highest development
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It was there that skill in architecture reached its highest development, and what is worthy the name of art, and we may almost say letters, but in truth picture-writing, reached a high degree of advancement.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
From the maxillary and dental standpoint man reached his highest development when well-developed jaws held twenty temporary and thirty-two permanent teeth.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
By "best" we do not imply a greater rightness in the ultimate condition, but only a highest development.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
Californica, A. de C. This species probably reaches its highest development in the Cascade range, in northern Oregon.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.
She was expert in stating why the fall of Rome affected all art in Eastern and Western Europe, and what was its highest development and its period of all architecture.
From Polly in New York by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth