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Hence the creation of a system of checks and limitations designed to keep the rulers within bounds; and among these, first and foremost, the principle of the division of powers, contrived as a means for weakening the state in its relation to the individual, by making it impossible for the state ever to appear, in its dealings with citizens, in the full plenitude of sovereign powers; also the principle of the participation of citizens in the lawmaking power, as a means for securing, in behalf of the individual, a direct check on this, the strongest branch, and an indirect check on the entire government of the state.
In consequence, considerable reinforcements were sent to the apparently hard-pressed left wing, and a distinct weakening of the centre took place, without a clear idea having been formed as to the intention of the Russians. Heideck's conviction was that such probably had been the Russian tactics.
But I had had no weakening, sense-destroying drug that morning, and nature was rapidly curing me. She forgot that. As she came up, I sprang from the bed, put my hand on her shoulder, and forced her to the door. She shrieked and protested, but she could not resist. I put her outside and locked the door. Then I sank down trembling with exhaustion, for I was very weak.
The words were meaningless beside this warping, this tearing apart of spirit and mind those precious children of his brain limb from limb. Their shrieks for help! their cries of anguish and horror! their clutches! their last spasmodic despairing weakening embrace! He would hold them! His clasp would defy all the powers of Earth and Air! No, they should not go they should not.
You must not ask of him superhuman things. The greatest blessing in war is its speedy termination, and to this end all means must be permitted which are not downright criminal. I cannot at all give my approval to the Déclaration de St. Petersbourg, that "the weakening of the hostile army" is the only justifiable procedure in war.
When in consequence of a long chronic illness the condition of the patient is examined, the question may arise whether the weakening of the fibers and the debility of the organs are the cause of the malady's continuing or the effect of the bad treatment that prolongs its action.
Having reached a certain level of strength and complexity a civilisation ceases to grow, and having ceased to grow it is condemned to a speedy decline. The hour of its old age has struck. This inevitable hour is always marked by the weakening of the ideal that was the mainstay of the race.
He sends you word that you alone can bring him comfort, and recalls to you the great sorrows that you bore together. Keep you the ring it is yours. But Iseult answered, weakening: Friend, I will follow you; get ready your ship to-morrow at dawn. And on the morrow at dawn they raised anchor, stepped mast, and hoisted sail, and happily the barque left land.
He wrote in German instead of in Latin, and so, by weakening the old belief in authority, brought about the beginning of free thought in science. He continued to travel from place to place, followed by a crowd of disciples, some times attracted to a wealthy city by hope of gain, sometimes journeying to a petty court at the invitation of a prince.
This indulgence of memory is not necessarily a weakening or an enervating thing, so long as it does not come to us too early, or disengage us from needful activities. It is often not accompanied by any shadow of loss or bitterness.
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