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the one be as certainly known
[99] 'seeing' here what one knows a priori by the causes; and 'believing' what one only judges by the effects, even though the one be as certainly known as the other.
— from Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von

themselves on bad and cruel keepers
XXIII Convicts have a cunning and peculiar way of revenging themselves on bad and cruel keepers.
— from A Modern Purgatory by Carlo de Fornaro

thus obtained being a crude kind
We secured these, set them up, and over them stretched our blankets, the improvised dwelling thus obtained being a crude kind of wigwam.
— from Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot


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