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of natural and sexual selection is susceptible
In the same way the matter of natural and sexual selection is susceptible of very various interpretations.
— from Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz

of nutrition are still so imperfectly studied
These questions of nutrition are still so imperfectly studied and understood!
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 2 by Émile Zola

of no avail She sits in spite
Tom is red and Cella pale, His blushes are of no avail; She sits, in spite of his endeavor, As firm and undisturbed as ever, A funny pair, you must agree,
— from The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes by Leroy F. (Leroy Freeman) Jackson

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