#assumed

When Louis XIV assumed the reins of government France suddenly and wonderfully came to her maturity; it was as if the whole nation had burst into splendid flower. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#burst #came #flower #france #government

One of the problems with a candidate like Bob Kennedy, and his brother before him, was that people assumed they didn't need contributions. ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#before #bob #brother #candidate #contributions

The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it. ↗

— Ferdinand Christian Baur

#based #belongs #conceptual #consciousness #deeper

Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect. ↗

— James Nasmyth

#assumed #busy #flat #grew #mill