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divinely ordered but because it expresses
This not because it is an organisation, including wise men, or divinely ordered, but because it expresses in the fullest and best way the divine principles that must govern society.
— from Sixty years with Plymouth Church by Stephen Morrell Griswold

drop o black blood in er
'An' oughter, sir; she's an awful nice girl, an' not a drop o' black blood in 'er veins--beggin' your pardin, sir, but you know 'ow 'tis.'
— from Voices in the Night by Flora Annie Webster Steel

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