plural of “age” — how long something has existed

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

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at the same time that; because; in the way that

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in or near a particular place or position

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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

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the past participle of “be”

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in the space, time, or range separating two things

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showing who or what does the action

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a university in England

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the brightest star in Auriga

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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

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the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

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plural of “copy” — a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

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the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

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discovered or determined by scientific observation

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the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

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an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

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time without end

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

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being two more than fifty

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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the ordinal number of forty-one in counting order

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the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

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showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

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any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

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

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someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

the state of being honored

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a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

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characteristic of humanity

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

ten 10s

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

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the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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undertake a journey or trip

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the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky

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immediately past

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a characteristic state or mode of living

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of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions

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the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

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a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color

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of lesser importance or stature or rank

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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

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the act of making and recording a measurement

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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touching and supported by a surface

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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

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the branch of physics that studies the physical properties of light

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being a member of or formed into a labor union

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preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

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have ownership or possession of

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the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce

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United States feminist (1885-1977)

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(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

plural of “planet” — (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light

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plural of “portion” — something determined in relation to something that includes it

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exert pressure or force to or upon

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affecting or influenced by the human mind

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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

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a column of light (as from a beacon)

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conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

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past form of “retrace” — to go back over again

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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

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plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

the state of lacking unity

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

situated in a particular spot or position

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relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun

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disposed of to a purchaser

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a male human offspring

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the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

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the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

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the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

in a special manner

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a particular environment or walk of life

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

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instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

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From this reading SECOND CONVERSATION REFLUUM TEMPORIS 64-105 Journey on a ray of light--Events retraced--Re-ascending the Ages--Psychical optics--Light and sound--Man organised from the planet--The soul and destiny.

of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

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

From this reading _The One Hundred and Forty-first of the Minor Planets, situated between Mars and Jupiter, which was discovered at the Paris Observatory by M. Paul Henry, on the 13th of January 1875, received the name of LUMEN in honour of the Author of this Work._ BY A. A. M. AND R. M.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading _The One Hundred and Forty-first of the Minor Planets, situated between Mars and Jupiter, which was discovered at the Paris Observatory by M. Paul Henry, on the 13th of January 1875, received the name of LUMEN in honour of the Author of this Work._ BY A. A. M. AND R. M.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

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an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading THIRD CONVERSATION HOMO HOMUNCULUS 106-128 The sphere of human observation--Time and space--Events in space--Time, space, and eternity.

a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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the body of faculty and students at a university

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distance travelled per unit time

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

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

From this reading _The One Hundred and Forty-first of the Minor Planets, situated between Mars and Jupiter, which was discovered at the Paris Observatory by M. Paul Henry, on the 13th of January 1875, received the name of LUMEN in honour of the Author of this Work._ BY A. A. M. AND R. M.

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

From this reading _The One Hundred and Forty-first of the Minor Planets, situated between Mars and Jupiter, which was discovered at the Paris Observatory by M. Paul Henry, on the 13th of January 1875, received the name of LUMEN in honour of the Author of this Work._ BY A. A. M. AND R. M.

author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

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in the company of; together with

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exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading _The One Hundred and Forty-first of the Minor Planets, situated between Mars and Jupiter, which was discovered at the Paris Observatory by M. Paul Henry, on the 13th of January 1875, received the name of LUMEN in honour of the Author of this Work._ BY A. A. M. AND R. M.

plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Death--The soul--The hour of death--Separation of the soul--Sight of the soul in Heaven--The Solar System in the heavens--The Earth as seen from the heavens--The star Capella--Velocity of light--The terrestrial planet seen from afar--The worlds seen from afar--Lumen--Lumen sees again his own life.

set down in writing in any of various ways

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