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Supplicated to explain this wonderful secret, he swore solemnly by the manes of all the heroes who fell at Marathon, or conquered at Salamis, that he would not reveal this sacred mystery for one year.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Supplicated the President not to risk a step which logically must turn wrong.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count