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The revolution extirpates kingship in the king, aristocracy in the noble, despotism in the soldier, superstition in the priest, barbarity in the judge, in a word whatever is tyranny in whatever is tyrant.

From Studies in Literature by Morley, John

This solution, applied daily, preserves and beautifies the teeth, extirpates all tartarous adhesion, produces a pearl-like whiteness, arrests decay, and induces a healthy action in the gums.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence

It destroys and in the end extirpates the evil feeling.

From The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Garnett, Constance

Spiritual sympathy is a lesser mercy than that forethought which anticipates and extirpates the causes of suffering.

From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob

The exercise of the religious nature is the gymnastics of the soul, and the disuse of the religious nature extirpates its capacity.

From Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Peabody, Francis Greenwood