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I am expounding the doctrine of the great Paul of Tarsus, who indeed applies it to this very topic,—the future bliss which God has prepared for them that love him.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William

I am expounding all this in rather a schematic manner, but this is permissible for purposes of instruction, and I am not trying to misstate, but only to simplify matters.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

Am I to be brought up at every second by a pert schoolgirl when I am expounding the mysteries of life?

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

Why, you need not hiss, for I am expounding the law.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

The theory which I am expounding sweeps away this disconnexion of the facts of space.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North