A line from the poem that Jiang will interpret as the goal of becoming capable of reading and reasoning independently. Jiang's gloss of the poem as the goal of becoming an independent reader who can cross without constant guidance.
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cross the ford alone
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...truth you want that then you may learn how to cross the Ford alone to cross the Ford alone means"
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...truth you want that then you may learn how to cross the Ford alone to cross the Ford alone means"
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"...truth you want that then you may learn how to cross the Ford alone to cross the Ford alone means"
"to learn so that you can be fully independent right you are in this class in order to be able to read the line..."
"...rejoiced, you who have overcome. I and my master journeyed on alone. We two together upward as we walked. I thought I'd gather profit..."
"...in the Divine Comedy can be extrapolated from reading the Aeneid alone because there's just, because Virgil, if you read Virgil and like, you..."
"...so i'll just write these visions down and i'll be left alone so i write these visions down okay and when i'm writing these..."
"...I can impart. Past that, for truth of faith, it's Beatrice alone you must await. Every substantial form at once distinct from matter and..."
"The one you saw, he said, that ancient witch, for her alone one must atone above. You saw how man can free himself from..."
"...to speak, but just as I began, and through my voice alone, he sensed that I had meant to do him reverence. What reason..."
"...tell me who you were, I said, and why just you alone renew these seemly praises. Your speaking to me will not go unthanked..."
"...be more swift and now more slow. Thus I was not alone in speaking of the good we cite by day, but here nearby..."
"...sister of your soul and mine, in its ascent, could not alone have climbed here, for it does not see the way we see...."
"The will alone is proof of purity and fully free surprises soul into a change of dwelling place effectively. Soul had the will to..."
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