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Text: I concede that it has become indispensable to prune legislation, but it seems to me that this must be done with prudence and thought.


Provenance: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/icg-gci/norm/index.html

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ExampleEnglish (I concede that it has become indispensable to prune legislation, but it seems to me that this must be done with prudence and thought., ?, ?, http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/icg-gci/norm/index.html, ?, ?, ?) +
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Related metaphoris an entailment of (LAWS ARE PLANTS, ?) +
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