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a railroad is more a strategic point
Alexandria being a port of entry, and having a railroad, is more a strategic point for the invasion of Virginia than are Arlington Heights.
— from Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

and ruin it may appear somewhat paradoxical
After the gloomy picture which I have drawn of the actual condition of the colony; after having represented both its agricultural and commercial interests as being already not only in a state of impair, but also of increasing dilapidation and ruin, it may appear somewhat paradoxical that I should attempt to wind up the account with an enumeration of the advantages which it holds out to emigration.
— from Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by W. C. (William Charles) Wentworth

approached Rāma in mind and showered praises
And having beheld Sitā in this plight, that son of the Wind-god approached Rāma in mind and showered praises on his master.
— from The Rāmāyana, Volume Two. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam by Valmiki

a revolution in marine and submarine propulsion
My invention in that direction is a revolution in marine and submarine propulsion.
— from The Rival Submarines by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman


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