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ground is slightly elongated like a
The lower part of the vertical stem, where it rests on the ground, is slightly elongated, like a starfish, with little appendages which fix themselves to the soil by means of suction.
— from Lumen by Camille Flammarion

Garve is sick Engel lazy and
'Lord help me, or I perish' he wrote ruefully to Körner, on December 29; 'Goethe does not wish to print his 'Elegies' in the first number, Herder also prefers to wait, Fichte is busy with his lectures, Garve is sick, Engel lazy and the others do not answer.'
— from The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas

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