“In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.” MeanPastProcessVoteMajorityCastsAfrican AmericanVotingMinoritiesVotersPercentagesOhioAmerican Voters Author:John Lewis
“This writer, who is horribly perspicacious and vigorous, demonstrates the certainty of a great European war, and regards it with the peculiar satisfaction excited by such things in a certain order of mind. His phrases about "dire calamity" and so on mean nothing; the whole tenor of his writing proves that he represents, and consciously, one of the forces which go to bring war about; his part in the business is a fluent irresponsibility, which casts scorn on all who reluct at the "inevitable." Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event.” WayWritingMindMeanWarWholeCertainOrderForceEventsProveRegardCastsSatisfactionExcitedFamiliarCertaintyInevitablePhrasesPeculiarProphecyPersistentScornCalamityVigorousTenorsIrresponsibilityFluent Author:George Gissing
“To reach beyond what you are you must ignore the rules and fashions of the day. Or perhaps better yet cast them way out in your peripheral vision where you can still see them but only as a vague reference point. This doesn’t mean that all the rules are gone. It might mean that you adopt a far tighter code of conduct to ensure the necessary level of intensity and adventure.” WayMeanStillsMightLevelsVisionGoneFashionAdventureCastsCodeIntensityVaguePeripheral Vision Author:Peter Croft
“He that would be content with a mean condition must not cast his eye upon one that is in a far better estate than himself, but let him look upon him that is lower than he is, and, if he see that such a one bears poverty comfortably, it will help to quiet him.” IfsLooksMeanHelpingWould BeEyePovertyConditionsBearsQuietCastsHis EyesLook UpEstates Book:The Works of Anne Bradstreet Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet