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"The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces."
Queen
"The Bishop and Knight, in contradistinction to the Queen and Rook, are called Minor Pieces."
Knight
"The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man."
Time
"A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces."
May
"When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn."
Party
"For touching an adversary's man, when it cannot be captured, the offender must move his King."
Man
"Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other."
Purpose
"When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece."
Danger
"Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns."
Men
"In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed."
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"Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons."
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"Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village."
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"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."
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"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it."
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"They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are."
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"I may like the Blizzard best, of all the songs I have written."
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"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."
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"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
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"Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn."
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"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."
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