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«When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.»
«The government of the United States is not entitled to affirm as a universal proposition, with reference to a number of independent States for whose conduct it assumes no responsibility, that its interests are necessarily concerned in whatever may be»
Author: Richard Cecil
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assumes, government of the United, government of the United States, proposition, reference to, with reference to
«When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.»
«The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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assumes, epoch, epochs, formation, household, infancy, operates, privation, privations, revolutions, somewhat, terminate, terminated, terminates, terminating, way of life, wonted
«When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself public property»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
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assumes, property, public property, public trust
«This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.»
Author: Virginia Woolf
(Writer)
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assumes, critic, deals, drawing, drawing room, insignificant, The Critic
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