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Optation  n.  The act of optating; a wish. (Obs.)






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"Optation" Quotes from Famous Books



... conscientious men to fill the vacancies that occur among you. I do not greatly believe in the efficacy of any kind of machinery for securing such a result; but I would venture to suggest that the exclusive adoption of the method of co-optation for filling the vacancies which must occur in your body, appears to me to be somewhat like a tempting of Providence. Doubtless there are grave practical objections to the appointment of persons outside of your body and not directly interested in the welfare of the university; but might ...
— American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology • Tomas Henry Huxley



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