answer the purpose
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A dictatorship must answer the purpose for which it was introduced.
From Time Magazine Archive
A light bag containing common table-salt, heated, or dry and hot chamomile flowers will also answer the purpose.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Epsom salt, in one ounce doses, given either as a gruel or a drench, will be found to answer the purpose well.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Blacklock, Ambrose
The better known book is preferred before the less known, the conservative when it will answer the purpose, before the destructive.
From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
If it were not possible to provide a buffalo head for the occasion, the skeleton of a deer, or a bear would answer the purpose as well.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis
