Usage examples for ascent
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                                    There is a straight line of ascent from the Adam to the Christ, within which is the straight line of ascent from the Eve to the Mary. – The Woman's Bible Part I. Comments on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Part II. Comments on the Old and New Testaments from Joshua to Revelation. by Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
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                                    The ascent, just before Quezaltepec, was magnificent. – In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr