Constructive Sentence Examples

As a constructive thinker, he did little.

She has practised no single constructive craft which would call for the use of her hands.

While Jeremiah's tendency was spiritual and ideal, Ezekiel's was constructive and practical.

That successor, Stephen I., was one of the great constructive statesmen of history.

As, however, we can easily see that the constructive processes are much greater than those which lead to the disappearance of material from the plant-body, there is generally to be seen a conspicuous increase in the substance of the plant.

Pardon may be actual or constructive.

What is not used in the constructive processes is employed in the evaporation of the water, the leaf being thus kept cool.

Used by Kant sceptically of the limitations of reason, dialectic in Hegel becomes constructive; and scepticism itself becomes a stage in knowledge.

Further, while the genius of Aquinas was constructive, that of Duns Scotus was destructive; Aquinas was a philosopher, Duns a critic. The latter has been said to stand to the former in the relation of Kant to Leibnitz.

After careful study of playground systems a bond issue of $800,000 was voted (1919) to initiate a constructive development of parks and playgrounds at public expense.

The aim of the historical works is to show the necessary connexion between philosophical concepts and the age to which they belong; the same idea is at the root of his constructive speculation.

When Fichte had rejected the Kantian Soul in itself and developed the Kantian activity of apperception, he considered that soul consists in constructive activity.

The work is professedly a refutation of Hutcheson, but is rather constructive than polemical.

Both essays are critical rather than constructive.

The khan of Asad Pasha at Damascus is a model of constructive skill and architectural beauty.

The enormous constructive energy of the proud Pharaoh, instead of being concentrated on the capital, was expended with almost equal lavishness on other parts of the country.

All his work is marked by original constructive thought, except in a few subjects, in which he confessedly expounded Bentham's views.

Upon the accession of the Republican party to power in 180 r, Madison became secretary of state in Jefferson's cabinet, a position for which he was well fitted both because he possessed to a remarkable degree the gifts of careful thinking and discreet and able speaking, and of large constructive ability; and because he was well versed in constitutional and international law and practised a fairness in discussion essential to a diplomat.

Though he makes his bow to mathematical method, he, even more than Hobbes, misses its constructive character.

The reference to the rule is not one which may be made and normally is made as a safeguard, but one which must be made, if thought is engaged in a forward and constructive movement at all.

Stress was to be laid upon the constructive character of the act of thought which Kant had recognized, and without Kant's qualifications of it.

In the recovery of a more real standard, we owe much to men like Mommsen, Ramsay, Blass and Harnack, trained amid other methods and traditions than those which had brought the constructive study of Acts almost to a deadlock.

But, since to say or hear mass was constructive.

If_ that power form part of the true method, then the mind is not wholly passive or recipient; it anticipates nature, and moulds the experience received by it in accordance with its own constructive ideas or conceptions; and yet further, the minds of various investigators can never be reduced to the same dead mechanical level.'

While, therefore, it is a profound mistake to regard Bacon as a great constructive philosopher, or even as a lonely pioneer of modern thought, it is quite unfair to speak of him as a trifler.

It was apparently intended by the author as an analytical introduction to the constructive exposition of his system, which he presently essayed in the Ethics.

His great influence on the entire church, his wonderful success in planning, financing, and carrying out necessary ecclesiastical reforms, and the constructive and executive ability he displayed in his diocese, make him one of the foremost Catholic emigrants to the United States.

But even his eloquence was constraining and constructive - a personal call for immediate and universal co-operation; and that personal influence survives to this day in the institutions of his people, and perhaps still more in their character.

Professor Marshall has said of his work in economics that it "will probably be found to have more constructive force than any, save that of Ricardo, that has been done during the last hundred years."

His strength lay in his power as an original thinker rather than as a critic; and he will be remembered by his constructive work as logician, economist and statistician.

As in his political theories, the critical element is much stronger than the constructive.

Motion is the fundamental fact common to being and thought; the actual motion of the external world has its counterpart in the constructive motion which is involved in every instance of perception or thought.

Beginning with a chapter on the means of locomotion in the 10th century, it went on to discuss war, the conflict of languages, faith, morals, the elimination of the unfit, and other general topics, with remarkable acuteness and constructive ability.

Strauss's mind was almost exclusively analytical and critical, without depth of religious feeling or philosophical penetration, or historical sympathy; his work was accordingly rarely constructive.

But while there are foreshadowings of the evolutionary theory in this work, neither the philosophe historians nor Hume nor Gibbon arrived at a constructive principle in history which could take the place of the Providence they rejected.

