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This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.
allowing
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[ "make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen" ]
[ "allow%2:41:00::" ]
This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.
survive
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[ "support oneself" ]
[ "survive%2:42:00::" ]
This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.
detest
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[ "dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards" ]
[ "detest%2:37:00::" ]
This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.
allowing
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[ "make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen" ]
[ "allow%2:41:00::" ]
This would be by far the better choice, when `` it is a question of allowing the human race to survive, possibly under the domination of a regime which most of us detest, or of allowing it to destroy itself in appalling and prolonged anguish ''.
destroy
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[ "do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of" ]
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
proposed
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[ "make a proposal, declare a plan for something" ]
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
is
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
is
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
prevail
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
given
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
prevailing
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
is
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Nevertheless, the consequence of the policy proposed is everywhere subtly qualified : it is `` a possible result, however improbable '' ; `` the worst, and least probable '' result ; `` if it did n't prevail mankind would still be given the opportunity of prevailing '' ; for `` surely anything is better than a policy w...
allows for
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If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
thought
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[ "think%2:31:00::" ]
If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
made
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[ "make%2:41:00::" ]
If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
submit
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[ "submit%2:33:00::" ]
If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
decided
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[ "reach, make, or come to a decision about something" ]
[ "decide%2:31:00::" ]
If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
kill
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[ "cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly" ]
[ "kill%2:35:00::" ]
If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
being
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If we have not thought and made a decision entirely in these terms, then we need to submit ourselves to the following `` simple test '' : `` Have we decided how we are to kill the other members of our household in the event of our being less injured than they are ''?
are
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Thus, moral decision must be entirely deduced backward from the likely eventuality ; it is no longer to be formulated in terms of the nature of present action itself, its intention, and proximate effect or the thing to be done.
deduced
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[ "reason by deduction; establish by deduction" ]
[ "deduce%2:31:00::" ]
Thus, moral decision must be entirely deduced backward from the likely eventuality ; it is no longer to be formulated in terms of the nature of present action itself, its intention, and proximate effect or the thing to be done.
is
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Thus, moral decision must be entirely deduced backward from the likely eventuality ; it is no longer to be formulated in terms of the nature of present action itself, its intention, and proximate effect or the thing to be done.
formulated
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Thus, moral decision must be entirely deduced backward from the likely eventuality ; it is no longer to be formulated in terms of the nature of present action itself, its intention, and proximate effect or the thing to be done.
done
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Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee, without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil, succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made, by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of this evil.
succeed
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[ "attain success or reach a desired goal" ]
[ "succeed%2:41:00::" ]
Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee, without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil, succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made, by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of this evil.
restoring
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[ "restore%2:30:00::" ]
Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee, without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil, succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made, by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of this evil.
made
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[ "make%2:41:00::" ]
Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee, without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil, succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made, by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of this evil.
distinguishing
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[ "detect with the senses" ]
[ "distinguish%2:39:00::" ]
Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee, without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil, succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made, by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of this evil.
choosing
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[ "choose%2:31:00::" ]
Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee, without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil, succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made, by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and choosing in danger of this evil.
choosing
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`` It is worse for a nation to give in to evil than to run the risk of annihilation ''.
is
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`` It is worse for a nation to give in to evil than to run the risk of annihilation ''.
give in
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[ "consent reluctantly" ]
[ "give_in%2:32:01::" ]
`` It is worse for a nation to give in to evil than to run the risk of annihilation ''.
run
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[ "take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome" ]
[ "run_a_risk%2:41:00::" ]
`` I am consciously prepared to run the continued risk of ' race suicide by accident ' rather than accept the alternative certainty of race slavery by design.
am
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`` I am consciously prepared to run the continued risk of ' race suicide by accident ' rather than accept the alternative certainty of race slavery by design.
run
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`` I am consciously prepared to run the continued risk of ' race suicide by accident ' rather than accept the alternative certainty of race slavery by design.
accept
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[ "accept%2:40:00::" ]
But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' [ by precautions against accidents or by limiting war? ]
make
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[ "perform or carry out" ]
[ "make%2:36:12::" ]
But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' [ by precautions against accidents or by limiting war? ]
believe
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[ "be confident about something" ]
[ "believe%2:31:03::" ]
But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' [ by precautions against accidents or by limiting war? ]
need
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[ "need%2:42:00::" ]
But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' [ by precautions against accidents or by limiting war? ]
increase
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[ "increase%2:30:00::" ]
But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' [ by precautions against accidents or by limiting war? ]
reduced
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[ "reduce%2:30:00::" ]
But I can only make this choice because I believe that the risk need not increase, but may be deliberately reduced '' [ by precautions against accidents or by limiting war? ]
limiting
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`` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.
Quoting
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`` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.
be
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`` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.
led
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`` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.
says
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`` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.
is
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`` Quoting Mr. Kennan 's phrase that anything would be better than a policy which led inevitably to nuclear war, he [ Toynbee ] says that anything is better than a policy which allows for the possibility of nuclear war ''.
allows for
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`` If asked to choose between a terrible probability and a more terrible possibility, most men will choose the latter ''.
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`` If asked to choose between a terrible probability and a more terrible possibility, most men will choose the latter ''.
choose
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`` If asked to choose between a terrible probability and a more terrible possibility, most men will choose the latter ''.
choose
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`` If Philip Toynbee is claiming that the choice lies between capitulation and the risk of nuclear war, I think he is right.
claiming
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`` If Philip Toynbee is claiming that the choice lies between capitulation and the risk of nuclear war, I think he is right.
lies
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`` If Philip Toynbee is claiming that the choice lies between capitulation and the risk of nuclear war, I think he is right.
think
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`` If Philip Toynbee is claiming that the choice lies between capitulation and the risk of nuclear war, I think he is right.
is
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I do not accept that the choice is between capitulation and the certainty of nuclear war ''.
accept
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I do not accept that the choice is between capitulation and the certainty of nuclear war ''.
is
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Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms : `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.
agreeing
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Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms : `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.
Compared
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Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms : `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.
continuing
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Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms : `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.
incur
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[ "incur%2:42:00::" ]
Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms : `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.
are
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Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.
Let
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Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.
put
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Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.
make sure
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[ "make_sure%2:41:00::" ]
Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.
preserving
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[ "preserve%2:40:01::" ]
Let us therefore put first things first, and make sure of preserving the human race at whatever the temporary price may be ''.
be
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[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
affirms
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[ "affirm%2:31:00::" ]
Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
shared
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[ "share%2:42:00::" ]
Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
believed
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[ "accept as true; take to be true" ]
[ "believe%2:31:00::" ]
Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
was
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[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
think
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[ "think%2:31:01::" ]
Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
do
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Mr. Philip Toynbee affirms at one point that if he shared the anticipations of Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four, if he believed Communism was not only evil but `` also irredeemably evil '', then he might `` think it right to do anything rather than to take the risk of a communist world.
take
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[ "take%2:39:00::" ]
Even a nuclear holocaust is a little less frightful to contemplate than a race of dehumanised humans occupying the earth until doomsday ''.
is
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[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Even a nuclear holocaust is a little less frightful to contemplate than a race of dehumanised humans occupying the earth until doomsday ''.
contemplate
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[ "contemplate%2:31:02::" ]
Even a nuclear holocaust is a little less frightful to contemplate than a race of dehumanised humans occupying the earth until doomsday ''.
occupying
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[ "occupy%2:42:00::" ]
No political order or economic system is so clearly contrary to nature.
is
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But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact : there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of ...
affirm
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[ "establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts" ]
[ "affirm%2:31:00::" ]
But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact : there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of ...
take place
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[ "come to pass" ]
[ "take_place%2:30:00::" ]
But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact : there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of ...
be
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact : there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of ...
affirm
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[ "establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts" ]
[ "affirm%2:31:00::" ]
But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact : there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of ...
imprinted
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[ "imprint%2:41:00::" ]
But one does not have to affirm the existence of an evil order irredeemable in that sense, or a static order in which no changes will take place in time, to be able truthfully to affirm the following fact : there has never been justitia imprinted in social institutions and social relationships except in the context of ...
preserved
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[ "keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last" ]
[ "preserve%2:42:00::" ]
On their way to the Heavenly City the children of God make use of the pax-ordo of the earthly city and acknowledge their share in responsibility for its preservation.
make
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[ "make%2:30:00::" ]
On their way to the Heavenly City the children of God make use of the pax-ordo of the earthly city and acknowledge their share in responsibility for its preservation.
acknowledge
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[ "acknowledge%2:32:01::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
repel
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[ "repel%2:35:00::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
uphold
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[ "uphold%2:42:00::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
improve
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[ "to make better" ]
[ "improve%2:30:01::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
means
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[ "mean%2:42:00::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
accept
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[ "accept%2:40:00::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
challenges
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[ "challenge%2:32:00::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
start
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[ "start%2:30:00::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
find
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[ "come upon, as if by accident; meet with" ]
[ "find%2:40:02::" ]
Not to repel injury and uphold and improve pax-ordo means not simply to accept the misshapen order and injustice that challenges it at the moment, but also to start down the steep slope along which justice can find no place whereon to stand.
stand
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[ "stand%2:35:00::" ]
Toynbee seems to think that there is some other way to give justice social embodiment.
seems
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[ "seem%2:39:00::" ]
Toynbee seems to think that there is some other way to give justice social embodiment.
think
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[ "judge or regard; look upon; judge" ]
[ "think%2:31:01::" ]
Toynbee seems to think that there is some other way to give justice social embodiment.
is
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[ "be%2:42:00::" ]
Toynbee seems to think that there is some other way to give justice social embodiment.
give
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[ "give%2:40:03::" ]
`` I would far rather die after a Russian occupation of this country - by some deliberate act of refusal - than die uselessly by atomisation ''.
die
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[ "die%2:30:00::" ]