bring to maturity
Example Sentences
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Oh, woe to that belated winter-overtaken plant, which the summer could not bring to maturity!
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Herman Melville
The Kogisho, like the Councils of Kuges and Daimios, was nothing but an experiment, a mere germ of a deliberative assembly, which only time and experience could bring to maturity.
From The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 by Toyokichi Iyenaga
Wealth, science, education are good, we know: but we must also work and study to bring to maturity the fruit of knowledge.
From ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London by `Abdu'l-Bahá
But in their subsequent treatment of that sacred instrument, which each had done so much to bring to maturity, they, unfortunately for the country, differed very widely.
From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Martin Van Buren
He was not ignorant how it weakens a young tree to bring to maturity its first fruits.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
