Unit 2: Selection Vocabulary 2

And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God; when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions.”

And Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God; when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and his decisions.”

And let them judge the people at all times; every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves; so it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

Now therefore, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

But whatever the light, their broad proportions, the beauty of the limestone, and the care with which it is fitted into place create three unforgettable works of art.

First, when all of the things that go into a work—its components—complement one another, they create an object that has a certain spirit, and we can call that spirit harmony.

The pyramids are harmonious because limestone, a warm, quiet material, is a cordial companion for a simple, logical, pleasing shape.

Like the art of all people who live in groups called tribes—the people of the Pacific islands, the Native Americans, the Eskimos, the Indians of the Northwest Coast of Canada—it was once called primitive art. But it isn’t primitive. It isn’t primitive in its shape or in the way it is made or in the deep feelings it expresses.

Sculpture that doesn’t look real we called abstract and said it sometimes stood for things that we can see and sometimes for things we can only sense.

The foolish pair, thus hoping to become rich all at once, deprived themselves of the gain of which they were assured day by day.

The Fox replied, “Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech.”

A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.

They then said in derision: “If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.”

Once upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food more easily.