Word: demand
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...offering any view upon immortality. The influence which these men held upon Roman thought was very great. The conflicting tendencies of the religion of the second century were mentioned. The hopeless cynicism of Pliny was contrasted with the faith of Vergil, who had a deep consciousness of the ethical demand for retribution...
...those teams does not begin with the period of active training. It is something which should never be lost sight of. It would be foolish indeed to ask of such men that they keep in training all the time, but it is not too much to demand that they keep in generally good condition...
...subsequent chapter the abolition of death is suggested and in another prayer is made for the resurrection of the dead. A similarity of ethical conceptions suggests the possibility of Persian influence at this period of Hebrew thought. The Persian supremacy was followed by Syrian overlordship which produced a demand for moral readjustment hereafter through resurrection...
...criticism of a man who takes from the shelves a greater number of books than his immediate needs require and gloats over his ill-gotten gains in some obscure alcove. What is to be said then of a man who takes away reserved books that are in great demand without duly charging them and uses them in his room? Whether he returns them eventually or not does not affect his case. He is liable not only to criminal indictment, as the notice in the library reads, but to the more serious condemnation of a community that will not allow...
Question: "Resolved, That the best interests of the United States demand the election this Fall of a Republican House of Representatives...