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one created to receive every energy
He is like one created to receive every energy directed at him.
— from The Created Legend by Fyodor Sologub

of compromise they reasonably enough expected
They were chiefly from the South, and as they chose to consider Mr. Fillmore and not his secretary the representative of compromise, they reasonably enough expected the latter to give way.
— from Daniel Webster by Henry Cabot Lodge

Our correspondent the Rev E E
Our correspondent, the Rev. E. E. Hale, is one of the active managers.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, October 1884, No. 1 by Chautauqua Institution

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