Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.    From LearnThat.org.  [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]

She lay back on her pillow and her voice came again nearer to her son.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mother] Reference

Let our sympathies be recalled from Greece, or Ireland, to find their expression nearer home.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woman's Advocate, Vol. I, No. III.] Reference

Admiral Cunningham has stated we would gain nearer three than two million gross tons of shipping could we free the Mediterranean route.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finishing the Job] Reference

In primitive wandrella reasoning, the nearer was the tastier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Splinter Of The Mind's Eye]

Harper as I utter these words -- I mention no name nearer home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memories and Studies] Reference

The axis of the range is towards the East, nearer, that is, to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference

I am not informed, but from their appearance I judge that the nearer is the Father.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine"] Reference

Since they both feel pain and itch the same, which can be called nearer, which farther away?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken Government: Congressional pension plans] Reference

The higher the human feeling, the nearer is the conscious realization of the underlying Unity.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga] Reference

The nearer are the lines of a slave state and the borders of a free one, the greater the peril.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Bondage and My Freedom] Reference

I’m sure I’ll whitter on about the motivations and plans behind that title nearer the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 April « Chris Wraight] Reference

With one branch of that family James Meadows would fain have been upon terms nearer and dearer than those of friendship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauty Of The Village] Reference

Hi, Time in the hospital dying down now as exams draw nearer, which is a shame, but I still have some adventures to pass on.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Media Medicine] Reference

The cleaner was the unavoidableness of the democracies of all countries getting conscious, the nearer was also our Revolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Red Months in Russia: An Observer's Account of Russia Before and During the Proletarian Dictatorship] Reference

"Couldn't hit nothin 'nearer'n the Guineas on that course," growled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference

On the contrary, Michael, as Plaid are about to increase their share of the vote and number of seats, this makes it a "nearer" cry to 1999.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Let me begin nearer the beginning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: The Observations by Jane Harris] Reference

So it used to be in nearer times, last summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Helmet] Reference

“The further one is Phormio, the nearer is my Lord’s enemy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Victor of Salamis] Reference

No, we are not trying to telegraph any kind of nearer term implications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Align Technology CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha] Reference

Watch out for news of this on the blog nearer the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloggers meet-ups break for summer] Reference

And final decisions will only be taken much nearer the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nick Clegg attempts to move agenda to social mobility] Reference

That came far nearer to success that most people recognize.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Fight Al Qaeda Now] Reference

As the first anniversary of the attacks draws nearer, he's hoping for closure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

As Aristide's return draws nearer, the atmosphere in Port-au-Prince grows more tense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Looking Out For Their Own Skin] Reference

Some wonder whether we are nearer to the Promised Land or stuck in a racial wilderness?.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘I Have a Dream’] Reference

Some hope for nearer-term success in engineering artificial skin and bone using live cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Full Stem Ahead] Reference

Clemens doesn't, however, have the best of teams right now, with Toronto nearer to last than first.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rocket's Red Glare] Reference