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special purpose of regenerating effete remnants
Nature made the mountains, you may say, for the special purpose of regenerating effete remnants of civilizations.
— from The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris

so preach on reverse each rule
And so preach on, reverse each rule of right Because he quarrels, combats, goes to law?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

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