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Indeed, della Porta’s experiments led him to adopt the opposite view: that you can use a diamond to make, rather than unmake, a magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The world never stops unmaking what the world never stops making. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
“Of course! A builder can make and unmake a house. Both are his job.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
Back and forth you could go, confirming the exact correspondence between reality and image, making and unmaking your own world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The world unmakes stuff faster than people can make it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
Science is not like the state, which is entirely of our own making, though unmaking it would, like unmaking money, be far from easy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
She was not alive and she knew it, but...whatever her new state might lack, it was infinitely preferable to the unmaking that had almost devoured her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
He died after a lengthy battle with human consciousness, a victim—as you will be—of the universe’s need to make and unmake all that is possible. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
Anyone with access to a compass and a clove of garlic could perform their own test, which is why the unmaking of the old ‘fact’ was so important. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He says somewhere, “You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you.” 5 great books on world travel 2013-02-04T12:45:00Z
“You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you – or unmaking you.” What travel writers are reading right now 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z
But it contains, in its own way, a meditation on how history can make, and unmake, the meaning of our lives. The Cruel Irony of “The Americans” 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z
Although the trip to Hamburg proved to be the making of the Beatles, it was the unmaking of the relationship between Mr. Williams and the group. Allan Williams, First Manager of the Beatles, Dies at 86 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z
The typewriter is where you’re making your first choices that you can never unmake again. ArtsBeat: How Dan Harmon Did, Or Did Not, Get His Groove Back at ‘Community’ 2013-12-18T17:03:13Z
There you go: the breaking, making and then unmaking of the world in under two minutes. Magic and mysteries woven into "The Wheel of Time" main titles 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z
However, as existence is supposed to be based on the idea that the creator is infallible, their success would show God's powers to be limited and thus unmake the universe. The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian 2010-04-12T09:50:00Z
It was a choice you made once and couldn’t unmake. The trouble with virginity: What America’s sexual language leaves out 2014-02-23T21:00:00Z
A handful of studies, of course, does not a movement unmake. After “Lean In,” the road to workplace equality 2013-09-17T11:43:00Z
Macaulay uses this premise—which, when I was seven, seemed like science fiction—to illustrate what goes into unmaking a building: the materials, the methods, the fastenings, the layering. Saving Buildings with Social Media 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z
An open letter posted by Boston Arts for Black Lives announced, “This is not a call to reform historically white and white-dominant museums; this is a call to unmake them.” Coronavirus shutdowns and charges of white supremacy: American art museums are in crisis 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z
Daily production schedules were no more to his liking than schematic characters; he needed to feel his way to the end result, making and unmaking his films as he went along. Video: New DVDs: Cassavetes’s ‘Too Late Blues’; ‘The Lawless’ 2012-06-10T04:23:01Z
Having fashioned this more-than-lifesize image of herself, how could she expect to unmake it and start again, reappearing in the guise of a dedicated actor capable of taking on tragic roles? John Banville on Marilyn Monroe 50 years after her death 2012-08-03T21:55:13Z
At the time, fans were furious at Lucas for both the prequels and the changes he’d made—and refused to unmake—to the original films. The George Awakens 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z
Can they unmake it, or are wolves a part of our own nature? Mouse Bird Snake Wolf by David Almond and Dave McKean – review 2013-06-21T17:45:01Z
Solutions like beach umbrellas, sunscreen and long-sleeved coverups were available, of course, but once she made up her mind she couldn’t unmake it. The day I put my bikini away 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z
I spent a while after watch “In Care Of” trying to decide what it was that impelled Don first to make, then unmake, this potentially life-changing decision all in one episode. Mad Men Character Study: Dick Whitman’s Last Stand 2013-06-24T16:39:28Z
People seem to be inventing themselves in front of his camera and then, a moment later, unmaking themselves. | 'Tabloid': Was It Love? The ?Manacled Mormon? and His Kinky Weekend 2011-07-14T22:11:29Z
Sometimes to unmake a name, however, is even more powerful, if it’s done for the right reasons. The Anti-Redskins Ad On The NBA Finals: Only One Question Really Matters 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z
When Morpheus unmakes the Corinthian, he denounces the aggrieved entitlement of the Collectors telling them, "Until now, you have sustained fantasies in which you are the victims, comforting daydreams in which you are always right." "The Sandman" and the American Dream: Donald Trump is the Corinthian 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z
Others around him are similarly busy unmaking themselves: His tenant dismantles the house he is renting from Green and his brother, Roy, piece by piece, envisioning a space “like a big church.” Stories That Look Askance at the American Midwest 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z
He unmakes his heart, blots his love out for art, While you stare with a puzzled “Je ne sais quoi…” Call him daft, call him crazy. Style Invitational Week 1078: Hyphen the Terrible — neologisms plus winning parodies
The artist both unmakes and remakes, transforming everyday objects into both raw material and accomplished art. In the galleries: Artists illustrate the evolving principles of geometric painting 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z
“But then I have to critique that, because it’s about falling in and out of it, it’s about making and unmaking. If it happened the same way all the time, I would be concerned.” Okwui Okpokwasili Wants You to Slow Down and Walk With Her 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z
“The typewriter is where you’re making your first choices that you can never unmake again.” Dan Harmon on ‘Community’ 2013-12-18T17:00:01Z
How do we "unmake the self-made myth," Quart asks. Held down by our bootstraps: The myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z
Which is exactly the way that OpenAI, the company that stands to benefit the most from everyone believing its product has the power to remake — or unmake — the world, wants it. Column: Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z
This year, Hawley said, he was focused on the left's "efforts to unmake history." “Without the Bible, there is no America”: Josh Hawley goes full Christian nationalist at NatCon 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z
There’s no choice in that; there’s no room to really unmake yourself from it. UW student, author takes a deeper dive into ‘Gearbreakers’ sequel 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z
Just by wrapping the hanging ropes inside a loose rope, we could make a glorious tree — and just as quickly unmake it or change it into many different kinds of trees.” Bringing ‘A Monster Calls’ from the page to the stage 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z
There has been a conversation among activists searching for loopholes in anticipation of the unmaking of Roe v.Wade that putting clinics under tribal lands could be possible. GOP governor warns sovereign Native American tribes to not make abortion accessible on their land 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z
In a swift 12 songs and 39 minutes, Vu grapples with what it takes to unmake and remake the self. Dive into the subconscious of L.A.’s indie-pop prodigy Hana Vu 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z
He thought that the power of a few large employers to make or unmake suburban lives had distorted the stories of his boyhood. Op-Ed: What Joan Didion wrote about Lakewood in 1993 wasn't — isn't — the only story to tell 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z
Why make a bed when you’re only going to have to unmake it that night? Perspective | I never believed in making my bed. It turns out, I was right all along. 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z
With each speech and every action, they make or unmake the regime. Opinion | Why the Biden Presidency Feels Like Such a Disappointment 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z
The unmaking of a Beatle: George Harrison’s widow and son on the legacy of ‘All Things Must Pass’ Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, rock journalist, author and partner of Jim Morrison, dies at 75 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z
Well, it’s time to unmake it and free our state from the straitjacket of regressive taxation that favors the 1%. State taxes: Essential programs 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z
