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1830
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
31
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
abuse
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
adversary
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
akin
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
all
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
allowances
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
apt
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
arraigned
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
aspects
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
Atlas
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
attending
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
bad
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
bigot
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
bitterness
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
black
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
blows
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
charge
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
charity
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
circumstance
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
concessions
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
consequences
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
CONTROVERSY
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
dealers
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
declaimers
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
difference
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
disputes
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
doubt
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
endless
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
envy
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
evils
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
exaggerated
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
excuse
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
fault
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
few
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
find
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
finds
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
founded
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
frailty
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
good
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
human
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
idle
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
ill
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
imagine
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
influenced
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
January
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
learning
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
led
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
life
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
makes
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
malice
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
many
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
men
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
men's
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
much
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
nearer
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
occupied
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
often
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
others
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
own
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
partisan
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
philosopher
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
practice
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
productive
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
qualifying
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
regard
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
right
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
said
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
sees
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
shades
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
side
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
single
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
some
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
source
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
SPIRIT
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
still
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
there
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
thing
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
things
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
thoughts
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
time
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
too
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
tormented
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From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
Truth
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
uncharitableness
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
very
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
vexation
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
view
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
well
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From this reading THE SPIRIT OF CONTROVERSY _The Atlas._] [_January 31, 1830._ The Spirit of Controversy has often been arraigned as the source of much bitterness and vexation, as productive of ‘envy, malice, and all uncharitableness’: and the charge, no doubt, is too well founded.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
white
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
wind
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From this reading But it is said to be _an ill wind that blows nobody good_; and there are few evils in life that have not some qualifying circumstance attending them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The bigot and partisan (influenced by the very spirit he finds fault with) sees nothing in the endless disputes which have tormented and occupied men’s thoughts but an abuse of learning and a waste of time: the philosopher may still find an excuse for so bad and idle a practice.
worst
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From this reading It is one of the worst consequences of this very spirit of controversy that it has led men to regard things too much in a single and exaggerated point of view.
wrong
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From this reading Truth is not one thing, but has many aspects and many shades of difference; it is neither all black nor all white; sees something wrong on its own side, something right in others; makes concessions to an adversary, allowances for human frailty, and is nearer akin to charity than the dealers in controversy or the declaimers against it are apt to imagine.
