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The development of the movement for dental inspection of school children in Cleveland shows that the educational system has been awakening to a realization of the truth and significance of Dr. Osler's statement.

From Health Work in the Public Schools by Ayres, Leonard Porter

A similar intellectual change has been coming over the Eastern world, and has been awakening the slumbering nations.

From A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions by Strong, Augustus Hopkins