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The first was that he presented himself as a fulfiller of symbolic yearnings as much as political ones.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2020

We make complaint of it, on the contrary, for what it is NOT— not a permanent warrant for our more ideal interests, not a fulfiller of our remotest hopes.

From Pragmatism by James, William

Thou shalt be proclaimed heir of the world, and the One god, and, the fulfiller of the designs of the gods.

From Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

Jesus was truly a Jewish reformer, but to a much greater degree He was a Jewish fulfiller.

From What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul by Swain, Richard la Rue

Time, the destroyer and fulfiller of predictions, has proved that his Lordship was a false prophet.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Mackay, Charles