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— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

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Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

“The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.”

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x factor

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An unknown or hard-to-define influence; a factor with unknown or unforeseeable consequences.

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x-factorick factorfudge factorfandangofactrixfickle finger of fatefactourfactory

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