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"Efficacious" That's it, and it was the GOVERNMENT OF CANADA!
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“Efficacious remedies must be applied” §62 to ensure that rural laborers do not remain “perpetually” in the “proletarian condition.”
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How ineffectual is the tye of Honour to bind the Humane Mind, unless accompanied by more permanent and Efficacious principals?
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 8 October 1780 1973
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The early Lutheran and Reformed Churches held the same views in regard to Original Sin, Election, Efficacious Grace, Perseverance, etc.
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Efficacious or not, Sir Almroth Wright himself bases his demand for compulsion on the ground that it is hopeless to expect the whole army to submit to it voluntarily.
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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Efficacious as thy words always are, they will prove to be of no efficacy with persons impressed with such a conviction and who always follow the impulses of lust and wrath.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Efficacious as this mode of execution may seem, it was neither speedy nor merciful.
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Efficacious intercessory prayer was practised from the earliest times.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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Efficacious faith is not the faith dictated by reason, which is subject to necessity and can, therefore, be demonstrated, but the faith of the heart, that cannot be compelled by any proof, but is accepted by a free, unconditional surrender of the will.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Noteworthy among the latter is one by the Italian priest Locatelli, entitled Exorcisms most Powerful and Efficacious for the Dispelling of Aerial Tempests, whether raised by Demons at their own Instance or at the Beck of some Servant of the Devil.
A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom 1896
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