Moreover, if philosophy is to complete its constructive work, it must bring the course of human history within its survey, and exhibit the sequence of events as an evolution in which the purposive action of reason is traceable.

In the philosophy of history they recognize epochs of two kinds, the critical or negative and the organic or constructive.

Keen to avoid moral hazard, many authorities have traditionally declined to discuss their policy stance on the grounds of " constructive ambiguity " .

That idea is fundamental in the philosophy of religion, which therefore can be written only from the standpoint of a constructive metaphysical theory.

Iron or steel as a substitute for wood for constructive purposes was long thought to be fire-proof or fire-resisting because it is incombustible, and for this reason it has not only replaced wood in many features of building construction but is also used as a substitute for masonry.

Recent English works have been influenced by the brief Report on the Teaching of Elementary Mathematics, issued by the Mathematical Association (1905); but this is critical rather than constructive.

Gregory of Nyssa was not so firm and able an administrator as his brother Basil, nor so magnificent an orator as Gregory of Nazianzus, but he excelled them both, alike as a speculative and constructive theologian, and in the wide extent of his acquirements.

This latter charge, though proved to the satisfaction of the committees of both Houses of Parliament, broke down under the cross-examination of the government witnesses by the counsel for the defence, and could indeed only have been substantiated by a dangerous stretching of the doctrine of constructive treason.

Some of these amendments were adopted by Gladstone; a compromise was effected in respect of the others; and the bill, which had practically occupied the whole session, and had perhaps involved higher constructive skill than any measure passed in the previous half-century, became law.

It seems that opinions may be formed of inquiry and study alone, which are then constructive; but where intuitive perception or the perceptive imagination is a robust possession, the fruits of research become assimilative - the food of a divining faculty which needs more or less of it according to the power of divination.

Locke here unconsciously approaches the spiritual view of active power in the physical universe afterwards taken by Berkeley, forming the constructive principle of his philosophy.

Associative tendency, individual or inherited, has since been the favourite constructive factor of human experience in Empirical Philosophy.

In its constructive work many sound maxims were embodied.

This doctrine is obviously hostile to all reasoned morality; and in fact, notwithstanding the dialectical ability of Scotus and Occam, the work of Thomas remained indubitably the crowning result of the great constructive effort of medieval philosophy.

As a member of the Duma he attained a certain notoriety by impassioned speeches and appeals for root-and-branch reform, but he was never conspicuous for steady work or constructive statesmanship. When the first Revolutionary Government was formed people were astonished to hear that Kerensky had been nominated Minister of Justice.

In 1895 the time for the realization of these views had come; and Mr Chamberlain's speeches, previously remarkable chiefly for debating power and directness of argument, were now dominated by a newnote of constructive statesmanship, basing itself on the economic necessities of a world-wide empire.

Eagles, Constructive Geometry of Plane Curves (1886); geometric investigations primarily based on the relation of the conic sections to a cone are given in Hugo Hamilton's De Sectionibus Conicis (1758); this method of treatment has been largely replaced by considering the curves from their definition in piano, and then passing to their derivation from the cone and cylinder.

Great constructive statesman as he was, he was also, from the American point of view, essentially a reactionary.

He was the leader of reactionary forces - constructive forces, as it happened - in the critical period after the War of American Independence, and in the period of Federalist supremacy.

Critics who limit their view to the Kritik of Pure Reason, and there, in all probability, to the first or constructive portion of the work, must necessarily fail to interpret the doctrines of the Kantian system, which do not become clear or definite till the system has been developed.

In his early essays he had rightly drawn the distinction between mathematical demonstration and philosophic proof, referring the certainty of the first to the fact that the constructions were synthetic in character and entirely determined by the action of constructive imagination.

The same forms and the same constructive activity of imagination are involved in mathematical synthesis and in the constitution of objects of sense-experience.

Conservatives are playing a constructive part in seeking to amend this bill.

In order to bring a claim of constructive dismissal there must be a fundamental breach of contract by the employer.

O v O The few Oracles who are constructive do things like write articles on the game and run bulletin boards.

There has also been more constructive critical comment, some of it having to do with the level of generality of the document.

I wait until I find somebody constructive and truthful and is a case, and then I only bash them.

Reducing crime depends on helping families, giving young people something constructive to do.

That is why I say you seem to have nothing constructive to offer.

The Prison Service strives to make the prison experience constructive.

However, central and local government should have more courage in their convictions to support plans which are environmentally acceptable and socially constructive.

