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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 But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
ability
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
age
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
all
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
altogether
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
away
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
carefully
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
cast
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
characterize
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
coadjutors
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
corps
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
dependent
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
dotage
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
energy
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
enjoyed
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
evil
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
excellent
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
experience
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
flung
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
friends
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
gathered
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
generally
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
golden
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
grain
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
harvesting
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
husks
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
injustice
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
intellectual
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
invariably
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
locks
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
majority
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
many
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
marked
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
men
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
mode
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
moreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
most
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
old
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
opportunities
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
place
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
practical
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
preservation
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
prime
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
reader
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
repair
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
represent
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
respects
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
sad
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From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
set
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
sluggish
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
sometimes
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
souls
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
stars
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
stored
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
superior
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
tenement
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
thatch
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
Then
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
there
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From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
varied
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
veterans
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
wearisome
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the first place, my coadjutors were not invariably old; there were men among them in their strength and prime, of marked ability and energy, and altogether superior to the sluggish and dependent mode of life on which their evil stars had cast them.
white
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From this reading Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
wisdom
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From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They seemed to have flung away all the golden grain of practical wisdom, which they had enjoyed so many opportunities of harvesting, and most carefully to have stored their memory with the husks.
worth
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be sad injustice, the reader must understand, to represent all my excellent old friends as in their dotage.
wrong
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From this reading But, as respects the majority of my corps of veterans, there will be no wrong done if I characterize them generally as a set of wearisome old souls, who had gathered nothing worth preservation from their varied experience of life.
