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What is it that impels Scarry to go there?

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

Instead, she approaches the exercises to test her fitness with a guilelessness that at first confounds him — but that ultimately impels him to confront his own tumultuous existence.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2021

The inspiration gained from that view might carry us well beyond the statistical forecast that impels the fatalistic alternative.

From Scientific American • May 12, 2021

Not just because it inspires, but also because it impels.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2018

And it is the same flame of love which now impels her to speak: "How shall this be done?" seeing that I am separated, consecrated to God.

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Paul, Mother St.