| 单词 | generalisation |
| 例句 | What generalisations can we make about life in the pre-agricultural world nevertheless? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But these cautious generalisations are about as far as we can go. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That sounds like a generalisation, but really it's quite shocking. Have Pussy Riot sparked a new wave of grrl power? 2012-08-21T17:57:13Z In his confident generalisations about Thatcher, Harris is like a long-faithful courtier freed by a monarch's death to speak the truth about them. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z Now, I hate to make sweeping generalisations, but if you’re going to practise witchcraft, then you’re going to need a broomstick. Broomsticks, T-shirts and coffee: what every feminist wants for Christmas 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z And yet she can't help it: she still instinctively quibbles with every lordly generalisation he deigns to confer on her. Westwood by Stella Gibbons 2011-07-29T21:53:01Z Stereotypes and generalisations are avoided: everyone is an individual with a story and with imperfections; there are few heroes. TV review: The Sinking of the Laconia and Martin Clunes: Man to Mantas 2011-01-07T08:00:03Z Even if it was a tricky generalisation, that was good enough for me. Pickled cucumbers and ham to seduce a man, and other things my grandmother taught me 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Names, places and specifics in songs convey universal emotions so much better than generalisations. Rumer: Boys Don't Cry – review 2012-05-26T23:10:01Z “As a generalisation, I think it takes five years for people to settle post-divorce,” she says. ‘We're very close. We couldn't not be’: the secret to a friendly divorce 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Over time, it tends to become part of the local scenery – a generalisation to which David is an obvious exception. How much bearing should private grief have on public art? 2011-03-10T13:00:04Z "I understand people have interpreted my comments as making generalisations about white people," she began. Jimmy Carr said sorry. So did William Shatner - but without apologising 2012-06-21T19:00:01Z What I like about the play is that it scuppers windy generalisations and opens our eyes to the multifariousness of Muslim experience. Sisters | Theatre review 2010-03-16T21:30:00Z Some people like to believe that generalisations about the male or female character are all bogus: whatever Pike may think, people are just people. Gone Girl revamps gender stereotypes – for the worse 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z George Orwell, hitting an uncharacteristically sour note, once declared that campers were not only "sandal-wearers and feminists" but had large bottoms too, which is perhaps a generalisation too far. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z But Katie doesn't let you hide behind generalisations: she wants to know why someone might cry at a particular moment. Breathing new life into Cherry Orchard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z The social generalisations certainly suggest a would-be politician; the ponderous, slightly old-fashioned language possibly suggests why he never became one. Murdoch's Politics: How One Man's Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight – review 2013-02-20T07:01:01Z I don't want to make generalisations, but that causes a lot of unease for British people. Ontroerend Goed: touch-sensitive theatre 2013-03-11T03:20:18Z It is a terrible generalisation, but MDs have historically tended to think that they have all the answers. What effect has the internet had on healthcare? 2011-01-09T00:05:48Z Hollinghurst's writing does something similar when I'm about to make – or have just made – some crass generalisation about the state of the English novel. Edinburgh international book festival: writers' picks 2011-08-12T21:55:15Z Twitter mobs were swift to claim that mainland Chinese audiences took offence at Mushu; however, as with most generalisations, Chinese netizens think quite the opposite. The Mulan trailer is a dismal sign Disney is bowing to China's anti-democratic agenda | Jingan Young 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Helen is a creative character in her own right, and by that I mean I'm not making a generalisation about anxiety levels amongst women, or single parents, or single parents with daughters. James Kelman 2012-07-29T19:00:01Z Yes, there are isolated examples of adverts and media that make negative and sweeping generalisations about men. 10 common comments on feminist blogposts – and my responses 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z No. I don't believe in generalisations about artists. 'The arts cuts are madness' 2011-01-09T00:05:28Z At one point, Stella reflects that books tend to be about lives derailed – another fragile generalisation. Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley – review 2013-05-12T09:00:01Z Extrapolating any kind of generalisation from my sinuous path of employment would be a terrible idea. The power of writing lists… that make no difference to our lives at all 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z It is the small unit of friends that provides the meaning of war to most veterans, not the sweeping generalisations of the politicians. Karl Marlantes's top 10 war stories 2010-08-11T11:43:00Z There are exceptions to these generalisations, and huge differences between New Queer Cinema's activist expressionism and the generic populism that succeeded it. New-wave queer cinema: 'Gay experience in all its complexity' 2012-10-04T18:59:01Z It sort of deals with the same questions as philosophy does, but it builds up from the ground and from specific detail whereas philosophy comes down from above and abstract generalisation. Nick Laird: a life in writing 2013-01-04T22:55:01Z She was just fantastically lucid and utterly intellectually rigorous and she certainly wasn't going to let Dessaix get away with generalisations she disagreed with. Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser – review by Frank Moorhouse 2013-06-17T03:20:27Z For now, one more delightful instance of Greene's ability to wrongfoot – a quote from Travels with My Aunt: "People who like quotations love meaningless generalisations." Travels with My Aunt and the many shades of Greene 2012-06-15T14:32:11Z Her technique, however, seems to be to repeat and compound unfair generalisations at almost every turn: "The good news is, we're getting 10 new girls in," she proudly announces to her existing staff. TV OD with Gareth Aveyard: Thelma's Gypsy Girls 2012-07-20T23:05:00Z He provides little in terms of policy recommendations other than unsurprising generalisations, for instance that to become richer economies must build institutions that help information grow. Multiplier effects 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z It's a generalisation but it's a good one. Finding Happiness 2010-03-09T08:23:00Z The problem with these, as with any essentialising belief, is that they are demonstrably false and lazy generalisations, even if they are harmless. Howard Jacobson shouldn't win the Booker 2010-09-28T09:52:00Z Horvath was frequently guilty of being entitled, obnoxious, pushy and delusional, but she wasn’t just a collection of cliches designed to make sweeping generalisations about an age group. Lena Dunham’s Girls: the show that turned TV upside down 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z It's therefore a mistake to believe that the rise of the Bric countries is simply the same thing as the generalisation of western capitalism. From Marx to the Milibands 2011-01-16T00:04:08Z More worryingly, the novel voices a number of unpleasant generalisations about Muslims, variously characterised as intolerant, misogynistic and fanatical. Finches of Mars by Brian Aldiss – review 2013-06-05T12:55:01Z The first short chapter of Pride and Prejudice begins with a grand generalisation about the sexual allure of money and ends with an aphoristic character assassination that is hilarious because of its savagery. The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne – review 2013-01-17T11:03:01Z Moreover, by forcing so much into such a simple straitjacket of historical categories, he lets himself in for a whole range of dubious generalisations and obvious oversimplifications. Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power by David Priestland – review 2012-08-23T09:40:01Z The next generation are poorly sketched, one-note generalisations leaving the original friends under written as adults and parents. Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North 2011-07-19T13:29:17Z To keep to the text or the question, to distinguish difference rather than posit similarity, to avoid generalisation. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z If you'll allow a vast cultural generalisation from the perspective of a British person living in the United States: comfort with this kind of complexity, I suspect, is something at which Americans are peculiarly good. Why British critics don't get The Book of Mormon 2013-03-26T18:40:04Z A long and digressive introduction contains sections of polemic and political generalisation that suggest a rising, multi-tasking writer stretching his opinions a little too thinly. A New Kind of Bleak by Owen Hatherley – review 2012-07-06T07:00:01Z Because the instances I have quoted are chosen almost casually from a myriad competing instances of overstatement, false generalisation, self-congratulation and self-deception, pure silliness, inanity. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z But generalisation is the mistake we make every time we set about changing the world by making enemies of those who don’t agree with us. I live as a feminist, but I’m tired of being so furious all the time | Dear Mariella 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z This is not to say that some sweeping generalisations aren't true – it's fairly easy, for example, to agree that destroying fascism was a good cause. Karl Marlantes's top 10 war stories 2010-08-11T11:43:00Z “It’s a common generalisation in Britain that Americans don’t understand irony,” wrote the standup Stewart Lee in a 1998 Guardian article. Once upon a time from America: how US television took over our screens 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z "Since they are relatively simple models, we might be able to use them to make some generalisations about why these AI techniques have been so successful in physics." Machine learning models can produce reliable results even with limited training data 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z It is, of course, dangerous to make generalisations about this continent, and both wrong and offensive to suggest African governments are merely pawns in a reviving Cold War. Brics summit: How China's and Russia's clout is growing in Africa 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The short answer is because they are sad, bored and - apologies for the generalisation, but in my experience - men. 'They say I'm a prostitute because I lost a match' 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z "We need detail, we cannot continue to have generalisations ... There is quite a lot of self-sanction," he added. Governments urged to give banks more detail on Russian sanctions 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z "Well again, I think that is a generalisation that doesn't take us very far because the hotspot areas in England are certainly further into this wave than we are," he said. Covid: Why are Wales' rules not changing? 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The South American nation recommends "avoiding generalisation on the impacts of meat-based diets on low carbon options", arguing there is evidence that meat-based diets can also reduce carbon emissions. COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The term is often considered to be a generalisation that marginalizes music by black artists. Drake and Ariana's label drops the term 'urban' 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Gadsby also needed time to process her diagnosis, not least because the public perception of autism remains a minefield of stigma and generalisations. Hannah Gadsby: 'You don’t do a show like Nanette without a tough shell' 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z But she warned against any generalisation, noting that the situation risks exacerbating existing inequalities. Silent trauma of children facing the strictest lockdown in Europe 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z This is a generalisation but, as generalisations go, not an unfair one. When Donald met Scott: a reporter's view of Trump and his White House wonderland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z It does no more than grunt generalisations: “looking forward” or “summoning the past” or “aiming for the heavens”. From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z But as with every other millennial-bashing trope, so is the generalisation about our inability to produce one. Darkly funny, desperate and full of rage: what makes a millennial novel? 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Like many such generalisations about politics, there’s some truth to it, but also plenty that it misses. Stamina, intelligence, ego: which personality traits make the best leaders? 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z This is known as the 1% rule, and it’s obviously a gross generalisation. Is there a way to use Facebook without giving up my privacy? 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As a sweeping generalisation, there are more sweeping hemlines. Date dressing: how fashion in the age of MeToo redefined sex appeal 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s not the generalisation, or the brass neck of a guy who is 50 himself, and about as extraordinary to look at as an upturned shopping trolley in a canal. Men prefer younger women not for their firmer bodies – but their greater admiration | Zoe Williams 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Accompanied by no relevant data, they teach students the opposite of critical thinking: lazy generalisations. Crude, racist textbooks have no place in today’s education system | David Lammy 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z There is no single Australian first people with a shared culture, but there are enough similarities across the country for some tentative generalisations to be made about ideas that are common or dominant. About time: why western philosophy can only teach us so much 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z As a generalisation with plenty of exceptions, the men were pursuing a fantasy, the women an ideal. How free should novelists be to imagine radically different lives? 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z It’s a generalisation, but can you be a writer without at least some arrogance? Ottessa Moshfegh: ‘I wanted to tell a story in which I wasn’t a victim’ 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z No doubt I will be accused of generalisation in saying this, so I would advise those who don’t believe me to ask women they know about their experiences of rejecting men. The ‘Paris harasser’ video shows why women fear male violence | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z And it reminds viewers to doubt generalisations about history that occlude the experiences and complexities of individuals. The death of the archetypal Russian villain 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Such open discussions will provide much needed awareness and education to the Australian public to avoid misperceptions and generalisations of Chinese-Australians. In the debate around foreign interference, Chinese-Australians suffer | Jieh Yung-lo 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Such moments deserve the detailed attention of minute-by-minute accounts, not banal generalisation. Leaders like Zuma may be doomed. But they fight every inch of the way | Martin Kettle 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z But main march participant Kamil Staszalek warned against making generalisations and said he was marching to “honour the memory of those who fought for Poland’s freedom”. 'White Europe': 60,000 nationalists march on Poland's Independence Day 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z These lazy and harmful generalisations neglect the transformative role that young citizens are playing in civic society. Don’t write off young people. They care deeply about a better society | Elspeth Hopkins 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z But readers looking for an enduring, well-researched manifesto about big tech’s dangers will be disappointed by the book’s lazy generalisations. A blow, but only a glancing one, against big tech 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Latin American politics are too heterogenous for perfect generalisations. Guns, political turmoil and hummingbirds in the living room – my farewell to Latin America 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z The consequence is a book of sweeping generalisations and unsupported assertions that read rather like a very long subtweet. Jessa Crispin is right to critique modern feminism – but her book is a missed opportunity | Stephanie Convery 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z We need to target issues, not waste time shouting about watery generalisations, these critics say. No president cares more about size – so let’s show Trump how many of us oppose him 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Like the New York article from 1991, it began with an anecdote set on campus that supposedly demonstrated that political correctness had run amok, and then extrapolated from this incident to a broad generalisation. Political correctness: how the right invented a phantom enemy | Moira Weigel 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z That is a good example of a machine-learning phenomenon called “generalisation”, in which neural networks can handle scenarios that are conceptually similar, but different in the specifics, to the ones they are trained on. Flight response 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The discourse is “used as a weapon by Israel’s enemies, who use it as a basis for their rushed conclusions and generalisations about Israeli society”. US anti-extremism group asks Israel to curb rightwing Jewish activist 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Mende sharply criticised the report at a news conference in the days after it was released, accusing Stearns of “abusive generalisation”. US researcher who linked soldiers to massacres expelled from DR Congo 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The generalisations of ‘left’ versus ‘right’ of the 1980s, and ‘reformists’ versus ‘conservatives’ of the 1990s – however well they applied at the time – no longer work. Five lessons from Iran's 2016 elections 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z School staff are urged to be aware of any changes of behaviour, appearance, group allegiance and attitudes in children while avoiding any stereotyping or generalisation. Extremists grooming pupils in Wales, schools are warned - BBC News 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z He would not let me get away with such a generalisation. How Prince Philip helped save British engineering - BBC News 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z “In some areas, people are alienated from national parks, but to say black South Africans are not interested in conservation is a gross generalisation.” Thousands of rhinos, 500 poachers; grim toll in the hunt for prized horns 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Rugby playing pupils, and I appreciate it is a generalisation, were much better @ team work, hard work & respecting others. Is English rugby just for posh kids? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z This may be a sweeping generalisation, and I’ve worked alongside tech companies for a while now, but both established firms and young startups are still falling into the same trap. Marketing: 3 Reasons To Tell A Story, Not Sell Technology 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z One generalisation, however, survives the test of scrutiny. A brief guide to the Ashes, where colonial master and renegade offspring clash 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z These generalisations are, she thinks, based on skin colour alone. Lianne La Havas: ‘I go to studios and I jam – that’s my job’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Beware generalisations, but in practice, the Centre of Entrepreneurship’s report suggests at least five reasons why women make better entrepreneurs than men: Five Reasons Why Women Make Better Entrepreneurs Than Men 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Many of those commenting in Thailand and elsewhere in the world empathised with Phichitamphon, but others warned that her observations were sweeping generalisations. Chinese tourists push back against rant about poor manners 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z When Syrians there started asking her what religion she was and making generalisations about which religious streams support the regime, she felt outraged and isolated. Syria's next generation 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z "We're happy to be able to raise awareness in other countries and help to break stigma and generalisations around Ebola," Athene said. Ebola victim on Reddit: 'Only me and my father survived' 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z I'd spent three days with a BBC colleague given to uttering sweeping generalisations as breathtaking as a cold winter gust bursting down Broadway. How the fairytale of New York can become a nightmare 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z “I disagree with that as a generalisation,” Stuttard said earlier this year of the idea that UK technology firms would find it easier to raise more money in the US than at home. The Tug Of Love For UK Tech Stars 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr Desai told BBC Radio Lancashire: ""I'm very shocked and saddened to hear such a sweeping generalisation which you would not expect to hear from a person of that calibre and within the judiciary system. 'Shock' at race remark judge claims 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z But they also caution against making generalisations from limited sampling. Polar sub gauges sea ice thickness 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z “I feel that you have had to be the rock, while bad things have been going on around you,” I venture, with my first flattering generalisation. Talking to the Dead: The Science of Necromancy Just lazy generalisations and ignorant slurs and abuse. What's it like being a Ukip voter on the Guardian website? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z There is an exception to this generalisation, though: inequality. Breaking the camel’s back 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Here, for instance, you will find the unfounded generalisations with which less enlightened souls are characterised. How the media shafted the people of Scotland 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z We’ve had crackdowns on civil liberties across the world, tabloid-fanned generalisations about Muslims and, of course, military interventions whose consequences have ranged from the disastrous to the catastrophic. To really combat terror, end support for Saudi Arabia 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z It seems likely that the folklore surrounding them is a result of cultural generalisation and anecdotes rather than evidence.” Magpies 'don't steal shiny objects' 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z As for the summaries, the best I’ll manage is a vague generalisation of a large group of people in a review. Why I Won't Tell You To Buy The iPhone 6, The Galaxy Alpha, Or Any Other Smartphone 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z New studies have revealed a staggering rise in self-harm among young people, and the evils of modern technology are directly to blame for the epidemic of adult commentators making sweeping generalisations and missing the point. Blaming technology for self-harm is too easy 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Undeniably, all forms of prejudice should be highlighted and discouraged, but this level of generalisation means any conclusions drawn from this data should be treated with some caution. Everyone’s a little bit racist, sometimes 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The actions helped in generalisation, a report in says. New insight into learning maths 2014-03-27T01:29:35Z The view of a worsening state of Sunni-Shia strife is not wrong, well, not as a broad brush generalisation anyway. How bad are Iraq's sectarian tensions? 2014-03-13T01:20:06Z India often attracts generalisations and stereotyping, but more often it defies them. Ten 'big facts' about India 2014-02-18T20:16:51Z These are generalisations and stereotypes that highlight some of the social dimensions of what is happening. Viewpoints: Impact of Syrian refugees 2013-08-24T00:20:19Z Obviously the world is full of skinny only children and my new book deals, I am not ashamed to say, in massive generalisations. Is it better for children to have siblings? 2013-08-21T10:27:33Z Lead author Susan Goldin-Meadow said the findings provided the first evidence that gesture not only supported learning a task at hand but, more importantly, led to generalisation beyond the task. New insight into learning maths 2014-03-27T01:29:35Z Laughing at this thought, Veitch says it was a "wicked generalisation". Free school for autistic children 2013-08-14T00:56:44Z These are claims and generalisations which are simply not true. Banned scholar's texts in Woolwich 2013-07-31T05:24:29Z Those demands vary throughout the season, although there are some generalisations - street circuits, such as Monaco and Singapore, tend to require softer tyres. Why did F1 tyres blow up? 2013-07-01T11:16:32Z But if I simply make the overall generalisation alcohol causes violence or leads to violence, you'd probably say that's glossing over a lot of the nuances. Do we know whether pornography harms people? 2013-06-25T10:13:07Z But just how useful are these sweeping generalisations? Working with Chinese contractors 2013-05-17T11:31:17Z He explains a TV industry theory about how children learn: "Romance, precision and generalisation". CBeebies star Justin Fletcher to launch educational apps for kids 2013-05-16T15:51:44Z A huge generalisation I know, but anything that was hush hush, was a little suspicious or was offered as a reason for absence was "Oh, I had/have to see a man about a dog." 20 of your favourite euphemisms 2013-05-16T01:19:07Z But the rush to categorisation, to generalisation and conclusion is perhaps not always in the best interests of anybody. Pulitzer winner tackles his past on stage 2013-05-11T00:51:12Z It's too much of a generalisation to say that it's more appropriate for younger demographics or lower price points. Fab.com is a content platform as well as an e-commerce platform, so the retailer itself is sharable. Why Fab.com proves that social media sells 2013-04-09T11:46:26Z If viewers were looking for determination and a global vision, however, they were given a mix of detail and generalisations. President François Hollande pleads for France's support 2013-03-29T12:38:29Z Sweeping negative generalisations are heard about "north" and "south" Europeans, almost as if these were two different species. The euro survives, but where are the Europeans? 2013-03-28T08:00:07Z I think that's true, but I also think the danger is in the generalisations he made, and in the generalisations it is easy to make in response. The tech sector a meritocracy? I wish 2013-02-07T15:15:59Z Making generalisations ‘by eye’ is one thing, but there’s an undeniable degree of subjectivity when it comes to deciding how ‘curved’ a given claw is. Did Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx climb trees? Claws and climbing in birds and other dinosaurs 2012-12-18T12:45:00.183Z "I don't believe the Premier League are hostile towards it because I think it's a generalisation," Green claimed. Rangers pitch for investment and a place in the English league pyramid 2012-11-16T17:12:14Z My friends listened patiently to my rant and reminded me that my generalisations were just as myopic. African viewpoint: Kicking racism on and off the pitch 2012-10-31T11:18:47Z "Too much emphasis was placed on isolated incidents, and dangerous generalisations were reached through these isolated incidents," countered Ergemen Bagis, Turkey's minister for EU relations. Turkey's press continues to feel pressure 2012-10-29T11:41:00Z Either way the notion that diving for penalties is a purely foreign import should be dismissed for the empty generalisation that it is. A reputation for diving is hard for referees to forget in a hurry 2012-10-05T12:24:27Z The racism jibe is particularly hurtful – and s urely, in its generalisation, racist itself. Letters: British left and the loathing tendency 2012-08-07T20:15:01Z Sweeping generalisation is rife when considering any cyclist topic. Crackdown on pavement cyclists 2012-07-09T09:20:33Z However, generalisations about what "developers" are doing in terms of platform support are risky. iOS v Android: why Schmidt was wrong and developers still start on Apple 2012-06-10T14:55:10Z The only safe generalisation to make about this, as about so many other problems of medieval social history, is that there can be no generalisation. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The “doctrine of Evolution is a generalisation of certain facts which may be observed by any one who will take the necessary trouble.” Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The generalisation of Galileo's principle is still more clearly put in Prop. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Nobody makes generalisations about life unless they mean to talk about themselves. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The reader will readily understand that generalisations of this kind can pretend to nothing more than an approximate truth. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z To this principle of generalisation all wise lawgivers, and the systems of philosophers, owe their influence. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z In this way he wished to awaken within me the concretely musical as a parallel of his generalisations and thereby preserve my musical individuality. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z As a generalisation, petrels are stiff-winged soaring birds with low wing loadings. Living the pelagic life: of oil, enemies, giant eggs and telomeres (petrels part II) 2012-03-14T15:15:00.213Z He did not seem to see that we need the most scrupulous historical scholarship if we are to make sure of our generalisations. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z In such a condition of knowledge—which was that of the most enlightened days of the Roman Empire—the hypothesis of universal law was justly regarded as a rash and premature generalisation. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z And the blind coarse generalisation which underlies that question is the very heart and core of the muddled, musty maze we call education. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z Historians are in quest of laws of development and of generalisations that shall unravel the complexity of human culture, as physicalvii and biological generalisations have put into order our knowledge of the phenomena of nature. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Two things only stand out from these generalisations. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Spencer then extended his hard-won generalisation to the case of man, in which, as everyone knows, very high individuation is associated with all but the lowest rate of multiplication. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z There is something of rebuke towards quick generalisations and easy judgments in the atmosphere of the place. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z These helps to the power of generalisation—to the feeling of confidence—we must consider now. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z By progressive generalisation and abstraction, reasoning attenuates the primitive metaphor; it wears it down as on a grindstone. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z It is on these principles, allied with the great generalisations with respect to the conservation of matter and energy, that this work is founded. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z One of George Eliot's witticisms made game of Spencer's aptitude for generalisation. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z In other sciences the generalisations are the most important things, as they contain the laws. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Some steps at least towards such a generalisation the evidence to be presented in these next chapters may allow us to take. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Sir Erskine May, the well-known Clerk of the House, was a pleasant and popular writer, who dealt largely in generalisations, and sometimes condescended to platitudes. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z An intimate study of natural phenomena and a lengthened experience in physical research have resulted in the formation of certain generalisations and deductions which I now present in this volume. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Mr Francis Galton has graphically stated his impression, that Spencer's composite mental photographs, in forming a generalisation, or in using a general formula-term, were many times multiple of those of ordinary mortals. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z But if such generalisations as these are to stand as laws, the historian's labour is lost; for the residue of truth, after the obscure and insoluble part is removed, is nothing but the commonest knowledge. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Into the cerebral storage of impressions one element habitually enters which is totally absent from the mere retinal storage, namely, a psychical element—a rearrangement or generalisation of the impressions retinally received. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z At the first blush, any connection with dancing and church attendance or worship may seem profane and impossible; but further reflection at all events qualifies any too hasty generalisation. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z The extension of the principle from the earth to the whole planetary system has been made on precisely the same grounds as Newton extended the observed phenomena to his famous generalisation with respect to gravitation. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z "Yes," she said, "you have such a passion for generalising, you even fish with a generalisation." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Experience at least establishes a maxim which must serve, if not as a refutation, at any rate as an important check upon that generalisation. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z He had no great faculty for apprehending generalisations. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Waters containing organic matter that differs much in quantity from the examples above may yield very different results and no generalisation can be made that will cover all cases. Chlorination of Water 2011-09-13T02:00:32.243Z Science is by its very nature progressive; and its progress is manifested by the degree to which phenomena hitherto unrelated are brought under constantly enlarging and more comprehensive generalisations. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z Eventually the growing generalisation, thus far inductive, might take deductive form: being all at once recognised as a necessary consequence of some physical principle—some established law. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z In the hands of its creator, Schopenhauer's “will,” through the philosophic craze for generalisation, already turned out to be a bane to knowledge. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The history of philosophy and of social science is comprised in such systems and generalisations. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z But a law must not be drawn from a single fact or phenomenon; facts must be carefully collated, and the general laws of morality drawn from a generalisation of facts. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z As to the profession pursued by persons belonging to such a group, any generalisation is difficult. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The word “cause,” in the scientific account of the world, belongs only to the early stages, in which small preliminary, approximate generalisations are being ascertained with a view to subsequent larger and more invariable laws. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z It is impossible to divine the causes of the rise and fall of empires, the success or decay of a race, from any of these sweeping generalisations about ill-defined qualities. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z It has been shown by Mr. Mill that 'axioms,' which lie at the foundation of all reasoning and all science, 'are experimental truths—generalisations from observation. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z The generalisations available are of the most meagre description. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z It was only a question of mental development, of the power of generalisation in conception. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z Philosophy aims at what is general, and the special sciences, however they may suggest large generalisations, cannot make them certain. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z This is another example of health professionals reporting silly generalisations. Older drinkers 'need lower limit' 2011-06-22T02:09:33Z We have been wisely told by Emerson, that the cherished thoughts and institutions of mankind are at the mercy of a new generalisation—rest, commodity, reputation. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z Unfortunately, generalisations are still impossible in the empire. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He was vaguely conscious sometimes that some people were well dressed and others ill dressed, that some women were gowned becomingly and others unbecomingly, but beyond that generalisation he never ventured. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z And a hasty generalisation, such as Spencer's generalisation of evolution, is none the less hasty because what is generalised is the latest scientific theory. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z It may be instructive to illustrate from the facts developed in preceding chapters this feature of most of the attempts at generalisation on this subject. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z The generalisation that the quantity of matter and motion in the universe is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever, appears to be thoroughly established. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z Some have been recorded as the natural sequels to others, and some generalisations cover the whole of captivity. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z But love—especially the love of a woman—is too subtle, too elusive a thing to be covered by any sweeping generalisation. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Except under the influence of desire, no one would admit for a moment so crude a generalisation from such a tiny selection of facts. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z Tarzan is not of the cloth from which good diversity officers are cut, being wearingly given to racial generalisation. Surprise icons 2011-05-21T10:48:07Z And we must not forget that, of all the great generalisations, that of Evolution is the one most likely to be thus regarded, for it is a generalisation of generalisations. The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures 2011-05-31T02:00:36.420Z The truth is that Keble's theory of poetry is practically an expansion of Aristotle's Poetics, and is a narrow generalisation on wholly insufficient grounds. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z It must, of course, be remembered that the foregoing generalisations apply to the Egyptian people as a whole. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z We are thus brought to the theory that the law is an empirical generalisation, which is the view held by Mill. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z His Mikado's Empire gives a most excellent generalisation of Japanese history. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z No ideas lend themselves to such easy, but likewise to such shallow generalisations as those of science. Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z The case against the bogey is, however, not limited to these generalisations. The myth of the Jewish menace in world affairs or, The truth about the forged protocols of the elders of Zion 2011-04-01T02:00:43.730Z From the evidence contributed by these examples the main characteristics of the two groups may be indicated, although, owing to the imperfection of the records, any generalisations must necessarily be tentative and subject to criticism. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z But if so, how are empirical generalisations to be justified? Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy 2011-08-16T02:00:44.423Z They are critical and fond of generalisation, are capable of large and splendid moments of inspiration, and have on the whole feminine rather than masculine characteristics. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z We should be sorry to be thought guilty of dogmatism, and there is always peril in generalisations. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Her knowledge of Moses Ansell had misled her into too sweeping a generalisation. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z Thus also is confirmed by a study of details the above broad generalisation in which I have endeavoured to determine the relation of the Finno-Turki peoples to the primary Mongol and Caucasic divisions. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z His taste for generalisations grew with the eating. Schumpeter: Ahead of the curve 2011-02-03T11:11:23Z Citing what he said were "trite generalisations" about male bankers causing the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession, he added: "Feminists are now amongst the most obnoxious bigots." MP defends discrimination remarks 2011-01-25T00:55:31Z How many, having seen them, have the skill and the patience to work up the infinite chaos of botanical and zoological detail into the far-reaching generalisations of the 'Origin of Species'? Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z The very competence which scientific people and connoisseurs have in their special fields disinclines them to generalise, or renders their generalisations one-sided; so that their speculations are extraordinarily weak and stammering. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z Unfortunately, many who argue for rapid deficit reduction base their case on a slew of misunderstandings and fallacious generalisations about the consequences of high public debt. America can carry this deficit 2010-10-19T19:00:00Z Experts say South Africa is a complex nation that defies glib generalisation. World Cup 2010: The coming out party that will make a mint for Fifa 2010-05-31T23:05:00Z "There's been a certain generalisation and the Pope has even been accused of a cover-up," he said. Vast turnout for Pope's Fatima Mass 2010-05-13T11:06:00Z It was the epoch of wide collection of facts, to be afterwards employed in brilliant generalisations: the materials for the 'Origin of Species' were being slowly accumulated in the numberless pigeon-holes of the Darwinian memory. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z But that's a generalisation that takes no account of the wide range of ciders on the market, says Jan Gale, of cider pub the Coronation Tap in Bristol. Cider drinking 2010-03-25T13:18:00Z He cuts me dead: "I hate generalisations," he says. 2010-02-06T12:02:00Z His generalisations are of the most sweeping kind; the colours are all dark. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Those great generalisations, the laws of gravity and the laws of evolution, or the laws of chemical combination, have a beauty and dignity which appeal to everyone. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History He detected the nonsense, the insincerity as well, but he could not argue successfully, and generalisations were equally beyond him. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath There are, of course, exceptions to these generalisations. Springtime and Other Essays It is a common proverb that the country villager who witnesses a theatre, sees only a great hubbub, a generalisation strictly within the truth. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology He never read me a passage because of its speculative interest, and indeed did not care at all for poetry where there was generalisation or abstraction however impassioned. Reveries over Childhood and Youth They are probably unaware that science is eminently practical in asserting that only to be true which rests on wide and accurate generalisation. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Savages, we are told, do not even believe in the manifest generalisation of death: they regard each new death as an entirely surprising event, due not to natural, but to accidental causes. The Book of This and That A medicinal manner of speech too, for it could not even express, so little abstract it is and so rammed with life, those worn generalisations of national propaganda. The Cutting of an Agate This fertility is indeed sometimes a snare to him, and leads to rash generalisation. A Short History of French Literature But perhaps, merely as a generalisation, the above may hold good. To Lhassa at Last To this generalisation mightn't one even add that in proportion as the cost was great, or became fairly excruciating, the lesson, the value acquired would probably be a thing to treasure? The Middle Years Similarly, the fashionable woman regards the body each Spring as an entirely new body, subject to none of the generalisations which seemed appropriate to the body of even a year before. The Book of This and That They analysed the world of objects and the soul of man, unconsciously perhaps, but effectively, and called their generalisations by the names of gods and goddesses. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion To these I have for the most part confined generalisations as distinct from facts. A Short History of French Literature But although I can recall no single instance in which the presence of an intruder could be definitely excluded, yet I should hesitate to base upon this any broad generalisation. Territory in Bird Life We ‘infer’ that we shall all die, not from the generalisation that all men are mortal, but from the accepted fact that all men hitherto have been. Rationalism In the origin of this generalisation, as well as in emancipation from it, Stirner perceives the course of progressive culture. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory The goal of science, as Herschel said, is Explanation, though every explanation must be made to conform to fact, and explanation is only another term for attaining to higher generalisations, higher unities. Logic, Inductive and Deductive It is possible that for some tastes even this chapter may not contain enough of Tendenz-discussion, that they may miss the broader sweeps and more confident generalisations of another school of criticism. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) So too Herodotus is by no means without a philosophical view of things, nor without a critical instinct, although his generalisations are sometimes vague or fanciful, and his critical apparatus rudimentary. Studies in Contemporary Biography The generalisations of philosophy go to improve our methods so that we may have greater proneness for sense of delight and greater possibility for sense delight. The Kempton-Wace Letters Christianity only went a step higher with its generalisations out of the region of the senses; ideas became more spiritual and less corporeal in proportion as they became more general. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory "Two things go together in many cases, therefore in all, including this one," is the argument in extending a generalisation: "Two things agree in many respects, therefore in this other," is the argument from analogy. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Such numbers are evidently quite untrustworthy; and hence we may judge how much confidence can be placed in any generalisation from these South American mean temperatures. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers Secondly, keen observation, which can fasten upon small points, and discover in isolated data the basis for some generalisation, or the illustration of some principle. Studies in Contemporary Biography I, on the other hand, dare to gather all these phenomena together, and find out the common truth, the common fact, the common law, which is generalisation, which is Science. The Kempton-Wace Letters If philosophic criticism were to go still farther than this, there remained nothing more for it than to destroy this generalisation, and instead of Humanity to make the individual, the person, the centre of thought. Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory But, technically speaking, it was rather, as Professor Bain has pointed out, of the nature of an extended generalisation. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Taken for a universal law of history, this would be as visionary as certain generalisations of Montesquieu and Tocqueville; but with the necessary restrictions of time and place, it cannot fairly be disputed. The History of Freedom Thirdly, a sound and calm judgment, which will subject all inferences and generalisations, both one’s own and other people’s, to a searching review, and weigh in delicate scales their validity. Studies in Contemporary Biography The increasing correspondence of life with its environment brought about wider and wider generalisations upon that environment and the relations of the individual to it. The Kempton-Wace Letters In the case of the windmill the ratio has been stated approximately by the generalisation that the velocity of the tips of the sails is about two and a half times that of the wind. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast When this phrase is applied to a generalisation of fact, Nature or Experience is put figuratively in the position of a Respondent unable to contradict the inquirer. Logic, Inductive and Deductive They were talking about things in history remaining in their minds because they had assisted them to generalisations. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) His generalisations were based on an endlessly patient and careful study of details, a study in which he never lost sight of guiding principles. Studies in Contemporary Biography This generalisation upon all the love-affairs within the scope of a single lifetime cannot but be true, and it is quite in line with the general argument. The Kempton-Wace Letters This vagueness comes from our learning the connotation, through a rude generalisation and analysis, from the objects denoted. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic Medicine is merely empirical as long as its practice rests upon such generalisations as that Quinine cures ague, without knowing why. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Rapid generalisations were advanced, to be often as quickly abandoned. God and the World A Survey of Thought Her ways of thinking, her modes of judging were as different as possible from those of minds accustomed to generalisation and lightly acquainted with the vices of the world. Sir Tom My generalisations have been tempered in the heats of passion, and what I know I know, and without hearsay. The Kempton-Wace Letters One is generalisation, by which words are ever losing part of their connotation, and becoming more general. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic With this profound generalisation in what he called his mind, but what was really his temper, he rode sullenly away. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales Which shows the danger of too hasty generalisation, even on the part of a genius. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations All philosophy aims at attaining a knowledge of reality, either à posteriori by means of generalisation, or à priori from the data of mind. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Of course, there are generalisations possible in literature, and to such I may return presently; but scientific criticism of literature must always be a contradiction in terms. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 According as the apparent evidence consists of particular facts, or of foregone generalisations, we call the errors Fallacies of Induction or of Deduction. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic Even the belief in the supernatural is only an expression of the same qualities of mind that with fuller knowledge result in a scientific generalisation. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development As man's intellectual powers mature, two supreme generalisations force themselves on his consciousness. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Many of the analyses which he supplies of the methods and history of science are masterly; and his generalisations, even when hasty, are fertile in suggestion. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The generalisations are not always sound, for, as must be constantly repeated, Hazlitt was not widely read in literatures other than his own, and his standpoint for comparison is therefore rather insufficient. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The axioms are really only generalisations from experience. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic In this stage of culture the existence of supernatural beings is as much a deduction from experience as any modern scientific generalisation. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development It is idle to bandy generalisations; let the Archbishop select specimens of Christ's teaching, and we will find parallels to them, sometimes better and more wisely expressed, in the utterances of his predecessors. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Yet this, in its way, led him nowhere; not even to a sound generalisation about American girls. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II But when investigators begin to say that woman is more infantile and man more senile, that woman is "undeveloped man" and man is "evolved woman," we get among generalisations not only unscientific but practically dangerous. The Truth About Woman Probably, few of the great generalisations fitted to be the premisses for future deductions will be found among truths now known. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic It is the first stage of that long series of generalisations which, beginning with crude animism, ends with the discoveries of a Copernicus, a Newton, a Darwin, or a Spencer. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development We retain from Burke to-day the sonorous generalisations, the epigrammatic maxims, which each of us applies in his own way. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Here have only been expressed ideas that occurred to a Regimental Officer, whose range of vision is always restricted, and whose generalisations are inevitably based on a narrow, personal experience. With Manchesters in the East Not the least dangerous of these generalisations is one of the most familiar, that man is more variable than woman, that the raw materials of evolution make their appearance in greatest abundance in man. The Truth About Woman M. Comte alone has followed out this conception of the Historical Method; and his generalisation, to the effect that speculation has, on all subjects, three successive stages, has high scientific value. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic Up to our own day there have been enlightened men who, in employing documents for the purpose of writing history, have neglected the most elementary precautions, and unconsciously assumed false69 generalisations. Introduction to the Study of History Inspired himself with a distrust of generalisation, and a hatred of philosophers, he none the less evolved a philosophy as he talked. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle “To bring Facts together, so as to enable us to grasp with new and greater generalisations.” The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue There seems to be no secure basis for this generalisation; it seems doubtful whether any generalisation of the kind is feasible. The Truth About Woman The inferences called probable rest on approximate generalisations. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic This examination will show us how he worked: whether he was capable of abstraction, reasoning, generalisation, and what were the mistakes he was in the habit of making. Introduction to the Study of History Burke opposed to all their schemes of construction and destruction, to their generalisations and philosophisings, the unchangeable fact of human nature. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle India is a land where generalisations are deceptive. Lotus Buds Some of these have been made already, and their value is great, but the basis is still too narrow for any safe generalisations. The Truth About Woman In any case an approximate generalisation can never be more than an empirical law. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic We must examine the cases on which we propose to found a generalisation and ask ourselves. Introduction to the Study of History The saving of time shown by the Grammatical Method is due to generalisation. The Aural System Being the Most Direct, the Straight-Line Method for the Simultaneous Fourfold Mastery of a Foreign Language. A generalisation from these principles came to constitute his political creed in later years. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice A good many, and, I think, some really valuable observations of this kind have been made, and form the substance of many generalisations laid down as to the relative advantages of democracy and aristocracy. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Either a single approximate generalisation may be applied to an individual instance, or several to the same instance. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic ‘The Germania is an inestimable treasury of facts and generalisations, and of the general faithfulness of the outline we have no doubt.’ Helps to Latin Translation at Sight The generalisations of science had often a great poetical suggestiveness; but he had no vestige of the scientific temper which is content to deduce principles from patient and laborious investigation. Beside Still Waters Though he gradually became an admirer of Maine's generalisations, founded upon cautious inquiries and recommended by extraordinary literary skill, his own intellectual aptitudes did not prompt him to become a rival. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The common saying that a country cannot be expected to produce literature during the earlier state of its growth is too vague a generalisation. Australian Writers This class includes whatever errors of generalisation are not mere blunders, but arise from some wrong general conception of the inductive process. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic From mere observation alone, extending no doubt over many ages, those time-honoured watchers of the sky, the early Chaldeans, had arrived at this remarkable generalisation; and they used it for the rough prediction of eclipses. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language What was best of all was to import if possible a scientific temper into idealistic matters; not to draw hasty or insecure generalisations, nor to neglect phenomena however humble. Beside Still Waters In a warm eulogy, he praises the 'clearness and sobriety of Maine's generalisations as well as their intrinsic probability,' and declares that the books were written 'as if by inspiration.' The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice In my own view, however, Freud's generalisation is too comprehensive; inasmuch as he symbolises all things in accordance with his own peculiar preconceptions, the concept sexual receives, in his hands, an undue extension. The Sexual Life of the Child This can ensue only when the affirmative evidence does not amount to full proof, but is based on some approximate generalisation. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic “Never, perhaps, in the history of philosophy, have such wide generalisations been derived from such a small basis of fact.” Life of Charles Darwin She belonged to the class of persons who always fancy they have thought of an objection to a generalisation which the man who made it must have overlooked. Too Old for Dolls A Novel He had looked at first with some doubts upon those performances and the brilliant generalisations of 'Ancient Law' and its successors. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice But he has met with exceptions to this generalisation. The Sexual Life of the Child Again, generalisations got by Simple Enumeration, fall under this Fallacy. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic But, in the first place, it must be pointed out that the evidence adduced does not support any such sweeping generalisation. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production The results were a warning against hasty generalisation. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition I find generalisations bald and misleading, and politics are a generalisation of events. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius But weighty reasons can be alleged against any such generalisation. The Sexual Life of the Child So, empirical generalisations, from present to past time, and from the character of one nation to that of another, are similarly fallacious when employed as causal laws. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic It would show what were the processes by which they were originally found out, and how they have been afterwards annexed or absorbed in some wider generalisation. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. It is at this time of day alike useless to defend the Metaphysical Poets against much that Johnson said, and to defend Johnson against the charge of confusion, inadequacy, and haste in his generalisations. A History of Elizabethan Literature "It is only when we are extremely young that we indulge in such sweeping generalisations." The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius A painfully acquired mistrust of generalisation prevents me from saying that this is the Mahometan point of view. Appearances Being Notes of Travel Liebig's genius formed it into an important branch of chemistry, supplied the necessary connection between the facts, and by a series of brilliant generalisations formed the principles upon which all subsequent advance has been built. Manures and the principles of manuring A generalisation of this remark gives us the first axioms of all government. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. And though a superficial sight-seer should hesitate about all such generalisations, and certainly should allow for enormous exceptions to them, he does receive a general impression of unity verging on uniformity. What I Saw in America You are offering me the generalisations that only apply to ordinary people. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius It was not, however, to describe the country that I began this letter, but to elaborate a generalisation developed by my host and myself as a kind of self-protection against the gospel of "strenuousness." Appearances Being Notes of Travel That is why—from Robespierre down to very modern persons—the eloquent use of such vague generalisations as Justice, Virtue, Simplicity, Nature, Humanity, Reason, excites profound suspicion in the psychological mind. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations These observations exhibit, in their loftiest generalisation, the two counter doctrines on the subject of perception. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Interviewers in the United States perpetually asked me what I thought of American women, and I confessed a distaste for such generalisations which I have not managed to lose. What I Saw in America There are, of course, many exceptions to such a generalisation as this. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year On such matters, however, generalisations have little value, as exceptions are very numerous. The Map of Life Conduct and Character But the term "energy" itself, as used in definite sense by the physicist, rather involves a modern idea and is itself a generalisation. Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' There is no better way of getting at the spirits of facts, of tracing out valuable and practical laws or generalisations, than the habit of trying things on to people in one’s mind. The Lost Art of Reading But from the little I did see, I should venture on the generalisation that the great part of America is singularly and even strikingly unlike New York. What I Saw in America Here again is a striking generalisation which a student might set himself to verify by careful examination of the facts. Studies in Literature and History The facts were before his eyes, if the generalisation was hasty and crude. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill That is unquestionably the boldest generalisation to which the youthful, independent Virchow ever attained, and one on which he justly prided himself not a little. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel He treats human beings over and over again unconsciously, when he meets them, as mere generalisations on legs. The Lost Art of Reading All this moral and even metaphysical generalisation was most fairly and most faithfully reproduced by the interviewer, who had actually heard it casually and idly spoken. What I Saw in America His earlier letters were excellent, and we may hazard the generalisation that almost all first-class letter-writing, like poetry, has been inspired by the ardour and freshness and audacity of youth. Studies in Literature and History Hartley's work, as the younger Mill thought, and the elder apparently agreed, was very superior to the 'merely verbal generalisation of Condillac.' The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The generalisation is done to the poet's hand. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher The temporary obscuration of religion and poetry and the sermon and the essay at the present time is largely due to the fact that generalisation has been trained out of our typical modern minds. The Lost Art of Reading Above all, I shall probably make generalisations that are much too general; and are insufficient through being exaggerative. What I Saw in America A new acquaintance, with the Colonel, always received the tribute of a bouquet: that generalisation Lyon very promptly made. A London Life and Other Tales It took leave of fact, or managed by some illegitimate process to give to a crude generalisation from experience the appearance of a purely logical deduction. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Nor is it, in any sense, a premiss of science: it is an empirical generalisation from a number of laws which are themselves empirical generalisations. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays You yourself are a mere probability, and God is a generalisation. The Lost Art of Reading And, as a matter of fact, there are a number of such obstacles to any such generalisation; a number of notable facts that have to be reconciled somehow to our previous notions. What I Saw in America "God" as a symbol of a generalisation is a mere name, and as such is as good as any other name. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative The writer's political opinions are based on narrow grounds; he exhibits no power of generalisation or philosophic thought. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration This procedure is, of course, dictated by the fact that the uniformity of nature is not known a priori, but is an empirical generalisation, like "all men are mortal." Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays The essayist of the highest rank induces conviction by playing upon the power of generalisation, by arousing the associations and experiences that have formed the principles of his reader’s mind. The Lost Art of Reading To this sort of doubt all my impressions are subject; and among them the negative generalisation with which I shall begin this rambling meditation on American hotels. What I Saw in America Every scientific generalisation rests upon the constancy of natural forces. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative This treatment of draperies was adhered to through all subsequent works, the only change being further generalisation and a wider departure from naturalism. Overbeck Now a generalisation based upon either of these kinds of unity would be fallacious. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Free individuals are sacrificed to the severe demands of the national ends, to which they must surrender themselves in this service of abstract generalisation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics And probably even by the best and most impartial judgment only very rough generalisations can be arrived at. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship All can be expressed, however diversified may be the manifestations, by the one sovereign term 'righteousness,' and that is not merely a hasty generalisation, or a too rapid synthesis. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John In our day grand generalisations have been reached. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The generalisation of the second kind of unity, namely, that derived from scientific laws, would be equally fallacious, though the fallacy is a trifle less elementary. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Plato used these arts, but he added to them the more scientific processes of analysis, generalisation, and classification. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I tried to conceal my opinion behind the usual generalisations, but he broke through these feints with a quick thrust to the heart of my meaning. The Long Run 1916 From that and similar generalisations, however, he invariably excepted Nan. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Mayer, Joule, and Colding, whose names are associated with the greatest of modern generalisations, were thus influenced. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Any notes I can jot down about him must necessarily seem jerky and incongruous; for in such a relation memory is a medley of generalisation and detail, not to be uttered in words. A History of the United States They shrink from the irrational methods of modern polities, and, further, they are so restricted in their narrow horizons that they are unable to grasp the wide generalisations of positive philosophy. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics This generalisation does not apply exactly to Mrs Fyne’s outburst of sincerity in a matter in which neither my affections nor my vanity were engaged. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The true estimate of a moving force may indeed be said to have been their first great problem, just as the law of universal gravitation was their grandest generalisation. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge The answer to this question is the statement of that great generalisation of modern science, which is known under the name of the Conservation of Energy. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It is not possible to trace these limits accurately in the case of natural science, but the larger our knowledge and the wider our generalisations, the closer will be our approach to the truth. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants If the conclusions at which we have arrived are correct, they will fall under a larger generalisation. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The generalising propensity which, instinctive or not, is one of the most powerful principles of our nature, does not indeed wait for the period when such a generalisation becomes strictly legitimate. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Yet, if we mistake not, this over-tendency to generalisation, both in thought and sentiment, has rather hurt the present work. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Facts thus dealt with exercise an expansive force upon the intellect; they widen the mind to generalisation. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 But in a foreign land we try to find our compensation for the meagreness of our data by the compactness of the generalisation which our imperfect sympathy itself helps us to form. Creative Unity As soon as the mind makes its first conscious efforts towards generalisation, the concerns of every-day life are the first to press for inclusion within general rules and comprehensive formulas. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society We arrive at this universal law by generalisation from many laws of inferior generality. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. And the friendly Swede rises to the height of generalisation in the quaint maxim, Where an empty head shines, there a thoroughly cultivated man comes too short. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. To whom then are we indebted for the most striking generalisations of this evening's discourse? Fragments of science, V. 1-2 In the absence of a dominating theory or generalisation which, when adopted, gives it an organic connection with the general advance of the science, there is no other course than to classify the subject-matter. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 It is a lively essay packed with observation, reflection, modern instances; it intrigues us with audacious and disputable generalisations, acute criticism, and a liberal temper. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 It may seem flippant to dwell on such flippancies in connection with a book which contains many romantic descriptions and many moral generalisations which Dickens probably valued highly. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens We have, then, added a third term to our generalisation about art. Personality in Literature Some summation of the facts, some adroit generalisation, if such be attainable, is enough for him. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 This commandment, unlike so many generalisations of duty, is no cold abstraction. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics But if in spite of the seeming differences, it could be proved that these life activities are fundamentally similar, this would undoubtedly constitute a scientific generalisation of very great importance. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches I should maintain this generalisation even in the presence of that apparent exception The Christmas Carol with its trio of didactic ghosts. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens It already pleased their teasing, mocking minds, fond of generalisations, to make themselves out a vicious race, without faith, truth, or honour: it ever was a gab of theirs. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance We must recur after all to the maxim which it is mainly the object of this paper to impress—that judicious generalisation is the indispensable pre-requisite to a more general diffusion of knowledge. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 Volume 18, New Series, August 14, 1852 In other words the isolated facts are built up into a generalisation. The Evolution of the Dragon Speaking broadly, we may say that all words that express general notions, or generalisations, are French or Latin; while words that express specific actions or concrete existences are pure English. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 In any case this superiority of The Christmas Carol makes it convenient for us to take it as an example of the generalisations already made. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The world are too apt to generalise—and this generalisation has done much disservice to the British navy. Rattlin the Reefer Wonderful things he told, and said not a word all the time about generalisation or classification. 'That Very Mab' A central authority, under the appointment of government, for direction and superintendence, and for the generalisation of the returns made in detail. Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry His theology was but the generalisation of his experience. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. In Dickens’s literary life Dombey and Son represents a break so important as to necessitate our casting back to a summary and a generalisation. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The law of consciousness which I have used to explain the transformation of a nerve current into perception and images is only an empirical law produced by the generalisation of particular observations. The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps A sweeping generalisation, which cannot be accepted as an interpretation of the doctrines of the sceptical philosopher of Elis. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois They are generalisations which are not considered likely to require modification, but which no one pretends to be in the nature of the cause exhaustively and ultimately true. Short Studies on Great Subjects His preaching was but the generalisation of his life. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It is, at least, a safe generalisation that the patriotic sentiment never has been known to rise to the consummate pitch of enthusiastic abandon except when bent on some work of concerted malevolence. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Gods imply a greater power of generalisation and a higher stage of religious development. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Individualisation and generalisation are only opposed, as mutually conditioning factors of the same organic function. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Serres was not altogether free from the besetting sin of the transcendentalists—hasty generalisation. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology So much so that Herbert Spencer formulated the generalisation that the size and frequency of the animal family is inverse ratio to the degree of evolution to which the animal has attained. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The generalisation so offered, touching the material conditions of life for the common man under the modern rule of big business, may seem unwarrantably broad. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation In the art of the Hellenistic and Græco-Roman age we find two main tendencies, the one towards academic generalisation, and the other towards excessive realism, often coupled with a theatrical or sensational treatment. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece It is tempting to sum up his life in one sweeping generalisation, and to say that it exhibits a continuous development of Henry's intellect and deterioration of his character. Henry VIII. The vertebral theory of the skull is a particular application of the second of these generalisations. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology Upon my word," said Nick, "I don't know any one who was fonder of a generalisation than you. The Tragic Muse The whole work teems with generalisations, mostly ill-founded, and the details are not in agreement. The Rise of the Democracy It is easy and customary with a certain class of minds to dismiss all such examples of idolatry with a superficial generalisation such as "the heathen in his blindness bows down to stock and stone." Religion and Art in Ancient Greece Of him the great Gilbertian generalisation is untrue; he was not born either a little Liberal or else a little Conservative. George Bernard Shaw Even with the German transcendentalists, with whom in the looseness of his generalisations he shows some affinity, he seems not to have been specially acquainted. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology They had an extreme dislike to any broad generalisation, and preferred rather, whenever the occasion could be discovered, to distinguish rather than to concede or deny. Mediaeval Socialism What, then, is the effect of these metaphysical considerations on the position of Theism as we have seen it to be left by the highest generalisations of physical science? A Candid Examination of Theism I am concerned exclusively with the generalisations of widest scope which can be effected respecting that which is known to us as the direct deliverance of sense-awareness. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 The man whom he attacks throughout he calls "The Idealist"; that is the man who permits himself to be mainly moved by a moral generalisation. George Bernard Shaw It was characteristic of the 'forties and 'fifties that transcendental anatomy, along with Nature-philosophy, went rather out of fashion, its false simplicities and premature generalisations being overwhelmed by the flood of new discoveries. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology I often wonder, indeed, whether Arnold himself really recognised the literal and actual truth of his own brilliant generalisation. Post-Prandial Philosophy No doubt this generalisation is too vast to be adequately conceived, but there can be equally little doubt that it is necessarily true. A Candid Examination of Theism In a very different field, Mr. Oldershaw noted after their trip to Paris that though he could set Gilbert right on many a detail yet his generalisations were marvellous. Gilbert Keith Chesterton One generalisation, I think, may at least be made. George Bernard Shaw They represent biological generalisations, in their way of equal validity with the generalisations of physics and chemistry. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology It was the froth of college life that gave him a not unwelcome excuse to form caustic generalisations upon a privileged class. The Mayor of Warwick Physics, psychology, sociology, even spiritual facts, all come under the sway of the vast generalisation, because all concerned with the same ultimate Reality. Nature Mysticism A third advantage is, that to formulate an accurate generalisation may be useful to others: it is indeed part of the systematic procedure of science. Logic Deductive and Inductive He thinks that they hide themselves behind long words, remote hypotheses or unreal generalisations. George Bernard Shaw The great variety of regulative response of which the organism showed itself capable made it very difficult for the morphologist to uphold the generalisations which he had drawn from the facts of normal undisturbed development. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology The normal line is one of four accents: but when this is said, it is almost impossible to arrive at any further generalisation. The Feast at Solhoug Of this theory Whewell wrote in 1857 that Optics had "reached her grand generalisation in a few years by sagacious and happy speculations." Nature Mysticism Indeed, forgetfulness of this leads to many rash generalisations; as that 'revolutions always begin in hunger'; or that 'myths are a disease of language.' Logic Deductive and Inductive It is the penalty which mature age pays for clearer ideas and higher powers of generalisation, that the recollection of facts becomes comparatively blurred. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" He had asked her this same question many times and she had always eluded him with a vague generalisation. Flower of the Dusk Some cancers, such as that known as “rodent,” show malignant features which are entirely local, while others, such as melanotic cancer, exhibit a malignancy characterised by rapid generalisation of growths throughout the body. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Yes�but one which even the greatest thinkers are apt to lose sight of, with consequent tendency to hasty generalisation and undue neglect of deep-seated instincts and intuitions. Nature Mysticism Axioms are the upward limit of Logic, which, like all the special sciences, necessarily takes them for granted, as the starting point of all deduction and the goal of all generalisation. Logic Deductive and Inductive Of course, there remain a few generalisations which can safely be risked about even so nondescript a person as the new Tommy Atkins. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital His desire to oblige sometimes impels him to uncharacteristic actions, which lead to fallacious generalisations on the part of his British critic. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin Ludicrous attempts, on the part of socialistic writers, to apply the speculative generalisations of sociology to the practical position of individual men. A Critical Examination of Socialism The more certain conclusions of modern science, including the broader generalisations of the hypothesis of evolution, will be assumed. Nature Mysticism In one department of life, namely, Politics, there is a special advantage in true approximate generalisations amounting to 'Most cases.' Logic Deductive and Inductive In the second place, the author displays in a marked degree that power of wide generalisation which distinguishes the best French writers. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 They ought, however, to be made, provided that we keep our generalisations from them under careful control. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 Unsound principles of conduct have been inculcated in Religion as unsound generalisations have been set up in Science. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 Pardon me, but the religion of the future must be the result of an evolutionary process, and I don’t see how generalisations of past expediency are to help the evolution of humanity. Fashionable Philosophy and Other Sketches Upon this principle the value of hearsay evidence or tradition deteriorates, and generally the cogency of any argument based upon the combination of approximate generalisations dependent on one another or "self-infirmative." Logic Deductive and Inductive The early history of the Spaniards in South and Central America, as well as the more recent history of other States, testify to the truth of this generalisation. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 This is not conveyed as a mere generalisation; it is done poetically through striking examples, of which Weland is the first, and Beadohild the second. Anglo-Saxon Literature In the prodigious variety and complexity of organic nature, there are multitudes of phenomena which are not deducible from any generalisation we have yet reached. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work I have tried to make a generalisation about the nature of art that shall be at once true, coherent, and comprehensible. Art This is the rule for estimating the cogency of circumstantial evidence and analogical evidence; or, generally, for combining approximate generalisations "self-corroboratively." Logic Deductive and Inductive Her generalisations are always bold, and at times strikingly original. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 It will not succeed in doing this until the deepest needs of mankind are taken to be something more than objects of psychological analysis or of logical generalisations. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy With new facts new generalisations have often been reached, and some of the positions occupied by Huxley have been turned. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work Every book of the first order in literature of the creative kind is a final generalisation from a vast experience. Books and Culture When approximate generalisations that have not been precisely quantified combine their evidence, the cogency of the argument increases in the same way, though it cannot be made so definite. Logic Deductive and Inductive It would obviously be much wiser for the humanitarians to recognise that incorrect statements, or sweeping generalisations which are incapable of proof, do their cause more harm than good. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 The interpretation forms here again, as on the level of natural science, syntheses and generalisations larger than any one individual. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy He showed how careful study of one of the commonest and most insignificant of animals leads, step by step, from every-day knowledge to the widest generalisations and the most difficult problems of zoölogy. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work In short, the facts and generalisations concerning evolution must presuppose an organism endowed with the quality of progressive absorption of energy, and retentive of it. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Moreover, like the other, it is merely a generalisation of certain conditions to laughter; and not an explanation of the odd movements which occur under these conditions. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library He avoided those brilliant and often somewhat specious a priori generalisations in which even the best French authors are at times prone to indulge. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 The public is given to generalisations, and is too easily gulled. Musicians of To-Day The life-story of the butterfly, then, well-known as it may be, furnishes a puzzling exception to some wide-reaching generalisations concerning animal development. The Life-Story of Insects Without perceiving clearly the extent of the fallacy, she felt called upon to oppose the generalisations of a superficial mind. What Necessity Knows It is true, this was but a simple empirical generalisation; but so was the generalisation respecting the recurrence of eclipses; so are the first generalisations of every science. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library You really cannot found any safe literary generalisations on so very small a basis of such very shaky matter. Matthew Arnold He had felt the intense joy of discovering a vast and splendid generalisation, which not only worked a complete revolution in biological science, but has also illuminated the whole field of human knowledge. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 I shall be astonished if your book has not a great success; and your splendid generalisations on geographical distribution, with which I am familiar from your papers, will be new to most of your readers. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 Arnold knew very little Celtic, and his essay abounds in those airy generalisations which are so irritating to more plodding critics. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Though more varied, the natural language of the pleasurable emotions comes within the same generalisation. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Similar observations have been made respecting other tribes amongst the lower animals, and some interesting generalisations have been founded upon them, into which, however, it is not our present purpose to enter. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 Churchouse, according to his wont, generalised; but it was through a generalisation that they approached something definite. The Spinners It strikes me as a capital generalisation, and appears to me even more original than it did at first. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 This broad generalisation omits any consideration of the merely uneducated, such as Hoopdriver or Kipps, and the many women he has drawn. H. G. Wells The thermometer had been invented; and a number of small generalisations reached by it. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library In the latter part of the eighteenth century, the chemists had arrived at several very important generalisations respecting those properties of matter with which they were especially concerned. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century But there are other factors in the problem which should make us beware of hasty generalisations. Outspoken Essays There are not many joys in human life equal to the joy of the sudden birth of a generalisation, illuminating the mind after a long period of patient research. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 "Is generalisation everything?" asked Mr. Bellingham sharply, still looking at the young man. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Science has been supplying art with truer generalisations and more completely quantitative previsions. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library It is a favorite popular delusion that the scientific inquirer is under a sort of moral obligation to abstain from going beyond that generalisation of observed facts which is absurdly called 'Baconian' induction. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century For if there is one safe generalisation in human affairs, it is that revolutions always destroy themselves. Outspoken Essays But those persons who have a little more hardihood do not easily resist the temptation of forming daring generalisations. The New Physics and Its Evolution All of our real indiscretions in life come in the form of generalisations. Balloons The possibility of saying so much in support of an hypothesis the very reverse of M. Comte's, at once proves that his generalisation is only a half-truth. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library But, in part, it contains generalisations from experience. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century What would be gained by driving the typical king off the stage, only to make room for the generalisation of a shopkeeper? Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) The results of the abandonment were sometimes good and sometimes bad, but the determining conditions have been studied as yet too imperfectly to justify any broad generalisation. Some Principles of Maritime Strategy "Why do you fly in the face of all experience with meaningless generalisations?" Balloons Now, however, it has become manifest that no true conceptions, no true generalisations, are possible under such conditions. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Misled by Carlyle, he conceived it to be a sort of "Gospel," a rival system to the Christian religion, instead of useful generalisations from the observed course of trade. The Life of Froude His powers of invention, of broad generalisation, of originality of thought were almost unbounded. History of Holland To examine their publications for possible anti-Semitic references, and to remove and oppose false generalisations about Jews. The Grey Book Relentlessly he brought her down from her generalisations. Balloons The law of falling bodies disclosed by Galileo; that of the composition of forces also disclosed by Galileo; and that of centrifugal force found out by Huyghens—all of them generalisations of terrestrial physics. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library "You began this argument," said I, "with the proposition that woman was a remarkable phenomenon—a generalisation which includes woman in fig-leaves and woman in diamonds." Jaffery The doctrine that such a universal law existed was never more than a plausible generalisation, founded on a few inconclusive facts derived from domesticated animals and cultivated plants. Darwinism (1889) They may be, and often are, the generalisations of the empirical sciences, and must then possess the same degree of uncertainty that these generalisations possess. Rudolph Eucken : a philosophy of life To those of my British readers who honestly desire to understand the Irish Question, I would say, let them eschew the sweeping generalisations by which Irish intelligence is commonly outraged. Ireland In The New Century Whence it follows that the advance of classification is necessarily proportionate to the advance of generalisations. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library That Indian is exceptional indeed whose generalisations about India are based on observations and historical knowledge. New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments Such cases are somewhat obscure, and doubtless depend on different causes in different instances; but they do not affect the important generalisation that limestones are fundamentally the product of the operation of living beings. The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science But this seems to me to be a harsh and reckless generalisation. Reviews It would, however, be an error to ignore some notable exceptions to this generalisation. Ireland In The New Century Remote as they seem from practical application, the highest generalisations are not unfrequently the most potent in their effects, in virtue of their influence on all those subordinate generalisations which regulate practice. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library All the investigations which have been made into the compositions of compounds, since Dalton's time, have confirmed the generalisation which followed from Dalton's application of the atomic theory. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry He ended lamely, with some empty generalisation on success. Widdershins |
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