I hope to represent you in a positive and highly constructive way.

She was also the only candidate to put forward constructive policies for reducing traffic on London Road near Six Ways.

Museums feel that they would like more feedback (particularly constructive criticism) from schools following a visit or outreach session.

To ensure the content on our message boards remains legal and the debate remains constructive, a handful of message boards are moderated.

Any constructive criticisms or ideas for new topics are most welcome.

How are claims for breach of contract or constructive dismissal handled?

Does the failure to investigate give grounds for constructive discriminatory dismissal?

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Constructive collaboration between all organizations will maximize the resources available to humanely remove the hedgehogs from the Uists to help conserve this unique ecosystem.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is defending Britain's policy of what is called " constructive engagement " with Iran's Islamic government.

He compelled attention by his strenuous activity, his passionate espousal of causes, and his enthusiasm for a constructive measure.

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Nobody saw a panoply of State, local or even federal taxes and compliance regulations on the Internet as constructive.

Ask the class to give constructive feedback to each group.

But solving the current impasse requires a constructive contribution from the Government.

H Understand and be able to describe interference effects in terms of constructive and destructive interference.

We will always try to provide constructive advice on any work related issue.

This was to be a constructive process conducted in a way that was not judgmental.

I make an attempt to make them constructive, although sometimes a bit too opinionated.

Initially the US made demands rather than apologies or constructive diplomatic overtures.

Natural languages are not designed; they are the products mainly of evolutionary rather than constructive rationalism.

This case demonstrated that unwarranted demotion and disciplinary sanctions would amount to constructive dismissal should the employe resign.

They will learn to defend themselves in a viva and apply constructive self-criticism to their final work.

The talks were detailed, constructive, and very substantive.

The ICR " and her team are always very open and offer constructive suggestions which aid successful case handling.

A more constructive approach to Buddhism can begin with those statements of Bahá'u'lláh that are most akin to Buddhist viewpoints.

When he began his active career it was generally believed that, although some instances of the synthetical production of organic substances had been observed, on the whole organic chemistry must remain an analytical science and could not become a constructive one, because the formation of the substances with which it deals required the intervention of vital activity in some shape.

The constructive part of his administration was equally thorough-going, and entirely beneficial.

Cromwell's career as a statesman has been already traced in its different spheres, and an endeavour has been made to show the breadth and wisdom of his conceptions and at the same time the cause of the immediate failure of his constructive policy.

Plants are furnished with a constructive mechanism by which they are enabled to fabricate the food on which they live from the inorganic, gaseous and liquid matters which they absorb.

The fact of such absorption does not render these substances food; they are taken in not as food, but as raw materials to be subjected to the action of this constructive mechanism, and by it to be converted into substances that can nourish protoplasm, both vegetable and animal.

Thus even ir these constructive processes there occurs a constant pas,age of energy backwards and forwards from the kinetic to the potential condition and vice versa.

It is this wide range of dynamic peculiarities above the common range of known physical and chemical molecules which excites our wonder; and a reflection of these peculiar properties is seen in their affinities for this or that toxic or constructive agent, whereby the peculiarity, for example, of a particular kind of nerve cell may be altered, antagonized, reinforced or converted.

A further task is to estimate the value of this literature as evidence for the history of Israel, to determine, as far as possible, whether such parts of the literature as are contemporary with the time described present correct, or whether in any respect one-sided or biased or otherwise incorrect, descriptions; and again, how far the literature that relates the story of long past periods has drawn upon trustworthy records, and how far it is possible to extract historical truth from traditions (such as those of the Pentateuch) that present, owing to the gradual accretions and modifications of intervening generations, a composite picture of the period described, or from a work such as Chronicles, which narrates the past under the influence of the conception that the institutions and ideas of the present must have been established and current in the past; all this falls under Historical Criticism, which, on its constructive side, must avail itself of all available and well-sifted evidence, whether derived from the Old Testament or elsewhere, for its presentation of the history of Israel - its ultimate purpose.

But to recognize this is not to deny the importance of constructive rationalism in limited areas.

A bigger question is whether the meetings can be revamped to make them more constructive?

The ICR and her team are always very open and offer constructive suggestions which aid successful case handling.

Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine have perfected the art of constructive criticism and waspish wit in the addictive What Not To Wear.

You must learn to deflect demeaning comments but incorporate constructive criticism.

There are many fun and constructive things you can do with your toddler during the summer; however, some of these activities may involve a little mess.

You need to find a constructive outlet for your emotions, especially if you have small children who can sense the tension in your household.

Personal service is the preferred method of service, but if you don't know where the Respondent is, service can be effected by what is known as constructive service.

A form of constructive services is where an ad is placed in the newspaper for a specific number of days advising the Respondent that legal action is being taken to vary the amount of alimony to be paid.

Some are beginners looking for color recommendations, tips, and constructive criticism.

We must use the anger for constructive purposes, not for destructive purposes.

One form of constructive anger is expressing your feelings in a way that is assertive but nonthreatening.

Learning to calm yourself and redirecting your anger to a constructive outlet are two other methods of managing anger in a beneficial way.

Learning to express anger in a constructive way is knowing how to channel your feelings into words that are not hurtful to the other person.

Doing this gives you time to calm down, rethink the situation and manage your anger in a constructive way.

There are many ways of redirecting the energy of your anger into constructive physical actions.

By knowing your response to different situations you are better equipped to handle anger in a positive constructive way.

In fact, anger expressed in a healthy and constructive way at work can help bring unresolved issues out into the open where they can finally be resolved.

Healthy anger management is the process of identifying and managing anger in constructive ways.

Before you can learn constructive ways of dealing with your anger, you must identify your anger triggers and learn to recognize when you are about to lose control of your anger.

Be willing to work in a team, take constructive criticism, and offer suggestions for improvements where appropriate.

Also, keep in mind that emphasizing both sincere appreciation as well as constructive feedback are important.

Involve Them-Children who are active in sports or social activities tend to get into less trouble because their hours are filled with constructive things to do.

They can offer constructive criticism regarding wording and length.

A counselor will be supportive of the patient, and not judgmental; providing support, education, and constructive confrontation when the patient needs it.

The goal of creative arts therapy is to provide the addict with a constructive way to deal with the emotions surrounding his/her addiction.

It stands to reason that addressing lying in a constructive manner as soon as a habit becomes apparent can go a long way toward preventing a chronic lying habit in the future.

Making it a fun and constructive experience will not only teach your youngsters the value of a dollar, but gives them input on vacation plans as well, which makes them feel like a welcomed member of the clan.

They should take a constructive approach and seek to form a partnership with the healthcare team in managing the child's pain.

Exposure to moral questions and the opportunity to practice moral behavior in a supportive community appear to foster deeper moral reasoning and more constructive behavior.

This therapy approach is designed to help the family unit function in more positive and constructive ways by exploring patterns of communication and providing support and education.

Maturity starts developing during this time; the young person acquires self-certainty as opposed to self-doubt and experiments with different constructive roles rather than adopting a negative identity, such as delinquency.

Although the negative peer influence is overemphasized, more can be done to help teenagers experience the family and the peer group as mutually constructive environments.

These energy cycles are either constructive or destructive.

The constructive cycle occurs when one element creates or supports another and they are in harmony.

According to the constructive and destructive cycles of the five elements theory water puts out fire.

Another important aspect of the five elements symbols and how these elements interact with one another are their constructive and destructive cycles, which can be found within the Five Element Theory.

She is known for her "snarky" comments about fashion faux pas but she emphasizes constructive criticism, offering a balance that is difficult to achieve.

You may want to hire a professional seamstress, although in fact some of the clothes are not as hard to make as you would think, especially since they don't have to fit as constructive as Renaissance costumes.

However, there are some pitfalls you can avoid and constructive steps to take that might lessen the pain and speed both of you on the path of healing.

The best skill a polyamorous (or monogamous) person can have is to be able to own their feelings and communicate them in a constructive way.

They also receive constructive criticism about what they have produced.

This fellow is always on a quest for perfection at some level, and while his criticisms, constructive and otherwise, can become a bit annoying, you'll likely like wind up better off from the experience if your ego doesn't get too bruised.

It is part of the World Organization of the Scout Movement whose mission is to educate young people to play a constructive role in society and whose vision is to create a better world.

To move forward with your finances, however, you need to stop laying blame for these problems and focus on finding constructive solutions."

While it may be tempting to focus on only items that will be constructive in the development of skills and learning, it is important to remember that the whole idea of a toy is fun and it should be stress-free and engaging.

This helps the cheerleaders analyze the dance and provide constructive criticism.

Not every cheer is going to be constructive and positive, not by a long shot.

Write these fun statements down for future use, as there are many constructive purposes for cheerleading quotes.

Games can help channel that excitement into a constructive activity rather than hurtful pranks or rambunctious activities that may cause damage or injury.

Not only will games break the ice among a group of girls but they will also occupy their time and give them something constructive to do.

Regardless, he gave both finalists some constructive criticism and let them get on with their prep work.

Calvin, at Farel's invitation, settled in Geneva (1536) the work of reformation became more constructive.

Such a philosophy makes little serious attempt at constructive work in antiquity; but, upon the first great victories of physical science in modern times, a desire arose to extend the new and wonderfully fruitful method to the ultimate problems of speculation.

For these problems we want, not a few old-established general principles which no one seriously calls in question, but genuine constructive and organizing capacity, aided by scientific and detailed knowledge of particular institutions, industries and classes.

Just as the historical school grew up along with the greatest constructive achievement of the 29th century, namely, the consolidation of Germany, so the application to modern problems of the methods of that school has been called forth by the constructive needs of the present generation.

On the critical side this teaching is now admittedly valid against the older empiricism, and the cogency of the reasoning by which his constructive theory is supported is generally recognized.

Eucken's philosophical work is partly historical and partly constructive, the former side being predominant in his earlier, the latter in his later works.

Throughout his lectures, Adamson pursued the critical and historical method without formulating a constructive theory of his own.

The continental shelves are parts of the great continental blocks which have been covered by the sea in comparatively recent times, and their surface consequently presents many similarities to that of the land, modified of course by the destructive and constructive work of the waters.

His writings are defective in virility and breadth of thought, and his tragedies display neither the insight into character nor the constructive power of a great dramatist.

The struggle against some of the most powerful financial and political influences of the time not unnaturally gave rise to the idea that his work as president was destructive - perhaps the necessarily destructive work of the reformer - but not essentially constructive.

The systematic Introduction is a characteristic production of Germany and has done excellent service in its day, though there are signs that the analytic method hitherto mainly practised is beginning to give place to something more synthetic or constructive.

It is useless to follow Boehme further, for his cosmogony is disfigured by a wild Paracelsian symbolism, and his constructive efforts in general are full of the uncouth straining of an untrained writer.

In its more moderate form, keeping wholly within the limits of ecclesiastical orthodoxy, this mysticism is represented by Bonaventura and Gerson; while it appears more independent and daringly constructive in the German Eckhart, advancing in some of his followers to open breach with the church, and even to practical immorality.

It was, so to say, Hobbism turned inside out, - rendered licentious and anarchical instead of constructive.

Nothing could be farther from Green's teaching than the belief that constructive metaphysics could, unaided by the intuitions of the moral consciousness, discover laws for the regulation of conduct.

In political economy he was a Utilitarian on the lines of Mill and Bentham; his work was the careful investigation of first principles and the investigation of ambiguities rather than constructive.

He was critical rather than constructive, widely read and trained thoroughly both in languages and in science, but deficient in speculative power and original force.

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Constructive pardon is obtained by endurance of the punishment.

This was the last great effort in constructive theology of the Reformation period.

But it has largely outgrown this, and is addressing itself to the progressive re-interpretation of Christianity, in an essentially constructive spirit.

As a Hebrew philologist he holds high rank; and as a constructive critic he is remarkable for acuteness a.nd sagacity.

An attempt was made to include, under the expression "constructive corruption," among these statutory grounds of reduction, irregular conduct on the part of an arbitrator, with no suggestion of any corrupt motive.

His work was also constructive, for he broadened the basis of material prosperity and social progress by creating the Congested Districts Board in 1890.

An interval of 250 years elapsed before the constructive labours of Hipparchus obtained completion at Alexandria.

Thus the proposal entirely failed of its effect, and as Italy, Yugoslavia and America each adhered to its standpoint, and the two western Powers shrank from any constructive policy, a fresh deadlock ensued.

In politics proper he seems indeed to have had few or no constructive ideas, and to have been entirely ignorant or quite reckless of the fact that his attacks were destroying a state of things for which as a whole he neither had nor apparently wished to have any substitute.

At the same time no systematic constructive attempt at a renewal of empire can as yet be detected.

But he was rather a destructive than a constructive statesman, and his most important service was in organizing the forces of revolution before 1775.

As the object exists through the constructive activity of the subject, so the subject lives in the construction of the object.

From the side of literature the way was prepared for it by the genius of Coleridge, Wordsworth and Carlyle; from the side of morals and politics by the profound discontent of the constructive spirit of the century with the disintegrating conceptions inherited from utilitarianism.

This description, quoted from James Clerk Maxwell's article in the 9th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, represents the historical position of the subject up till about 1860, when Maxwell began those constructive speculations in electrical theory, based on the influence of the physical views of Faraday and Lord Kelvin, which have in their subsequent development largely transformed theoretical physics into the science of the aether.

