Rather than forsaking Brown, "Battle Hymn" forcefully blended elements of the past, present and future to celebrate a radical vision of the Civil War.
Rebutting historian Theopompus, the biographer insists that for "the same party and post in politics which he held from the beginning, to these he kept constant to the end; and was so far from leaving them while he lived, that he chose rather to forsake his life than his purpose".
Yes, it is awful at that time for that year group, but surely the next year will be better for them rather than saying we are going to forsake the next five years of that child's education.
Police officials countered that the current shortfall in recruits is evidence that the department is willing to forsake its hiring goals rather than settle for less-qualified candidates.
Rather than improving home ownership rates, the billions forsaken by government enabled more affluent buyers to buy bigger homes and more sellers to get more money for their real estate.
So, with all the "cool" jeans flooding the market, it's easy to think that a brand such as Lee, known for its classic styles rather than anything more avant garde, would be forsaken in favour of something a little less ordinary.
Porphyry held that Christians blasphemed by worshiping a human being rather than the Supreme God, and behaved treasonably in forsaking the traditional Roman cult.
For his part, Mr. Booker was reared in the aftermath of the early civil rights struggle -- the beneficiary of a generation that took to heart Dr. King's exhortation to judge people by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin -- largely forsaking the old African-American guard and instead building a broad base of multiracial support.
Despite the bite of his satire, though, and the pleasing challenge of writing to a longer length, O'Brien has no plans to forsake his familiar territory: prose is a foray, rather than a change of direction.
The United States must share a major part of the blame in giving huge contracts to the wrong people, forsaking accountability and transparency, and enriching only a few rather than building an economy.
