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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 Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
antagonism
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
appointed
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
beauty
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
blossom
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
brothers
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
careful
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
chamber
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
children
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
conditions
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
convictions
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
dawn
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From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
day
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
dealing
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
delicate
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
encountered
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
enforced
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
especially
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
evening
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From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
expanded
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
face
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
fingers
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
flower
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From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
girls
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
hand
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
handling
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
hasten
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
heart
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
hidden
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
hint
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
hour
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
inborn
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
law
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
Many
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
more
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
morning-glory
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From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
Nature's
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
only
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
organization
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
own
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
parents
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
petals
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
process
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
reproach
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From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
require
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
rosy
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
see
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From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
souls
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
spiral
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
spoil
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
springs
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
sunlight
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
symmetrical
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Many parents reproach themselves for not having enforced their own convictions on their children in the face of every inborn antagonism they encountered.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
touches
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
tougher-fibred
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
treatment
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
try
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
twisted
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
uncoil
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
unfold
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From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
unwind
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From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
virgin
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From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Look at the flower of a morning-glory the evening before the dawn which is to see it unfold.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The delicate petals are twisted into a spiral, which at the appointed hour, when the sunlight touches the hidden springs of its life, will uncoil itself and let the day into the chamber of its virgin heart.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning.
young
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From this reading We may take a hint from Nature's handling of the flower in dealing with young souls, and especially with the souls of young girls, which, from their organization and conditions, require more careful treatment than those of their tougher-fibred brothers.
