| 单词 | definiteness |
| 例句 | “The master key consists of 17 principles, the first of which is definiteness of purpose,” and so on. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z Instead, it is a transpersonal field of mentation that presents itself to us as physicality—with its concreteness, solidity and definiteness—once our personal mental processes interact with it through observation. Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The variables of this field acquire definiteness only in interactions between subsystems. Physics Needs Philosophy / Philosophy Needs Physics 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The language being no longer familiar in the same sense as formerly, greater definiteness of expression became necessary in the written style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Her memories were weakening in color and definiteness, but her possession was not decreased, her possession was the Master who possessed herself. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z But these desires did not, as early as in the case of fear, give rise to any emotional reaction possessing the constancy, definiteness, and poignancy of fear. The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion 2012-04-24T02:00:19.043Z Rather shall we observe by the study of a physical example how much a thing changes when it is closely examined, and how it assumes, when thus considered, increasing definiteness of form. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z But the far-reaching extent, the certainty, and the definiteness of Abraham’s view of the future were unexampled. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z However, until analysis can dissect out with greater definiteness the genuine elements of the Pastoral Epistles, they cannot be used to throw light upon the later period of Paul's career. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z I might further ask for Mr. Ruskin to put more definiteness into his remarks on175 usury, and to particularize the special forms of that condemnable practice which the clergy should boldly denounce. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Only when our mind on this point is made up with the utmost definiteness, can we approach the details that are conditioned by the conception. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z Sometimes a sketch or diagram on the board may give sense-precision and definiteness to the object discussed, even though it be rudely drawn. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Fortunately controversy brought out with unusual definiteness, and from the earliest times, positive statements regarding the origin of the book. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z It is difficult to assign the antiquity of the Chinese astronomy with any approach to definiteness. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z But in respect of definiteness and permanence, the relations between animals in a state of gregariousness fall far short of the relations between individuals in the rudest human society. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Since you do not specify with what "other" methods you wish to compare that ofPg 145 Leschetizky I cannot answer you with definiteness. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z As that popular idea clings to its abstract universality, from which all definite quality is excluded, all such definiteness is only the non-divine, the secularity of things, thus left standing in fixed undisturbed substantiality. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Thus we are not shut up to the assumption of the piecemeal variation of minute parts; there is greater definiteness and less fortuitousness in variation than was previously supposed. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Here is where Newton's second law of motion comes in, and he formulated it with great definiteness. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z With this increase of definiteness and coherence goes also an increase of heterogeneity; the moral man performs more varied duties, adjustments of acts to ends in more varied relations, than does the immoral man. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Hence the striving of the military organization to bring clearness, definiteness, exactness of relations and responsibilities, to the highest degree of development. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The definiteness or agreement of these impressions seems also to vary with the trait in question; it is high for intelligence and perseverance, low for humor and deceitfulness, and intermediate for kindliness, conceit, and courage. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z If we study the development of the nervous system, we see it advancing in integration, in complexity, in definiteness. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z When we come to the court poetry we are on firmer ground: unlike the other poems, the dirges and praise-lays are not anonymous and their dates can be determined with some definiteness. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z Thus, throughout the poem, I conceive that the first striking character of its scenery is intense definition; precisely the reflection of that definiteness which we have already traced in pictorial art. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z He makes in private talk an impression of decision and definiteness. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z It is audacious to criticize Mr. Emerson on a point like this; but candor compels the remark that the above description does less than justice to the definiteness of the transcendental movement. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z But, on the other hand, there was a want of definiteness that was disappointing. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The world is against all dogma, because it is impatient of definiteness and certainty in faith. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z But even this little lobbyist has a certain definiteness which public men generally lack. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z I shall not know with absolute definiteness till I go to London; but the omens and portents are favourable. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z It lacked reserve and definiteness of literary purpose; it was sensational, incongruous, or naïve in its address to the intelligence. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z C, a thoroughly characteristic example;—characteristic alike in its definiteness, its purposelessness, its isolated unintelligibility. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z The education he received was comprehensive but unsystematic, and the want of definiteness in this early training doubtless tended to aggravate the peculiar instability of character which troubled Hamann’s after life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Its universality, however, is by no means that empty universality of abstraction, but quite of a different kind, and is united with thorough and distinct definiteness. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z We think that he has more definiteness and roundness of general conception than the late Mr. Keats, and is much more free from blemishes of diction and hasty capriccios of fancy.... Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z In these main divisions and turning-points of his dramatic activity there is a correspondence with the development of the contemporary drama which we are able to mark with an approach to definiteness. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z There is an increase in permanence and definiteness as well as in variety. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z Other questions are sure to arise, but they can be solved satisfactorily if it be remembered that the essentials are definiteness and clearness. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Regular monthly or quarterly reports, sent by postal-card, will stimulate the scholar to learn better, the parents to help him study, and the teacher to teach with system, definiteness, and persistency. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z In refreshingly sharp contrast to the vagueness and uncertainty which beset the definition of a mental fact are the palpable concreteness and definiteness of knowledge itself. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z Their morality, their proximity to poetry, their definiteness of purpose won a popular appreciation for their analyses of passion, denied to more imaginative, subtle, or revolutionary poems. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z I find none, and see only differences everywhere, differences indeed in the apparent length as well as the definiteness of the activities, participation of effects, durability, etc. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The clergyman and the minister will exercise a new influence, because their ministrations will have dignity and definiteness. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z It is largely because here there are definiteness of purpose and firm continuity of aim. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The energetical conception admits of that definiteness of representation which the condition of science demands and renders possible. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z You ought to work your program for all it is worth in the way of growth in definiteness. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Still another remarked with rare lucidity and definiteness of penetration, "In reading this story somehow something struck me unfavourably." Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Their programme is remarkable not only by its unanimity and firm definiteness, but, in my opinion, also by the breadth of its demands and the correctness of its view. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z They paraphrase our experiences or expectations or relations with poetic boldness and definiteness, so that in the morning we are always astonished at ourselves when we remember the nature of our dream. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z It is very difficult to foresee just now with sufficient definiteness. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z But if we want to derive any assistance from calculation, it must be by applying it with a good deal more precision and definiteness than anything that Wallace shows. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection 2011-10-18T02:00:18.363Z With this new definiteness of outline, of course, came a newer rigidity of medium. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z This syllabus is therefore lacking in definiteness, so that the Harvard list stands out as perhaps the best of its type. The Teaching of Geometry 2011-10-12T02:00:52.133Z There is a noble strength of position in this; there is a danger, too, in that it suggests a lack of definiteness of standard. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z The temperature’s terrible; the atmosphere’s more so; the furious light and heat seem to intensify the dreadful definiteness. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z He had simply left him out, hoping that, in the definiteness of the accusation of a woman, he would be forgotten. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z This cause of the definiteness of local integrations, &c.' Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 2011-09-25T02:00:15.883Z They follow each other in the same general order, but not always with equal definiteness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Analogy with the accuracy and definiteness of mathematical combinations gives us such expressions as calculate, reckon, account for; and even reason itself—ratio. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Yes, that is the only thought which gives definiteness and solidity to that else vague and nebulous unseen universe; the only thought which draws our affections thither. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z Dickens opened the hearts of humanity in sympathy for suffering childhood, and thus gave Froebel’s philosophy definiteness and propulsive power. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Indeed, it will be found that in proportion to the lack of definiteness is the lack of importunity. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Language has no definiteness of meaning if this inspired declaration can be translated into a statement that the sun remains stationary and is encircled by a revolving earth. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z It is repeated use that gives a method definiteness; and given this definiteness, precipitation into formulated statement should follow naturally. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Each turned to look back at the other, and both men bowed; the action had a certain definiteness in it, unwarranted by the slightness of the meeting. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Critics have pointed out how much of the effectiveness of the greatest writers, Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, results from their constant definiteness and concreteness. A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z We have briefly glanced at our lack of confidence, our failure in cordial unanimity, the absence of definiteness and importunity. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z For the sake of definiteness, let us substitute some particular number, say 3, for “very many.” Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z Increase in definiteness is as important relatively as is the enlargement of the capital stock absolutely. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Mr. Wallingford talked with the chauffeur for a few moments, and then the machine leaped forward with definiteness. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z For the most part it has found very vague expression, but there are instances of rash excursion into definiteness. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z This is intimately connected with the definiteness and importunity to which we have already referred. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z There was a quiet unhesitating sureness and a definiteness of purpose about old Rocky’s movements which immediately inspired confidence. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Consecutiveness means flexibility and variety of materials, conjoined with singleness and definiteness of direction. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z The very definiteness introduced into these matters we should find destructive of their fascination for us. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z To trace any outline of the Limits of Atheism, may serve to give more intelligent definiteness to the misgivings entertained concerning it, and lead earlier to its legal recognition; and therefore alone I attempt it. The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.300Z We are as sadly deficient in perseverance as we are in definiteness and importunity. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z But these and others, lacking the requisite expert definiteness of knowledge, have failed to catch the satisfying and clear point of view. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z If the element thus selected clears up what is otherwise obscure in the new experience, if it settles what is uncertain, it thereby itself gains in positiveness and definiteness of meaning. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z In some cases a vague shadowy form is seen which gradually acquires definiteness. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z This, however, appears to gain rather than to lose in definiteness; with each return its visibility seems to increase. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z May the Holy Spirit stir us all up, and press upon our souls the value, importance, and urgent necessity of unanimity, confidence, definiteness, importunity, and perseverance in all our prayers and prayer-meetings. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z The measure of the excellence of a language, therefore, is the clearness, definiteness and energy of the ideas which it awakes in the nation. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Definition means essentially the growth of a meaning out of vagueness into definiteness. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z In this case, however, definiteness has not resulted in stiffness. Bastien Lepage 2011-06-28T02:00:12.150Z "Yes, to Paris!" said Helen, with such definiteness that it surprised her sister. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Although walking briskly, and with a certain definiteness of purpose, he was apparently the only unchanging, fixed, and limited point in the now active landscape. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z It is difficult to divide these with definiteness from certain illusions of depth as discussed in Chapter VII. Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications 2011-06-02T02:00:25.247Z This enchanting creation of his mind glows with the rich warm hues of life; and the sweeping outline which gives such beauty to the female form is preserved with subdued definiteness. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z The monologue requires extreme definiteness and decision in the conception of character and feeling, and every point must be made salient. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Everything seemed forcing her thoughts of marriage to definiteness. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The dark wooded coves had a clear distinctness of tone and definiteness of detail, despite the distance. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z He upbraided them for their infidelity to the tasks assigned to them by God,—tasks which Dante conceived with a Biblical definiteness and simplicity. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The Treaty of Paris of 1763 was the first great international agreement which gave a fair degree of definiteness to the claims of England, France, and Spain, upon the North American continent. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z But the definiteness of this line should not cause us to overlook the fact that there was during these centuries much confusion of custom and practice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z That was the passionate resolution, but it did not reach to the definiteness of words. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z We had a general knowledge of the geography of the country through which we travelled, and we knew, with reasonable definiteness, where we were going. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z We have now analysed what is implied in the two principal requisites of a philosophical language; first, precision, or definiteness, and secondly, completeness. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z The dogmas of the Church were cast in adamant, and secured the immense advantage of definiteness and fixity. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z There was a quaint definiteness about her ideas. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z No one can say ... with definiteness what is the amount of money released if 75 or 80 per cent. of our business transactions are settled by means of credit paper. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z It secures the object, while it gives definiteness and force to the matter, of the Revelation. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z He added definiteness to the idea of the self-induction or inductance of an electric circuit, and gave a mathematical expression for the current flowing out of a Leyden jar during its discharge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z The vague questions and half-formed fears regarding her mother's actions for the past few months seemed suddenly to be taking horrible shape and definiteness. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z “I don’t like Nita a bit,” the tiny treble voice informed Sally with great definiteness. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z A system of legally fixed prices, with a socialistic organization of society, would be necessary to give it definiteness—and in such a situation there would be no room for a quantity theory of prices! The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z There was an immense extension of the range, complexity, and definiteness of the adjustment of inner relations to outer relations; in other words, there was an immense increase of life. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z No less marked than the comprehension is the definiteness of the petitions of the Lord's Prayer. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z He was one of the founders of the Liberal League, and his courageous definiteness of view and intellectual vigour marked him out as Lord Rosebery’s chief lieutenant if that statesman should ever return to power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And the tiny, plump hands began to fold the newspapers with great definiteness. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z It means, further, that the present study, as in part pioneer work, will lack finish and definiteness in many places, will contain errors and gaps, and will leave many problems unsolved, and many distinctions undrawn. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Personality, on the other hand, lacks definiteness and practical efficiency, and only the special mechanical life of the class can supply these needs. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker It is a common fault in prayer to be content with a certain comprehension that abjures definiteness. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z He resolves beauty into certain elements, as order, symmetry, definiteness. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide When Christmas Day dawned, the vague sentiment began to assume the definiteness of a purpose, and noontide found him on his way to Sunrise Gap. The Raid of The Guerilla and Other Stories The suffix is no part of the name, but is an abbreviated reference, to be added or omitted as convenience or definiteness may require. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools "Oh, large," said Lady Betty, and the girl's face brightened at the definiteness of the information. An Engagement of Convenience A Novel In proportion to the definiteness of this distribution and the resoluteness with which it is maintained does the impression gain strength that the man is carrying out a consistent plan of some sort. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Blair belonged to the “moderate” or latitudinarian party, and his Sermons have been criticized as wanting in doctrinal definiteness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" A conversation between them one night had given a certain definiteness to his aims. The Missioner Worse still, the rich and intellectual, for some prejudice or political motive, are eager to deny the poor the beauties of worship or the definiteness of the Catholic Faith. The Christian Use of the Psalter A little after midnight the city shook with great definiteness. The Furnace His keen judgment, his definiteness of speech awed her a little, and with him she was noticeably less assertive than with the others of her artist acquaintances. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop But whatever gives it definiteness as a this or that, whatever makes it an actual thing, is its form. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy There was in his mind, apparently, from the first, that definiteness of purpose which is so often wanting when a student takes his first college degree. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Nothing is better than simplicity, nothing can make up for excess or for the lack of definiteness. The Vagabond in Literature The question had not come up with this definiteness before, and Mrs. Gereth was clearly more surprised than ever. The Spoils of Poynton So in our spiritual warfare the most important factor is definiteness of purpose, and constancy in executing it. The Warfare of the Soul Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation Form he describes as whatever gives definiteness to a thing. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We are so accustomed to think in terms of organized politics and education and religion and philanthropies that when we detach ourselves we are said to lack definiteness. The Holy Earth The artificial forms in which they for the most part write specially invite elegance of expression, point, and definiteness of thought, qualities in which both, but especially Deschamps, are too often deficient. A Short History of French Literature In politics he belonged to "Moderate Democracy," a rather indefinite sort of thing, cherished on account of this very want of definiteness in its principles. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 Mentally she will improve under the discipline of exactness and promptness; morally she will improve under the discipline of the strictness and definiteness required by the responsibility. The American Country Girl Whatever gives a thing definiteness, character, quality, whatever makes it a this or that, is its form. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It is hard to define anything that lacks definiteness; and, after all, the task is relatively profitless, because we all of us recognize what is at the center of the concept. Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? Or rather, it imported these ideas into Ireland with a definiteness and formality that would have been impracticable even in England. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) They had counted upon a very dictatorial and revolutionary action on its part—on account of the very want of definiteness in which it had been found necessary to leave its competency. Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 The tendency toward definite prices in well understood units of value is as clearly perceptible in the progress of commerce as is the tendency toward definiteness in weights and measures. Rural Health and Welfare Matter is the indefinite substrate, form gives it definiteness. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The distance was too great to determine with any definiteness anything about her character or probable intentions, and further information on that point would have to be sought at a later time. Frontier Boys in the South Seas That there were other aspects of it she should soon see, with a certain definiteness, the cold outlines of which already made his mouth stern, and sent little lines to wrinkle his forehead. The Bartlett Mystery Let us recall the law, "Beautiful speech depends upon openness of vowels and definiteness of consonants." Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation United States coinage.—A brief statement of the system of coinage now established in the United States may illustrate the definiteness of the standards of value. Rural Health and Welfare Stuart was baffled for a moment by the definiteness and the military coherence of these plans. The Story of Old Fort Loudon For this is nothing more than the causal explanation itself, only carried to complete consistency and definiteness. Naturalism And Religion There is even a way in which the very definiteness of Turner's knowledge adds to the mystery of his pictures. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) Such activity and definiteness of mind, such power of loving and hunger for life, had been pent and prisoned there so many years. The Life of Nancy Most briefly stated; they imply equity, definiteness, convenience of paying, and economy in collecting. Rural Health and Welfare "He does not love her," was Barbara's quick decision, and she laid the open letter down with a definiteness which said that you, too, are laid out and laid low. The Kempton-Wace Letters "Come out with me to the tennis courts," he commanded with a definiteness she felt powerless to slight. Banked Fires Once again I have lived over those five months, so alternated with lights and shadows, but above which the star of hope never for a moment lacked luster or definiteness. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 And these doubts in the mind of the undergraduate of twenty years of age gradually acquired strength and definiteness during his frequent geological excursions, at home and abroad, during the next ten years. The Coming of Evolution The Story of a Great Revolution in Science He was, in truth, in possession of but few particulars of the plot, and was therefore unable to give any greater definiteness to the government’s stock of knowledge relative to the subject. Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 7 The original words in very many cases would add definiteness and a touch of surprise to his narrative. The History of Freedom So with equal definiteness the earlier departing of our summer residents leaves gaps in our hearts and the woodland on pretty definite September days. Old Plymouth Trails The Judge was a tall and vigorously built man—a little red-faced, but good-looking, if one did not insist on too fine a definiteness of outline. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 Only then, for the first time, did she grasp the definiteness of the step she had taken. Coquette Unlike the first, the information furnished to the authorities by the second traitor, was not lacking in definiteness. Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 7 The testimony of Aldobrandini was given still more distinctly, and with greater definiteness and authority. The History of Freedom Now, what they had expected to find within that mysterious room, they could not perhaps have explained with any definiteness. The Boarded-Up House The inevitable variety of tint and value, of definiteness and vagueness, gives a never-ending play of contrasts and blendings. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors "Too late to see my father alive, sir!" cried the young man; and as this had all the definiteness that the college required he was allowed to go. A Country Gentleman and his Family Roman definiteness of thought and act were in that nation touched by mysticism to reverie and compassion. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Two centuries later this political theory had gained both in definiteness and in force among the Guelphs, who were the Church party, and among the Ghibellines, or Imperialists. The History of Freedom She had gained in definiteness, assurance, even in beauty. Aurora the Magnificent There is no such definiteness either of drawing, or of light and shade, or of color. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors Be assured that there can be no such work of grace as this unless the message of the pulpit be with definiteness and confidence. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching Long before the definite estimates were undertaken, geologists had proved that the earth is very, very old, and it can hardly be said that the attempted computations have added much of definiteness to that proposition. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science The persuasion that government by priests could not maintain itself in the world as it is, grew in force and definiteness as he meditated at home on the things he had seen and heard. The History of Freedom To a considerable extent the question has been answered in these pages, but it may be well to sum up with more definiteness what has been already stated. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The simplicity which you should look for to make your selection of a subject easy is not the lack of something to draw, but the definiteness of some marked object or effect. The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors In the Messianic prophecies contained in Genesis we cannot fail to perceive a remarkable progress in clearness and definiteness. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 Above all else it lacked definiteness; it was touched by rhetoric. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France Go, mon cher! if need be, give up all else, and commence to-day to inure yourself to pluck, reality,self-esteem, definiteness, elevatedness, Rest not, till you rivet and publish yourself of your own personality. Whitman A Study Dimly, yet with ever-growing definiteness, she saw the moment of decision approach. Money Magic A Novel It loses definiteness when ‘practically’ applied to material objects. Carmen Ariza The prophet thereby indicates that he transfers the past, in its individual definiteness, to the future, which bears a substantial resemblance to it. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 This again shows the need of greater definiteness and accuracy in the Army's report to the public. The Social Work of the Salvation Army Observe the possible gain in definiteness by substitution. The Century Handbook of Writing The death of Bacon had deprived the rebellion of all coherency and definiteness of purpose. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 And that definiteness is attained only as we dematerialize matter itself.” Carmen Ariza Their conduct at the arrest of Jesus, and the entire absence of any sign of expectation of the resurrection, render it very improbable that Jesus spoke with the definiteness ascribed to him. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity As to the measure of authority conferred on, and scope allowed to the Committee of Twenty-one, it is possible to speak with more definiteness. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer It did not have that lost, weird note that used to mark it––there was definiteness about it that suggested a human hand sending forth a friendly greeting. At the Crossroads With the definiteness of a man who has heard a final word, Tom Lansing’s eyes turned to his daughter. The Shepherd of the North With these striking differences in color, it presents no fewer nor less important in form, chiefly from losing almost all definiteness of character and outline. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) Of the organisms resulting from the aggregation of amœba-like creatures, we find that while some assume a certain definiteness of form, in their compound shells at least, others, as the Sponges, are irregular. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I I expect an opening of the doors, a toleration of other tastes and standards, a softening of the too narrow definiteness of French opinion. Another Sheaf In order to convey with some degree of definiteness the power of resistance to phylloxera, an arbitrary scale has been agreed on by viticulturists. Manual of American Grape-Growing The arm was still numb and his head thumped, but as he went on in the cool air his brain cleared and he found it possible to plan with some definiteness. The Vagrant Duke His early drawings are singularly instructive in this definiteness and simplicity of aim. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) With the advance from tribal property to family property and individual property, the notion of private right of possession gains definiteness, and the love of acquisition strengthens. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I These little certificates acted like stakes put down along the way, to give incentive, direction, and definiteness to the educative processes, and to stimulate a reasonable class spirit or individual rivalry. Rural Life and the Rural School The pointing of the stonework is a very informal variation of the modern Germantown type,—flat-trowel pointed with little regard to definiteness of line. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia It may help to give definiteness to our thought, if we each take a definite request in regard to which we would fain learn to pray believingly. The Ministry of Intercession A Plea for More Prayer But all this individual definiteness was merged into a general blur, or formed itself into a sort of kaleidoscopic pattern that subtly suggested a meaning to be seized. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Natural selection having been compared with artificial selection, and the analogy pointed out, there apparently remains no indefiniteness: the inconvenience being, however, that the definiteness is of a wrong kind. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I "I know you must return to your work," she said, slowly, "but I shall feel very helpless without you," and the voicing of her dependence upon him added definiteness and power to her regret. They of the High Trails For fear this should be the 'English' way, Mrs. Cohn forbore to remark that the definiteness of the Sugarman method was not without compensations. Ghetto Comedies He was a great rider, so there was about him some of a horseman's sureness and habitual definiteness of decision, also some of the horseman's animal darkness. The Rainbow In working towards this ideal, which we cannot describe with greater definiteness, we are bound to recognise that Goodness is our safe and only guide. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science And when the experiences of past generations come to be repeated in the individual, the emotion gains both strength and definiteness; and is accompanied by the appropriate specific ideas. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I Similar definiteness would be encouraging in the female catalogue. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III With the American Indians, for example, the definiteness and authority of status were comparatively small, personal prowess and initiative being correspondingly important. Introduction to the Science of Sociology But it is all expressed in a tense that denotes definiteness, fixedness and finished action. Days of Heaven Upon Earth This was remarkable for the perfect definiteness of its termination, for its strongly-forked shape, and for its unusual permanence. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It all gained a definiteness of form, an air of meaning by its detachment from the wide background floating behind. The Invader A Novel The thing which in my quieter moments had begun already vaguely to trouble me—a thing of slow and painful growth—assumed for the first time a certain definiteness. The Master Mummer Thorndike, who quotes this list at length, has sought to give definiteness to its descriptions by clearly defining and distinguishing the character of the situation to which the behavior cited is a response. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Whatever her thoughts were, they had changed her expression for the time; to a certain extent its late definiteness was gone, and a dreamy, refined abstraction had taken its place. The New Tenant We have now analyzed what is implied in the two principal requisites of a philosophical language; first, precision, or definiteness; and, secondly, completeness. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive Too often the geologist fails to recognize the complexity and definiteness of the qualities required, and makes statements and recommendations on the use of raw materials based on somewhat general geologic observations. The Economic Aspect of Geology There was a certain crisp definiteness about those two words which carried conviction with them. The Master Mummer But if the second cry, for defense, was prompted sometimes by a leopard and sometimes by some other minor foe, then this cry would not give rise to a representative image of the same definiteness. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The particular lines of the movement have varied among different peoples according to the peculiarities of their culture, and the unitary feeling has varied in its degree of definiteness. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV It is impossible to answer the question with anything like definiteness. The American Empire The multiplicity and variety of their perceptions must and do increase the number of their thoughts, or give to their thoughts greater compass and definiteness. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The result of this involuntary and almost unconscious process of thought is that natural cognition of a God found, with greater or less clearness and definiteness, in all rational minds. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Now imagine a softness of line as well as color resulting probably from the softness of the rock; there is none of the hard insistence, the uncompromising definiteness of the granite landscape. The Book of the National Parks Their monastic organization must be referred to some current practice, Greek or Egyptian, or to a blending of various lines; the details of their history are too sparse to build on with definiteness. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The first is that our surface consciousness is somewhat illusory and does not possess the sharpness and definiteness of outline which we are accustomed to take for granted when thinking of ourselves. The New Theology He wrote with the utmost lucidity and definiteness, and never darkened counsel with prevaricating eloquence, so that there is no man from whom it is so easy and so agreeable to learn. Lectures on the French Revolution In the religious literature this process can be traced with perfect definiteness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" It is to deprive the gospel message of all definiteness, and to make professors and students disseminators of doubts. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Melanesia and Polynesia show an increased definiteness of theistic figures. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV There was definiteness in his refusal; the shake of his head emphasized it too. Sundry Accounts The want of definiteness enabled the landlords afterwards to attempt the recovery of much debatable ground, and involved, after long contention, the ultimate loss of all. Lectures on the French Revolution He had the characteristic Western gravity of manner and expression, the distinguishing definiteness of purpose. 'Me--Smith' We can, however, give numerical definiteness to the principle according to which the velocity of the planet varies. The Story of the Heavens In this group Japan takes the lowest place;1743 it is chiefly in the figures regarded as deified men that definiteness of character and human warmth are found. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV It certainly has the merit of definiteness in purpose, work and prayer; and this brings added interest and a growing sense of responsibility to each church which takes up the work. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Painting may be an aid to literature in that it helps us to more vivid images; the literary interpretation of pictures or music gives to the works with which it deals an intellectual definiteness. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life We think that he has more definiteness and roundness of general conception than the late Mr. Keats, and is much more free from blemishes of diction and hasty capriccios of fancy…. Spare Hours And certain reckless, grim thoughts that had rioted in his mind since the day before, now assumed a definiteness that made his blood leap with eagerness. 'Firebrand' Trevison The Northwest has a remarkable system of ceremonies, but in definiteness and elevation of religious conceptions it is greatly inferior to the East. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV It is this reiterative nature which, joined to its schematic definiteness, gives Empathy its extraordinary power over us. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics This was difficult, for I am an indefinite man, and definiteness seems necessary to success in any line. The Associate Hermits With absolute definiteness he declared that on the third day he would rise again. The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition Why will you insist on a definiteness which has so little place in nature? A Pessimist In Theory and Practice The process of growth from the clan deities and the nature gods up to these higher forms may be traced with some definiteness in the great civilized nations of antiquity. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Accordingly our consciousness of the ideal becomes distinct in proportion as we advance in virtue and in proportion to the vigour and definiteness with which our faculties work. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory In whatever way I have turned my attention in my endeavors to support myself, I have been obstructed and even appalled by the definiteness of the ordinary pursuits of life. The Associate Hermits Those unchanging features have the insistence of their definiteness and permanence, and may insidiously extrude, exclude, the fleeting, vacillating outlines of the remembered reality. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life But even Sitwell's more conventional poetry has a freshness of movement and definiteness of outline. Modern British Poetry Reports are to be read by the layman, and their first qualities should be simplicity of terms and definiteness of conclusions. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Hence the dryness, the crisp definiteness and hardness, of those products of art which contain an endless repetition of the same elements. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory One great lack in the church today is a lack of definiteness. Sanctification No abstract conception can be developed, according to him, until the outward experiences have reached a certain degree of heterogeneity, definiteness, coherence, and so forth. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Prayer seeks a voice—to utter itself in words: the effort to clothe our desires in language gives definiteness to our desires and keeps the attention on the objects of prayer. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God It is denied with equal definiteness that any general feeling of the kind alleged existed among subordinate officers or the rank and file of the British troops. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 They present ideal beauty with just that definiteness with which nature herself sometimes presents it. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory But what will attract national notice is the definiteness of your accusation. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated This is supported by the absolute indefiniteness of the first as to part or parts in two messuages, and by the apparent definiteness of the second. Shakespeare's Family What I like about my present job is its definiteness. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West It would perhaps be conducive to definiteness to gather them here. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century The lack of definiteness which is at present so general in color nomenclature, is due in large measure to the failure to appreciate the fundamental characteristics on which color differences depend. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma Of all forms of composition newspaper writing possesses probably the greatest opportunity for definiteness. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing And then he had hinted with less definiteness that his own career would probably combine the advantages of all the professions though he only followed one. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls At last I go back between the bamboos and their shadows, from unreal reality into a definiteness of cot and pajamas and electric torch. Edge of the Jungle Owing to vagueness and contradictions in the Rabbinical teaching it is impossible to state their notions about it with definiteness. The Gospel of the Hereafter Tone.—A sound having definiteness and continuity enough so that its pitch, force, and quality may be readily estimated by the ear. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma Their conciseness, their clearness in fact, their definiteness in judgment, and above all, the rightly graduated impression of the writer's own personality in the background, make them perfect in their kind. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 6: Harriet Martineau At the threshold she paused, for Randerson’s voice, cold and filled with deadly definiteness, reached her: “Do you want to take his end of this?” The Range Boss He resumed his journey with a definiteness of purpose which kept him from squandering time on the chase. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life He listened to the precision of her orders and the definiteness of her enquiries. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel She started upright in her cushions, her face pallid and drawn, her thoughts now focusing with sudden definiteness. The Secret Witness Thus the philosophic study of Spirit, so far from affording any excuse for laxity of conduct, adds an emphatic definiteness to the Bible exhortation to flee from the wrath of God. The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science Bobby had not thought of it with this definiteness. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The relations of the members of the Church to one another, originating in his sovereign appointment, call them to these special duties to one another; and his explicit commands give definiteness to their obligations. The Ordinance of Covenanting They always stirred the man, who would add words of Christian admonition that lacked nothing in definiteness. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm In all design-work which has to be subjected to processes of engraving and printing, clearness and definiteness of line is very necessary. Line and Form (1900) But the people have answered it with tragic definiteness. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends It is true I can add to such meaning as I apprehend the thought of possible other meaning, and suppose the whole to have a definiteness and systematic unity like that of the triangle. The Approach to Philosophy It may be assessed and collected with a definiteness that partakes of the immovable and unconcealable character of the land itself. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics He tells us precisely why he prefers this poem to that other: and such definiteness in critical writing is not only useful in itself but perhaps the severest test of a critic's quality. From a Cornish Window A New Edition The subject is therefore unique both in the value of its materials and in the definiteness of its limits. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science The landscape of Norway, Iceland, and Greenland is wonderful and will greatly assist in giving reality and definiteness to the stories. Viking Tales But at the same time we recognize the definiteness of the task of science, and the validity of such reservations as may be made from a higher critical point of view. The Approach to Philosophy Once more, they differ in being characterised by definiteness. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics That idea in its definiteness was a modern idea, most likely called forth by the contact between Jews and Greeks at Alexandria. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion Mr. Dorr: Is this work you have outlined of sufficient definiteness to get results? Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 Tertullian, moreover, was quite a physicist in the definiteness of his conceptions regarding the soul. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 They seized upon vaguer substances like air and fire, for the very definiteness of the nature of water forbids the identification of other substances with it. The Approach to Philosophy The political differentiations which militancy originates and which for a long time increase in definiteness, are at later stages and under other conditions interfered with, traversed, and partially or wholly destroyed. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Upon the definiteness of this scheme, much of the success of the rock garden will depend. Making A Rock Garden But despite the minute definiteness of it all, she had a most queer feeling of unreality. The Privet Hedge Not with the vagueness belonging to the emotions, but with the definiteness belonging to the understanding, the scientific man has to put to himself these questions regarding the introduction of life upon the earth. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It is hoped that the book will give definiteness and delight to literary study, which, for lack of such a guide, has so often been vague, unsatisfactory, and discouraging. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism In the dialogue different views are put forward and discussed, from which it results that the views to be regarded as correct often lack point and definiteness. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals An ambition to live humanly and harmoniously in an apartment like this grew each moment in definiteness. The Tyranny of the Dark She wondered to-night, with more definiteness of thought than ever before, what were the deep feelings which her reticent little mother—Marguerite was an inch the taller—kept hid in that dear breast. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana It has that definiteness of mood with that indefiniteness of circumstance in which music wins its most dignified prosperity. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The rumor never took sufficient definiteness of shape to reach the girl so that she could confute it and explain its origin. Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life By the fourth decade of the century the American character had assumed a good deal of definiteness and greatly interested foreign travellers. History of the United States, Volume 3 But there was a lack of definiteness in my purpose. David Malcolm "It isn't any use your behaving like that with me," she said, with the same challenging definiteness, finality: a flat negative. The Lost Girl He has carried out this plan also in his book on "Interpretation," a work aiming to bring more definiteness into the fields of performance and terminology. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions This study had taught him that the highest beauty is not incompatible with definiteness of form and clearness of detail. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 When Christinas Day dawned, the vague sentiment began to assume the definiteness of a purpose, and noontide found him on his way to Sunrise Gap. The Christmas Miracle 1911 This, however, appears to gain rather than to lose in definiteness: with each return its visibility seems to increase.... Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories It is not so much that we do not hold what Paul held, but that we hold it with the greater definiteness and comprehension which modern discovery has rendered possible. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin Proper names they had not as a rule, but they are getting cult-titles under the influence of a priesthood, which titles may in time perhaps attain to something of the definiteness of substantival names. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Besides, the clearness as well as the definiteness of the Testimony of Nature to any Spiritual truth is of immense importance. Natural Law in the Spiritual World There was no lack of definiteness of choice. The Education of American Girls But all this has not the definiteness of an answer; it has only the music that teases us out of thought as it fills our being. Creative Unity You will find in him a full measure of holy reverence, and at the same time a luminous clearness and definiteness of exposition. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work The idea of the text is that there must be definiteness of purpose in Christian work. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses Once "the West" described the whole region beyond the Alleghanies; but the term has hopelessly lost its definiteness. The Frontier in American History The precision, definiteness, and accurate limitations of the method of the one, are usually unfriendly to the brooding, tentative, uncircumscribed meditation which is the productive humour in the other. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot Without any gain in clearness or definiteness or firmness, the reader is deliberately misled towards a form that is exactly the opposite of that which Helvétius desired him to accept. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. To Henry Killigrew, who came to meet him at Vendôme with a friendly message from Queen Elizabeth, he spoke with more definiteness and volunteered the expression of the most pious intentions. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 Odd thing about Spencer is that he never recognized that "homogeneity," "integration," and "definiteness" are all words for the same state, or the state that we call "positiveness." The Book of the Damned The definiteness of the details here reproduced, is all, I think, that we can reasonably desire. The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 Another form much in use is, "Miss Hanscom, I want you to know my friend, Mr. Thompson, the artist," and is preferable because of its definiteness. The Etiquette of To-day This grace in baton-manipulation need not interfere in any way with the definiteness or precision of the beat. Essentials in Conducting About it grew up, in ever increasing fullness and definiteness of outline, a whole supernal world of celestial personalities. The Chief End of Man Yet to designate with any definiteness a French or Latin13 text was no easy matter. Early Theories of Translation Since we are primarily creatures of action, we crave definiteness and immediacy of decision, and there is a constant temptation to rush to a conclusion. Human Traits and their Social Significance On such a mysterious subject, definiteness is neither to be expected nor desired. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield It is easy to see that this muscular contraction is what gives the beat its definiteness, its "bottom," while the relaxation is what gives the effect of continuity or flow. Essentials in Conducting It gave definiteness and impressiveness to his best ideals. The Chief End of Man The common formula, "as the French book says," marks the highest degree of definiteness to which most of these romances attain. Early Theories of Translation Then, in the commerce with the world of reality, both language and metre attempted definiteness and variety of form. My Reminiscences It comes from the very crispness and definiteness with which he sees things. My Contemporaries In Fiction For the mind delights in definiteness and light. The Moral Economy The word 'Conscience' stands for a concept whose meaning is far from well defined, and the lack of definiteness has left its trace upon ethical theories. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics The party grew, all the time that I was in Oxford, even in numbers, certainly in breadth and definiteness of doctrine, and in power. Apologia Pro Vita Sua The nebula is not an outside creation—it merely represents a phase; and to leave out all poetry which has not attained definiteness would not bring us to the truth of literature. My Reminiscences But there were certain specific factors that seem to have helped to give definiteness to these general ideas of the physiology of the eyes. The Evolution of the Dragon Compare Ivanhoe with some other novel in regard to the definiteness and importance of the setting. Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the Requirements for Admission to College No other course of action could have been contemplated in view of the formality of the President's warning and the definiteness of Germany's defiance. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. All these terms—myth, folk-tale, and legend—are now used indiscriminately with no particular definiteness. Folklore as an Historical Science The letter was written on the 21st of August, and lacked definiteness, which gave rise to doubts in reference to the 'insurrection.' History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens In contrast with such a policy as this, the plan before presented certainly promises definiteness in the place of uncertainty; and treats all contracts in restraint of competition with impartiality. Monopolies and the People The first consideration, which gives definiteness to this subject, is, a correct view of the object for which we are placed in this world. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School All mathematical subjects, in that they require absolute accuracy and definiteness in their operations, are particularly helpful in developing those fine moral qualities of honesty, integrity, and upright dealing. On the Firing Line in Education As intuition, it feels itself to be in possession of a super-terrestrial, super-human authority which gives objective definiteness and security to this valuation. The Complex Vision In her hasty movements was a certain definiteness of purpose which did not escape the puzzled Kendrick. Every Man for Himself Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry; music, without the idea, is simply music; the idea, without the music, is prose, from its very definiteness.' Figures of Several Centuries To think thus of it and of Him is not to vulgarise the Christian conception of Heaven, but to give it a definiteness and force which it sorely lacks in popular thinking. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The first of these has a unity, and a definiteness of contour unusual with Shelley, and is, with the exception of some of Robert Browning's, the best English tragedy since Otway. Brief History of English and American Literature The confidence of the trade is daily becoming more fixed in the definiteness and limit of the Bradford field, as the last of the several "rich streaks" in the region are being worked. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Under these circumstances we may safely conclude from the lack of definiteness in our concepts to a certain lack of rigid delimitation in the organic forms. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers The conception of a German empire had been formulated with some definiteness, but for its realization the day had not yet arrived. The Governments of Europe Had the Boer forces there been handled with definiteness of aim and concentration of effort in aggressive movement, serious disaster could scarcely have been averted. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 In the second period of Vedic literature, in the so-called Brâhmanas, and more particularly in what is called the Upanishads, or the Vedânta portion, these thoughts advance to perfect clearness and definiteness. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge The natural feelings of the people lack purpose and definiteness. The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History The two former insure the heterogeneity, while "segregation" brings about the definiteness and coherence, and "equilibration" arrests the process, and determines when dissolutive changes shall begin. Memories and Studies The fundamental division of Conservative and Republican persists, but both of these terms have long since lost their original definiteness of meaning. The Governments of Europe I have never yet been quite able to make up my mind with any degree of definiteness in regard to the sanity of my son Noah. The Autobiography of Methuselah At this very moment it is as if I saw how the day dawned in the chamber; how all the objects gradually assumed, as it seemed to me, an unaccustomed definiteness. The Home Nevertheless, since terms like the above are convenient and will probably continue to be used, it is desirable to give them as much definiteness as possible. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Spencer means by definiteness in a thing any character that makes it arrest our attention, and forces us to distinguish it from other things. Memories and Studies In the suggestive and encouraging book by Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel, entitled Successful Family Life on the Moderate Income, this economic aspect of the problem is treated with definiteness. The Family and it's Members Though Goethe's morphological views were lacking in definiteness he hit upon one or two ideas which proved useful. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology Yet somehow Stella’s definiteness left no room for the imaginative element to become active. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Our tests of 1000 unselected children enable us to answer this question with some degree of definiteness. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale Of course names increase as human history proceeds, so "definiteness" in things must necessarily more and more evolve. Memories and Studies All the richness of sense incitation, and all the definiteness of expression which come into our modern music through the magic of "tones in key," were wholly outside the range of Plato's knowledge. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present The magnitude of the movement and the definiteness of its aims are not understood and appreciated by those who live far from its field of operation. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Such considerations quite probably never entered the head of Mohammed with any definiteness; yet his behavior for the rest of his days seems to indicate that these, or similar conceptions, were subconsciously egging him on. The Necessity of Atheism The instructions hitherto available are at fault in not defining the procedure with sufficient definiteness, and it is the purpose of this volume to make good this deficiency as far as possible. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale When the electoral body was known to be reduced within the narrow limits of the House of Representatives, intrigue was rather stimulated than diminished by the definiteness which became possible for it. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series From this savage fetichism the nature-worship found among the Aztecs in Mexico, and the worship of the sun in Peru, are distinguished by the greater definiteness and order of their religious conceptions and usages. A Comparative View of Religions As soon as Roosevelt had thrown off the burden of preserving a false harmony among irreconcilable Republicans, he issued a platform full of definiteness and square dealing with many issues. A Preface to Politics But with all its effusiveness of expression, it lacked definiteness in the enunciation of principles. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 With whatever definiteness they may be set forth, situations are sure to arise which the examiner cannot be formally prepared for. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale They promptly faded away before all the weight and definiteness Ernst could bring to bear. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life After a little while this legend increased in definiteness, and the next paragraph I saw was that the Bishop of Wakefield had 'commanded' the curates of his diocese to shave clean. At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History With such a problem any hesitation or lack of definiteness in making plans might cause failure even with victory within our grasp. Winning a Cause World War Stories Microscopic examination of the blood or otherwise can now pronounce on this matter with much more definiteness than used to be possible. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Reduction of a problem to dollars and cents, I have come to see, is just his means of arriving at definiteness. Modern American Prose Selections All such careful arithmetical computations add clearness and definiteness to historical and geographical ideas. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart All the alleged facts are found to be fatally defective either in authenticity or definiteness. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity This is of course written exclusively from a harmonic standpoint and the advantage of such a form is its definiteness. Music Notation and Terminology Almost a little anxiously, certainly with a definiteness rather destructive, Charmian began the process of "steeping" her husband. The Way of Ambition This insistence of my uncle on definiteness, on the financial solvency of every enterprise, does to be sure get on the nerves of many of us. Modern American Prose Selections And here, where we feel most of all the need of guidance, it must be confessed that few authors venture to speak with much definiteness. Mediaeval Socialism What definiteness of outline might be preserved must depend on the care with which the old stories of the gods were passed from one person and one generation to another. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America The chronicles of the more important cities are known with a definiteness fairly comparable to what we might expect at such a stage of development. The Sea-Kings of Crete On that evening in the studio Charmian's definiteness gained a point for her. The Way of Ambition Here we have the certainty that something new has arisen,—a being whose nascent consciousness has gone on increasing in power and definiteness till it has culminated in the higher animals. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique I found that the phenomena brought out lacked that coherence and definiteness which is characteristic of scientific truths. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer God is ready to reveal to us, with unerring definiteness, his plan for our life. Making the Most of Life "Ah, you'll see farther presently—" She rose again, unfurling her lace sunshade, as if to give a touch of definiteness to her action. The Fruit of the Tree But her dreaming had a certain definiteness, a distinct thought sustained its diffused content. The Emigrant Trail Faint suspicions, recollections too vague as yet for definiteness, were beginning to stir in the mind of the man. Steve Yeager We must beware of attributing this doctrine of Neifty to the Norman Conquest, which merely supplied names; in definiteness and cruelty nothing could exceed the practice of serfage under the Saxons. The Customs of Old England In the second place the growing definiteness and narrowness of his dogmatism and his failure to show hospitality to science and philosophy alienated a number of intellectuals. The Age of the Reformation But its very definiteness makes it the more evidently obnoxious to criticism. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 They supplement the pupil's experience, and increase both the number and definiteness of his concepts. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools After lingering in his room for some minutes, he descended once more to the walk, finding relief in simulating a purpose by definiteness of action. The Mayor of Warwick The principle of definiteness Questions should be definite, so that they can have but one meaning. The Recitation Religion is recognised as a matter of personal preference, and the agnostic creed has lost much of its aggressive definiteness. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother Maturity without the passing of Youth; definiteness, understanding, discovery,—a grip on the realities of life, just as it was with him and all the others who were awake. From the Housetops It will never be possible to sing so sweetly in the English and German languages as in Italian; but it is possible to sing with much more vigor, dramatic definiteness, and variety of emotional expression. Chopin and Other Musical Essays There was a definiteness about the slouching figure that forbade any pause at the White Fish Lodge or the master's dark and silent house. The Place Beyond the Winds The lack of definiteness here which permits difference of opinion lies in the word "sound." The Recitation It is clear from the foregoing discussion that the essential thing in a habit is the definiteness of the connection between the stimulus and the response, between the situation and the reaction to the situation. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners Yet one test of a person's power of imagination is the definiteness with which the mind makes an ideal representation stand out in consciousness as a distinct individual. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education "The dominant tendencies are indeed increasingly identified with those currents of thought which are making way from the definiteness of the ancient Faith, toward Unitarian vagueness." Catholic Problems in Western Canada In the North such peculiar definiteness and importance can never be attached to the name of any single fountain. Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel Somewhere down below a door closed with a cushioned soft definiteness. Operation: Outer Space Our question now is, how is this definiteness of connection established? The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners When he knows the influence of motor expression in giving definiteness, vividness, and permanency to ideas, he will have much work in drawing, modelling, constructive work, dramatization, and oral and written expression. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education This alone is a convincing proof of the want of grasp, of definiteness that exists in religious matters. Catholic Problems in Western Canada I have not aimed so much at consistency as at clearness and definiteness of statement, letting my mind drift as upon a shoreless sea. The Breath of Life All this came to me instantly and positively, as by a psychic message of unparalleled definiteness from the dead ancestors whose portraits hung upon the paneling. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' This was spoken with a definiteness of purpose that made Joan recoil. The Shield of Silence The flame of his indignation set forth his features with definiteness and relief, consuming altogether the soft amused bien-être which was nearly always there. Hilda A Story of Calcutta The reason was the assumption that the apparent absence of definiteness in national purpose must have been designed as a cover for hidden and selfish ends. Before the War Intellectual training had given her the spirit of order and proportion, of definiteness and measure, and this marks her alike from the great sentimentalists and the sweeping satirists. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 3 of 3) The Life of George Eliot There is a definiteness and point in them, which take hold of the feelings of the heart. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister It is difficult to speak with any degree of definiteness on this question. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea A fringe of low, straggling trees hid my movements from observation by possible watchers along the southern bank; nor could I perceive with any definiteness what was going on there. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country I may add that the organ of smell comes next to that of hearing, with respect both to the range and definiteness of its simultaneous sensations, and to the amount of information furnished by these. Illusions A Psychological Study There is no characteristic of his work more evident, none more admirable or more rare, than the unity, the compactness and completeness, the skill and care in construction and definiteness in impression, of each poem. An Introduction to the Study of Browning It precipitates the atmosphere of religion into definiteness. Religious Education in the Family The preacher should train himself to take tight hold of his thought, to grip it with mental firmness and fervor, that he may afterward convey it to others with definiteness and vigor. Talks on Talking The term Motet lacks somewhat of definiteness of the usage of composers. How to Listen to Music, 7th ed. Hints and Suggestions to Untaught Lovers of the Art For the sake of definiteness, we may specify the Madonna between St. Paul and St. George in the Venice Academy. The Madonna in Art Consider, for the sake of definiteness, what would happen if a Communist revolution were to occur in England to-morrow. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism His remarks must have the definiteness of the expert witness whose testimony in court carries so much weight. Public Speaking The definiteness of these replies, coupled with the suspense of wondering what the next answer will be, keeps up a lively interest. Principles of Teaching Its permanent interest perhaps will be the historical one, due to the definiteness with which it assigns Couture his position in the evolution of French painting. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture But in respect of definiteness and permanence the relations between individuals in a state of gregariousness fall far short of the relations between individuals in the rudest human society. The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin Brought face to face with this definiteness of situation, she began to shudder. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" The following will give some idea of the form and definiteness of briefs for debate. Public Speaking It seems better to consider them as of the same general character but differing from each other in simplicity, definiteness, uniformity of response, variableness among individuals, and modifiability. Principles of Teaching Perhaps because he expresses with such concreteness, such definiteness and vigor a motive so purely an abstraction. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture It will produce a habit of definiteness, directness, and concentration invaluable to you. The Young Man and the World There is no doubt of the definiteness or depth of this opinion. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II Of all European statesmen there was one man who saw this point with a definiteness which, in itself, gives him a clear title to fame. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I Whatever effects standardization may have upon opportunity, it obviously makes for definiteness in regard to training requirements. Wage Earning and Education The testimony given by Socrates to the occurrence in himself of an internal Voice, having all the definiteness of an auditory hallucination, has given rise to much speculation by subsequent philosophers. Thoughts on Religion The ten days that followed were for him, necessarily, very busy; but mental preoccupation—definiteness of object—was always beneficial to him. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain It is well also to note that even in him this flash of insight, though unerring in its indications, lacked the definiteness of conviction which results from ordered thought. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The circumstances and tone of thought which gave rise to the Deistic and its attendant controversies mark with tolerable definiteness the chief period of transition. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century To read with the imagination, one must take time to let the figures reform in his own mind; he must see them with great distinctness and realise them with great definiteness. Books and Culture The declaration of the Social Democrats in the Duma was as weak and as lacking in definiteness of policy as the Manifesto of the Socialist-Revolutionists already quoted. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy The nature of the trouble he recognized clearly enough, but there is a lack of definiteness in the remedy he proposed to meet an evil which still exists. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain His reply came swiftly and with a definiteness there was no mistaking. The Moon out of Reach At first there is no attempt at definiteness in the description he gives of any considerable number. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development But Mendel's Law has far greater definiteness, it explains more accurately the cases of alternative inheritance, and it may be shown to hold for blended and mosaic inheritance as well. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Inviting as must have been the opportunities offered in the opening scene of indulging in a riot of voluptuous colour, the definiteness is never lost. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas As it is, the interaction of physical things is something that we can describe with a good deal of definiteness. An Introduction to Philosophy Not that Wagner plagiarized, but that he and Mendelssohn recognized the definiteness of musical suggestions; which is more than proved by their adopting the same musical ideas to indicate the same things. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University The beliefs and relations of the actual savage have not quite that definiteness of form and expression which our University Professors would fain assign to them. Science in Arcady The more ho dwelt upon it, the more it seemed to attach itself to the song Alice had sung, but he could not give it any definiteness. The Bread-winners A Social Study As a whole, the music of Tannhäuser is characterized by intense energy, the greatest definiteness, and richness and gorgeousness of colouring. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas I shall not attempt to define pragmatism, for I do not believe that the doctrine has yet attained to that definiteness of formulation which warrants a definition. An Introduction to Philosophy Every one is now familiar with the fact that human beings vary enormously in the brilliancy, completeness, definiteness, and extent of their visual images. Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals In just the same way the forceful thought will carry very much further than the weak and undecided thought; but clearness and definiteness are of even greater importance than strength. Thought-Forms The lines give definiteness and direction to the attention, and as definitely inhibit incompatible attitudes. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. The use of the fixed term, the fixed word, leads to definiteness always. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste It came after the interruption occasioned by the arrival of his wife, and soon his active brain had shaped his ideas into definiteness. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance Out of the extremity and definiteness of our need we know that He must be and we know what He must be like. Preaching and Paganism Not only have we here a large stain of the dull brown-grey of selfishness, but there is also a considerable difference in the form, though it appears to possess equal definiteness of outline. Thought-Forms This superior definiteness in outline of the gray figures is subject to exceptions, and one subject reports 'the green outline more distinct than the gray.' Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. "Traditional" stands for vagueness and for variation, for the lack of standardization, for the lack of definiteness in knowledge, in process, in results. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Is there any quick-witted farmer who shall tell us with anything like definiteness what the phosphates have contributed to all this, and how much the nitrogenous manures, and to what degree the deposits of humus? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Proceeding upon this basis, Mr. Mill expounds the orthodox theories with that definiteness of thought, with that precision of statement, and that calmness and breadth of survey, which never fail to characterize his literary labor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Still the definiteness of the outline as it stands out against its background of rays shows that he has achieved a high measure of success. Thought-Forms Our generalization, accordingly, may take the following form:— The inhibitory effect of an idea, apart from volitional or emotional bias, depends upon the energy, diversity, complexity and definiteness of the motor conditions of the idea. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Its very definiteness makes it seem possible of attainment. The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Lack of definiteness.—This may take the form of lack of definiteness of aim or purpose. How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods The student does not always bring to his work this definiteness of aim; if he did, much precious time would be saved. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers In the meantime operations in the Dardanelles are being pressed, but are not reported with sufficient definiteness to give an idea as to the probable result. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 It has peculiar interest on account of its importance, of its definiteness, of the comparisons to which it leads, and the reflections which it suggests. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 He thought of mentioning the clue, but decided that it was of too little definiteness and importance. Success A Novel Some questions lack definiteness because several correct answers could be given to the question. How to Teach Religion Principles and Methods Yet, by avoiding the real controversies and being unafraid of mere questions of definition, we may trace a great human movement with considerable definiteness. The Negro It was not until the reign of Ivan III. that this great northern empire emerged from that state of chaos in which she had neither possessed definiteness of form nor assured existence. The Empire of Russia You have a full development of language devoted rather to accuracy and definiteness of meaning than volubility; and yet I doubt not you talk fast when excited—that belongs to your temperament. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Again, the inhabitants were marked off into groups or worlds with a definiteness that is now no longer possible. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) What a special providence gave the easy-going Englishman a northern neighbour to lecture him on German metaphysics in his own tongue and compel him to the definiteness which he instinctively detests. The Unity of Civilization There might be a gain in definiteness in substituting "lake," or "river," as the case might be, but there would be a corresponding loss in poetry and in meaning at this particular place. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson They notice all sorts of little details which would ordinarily pass them by, but which now thrust themselves on their attention with absurd definiteness—absurd because so utterly incongruous and meaningless. A Student in Arms Second Series Catholics on the one hand attract the masses by the definiteness of their external organization. The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems This so-called wisdom, instead of being yielded up to the influence of Divinity by its contempt of all proportion and definiteness, does really nothing but give full play to accident and caprice. Christian Mysticism "What has he been doing, Nellie?" asked the judge, who felt that his callers had so far lacked in directness and definiteness. The Just and the Unjust These striking' marks of contrast excited much inquiry, and not obtaining, with sufficient definiteness, the satisfaction I sought, I went to the Lord about this, as before. From Death into Life or, twenty years of my minstry It is scarcely to be supposed that the student can improve on the clarity and definiteness of the English in such documents. The Teaching of History Gradually, however, it increased in definiteness, persistence, and comprehensiveness of purpose. The Promise of American Life It was a comfort to think how little there was that she could state with the definiteness of knowledge. The Inner Shrine Hindustan, or the land of the Hindus, is a term that never had any geographical definiteness. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments All these things, philosophy, art, personality, character, were the product of the time, which, in its definiteness and consistency, stands apart from all other epochs in history. Historia Calamitatum But a curve has not this definiteness, and is a very unstable thing to set about copying unaided. The Practice and Science of Drawing "You subsequently learned with more definiteness the actual circumstances of his rescue?" Half A Chance It must be expressed with such definiteness that both sides can agree on what it means.5. Elements of Debating The definiteness of the tone was like the clasp of the arm, and Max glowed anew. Max The shadows seemed lacking in definiteness, the outlines and grouping in coherence. Lord of the World But what specially attracted Felix's attention was the fact that the space outside this circle had been cleared into a regular flower-garden, quite European in the definiteness and orderliness of its quaint arrangement. The Great Taboo "Caught cold," "better ask," "honorably sorry," "feel hungry," and all the common sentences of daily life are entirely free from that personal definiteness which an Occidental language necessitates. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic He catches the note of definiteness from the tale, which thereby clarifies his thinking. A Study of Fairy Tales In dealing with some of the thoughts that arise from this text, we note— I. That a future bodily life is needed in order to give definiteness and solidity to the conception of immortality. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Every failure brings new truth, every higher grade of moral character reveals some new height of goodness to be scaled; the moral ideal acquires definiteness and content as humanity moves upwards. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher He will then find that very much which he could not imagine with any definiteness presents new images every moment—the eloquence of look and gesture, the by-play, the inexhaustible significance of the human voice. The Drama While they were engaged her piety had touched him; now the conventional definiteness of her views and convictions seemed to him a barrier, behind which the real truth could not be seen. The Darling and Other Stories He was unable even to settle with any definiteness the time of the man's departure from Paris. Jason |
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