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One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them by bad example, and for which no success in life could compensate.

~Charles Sturt

Topics: Apprehension Bad Bad Example Compensate Could Effects Example Families Greatest Life Likely Moral New Objections Overwhelm South Success Them Wales Which

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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

~Dan Reynolds

Topics: Always Apprehension Audience Before Excitement Mix New Out Songs Try You

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I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter.

~Donald Cargill

Topics: Apprehension Bitter Cannot Coming Desired Dreadful Go Help Land Live Make May Me More Native Only Part Providence Submissive Though Whom

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He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.

~Eugene Field

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We were now, as I before mentioned, upon this St. Joseph's trail. It was evident, by the traces, that large parties were a few days in advance of us; and as we too supposed them to be Mormons, we had some apprehension of interruption.

~Francis Parkman

Topics: Advance Apprehension Before Days Evident Few Had Interruption Joseph Large Mentioned Now Parties Some Supposed Them Too Traces Trail Us Were

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If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.

~George Berkeley

Topics: Admit Any Apprehension Beyond Creation Extraordinary Human Miracle New Odd Other Seem Should Something Strange Thing Whatsoever World

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Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.

~Gerard Manley Hopkins

Topics: Apprehension Beauty Comparison Relation

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