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s pen a reasonably complete explanation
This I now opened, and had the satisfaction to find recorded by the old Surveyor's pen, a reasonably complete explanation of the whole affair.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

s pen a reasonably complete explanation
This I now opened, and had the satisfaction to find, recorded by the old Surveyor's pen, a reasonably complete explanation of the whole affair.
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

supreme power a resolute chief equal
3103 —To calm things down, many novelties are required: To start with, the political and administrative concentration just described, a centralization of all powers in one hand, local powers conferred by the central power, and, to exercise this supreme power a resolute chief, equal in intelligence to his high position.
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Hippolyte Taine

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