| 单词 | epoch-making |
| 例句 | This was one of the truly epoch-making achievements of human history. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z More than a decade later, however, Davies would receive a spectacular second helping – in the form of a new career as a producer, director and commissioner of epoch-making television comedy. John Howard Davies obituary 2011-08-24T17:45:22Z But the show introduces you to the men behind the hits largely through their hip-shaking, epoch-making music itself. 'Million Dollar Quartet': the jam session that shook up Broadway 2012-05-10T20:33:05Z This is the pivotal point of the exhibition, the moment at which Malevich's pastiche and experimentation becomes radically innovative, epoch-making art. Malevich: Master of the avant-garde 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The basic idea is the crucial one: of all jazz singers, Holiday is the one who is a jazz musician, the equal in musical invention of the epoch-making instrumentalists who played alongside her. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z They were oblivious to Wilson's exhortations, just as they were to the fact that their afternoon stroll would also have epoch-making consequences on a global scale. Putting modern art on the map 2012-08-24T20:35:17Z Richard Gott, writing in the Guardian, saw the gathering as "a great and epoch-making event in British social history", though "most of the music...was indifferent". July 1969: Rolling Stones Hyde Park gig marred by death of Brian Jones 2011-07-07T20:00:00Z So look again, because this is a writer as mighty as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert and as epoch-making, in her own way, as Proust. My hero: Lydia Davis by Ali Smith 2013-05-24T15:00:03Z The Beatles' influence continues to reverberate across the decades since their epoch-making emergence in global culture. The Beatles hit with an asteroid's force 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z When and why did an experiment that for fifty years was perceived as a subsidiary anecdote at best metamorphose into an epoch-making moment? The most important invention in the history of the modern city 2014-02-23T13:00:00Z He created roles in epoch-making dances in both; his collaborations with the artist Robert Rauschenberg were among the bold experiments of the decade. Review: At MoMA, Dances by Steve Paxton, an Original Too Rarely Seen 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In the middle of an epoch-making heat wave, the wistful vibe and cooler nights of summer's end may feel far away. "Myth of the American Sleepover": An exquisite teenage dream 2011-07-22T23:30:00Z In their recommendations of the most luxurious hotels of the time, the Baedeker editors gave the existence of an elevator highest priority, even higher than other epoch-making innovations such as electric lights or central heating. The dying world of “Grand Budapest Hotel” 2014-03-07T23:59:00Z Several epoch-making events were going on in the San Francisco area in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, and at the centre of them all, linking them together – no surprises here – was Stewart Brand. Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth Catalog, the book that changed the world 2013-05-04T23:00:04Z Such epoch-making movements no longer define the art world, and personal identity is widely accepted as a legitimate basis for expression. In the galleries: Getting ‘Personal’ at King Street 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z But the singing is epoch-making, above all from Fagioli, who seems to redefine the capabilities of the countertenor voice and take it beguilingly into territories new. Vinci: Artaserse – review 2012-11-14T15:31:00Z Stravinsky's epoch-making ballet, similarly, found Noseda at his most radical and insightful. BBC Philharmonic/Noseda/Ehnes – review 2013-02-24T18:00:05Z And yet, here he is, creator of two epoch-making TV shows and four movies, two of which are modern cult classics. The man behind Butt-head: Mike Judge 2010-04-23T23:13:00Z Haiti, a former French Caribbean colony that became the world's first black republic at the start of the 19th Century after an epoch-making 1791 slave revolt, has a history of foreign interventions. Haiti crisis: Can Kenyan police officers defeat the gangs? 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Yoshiyuki Tokui, a lawyer, praised the ruling as “epoch-making and one that will significantly push forward relief measures for Minamata disease.” Japan’s court recognizes more victims of Minamata mercury poisoning and awards them compensation 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z She reported from more than 70 countries and witnessed first-hand such epoch-making events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War and Nelson Mandela's walk to freedom. Obituary: Ann Leslie 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z "ChatGPT is an epoch-making application ... It can draw conclusions from a complicated network of relationships with numerous dimensions in ways human brains cannot," said Steve Chen, partner of Shanghai-based MX Capital. Chinese quants redouble AI bets amid ChatGPT frenzy 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z “It will be an epoch-making milestone in the history of China-Arab relations.” China and Saudi Arabia Sign Strategic Partnership as Xi Visits Kingdom 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z She claimed that her brother had suffered fever symptoms and praised his “energetic and meticulous guidance” for bringing an “epoch-making miracle” in the fight against COVID-19. North Korea claims disputed victory over COVID-19, blames Seoul 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The award committee hailed their 2012 study as “an epoch-making experiment.” CRISPR, 10 Years On: Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In the world of Francesca May’s queer gothic fantasy “Wild and Wicked Things,” World War I was epoch-making not for its machine guns and mustard gas, but for its use of magic. This June, listen to these 8 audiobooks with pride 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z As epoch-making decisions go, this is Brown v. Opinion | Roe’s impending reversal is a 9/11 attack on America’s social fabric 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z A high-level meeting opening in Beijing on Monday will issue a “resolution” officially reassessing the party’s 100-year history that is likely to cement his status as an epoch-making leader alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. To Steer China’s Future, Xi Is Rewriting Its Past 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Thus did they turn the conscience of the nation into a force for epoch-making transformation. Opinion | Lessons from the Freedom Riders 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Clinton himself said: “Today’s announcement represents more than just an epoch-making triumph of science and reason ... With this profound new knowledge, humankind is on the verge of gaining immense, new power to heal.” How diplomacy helped to end the race to sequence the human genome 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z When the meeting began, the North’s state news media voiced high expectations, reporting that Mr. Kim and Mr. Trump were discussing “comprehensive and epoch-making results.” North Korea Admits Failure of Trump Summit, a Week After It Broke Down 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z It ends with footage of Mr. Kim returning home early Wednesday from an “epoch-making event.” North Korea Film Glorifies Kim’s World Debut, With Trump in Starring Role 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z “It’s an epoch-making gala for all investors,” China Southern Fund Management said in an online advertisement. Trap or treat? Funds to raise billions for tech IPOs in China 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z “This is an epoch-making moment,” said Ken Gause, an expert on North Korea’s leadership at CNA, a research group based in Virginia. For Kim Jong Un, meeting Trump is about cementing power at home 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z He said the deal was “epoch-making for Japan as well as for the future of the Asia-Pacific region.” TPP Members Reach Agreement on Major Trade Pact 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z It was an epoch-making advance in science — and also, perhaps, in human culture. Opinion | Happy Anniversary, Heart Transplant 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z But in at least one respect, he added, the hearing was epoch-making: The crowd at the bar, which ultimately ran to about 300, eclipsed turnout at previous election watch nights. ‘This is the most D.C. thing – watch a political scandal, at a bar’ 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Ronald Reagan and Lyndon Johnson may have been epoch-making presidents, but rarely does anyone seeking a deeper understanding of either chief executive start with their autobiographies. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z After the meeting in Seoul, Mr Kishida called the agreement "epoch-making". 'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Monday, however, marks a new anniversary in China’s most open city — of its most epoch-making mass gathering yet. Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution, One Year Later 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z It was the sheer, epoch-making significance of this moment that made it so emotional. What I learned this year: the insanity of the obesity era 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Andrew J. Nathan, a Columbia University expert on Chinese politics and society, said the bid to rename the District street “is not an epoch-making event.” A push to name Chinese Embassy street for jailed activist “The just-signed treaty is of epoch-making, historic importance,” Putin said at a ceremony in the Kazakh capital of Astana. Putin's Eurasian Union Looks Like a Bad Deal, Even for Russia 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Russian President Vladimir Putin said shortly before signing the treaty that their meeting was of “epoch-making significance,” but that it was no attempt to recreate the Soviet Union. Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus sign treaty creating huge economic bloc 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “This epoch-making invention is mainly responsible for the present large and increasing use of electricity in the industries.” What Are the 10 Greatest Inventions of Our Time? 2013-10-21T15:15:09.237Z "She was the last outlier from the ideological wars against Marxism, an epoch-making politician, but an incredibly polarizing force," said Patrick Dunleavy, professor of political science at the London School of Economics. Margaret Thatcher Dies 2013-04-08T12:18:11Z "Liszt's Thirteenth Psalm is of especial importance, because the epoch-making ecclesiastical music of the great composer is as yet so little known in America," declares Mr. Finck. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z There was a tendency for them to generalize from these epoch-making changes in a way that is less appropriate today. A Q&A with Ian Hacking on Thomas Kuhn's Legacy as "The Paradigm Shift" Turns 50 2012-04-27T18:15:02.480Z This was his first work, and from 1842 to 1894, the year of his death, scarcely a year passed without several important, and in some cases epoch-making, papers on scientific subjects coming from his pen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z An epoch-making book, restating ably the general problem of social reconstruction. