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DESCRIPTIVE Amory was now eighteen years
DESCRIPTIVE Amory was now eighteen years old, just under six feet tall and exceptionally, but not conventionally, handsome.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald

Democracy and which now enlists your
But let me assure you, that, in all our political contests, I see no question comparable in practical importance, as surely there is none equal in moral grandeur, to that which is presented by the Free Democracy, and which now enlists your sympathies.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 04 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

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