set bounds to
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Any institution or organization, any cult or system which tries to bind the restless spirit of man, to set bounds to his curious searchings, to deny the report of his reason, cannot last.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had tried to codify the evil uses of might by individuals, so that he might set bounds to them by the impersonal justice of the state.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
But I will dwell no longer on this forbidden subject; let me set bounds to my pen, as an earnest that I most truly mean to do so to my thoughts.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
During this time, Maximus, the usurper of Gaul, had acted toward the empress and her feeble son with apparent friendliness; but he had not in reality set bounds to the range of his ambition.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
It is hopeless to reckon how far the timid, the perverse, or the malignant irrelevance of human remarks will go; to set bounds to the incompetence or devise landmarks for the imbecility of men.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
