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illumination, spiritual or mental enlightenment.
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forebodings, forewarnings; presentiments.
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omniscience, all-knowing; knowing everything.
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relapse, slip or fall back into the former state or condition.
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Human Nature, man’s natural endowment or essential character.
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make such a mess, do so badly; muddle up; make such mistakes.
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tactless, characterized by want of tact. Tact is the nice discernment of the best course of action under given conditions, especially ability to deal with others without giving offense.
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the obvious, that which is easily discovered, seen, or understood; that which is in full view.
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census-taker, is he who is delegated to make an official enumeration of the population of a locality, generally with classified social and economic statistics.
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disparity, difference; inequality.
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in years, in age.
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at a certain period in life, at an advanced age; when one is old in years.
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sedentary, inactive; confined to the chair.
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callow, unfledged; immature; green.
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precocious maturity, matured much more rapidly than is natural;abnormal development in physical and mental traits, so that the youth is beyond what is natural.
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literalist, one who is inclined to follow the letter, or literal sense, or literal interpretations.
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talk shop, talk about one’s business or occupation, especially when introduced unseasonably.
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royalty, kings and emperors, and their immediate family.
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domesticity, conforming to domestic or household life.
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practitioner, one actually engaged in the practice of a profession.
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cogent, appealing forcefully to the reason; convincing; telling; effective.
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Frederick the Great, Frederick II （1712-1786）, king of Prussia （1740-1786）, the man who made Prussia one of the great powers of the world. He encouraged art and architecture; he wrote much in prose; all of his writing is in French. He invited Voltaire to stay in the Prussian court, an unhappy experience it proved for Voltaire.
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courtier, one in attendance at the court of a prince.
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His Majesty’s campaigns, Frederick the Great’s success in battle.
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Voltaire, Jean François Marie Arouet de Voltaire （1694-1778）, the celebrated French philosopher and author.
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