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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Does "to a state of things likely to produce it immediately checked" mean...?
Does "to a state of things likely to produce it immediately checked" mean "to a condition as to make it at once stopped"?
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A calamity so awful, not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot and every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it immediately checked. Such a tendency has existed—does exist.
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Context:
A calamity so awful, not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot and every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it immediately checked. Such a tendency has existed—does exist.
More:
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres26.html
Top answer
No. It': A calamity so awful , not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot and every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it (must be) immediately checked.
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- It': A calamity so awful , not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot and every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it (must be) immediately checked.
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No. It':
A calamity so awful, not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot
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every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it (must be) immediately checked.
A calamity so awful, not only to our country, but to the world, must be deprecated by every patriot
and
every tendency to a state of things likely to produce it (must be) immediately checked.
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