The liberal groups disagree and see the action in Arizona as the tip of the iceberg that could unmake the rules that helped them score big wins in 2020. Activists fight against GOP state proposals to tighten election rules 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z
Again, she poses an idea through possibility: “Maybe the value of art, to artists and everyone else, is that it upends other value systems. Art unmakes the world made by art.” Review: Money talks, and people talk money, in unsparing essays on capitalism 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z
And unless decomposers unmake, there isn’t anything that the composers can make with. A Poetic, Mind-Bending Tour of the Fungal World 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z
This makes the circumstances of his death seem like an accident of timing — as though they didn't result from a decision someone had made and then tacitly renewed by refusing to unmake it. Perspective | I'm a doctor on Rikers Island. My patients shouldn't have to die in jail. 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z
The Trump takeover of the GOP demonstrates that some political choices are difficult to unmake, like trying to un-stir cream from your coffee. Opinion | The 2020 Democrats put 2016’s Republican candidates to shame 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z
Heavily influenced by Marxism, Ignatiev said the journal’s purpose was to chronicle and analyze the making, remaking and unmaking of whiteness. Noel Ignatiev, scholar who called for abolishing whiteness, dies at 78 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z
The MCU asks audiences to suspend their disbelief about super powers, armored flying nano-suits, and magic gems that can unmake reality, but audiences can only accept so much fantasy before they tune out. Why the MCU doesn’t care about secret identities 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z
Something that will unmake, and remake, the world by the time they reach middle age. It’s a Beach if We Say So: Lost Scenes From Downtown’s Hipster Landfill 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z
It is also, for all intents and purposes, a law that Congress did not make and cannot realistically unmake. Opinion | How is everyone coping with the national emergency? No, not that one. 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z
As the president took the stage at a Macon, Georgia rally, he proclaimed that if Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams is elected as the governor, she will unmake the Second Amendment of the U.S. NY Times columnist explains why Trump is treating his own supporters like total fools 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
It’s where Richard Nixon’s corrupt manipulations were held up to the light by jowly senators in the unmaking of his presidency. Will the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing be a where-were-you moment? 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z
But if we’re feeling less than human — or pretending we can engineer mortality away — for most of us it’s a choice we’re making, and can unmake tomorrow. Opinion | The Humanity We Can’t Relinquish 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z
Foes say the president only has the authority to make, but not unmake, national monuments under the 1906 Antiquities Act. Analysis | The Energy 202: Environmentalists want to know if smaller Utah monument benefits state lawmaker 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z
Commitments once made are now very difficult to unmake, without doing grave harm to the worthwhile programs being supported. The Sackler family's blood money disgraces museums around the world | Allen Frances 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z
“It took generations to make them white, and it will take more to unmake them.” Opinion | How Ta-Nehisi Coates Gives Whiteness Power 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z
That which makes us also unmakes us, and the process of living seems inextricably bound to the process of dying. Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z
In enacting the vehicle - the 1972 Act - Parliament was not intending to prevent the government from exercising its prerogative in the future to make or unmake treaties at the international level. What is the Article 50 case all about? - BBC News 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z
He spent a painstaking month unmaking his notorious Erased de Kooning Drawing, a work of conceptual art before conceptual art had been conceived. Robert Rauschenberg and the subversive language of junk 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z
Over the coming days, he set about unmaking her well-laid plans: regrading a road, ripping out a wall, and overturning a decision about what kind of gravel to surround the sculpture with. A Monument to Outlast Humanity 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z
Now we face Victor Frankenstein’s problem: Having unleashed evil upon the world, largely because we wanted to see what would happen, how do we unmake the monster or undo his deeds? Trump’s dark victory: Even Republicans are speaking out against the Donald’s hateful Mussolini parody. But can the damage be undone? 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z
But you can unmake each of the cases — including ours — pretty easily. Who’s most likely to end up as Republicans’ nominee in 2016 presidential race
Duvalier Jr allowed his more sophisticated and energetic wife to dominate cabinet meetings and make and unmake ministers. Jean-Claude Duvalier obituary 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z
Natural law made us, and it ultimately will unmake us. Forecasts: Hopes and Fears About Climate Change 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z
Once made, such an impression is difficult to unmake. The divided states of Obama
Those most often identified as responsible for the unmaking were overbearing parents. Michelle Wie defies her critics, does it her way and wins U.S. Women's Open: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z
A visit to the potter’s house permits the prophet to ponder that the potter can make and unmake and remake the pot. Sermon Series: "Getting Smashed for Jesus" 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z
Vitriol directed at her will not turn back the clock and unmake a decision.” Seniors Supporting Adult Children 2014-01-23T16:04:35Z
The much ballyhooed unmaking of daily newspapering seems to be unmaking itself, and there’s a reason for that. The Media Equation: In New Orleans, Times-Picayune’s Monopoly Crumbles 2013-05-13T00:36:45Z
They are the most unusual love poems: fortified by years, by sexual passion of valedictory intensity and by vows she does not, at first, know how to unmake. Sharon Olds wins TS Eliot prize 2013-01-14T21:47:58Z
There are no good options for unmaking this cycle, in which girls — and some boys too — are encouraged to take and post portraits, then are exploited, and/or widely shamed for it. Girls on Film: How Innocent Pictures Feed the Internet Porn Machine 2012-10-24T16:16:37Z
Everything discussed in the EP work and in this and many other articles takes place within the cell nucleus, yet the outcomes can make and unmake us.  Junk DNA, Junky PR 2012-09-17T23:45:02.920Z
Then came the kind of disastrous run that can unmake a career. John Paulson's Very Bad Year 2012-06-28T21:50:04Z
God made Davy, out of His head: If He unmake him, Doesn't He take him? To Your Dog and To My Dog 2012-05-22T15:16:52.220Z
With a smile or a frown she could make or unmake men's futures at court. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z
Go on, you foolish boy, and rule a country, or cut off heads, and then you may talk of such men--men who could unmake you and yours with a stroke of the pen! The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z
All such tribal taboos make or unmake literature. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z
Buckie truly remarks: “All great reforms have consisted, not in making something new, but in unmaking something old.” Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z
It can make and unmake laws in defiance of executive vetoes. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z
It is squared up by a sixth sense that has no name—yet a qualification which, by its presence or its absence, makes or unmakes a buyer's value. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z
I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the housetop. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z
"Do you think that because I made you, I cannot unmake you?" The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z
Then, when he had become associated with the college paper he had foreseen in himself the editor of some great journal, with power to upset conspiracies and to unmake kings. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z
Philosophers and statesmen believe it to be the work of their own hands: they did not make it; but they have for three hundred years been unmaking it by reformations and revolutions. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
For by whatever mystery or magic he had come to identity through me, he was my son as I knew, and not even death could so unmake him. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z
I give it frankly, and sign it, which is not done by certain persons who strive incognito to make and unmake reputations. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z
He helped to make and unmake United States Senators and was consulted regarding appointments. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z
Hence, unless man can unmake himself, he is bound by the law of his nature to act in all cases as he does. Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. 2011-12-08T03:00:27.177Z
Philosophers and statesmen believe it to be the work of their own hands; they did not make it, but they have for three hundred years been unmaking it by reformations and revolutions. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
It’s always easier to make laws than it is to unmake them. How Congress and the Entertainment Industry Plan to Kill the Internet and How Citizens, Reddit Users, and a Few Senators Are Fighting Back 2011-11-29T02:31:29Z
Feminism in unmaking the mother, is undoing the labours of countless ages of evolutionary advance. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z
The dark and solid houses were less solid than that something I knew to be within myself, that makes and unmakes houses and streets and towns and lands.... In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z
The main interest which Andronicus took in life was concerned with things ecclesiastical—it would be wrong to say things religious—and he spent his life in making and unmaking patriarchs of Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z
Chill, chill on either hand Eternities must stand, And pants between them, passionate and brief, The moment's self, to make Or unmake, but to take Just here, just now, before death turns the leaf. Poems of London and Other Verses 2011-10-15T02:00:29.553Z
They have the rare faculty of making and unmaking matches. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z
Human architects make and unmake things, and alter them as their invention may dictate, and experience may determine to be most convenient and best. Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion 2011-10-12T02:00:53.110Z
The Republic is made, and nothing can unmake it. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z
I could unmake the stars to ensure darkness, To cheat me of the places that have known you. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z
And, I was going to add, I can unmake you just as easily. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z
And they had power to make kings, as Saul and David, as was shewed: and it must needs follow, they had power to unmake them in case of tyranny. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z
Dawn has flashed up the startled skies, Night has gone out beneath the hill Many sweet times; before our eyes Dawn makes and unmakes about us still The magic that we call the rose. Poems 2011-08-16T02:00:47.467Z
You say that you do not like the people who are our neighbors back home, but it is these very people who make and unmake reputations. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z
Perhaps observation would prove that their masses shift and vanish more quickly than we guess, for the sand is the sea's toy, and she makes and unmakes her castles at will. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z
If it is I who make these definitions, they are therefore mine, I can unmake them, modify them, change them, even annihilate them. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z
A lawmaker, said king James the VI. should not be a law-breaker: but if he turn an overturner of the fundamental laws, that law or covenant that made him king, doth oblige to unmake him. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z
A bad reputation is almost as destructive of happiness to her as absolute guilt; and of her character we may say with the poet: "A breath can make them, or a breath unmake." Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z
To say that these annoyances do not exist would be idle; but not half so idle as the act of giving them controlling importance in the making or the unmaking of a day's happiness. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z
No generation has power to bind its successors; and if the Parliament of 1800 was able to make the Legislative Union, the Parliament of to-day is able to unmake it. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z
The priests could make and unmake their kings. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z
The world!—which spends its life making and unmaking its own judgments, in a perpetual alternate condemnation of its own infatuations and prejudices. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z
We can say, this evil is of my making, I can therefore unmake it. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z
The Big Bonanza was, in the twinkling of an eye, making and unmaking money princes, and a new set of rich people had rushed into “San Francisco's best society.” The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z
How could he make or unmake a king of the Seminoles? Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
But if you've made a mistake the mistake is there, unless you go back and unmake it. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z
Now when Descartes afterwards adds that I cannot unmake the conception, he means that I cannot get rid of it by an act of my will: which is true, but is not the proposition required. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z
"Then the sooner you unmake that mind the better." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z
A very slight discrimination in freight rates may turn the tides of commerce this way or that and make or unmake a metropolis. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z
All these are natural laws, that man never made, nor can ever unmake, or alter. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z
Ha! what wondrous tools Prometheus used, who knows? but more wondrous these, that in an instant, can unmake the topmost three-score-years-and-ten of all Prometheus' makings. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z
Quite apart, therefore, from any influence on the opinions of others growing out of respect for his judgment, or less rational reaction to him, he can do much to make or unmake business confidence. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z
Public opinion can make or unmake a law; interpret as it chooses, and enforce or forbid its execution as it pleases. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z
It is a principle, too, that no priest ever made or could ever unmake, belonging as it does to the very nature of conscious creatures. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker
The true definition of law is, that it is a fixed, immutable, natural principle; and not anything that man ever made, or can make, unmake, or alter. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z
She makes and unmakes many worlds, and can draw the moon from heaven with a scarlet thread. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man
For static theory, nothing is more contemptible than the view which "demagogues" often express in Congress that great men in Wall Street make and unmake prosperity, bring about and check panics. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z
I imagined a couple in her image, for it is the woman who makes or unmakes the couple. Woman
He was also a statesman of more than ordinary ability, and had been for a time Prime Minister of Spain, and for fifteen years had been making and unmaking ministries at will. The History of Cuba, vol. 4
I can't unmake you as artist any more than you can unmake me. Cinderella Jane
He may make and unmake pacts with a heretic if it please him. The Firebrand
That is why, in this day of popular rule, the really irresponsible power that makes and unmakes history lies in the hands of the journalist. Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse
Thanks to the power of the Apostolic keys, she can make and unmake them, for the power which she delegates is not for a passing fame, but for a holy eternity. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century.
He says this was mainly concerned with the property of which account was taken at the census; it was therefore in 684 their power to make or unmake a citizen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics"
You know me well enough to understand that having made up my mind on this subject, I shall not unmake it for any other terms but the ones I have accepted as reasonable and right. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance
When it was seen that by the powerful influence behind him he could break policemen, smother indictments, muzzle the authorities, and make and unmake judges at will, the public began to believe him. John Marsh's Millions
If, as often happened, such marriages turned out ill, the same conjuror who could make could unmake. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII
The probability that we may be called to account hereafter, will, to a reflecting mind, have the influence of belief; for it is not our belief or unbelief that can make or unmake the fact. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence
Nature makes and unmakes all these divine treasures with gloomy indifference, and at last we find that we have not loved,—we have only been embracing shadows. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15
It was Taylor's brilliant services in Mexico, that made him popular above all others with the masses, who are the ones that make and unmake presidents. The Greater Republic A History of the United States
The Americans once having made them citizens cannot unmake them. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
At a meeting of Council he had asked Gardiner and others whether the King could not make and unmake bishops at his pleasure. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII
Who were they who took to themselves the right to make and unmake Kings for the Zulu nation? asked Tambusa, proud and defiant. The Induna's Wife
Then she would bid me beware, saying that, even as she had made me, it might still be within her power to unmake me. The White Shield
To make out a class of actions as those committed with violence, and then to imply violence where in reality there is none, is first to make and then unmake the distinction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845
When you make and unmake fortunes at this rate, what matters it whether you have a little elegance the more or the less? The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4.
If we build up this throne, he who sits on it is our viceroy; we have made, and can unmake him.' Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier
It is woman that makes or unmakes society. Oriental Women
"Well, you'll have to unmake it, then," continued Uncle Sam's representative. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making
You saw," the Plutonian was saying triumphantly in Mercurian, "—you saw me unmake your Old Fool. Astounding Stories, June, 1931
You are yourself; no one could make or unmake you, and God forbid that I should try. Ancestors A Novel
That he could either "make or unmake him," that he "had him in his power." Portia or By Passions Rocked
The making, the unmaking and the enforcing of law are politics, and every American woman should have an interest in these things. The Daughter of a Republican
His lips press and his arms enfold not her so much as the ideal of her, and unless she unmake herself, he cannot unlove her. The Kempton-Wace Letters
Time is the only God; the First and the Last, the Endless Being; the Creator, the Destroyer; He who can make and unmake. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies
Governments can not afford to ignore the rights of those holding the ballot, who make and unmake every law and law-maker. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
That he could make or unmake him, as the fancy seized him, and so on. Portia or By Passions Rocked
Bledsoe has been appointed by the President to fill an important position; and the same power appoints the secretaries, and can unmake them. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
Does not this admit the claim that the King can, as Queen Elizabeth is reported to have said, make or unmake a Bishop? The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments
In their judgment his heaven and hell are here, and the gods who make and the devils who unmake civilizations are humans, not good or bad divinities. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View
I permit you to go, though my feelings are mixed, And unmake, as my grandfather made, you. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890
They did something over there to make me an American; but they did nothing to unmake me as an Irishman. The Landleaguers
Young Man Then I will unmake the law, so get you out of the way. The Green Helmet and Other Poems
No. Representatives from all the sects might, and some probably will, sit there without either making their sect the established Church of the country, or unmaking the Catholic Church the Church of the country. The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments
Whether he makes or unmakes matters little to him. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts
I can make and unmake and ruin homes as well as any Czar or Emperor. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890
The doctrinaires had worked out to perfection the idea that a people who could freely make and unmake their own laws would, for that plain reason, respect the laws. The Conflict between Private Monopoly and Good Citizenship
You did not make yourself, you cannot unmake yourself. The Heart of the New Thought
Cromwell cried out, in a studied rage: 'I made thee and I made thy office: I will unmake the one and the other if it and thou know no better law.' The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court
The Parliament declared its right to make or unmake kings, and ordered that Edward should not be king any more. Royal Children of English History
Rightly used the newspaper can make or unmake men, and wrongly used it can be even more sinister. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns)
Magic is yours to make and to unmake. The Flute of the Gods
The sentiment which obtained the law secures its enforcement—men do not dare run counter to the wishes of women, when the latter have in their hands the power to make or unmake politicians. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Presently he would come and together they would make those plans that lovers make—and then unmake, unless, elsewhere, they have been made for them. The Paliser case
But it is not to be concealed that the difficulty of arresting and unmaking were even greater than those of creating and consolidating the revolution. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850.
He paused, and Hardy’s mind whirled backward, upsetting his fears, unmaking his conclusions. Hidden Water
With the words of the wise men still in his ears––the rulers who could make and unmake––he knew that no other boy had ever heard the praise and promise he had heard. The Flute of the Gods
The plan was neatly frustrated by one of those apparent accidents of war which make or unmake men, according as they are favorable or unfavorable. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War
‘Warwick the King-maker,’ or Richard Neville, was the famous baron who possessed such wonderful power in England that he could make and unmake kings at his will. John and Betty's History Visit
God can change the spots of the one and the color of the other, but I'm blessed if I believe even God can unmake a fool. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties
He could not do otherwise and be consistent, for if the eleven rebellious States made the Confederacy, they surely had the right to unmake it. Rodney The Partisan
I take her as God made her, and as men Must fail to unmake her, for my honor’d wife. Wee Wifie
Might makes and unmakes laws, and that might should be in the hands of the majority. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, June, 1880
Her discovery seemed to unmake her life in a twinkling. Rose O'Paradise
We cannot unmake human nature, but can certainly improve conditions by self-denial, earnest thought, and wise action. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century
Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
Had she possessed the power to make and unmake legislators, no State Assembly would have dared thus to rob the mother of her natural rights. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
The Moors themselves have made it what it is; but since for an Ethiopian to change his skin is no light matter, there is small probability of the Moors themselves unmaking it. In the Tail of the Peacock
Colette has her own ideas, but she has kept back all the details that make or unmake a case. The Art of Disappearing
But if once more I dreamed of finality in change I deceived myself, forgetting that God Himself cannot unmake the past or undo what is done. Apologia Diffidentis
Go, come; accustom yourself to Pharaonic magnificence; help yourself as you please to my treasures; make gold flow, heap up gems; order, make, unmake, raise, destroy; be my mistress, my wife, my queen. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
The miserable Charles II. was then making and unmaking his will continually—sometimes indicating a prince of Bavaria as his successor, at others a prince of the house of Austria. Political Women, Vol. 2
The idea was that the grown men met in the market-place, like the peasants of Glarus under their trees, to manage their affairs, making and unmaking officials, conferring and revoking powers. Lectures on the French Revolution
She prayed For God's help in unmaking the woman He made, As if He repented the thing He had done. Three Women
But the omnipotent Creator, who, for purposes towards us, made time and space to be what we perceive them to be, has also the power to change or unmake them. An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality
Moroni was no doubt a tool in the hands of that quiet, sallow-faced man who, by reason of his colossal wealth and huge financial resources, could even make and unmake dynasties. The Stretton Street Affair
We have seen how our Reviewer makes, let us now see how he unmakes, history. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply
It belongeth not to the magistrate either to make or unmake ministers. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2)
No power can unmake us Save that which has made. Modern British Poetry
"We cannot make or unmake God's laws in our thoughts," the other answered; "you were wilfully blind to the knowledge that was in your heart." To Love
But there is yet another facility in written constitutions: "a breath unmakes them, as a breath has made." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.
