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In general, we observe the Catholic Dignitaries, and the zealous or fanatic of that creed, especially the Jesuits, are apt to be against him : as for the nonfanatic, they expect better government, secular advantage ; these latter weigh doubtfully, and with less weight whichever way.
Source: wiktionary
However we might reach the conclusion, most of us would agree that both fanatic and nonfanatic Nazis are morally depraved.
Source: wiktionary
We have tacitly assumed that there is in sober fact no real contradiction between science as such and the social and political goals (in their nonfanatic forms) of the various oppositional movements we have studied.
Source: wiktionary
By the summer of 1980, however, nonfanatic, pro-Western moderates were in short supply in the Persian Gulf.
Source: wiktionary
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