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It transforms the power that was keeping things together with a power driving separably each component part: the effect of an explosion.

From Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" by Belloc, Hilaire

Extract—"Be it further enacted—That no taxes shall be imposed or required of the colonies but by the consent of the General Assembly"—meaning the General Assembly of each colony separably and including the whole.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll