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To help them, he has propounded four ground rules which might well serve as a simple syllabus of pentecostal understanding in a Tower-of-Babel era.

From Time Magazine Archive

Count Strzelecki has propounded a curious notion of the laws of extinction, in reference to this race.

From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John

Many theories have been advanced for this, but, with the exception of Mr. Fison, I believe that no one has propounded the true explanation.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

He was like a child who has propounded a riddle that has been too readily guessed.

From The Desert Valley by Gregory, Jackson

This course is the more imperative, as in his recent magnum opus on the germplasm Weismann has propounded a theory of evolution wrought with the greatest care and acuteness, and totally irreconcilable with my conclusions.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar