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The theory of the ascensional evolution of beings, which renders miracle useless, shows Nature to us in the course of constant transformation and perpetual travail.
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The two mounted the car; Tom started the ascensional screws; and the airship rose slowly from the hill.
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In practice the ascensional force usually diminishes at first from various causes, such as the escape of gas, its cooling, and the deposit of moisture on the outside of the balloon.
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The current, however, continued ascensional, and the clouds were slowly lifted above the tallest peaks, where they arranged themselves in fantastic forms, shifting and changing shape as they gradually melted away.
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These clouds appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable.
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