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to a purely pagan emblem though some
The image of a dead man stretched out upon the Cross is a purely Christian addition to a purely pagan emblem, though some of the old Hindoo crosses remind one of it very powerfully.
— from The Evil Eye, Thanatology, and Other Essays by Roswell Park

The above proposals practically ensured the success
The above proposals practically ensured the success of the scheme laid down by Dr. Garnett, and gave it a very attractive form in the eyes of the men, whose future was thereby safeguarded.
— from The British Interned in Switzerland by Henry Philip Picot

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