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Quote by William Broughton
Where it is duly administered, I know no instance of its failing.
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The speaker says that when “it” is administered properly, they know of no case in which it failed. This is limited to the speaker’s experience or knowledge, not proof that failure is impossible. Because the quote does not identify what “it” refers to, its exact subject remains unclear.
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- Project Canterbury, Two Journals of Visitation by William Grant Broughton (1846)
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