| 单词 | line of least resistance |
| 例句 | That motto of hers, “the line of least resistance,” has sometimes suggested her own limitations: Her work has often seemed to lack drama. Trisha Brown, Choreographer and Pillar of American Postmodern Dance, Dies at 80 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Still, I welcomed the division, because the script is otherwise appallingly banal, taking as its format the line of least resistance: a “concert of a lifetime” in which Ms. Summer recalls her highs and lows. Review: Hot Stuff Turns Cold in ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Here “the line of least resistance” became gorgeous: a fascinating chain sequence of hitches, ripples, shimmies, hops, knee bends. Trisha Brown, Choreographer and Pillar of American Postmodern Dance, Dies at 80 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Ms. Brown, a gently but memorably witty woman, simply described her own idiom as “the line of least resistance.” Trisha Brown, Choreographer and Pillar of American Postmodern Dance, Dies at 80 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “It’s done that exactly, following the line of least resistance.” Southeast L.A. already faced many ills. Now it's the epicenter of coronavirus 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z This is ‘living off the fat of the land’, perpetually seeking the line of least resistance, hustling the best immediate accommodations. When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Through the connection of Eurasia from the Euphrates to the Atlantic by magnificent roads, communication between peoples followed the lines of least resistance. 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 He has followed the line of least resistance, so using his land as to carry on his operations with family labour and a little casual assistance during the busy seasons. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z In that quiet and rugged and curtained room he was once more following the line of least resistance. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z "Percy flatters himself on the ease with which he follows the line of least resistance, but in reality he is a somewhat shallow and transparent person," she answered. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z The power, as I had calculated, passed in a right line through her body, that being the line of least resistance, and carried all before it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z When physical exertion becomes too great then you will neither need nor heed my advice or anybody's; your nature will find its own line of least resistance. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z History, as always, moved along the line of least resistance. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z And if Terry hadn't Edward Garden's sense of the line of least resistance, you must remember that he hadn't Edward Garden's 'inside' information either. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z If people want to suppress somebody saying something, threatening some violence is the line of least resistance. India Ink: From Tollywood, A Landmark Case on Free Speech 2012-02-14T12:00:35Z Religions, like nations and individuals, have always gone along the line of least resistance. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Meanwhile, definitely checked on the south, and feeling all the time for the line of least resistance, the German host was gravitating rapidly westward between Roye and Chaulnes. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z Good examples must be so persistently presented and so often copied that the line of moral conduct may become the line of least resistance. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z He has never studied to distinguish the voice of the Church, the constancy of her teaching, the line of least resistance, the law that regulates her movements. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z As an ice sheet invades a region, it advances first and farthest along the lines of least resistance. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z "Because with the wind and the string both pulling her, that's the line of least resistance." The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z He simply follows the line of least resistance. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z A man who has lost hounds inevitably follows the line of least resistance. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z He was inclined to let things drift, and would assuredly choose the line of least resistance regardless of the consequences. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The gases liberated in the manner I have described, naturally follow the line of least resistance. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z He chose the obvious path, that of a civilizing and elevating mission, taking the line of least resistance without any definite idea whither it might lead him. The Crime of the Congo 2011-10-13T02:00:47.603Z Centuries of such guardianship had robbed him of all incentive and made him drift along the line of least resistance. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z Following the lines of least resistance the will experiences no unusual exercise. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z My heavily loaded knapsack, shooting along the line of least resistance up my spine, had come into violent contact with the back of my head, producing the astronomical pyrotechnic illusion. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z The fatalists shipped their poles and paddles, and abandoned themselves to the line of least resistance. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z The movement was there, and in obedience to the universal law it made its way on the lines of least resistance. Some Phases of Sexual Morality and Church Discipline in Colonial New England 2011-08-08T02:00:19.693Z Compelled to follow the line of least resistance, a southerly course was set along the ice division. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We shall at times be tempted to fall back into the ways of the German schools in some respect or other, because they represent the line of least resistance in education. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z Lacking the courage or the decency to inform his friends of his change of programme, Peacock took the line of least resistance and elected to escape them by a late arrival. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Consequently I accept unquestioningly that form of religion in which I was born, taking the line of least resistance. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Like Cressida she would always follow the line of least resistance, though it would cause her genuine—if but momentary—distress to give pain to anyone. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z It was the rising school, and part of Grote’s success was due to the fact that he was moving along the line of least resistance. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z He followed the lines of least resistance, turned right or left through the standing timber until he had won around the fallen tree and back to the trail again. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z As to me—it is the "line of least resistance"—unless they fight. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z They would feel confident that, as he meant to retrace his steps, he would follow the line of least resistance. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z The line of least resistance sometimes taken is excellently illustrated in the occurrence of stigmata already pointed out in the case of epileptic guinea-pigs. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Hilda naturally followed the line of least resistance in selecting her gifts. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z In such matters Jake followed the line of least resistance, and bumped along contentedly on the low end of the seat while the other end projected itself abruptly into the atmosphere. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z But for a time the line of least resistance for hungry nomads lay neither to the west nor the east but through central Asia and then south-eastward through the Khyber Pass into India. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The cheap and easy style and the commonplace material of this sort of books offer the line of least resistance to the young reader. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z The extent and direction of this line of least resistance depend on the amount of healthy atavism which separate organs and structures of the body preserve. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z It is curious to notice how the intrusive sheets in a great series of strata have forced their way along the lines of least resistance. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z Finding itself unable intelligently to cope with conditions, it seeks the line of least resistance and adopts the colonizing sanatorium, with all its evils, as the best plan that can be found. Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy 2011-02-15T03:00:18.787Z It seems the line of least resistance; it is always easier to add to powers which appear deficient than to withdraw powers which have proved excessive. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z In fact, the plan is to follow along the line of least resistance. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z These experiments illustrate the transformation of heredity, that is the manifestations which show the line of least resistance that the morbid heredity has taken. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z In another environment, in nine cases out of ten, he could be trained to take an interest in upright living; in this one he follows the lines of least resistance, and becomes a thief. Notes of an Itinerant Policeman 2011-01-24T03:00:19.187Z Avoidance and neglect of customary duties, evasion of new ones, extraordinary resourcefulness in the discovery of the line of least resistance, and finally amazing cunning and treachery—this is the inevitable history. Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy 2011-02-15T03:00:18.787Z She sighed, as she followed the line of least resistance. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z It shamed her somehow to see how kind the world was to her nowadays; as if, in following the line of least resistance, she had done something very commendable indeed. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z School Strain Like all factors of degeneracy, school strain evinces itself in a systemic nervous exhaustion manifest along lines of least resistance, as in the neuroses of Christopher. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z Though the geographical extent of Russian territory and influence is enormous, she has always moved along the line of least resistance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" If peace could come by compromise, then let there be compromise, and approaches to the United States seemed to afford a line of least resistance. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. It tries to run back again along the line of least resistance that habit has made smooth and easy. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath In a Kentucky July, one follows the line of least resistance. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z It is one thing to travel following the line of least resistance; but it is quite another to hold for any definite objective point. The Land of Strong Men His efforts to humanize Hamlen forced him out of his habitual course along the line of least resistance, and without analyzing his new sensations he found them to be agreeable. The Bachelors A Novel The number of cartridges charged depends on the depth of hole, the length of the line of least resistance, and the toughness and other characteristics of the rock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" His little blue eyes fixed themselves upon her like drills seeking in her being the line of least resistance where he could deliver his attack. A Bed of Roses He had lost the nut from a bolt, and, unduly constricted, sought it vainly, while his tongue followed the line of least resistance. The Book of Susan A Novel The trail itself—the original trail—is invariably the line of least resistance. The Land of Strong Men When he was gone, as always in the absence of a great leader, men adapted their lives to the line of least resistance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The incumbent mass will always give way along the lines of least resistance, or where it was formerly rent asunder. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology There was of course no steadfastness, no persistence, of one straitly-hewn type; but there was an ever-recurring tendency, a gradual advance along the line of least resistance. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) The one condition of understanding humanism is to become inductive-minded oneself, to drop rigorous definitions, and follow lines of least resistance ‘on the whole.’ Essays in Radical Empiricism In all such crises of the will, it is better to follow the line of least resistance, and so I lie in bed. Seeds of Pine Fiction did not present special difficulties; and as the line of least resistance, as well as that of especial adaptation, women took to this form of writing. Women of England In supervision of our qualifications as masters and mates, the Board of Trade has followed the lines of least resistance. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Better look the facts in the face, deal only with infinite capacity, roughly weed out the incompetents and proceed along the line of least resistance, in so far as your powerful enemies were concerned. The "Genius" He has merely followed the line of least resistance and found to his surprise that it leads to the altar. Modern marriage and how to bear it Let the furrows be plowed deeply enough while the brain cells are plastic, then human energies will result in efficiency and the line of least resistance will be the right line. Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency Pierre was not at all given to the splitting of hairs, but in combing them along the line of least resistance he was an adept. The Blue Goose The existence of currents of electricity passing through the earth's crust and on its surface along the lines of least resistance has long been an established fact. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Biding her time, and following the line of least resistance, Germany for the last twenty years therefore extended steadily towards the south and towards the east. German Problems and Personalities Consequently their markets here are flooded with cheap flimsy Japan-made stuff, which they buy because it’s cheap, the line of least resistance. Letters from China and Japan The Decrees of Fate were fulfilled as usual, and History travelled on the line of least resistance, to the great gratification of The Thoughtful Observer. When Ghost Meets Ghost Perhaps because imaginations have a way of following the line of least resistance, it took upon itself something of the form, something of the voice and bearing of Mr. Brumley. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman Evolution in a matter of this sort will take place gradually and along the line of least resistance. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast In this world, however, unpleasant things have to be faced, and frequently the line of least resistance leads in the end to the greater trouble. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching And as it drove them it drove also those Englishmen who were left at home and they too spread on all lines of least resistance. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations This throwing of the burden of disclosure on her correspondent seemed to Gwen to be on the line of least resistance. When Ghost Meets Ghost “I’m not going to do what Nancy is going to do, just out of sheer temperamental weakness, and—and tendency to follow the line of least resistance.” Outside Inn The art of mining may get ahead of the science of physiography in respect of earth-currents and lines of least resistance, as showing where mineral lodes may be expected. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast Every line of least resistance is with the get-rich-quick type of manager. The Conflict between Private Monopoly and Good Citizenship It dawned on McKay that the savages, having no bush knives, were accustomed to follow the line of least resistance. The Pathless Trail Our belief in nearly all matters takes the line of least resistance, and it is easier for me to believe that the writer deceived himself, than that such a thing ever happened. Ways of Nature When a man goes wrong, Gladwin, and the going leans against the lines of least resistance, it’s easier to keep on going than to stop and switch off into the hard and narrow path. Officer 666 That is easiest; following the lines of least resistance. Death Points a Finger They are crying aloud for vindication, and they will be heard wherever the line of least resistance affords a channel for their freedom. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Would the steer follow me, or would he take the natural line of least resistance into the swinging water of the eddy? Dwellers in the Hills In all such cases the mind follows the line of least resistance. Ways of Nature Fate seems to say to you: "Take the line of least resistance, friend—you are done for!" Another Sheaf Your uncles and cousins have chosen the line of least resistance in yielding to the inevitable, living in Switzerland, and other spots where their identities are well known. The Vagrant Duke It has moved along the line of least resistance, sometimes this way, sometimes that, in some places forward, in other places backward. Rural Life and the Rural School The construction engineer plans his road-bed where there is a minimum of grade—he works along the lines of least resistance. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising In this way what seemed to the Berlin politicians the line of least resistance was adequately reinforced and a formidable, because crafty, attack repulsed. England and Germany Since, however, the film takes the line of least resistance, and makes a rapid, lazy, superficial appeal, it may very well oust the drama. Another Sheaf He moved along the line of least resistance and the trouble grew. The Vagrant Duke To follow them is probably the easiest kind of teaching, for the mind then moves along the line of least resistance. Rural Life and the Rural School The successful man is, I take it, the man with an eye for the line of least resistance. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Since no man can do his best work save as he uses his strongest faculties, the first duty of each is to search out the line of least resistance. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character To do things as irresponsibly as children and contortionists—what a happy discovery of the line of least resistance in art that was! Another Sheaf These good people, like the rest of us, move along the lines of least resistance, wherefore many a fine tree or fruit is rare to us, because shy or difficult of growth, or perhaps unsymmetrical. Getting Acquainted with the Trees They will just follow the line of least resistance and do things the easiest way. Heart Talks It was just the line of least resistance. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Standing, each in his place, using his strongest faculty and working in the line of least resistance, each must conquer for himself food and support. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character It would be so much easier to change the subject, to follow the line of least resistance, and forget the incident as quickly as possible. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Necessity is its mother, which simply means that it moves along the line of least resistance. The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production But after all, was the line of least resistance for Germany the line of the western front? The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers The popular movement has in modifying our state and municipal governments merely taken the line of least resistance, and that has involved the transfer of legislative powers to the people themselves. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy He moves in the line of least resistance. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character He sought the most natural position of the hand and always aimed to work along the line of least resistance. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression As a result, following the line of least resistance, most of the internal taxes were removed by 1870, leaving the tariff rates where they had been, and higher than any protectionist had asked. The New Nation Miss Paysley—I told you you followed the line of least resistance. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 In this, as in so many other matters, I suppose we were guided and directed entirely by habit and tradition; the line of least resistance. The Message Evelyn retorted by a renewed zest for tennis and tea-parties; an increasing tendency to follow the line of least resistance, regardless of results. Captain Desmond, V.C. Too often in the past arbitration has followed the line of least resistance. The Settlement of Wage Disputes “They know the ways, down here, and, besides, it’s the line of least resistance.” In Her Own Right Next—following along the line of least resistance—the adventurers went in more or less extensively for wild-western dramas replete with stagecoach robberies and abounding in hair pants. Sundry Accounts Due westward rolls the tide of settlement, and Beauchamp Lee had migrated from Tennessee after the war, following the line of least resistance to the sunburned territory. Brand Blotters The assembled strength must be thrown forward on the line of least resistance. Operations Upon the Sea A Study He follows the line of least resistance, and makes a virtue of it. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Your course, plainly, is the line of least resistance. Jonah and Co. Not content simply to follow the line of least resistance, he exhibited from the first a spirit and a philosophy unique indeed beneath the broad arrow. Stingaree They reached presently one of the nomadic trails of the cattle country which wander leisurely around hills and over gulches along the line of least resistance. Brand Blotters The need of creating followed from the first the line of least resistance, where it found certain materials ready to hand. Essay on the Creative Imagination They all understand line of least resistance, etc., and what they are about. The Life of Gordon, Volume I When his sister threw her entreaties into the scale, my cousin took the line of least resistance and rose to his feet. Jonah and Co. The natural development thus to be expected would probably proceed safely, along the lines of least resistance, about in this order: First, and till entirely clear that it is no longer needed, Military Government. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses It is a law as fixed as that defining the course of matter in the line of least resistance, that population flows to the level where the best livelihood is most easily obtained. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 The exterior excitation, that of the sounds, follows the line of least resistance, and acting according to the psychic nature of the individual, tends to arouse objective images, pictures, visual representations, well or ill adapted. Essay on the Creative Imagination According to her it would be a question of a line of least resistance, along which the "work" of the animal becomes more easy. Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals Naturally, to withstand such importunity was out of the question, and, since it was impossible for me to leave Berry, the line of least resistance was followed, and Daphne and Adèle changed places. Jonah and Co. "You mean racing and jockeys and all that sort of stuff?" said Skippy, willing to follow the line of least resistance for a while. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Sometimes, survival in the system reduces the nurse to following the line of least resistance, that is, responding to the immediate or to the loudest demands. Humanistic Nursing I guess we all sat still before this war; drifted along the line of least resistance. Mufti With characteristic good humor, ingenuity and tact, officers and men adjusted themselves to their unusual surroundings, merging into the various billets allotted to them, along lines of least resistance. The Greater Love Obviously he had taken the line of least resistance to perdition. The Snowshoe Trail This is not, by any means, a mere suggestion to follow the lines of least resistance. Making A Rock Garden I suppose that was the line of least resistance for him. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 Many times, I think, people get too much credit for hanging on to things as a virtue when they are simply following the line of least resistance. Land of the Burnt Thigh The differentiation of goods starts emotion on the line of least resistance, and the predominant goods are the ones of widest demand. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Usually they were men that could not stand the test of existence by their own toil: either from failure or weakness they took this sordid line of least resistance. The Snowshoe Trail Hill was completely carried away with the letter, for it steered him along the line of least resistance right into the haven of his happiest desires. Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California Brewer's chief success lies along lines of least resistance, one might say. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions A dynamic nucleus, in propagating its motion, sends it out in every direction; but this transmission becomes perceptible only on the lines of least resistance. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal The man was absent-minded, had much faith in others, and moved in the line of least resistance. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Trade follows the line of least resistance; and the natural thing is for the local butcher to slaughter, and supply his neighborhood. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen They are following the line of least resistance. How Janice Day Won They slip along the line of least resistance, secretly holding on to some few ragged remnants of convictions, but not letting these affect their standing or comfort or particularly their profits. Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation They were an ancient and honourable house, country-born to the third and fourth generation, and all of them far too conventional and apathetic and fuss-hating ever to follow any but the line of least resistance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 A log in a stream follows the line of least resistance. Oh, You Tex! Taking the line of least resistance—the mechanical course in dealing with human nature, makes America's being a second-class nation a matter of course. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak Duty is opposed to the line of least resistance, whenever life is dominated by any motive short of the absolute good-will. The Moral Economy It is very curious that the human mind is sometimes so constituted that it rejects lines of least resistance in favour of the more difficult path. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches Plover Creek followed the line of least resistance all the way along, not seeming to care how often it changed its direction, but zigzagging and even turning around and doubling on itself sometimes. The Second Chance But weakness was her "cue," as well as the line of least resistance. The Lion's Mouse Its line of least resistance is to act fairly. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak I was always catching someone's eye, and thinking how much harm a man can do, if with no will to do harm, he follows the lines of least resistance and drifts. We Three Some statesmen are ever, unconsciously perhaps but none the less instinctively, gravitating towards the line of least resistance, or towards what they imagine to be the line of least resistance. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 Without a fixed purpose how he will spend the day, his mind works along the line of least resistance, inviting physical or mental stimulus, and sensitive to respond. Society Its Origin and Development The line of least resistance for us is the common highway of money-getters and place-winners; and the moment a man gives evidence of ability, the whole world urges him to put it to immediate use. Education and the Higher Life Mexico has lent itself well to the building of railways in a longitudinal direction, upon the line of least resistance from north-west to south-east, paralleling its general Andine structure. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Finding at fifteen that the schools within my reach did not meet my requirements, I went to work and began educating myself along lines of least resistance. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story And the Green bay and Fox and Wisconsin route was the line of least resistance, as well as a region abounding in wild rice, fish and game, for these early fugitives. The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin They do not usually choose an occupation, but they follow the line of least resistance, taking the first job that offers, and often finding later that they never can hope for advancement in it. Society Its Origin and Development As you know, a falling body follows the line of least resistance in a field of distortion of space caused by mass. Out Around Rigel Like most clever people, Mr Beveridge generally followed the line of least resistance. The Lunatic at Large Thus there seemed no choice left but to go blindly forward along the line of least resistance. The Great Amulet Left to itself, then, attention simply obeys natural laws and follows the line of least resistance. The Mind and Its Education To him the line of least resistance had always seemed the refuge of the coward and the weakling. The Colonel's Dream In an assault men follow the line of least resistance when they reach the barbed wire. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army He must progress by devious ways, seeking always the line of least resistance. North of Fifty-Three Rotation Forceps.—It is sometimes desired to make traction on an irregularly shaped foreign body, and yet to allow the object to turn into the line of least resistance while traction is being made. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Interest says, "Follow this line, which is easy and attractive, or which requires but little effort—follow the line of least resistance." The Mind and Its Education The combination of circumstances had forced her father along the line of least resistance into the very path she would had chosen for him, and she felt in her soul that it was best. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas It is a principle in physics that a ponderable body moves along the line of least resistance; but that principle does not seem to apply to the will of man. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The climax was capped by the German sociologist Friedrich Simmel, who explained the Reformation by the law of the operation of force along the line of least resistance. The Age of the Reformation In this case the line of least resistance might tend towards marriage. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Will says, "Quit that line of dalliance and ease, and take this harder way which I direct—cease the line of least resistance and take the one of greatest resistance." The Mind and Its Education They appointed Commissions to advise, and followed sometimes one report, sometimes the other, taking generally the line of least resistance. Lectures on Modern history Had it lain in the cards, Senator Hanway, who always sought his ends on lines of least resistance, would himself have pitched upon this stronger one. The President A novel Have we discovered the secret of it when we tell of liquids in unstable equilibrium which follow lines of least resistance? Nature Mysticism Sometimes, though, they represented the lines of least resistance. My Second Year of the War To lessen the difficulty of opening it the grub takes the precaution of gnawing at the inner side of the skin, all round the circumference, so as to make a line of least resistance. Social Life in the Insect World He requested her to go to Golfney Place, and following the line of least resistance, she went, persuading Bridget to come to Grandison Square as her father wished. Enter Bridget All the great empty space, where the dying wind still throbbed, was white silver, except down in the hollow where, black and still, lay the man who had followed the line of least resistance. The Good Comrade It seems to have been a perpetual accommodation of self to one's surroundings, with the minimum of effort, all progress being spontaneous and in the line of least resistance. China and the Chinese Owing to the swelling and condensation of the parts around, the pus thus formed is under considerable pressure, and this causes it to burrow along the lines of least resistance. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Fortune favours the patient, and rewards my assiduity Round the little capsule changes of infinite delicacy have prepared the line of least resistance. Social Life in the Insect World He chooses what is physically the shortest line in preference to the line of least resistance. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin She loves her own pleasures in going along the line of least resistance. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada It is also so difficult that not to take the line of least resistance is fatuity. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture If it is not let out by incision, the pus, travelling along the lines of least resistance, tends to point at several places on the surface, or to open into joints or other cavities. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Instead of breaking at random under the thrusts or the cuts of the new-formed larva, it opens of itself along a line of least resistance which occurs expressly for the purpose. Social Life in the Insect World He would take the line of least resistance. The Big-Town Round-Up Within our own quarter things are much the same, developing naturally along the line of least resistance. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation The same kind of men that follow the lines of least resistance and build their railroads along them—because it is practical! The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country They drift into some job aimlessly and ignorantly, following the line of least resistance, driven or led by the accidents and exigencies of gaining a livelihood. Wage Earning and Education Not content with owning half of Europe and all of Northern Asia, the Russian glacier was moving noiselessly,—as all things must,—on the line of least resistance, toward the East. A Short History of Russia Sudden's father had been a simple man, content to run his ranch along the lines of least resistance, and to take what prosperity came to him in the natural course of events. Skyrider Hitherto it meant little more than the consciousness of the individual moving along the line of least resistance. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy "Still seeking the line of least resistance," mocked the girl. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country We find the same readiness to compromise and to follow the line of least resistance in dealing with the co-operatives. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Oh! the fatal tendency to move on the lines of least resistance, to glide on the downward slope, and when we have reached the bottom to manufacture arguments and apologies justifying the course we selected! The Young Priest's Keepsake A second important principle is that our feelings, thoughts and wills tend to follow the line of least resistance. The Art of Public Speaking The little savages had no slightest conception of any pride or interest in their daily tasks, but followed unvaryingly the line of least resistance as delineated by a simple system of rewards and punishments. The Gun-Brand The defensive mines employed to blow up the besiegers' works, are generally common mines with the lines of least resistance seldom greater than fifteen feet. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. But the method which proposes to give children an education along the lines of least resistance is, like all other naturalism, a contradiction in terms, sometimes a reductio ad absurdum, sometimes ad nauseam. Preaching and Paganism These seem to be the lines of least resistance. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 Volitions as well as feelings and thoughts tend to follow the line of least resistance. The Art of Public Speaking We took the line of least resistance, and went skimming up the ice lane like birds for several miles before we realized how far we were getting away from home. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Young minds have to be directed; but in literature, as in mechanics, the tendency of the force is to move along the lines of least resistance. Side Lights Government by the broad and easy path, following the lines of least resistance, like the natural order, saying might is right, means either tyranny or anarchy. Preaching and Paganism Tuberculosis, like other things, follows the line of least resistance. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) The line of least resistance seemed to run westwards towards the railway, and he put himself upon it, soon to find that Kitchener's dispositions had obstructed it. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans But the road followed the line of least resistance through the hills, and that line was by no means straight. The Lookout Man He simply devoted himself to his studies and followed the line of least resistance so far as taking sides in a senseless controversy was concerned. Jukes-Edwards A Study in Education and Heredity So they frankly assert their choices along the lines of least resistance and abandon themselves, at least in principle, to emotional chaos and moral sentimentalism. Preaching and Paganism In either case they must migrate, and we know from history that they often covered long distances in their attempt to follow the line of least resistance. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The necessity of expression will follow the line of least resistance. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers In building the government the lines of least resistance were not followed. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics Those two, depend upon it, understood each other, and had worked out a common line of least resistance. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary It's merely the line of least resistance and what will pay her best. The Spinners Like the old pioneers of National Factory legislation, the Association has proceeded along the line of least resistance: not because it lacks courage, but for reasons of sheer prudence. The Unity of Civilization None of the channels which his life-force is cutting must be dug too deep, else in later life they will offer lines of least resistance which may, on occasion, invite illness or perversion. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy It will thus show him the true way of approach, and enable him to follow the lines of least resistance. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 And this, they felt, ought surely to be the line of least resistance. A Christmas Garland It might prove the line of least resistance to take this course. The Spinners The Triple Alliance having closed the door to Russia on the West, there was the greater temptation to take the other alternative course--that line of least resistance which led towards Afghanistan and Manchuria. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) The barbarian deluge flowed down where it might flow down most easily: following, as deluges and everything else gifted with common sense always do, the lines of least resistance. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 With the certainty of one who knew these hills as a preacher does his Bible, Shorty wound in and out, always moving by the line of least resistance. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West "Or, to put it scientifically," said Lispenard, "along the line of least resistance." The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him No doubt it's safer and easier and the line of least resistance and all that sort of thing. The Spinners For Russia, the line of least resistance was in Central Asia. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) He must take conditions as he finds them, following the lines of least resistance. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The line of least resistance, which is Poland, would prove incomparably more attractive. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference But Sir Edward Carson in those days was making himself very disagreeable in the House of Commons and Mr. Asquith, as usual, followed the line of least resistance. John Redmond's Last Years But the fervor which Plonny had imparted to it, and the respect which he had for Plonny's knowledge of practical conditions, stood by him, unconsciously guiding his thoughts along the line of least resistance.... Queed He stumbled on through the snow, following the line of least resistance. Buffalo Roost Once, in the morning of the world, it flowed from the crater along the line of least resistance, a vitreous river of fire. A Man Four-Square It is the line of least resistance and the line of least resistance generally means the lines of greatest risk afterward. The Red Redmaynes In adopting this plan the Convention followed the line of least resistance. Our Changing Constitution But Rickman's line at present was the line of least resistance. The Divine Fire To lessen the difficulty of opening it, the grub takes the precaution of gnawing at the inner side of the skin, all round the circumference, so as to make a line of least resistance. A Book of Exposition He was a man who never followed the line of least resistance or of self-indulgence, as most men do in their love affairs. The Art of Letters His pride rebels against the line of least resistance. The Red Redmaynes This process clears away a mental path for the feet of the sub-conscious mind, which it will choose thereafter, as it prefers to follow the line of least resistance. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga Self-preservation prompts men to move in the line of least resistance. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors It is the line of least resistance, and after a strenuous day's work it is not easy to maintain a monologue about Home Rule. Cambridge Essays on Education This a little child rarely puts forth, and an adult not always, for it is far easier to follow the line of least resistance and "be like other people." The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training That's the line of least resistance; but it don't follow by a long sight that it's the right line. The Red Redmaynes They simply follow the line of least resistance. A Librarian's Open Shelf At last we came to the Arkansas River--flat-banked, sand-bottomed, wide, wandering, impossible thing--whose shallow waters followed aimlessly the line of least resistance, back and forth across its bed. Vanguards of the Plains The simple interpretation of our troubles as a form of sloth—a travelling along lines of least resistance—can scarcely be maintained. Cambridge Essays on Education Then he, too, began to lose alertness; he walked mechanically, taking the line of least resistance; his head sagged forward; he saw nothing but the hummocks before him. The Rim of the Desert The ancients simply adopted the line of least resistance by avoiding hills, boggy places, and the deep parts of streams, choosing the shallow fordable spots for crossing. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor That tendency gives a flexibility, almost a fluidity, which under a pressure of this kind, yields and ensures an outlet for desirable energy along a line of least resistance. A Librarian's Open Shelf The average Roman in the same way was inclined to follow the line of least resistance. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature It spoiled his aim, and the boy was on to him like a mountain lion, follerin' over the table, along the line of least resistance. Pardners We have financed the war by haphazard methods, limping along the line of least resistance. War-Time Financial Problems Reversing the military rule of moving against the lines of least resistance, experience has taught me to follow those where Nature lends its greatest aid. Reed Anthony, Cowman The reason was that Dunshie, like most persons who follow the line of least resistance, was walking in a circle. The First Hundred Thousand Most writers who traverse The Dominion enter it at the Eastern portal and travel west by the C.P.R., following the line of least resistance till they reach the Pacific. The New North The eagle, descending, comes in circles, the line of least resistance. Quiet Talks about Jesus As for Dr. Blake, this seemed the line of least resistance. The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant It is too easy to drift through school and college, taking the traditional, conventional studies that others take, following the lines of least resistance, electing "snap courses," going with the crowd. Analyzing Character As I neared the sea on the other side great crags began to overhang the path, which was, of course, no path, but merely the line of least resistance through the woods. Spanish Doubloons The great majority of men follow the line of least resistance. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History Nature always follows the line of least resistance. Quiet Talks about Jesus He always adopted the line of least resistance when his master took to audible rumination. All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand Like so many of their brothers, however, they have followed the line of least resistance—regardless of their aptitudes. Analyzing Character In any case the failure starts at the weakest points and follows the lines of least resistance. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing She will see and understand that her progress is not made by seeking the line of least resistance: some such worldly wisdom as this has been her undoing. The Church and Modern Life Jesus follows the line of least resistance, and fitted into the one phase of His work which they had recognized as proper. Quiet Talks about Jesus In short, his life, like all other lives, moves along the lines of least resistance. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Once a man is in any line of work, he simply remains there by following the lines of least resistance. Analyzing Character In quitting Cilicia, however, he left open a new question in Ottoman politics—the Asiatic continental question—and indicated to his successor a line of least resistance on which to advance. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey I believe he hovered through long hesitations about the fields of the Hickleybrow glebe, and finally, when that squealing began, took the line of least resistance out of his perplexities into the Incognito. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Like a child she had followed the line of least resistance, and seeking freedom from the trammels of convention had obeyed her impulses blindly. Madcap "After that, ma chère," he said lightly into her ear, "you would be wise to follow the line of least resistance." The Obstacle Race It simplified the problem of living immensely; and just as any other feline would have done, she took the line of least resistance. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 He had stripped off his dripping clothes, and then, since this was the line of least resistance he had gone to bed. The Blotting Book Cossar had apparently never driven before, and he was keeping the line of least resistance down the middle of the road by some no doubt quite obvious but certainly unusual light of his own. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The following of the line of least resistance led before long to the dominance of tobacco culture, then of the plantation system, and eventually of negro slavery. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime So in large measure we have only been following the line of least resistance, in taking up men's difficulties first. The Trade Union Woman His temperament and natural passion for the woods had prepared the soul in him, and the moment he saw the way to go he took it—the line of least resistance. The Man Whom the Trees Loved She told herself that in first seeking the line of least resistance she had manifested weakness, that since her present problem was indirectly the outgrowth of that original weakness, she would be weak no more. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Here Larry and Ted and I have had everything done for us all our lives and we've slipped along with the current, following the line of least resistance. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth The flow of population into the distant interior followed the lines of least resistance and greatest opportunity. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime Every movement follows the line of least resistance, and a movement for the industrial organization of women must first approach those in the most advanced and highly organized industries. The Trade Union Woman Compromise and temporise and choose the line of least resistance, as we habitually do, there still remains in most people a fibre that vibrates to that iron sincerity. Essays in Rebellion She had followed the line of least resistance, lacked the dour courage to pull herself up in the beginning, and it led to this. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest With me, it was the line of least resistance…. The Damned Those whom war leaves behind, to slip along the lines of least resistance into the city slums, are the people insurance rarely reaches. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 The line of least resistance has changed in some measure, and the energy which formerly found a vent in predatory activity, now in part takes the direction of some ostensibly useful end. Theory of the Leisure Class If you are making no effort in your life, if you are moving in the line of least resistance, depend upon it you are going downward. The University of Hard Knocks The main behavior-tendencies of this individual closely follow the lines of least resistance, the paths of greatest success. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology They may not prevail on her wanting to get in, for then the UnDead is desperate, and must find the line of least resistance, whatsoever it may be. Dracula While such obstructions are thus being gradually removed some of the most ancient ones still remain, and new ones are rising rapidly in view of modern developments along the lines of least resistance. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 The journey and the new life were to be undertaken because they formed for her the line of least resistance along which all energy must flow. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation He was weary, and at last he longed to find the line of least resistance and follow it; he had done hard things for a long time, but now he wanted to do something easy. The Gentleman from Indiana Clarke had therefore chosen the line of least resistance—the bank president's office! The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale If you cannot move directly and swiftly and certainly along the line of least resistance in everything you do, take a guide with you; you are not of the woods people. The Forest Anyhow we must Move in the line of least resistance when The stronger motive rules. Becket and other plays Morally, the doctrine is indefensible—it follows the line of least resistance, and sacrifices the spirit to the flesh. Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians Those who go in the line of least resistance are on the road to destruction. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Ambition had always been vague with him and now his habit of following the line of least resistance had drifted him into this mill-pond. The Great God Success The eastern provinces escaped the fate of those in the West, because they were more populous and offered greater obstacles to the barbarian invaders, who followed the line of least resistance. Early European History There were times when she showed a pronounced inclination for the line of least resistance … but her youth … her too sheltered bringing up … those drab cramped years … no wonder…. The Avalanche That is, all things considered, they went along the line of least resistance. To Infidelity and Back Burgess was a philosopher, and took the line of least resistance, like the man in the oak-tree. Mike Letters are unnaturally burdened with long words and stilted phrases, while in conversation one's thoughts seek expression through lines of least resistance—familiar words and short sentences. Business Correspondence He needed only to move, with his opportunity, along the line of least resistance which was also, with him, the line of choice. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft A strong gust of passion may burst all barriers and force its way out at every point, but gentle currents flow along the lines of least resistance and find the idle tail. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The average brain is naturally lazy and tends to take the line of least resistance. A History of Freedom of Thought Following the line of least resistance, as throughout his long reign, he inclined now to federalism, now to centralism, and he was still experimenting when the war of 1866 broke out. The War and Democracy How the line of least resistance and greatest advantage is determined for and taken by him is a fascinating process. The Glands Regulating Personality After a delicious, appetising, and inspiring breakfast of straight Moose, without even salt, and raw tea, we pushed on along the line of least resistance, i.e., toward flour. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake That way lay the line of least resistance, and, with luck on his side, of surest escape. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Connie's friends and amusements proved the line of least resistance along which Miss Lady raced to freedom. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill Many in these days seem to prefer notoriety to fame, because it runs along the line of least resistance. Public Speaking He moved in the line of least resistance—made friends of Protestant and Catholic alike; won the warm recognition of the Pope, who averred, "Thorwaldsen is a good Catholic, only he does not know it." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists A ship ploughing through the waves presents the line of least resistance to the water and so is shaped somewhat like a fish, the natural denizen of that element. Marvels of Modern Science On shore, as at sea, the sailor's course, when the gang was on his track, followed the lines of least resistance, only here he became a skulk as well as a fugitive. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore Clerks, and merchants too, usually follow the line of least resistance; they sell that which they come to first. Tales of the Road With the keen intelligence of the wounded wild ruminant, he chose the line of least resistance, and on three legs fled downhill. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Philip glided into the line of least resistance and signed every paper that he was told to sign by his gracious, winning, inflexible Minister—the true type of the iron hand in the velvet glove. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists And so the coming young advocate's heart bounded with delight at the six-weeks' future companionship of the woman whose unguarded heart had silently drifted toward him "along the line of least resistance." The Midnight Passenger : a novel Aesthetic taste, however, mostly followed the line of least resistance. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation But each man has a line of least resistance. Guns of the Gods Consequently it will tend to bend from the harder soil, and will thus follow the lines of least resistance. The Power of Movement in Plants It was hard to help a man against his will; but she profited by experience, and took the line of least resistance. The Ne'er-Do-Well Master Robin's intelligence was limited; his wit was simple; the processes of his mind moved easily along the lines of least resistance. If I Were King In the matter of land transportation they have clearly followed the line of least resistance for individual initiative, so characteristic of industrial China. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan Away they went on the line of least resistance, which is always from north to south and from east to west. Through the Magic Door I prefer to work along lines of least resistance. The Iron Trail Standing directly beneath the cataract, most of it had dived fairly into his inviting waistband, following down the lines of least resistance into his boot-legs and boiling out at the knees. The Spoilers Dishonesty finds the line of least resistance in greed. Half a Rogue In a conventional world conventionality is the line of least resistance. In the Wilderness He had dawdled on, taking the line of least resistance, and he was now revealed to himself in a true and unsparing light. Watersprings Deep-rooted in the comic, there is always a tendency, we said, to take the line of least resistance, generally that of habit. Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic The latter, by the line of least resistance. Ulysses Politicians are so apt to take the line of least resistance, and when thousands of votes of small landowners are to be won through the advocacy of an exemption, exemptions there will be. An Autobiography It was the line of least resistance then, as it had been in the days of the Annapolis Convention. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 That they forced their way down, wave after wave, on what would have been the line of least resistance—the Marches between the Gauls, Romanized or otherwise, and the Sclavonians. Roman and the Teuton This provides a circular line of least resistance, along which the casket breaks open afterwards. More Hunting Wasps In consequence he gradually came to choose the line of least resistance, to avoid instinctively even the slightly disagreeable. The Blazed Trail But these arguments did not influence the majority, who felt that to follow the line of least resistance and to do as others had done would involve the least hazard. The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Acting upon Monroe's intimation of the power to appropriate money, and following the line of least resistance, the next year an act was passed making appropriations for repairs of the Cumberland Road. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 The truth is that each man in selecting his outfit generally follows the lines of least resistance. Notes of a War Correspondent Nature, seeking always the line of least resistance, avoids opposition when possible: the masculine instinct of combat courts it, and he idealizes his own instincts. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) This, it seems, was necessary, or so I understood, lest the expanding gases, following the line of least resistance, should blow back, as it were, through the vent-hole. Queen Sheba's Ring They cannot come out of themselves long enough to see that their line of least resistance is not necessarily everybody else's line of least resistance. The Cruise of the Snark Perhaps, coming of a family of doctors, I merely followed the line of least resistance. The After House A novelist whose books pass unnoticed, gains distinction by designing his own necktie; and many an artist, following the line of least resistance, learns to let his hair grow instead of learning to paint.” Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green We shall still be in a drama of blind forces following the line of least resistance. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war The more tired one is the more readily one moves along the line of least resistance.... Secret Places of the Heart Now there is so much that one cannot know it all, and most men follow the line of least resistance. Study of the King James Bible Will it confine itself for some years to a process of infiltration in Mongolia and Northern Thibet, the line of least resistance? Russia People apperceive, think, and feel as these three teach them, and finally it becomes second nature to follow this line of least resistance, and to seek intellectual conformity. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students Such attention is action in the line of least resistance. Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business Sometimes Susy fancied he was marrying her because to do so was to follow the line of least resistance. The Glimpses of the Moon A study of the dream in the light of these facts will show how perfectly the dreaming mind appears to have "taken advantage of" them—in reality following cues along the lines of least resistance. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 It was the line of least resistance; they would not attempt to scour the city for him. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Once establish a line of least resistance, every succeeding journey along it will find still less resistance. The Jacket (Star-Rover) But, launched out, the decision made, the line of least resistance taken, he knew, single-thoughted, single-hearted, only that he was going to Skipper. Jerry of the Islands When Hamvert engaged the Weasel for ten thousand dollars to get the map from you for him, the Weasel chose the line of least resistance. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale The discharge is, as is seen, along the line of least resistance. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 |
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