Palaeontology both borrows from and sheds light upon geology and other branches of the physical history of the earth, each of which, such as palaeogeography or palaeometeorology, is the more fascinating because of the large element of the unknown, the need for constructive imagination, the appeal to other branches of biological and physical investigation for supplementary evidence, and the necessity of constant comparison with the present aspects of nature.

The construction of the wooden external dome, and the support of the stone lantern by an inner cone of brickwork, quite independent of either the external or internal dome, are wonderful examples of his, constructive ingenuity.

Their physiological activities gradually fail owing to the constructive processes having become so exhausted from long use that the destructive ones are able to overtake them.

In his speech at the Albert Hall on the 21st of December 1905 it was noticeable that, before the elections, the prime minister laid stress on only one subject which could be regarded as part of a constructive programme - the necessity of doing something for canals, which was soon shelved to a royal commission.

The effect of pardon, whether actual or constructive, is to put the person pardoned in the position of an innocent man, so that he may have 1 See further, on the ethical aspect, Montesquieu, Esprit des lois, bk.

Brown and Escombe have shown that the amount of solar energy taken up by a green leaf may often be fifty times as much as it can utilize in the constructive processes of which it is the seat.

The successful course of the campaign and the large sums which he sent from Italy to the French exchequer served to strengthen his hold over the Directors, and his constructive policy grew more decided.

A brief consideration of some of the constructive achievements of his administration will show that the "destructive" theory of his political activities is not sustained by the facts.

When the ice sheets fronted on land sloping southward to the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers, the drift-laden streams flowed freely away from the ice border; and as the streams, escaping from their subglacial channels, spread in broader channels, they ordinarily could not carry forward all their load; hence they acted not as destructive but as constructive agents, and aggraded their courses.

He rejected the Platonic hypothesis of forms, and affirmed that they are not separate but common, without however as yet having advanced to a constructive metaphysics of his own; while at the same time, after having at first adopted his master's dialectical treatment of metaphysical problems, he soon passed from dialogues to didactic works,, which had the result of separating metaphysics from dialectic. The all-important consequence of this first departure from Platonism was that Aristotle became and remained primarily a metaphysician.

His exegesis owes its interest to his subjective resources rather than to breadth of learning; his power lay in spiritual vision rather than balanced judgment, and in the vivid apprehension of the factors which make the Christian personality, rather than in constructive doctrinal statement.

The King's Own was a vast improvement, in point of construction, upon Frank Mildmay; and he went on, through a quick succession of tales, Newton Forster (1832), Peter Simple (1834), Jacob Faithful (1834), The Pacha of Many Tales (1835), Japhet in Search of a Father (1836), Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), The Pirate and the Three Cutters (1836), till he reached his highwater mark of constructive skill in Snarley-yow, or the Dog Fiend (1837).

Whatever one may think of the cogency of such arguments, it seems safe to conclude that thinkers, who dislike constructive idealism, but accept time and space as boundless given quanta, reach in that way the thought of infinity, and if they are theists, necessarily connect their theism with reflexions on the nature of Time and Space.

The object of the above sketch has been to embrace in constructive outline the ground usually covered analytically and on a far larger scale by Introductions to the New Testament, and by Histories of the New Testament Canon.

The tower of the Kutubia is a memorial of the constructive genius of the early Moors; both it and the similar Hasan tower at Rabat are after the type of the contemporary Giralda at Seville, and if tradition may be trusted, all three were designed by the same architect, Jabir.

The new compact was indicated in Mr Balfour's letter, in which he declared that "fiscal reform is, and must remain, the first constructive work of the Unionist party; its objects are to secure more equal terms of competition for British trade and closer commercial union with the colonies; and while it is at present unnecessary to prescribe the exact methods by which these objects are to be attained, and inexpedient to permit differences of opinion as to these methods to divide the party, though other means are possible, the establishment of a moderate general tariff on manufactured goods, not imposed for the purpose of raising prices, or giving artificial protection against legitimate competition, and the imposition of a small duty on foreign corn, are not in principle objectionable, and should be adopted if shown to be necessary for the attainment of the ends in view or for purposes of revenue."

The tempestuous politics of the war and reconstruction period suited his aggressive nature and constructive talent.

Both Mr. Gilman and Mr. Keith, the teachers who prepared her for college, were struck by her power of constructive reasoning; and she was excellent in pure mathematics, though she seems never to have enjoyed it much.