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In short, here is the game I am playing; during this present half century four men will have exerted an immense influence: Napoleon, Cuvier, O'Connell, and I should like to be the fourth.

From Honore de Balzac by Cooper, Frederic Taber

However repellent be the objects which he represents, if he can clothe them in a sensuous material which will charm us, he will have exerted a powerful countervailing force.

From The Principles of Aesthetics by Parker, Dewitt H.

Secondly, having been reared among melancholy contemporaries, his education will have exerted upon him a corresponding influence.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John