ignoble toil

  • 1drudgery — n. Hard or toilsome work, ignoble toil, mean labor …

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  • 2The Strenuous Life — is the name of a speech given by Theodore Roosevelt in Chicago, Illinois on April 10, 1899. Based upon his personal experiences, he argued that strenuous effort and overcoming hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of …

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  • 3Drudgery — Drudg er*y, n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil. [1913 Webster] The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow.… …

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  • 4List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …

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