inculcate

• "The precepts they inculcate, the lessons they exhibit, the ideals of life and character which they portray, root themselves in the thoughts and imaginations of young men. —  Life and Conduct
• The view of God's character which they inculcate is apt to strike us as unsatisfactory; that He should avert a great and presumedly unmerited physical calamity from one individual simply and solely because He has been asked to do so by some other individual, while allowing the same calamity to overtake numerous others no more deserving of affliction, does not fit in with our conception of Him. —  Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive
• Indeed it may be said that apart from the ceremonial which they inculcate, the general principles of the Tantras breathe a liberal and intelligent spirit. —  Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2
• They took infinite pains to inculcate, as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchies the people must in effect themselves, mediately or immediately, possess the power of granting their own money, or no shadow of liberty could subsist. —  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)
• What they inculcate will be the popular theology of completed Brahmanism. —  The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow

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