Our attitude towards plants is a singularly narrow one. If we see any immediate utility in a plant we foster it. If for any reason we find its presence undesirable or merely a matter of indifference, we may condemn it to destruction forthwith.
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Were it not that they are loath to lay out money on a rope, they would be hanged forthwith, and sometimes die to save charges.
For the good of our country, the safety of our troops, and our image around the globe, Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, ... If he does not resign forthwith, the president should fire him.
Mathematicians are like Frenchman whatever you say to them they translate Into their own language, and forthwith it is something entirely different.
must be allowed to return to his own country forthwith.
Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.
It is our firm belief that either an ordinance or a law should be introduced in Parliament forthwith to stop the sealing and demolition of various premises for a period of six months.
Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg.
I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever.
No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty ingeneral and became slaves.
EXETER, November 1, 1782 ORDERED, THAT the following Proclamation for a general THANKSGIVING on the twenty-eighth day of November instant, received from the honorable Continental Congress, be forthwith printed, and sent to the several worshipping Assem.
We have frequently gone into denial when faced with unpleasant, unpalatable facts and now we are hearing from governments in Africa that they are not going into denial but that they are facing up to a horrendous situation forthwith,
Justice delayed is justice denied in this case. I ask you treat this case with dispatch and render decision forthwith.
By afternoon, I made it very clear that I expected Mr. Brown forthwith to get in touch with me, ... lost my temper to some degree with his chief of staff.
So when the bearer of good news came he cast it on his face, so forthwith he regained his sight. He said Did I not say to you that I know from Allah what you do not know They said O our father ask forgiveness of our faults for us, surely we were sinners.