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And if the whole undertaking fails to produce a good answer, it will have demonstrated the absurdity of defining rights on the basis of history alone.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2022

If the conferees on the Hill can find that sweet spot, they will have demonstrated the kind of common sense that has been in short supply of late.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2019

If the U.S. does not take drastic action soon, he warns, "then we will have demonstrated an incapacity which could weaken American society in a way that nothing else ever could."

From Time Magazine Archive

But if it fails, the U.N., and the U.S., will have demonstrated their impotence more clearly than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Suppress for a few days your criticism on the insufficiency of this or that teacher or experimenter, and he will have demonstrated his insufficiency to all men's eyes.

From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo