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us now mount our Nicol
Let us now mount our Nicol prisms, and cross them as we crossed the tourmaline.
— from Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

upon No man on no
Yet he recalled a saying of the sheriff, a thing he had insisted upon: “No man on no hoss will ever ride down Whistlin' Dan Barry.
— from The Seventh Man by Max Brand

uniformity not merely of nature
We began this chapter with an expression of our full adhesion to the view which insists upon the uniformity, not merely of nature, but also of human nature.
— from Evolution by F. B. (Frank Byron) Jevons

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