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seems proper if not actually necessary to
{4} II The Plastic Art in America EFORE entering upon the subject of Browere and his life masks, it seems proper, if not actually necessary, to take a survey of the development of the plastic art in that part of America now embraced within the limits of the United States, prior to the time of Browere, so as to understand what influences may have been exerted upon him in the direction of his career.
— from Browere's Life Masks of Great Americans by Charles Henry Hart

second person is nangma and nangmani the
The second person is “nangma” and “nangmani”; the third “ama,” “anmani.”
— from The Lushei Kuki Clans by John Shakespear

says Proudhon is not always necessary to
War, says Proudhon, is not always necessary to determine which side is the strongest; and he has no trouble in proving this by examples drawn from the family, the workshop, and elsewhere.
— from What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

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