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Meanings of modest assertion in English

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Usage of modest assertion in English
1
Grace laughed outright at this modest assertion, and obligingly repeated the required words.
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College
2
No one appeared to notice this modest assertion.
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College
3
But a modest assertion of one's own opinion, and a complaisant acquiescence to other people's, preserve dignity.
Letters to His Son, 1749 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
4
In general this development favours a more modest assertion of one's own beliefs and a more charitable consideration of other people's.
The Unity of Western Civilization
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