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n. 1 (plural of proof English). 2 sample of the copy and layout of a printed document for review by the author or a proofreader before mass printing.

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Second, said commissioners shall have power to examine witnesses upon oath, and to take such proofs orally or in writing, upon the subjectmatters of investigation as they may deem expedient, and return the same together with their report.

He demonstrated by copious historical proofs and masterly logic that the fathers who created the Constitution in order to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, and to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity, intended to empower the Federal Government to exclude slavery from the Territories.

If you deny that they are facts, I think I can furnish proofs which shall convince you that you are mistaken.

This Department has no information of the reasons or proofs on which General Hunter acts, and I do not therefore feel at liberty to suspend or interfere with his action except under your direction.

Among the most gratifying proofs of this conviction is the hearty devotion everywhere exhibited by our schools and colleges to the national cause.

Indeed, for this reason, it is impossible to illustrate Logic sufficiently: the reader who is in earnest about the cogency of arguments and the limitation of proofs, and is scrupulous as to the degrees of assent that they require, must constantly look for illustrations in his own knowledge and experience and rely at last upon his own sagacity.

The proofs they advance are these: The civilization of Europe and America is an evidence and outcome of education whereas the semi-civilized and barbarous peoples of Africa bear witness in their condition that they have been deprived of its advantages.

It is evident then that the proofs of the validity and inspiration of a prophet of God are the deeds of beneficent accomplishment and greatness emanating from Him.

It is confirmed through evidences and proofs that every being universally acts upon other beings, either absolutely or through association.

But the arguments which these European philosophers have used raise doubtful proofs and are not conclusive.

In the same way, from the proofs and signs we have mentioned, we argue that there is a human spirit.

One of the proofs that they give for this theory is that through the attentive study and verification of the science of geology it has become clear that the existence of the vegetable preceded that of the animal, and that of the animal preceded that of man.

God, like an attractive force, will draw these bounties from the source itself, and that they will arise with such illumination and signs that they will be evident proofs of the Sun of Reality.

In short, the proofs are many that go to show that despite the loss of reason, the power of the soul would still continue to exist.

Numerous and conclusive proofs exist that go to show that this infinite world cannot end with this human life.