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grounds as disinterested as before and solely
The same law must also lead us to affirm the possibility of the second element of the summum bonum, viz., happiness proportioned to that morality, and this on grounds as disinterested as before, and solely from impartial reason; that is, it must lead to the supposition of the existence of a cause adequate to this effect; in other words, it must postulate the existence of God, as the necessary condition of the possibility of the summum bonum (an object of the will which is necessarily connected with the moral legislation of pure reason).
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

guardian and director and be a second
Here is what he says: 'Now, think, Liebchen, whether your mother will consent to forget her riches and our poverty, and uncertain, more probably scanty, income, and consent in the spirit of Christian meekness to make me her guardian and director, and be a second wife to her daughter's husband?' Now, isn't that insufferable conceit for you?
— from Riverby by John Burroughs

Gama also departed attended by a soldier
After they left Lima the Licentiate de la Gama also departed, attended by a soldier named Olea.
— from The War of Quito by Pedro de Cieza de León

geese and ducks and brant and small
He brought home geese and ducks and brant and small sea birds, and gave them to his mother for food.
— from Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan

galactose are differently affected by agents such
As in the case of mannose the rates of fermentation of glucose and galactose are differently affected by agents such as heat and alcohol; moreover, the rate of fermentation of mixtures of dextrose and galactose is in no case either the sum or the mean of the rates obtained with the separate sugars.
— from Alcoholic Fermentation Second Edition, 1914 by Arthur Harden

Gracias a Dios and being at sea
Hence they steered for the Cape Gracias a Dios, and being at sea were becalmed for a long while, and were carried by the currents into the Gulf of Honduras.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper


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