1. In the more simple state of the Arabs, the nation is free,
because each of her sons disdains a base submission to the will
of a master.--GIBBON.
By examining this sentence we notice several words used as names. The
plainest name is Arabs, which belongs to a people; but, besides this
one, the words sons and master name objects, and may belong to any
of those objects. The words state, submission, and will are
evidently names of a different kind, as they stand for ideas, not
objects; and the word nationstands for a whole group.
When the meaning of each of these words has once been understood, the
word naming it will always call up the thing or idea itself. Such
words are called nouns.
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