poor power

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Limitedability.1863November 19,Abraham Lincoln,Dedicatory Remarks(Gettysburg Address)‎[1], nearSoldiers' National Cemetery,→LCCN,Bliss copy, page 2:The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above ourpoor powerto add or detract.1879,George MacDonald, chapter 52, inSir Gibbie:Gibbie held her fast, and with all the ways in hispoor powersought to comfort her.1890,H. Rider Haggard, chapter 26, inBeatrice:Heavy as was her burden, not one feather's weight of it should he carry, if by any means in herpoor powershe could hold it from his back.1986May 19, “Fund Finishes Half a Century of Philanthropy with a Party”, inNew York Times, retrieved7 March 2014:"The spirit of the Stern Fund will continue," he said. "It is beyond thepoor powerof lawyers to dissolve it."

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