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Three o'clock struck, then four, but he could not take his departure. When showers fell he buried himself in a corner of the doorway, his legs splashed with wet. Nobody passed by now, and occasionally his eyes would close, as though scorched by the streak of light, which he kept watching obstinately, fixedly, with idiotic persistence.
From what has been said in the last five sections, it manifestly follows that all the varied phenomena of the universe not only may, but must, depend upon the persistence of force and the primary qualities of matter.
Hewitt has often alluded to the curious persistence of such chances in his experience.
You will say I need the persistence to educate myself in the technique of some mode of rendering my impressions. I suppose it is so. That is what I have always meant with this desire to 'exhaust' myself. I need to work. I need to give out or I shall have such a mental indigestion that I shall no longer be able to form a single thought.
The persistence with which the Senecas were importuned to sell their lands, led them to make an appeal to the president, and afterward to the governor of New York. The latter, Governor De Witt Clinton, sent them a reply worthy of his name and office.
The man of no refinement has indeed an uphill fight but with persistence and ambition to succeed he can win. Lincoln, the rail splitter, is the most shining example of the power to will victory.
I took count of all those things, I weighed them and I have come away." "He seemed to consider the possibility of persistence. He looked from me to where the lady sat regarding us. "'War, he said, as if he were speaking to himself, and then turned slowly from me and walked away. "I stood, caught in the whirl of thoughts his appeal had set going. "I heard my lady's voice.
But to none of them would she hearken, and the fair gentle ladies of the Court greatly applauded her for her persistence and especially those who had erstwhile dropped their gauntlets that Rudel might bend and pick them up. And many pleasant jests they passed upon the Sieur Rudel, bidding him dance with them, since he was loth to fight.
Muldoon looked back with a threat that sent Scrap retreating, heels over ears. The sergeant was satisfied that the dog had gone; but when camp was reached and ranks were broken he found himself confronted by a disreputable yellow cur with a ragged ear cocked over his nose. "Well, I'm domned!" said Muldoon. His heart, probably the toughest thing about him, was touched by this fearless persistence.
All that we gain is another problem which we add to the problems we already possess. We increase our burden without enlarging our comprehension. If, on the other hand, it is said that we need an all embracing formula that will make our conception of the universe coherent, it may be replied that we have that in such a conception as the persistence of force.
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