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of suffrages is no guarantee

And, finally, although such be the ground of our opinions, I remarked that a plurality of suffrages is no guarantee of truth where it is at all of difficult discovery, as in such cases it is much more likely that it will be found by one than by many.
— from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences by René Descartes

of science is not greater

It arises from this peculiar nature of scientific completeness, that the aim of science is not greater certainty—for certainty may be possessed in just as high a degree by the most disconnected particular knowledge—but its aim is rather the facilitating of rational knowledge by means of its form, and the possibility of the completeness of rational knowledge which this form affords.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

once social institution no general

Every coffee-house took three or four papers; there seems to have been in this latter phase of the once social institution no general conversation.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

or shall I not go

“Shall I, or shall I not, go to Nozdrev’s?” reflected Chichikov.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

or S96 in natures gifts

A Monster and a beggar, 1635-69 , O'F , Chambers In fortunes, nor (or S96 ) in natures gifts alas, But by thy grace, &c. B , S96 .
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

of space is not given

But, inasmuch as one part of space is not given, but only limited, by and through another, we must also consider every limited space as conditioned, in so far as it presupposes some other space as the condition of its limitation, and so on.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

of speech in New Grenada

I therefore leave them—leave them with a reference to Ludwig's valuable Bibliotheca Glottica, for a correction of my statement respecting the non-existence of any Indian forms of speech in New Grenada.
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

our success is no greater

Our witnesses are no better than theirs, and our success is no greater.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

of skew is not great

When the angle of skew is not great, it is best to introduce no curve at all into the road.
— from Irrigation Works The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, with Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed Improvements by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis

of Sagersgrove in no great

And as even moderate driving would take one from center to circumference of Sagersgrove in no great length of time, the Roadster was well into the country within a quarter of an hour.
— from The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden

our simplicity in not guessing

Perhaps you admire our simplicity in not guessing the truth.
— from The Lady of Lynn by Walter Besant

of strict integrity Napoleon Gourgaud

He was fond of money; but of strict integrity."— Napoleon , Gourgaud , tom. iv., p. 152.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume II. by Walter Scott

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