Notes
Romain Rolland フランスの作家;
Pythagoras 古代ギリシアの数学者、哲学者;
J. Burroughs アメリカの 自然主義者
illuminate (…を)照らす、照明する;
blame 非難する;

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1.Wisdom and friendship are the only light that illuminates dark nights. (by Romain Rolland)
知恵、友情は暗闇の中で唯一の光である。

2. What is friendship? Friendship is one soul in two hearts. (by Pythagoras)
友情とはなにか。それは二つの体をもった魂である。

3. A man can fail many times, but he isn’t failure until he begins to blame somebody else. (by J. Burroughs)
人は何度でも失敗するが、彼がが失敗を人のせいにしなければ彼は失敗者ではない。
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Notes
biography 伝記;
definition 定義

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On April 15, 1755, a great book was published in London. It wasn’t a novel or a biography. It was a dictionary of the English language. These days, a dictionary is written by a group of people called editors, but Samuel Johnson basically wrote this dictionary by himself. He worked for more than 8 years and included over 42,000 words. He wrote a definition of each word, but then he found sentences of great English writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden to show how the words were used. For 150 years, Johnson’s dictionary was the number one dictionary of English. (by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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