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The education provided for Europeans resembles
The education provided for Europeans resembles in most respects that given in France.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

they expect presents from every rich
They have large stipends, which are sent annually from Constantinople by the Syrian Hadj caravan; they share also in all donations made to the mosque, and they expect presents from every rich hadjy, besides what they take as fees from the visiters of the Hedjra.
— from Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt

to exclude persons from equal rights
He will not say that a constitution which undertakes to exclude persons from equal rights on account of color is consistent with the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Independence; and that, Sir, is the very requirement of the Enabling Act.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 13 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

to each party for every right
The exact reciprocity stipulated in the preceding articles, and which pervades every part of the treaty, ensures a counter right to each party for every right ceded to the other.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson


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