All 3 Uses of "legacy" in "The Boy on the Wooden Box"

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legacy
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The Boy on the Wooden Box
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With only my precious thermos bottle, my legacy from Mr. Luftig, and my blanket, I crawled onto a narrow wood shelf and lay down.†
p. 114.6
I wanted to give our children a legacy of freedom, not a legacy of fear.
p. 194.4 *

legacy = something passed from one generation to the next
I wanted to give our children a legacy of freedom, not a legacy of fear.†
p. 194.4

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(1) (legacy)
coming from the past or left to the future
in various senses including:
- in law -- a gift given through a will -- "She left a legacy of $10,000 to her niece."
- of a situation -- resulting from the past -- "Today's debt problem is a legacy of profligate spending by prior administrations."
- of culture -- a practice passed from one generation to the next -- "The city has along legacy of bribes and corruption."
- of technology -- something that still uses old technology -- "We're using a legacy software that only the old-timers know how to update."
- of a member or potential member of an organization -- the child of a previous member -- "She is a legacy candidate."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)