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citizens of Rome but in either
The Italians were not of the same descent as the Romans; and when they were all brought under subjection to Rome in the first half of the third century before the Christian aera, they beheld themselves inhabitants of towns, some of which were "municipia", (having their own laws and magistracy, enjoying the privilege of voting in the comitia and soliciting for public offices in Rome), others "coloni," (conquered places ruled over by poor Romans sent to keep the inhabitants in subjection, having the jus Romanum, Latinum or Italicum, and ceasing to be citizens of Rome); but in either set of towns the freedom and the sacred rites, the laws of race and of government, the oaths and the guardianship of the Romans did not prevail; in fact, the Italians had not the private rights of the Romans, and, therefore, in the language of Livy, "they were not Roman citizens":—"non eos esse cives Romanos" (XXXIV. 42).
— from Tacitus and Bracciolini. The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by John Wilson Ross

conduct of responsible beings is either
And the same may be said with reference to the assertion that a right to do a thing is always, at the same time, a duty to do it—an assertion which is a consequence of the doctrine that there is nothing morally indifferent and nothing that goes beyond duty; in other words, that all conduct of responsible beings is either wrong or obligatory.
— from The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck

Commando Order remains basically in effect
The Commando Order remains basically in effect, even after the enemy landing in the West.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various

contributions of recognized believers in East
It has been financed, at cost of over a million dollars, by the American Bahá’í community, assisted at times by voluntary contributions of recognized believers in East and West, of Christian, of Muslim, of Jewish, of Zoroastrian, of Hindu and Buddhist extraction.
— from God Passes By by Effendi Shoghi

connections of representations but itself establishes
The empiricists described it as a process of comparison and discrimination, as the mere perception and recognition of the relations and connections already existing between ideas; while in reality judgment does not discover the relations and connections of representations, but itself establishes them.
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

cities one reality being in each
The contrast has been drawn out by a recent writer in the following words:— "These prophecies present two broadly contrasted women , identified with two broadly contrasted cities , one reality being in each case doubly represented: as a woman and as a city .
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation by William Milligan


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