Exercise 5

In the following sentences note the explanatory words and their

modifiers:

1. Wendell Phillips, the great abolitionist, was a man of genius.

2. Buckle, the historian, writes from the view point of the

materialistic conception of history.

3. Giovannitti, the poet, wrote "Arrows in the Gale."

4. Helen Keller, champion of the working class, wrote the introduction

to this book.

5. We, the workers of the world, will some day claim our own.

6. He was found guilty of treason, a crime punishable by death.

7. Ferrer, the martyr of the twentieth century, was put to death by

the Spanish government.

8. Jaures, the great French socialist, was the first martyr to peace.

9. But ye, Plebs, Populace, People, Rabble, Mob, Proletariat, live and

abide forever.

10. Ye are eternal, even as your father, labor, is eternal.

11. This document, the Constitution of the United States, hinders the

progress of the people.

12. The memory of Guttenberg, the inventor of the printing press,

should be reverenced by every class-conscious worker.

13. Wallace, the scientist and author, was co-discoverer with Darwin

of the theory of evolution.

14. Karl Marx, the thinker, applied this theory to social forces.

15. Do you understand the three basic principles of Socialism--the

class struggle, economic determinism and surplus value?

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