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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "We have called by different names brethren of the same principle" mean...?
Does "We have called by different names brethren of the same principle" mean "we have named the different names of the same priciple as brethren"?
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We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
Context:
We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
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NL888 We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. "Brethren" is an old-fashioned word for "brothers". The modern word order is like this: We have called brothers of the same principle by different names.
- NL888 We have called by different names brethren of the same principle.
- "Brethren" is an old-fashioned word for "brothers".
- The modern word order is like this: We have called brothers of the same principle by different names.
- "brothers of the same principle" means "people who share the same beliefs".
- So, We have called people who share the same beliefs by different names .
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NL888We have called by different names brethren of the same principle."Brethren" is an old-fashioned word for "brothers". The modern word order is like this:
We have called brothers of the same principle by different names.
"brothers of the same principle" means "people who share the same beliefs". So,
We have called peo
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