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To brush this issue off as if it were mere result of some dogmatic bigotry or blindness to the relative implications of the spectrum of policy issues on the table is itself a blindness to the scope and impact that would come from changing societal focus from one ideal in family definement to another.

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Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

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"There should be a lot of re-definement," said Kettle.

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Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1600

Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; -- though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590

Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; — though, I know, to divide him inventorially, would dizzy the arithmetick of memory; and yet but raw neither, in respect of his quick sail.

The plays of William Shakespeare. In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators 1793

"uncommon warmth of temperament" -- a polite appellation for a most violent temper; and of "unbecoming coarseness" -- a delicate definement of

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Mary Frances Cusack 1864