Explanation:
Bat:A nocturnal mammal capable of making flights; an implement with handle and solid surface used to it balls
1. hostess
2. testify
3. sacred
4. senior
5. erode
6. sterilize
7. despise
8. betray
9. leeway
10.tedious
11. estimate
12. lenient
13. embarrass
14. delegate
15. embassy
Douglass learns the white man's power comes from the ability to prevent education to the slaves. The excerpt expresses Douglass' understanding of how education empowers the literate person and by remaining illiterate, unable to read, the master keeps his power against the slave.
The definition of the capitalized word in the statement is "lessen". In this context, the sentence is saying that the rivers cannot lessen the love of that person.
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