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general revision eliminating certain errors
The larger American edition which followed has since gone the way of its predecessor, and so the opportunity offers for a general revision, eliminating certain errors in the first draft and introducing facts and opinions brought forward by the publication of Dr. Oscar Levy's admirable complete edition of Nietzsche in English and by the appearance of several new and informative biographical studies, and a large number of discussions and criticisms.
— from The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

Gauleiter Reichsleiter et cetera extending
It consisted of a whole system of links and blocks, (Zellenleiter, Blockleiter, Gauleiter, Reichsleiter, et cetera ) extending from ministerial chairs to the hands of the executioners.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 7 by Various

guessed right enough child except
You've guessed right enough, child, except that you've omitted one fact.
— from Henry Dunbar: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

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