sortie & cardinal

Quotations:

Complete Works of Virginia Woolf:

Each sortie of ours in pursuit of information upon these cardinal points of perspective - God, man, Nature - is snubbed back with ruthless common sense. 

Definitions:

sortie:

1. an attempt at an activity or business;

2. an attack made by a small military force into enemy territory;

3. a brief trip away from home, especially to an unfamiliar place;

cardinal:

1. most important; having other things based on it;

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