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“I was saying,” he went on, “I was saying we do not know ourselves, ordinary people; and if we do not know ourselves, how then can we make religions, laws, that —” he used his hands as people do who find language obdurate,

The Years 2004
His rigorous course; but since he stands obdurate,

The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
His rigorous course; but since he stands obdurate,

Act IV. Scene I. The Merchant of Venice 1914
Rome, and their emissaries there assembled, finding them obdurate,

Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881
1912: His rigorous course: but since he stands obdurate,

The Merchant of Venice (1623 First Folio Edition) 1623
"Suppose your father and mother - suppose they are obdurate,

Daisy in the Field Susan Warner 1852