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Briefly, the progress will have deprived the Capitalist of his old Individualist scruples, without committing him to his new Collectivist obligations.

From Eugenics and Other Evils by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Should Solara die," said Monte-Cristo, moodily, "you will have deprived us of a most important witness, for I calculated upon compelling him to speak, to disclose every detail of the infamous conspiracy against you.

From Monte-Cristo's Daughter by Flagg, Edmund