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"As in geometry, the oblique must be known, as well as the right; and in arithmetic, the odd as well as the even; so in actions of life, who seeth not the filthiness of evil, wanteth a great foil to perceive the beauty of virtue."
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"What is to be the nature of the domestic legislation of the future? I cannot help thinking that it will be more directed to what are called social subjects than has hitherto been the case.—How to prom…"
— Joseph Chamberlain
Politics1836–1914
"“On the 1st Rajab 990 he encamped by a field of maize near NagarkoT. The fortress of Bhîm, which is an idol temple of Mahãmãî, and in which none but her servants dwelt, was taken by the valour of the …"
— Nizamuddin Ahmad
History1551–1594