conceded

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of Concede

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If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success. Max Born

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. Horace

Mischief nodded. 'It's true,' he conceded. 'You're in the company of eight world-class thieves,' he said, not without a little touch of pride. 'Saints we are not.' But then,' said Deaux-Deaux, 'who is?' he thought on this. 'Besides saints. Clive Barker

It was generally conceded that had an election been held, Ho Chi Minh would have been elected Premier. Dwight D. Eisenhower

What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians. Scott Joplin

In requiring this candor and simplicity of mind in those who would investigate the truth of our religion, Christianity demands nothing more than is readily conceded to every branch of human science. Simon Greenleaf