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coughing up blood every day
And it was not until all his strength was gone, and he was coughing up blood every day, that he could make them believe he was sick, and get a place in the hospital.
— from Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline, with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John, of Vermont

Corps Unoccupied by Enemy do
160 No. 7 Same Ravine in front of Second Division Sixth Corps, Unoccupied by Enemy do.
— from Personal Recollections and Civil War Diary, 1864 by Lemuel Abijah Abbott

clearly understood but every discovery
The nature of the ether is, of course, far from being clearly understood, but every discovery in science demonstrates that the hypothetical ether stands for an important reality of nature.
— from Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by John Andreas Widtsoe

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