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most outlandish dialect is now good
Mark the recognition of its own personal merit in the great new dictionary, where what was, in our own remembrance, the most outlandish dialect, is now good, sound, official English.
— from Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley

method of dispersal is not given
This method of dispersal is not given in the "Origin"; it seems, therefore, probable that further experiments upset the conclusion drawn in 1856.
— from More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters by Charles Darwin

mystery of death is no greater
The mystery of death is no greater than the mystery of life.
— from English Secularism: A Confession Of Belief by George Jacob Holyoake

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