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new effort without such external support
Before the battle there was a real or assumed equilibrium between the two sides; this is lost, and, therefore, some external assistance is requisite to restore it; every new effort without such external support can only lead to fresh losses.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

new existence whose salutary effects she
In spite of herself, Marguerite got accustomed to this new existence, whose salutary effects she already realized.
— from Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) by Alexandre Dumas

New England we shall eat salt
In New England we shall eat salt cods or starve—which is much the same, for salt cods are a poor diet.
— from The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes

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