HendrikWillemVanLoon
Pre-reading
HendrikWillemvanLoon (1882-1944) wasaDutch-Americanhistorianandjournalist.HeemigratedtotheUnitedStatesin1903andstudiedatHarvardandCornell(B.A., 1905)., hewasknownforemphasizingcrucialhistoricaleventsandgivingacompletepictureofindividualcharacters, (1921),TheStoryoftheBible (1923),Tolerance (1925),America(1927), andR.v.R.(1930), afictionalbiographyofRembrandt.TheStoryofMankindwonthefirstNewberyMedalin1922.
PromptsforYourReading
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? Whatwouldbetheprincipleofyourdivision?
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? Whatdothenamesofmountains, marshesandhillsinthestorysignify?
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[1] HappilylivedMankindinthepeacefulValleyofIgnorance.
[2] Tothenorth, tothesouth, tothewestandtotheeaststretchedtheridgesoftheHillsEverlasting.
[3] AlittlestreamofKnowledgetrickledslowlythroughadeepworngully.
[4] ItcameoutoftheMountainsofthePast.
[5] ItcostitselfintheMarshesoftheFuture.
[6] Itwasnotmuch, .
[7] Intheevening, whentheyhadwateredtheircattleandhadfilledtheircasks, theywerecontenttositdowntoenjoylife.
[8] TheOldMenWhoKnewwerebroughtforthfromtheshadycornerswheretheyhadspenttheirday, ponderingover1themysteriouspagesofanoldbook.
[9] Theymumbledstrangewordstotheirgrandchildren, whowouldhavepreferredtoplaywiththeprettypebbles, broughtdownfromdistantlands.
[10] Oftenthesewordswerenotveryclear.
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[12] ForintheValleyofIgnorance, .
[13] Andsotheykepttheirpeace.
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