One more question.
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In science classes, we often encounter passages of great talented scientists’ biographies.
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In this sentence, my mistake is that I used "biography" instead of "biographies".
But why "biography" was used in the exerpt instead of "biography"
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“No great man live in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.”
(Thomas Carlyle, “The Hero as Divinity.” (1841))
“In historic events, the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event itself.”
(Leo Tolsoy, War and Peace, Book 9, Chapter 1)
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You can be sure that I don't type "biography" wrong. I have googled it, and it is "biography". Why ?
Besides, can you explain the meaning of "No great man live in vain" ?