You did not make them, and they cannot unmake you. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2
Divinity is not to sap human volition, but to enforce it; she would unmake Telemachus, if she allowed him to stay at home and do nothing, tied to his mother's apron strings. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
A Congress which found it could make and unmake laws in defiance of the Executive went mad. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
Lastly, we find that the direction, which this reality takes, suggests to us the idea of a thing unmaking itself; such, no doubt, is one of the essential characters of materiality. Creative Evolution
Nor time, nor place, Did then adhere, and yet you would make both; They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical
We will go out against the world and break it and unmake it. The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays
There will be no unmaking this mistake, sir, never—never—never. The Bertrams
You could make things happen on Crimson, but you couldn't unmake them. A World Called Crimson
In vital activity we see, then, that which subsists of the direct movement in the inverted movement, a reality which is making itself in a reality which is unmaking itself. Creative Evolution
Arise, my sons," he said; "the gods that make men and unmake them shall reward you. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea
To his sons, who fell out, father spake: “This Bundle of Sticks you can’t break; Take them singly, with ease, You may break as you please, So, dissension your strength will unmake.” The Baby's Own Aesop
But in any case, the man who had made a mistake not only refused to unmake it, but decided to go on making it. Eugenics and Other Evils
Then he suddenly left off writing, and I drew the conclusion that it is as easy to unmake friends as to make them.  Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions
It makes itself or it unmakes itself, but it is never something made. Creative Evolution
Criticism does not make him and cannot unmake him. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
Was it not her all; the consummation or destruction of every hope; the making or unmaking of her joy or of her happiness? An Old Man's Love
Slave as you are of habit, of the character you have woven for yourself out of years of deliberate living—what wild unreason to imagine that love can unmake, can recreate! Robert Elsmere
Say, Burrus, quickly say, how stands our cause   With the Praetorians who unmake and make Emperors? Nero
She also claims to derive from her Founder legislative power by which she can make decrees, unmake them or modify and vary them to suit different times and circumstances. Science and Morals and Other Essays
The fact is that old customs are terrible things for unmaking laws. Renée Mauperin
The people elect the legislators and the people are responsible for the character of men they elect and send to Nashville to make and unmake laws. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist
If the congregation of laymen alone makes the minister, then it can also unmake, or depose, him from his office. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
If I have made, I can unmake—Now leave me with my son. Nero
But thou, an archer mightier, Risest unmaking all The multitudes of binding charms With the one charm of light, O God of wing-sped chariot! Life Immovable First Part
Orators make and unmake kings, but kings are seldom orators, and orators never secure thrones. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators
Hitherto the army, that had made and could unmake it, had been occupied first in Ireland, then in Scotland; and the minds of people at home had been equally occupied in watching its achievements. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
In this style he said to little Colonel M’Mahon, the Prince’s secretary—“I made him, and I shall unmake him.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
He made, and can unmake;900 And shall I, for a little gasp of breath, Blaspheme and groan? The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry
If it is his mind, it will degenerate into imbecility and madness—solitary confinement has the power to unmake men's minds and leave them idiots. Natural Law in the Spiritual World
We cannot, if we would, unmake the history of the last ten years. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Of course, in a state of society so simple and unchanging there is little need of that constant lawmaking and unmaking deemed so indispensable in free and more civilized communities. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
But this supreme and irresistible power to make or to unmake resides only in the whole body of the people; not in any subdivision of them. Union and Democracy
I cannot allude, however, to this giant of the press, whose might can make or unmake a reputation, without gratefully acknowledging that it never lent its great circulation to these libels. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition
God made him such, and his brother cannot unmake him. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time
And no desecration, no excommunication from church, chapel or sanhedrin can unmake him. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles
The officials were selected almost entirely from one political party, and had always an eye upon the nod of their taskmasters, who had the power to make or unmake them. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion
The people made the Constitution and the people can unmake it.... Union and Democracy
But we cannot unmake ourselves or change our habits in a moment. Apologia Pro Vita Sua
Evidence made her a Christian—stronger evidence on the side of her former faith can alone unmake her.' Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century
They got possession of the symbols of imperial power, the garment and the staff of Mahomet, and proceeded to make and unmake Caliphs at their pleasure. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
If they succeed in unmaking their legend of Boulanger, where are they? France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889
Any attempt to unmake this disposition of my fortune would be fraught with failure. The Mystics A Novel
The only discrepancy is, that he makes and unmakes the law according to his own fancy, he rides horseback without permission, and as to the six months, he takes a little more time. Napoleon the Little
It is no task for a real man at all; even for a woman, it debases, it unmakes, it breaks. Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
Thus the intellect of Athens first was its making and then its unmaking; while the warlike prowess of the Spartans maintained their pre-eminence, till it succumbed to the antagonist prowess of Thebes. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
He forgot that, for once, he was speaking to an intelligent audience, which demands something a little less crude than the kind of thing which wins elections and makes and unmakes governments and policies. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles
We forget that man can rise to be master of his destiny, fighting, unmaking, re-creating, not only his own environment, but the environment of multitudinous lesser men. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward
I made you, and I can unmake you, and by God I will, if I have another word of your counselling. By What Authority?
This of course was a new mode of viewing the question; but we cannot unmake ourselves or change our habits in a moment. Apologia pro Vita Sua
His official action has tended to make or unmake great industries. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
I've been weak and contemptible enough to let you unmake me. The Way of Ambition
Mr. Langhope stared: he was always adventurously ready to unmake plans, but it flustered him to be called on to remake them. The Fruit of the Tree
"Man now unmakes them, Who made them in his youth; He boldly breakes them With shattering blows of truth." The Red Conspiracy
The men who had affected to believe that the press could make and unmake destinies began to count on their fingers the few newspapers that had opposed Horace Greeley. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891
One combination of ambitious fools making gold—another unmaking it. Caves of Terror
Life unmakes them, I mean, unless you set yourself against it and ruin things that might be mended.' Franklin Kane
His daughter wished him to don his better coat, but he replied that he had never been able to think that clothes could make or unmake a gentleman. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864
Money makes men as well as unmakes them. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals
"My thoughts do not make or unmake anything." Daisy in the Field
The State did not make and could not unmake 'the Trew Church,' but was bound to establish, foster, and obey it. Historical Mysteries
"It doesn't unmake it, either, for you to say that now," my wife lamented. A Pair of Patient Lovers
She has made kings and conquerors, and she can unmake them. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family
Sorrows we all must share; but they need not unmake us. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals
Guilt to unmake, and Plots annihilate, Is much a greater work than to create. Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden
Yet, recognizing all this, it must not be forgotten that breeches do not make a man, nor the want of them unmake a woman. Sex in Education or, A Fair Chance for Girls
The rearing of a child is the making or unmaking of a man or woman. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
And these silent millions make and unmake the world. Catholic Problems in Western Canada
For Governor Coolidge was the richest, the most influential, and the most prominent American in New Mexico, and his wife could make and unmake social circles as she chose. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
She will be yours to make—yours to unmake, to mould, fashion, remould—with God's good help. The Danger Mark
Wonder rather that they do no worse when God withdraws his hand from them, for so little does the habit make the monk, that it often unmakes him through the pride it lends him. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. IV. (of V.)
Are they not merely a reversal of life's engine, rather than an unmaking and a remaking. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine
They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art
It has been engrained by a plurality of influences; one man did not make it, and one man cannot unmake it. Practical Essays
You see, Frank," she went on, after a pause; "we women have to make or unmake our lives very much in the dark. The Queen's Cup
Circumstances can unmake; but of themselves they never yet made man, nor any other form of life. Anthropology
He was for ever unmaking his world and rebuilding it in thought, dissolving what to others were solid facts, and discovering what to others were old truths. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
You had to unmake so many plans, unthink so many thoughts.... Dangerous Ages
For when the public has once made up its mind about any man's work, it does not relish any attempt to force it to unmake this opinion and to remake it. Inquiries and Opinions
We make and unmake a world more than once in the space of a single day. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series
I made myself your foe, and now I wish that I could unmake what I made.... Foes
An eye that is trained to detect the values of circumstances, and a hand that is quick to adjust them, have produced the mental forces that make or unmake the race. The Voice of the People
"Making and unmaking judges, for example?" suggested Ellis. The Clarion
We have made him, and we cannot unmake him if we would. Indian Unrest
I do not know whether we might not read, for modern copies are sometimes incorrect, A breath unmakes them, as a breath has made. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
A Roman: A name, that makes and can unmake a queen. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05
He is the Warwick of modern times; he makes and unmakes kings, sceptral and financial. The Voice in the Fog
Even if you were to shut your eyes at me now—though I might go blind, you could not unmake me:—"The gods themselves cannot recall their gifts." An Englishwoman's Love-Letters
Their influence will make or unmake the religion of their homes, and what they will be for the whole of their life will depend very much upon how they take their first independent stand. The Education of Catholic Girls
No Power can unmake us   Save that which has made. Songs from Books
Perhaps he prefers the deeper-lying power to make and unmake politicians. Success A Novel
Empire, thou poor and despicable thing, When such as these make or unmake a king! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04
He has power; he has authority; he can make and unmake men. The Man with the Clubfoot
So widespread is this belief, largely pagan in its origin, that mere fortune either makes or unmakes men, that it seems worth while to discuss and refute this dangerous delusion. Success (Second Edition)
They were years of great spiritual upturning, of the making and unmaking of ideals, of hard work and hard play. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil
The State can make and unmake them, and we owe them obedience because the State has commanded it. Elements of Civil Government
It makes and unmakes Cabinets; it controls the executive action of the Ministry; who, in their turn, are the authorized advisers of that sham constitutional monarch, the Colonial Governor. England's Case Against Home Rule
She could make or unmake puddings at will. A Christmas Garland
Every apostle is a part of this terrible power, which can make and unmake at its mysterious will and pleasure. Conditions in Utah Speech of Hon. Thomas Kearns of Utah, in the Senate of the United States
The majesty of the elemental forces was extolled in order to magnify the greater power of Him who made and could unmake them, and whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain. Christian Mysticism
Their facts, I venture to assert, have made more Home Rulers than their opinions can unmake. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question
She ruled the King, and could make and unmake ministers at will. Montcalm and Wolfe
They will lose the power of making and unmaking ministries, and it will be found absolutely necessary to establish some strong executive independently of their fluctuations. Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government
"Then they'll unmake 'em," he replied, and he leaned forward heavily. His Family
I'm not making my decisions, or unmaking them, with reference to you; it's with reference to Monsieur de Bienville. The Inner Shrine
It isn't well to make up our minds fully until we have heard all sides, lest we have them to unmake, which is always more or less painful. Homes and How to Make Them
"A breath unmakes it, as a breath has made," said Cliffe. The Marriage of William Ashe
Celestine III. kicked the Emperor Henry IV.'s crown off his head, while kneeling, to show his prerogative of making and unmaking kings. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832
Opposite her was a man who could make and unmake not only generals but even the destinies of peoples. The Last Shot
"Else I avert my face, nor follow him Into that sad obscure sequestered state Where God unmakes but to remake the soul He else made first in vain: which must not be." Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
Maker no more,—oh no! unmaker rather,   For he unmakes who doth not all put forth The power given freely by our loving Father   To show the body's dross, the spirit's worth. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
The moment makes him, and passing away unmakes him. The Threshold Grace
Yet from the first skinclad German taken into a legion to the great barbarian patricians of Italy, making and unmaking emperors, the chain is unbroken. Medieval People
But I remember one sentence very well—Life—isn't it Life?—is 'an action which is making itself, across an action of the same kind which is unmaking itself.' Helena
War unmakes legs, and human skill must supply their places as it best may. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863
Philosophers are lined with eyes within, And, being so, the sage unmakes the man. Poems Household Edition
It was he that made it, and it is for him to unmake it when he chooses and to remake us if he chooses. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story
Philosophers are lined with eyes within,   And, being so, the sage unmakes the man. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The home, the school, the church and the State, all touch the individual on every side and create and together control the influences that make or unmake character. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History
If there were a God, he would rather entreat Him, and that he would do humbly enough, to unmake him again. Paul Faber, Surgeon
That is to say that when he died at the age of seventy-six, he had spent about six entire years in making and unmaking his toilet! Father Payne
The disguised boy, after being conducted to his pavilion, had his nurse's assistance in unmaking the complicated structure of his nuptial adornment. Eastern Shame Girl
It is possibly this very unmaking and remaking, this readjustment which we see at work in the lives of the great mystics, and which naturally causes great psychic and even physical disturbances. Mysticism in English Literature
The non-theological factors in the making and unmaking of church union. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December
I hated mine; so that I had never, except in a stealthy visit every day to unmake it, lest Martha should discover the secret of my nightly absence, entered the ill-omened chamber. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1
Fedalma cannot unmake herself; she has already danced in the plaza, and she is soon convinced that she is a Zincala, that her place is with her father and his tribe. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy
They tell us why poverty will not unmake one: but they tell us more.  Sermons for the Times
Alas!I neither made these thoughts, nor can unmake them. The Saint's Tragedy
The non-theological factors in the making and unmaking of church union. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December
Beware lest we make the confusion that we need the suffrage to help us unmake; lest we tear to pieces that we may patch again. Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887
For it is not philosophers who make language, though they often unmake it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860
Heaven itself would need time to unmake you. Taquisara
The concourse of atoms that made will, in process of time, unmake it, in order to make others, ad infinitum, of all possible sorts.  The Existence of God
Nothing is eternal, but the Thought which made them, and will unmake them.  Literary and General Lectures and Essays
They could make or unmake the great Democratic party at that election. Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887
They can make and unmake constitutions at pleasure. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan
The American, once having made them citizens, cannot unmake them. American Notes
I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the housetop.  De Profundis
Their children of to-day will be the men and women who in a generation will make or unmake the Republic. Library Work with Children
She makes and unmakes many worlds, and can draw the moon from heaven with a scarlet thread.  Intentions
The government could not make or unmake them in an instant, at pleasure, nor bend them in strict uniformity to its slightest caprice—this was an additional guarantee of private independence. Democracy in America — Volume 2
The Bank is a great establishment which enjoys an independent existence, and the people, accustomed to make and unmake whatsoever it pleases, is startled to meet with this obstacle to its authority. Democracy in America — Volume 1
I would much rather consider the question whether if the newspapers can make an author they can also unmake him, and I feel pretty safe in saying that I do not think they can. The Man of Letters as a Man of Business
He thought, and wrote, and said, that a king had a right to make and unmake what laws he pleased, and ought to be accountable to nobody on earth.  A Child's History of England
It is strange how little a thing sometimes makes or unmakes a fellow. Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1
Secondly, it would clearly demonstrate the sovereign power of the people; a people who could make and unmake an Emperor, would certainly be highly respected. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat
We know that during the whole duration of the Revolution one of the chief occupations of the assemblies was to make, unmake, and remake Constitutions. The Psychology of Revolution
It is God who controls the prosperity of labor, who makes and unmakes fortunes: may his will be done! System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
It is the bourgeoisie which makes and unmakes ministries. What is Property?
You are going to be able to make and unmake men as you choose. The Market-Place
In moments of excitement his odd irregular features seemed to grow fluid, to unmake and remake themselves like the shadows of clouds on a stream. The Reef
We neither mean to set up nor to pull down, neither to make nor to unmake, but to have nothing to do with them. Common Sense
It resulted, from this system of conduct, that all that passed between Scythrop and Marionetta, consisted in making and unmaking love. Nightmare Abbey
The willow plume waved its day, making and unmaking merchants. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It
The future is in his own hands to make or unmake. The Gentleman from Indiana
And so, according to your own account, you will protect your tailoress and unmake your country. Sir George Tressady — Volume I
He can, I suppose, unmake me now when he likes.' Wilfrid Cumbermede
I suspect man has more to do with the unmaking than the making of either. Weighed and Wanting
It was fearful to think of the mud that would lie baking and festering, full of lovely creatures dying, and ugly creatures coming to life, like the unmaking of a world. Adela Cathcart, Volume 1
She made it for herself, and she can unmake it whenever she chooses. With the Procession
Slave as you are of habit, of the character you have woven for yourself—out of years of deliberate living—what wild unreason to imagine that love can unmake, can re-create! Robert Elsmere
The bank is a great establishment which enjoys an independent existence, and the people, accustomed to make and unmake whatsoever it pleases, is startled to meet with this obstacle to its authority. American Institutions and Their Influence
Thus they were free to attain an advanced position and to become the advisors of their husbands in politics, making and unmaking political careers. Woman and the New Race
Truly, he began making up berths at Jersey City, and when he got through, about daylight, it was time to begin to unmake them again. Remarks
This is true of all visions without exception: we can contribute nothing towards them--we cannot add to them, nor can we take from them; our own efforts can neither make nor unmake them. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
All this could Carlo do—make, unmake me; build me up; to pieces take me; and join me limb to limb. Redburn. His First Voyage
It requires a violent effort of the spirit to remember that man made this confounding thing and man could unmake it. Tremendous Trifles
It is in us already made, and we can't unmake it. Fan : the story of a young girl's life
He saw that Greece was unmaking Rome; but he did not see that mankind required that Rome should be unmade. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius
Not that I think we made you, father and I. You are not the kind of man that people make or unmake. Windy McPherson's Son
Yes, truly, if indeed Thou by Thy mercy do not unmake me, and make me anew. Letters of Catherine Benincasa
At that time the North American was considered an authority which could make or unmake an author's reputation; and Longfellow may be said to have opened the door for Hawthorne into the great world. Cambridge Sketches
It is only beautiful when man controls and remodels it; but what man makes physically, he can unmake spiritually. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The people themselves should make and unmake their own "ministers," and in all ways live as close to the bone as they could. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775
The fire made it, and the fire shall unmake it. Expositions of Holy Scripture
Then, Lord, unmake me, and break the hardness of my heart, that I be not a tool which spoils Thy works! Letters of Catherine Benincasa
He commands the making and unmaking of state law. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft
Well, the mistake is made, and I cannot unmake it.  Pages from a Journal with Other Papers
He felt a growing regard, an affection, for this unassuming old man before him, who did not know and probably would be slow to understand the hypocrisy, the cunning trickery of lawmakers who unmake laws. A Gentleman from Mississippi
Title, and rank, and wealth, and education cannot unmake human nature; the same in cabin-boy and commodore, its only differences lie in the different modes of development. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War
I will that thou see that I am a good master, who plays the potter, unmaking and remaking vessels as His pleasure is. Letters of Catherine Benincasa
The tyrants have no power to unmake history, and to silence the feelings of the nation. Select Speeches of Kossuth
But, whichever way they make it, they wish they had made it the other; so they unmake it directly. Bits about Home Matters
It is not what a man does not, but what he does that makes him or unmakes him. Caesar Dies
But in most of these matters between man and man, the Captain instead of being a magistrate, dispensing what the law promulgates, is an absolute ruler, making and unmaking law as he pleases. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War
The Trusts were made by the People, and the People can and will unmake them, should they ever prove an engine of oppression. Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others
He lives, and lives bountifully, by unmaking, picking over and re-making the mattresses of the people. The Velvet Glove
Well, he believes himself a bigger man than any emperor, for he makes and unmakes kings. The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club
"Well, isn't that better than risking your neck trying to make and unmake emperors?" Caesar Dies
Women cannot only make and unmake empires but they DO make or fail to make harmony at home. Happiness and Marriage
The mighty flood ran free, tearing up trees by their roots as it ran, detaching masses of rock, dissolving islands into swirling sand and drift, carving new channels, making and unmaking the land. The Magnetic North
With it there go down the germs of fermentation, a sour, yeasty, and, as it were, secondary fermentation; not that kind which is necessary to make beer, but the kind that unmakes and spoils beer. The Open Air
We made the Union, and we'll unmake it when we please. The Battle Ground
But the praetorian guard, that makes and unmakes emperors, has been tasting the sweets of tyranny ever since Marcus Aurelius died. Caesar Dies
The first Constantine made the Church; now the Church will unmake the last Constantine. The Prince of India — Volume 02
Thus did this audacious man make and unmake kings, and give away thrones and kingdoms. General History for Colleges and High Schools
How strange it all seems to us American Republicans, who make and unmake our rulers with such expedition and scant ceremony. Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
The eternal root causes us to long for more existence, more being, more of God's making, less of our own unmaking. Warlock o' Glenwarlock
It was fearful to think of the mud that would lie baking and festering full of lovely creatures dying, and ugly creatures coming to life, like the unmaking of a world. Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers
Locke said, "God, when he makes the prophet, does not unmake the man." Representative Men
He may make or unmake kings, change boundary-lines between States, write books that will mold characters, or invent machines that will revolutionize the commerce of the world. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists
The Golden Bough is one of those books that unmake history. God and my Neighbour
We make or unmake ourselves by and through our work; marring our material and spiritual fortunes or discovering and possessing them at will. Essays on Work and Culture
I say that the very Gods, though they slay me, cannot unmake my life that has been.  The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale
Coventry thus answered him, 'Did I conceive that I held my place by your favour, I would presently unmake myself, by rendering up the seals to his Majesty.' The Fortunes of Nigel
Mollett was in truth the great man,—the Warwick who was to make and unmake the kings of Castle Richmond. Castle Richmond
For it is true that our schools are factories, with a machinery to unmake and remake, or fabricate, the souls of children much in the way in which shoddy is manufactured. Afoot in England
They will put their hands to any thing, and are generally blest with a pretty family of daughters: who unmake the beds, as fast as they are made by their mothers. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
He makes of me a woman, but He does not unmake me a princess. Graustark
Buckingham replied, 'It's false; 'twas I did make you, and you shall know that I, who made you, can, and will, unmake you.' The Fortunes of Nigel
"We have made a mistake, and let us unmake it," she continued. He Knew He Was Right
This passed, he sprang up, intending to recall Hicks and unmake his bargain. The Prodigal Judge
They made the very best sort of speeches, and could make and unmake great men with a facility truly astonishing, usually laying the greatest stress upon the smallest things. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter
The great Earl will make and unmake no more kings. A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes
These make and unmake public men; they have nothing, but they can give everything. Half a Rogue
I am here today, and the moment and the place are real, and my will is itself one of the fates that make and unmake all things. The Philosophy of Despair
And Colonel Dodd was firmly convinced that nobody could unmake him. The Landloper
That the questions that "came later" might ruin her life or unmake her compact, she did not know. Saturday's Child
A stipulated majority of both Houses of the American Congress can overrule by stated enactment their executive; but the popular branch of our legislature can make and unmake ours. The English Constitution
If the members of this Commission once get into politics, the institution is gone to hell, for we can make or unmake any candidate we wish. Letters of Franklin K. Lane
Thy slave that slept is awake; thy slave but slept for a span; Yea, man thy slave shall unmake thee, who made thee lord over man. Songs Before Sunrise
Thus the clergy gradually became the makers of kings; and the power of making involved a corresponding power of unmaking, if the king rebelled against the Church, and so cut himself off from Christendom.  Roman and the Teuton
The probability that we may be called to account hereafter, will, to reflecting minds, have the influence of belief; for it is not our belief or disbelief that can make or unmake the fact. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): the Age of Reason
He cannot make his own points as well; he cannot unmake as well the points presented to him. The English Constitution
They make and they unmake; they drop their tools perhaps for a time and drift; they despair and curse their impatient and unsatisfied souls. Letters of Franklin K. Lane
But I do believe in a Higher Control, which makes and unmakes our plans. The Rosary
Could he unmake me that which claims his knee, I’d kneel to him—I would!  The Hunchback
If sin makes sinners, Truth and Love alone can 270:27 unmake them. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures
It was made, but it can unmake; it was derivative in its origin, but it is destructive in its action. The English Constitution
Let us see what the modern English woman and her Anglo-American sister have become under the working of a mock-modesty which too often acts cloak to real dévergondage; and how Respectability unmakes what Nature made. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16
The people of Granada were a versatile, unsteady race, and exceedingly given to make and unmake kings. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
The people make the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court
No; if we are to maintain present salaries, let us make no more ambassadors; and let us unmake those we have already made. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
Many a battered Minister may be seen to think much more of the vicissitudes which make him and unmake him, than of any office matter. The English Constitution
The silence and the loneliness were in Roger's own soul; and, in face of the expected revelation which would make or unmake his future, the desolation they wrought was measureless. The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange
They forthwith resorted to their old expedient of new-modelling their government, or rather of making and unmaking kings. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
But this supreme and irresistible power to make or unmake resides only in the whole body of the people, not in any subdivision of them. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court
It is not straps that make the gentleman, or highlows that unmake him, be they ever so thick. The Book of Snobs
Now, I can only remark that it had nothing whatever to do with making or unmaking any general in the country. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863
In any event, "he must be sole master in making or unmaking reputations," according to his personal requirements. The Modern Regime, Volume 1
The women who discuss grave questions and make or unmake literary reputations in the salon, are capable of rare sacrifices and friendships that seem quixotic in their devotion. The Women of the French Salons
The making of art made public is at the same time its unmaking. The Civilization of Illiteracy
He was assailed by his royal spiritual head for his arrogance and inefficiency, and warned to take heed lest he who had made him a bishop might unmake him. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2
I am that womb: I make and I unmake this Universe: Than me there is no other Master, Prince! The Song celestial; or, Bhagabad-gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) being a discourse between Arjuna, prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna
The immense population of his dominions was given up as a prey to those who had made him a sovereign, and who could unmake him. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
But it is sometimes easier to make than to unmake. The Prime Minister
Under these circumstances, the making and unmaking of coalitions remains one among very few valid political functions. The Civilization of Illiteracy
Nature makes and unmakes all these divine treasures with gloomy indifference, and at last we find that we have not loved, we have only been embracing shadows. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
A Roman:   A name, that makes and can unmake a queen. All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy
The Union, as far as she is concerned, is her creation, and what she is competent to make she is competent to unmake. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny
She were a handy gal afore Robin began unmaking her mind along of his own. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard
I hoped the other children would have the decency not to exult over the unmaking of what he had made so well. And Even Now
To serve those who make and unmake ministers. The Deputy of Arcis
"He makes and unmakes senators—this Warwick; but he's afraid of a girl." The Vision Splendid
We certainly have the art of unmaking mistakes. The Man Who Knew Too Much
Yes; I was made a landlord and capitalist by the folly of the people; but they can unmake me if they will. An Unsocial Socialist
I defy that Power to unmake me from a free woman! Lilith, a romance
"They have made it what it is, and may unmake it again," replied the general. The Golden Fleece, a romance
You know, monsieur, with what assurance the public, both in Paris and the provinces, talk of fortunes that they make and unmake. Modeste Mignon
It was intolerable that certain regiments should, merely because they happened to be quartered near Westminster, take on themselves to make and unmake several governments in the course of half a year. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1
"No doubt," growled Blake, "but he shall be forced to unmake it." Mistress Wilding
She had tried her hardest to unmake herself, and could not! she was a dead life! she could not cease! she must BE! Lilith, a romance
"What would he have been without us?—we that make, can unmake." Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes
In unmaking what our needs have made we re-establish intuition in its original purity, and resume contact with reality. A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
I had been told at fourth hand that she had a masculine intellect and could make and unmake Ministries. Seven Men
He was also out of temper with Rudolf himself, because the moon took so long in deciding whether she would make or unmake a king. Rupert of Hentzau
Of the Poet's and Prophet's inspired Message, and how it makes and unmakes whole worlds, I shall forbear mention: but cannot the dullest hear Steam-engines clanking around him? Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh
At this moment she makes or unmakes a king; but I can't tell you which. Rupert of Hentzau
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