bring to maturity
Example Sentences
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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
He was not ignorant how it weakens a young tree to bring to maturity its first fruits.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
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 Iyenaga, Toyokichi
Oh, woe to that belated winter-overtaken plant, which the summer could not bring to maturity!
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Intelligent, active, cool, daring, and insinuating, colonel Phelipeaux immediately applied himself to bring to maturity, a plan at once suitable to his genius, and interesting to his wishes.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir
