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1 But the deadening influence of the whole Russian system was evident.
2 But through its deadening influence the thought of Quita struck like a knife-thrust.
3 It had exercised a species of pressure upon his soul, a deadening influence .
4 But she was still under the deadening influence of shock.
5 We all know the deadening influence of a habit.
6 He was free from the deadening influence of the cast-iron monument and that, for the moment, was enough.
7 Set a battery to beat down the pyramids, and a mind-battery to destroy the deadening influence of tradition.
8 Look around you and say whether this saddening, deadening influence has not all but destroyed the very framework of your society.
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