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it does exist shew a comparatively
These nitrate fields cover a very large area in the northern provinces of Chile, but some districts in 209 which the mineral is believed to exist are still imperfectly explored, and many in which it does exist shew a comparatively poor stratum, so that it is not possible to estimate how much remains to be developed and the length of time it will take, at the present rate of production, to exhaust that amount.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

I dread empty spaces and cross
As I have long suffered from "agoraphobia," I dread empty spaces, and cross it with scarcely concealed anxiety.
— from Legends: Autobiographical Sketches by August Strindberg

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