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It is doubtless mere pedantry to abstain from the widest conception of the sum of a great movement. A clear, definite, and stable idea of the meaning in the history of human progress of such vast groups of events as the Reformation or the Revolution, is indispensable for any one to whom history is a serious study of society.
Allusions, besides, scattered broadcast, to the scandals of the day material as far as he could see for a dozen libel actions. And with it all, much fantastic ability, flashes of wit and romance, enough to give the book wings beyond its first personal audience enough, in fact, to secure to all its scandalous matter the widest possible chance of fame. "Well!"
But what I desire especially to mark is that, with the widest freedom, there must be these two things conserved which Peter here emphasises, the real inspiration of the prophetic order, and its function to point onwards to Jesus.
He carried the impracticable theory of social equality to an extent beyond that of most Americans, and yet he was frequently complained of for his reserve and aristocratic manners. The range of his acquaintance was the widest of any man of his time.
Judging from your physiognomy and general personality I should say that you have loved a good many women, and have lived in the widest sense of the word." "Well yes," admitted Dartmouth, with a laugh. "That sort of thing leaves a man's heart untouched, however." "It may, and I am willing to believe that you have given your heart to Weir for good and all." "I think I have," said Dartmouth.
There's something on my mind I would like to discuss with the clever house-keeper, nay, I ought to say the mistress of this house, and faithful guardian of its only daughter." Semestre turned her wrinkled face towards the old man, opened her eyes to their widest extent, and then called eagerly to Dorippe, who was busied about the hearth, "We want to be alone!"
Are they not industrious, are they not intelligent, are they not upon the evidence of the most distinguished men the Indian Service ever produced endowed with many qualities which make them respected by all Englishmen who mix with them? I have heard that from many men of the widest experience, and have read the same in the works of some of the best writers upon India.
Cæsar laying hold of this ground of complaint against the Germans, and being also greedy of glory and desirous to be the first man to cross the Rhenus with an army, began to build a bridge over the river, which was very broad, and in this part of the bed spread out widest, and was rough, and ran with a strong current so as to drive the trunks of trees that were carried down and logs of wood against the supports of the bridge, and tear them asunder.
They argued resolutely for more freedom; and Samuel Bailey's essay upon the formation of opinions a vigorous argument on behalf of the widest possible toleration was enthusiastically praised by James Mill in the Westminster Review.
And as Proof, in its widest extent, embraces one or more, or all, of three processes, Observation, Generalization, and Deduction, we shall consider in their order the errors capable of being committed in these three operations. And first, of the first mentioned. A fallacy of misobservation may be either negative or positive; either Non-observation or Mal-observation.
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