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Chapter XXXII
“_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.” So wrote the great Napoleon. The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’. All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last. The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So wrote the great Napoleon.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
which person or people
From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The slow-revolving wheel of Time brought me to the day before my strange wedding—the eve of my remarriage with my own wife!
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From this reading The virtue of the aphorism consists in the little words ‘_qui sait_’.
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From this reading All the world comes to him who _knows how_ to wait, _I_ knew this, and I had waited, and my world—a world of vengeance—came to me at last.
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From this reading So wrote the great Napoleon.
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From this reading “_Tout le monde vient à celui qui sait attendre_.”
