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• Might not the bankruptcy of this present, this highly-vaunted materialistic civilization, in itself clear away the choking weeds that now hinder the unfoldment and future efflorescence of God’s struggling Faith Let Bahá’u’lláh Himself shed the illumination of His words upon our path as we steer our course amid the pitfalls and miseries of this troubled age. —  The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh
• As the turmoil gathered momentum, it swept remorselessly into its vortex the most powerful nations of the European continent—the chief protagonists of that highly-vaunted yet lamentably defective civilization. —  Messages to America
• That, in consequence of their skill in building the magnificent cathedrals of this period, they now came to occupy a privileged position seems fairly certain The Abbé Grandidier, writing from Strasbourg in 1778, traces the whole system of Freemasonry from these German guilds: "This much-vaunted Society of Freemasons is nothing but a servile imitation of an ancient and useful confrèrie of real masons whose headquarters was formerly at Strasbourg and of which the constitution was confirmed by the Emperor Maximilian in 1498. —  Secret Societies And Subversive Movements
• It was, moreover, a great demonstration of how the much-vaunted German navy had already been swept from the seas and rendered impotent by the might of Britain's fleet A few days later the Canadians had settled down on Salisbury Plain in southern England for the further course of training necessary before proceeding to France. —  History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
• The much-vaunted German submarine 'blockade' was not conspicuous, for we neither saw nor heard of a submarine. —  The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919

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