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In the common operations of human life, every man is compelled by the necessity of his nature to take succedaneous aid from others.

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)

As it is, the Islanders are obliged to content themselves with succedaneous means for many common purposes. 

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

Indeed, willow bark has been partly considered succedaneous to cinchonia, but since they had no means of extracting the salicin, the bark must be used in its natural state.

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.