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Whatever tendency prevails among these populations, they will proportionably modify the character of the whole.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

An enormous additional item, namely, the price of slaves, being added to the cost of production, all other elements of that cost require to be proportionably smaller, or profits fail.”

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan

On the other hand, America will derive fresh vigor from this mark of friendship, and their attachment to his Majesty become proportionably more strong.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution Volume 7. by Various

Under the judicious regulations of his new tutor a methodical course of reading was marked out, and most ardently prosecuted; the pupil’s progress was proportionably rapid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various

"They are prodigious stout, and as well and proportionably made as ever I saw people in my life."

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert