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								The Comparative is made by means of the word "pli", the Superlative by The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer 
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								In a comparison made by the use of "pli" or "malpli", the case used after "ol", than, must indicate clearly the sense intended: A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922 
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								Esperanto has only one method, using the adverbs "pli", more, and A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922 
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								I hope so; but that time must be when he is young, or it will never be at all; the right 'pli' must be taken young, or it will never be easy or seem natural. Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1752 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733 
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								I hope so; but that time must be when he is young, or it will never be at all; the right 'pli' must be taken young, or it will never be easy or seem natural. Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733 
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								Note 9: Meeting Minutes for 23 April 1749, Procès Verbaux de l'Académie royale des Sciences 68 (1749); Pierre-Joseph Macquer, "Teinture en bleu qui n'utilise ni pastel ni indigo," AdS pli cacheté, no. 
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								Late in 1767, Louis-Guillaume de la Follie, a Rouen textile manufacturer, submitted a pli cacheté to the Paris Academy of Sciences. 18 While this tactic of depositing a sealed envelope at the Academy was often employed to establish the primacy of a discovery, de la Follie's motivation is unclear. 
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								Note 18: Louis-Guillaume de la Follie, "Mémoire sur la théorie des couleurs," 9 January 1768, pli cacheténo. 
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								There are plenty of folks on the other side of that divide who would vomit at the suggestion that they listen to Pli selon pli. Archive 2008-12-01 Patrick J. Smith 2008 
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								There are plenty of folks on the other side of that divide who would vomit at the suggestion that they listen to Pli selon pli. "some safe, undecisive [sic Patrick J. Smith 2008 
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