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A.Word.A.Day--holographPronunciation: WAV or RealAudioholograph (HOL-uh-graf) noun 1. A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears. 2. A hologram. adjective Variant of holographic. [From Late Latin holographus, entirely written by the signer, from Greek holographos : holo-, + -graphos, -graph.] "The recent Sartre acquisition will add to the Beinecke Library's already distinguished collection of Sartre materials, which includes two holograph drafts for an unpublished book on Tintoretto ...." Caroline Marvin, Yale U. Rare Books obtains Sartre biographical tapes, University Wire, 15 Jan 1999. This week's theme: words about words.
X-BonusThe world, we are told, was made especially for man--a presumption not supported by all the facts... Why should man value himself as more than a small part of the one great unit of creation? -John Muir, Naturalist and explorer (1838-1914)
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