Spoke

Spoke

A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface.

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    ““You’ll have me over the cliff,” he exclaimed hardly ever yet putting out his strength against her.
    “And so I will, by the help of God. Now think of her! Now think of her!” And as she spoke she pressed him backwards towards his fall.”
    —Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)

    “Then spoke the thunder
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    Datta: what have we given?”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “I never spoke with God
    Nor visited in Heaven—
    Yet certain am I of the spot
    As if the Checks were given—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)