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Here there is no ancient system of social exclusiveness to fix a limit to the intellectual progress of the proletariat.

From The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People by Sir John George Bourinot

"I think it is not your duty to fix a limit in that way," said Deronda.

From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

It might be advisable to fix a limit beyond which no citizen of the United States residing abroad may claim the interposition of his government.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 by Abraham Lincoln

Neither can we set a limit to it, for wherever we fix a limit, space is springing up beyond.

From Theaetetus by Benjamin Jowett

This would probably place the fugitive upon his guard, and we could not pretend to fix a limit to the time that would be necessary to effect his capture.

From The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives by Allan Pinkerton




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