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a cherished desire
- Oh, it was no good, this continual aspiration.Chapter 6 (95% in)
- Germany a commercial Power, Germany a naval Power, Germany with colonies here and a Forward Policy there, and legitimate aspirations in the other place, might appeal to others, and be fitly served by them; for his own part, he abstained from the fruits of victory, and naturalised himself in England.Chapter 4 (72% in)
- She knew this type very well—the vague aspirations, the mental dishonesty, the familiarity with the outsides of books.Chapter 14 (8% in)
There are no more uses of "aspiration" in Howards End.
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