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Definition
something handed down from the past
in various senses, including:
- traditions — as in "Americans inherit a heritage of freedom"
- cultural practices — as in "Hospitality to strangers is part of Arabic cultural heritage."
- physical items built and/or protected from long ago — as in "The cathedral is a World Heritage site," or "The national parks are part of our heritage as Americans."
- If his father can endow him with a good physique and his mother with some common sense in his early education, that should be his heritage.2.5 — The Egotist Becomes a Personage (66% in)
- "And what we leave here is more than this class; it's the whole heritage of youth.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (82% in)
- And he could not tell why the struggle was worth while, why he had determined to use to the utmost himself and his heritage from the personalities he had passed....2.5 — The Egotist Becomes a Personage (**% in)
There are no more uses of "heritage" in This Side of Paradise.
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