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Political Economy afterwards Representative in Congress
Amasa Walker, the able writer on Political Economy, afterwards Representative in Congress, wrote from North Brookfield:— “You never made a nobler, braver, or more opportune utterance than at Worcester on the first instant.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 07 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

pro eo ac rex ipse cupiebat
The following are the original words of the author: “Cum ego quoque per Regem illum vocatus essem: et leges quædam patriæ obstarent, quominus publici potissimum cultus divini ritus sub papismo usurpati (pro eo ac rex ipse cupiebat) repurgari protinus possunt.
— from Life of John Knox, Fifth Edition, Vol. 1 of 2 Containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland by Thomas M'Crie

progress encounters any roots it cuts
If the mole-cricket, in its subterranean progress, encounters any roots, it cuts them with its mandibles, not to feed upon them, but to get rid of an obstacle; hence the mischief of which the farmer accuses it, though this slight amount of injury is altogether outweighed by its services in destroying a swarm of insects.
— from Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History. by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

popular education and realize its constituent
This grows plainer as we look more carefully into this thing called popular education and realize its constituent parts.
— from Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various


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