Take Over, Bos’n!
This was the "precious" object Snyder guarded with a Luger for seventy-two hours while the other men slept.
What is a pint of water?
hese specific ants are famous for their "farming" skills, specifically growing a thread-like fungus for food.
What are Parasol Ants?
J. Gresham Machen wrote this essay after climbing this famous, jagged peak in the Alps.
What is the Matterhorn?
While most explorers focused on mapping territory, Livingstone was driven by this "type" of spirit that prioritized reaching people who had never heard the Gospel.
What is a pioneer spirit or obeying the Great Commission?
This was the neutral European country where Castellanos was stationed when he began his secret mission to save lives.
What is Switzerland?
This is why Snyder refused to let Barrett or the others take a turn guarding the water during the first three days.
What is his lack of trust in them (fear of a "civil war" or them drinking it all)?
To get rid of plants that block the sun from their "gardens," these ants use this specific chemical liquid.
What is formic acid?
According to the text, people with "foolish hearts" see very little at the mountain summit because of this spiritual problem.
What is sin?
This was the specific "healing" profession Livingstone trained for, which he used as a way to open people's hearts to his spiritual message.
What is a doctor (physician)?
Rather than weapons, Castellanos used these official tools of his office to create a "legal shield" for thousands of families.
What are citizenship papers (or certificates/stamps/forms)?
When Snyder finally hands the gun to Barrett, he describes the feeling of leadership not as power, but as this "animal-like" burden.
What is a "sheepish" feeling (or the burden of being "bossman")?
The author describes a "shameful" scene where ants used their own bodies to create this structure to cross a ring of glue.
What is a bridge?
Machen argues that while nature is beautiful, it cannot reveal this specific piece of information about God.
What is our personal relationship with Him (or how to be right with Him)?
Livingstone believed that if he could establish "legitimate commerce" through new trade routes, it would effectively kill this "open sore of the world."
What is the slave trade?
Although his work was massive in scale, Castellanos remained this way for decades because he felt he had simply done his duty.
What is anonymous?
Snyder’s internal conflict was a battle between his own extreme thirst and this professional obligation.
What is his duty as an officer to protect the survivors?
The author uses a maze experiment to prove that an ant's intelligence has this specific limitation.
What is poor memory (losing its way even on the second try)?
Machen describes the silence of the mountains not as empty, but as this kind of "reverence."
What is a "solemn" or "holy" silence?
After he passed away in a position of prayer, his friends embarked on a 1,000-mile journey to the coast to return this to England.
What is his body?
Castellanos took a massive personal risk by doing this—an act that could have ended his military and diplomatic career if he had been caught by the wrong people.
What is disobeying orders (or forging official documents)?
The "grin" on Barrett’s face at the very end of the story signifies that he finally understands this about Snyder's actions.
What is the heavy weight and exhaustion that comes with being responsible for others' lives?
This is the term the author uses to describe the ants' willingness to die so that the rest of the colony can reach the food.
What is martyrdom?
The author references this Book of the Bible to explain why men are "without excuse" when they ignore God's power in nature.
What is Romans?
This was the age at which Livingstone began working 14-hour days in a cotton mill, a difficult start that built his endurance for the wilderness.
What is ten years old?
This is the specific number of Jewish people estimated to have been saved by the "Castellanos certificates."
What is 40,000?