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Basic, fundamental goodness; the phrase can be used to describe any simple, good person: I like Mary: shes reliable, trustworthy, and straightforward; shes the salt of the Earth. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells his followers, who are mainly fishermen and other simple people, Ye are the salt of the Earth. | 1 |
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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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