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fiery light of the tropic evening resting
The narrow Strait was very calm, and the hot, fiery light of the tropic evening resting upon it, made it look like oil rather than water.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

for labor only to the extent required
Then it is within existing possibilities, that every mind be thoroughly cultivated; and every body taxed for labor, only to the extent required by the conditions of its own best vigor and that of the inhabiting mind.
— from The Growth of Thought as Affecting the Progress of Society by William Withington

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