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Worldly Ways & Byways

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Worldly Ways & Byways is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Eliot Gregory • Curated US English Learning Edition

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All in good time, my dear.

I am just about to do so.

Did you ever hear of Darwin and his theory of "selection?"

It would be a slight to your intelligence not to take it for granted that you had.

Well, my observations in the world lead me to believe that we follow there unconsciously, the same rules that guide the wild beasts in the forest.

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LEARNER DICTIONARY

Archivist

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XVI Reading 1/27

Worldly Ways & Byways

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Worldly Ways & Byways is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

All in good time, my dear.

Line 2

I am just about to do so.

Line 3

Did you ever hear of Darwin and his theory of "selection?"

Line 4

It would be a slight to your intelligence not to take it for granted that you had.

Line 5

Well, my observations in the world lead me to believe that we follow there unconsciously, the same rules that guide the wild beasts in the forest.

Learner Dictionary

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “Well, my observations in the world lead me to believe that we follow there unconsciously, the same rules that guide the wild beasts in the forest.”

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a

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about

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From this reading I am just about to do so.

All

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From this reading All in good time, my dear.

am

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and

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be

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beasts

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believe

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Darwin

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dear

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Did

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do

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ever

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follow

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for

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forest

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good

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granted

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guide

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had

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hear

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his

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I

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From this reading I am just about to do so.

in

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From this reading All in good time, my dear.

intelligence

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It

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just

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lead

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me

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my

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From this reading All in good time, my dear.

not

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observations

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of

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rules

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sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

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selection

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slight

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so

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From this reading I am just about to do so.

take

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that

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the

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theory

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there

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time

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From this reading All in good time, my dear.

to

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From this reading I am just about to do so.

unconsciously

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we

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Well

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wild

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world

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would

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you

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your

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From this reading It would be a slight to your intelligence not to take it for granted that you had.

Chapter 16 of Worldly Ways & Byways by Eliot Gregory holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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Chapter 16 holds 136 sentences of Worldly Ways & Byways, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

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