bring to maturity

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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

Oh, woe to that belated winter-overtaken plant, which the summer could not bring to maturity!

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

There is however a fermentation in both nations, which the continuance of the war and its consequent distresses will probably increase, if not bring to maturity.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared

We naturally wish to bring to maturity every possible plant that the ideal we are breeding for may not be lost, if it should by chance be included in the number.

From The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus by Crawford, Matthew

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 Van Buren, Martin