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but it appears

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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout. Montesquieu

I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. Arthur Balfour

On a point of order, I thought I was in Seanad Éireann, but it appears I have inadvertently wandered into a meeting of Donegal County Council. David Norris

Job learned the wisdom of silence before God, but it appears many Christians have abandoned this value in our wordy world. Skye Jethani

My gut reaction to all these questions is negative. But it appears that one set or the other must be answered in the affirmative. Either way, we are missing something fundamental about the nature of our universe. Stacy McGaugh

The Samuel Johnson web site suggests this entry is dated 16 April, but it appears to be part of the previous entry. Samuel Johnson

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