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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
abstracting
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
added
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
adult
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
animal
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
appeal
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
appear
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
ascribing
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
aspects
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
authentic
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
awaken
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
awareness
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
belly-ripping
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
blinding
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
branch
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From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
business
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
by-products
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
capacity
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
carrying
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
certain
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
chief
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
child
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
coarse
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
comparable
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
consciousness
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
crueladjectiveUS /ˈkruːəl/
causing pain or showing no kindness
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
degrees
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
discrimination
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
earlier
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
earthquakes
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
environment
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
escape
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
exist
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
fact
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From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
fall
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
few
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
Folk-tales
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
foot
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
form
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
frequently
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
Giant
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
Gloucester
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
hurricanes
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
imaginative
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
inanimate
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
incidents
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
Indian
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
Indians
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
intimacy
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From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
invented
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
items
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
Jack
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
joke
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
Killer
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
King
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
Lear
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
life
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
luckiness
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
malevolence
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
man's
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From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
misapprehension
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
mood
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
moral
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
much
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
myth
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
myth-making
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
myths
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
nature
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
normal
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From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
object
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
obsession
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
often
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
only
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
opals
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
persistence
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
personality
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
pervading
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
preoccupation
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
preparing
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
present
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
presented
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
proper
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
provide
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
rabbit's
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
realization
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
residing
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
root
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From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
say
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
school
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
sense
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
slowly
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
some
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
story
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
strongest
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
sustained
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
things
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
too
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From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
use
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
victims
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From this reading So slowly does the mind awaken to the realization of consciousness and personality as by-products of animal life only, that few escape carrying over into adult life some obsession of its persistence in inanimate things, say of malevolence in opals or luckiness in a rabbit's foot, or the capacity of moral discrimination against their victims residing in hurricanes and earthquakes.
volume
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
western
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From this reading In preparing this volume of western myths for school use the object has been not so much to provide authentic Indian Folk-tales, as to present certain aspects of nature as they appear in the myth-making mood, that is to say, in the form of strongest appeal to the child mind.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Indian myths as they exist among Indians are too frequently sustained by coarse and cruel incidents comparable to the belly-ripping joke in _Jack the Giant Killer_, or the blinding of Gloucester in _King Lear_, and when presented in story form, too often fall under the misapprehension of the myth as something invented and added to the imaginative life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is, in fact, the root and branch of man's normal intimacy with nature.
years
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From this reading The chief preoccupation of the child in his earlier years is the business of abstracting the items of his environment from this pervading sense, and ascribing to them their proper degrees of awareness.
