"Sagacity" refers to the ability of a person to make sound judgement. It is similar to wisdom. In this case, it refers to the self-reliance of Yorkshire men.
"To bestow" is to present something as a gift. It is often used as a synonym of "to confer" (an honor, an award). The word here refers to reluctance of Yorkshire men to offer assistance to others.
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He meant that if they failed then everything that the world has worked so hard for, to advance and become "smarter" than we once were would all be for nothing. We would enter a new Dark Age. The Dark Ages were an extraordinarily difficult period in the story of humanity. It is estimated that 100 million people died at the hands of war, poverty, and plague. But during this time new ideas and ideals were born and much of the groundwork was laid for the world we know today.
Because of how much they show of the reality of life, books are dangerous, Faber says. He argues that most people would rather experience rootlessness than really think about life.
Second, books require leisure to digest: in other words, they can be difficult, and they take time, but these are attributes, not negatives. Because they require time, books can provoke thought and yield new ideas.
Finally, Faber says, books matter if people have the freedom to act on the ideas in them: just reading a book is not the end
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<span>There is a
central idea/theme within “Embers of Moonlight” of dying. This is first evidenced within the title with
the word “embers.” Embers are the pieces
of fire (wood/coal) that are burning out, yet they still have fire within
them. The author discusses the dying of
the moon—something that can appear to some to be immortal—and with that can be
said to communicate the idea or theme that everything goes through the phases
of life and will eventually die. </span>
Answer: if her teammates show up, Anna will have basketball practice
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