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Before this determination was reached James Otis made his memorable plea against "Writs of Assistance," one of the epoch-making events in the history of America. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Its epoch-making merit was that it propounded the problem. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 2012-03-26T02:00:37.300Z At this time Richardson was fifty years old, and probably the last man in England who would have been selected as likely to write an epoch-making book of any description. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z There were pre-existent ideas upon which that prophet’s epoch-making message was based. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z At Danbury, New Hampshire, there is a Country Settlement Association, which is accomplishing some epoch-making things. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z The finest example is in the constellation Canes Venatici, and its spiral configuration was first noted by Lord Rosse, an epoch-making discovery. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Four years later he produced his Sermon of the Fifty, and he was sixty-nine when he published his epoch-making Treatise upon Toleration, and Saul, the wittiest of his burlesque dramas. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z In 1835, however, appeared an epoch-making book which subjected the New Testament to the most elaborate criticism based upon mythical and legendary interpretation. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z The visit of the three great philosophers, Diogenes the “Babylonian,” Critolaus and Carneades in 155, was an epoch-making event in the history of Hellenism at Rome. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z He's built an epoch-making company, I'm delighted by the team of highly skilled technologists he's assembled – a team that includes some dear friends of mine – and the tech culture they evince. Facebook: the revenge of the nerds 2012-02-06T11:45:13Z In any event the collection and republication of his epoch-making papers would be welcomed by astronomers of every nation. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The Fire of London was not so epoch-making. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Cambridge itself is, as all know, amongst the loveliest and most interesting places in existence, with its world-famed colleges and its epoch-making history. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z We may indeed date the birth of animal cytology from Schleiden’s short but epoch-making paper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z This is an epoch-making book, which should be in the hands of everyone who has even the slightest interest in human progress.... The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z The importance of this latter epoch-making clause is vital. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z It is sometimes said that it is remarkable that little is known of my connection with these great enterprises—for they were great, and epoch-making. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z The score, in this respect alone, is epoch-making. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z All this has been looked upon—rightly, no doubt—as epoch-making in the history of psychology, and more especially as it applies to the study and treatment of nervous and mental disorders. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Without that epoch-making work the "History of the World" could not have been undertaken. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z In the Book of the Mind, I have referred to Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid as a Factor in Evolution," which I regard as one of the epoch-making books of our time. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z He "looms" upon me after death more than he did in life, and I think that his forthcoming book about "Human Personality" will probably rank hereafter as "epoch-making." The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z I do believe that Philadelphians who had helped to make it the splendid success it proved, looked upon it as no less epoch-making than the Declaration of Independence which it commemorated. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Umda on the Art of Poetry is described by Ibn Khaldún as an epoch-making work, thought that the superiority of the moderns would be acknowledged if they discarded the obsolete conventions of the Ode. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z You must look for the scene of that epoch-making encounter farther towards the strait near the Rio Barbate. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z This monumental anthology brings together for the first time the epoch-making theories and criticisms of the drama which have affected our civilization from the beginnings in Greece down to the present day. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z President Wilson’s epoch-making message of January 9, 1918, dealt with world-wide problems from a cosmopolitan attitude that would have been impossible less than twelve months ago. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z But epoch-making as it unquestionably was, it was not so epoch-making as all that. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z Nevertheless, the importance of this epoch-making voyage has not been overestimated. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z This was very plainly discernible when the epoch-making convention was in session. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Curie has published a great many independent papers, and a volume, “Investigations of Radio-active Substances,”; in which the results of their co-operative researches, including the epoch-making discovery of radium, are set forth. Marie Sklodowska Curie 2011-10-28T13:45:02.217Z Gano's inclinations, not being volcanic or epoch-making, had been, up to the time of the break with his grandfather, dutifully filtered through environing circumstance. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z They are an excessively learned, a monumental, an epoch-making work, the fruit of vast and heroic labors, with colored plates on stone, showing the turtles of the United States, and their embryology. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Three years later Ferdinand Magellan, on his epoch-making voyage around the world, visited the coast of Uruguay. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Darwin did not do that with his epoch-making “Origin of Species,” for he found there was no need to do so. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z This pestilence was one of the epoch-making events in the history of the empire, as great a landmark as the Black Death in the history of England. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z Therefore, without question, Darwin was right in placing this issue as to the stability or instability of species in the forefront of his generalizations, and hence in constituting it the title of his epoch-making book. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z The Discours de la m�thode is not only one of the epoch-making books of philosophy, it is also one of the epoch-making books of French style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z He was a distinguished Professor of Mathematics at the University of K�nigsberg and Berlin from 1825, and, together with Abel, made his epoch-making discoveries in the field of elliptic functions. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z It would need a volume to follow thoroughly the argument of this epoch-making book, to which I have here written only an introduction, calling attention to its evolutionary factors, historical and spiritual. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z Even Dons stayed to listen on that epoch-making occasion and the fame of their curious and delightful method of singing spread all over the university. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z Jobs the following year introduced his next epoch-making product: the iPad. Steve Jobs Dead at 56 2011-10-06T00:08:01Z He reviewed the events of that epoch-making day from the arrival of the telegram to his getting into bed. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Its classical expression is in the epoch-making twelfth chapter of I Corinthians, which makes so plain the ethical applications of the analogy. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z Goethe’s lyrics were no less epoch-making than his first drama and novel, for they put an end to the artificiality which for centuries had fettered German lyric expression. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z He warded and guarded and waited hoping that he might once more feel the sting of pain that would make his last blow unforgettable—epoch-making. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z M. Masson thinks this event epoch-making in the life of Napoleon. Napoleon's Letters to Josephine 2011-09-23T02:00:21.947Z Beckmann's picture represents the last of the epoch-making musicians, Richard Wagner. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Abu Zaid also wrote on India, and his work is the most important that we possess before the epoch-making discoveries of Marco Polo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z His “Church History,” of which we have admirable English translations, was an epoch-making work, and his historical monographs were the result of careful original research.89—Tholuck, a.d. 1799-1877, from a.d. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Maitland has pointed out that the years 1272-1290 were more fruitful in epoch-making legislation than any other period of English history, except perhaps that which succeeded the Reform Bill of 1832. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z The period is the first half of that most fascinating, picturesque and epoch-making century, the eighteenth. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z The expedition of Yoshihisa was an epoch-making event in the history of our country. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z “This agreement is epoch-making,” said Guy Villax, chief executive of Hovione, a generic drug maker with plants in New Jersey, Europe and China. Deal in Place for Inspecting Foreign Drugs 2011-08-13T04:57:20Z Still more important was Stanley's second journey, a.d. 1874-1877, which yielded the most brilliant scientific results, and was epoch-making in the history of African missions. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z In short, Chaucer’s lot was cast in an epoch-making age. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z In four years Cooper had put forth three novels, each in its way road-breaking and epoch-making: only the great men of letters have a record like this. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Renovation, perhaps, would be a more adequate term to be used here than Restoration, to designate this epoch-making event in our history. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The 23d of December 1688 was in one sense no more of an "epoch-making" day than the 5th of November in the same year. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z Ah, surely he has laboured well, Constructing this immortal sequel,— A work which no one could excel, And very few can equal,— A volume which, I dare to say, Is epoch-making, in its way. More Misrepresentative Men 2011-07-20T02:00:14.390Z Another horizon of the same idealistic character opens before the eyes of our own President, the seer to the nations in this epoch-making time. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z When de Tocqueville was in this country looking for evidences of democracy in America, he frankly states in the introduction to his epoch-making book that he saw more than there was. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z The opposition had been so completely stunned by the epoch-making declaration of principles on which he had chosen to conduct the fight that they had as yet been unable to rally their forces. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z In Irving’s case, it is an historical occasion, an epoch-making event. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z These four epoch-making truths constitute the imperishable word of God. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Quotation is often dull, but nothing can take the place of direct quotation in the case of a document of epoch-making importance. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z But Raphael succeeded in accomplishing it, and his achievement will stand for all time as one of the greatest epoch-making events in history. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Two years later Luke Howard, a London merchant, published his epoch-making essay on The Modifications of Clouds. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z This was emphatically what has been called an “epoch-making” production. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The sum total of human behavior translates into nothing less than an epoch-making disaster for global biodiversity, habitat, human rights, the empowerment of women and children, and the full potential of any democracy. Pro-Planet Is Pro-Choice 2011-05-09T12:47:17Z The true significance of the epoch-making movement is lost. The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons 2011-05-07T02:00:25.193Z "Let this be an epoch-making experience in your life, then," he said gaily. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The new singer sang on, quite unconscious of the epoch-making nature of her hardihood. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z In the preface of his famous Helps to Composition, a work of epoch-making character, Simeon boldly proposed three tests to be applied to any species of literature. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Doubtless only the silence of the bluffs gave the little town its appearance of indifference to the epoch-making achievements of his genius. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z This interchange of courtesies did not seem epoch-making even in the life of a child, but we learned later just how extraordinarily important and useful Judge Krink had become to H. 3d. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z The formulæ of this epoch-making study may be summarized as follows: 1. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z She smiles half sarcastically, wrapping herself securely in the cloak of her little world's entire indifference to her epoch-making moments. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Liszt was what the Germans call an Erscheinung—an epoch-making genius. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Therefore the epoch-making brain wave had full scope, and the use of a prodigal supply of black and red ink. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z It is for much older students to read the great romances, like Tolstoy's War and Peace, that adequately mirror an epoch or an epoch-making event. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Thus an event may be spoken of as “epoch-making.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The most exacting of ministers could not have desired a more trustworthy or a more eminently discreet custodian for an epoch-making document than the Master of the Crackanthorpe. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z And their overtures to China exploited the divisions within the Communist bloc, helping to set Beijing on an epoch-making new course of economic openness. Obama's Egypt and Foreign Policy Failires 2011-02-13T15:00:00Z He inaugurated the tactics by which his grandson and great-grandson were to win epoch-making victories abroad. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Moral enthusiasm has been the virtue of all epoch-making men. The Nation Behind Prison Bars 2011-02-10T03:00:55.530Z This work is epoch-making because of its form and because of its important contribution to the development of the Latin language itself. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z By his criticism of the Massora, and especially by proving that the punctuation of the books of the Hebrew Bible is of late origin, Levita exercised an epoch-making influence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Meanwhile, what of the supply ship, for I'm supposed to meet her here, and it's already twenty-four hours since yesterday's epoch-making battle and I expect the English any moment. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Oersted’s discovery in 1819 was indeed epoch-making in the degree to which it stimulated other research. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Vesalius besides being a great anatomist was almost as great a pathologist and one of the epoch-making diagnosticians of medical history. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Here was an epoch-making opportunity unexpectedly to force Lytham and the young vamp, as she called her, to ask Fallaray himself for an answer to this question, and watch the scene. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The epoch-making work in history, however, was the two-volume "History of the Negro Race in America," by George W. Williams, which was issued in 1883. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z This epoch-making act, the first of its kind in the world, represented the public opinion of a colony of about 20,000 persons, living in thirty towns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z At all events, there came an epoch-making day when I mounted the Quaker and presented myself at a meet of Mr. Knox's hounds. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z With this end in view, she learned Latin and English, and she thus became an accomplished translator from these languages of any chemical works which might aid her spouse in his epoch-making researches. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The new strike, the epoch-making strike, is of this middle class, and they haven’t struck against you but against strikes. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z In the second place Richard, who had gone to his mother in Harzburg that epoch-making Sunday, had remained away the greater part of a week instead of one day. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z On that epoch-making day, the bloody axe of Charles Martel graved deep his name on the annals of France. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z We read of the epoch-making Pushkin who was exiled to Kishinev at twenty, and later to Mikhailovskoye, and who escaped permanent political exile in Siberia by accident. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z One of these was Newton's epoch-making discovery of universal gravitation. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z The remainder of Darwin's epoch-making work deals, strictly speaking, rather with the general theory of 'descent with modification' than with the special doctrine of natural selection. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z We meet first with deliberate biography in Xenophon’s memoirs of Socrates, a work of epoch-making value. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z These opportunities in my case were to be the authorship of an epoch-making novel, or a great drama, or some similar masterpiece. The Idyl of Twin Fires He felt years older than he had that epoch-making October night when his father had revealed to him the state of the family finances, and had presented the means whereby it could be remedied. The Trail of Conflict Her most noted achievement, however, was her translation of Newton's Principia, the first translation into French of this epoch-making work. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Let us consider, therefore, what exactly were the additions which Charles Darwin offered in his epoch-making work to the pre-existing conceptions of evolutionists. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z It is, of course, impossible here to give an account of all these, but the following may fairly be regarded as the epoch-making books from the beginning to the present time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z There are interesting coincidences, however, of epoch-making discoveries in science corresponding with the beginning of definite eras in time that are at least impressive from a mnemonic standpoint, if from no other. Catholic Churchmen in Science Some of the pieces dated back to the epoch-making journey of the pathfinders, Lewis and Clark, some to the first white settlers in the region west of the Mississippi. The Trail of Conflict She helped him to grind and polish the mirrors that were used in his epoch-making reflectors. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Herbert was also epoch-making for the whole 18th century in teaching that priests had corrupted this primitive faith. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Each of these men did work that was epoch-making in anatomy, and each has a place in the history of the science that will never be lost. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The publication in 1707 of the epoch-making work of Isaac Watts, “Hymns and Spiritual Songs,” was the first step in breaking down the prejudice in the Calvinistic churches against “hymns of human composure.” The Story of Our Hymns When an epoch-making character is acquired, as the wings of a bird or the brain of man, the process of readjustment of other characters goes on with greatly increased rapidity. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 She was particularly interested in the great physico-mathematical work of Newton, and did not rest until she had thoroughly mastered the contents of his epoch-making Principia. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z That was one of those epoch-making events on which the history of the world turns. Victory out of Ruin The first epoch-making astronomer who was brought into intimate relations with the Pope of whom we have definite knowledge was Regiomontanus. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time But for the military commander of the City of Santiago it began a new and epoch-making work. The Career of Leonard Wood This dinner is epoch-making," Thatcher said seriously after they were seated, "and the epochs divide themselves into two parts. The Bachelors A Novel Those spectators who had put off lunching to see the epoch-making stunt were rewarded. H. R. The Crusades stand out as epoch-making and unparalleled up to that time in the number of nations disturbed. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity While Cabot was returning from his first voyage to North America, one of the most famous and most epoch-making expeditions of discovery of modern times was fitted out in Portugal. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Mr Haldane’s new army scheme was no less epoch-making in Great Britain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" It is not to be wondered at that in the very midst of dry genealogical tables the writer of Genesis should have stopped for a moment to tell of this epoch-making household. Oriental Women The S. A. S. A., after epoch-making experiments, psychological and physiological, has succeeded in making fraudulent hunger impossible. H. R. But while it fell heavily on the class of noble amphitryons it had one remarkable effect on the art which was epoch-making. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" I recalled the epoch-making day when I received my first letter from Mr. Secretary—a letter acquainting me of the fact that I was a full-blown member—all but, at least. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 His epoch-making service was to have proposed it. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" While epoch-making women occasionally appeared in the earlier period, they became fewer and fewer as the social order became more settled. Oriental Women A great many people announce an epoch-making idea and expect the world to remember it ever thereafter. H. R. This trip, so exceptional to him, so epoch-making, was easily arranged. The "Genius" Gen. Lyon's capture of Camp Jackson was an epoch-making incident. The Struggle for Missouri All the scientific journals are praising the clearness and acumen of this epoch-making work. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature But many epoch-making events are not even so much discussed, they look so simple on the face of them. The Wishing Moon The truth is that Mr. Wells attributes to his God powers which, even if he had no greater knowledge than Mr. Wells himself possesses, could be used to epoch-making advantage. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' It seems a smallish matter enough now; but I know that at the time I was conscious of making a momentous sacrifice, of taking a step of epoch-making significance. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The possession of a full purse materially assisted the Danish government in its domestic administration, which was indeed epoch-making. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Of the new publications of the season it is hard to speak without using superlatives, since Mr. Cook's epoch-making June Vagrant is among their number. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The ornately chased gold watch that had measured so many epoch-making hours for Green River was in public life again, like the Honourable Joe. The Wishing Moon The American Revolution was the most epoch-making event of modern times. History of Human Society These parts were not far enough away to furnish anything so wonderful, so epoch-making, as my desired 'way out.' The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography From these and other epoch-making discoveries in the domain of science, modern Socialism gets its point of departure from Utopianism, and without those advances would have been impossible. The Art of Lecturing Revised Edition It was an epoch-making journey to a young man fresh from college, and Edward Stanley was deeply impressed by what he saw. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) It was an epoch-making afternoon for Jacqueline, and not the least part of the enchantment was her first experience of automobiling. Kildares of Storm He was a fore runner of Newton and many other scientists, and as such represents an epoch-making period in scientific development. History of Human Society It was not long after this time that epoch-making changes were made, first in the domain of astronomy and afterwards in other sciences. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity She was not feeling his tremor, but she was limpidly happy and as conscious as he of an epoch-making moment. Tante It was an historic moment—more epoch-making than those who gathered in that field in the environs of Paris could have possibly imagined. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Adam Smith, the epoch-making economist, was spending the closing years of his life at his home near the Canongate churchyard. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba Advent should be distinguished from arrival, advent meaning an epoch-making arrival. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses The successful “running” of a cargo of alcohol was by no means an epoch-making event. The Law-Breakers The discovery of such conditions would be really epoch-making, both for general biology, and for therapeutics. Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological Just prior to Gutenberg’s epoch-making printing press there was a spurt of interest in our book in Italy, as attested to by a dozen of manuscripts, copied in the fourteenth and the fifteenth centuries. Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome The psychic invasion of each by the other must be epoch-making and in the direction of the completeness and unification spiritually of all mankind in a brotherhood of nations and nation-states. Is civilization a disease? There was no noise, no epoch-making upheaval, no blatant trumpetings to herald its coming. The Twins of Suffering Creek Indignant Oscawanna wired for a return engagement, so that those who had been crowded out could see the epoch-making dances. In a Little Town The great world war coming, as it did, without warning was a rare and epoch-making event that warranted unheard of action and to indulge in such action for any lesser cause would be utterly disastrous. The New York Stock Exchange in the Crisis of 1914 We can have no better preparation for an intelligent understanding of this subject than to consider carefully the life of this remarkable man and the circumstances under which he came to his epoch-making conclusions. The Meaning of Evolution His arrival is recognized as an epoch-making date in the war, for it foreshadows the creation of a great American Army in France. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources Toby was grinning all over his face with huge enjoyment, while Sandy performed his share with such an aspect of care that his labors might have been of an absolutely epoch-making nature. The Twins of Suffering Creek She coined phrases for him, too, and his heart rejoiced when she achieved the epoch-making revision of Stuart into Stookie-tookie! In a Little Town One who is really a poet and not merely a casual sonneteer, should try to get a site for his tent on this particular shore, and retire to compose an epoch-making epic. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Filled with the love of geology as Darwin was, this epoch-making book was exactly the stimulus needed. The Meaning of Evolution Ever since that epoch-making event in the history of the Great War the Germans had held the line despite every effort of the Allies to dislodge them. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources IV The marriage feast was indeed an epoch-making event in the county. They of the High Trails I wonder if anything half as epoch-making will ever come to pass under the great gold dome of the new one? The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Perhaps his most influential book is the first, 'Christian Nurture'; while a treatise for the household, it was surcharged with theological opinions which proved to be revolutionary and epoch-making. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Of them we shall not speak; we will concern ourselves only with the greatest, the epoch-making men, to whose life and work we and all who come after them owe so much. Pioneers of Science Late in the fall several important epoch-making things happened to Harvey. What's-His-Name History has been variously conceived in terms of great events, epoch-making personalities, social movements, and cultural changes. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Few valleys are less attractive, and few seem less likely to be the birthplace of epoch-making men. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The present battleship reproduces, in essential principles, the ships that preceded the epoch-making monitor—the pivot guns of the earlier vessels being represented by the present turrets, and their broadsides by the present broadside. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles It came to him with the blinding flash of all epoch-making discoveries that Norma was his girl—that he wanted Norma for his own, and that there was no barrier between them. The Beloved Woman His life's work might be truly described as "epoch-making." A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Hayes was undoubtedly honest and sincere, but not of that class of epoch-making men who anchor on the right, await and buffet the advancing storm. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Every age of epoch-making change is a time of social turmoil. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy A boy finds consolation in planning to become the world's greatest hero or martyr when he is thwarted in becoming an epoch-making inventor, or discoverer. Women As Sex Vendors or, Why Women Are Conservative (Being a View of the Economic Status of Woman) In the early epoch-making period of the nation’s history William Driver, a lad of twelve years, native of Salem, Mass., begged of his mother permission to go to sea. How the Flag Became Old Glory To a man of his temperament enforced passivity on the eve of such epoch-making events must have been intolerable. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era But wherever he was allowed a free hand he introduced epoch-making reforms in all the branches of his department, including posts, telegraphs, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The result has been that within ten years he has produced three epoch-making inventions, any one of which would have been a remarkable life achievement in itself. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room It was held in an office ringed with mementoes of the epoch-making test flight of 2338. Starman's Quest The epoch-making work of Adam Smith had been published in the same year in which the United States declared their independence. The Critical Period of American History The attitude of the Japanese people in the presence of this epoch-making triumph is a sight for men and gods. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era All about him epoch-making events for Slav lands were taking place. Sonnets from the Crimea The picture is an epoch-making one, whether justifiable or not, and is now in the gallery of the Luxembourg. More Science From an Easy Chair I threw myself immediately into the study of this new, epoch-making conception. The Coming of the Ice Unlike so many other medical innovations, Jenner's epoch-making cure for the dread disease of smallpox won him almost instant general renown. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) All the amusements mentioned in previous sections continued to be followed in this era, and football is spoken of as having inaugurated the afterwards epoch-making friendship between Prince Naka and Kamatari. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era On the whole, Trajan's civil administration was sound, careful, and sensible, rather than brilliant or epoch-making. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Poetry, Art, Theology, have taken from this Eleventh Book of the Odyssey many creative hints: it is truly an epoch-making work in the history of man's spiritual unfolding. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary A cheer almost fierce in its intensity approved the epoch-making challenge. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914 Scant attention, likewise, was given to Froebel's epoch-making work, "The Education of Man." A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) It is an epoch-making text-book on the subject, in that it solves in an entirely satisfactory manner the problem of proportion. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The outbreak of the present World War is epoch-making because it is at bottom a fight between the principle of democratic and constitutional government and the principle of militarism and autocratic government. The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures Verily it is a great and epoch-making experience for him just before his return; he finds the ideal here which he is to realize. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The most important contribution to the all-important doctrine of the atonement since the appearance of Dr. Dale's epoch-making book.... God's Plan with Men These catastrophes Earthquake of Zante were made the object of special study in Germany and Switzerland, where Agassiz was in the midst of his epoch-making discourses on the glacial period. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) People in their station kissed when they felt kindly, and on that occasion they had had an epoch-making pretext. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel The outbreak of the present World War is epoch-making because it is at bottom a fight between the principle of democratic and constitutional government and the principle of militarism and autocratic government. The League of Nations and its Problems Three Lectures Here we may well place Grimm's collection of folk-tales in many ways an epoch-making book. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary A resumé of, and an extract from, "IN HIS IMAGE," Mr. Bryan's epoch-making book against Darwinism. God's Plan with Men The remarkable and altogether epoch-making article in The Times of the 16th inst., on the stimulating effect of the bath on unmusical people, has already borne notable fruit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 His researches were of truly epoch-making character, and he was the undisputed founder of the modern science of electricity, which is rapidly coming to dominate chemistry itself. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science In this epoch-making conflict neither the commander nor the commanded had any cause to be ashamed one of the other. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back But now came the event that made the battle of the Saints' Passage epoch-making in naval history. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima One epoch-making day, the editor was called up over the long-distance telephone, and, after answering numerous inquiries, was told that the party expected to spend the following night in the Cove. Mr. Opp His claim that his 'Confessions' created a new genre is futile; they confess nothing epoch-making,—no real crises of soul, merely the adventures of a truant schoolboy, the recollections of a drunkard. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The greatest event in the first half of the fifth century, the period in which the degenerate descendants of Theodosius still retained the imperial title, was the Barbarian Invasion, a truly epoch-making event. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Is it one of those splendid programs which look epoch-making in spirit, but never permeates to those very people whom it is especially designed to affect? Working With the Working Woman Like other great revolutions, this epoch-making change in naval war began in a small way. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Boehme appears to hold two inconsistent and seemingly contradictory views about the human attitude which is the psychological pre-condition for this epoch-making experience. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries She had, in fact, undergone that dissociation of the moral judgment from a special series of religious formulæ which is the crucial, the epoch-making fact of our day. Robert Elsmere So England can fairly claim this one epoch-making nautical invention, which might be taken as the most convenient dividing-line between the sailing craft of ancient and of modern times. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways In this epoch-making speech Booker Washington had presented a solution of an apparently insoluble problem. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization No one would look there for epoch-making crises, but many will find a longed-for relief from the speeding-up tendencies of modern romance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 However suddenly the "revelation" seemed to burst into his mind, there had nevertheless been a long period of psychological gestation and preparation for it before the epoch-making moment finally came. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries The results were thus very grand and epoch-making. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Yes, my novel is one of the twenty which in the last six months have been called 'epoch-making' and have been said to 'stand quite alone in modern fiction.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 Every now and then he took a little walk up and down the promenade, either alone or with a casual acquaintance, but he soon returned to enjoy close at hand this epoch-making evening. The Privet Hedge House of Commons, Monday, May 4.—Not since epoch-making night four years ago has House been so densely crowded in anticipation of Budget statement. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 Of the voyage of the little craft from New York to Hampton Roads, and of her epoch-making battle with the Merrimac we have already told. American Men of Mind The thought is as simple as it is impressive, and it is yet so great as to be fairly epoch-making in its complete realization. The Life Radiant There were those who dreamed epoch-making dreams and eventually made them come true; and there were those who merely saw visions too impractical ever to become realities. Ted and the Telephone The persuasiveness was gone from his inside news and from his confidential advice from Sharpe and from his beholding with his own eyes the signing of epoch-making documents. The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" But I did not realise how epoch-making it was to prove. The Lady of the Basement Flat This was emphatically what has been called an "epoch-making" production. Classic French Course in English March 25.—A reference to the Welsh Church Bill by a member of the Opposition elicited an epoch-making remark from Mr. Haydn Tooth, M.P. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914 The last hour had been for him an epoch-making, a profound experience, and he wanted, as his aunt would have said, "to squeege his orange dry." The Ffolliots of Redmarley But one day his brokers wished to speak to him, to urge him to sell out his entire holdings, having been advised of an epoch-making resolution by Congress. The Tipster 1901, From "Wall Street Stories" Mrs. Jo G. had hardly turned the Point, after this epoch-making speech, before Billy was starting for the Light and the one friend of his heart. Janet of the Dunes The outcome was an epoch-making extension of population. The Frontier in American History And so the epoch-making talk goes on and others are summoned to take part in it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 3, 1916 Published some fifty-six years ago it immediately took rank as a classic, and its epoch-making influence may not unfitly be compared to that exercised by Darwin's Origin of Species. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society "There lies my attitudinizor, which may well become an epoch-making device." The Point of View But in this instance the cry was destined to have, as we shall see, epoch-making results, and for this reason it merits serious examination. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was an epoch-making event. The Frontier in American History This bold, epoch-making deed, the death-warrant of slavery here and throughout the world, evoked serious hostility even at the North. History of the United States, Volume 4 "That seems to me like a very mild statement, but I suppose they considered it epoch-making," remarked Fowler. The Shadow World Christian and unbeliever alike acknowledge His supremacy as a Man, and respect the epoch-making significance of His birth. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern And now a word as to the personality of the author of this epoch-making statement. Danger! and Other Stories In 1857, he published his first book, hardly realizing that it was an epoch-making volume, and that he had made an unprecedented contribution alike to literature, science, and religion. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time The book was written in 1918 before the United States took sufficient interest in the republic to bring about certain epoch-making changes. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Especially to the new departures, the turning-points, the epoch-making discoveries in ethical and religious progress connected with the appearance of such men, we may apply the term Revelation in a supreme or culminating sense. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge But the price which he paid for this epoch-making speech was fearful. Expansion and Conflict But even now no man may lawfully kill or cure the sick in London or Paris or New York without a diploma, despite the 'epoch-making' principles of 1879. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 The third occasion made memorable by a delicious epoch-making dish I shall not specify, as we have dined with many friends during the last nine months. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country And not only was the act in itself wonderful and admirable and epoch-making; but it proved that Edwin, despite his blondness, his finickingness, his hesitations, had grit. Clayhanger Nor in many cases would the philosophers themselves have seen what they have seen but for the great epoch-making thoughts of the great religion-making periods. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge In addition to the epoch-making inventions of McCormick and his competitors, Samuel F. B. Morse had perfected his electric telegraph, which was in operation in most of the countries of Europe before 1860. Expansion and Conflict The English musical press for years devoted columns to somewhat heated discussion of Hope-Jones' epoch-making inventions, and echoes appeared in the musical periodicals of this and other countries. The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments Surely, surely in after-remembrance this day would stand out as one all-important, epoch-making. The Independence of Claire He was seven years old when Columbus set sail upon that epoch-making voyage of discovery and he was thirty-four when he set foot for the first time on the shores of Mexico. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure For instance, if old age pensions are considered by the workers to be an epoch-making reform and a concession, they may be granted by the capitalists all the more readily. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement I guarantee Lloyd George was prouder of her—and still is—than of his epoch-making Budget or his historic victory over the House of Lords. Lloyd George The Man and His Story And this was the man upon whom was laid the burden of the war of the Revolution, and to whom, under God, were due the mighty results of that epoch-making contest. For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Pioneers of epoch-making reforms are seldom accorded the reward they merit. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Priestley's discovery of oxygen was epoch-making, but does not represent all that he did. Priestley in America 1794-1804 Before showing what lay behind this epoch-making movement, let me refer to the great change in the British Union world that preceded it. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement The visit must be epoch-making in any life. Highways and Byways in Sussex An epoch-making study of the hereditary transmission of mental deficiency in a degenerate family.Holmes, 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 But they appeared thirty-four years before Lamarck’s theory, and though not epoch-making, they are such as will render the name of Buffon memorable for all time. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work For the present we are chiefly concerned to give a brief sketch of the second great epoch-making event, or rather train of events, which conditioned the foundation and development of modern Germany. German Culture Past and Present But it was in this period that the first backboned animals made their appearance—an epoch-making step in evolution. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told She stared at Roger, strangely conscious that something epoch-making and decisive had happened. Marriage à la mode The Germans proudly award it the epithet, "epoch-making," and its long-continued popularity affords good, if not quite sufficient, ground for the extravagant eulogies they lavish upon it. The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 They could talk of nothing but this epoch-making adventure, now. Chapters from My Autobiography Chief among the actors, his place was near the middle of the stage during that eventful and epoch-making period. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective The deed seemed curiously epoch-making, and stirred her oddly. The Heather-Moon Like all epoch-making personalities, he was also favoured by the conditions in which he lived, though he had to endure violent attacks. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) A fixed organisation was reached, and the Apostolic episcopal constitution established, only in consequence of the so-called Gnostic crisis, which was epoch-making in every respect. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) But it would not be permissible to claim for Cardan any share in the epoch-making discoveries in Medicine. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study We have assembled to commemorate one of the epoch-making events in history. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective The meeting broke up gaily, Mr. Ellsworth saying that he would certainly communicate Roy's generous and self-sacrificing offer to National Headquarters as a conspicuous instance of a memorable and epoch-making good turn. Tom Slade at Temple Camp But the really epoch-making feature is the fact that the intellectual culture of mankind now appears reconciled and united with religion. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) In this epoch-making hour of the world's history, England had neglected her bounden duty, because she was indissolubly bound to Japan. Banzai! by Parabellum Whispers went round that the new opera was quite extraordinary, epoch-making, that it was causing a prodigious impression at rehearsal, that it was absolutely original, that there was no doubt of its composer's genius. The Way of Ambition For arms you find incendiary speeches; for ammunition, viperish propaganda, and for epoch-making action you have nothing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, October 13, 1920 A week which, for at least three people, was fraught with something in the nature of epoch-making events. The Forfeit Brieux's elaborate proofs that two and two are four have been hailed as epoch-making; one of his worst plays, indeed, has been presented with all the solemn hocus-pocus of a religious rite. A Book of Prefaces The Astrophysical Observatory was established, in which Professor Langley has continued his epoch-making work on the sun's radiant heat with his wonderful bolometer, an instrument of his own invention. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer So much for the epoch-making counsels and warnings collectively addressed by the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh to the sovereigns of the earth, and more particularly directed to the kings of Christendom. The Promised Day Is Come He Who, at every stage of their collective enterprise, has so abundantly blessed them, will, no doubt, continue to vouchsafe the blessings until the seal of unqualified victory is set upon their epoch-making task. Messages to America Here we are right up to our necks in an epoch-making business proposition and he don't concern himself two whoops. The Forfeit Of the exact circumstances attending that epoch-making Declaration we, alas, are but scantily informed. God Passes By In a few years commenced the epoch-making work of Campbell, in the most refined and difficult problem of observational astronomy,—that of the measurement of the motion of stars to or from us. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer These facts, he says, were the origin of all his epoch-making views as to the development of life and the work of natural selection in evolving species. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 There need be nothing philosophically epoch-making about a literary creation which is destined to be immortal. Platform Monologues He went beyond all his contemporaries in technical strength and color-harmony, and was in fact the epoch-making man of early Venice. A Text-Book of the History of Painting Dr. Foster's book was expected to be epoch-making, and it fully justifies such expectation.... A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. But there is another epoch-making feature of Chopin's style, which is less easy, especially to Germans, because it is a Slavic characteristic; I mean the tempo rubato. Chopin and Other Musical Essays The credit of this epoch-making discovery is Professor Bottomly's entirely. Police!!! Here are some of the finest spirits of England, some of its intellectual and spiritual leaders, brought into daily contact with the manhood of the nation in this formative period and epoch-making crisis. With Our Soldiers in France This was, of course, an epoch-making invention and caused enormous commercial growth in the South, where cotton-gins are as common things as restaurants in the city of New York. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' An epoch-making event in opera history was the opening, in 1637, of the first public opera house in commercial Venice whose wealth afforded her citizens leisure to cultivate art. For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music In view of the many epoch-making thoughts contained in his two volumes of collected criticisms, it is very much to be regretted that this plan was not carried out. Chopin and Other Musical Essays Gentlemen," said I, "it has been moved and seconded that this epoch-making letter be read aloud. Police!!! At this point, an epoch-making discovery of Dr. Sethe, privat-docent at the University of Berlin, placed the whole matter at a single stroke on a comparatively sure foundation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 It is a common occurrence for a series of striking signs and wonderful emotions to precede an epoch-making discovery. Homer and Classical Philology Only a small portion of his epoch-making work has been preserved, but quite enough to make clear his title "Father of Oratorio and Cantata." For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music Darwin's great discovery is perhaps the most epoch-making fact in science that has yet appeared upon the earth. Among Famous Books "Mr. Chairman, I move that epoch-making letter be read aloud!" Police!!! Then the epoch-making discoveries of Sir William Jones aroused the attention of the Western world and laid the foundations of a new science. The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany No doubt he felt that the League of Nations would stand in back of him in the matter of this epoch-making discovery. Pee-Wee Harris Adrift He rose, when he had finished his entry among those epoch-making memoranda, and received his visitors. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies There was a critic who called one of my books "epoch-making." On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 Mrs. Beecher Stowe's epoch-making novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, certainly contributed towards the abolition of slavery in the United States. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 Now this principle of social sympathy and liability gives us the secret of all the epoch-making men of our time. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Had these works been displayed in Germany, they would undoubtedly have been epoch-making. Atlantis You have heard of the epoch-making discovery of Jenner, and its beneficent results in checking the ravages of smallpox, that scourge of the human race?’ The Disentanglers But all this was only preparatory to the epoch-making discoveries that have had so much to do with our present attitude toward education. Craftsmanship in Teaching The epoch-making nights of one's life," Mr. Hennibul remarked, "are few. A Prince of Sinners Along with the agitation of opinion went epoch-making events. History of the United States But the succeeding reign of Philip IV. was epoch-making. A Short History of France In other words, he had not discovered natural selection, the cardinal idea of Charles Darwin's epoch-making book. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Thirty years and more passed after that epoch-making contest between the Monitor and the Merrimac before the world witnessed another battle to the death between ironclads. American Men of Action An epoch-making book may sweep men off of their feet and make of them passionate adherents. An Introduction to Philosophy To a representative of The Daily Mandate a number of well-known men expressed their views on the matter, which will undoubtedly stimulate further investigation into the momentous possibilities of this epoch-making revelation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-11 But though this epoch-making event happened to occur in Thanet, it has no special connection with the history of the island, any further than as a component of England generally. Science in Arcady If you do not wish to mutilate your book, take it with you—most of the epoch-making books are now printed in small volumes. The Art of Public Speaking This is the epoch-making thing, the contribution to method in James's book. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant These aerial vessels had already attained a maximum of a hundred miles an hour, for progress had been rapid since Paulhan's epoch-making flight from London to Manchester. Round the World in Seven Days These commonplaces sounded to that generation like epoch-making revelations. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) First, I surreptitiously card-catalogued the notes and references for Carl's "epoch-making book," as one of the sweet, vague wives of the Faculty always called her husband's volumes, which she never read. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Nothing but the absence of Mr. Frank Harris in what is not only his spiritual but his actual home, America, prevents the publication of his definitive and epoch-making views on this suggestive theme. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 13, 1917 Yet few would now regard the Reformation as epoch-making in the sense in which that pre-eminence has been claimed. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Yet, even before Brown-Séquard's first epoch-making suggestion had set physiologists to search for internal secretions, the insight of certain physicians on the medico-psychological side was independently leading towards the same dynamic conception. Little Essays of Love and Virtue In that juvenile stage of the Hebrew renaissance, when the mere treatment of language and style was considered an achievement, even the appearance of such elementary books was hailed as epoch-making. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) "Yes, ma—missus," he jerked, jumping and suddenly touching his hat—an epoch-making thing for an Australian to do. Captivity It had such a powerful influence that it was called an intelligence-creating, or as we say, an epoch-making book. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji As was indicated, Ritschl's epoch-making book bears the title, The Christian Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant With all its imperfections—perhaps partly in consequence of its imperfections—the "Reliques" was an epoch-making book. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century He had preached in St. Mary's what he regarded as an epoch-making sermon, and afterwards he walked home to Oriel with Hawkins, the famous Provost. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Fourteen bright eyes shining in faces polished with soap divided passionate interest between Marcella and the epoch-making pot of jam on the table. Captivity In Europe the spheres of the human and divine are strictly separated: to pass from one to the other is exceptional: a single incarnation is regarded as an epoch-making event of universal importance. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 His biblical work alone would have been epoch-making. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant His epoch-making work was rendered possible through Shakespeare and Beethoven, who served him as models all his life. Beethoven All aside from its splendid court life and its magnificent festivities, we know it as the scene of three epoch-making events in the world's history. The Story of Versailles But even as the Tinkletown Pooh-Bah posed in restful supremacy there were rushing down upon him affairs of the epoch-making kind. The Daughter of Anderson Crow It was Bayonne, too, whose governor, when ordered in advance by the king to arrange for massacring the Huguenots in his city on that epoch-making night, dared to send back a prompt and spirited refusal. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees But Adrian—the precious, finnikin Adrian—how on earth could he have written this same epoch-making novel? Jaffery Here, indeed, was a most humiliating, an epoch-making, confession to come from the little Doctor. Queed Diane de Poitiers wished—perhaps only dreamed—and an epoch-making art project was born. The Art of Interior Decoration The last sigh of the Moor in Spain was to be uttered in 1492—an epoch-making year, both in history and in geography. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known To these epoch-making pronouncements the Assembly added, in 1790, that crimes should be visited only on the guilty individual, not on the family; and that penalties must be proportioned to the offences. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) The History of the Discovery of Circulation of the Blood recapitulated, divides itself naturally into a series of epoch-making periods: 1. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Even as all the epics herein collected in scenario were epoch-making, so will the gathering of these side by side prove to be. The Book of the Epic We cannot regard them as epoch-making, but granted that there is no attempt to conform to two of the rules for furnishing,—appropriateness and practicality, the results are refreshingly new and entertaining. The Art of Interior Decoration Frazer's admirable and epoch-making work, "The Golden Bough," whose main contention I have endeavored incidentally to popularize in my present story. The Great Taboo This constituted the epoch-making period in Japanese history known as the Taikwa Reform. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic As for the professor, he did not so much regard the pecuniary side of the expedition as the opportunity he would have to write an epoch-making book and confound his scientific rivals. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Moreover, in the summer of 1892 Sidney Webb had married Miss Beatrice Potter, author of an epoch-making little book, "The Co-operative Movement," and together they were at work on their famous "History of Trade Unionism." The History of the Fabian Society Mendelssohn's most epoch-making work was his translation of the Pentateuch into German. Chapters on Jewish Literature It was in fact an epoch-making work, the pioneer in the new field of German folk poetry. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 It was not until 1869 that Brown-Séquard first suggested that an important secretion was elaborated by the ductless glands and received into the circulation, but that suggestion proved to be epoch-making. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy But he imagined only one phase of the new and epoch-making tragic theme that he discovered. The Theory of the Theatre Christian men, whenever anything epoch-making happens, must have something to eat. The Pleasures of Ignorance And even if no such epoch-making words meet his eye, in how brief a time may he read, digest, appreciate, some of the gems of literature! A Librarian's Open Shelf To quote from the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, Leo "entered upon a pontificate which was to be epoch-making for the centralization of the government of the church." The Last Reformation His epoch-making discovery of the law of universal gravitation was not promulgated until 1687, though the first glimpse of it had come to him so early as 1665. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature His theory of civilisation had been promulgated already in Buckle's History of Civilization, a book as epoch-making in the minds of its readers as Das Kapital. Back to Methuselah Origin of the Constitution.—Before making a study of this epoch-making document, let us inquire briefly as to its origin. Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition Its influence on Lessing and on Kant was such as to justify the German historian of the literature of the century in bestowing on it the coveted epithet of epoch-making. Burke Considering that they were upon the eve of an epoch-making combat, the regiment were disappointingly placid. The First Hundred Thousand But now Fletcher ran out his epoch-making vessel, with sails trimmed fore and aft, and dumbfounded all the shipping in the Channel by beating his way to windward against a good stiff breeze. Elizabethan Sea Dogs It was said to be an epoch-making event that "Indian Representatives" took part in the Conference. The Case for India Such an instance was furnished about twenty-five years ago by Dr. Bryce's epoch-making work on the Holy Roman Empire. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty Those epoch-making controversies, again, that have convulsed the Geological Society, are, I verily believe, almost entirely unknown outside the fellowship of that body. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Hence his "Rouge et Noir," dated 1830 and typical of his aim and method, is in a sense an epoch-making book. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities It is to be hoped that in the great and epoch-making changes that are upon us in this twentieth century some at least of the individual characteristics of the English peasantry will remain. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End Nevertheless, the moment when we acquired an ear for the adagio remains epoch-making in the history of culture. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes This epoch-making book was the lens by means of which Voltaire gathered together the scattered rays of his English impressions into a focus of brilliant and burning intensity. Books and Characters French and English We only have looked into the faces of the great actors, and have taken part in the epoch-making events. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe Perusing the volume to-day, we can hardly say that it appears an epoch-making production in fiction, the declaration of a new talent in modern literature. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Miss Anna thought grimly of all the precautions she had taken to spare the young lady's feelings—of her own emotions—her sense of a solemn and epoch-making experience. Fenwick's Career Claude Lorraine and Ruysdael are the first who may be called epoch-making along these lines; they are also, in this sense, the ancestors of modern landscape painting. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Throughout the past two centuries mankind has been confronted by an epoch-making, many sided development—the great revolution of 1750-1970. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History His attainments, however, were probably not less great, and it remains to be seen whether his discoveries were not as epoch-making. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe In less than eighteen hours the calm and peaceful ways of civilization had received an epoch-making jar. The Flying Legion The subject he specially illuminated in these epoch-making books was the rotation of crops, though he occasionally diverged upon deep-ploughing and kindred themes. In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays You know for a portrait, madame, you want no epoch-making effect. Abroad with the Jimmies In England the new era was formally signalized by an epoch-making decision. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia Even in the more elevated passages, I think we hardly felt as he proceeded that it was the culmination of the day's utterances and that we were really then and there in an epoch-making event. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe Nine-tenths of her news—so vital, so epoch-making over there—loses its significance, and the rest is as the scuffling of ghosts in a back-attic. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) At Biarritz the architecture of its Casino and the great hotels is not of an epoch-making beauty, neither are they so delightfully placed. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Those epoch-making controversies, again, that have convulsed the Geological Society are, I verily believe, almost entirely unknown outside the fellowship of that body. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories He wrote a book, one of the epoch-making books of Christendom, which he called "Cur Deus Homo." The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index This epoch-making act is commemorated even to-day by the Jews throughout the world and is known as the Feast of Lights. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism In but one essential were conditions changed; yet that one was epoch-making. Where the Trail Divides We may say that the general public first began to think seriously on the matter after the epoch-making Reform Act of 1832. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. The history of their discovery is not unlike that of another epoch-making achievement of the same great genius, as set forth in the preface to the Book of Snobs. Collections and Recollections It was here that the best of the Lyrical Ballads were written, and from this house the first volume of that epoch-making collection was forwarded to the press. Gossip in a Library He reveals the true historical spirit and a splendid reserve in recounting the epoch-making events that he records. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The name of the Elkington firm has a world-wide fame, and their splendid artistic achievements may almost be said to be epoch-making in the way of combining utility with beautiful design to the highest degree. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" Had we possessed this epoch-making masterpiece, we should probably have known Michelangelo's genius in its flower-period of early ripeness, when anatomical learning was still combined with a sustained dependence upon Nature. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti There was our letter printed in full, and below it was the epoch-making decision of the Government: "A special ration of soft food may be issued to edentulous persons in famine camps." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 Here, however, we can only mention in passing the subjects of his reflection and some of the most striking anticipations and beginnings of his epoch-making position. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Nehemah's response to their appeal and the epoch-making movement which he inaugurated reveal the presence of an impelling force. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism While Morse took a prominent part in the political movements of the time, while he was fearless and outspoken in his views, his name is not now associated historically with those epoch-making events. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II While he plied his brush for many years after the conception of his epoch-making invention, it was with an ever lessening enthusiasm, with a divided interest. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. This university, the smallest although the oldest of the Scottish universities, has therefore the honor of being the Alma Mater to the epoch-making Englishman. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 His book on bird flight, published in 1889, with the authorship credited both to Otto and his brother Gustav, is regarded as epoch-making; his gliding experiments are no less entitled to this description. A History of Aeronautics It was a triumphant vindication of Edison's reasoning powers, his clear perceptions, his insight into possibilities, and his inventive faculty, all of which had already been productive of so many startling, practical, and epoch-making inventions. Edison, His Life and Inventions While this epoch-making line was being strung, Vail was pushing his "grand telephonic system" policy by organizing The American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The History of the Telephone As an invention the telegraph was truly epoch-making. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. He had thought the things he had seen had been exceptional, conclusive things, that the besieging of New York and the battle of the Atlantic were epoch-making events between long years of security. The War in the Air His epoch-making discovery which established for the first time the relationship between magnetism and electricity was in fact an accident. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view The above extracts are good illustrations, however, of scientific opinions up to the end of 1879, when Mr. Edison's epoch-making invention rendered them entirely untenable. Edison, His Life and Inventions And now a word as to the personality of the author of this epoch-making statement. Tales of Terror and Mystery They "came over" in a manner as epoch-making, though less war-like than that of William the Conqueror. The Shuttle People talk glibly enough of epoch-making events; this was an epoch-making event. The War in the Air A hundred years after Bentley's main efforts appeared in Germany another epoch-making book—Wolf's Introduction to Homer. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom If we can discover this, we shall have the secret of this epoch-making novel. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Aagesen was Hall's successor as lecturer on Roman law at the university, and in this department his researches were epoch-making. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 My brain, my reading, my experience—in fact, my whole unique equipment—were to be condensed into that epoch-making volume. The Poison Belt And I determined to devote my whole thought henceforth to the epoch-making invention of my impregnating fluid called "Helminothanatos" or "Death by Worms." The Indian Lily and Other Stories Mr. Sharp would like to see the United States a party to an epoch-making treaty sealing such an international accord. Paris War Days Diary of an American It was the most important, the most solemn, the most epoch-making event of my school life. Peter Ibbetson The fact that Dominican commerce has more than trebled in twelve years demonstrates the epoch-making character of the fiscal convention with the United States. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future The Essay on Criticism is hardly an epoch-making poem, but it certainly "made" Alexander Pope. The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems For the benefit of those who may not know the original, it must be stated that "Botchan" by the late Mr. K. Natsume was an epoch-making piece of work. Botchan (Master Darling) She had, in fact, undergone that dissociation of the moral judgment from a special series of religious formul� which is the crucial, the epoch-making fact of our day. Robert Elsmere This is the third and most important of the epoch-making battles for general liberty upon American soil. Woman and the New Race Not less significant and epoch-making is the glimpse of Paul which closes the Acts. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts But that is not the fate of epoch-making and great men only; it is the law for our little lives. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Caesar's reforms in the provinces had an epoch-making character. Early European History I told her that it had simply been epoch-making. Married The wild rose, apparently unconscious that she had said anything epoch-making, was busy with the wash; and meantime Hal Warner studied her features and pondered her words. King Coal : a Novel It was an 'epoch-making moment' when that ship dropped down with the tide and put out to sea. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts The rise of these great universities is the most epoch-making feature of our American civilization, and they are to become more and more the leaders and the makers of our civilization. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The capture of Constantinople is rightly regarded as an epoch-making event. Early European History To stir the soul there must be positive principles and epoch-making historical facts, such as are offered by the Scriptural teachings of Christ and his words. To Infidelity and Back It was one of the epoch-making struggles of ancient history. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) The years 1000, 800, 600, 400 B.C. are not, any of them, distinguished by known events of the kind that is called epoch-making; nor have round numbers been chosen for any peculiar historic significance. The Ancient East All these advances had been made during the century following the epoch-making labors of Copernicus, the first modern scientific man to make an impression on the thinking of mankind. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization The Canal is one of the few achievements which may properly be called epoch-making. The Jewel City He forms an admirable foil to Ezra the ecclesiastic; and it is a matter of supreme satisfaction that we have the epoch-making events in his career told in his own direct and vigorous words. Introduction to the Old Testament After this epoch-making revelation, it was accepted as true that the mother's blood entered the unborn child and returned to her own system. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy Fine writing and redundancy of style were both discarded, and when the news of Waterloo arrived, the editor's comment upon the great epoch-making victory was expressed in a dozen lines. Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 "While it's very gratifying," I remarked, "it doesn't seem to me an epoch-making event." From a Bench in Our Square In the study of poverty, the work of Mr. Booth and his collaborators may truly rank as an epoch-making work. Problems of Poverty During this period events of epoch-making importance in politics and religion were taking place. Introduction to the Old Testament We may note, as a proof of the indeterminate meaning of the expression until his own epoch-making works had appeared, that Mahan himself in his earliest book used it in both senses. Sea-Power and Other Studies Afterwards, in a friend's birthday book M. Zola inscribed his famous, epoch-making phrase, 'Truth is on the march, and nothing will be able to stop it.' With Zola in England The theory associated with his name deserves to be called epoch-making. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents After years of careful study of nature, he published in 1859 The Origin of Species by Natural Selection, an epoch-making work, which had a far-reaching effect on the thought of the age. Halleck's New English Literature That she should now smile for and at me seemed to be a circumstance little short of epoch-making. The Boss of Little Arcady For this reason the coming of women as paid workers over the top may be regarded as epoch-making. Mobilizing Woman-Power It is now worth while to skip over two years to record another epoch-making speech, one which in spirit and temper belongs here. The Life of Abraham Lincoln In all these respects, Schubert was epoch-making; and if the beautiful details he suggested to his successors up to the present day could be taken out of their works there would be some surprising blanks. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents His Lectures on Shakespeare, delivered in 1811, contained epoch-making Shakespearean criticism. Halleck's New English Literature This is an epoch-making time; God thunders through the universeA message glorious and sublime, At once a blessing and a curse.Blessings for those who seek His light,Curses for those whose law is might. Hello, Boys! The presidential election of 1800 was epoch-making in several meanings of the term. The United States of America, Part 1 |
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