Chapter 3 of The conscience of a Conservative is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The conscience of a Conservative is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Our avowed national objective is “peace.” We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war. We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories. We have tried to pacify the world. The Communists mean to own it.
Chapter 3 of The conscience of a Conservative is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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openly declared as such
From this reading “Our avowed national objective is “peace.””
plural of “communist” — a member of the communist party
From this reading “We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.”
undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
From this reading “Our avowed national objective is “peace.””
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading “We have tried to pacify the world.”
plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories.”
plural of “victory” — a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories.”
something that remunerates
From this reading “We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.”
past form of “wage” — carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
From this reading “We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.”
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In this reading “We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.”
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openly declared as such
From this reading Our avowed national objective is “peace.”
plural of “communist” — a member of the communist party
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our avowed national objective is “peace.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Communists mean to own it.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading The Communists mean to own it.
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading Our avowed national objective is “peace.”
undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
From this reading Our avowed national objective is “peace.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our avowed national objective is “peace.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The Communists mean to own it.
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
From this reading We have tried to pacify the world.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading Our avowed national objective is “peace.”
try to get or reach
From this reading We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories.
plural of “settlement” — a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories.
an earnest and sincere feeling
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
that is looked for
From this reading We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have tried to pacify the world.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading We have tried to pacify the world.
plural of “victory” — a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading We have sought “settlements,” while the Communists seek victories.
something that remunerates
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
past form of “wage” — carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
during the time that
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We have, with great sincerity, “waged” peace, while the Communists wage war.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading We have tried to pacify the world.
Chapter 3 of The conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. (Barry Morris) Goldwater holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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