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Indeed it had begun to be believed by some that these teachings were marring the prosperity of that old college.

From The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University by Peter, Robert

A new possibility had risen before him, which might dissolve at once the wretched conditions of fear and suppression that were marring his life.

From Romola by Eliot, George