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Source: Webster's dictionaryShe is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as when it first commenced. Jane Austen
We commenced research where modern conjecture closes its faithless wings. And with us, those were the common elements of science which the sages of to-day disdain as wild chimeras, or despair of as unfathomable mysteries. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
All the decades of deceit and cruelty have now reached an end. Saddam Hussein and his sons must leave Iraq within 48 hours. Their refusal to do so will result in military conflict, commenced at a time of our choosing. George W. Bush
It is frightening to see how easily the church accepts all this. Hardly had it achieved peace before it itself began to persecute. ... It commenced the persecution of heretics, and primarily, of course, those who contested the truth and validity of this alliance of empire and church. Jacques Ellul
When you return to your homes rise up to the height of a generation of men worthy of a free Government, and we will carry out the great work we have commenced. I return to you my sincere thanks, soldiers, for the honor you have done me this afternoon. Abraham Lincoln
The age of ignorance commenced with the Christian system. Thomas Paine