Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

make a logical or causal connection

From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.

the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

United States singer (1918-1990)

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

an account of the series of events making up a person's life

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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

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superlative of “choice” — of superior grade

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the body of faculty and students of a college

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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

performance of moral or religious acts

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a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given

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(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine

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the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

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a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

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Fluent, persuasive, and graceful speaking or writing. (Sự hùng biện, tài ăn nói lưu loát.)

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plural of “exploration” — to travel for the purpose of discovery

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plural of “fable” — a deliberately false or improbable account

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a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

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referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

Irish mathematician (1806-1865)

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a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

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the aggregate of past events

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From this reading The HON.

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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located

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plural of “legend” — a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

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a characteristic state or mode of living

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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

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the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

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in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

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an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.

inspired by love for your country

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a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly,_ Boston, Mass.

literature in metrical form

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an executive officer of a firm or corporation

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an educational institution

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a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

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a person who is head of an administrative department of government

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

plural of “selection” — the act of choosing or selecting

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the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

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United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939)

From this reading Selections from the Choicest Literature of All Lands; Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Natural History, Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky, Animal Stories, Sea Tales, Brave Deeds, Explorations, Stories of School and College Life, Biography, History, Patriotic Eloquence, Poetry Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief, President William Jewett Tucker, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Van Dyke, Nathan Haskell Dole

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.

any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

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plural of “wonder” — the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

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United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)

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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.