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He was to do his part; but it was as a hastener rather than a participant in the struggle.

From John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. by Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye)

Self-preservation is impossible; self-assertion is a challenge to the assertiveness of other selves, as well as a hastener of dissolution.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various

Toiler for Temperance, hastener on of Light, In many a fray where right's at odds with might, Might's foes will miss their friend.

From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 by Various

As man recedes from one hastener of destruction, he inevitably approaches another: "Gross riot treasures up a wealthy fund Of plagues, but more immedicable ills Attend the lean extreme."

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson