Attempt

Attempt

Attempt was originally an offence under the common law of England.

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Famous quotes containing the word attempt:

    “Illness is a clumsy attempt to arrive at health: we must come to nature’s aid with intellect.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “[The] attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and ... often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.”
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    “The recognition of Russia on November 16, 1933, started forces which were to have considerable influence in the attempt to collectivize the United States.”
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