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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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I wish it readers worthy of its contents.

0 Elegant devotional reading it is not; I guess it was put in a hurry; it is essentially a training manual, a rough diamond of a book - but truly a diamond, for all its roughness, as anyone02br
00who means business with God will soon find. 01i01b00I wish it readers worthy of its contents02b02i00.02br
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00This excerpt is from the foreword for a book. I asked some of my friends and they couldn’t offer me the exact meaning of “I wish it readers worthy of its contents.” Could anyone give me any help? Thanks.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10 Elegant devotional reading it is not; I guess it was put in a hurry; it is essentially a training manual, a rough diamond of a book - but truly a diamond, for all its roughness, as anyone12br 10who means business with *** will soon find. 12br 12br 10This excerpt is from the foreword for a book. ” Could anyone give me any help?

— Philip

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10 Elegant devotional reading it is not; I guess it was put in a hurry; it is essentially a training manual, a rough diamond of a book - but truly a diamond, for all its roughness, as anyone12br 10who means business with *** will soon find.
  • 12br 12br 10This excerpt is from the foreword for a book.
  • ” Could anyone give me any help?
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 11font 00It's very awkward, but I'll give it a try.
  • How about, "I hope that the readers of this will be worthy of what they receive from it"?
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 Elegant devotional reading it is not; I guess it was put in a hurry; it is essentially a training manual, a rough diamond of a book - but truly a diamond, for all its roughness, as anyone12br
10who means business with *** will soon find. 11i11b10I wish it readers worthy of its cont
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0I agree with Philip's interpretation, but it should say "I wish its readers worthy of its contents." The "it" is incorrect, which may be causing some of the confusion.0-
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0I agree with Philip's interpretation, but it should say "I wish its readers worthy of its contents." The "it" is incorrect, which may be causing some of the confusion.0-
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01font01b01i00I wish 01font00it 02font00readers worthy of its contents02i02b00.02font02br
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00The 'it' is correct. The construction is based on 01i00someone wishes someone something.02i00 Consider
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