Whether Sentence Examples

Whether we want to admit it or not, we all wish everyone would like us.

He needs you right now, whether he knows it or not.

I really don't know whether to finish him or not.

I was unsure whether my husband would actually come with me.

Whether or not you take my deal, I'll help her.

It was hard to tell whether the sarcasm had gone over his head or he simply wasn't amused.

Whether or not she tells him is the big question.

Unsure whether to move away from him or verbally fend him off, she did neither.

We are not sure whether the station has been demolished or still exists.

It was hard to say whether Alex was withholding facts so she couldn't contest his decisions or simply because he thought she did not need to know.

There is some debate as to whether the poor should even try to feed themselves.

Whether things in the future stay the same as they are today or change from what they are today, both are understood in terms of the current reality.

She'd been on the verge of dying, discussing how her impending death forced her to decide whether she wanted to live or mourn.

He claimed he was giving her a choice the night before of whether she wanted to be with a sword-wielding maniac.

Whether it was the panic in my voice or my description of the facts, Jackson was beginning to realize the seriousness of what might be happening in his jurisdiction.

Let him tell you whether I have told the truth.

If he made a choice, she wanted it to be the choice he'd make whether or not she was there.

She had some money tucked away in a cookie jar in the kitchen and she intended to pay him something, whether he liked it or not.

To start off with, the film can't decide whether to be a comedy or an inept horror film.

Honestly, I don't know whether I can or not.

She wondered again whether or not he had a harem elsewhere.

He did not know whether he should take the right-hand fork or the left-hand.

It was hard to say whether she would visit Alex, or whether he would even know who she was.

But he told me he'd give me a choice about whether or not I wanted to be with him, even though he's obligated by those laws.

She could not fathom whether it was curiosity, devotion, gratitude, or apprehension and distrust--but the expression on all the faces was identical.

At the moment, she wasn't sure whether she found all his concern touching or insulting.

It was hard to tell whether he was trying to impress his sister or shock her.

Whether it was Pumpkin's advice or the sunny day, Cynthia's mood lightened as they drove.

We have recently been experimenting with heat meters, to see whether the possibility of charging via their readings is viable.

However, none of the restrictions recommended here will give any problems whether it is used or not.

His coachman did not even ask whether he was to wait.

It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.

Then I let her decide whether she will sew or knit or crochet.

For some time he stood in silence considering whether he should follow him or go away.

He had volunteered his help, and now he was going make his offer good... whether he wanted to or not.

Carmen was always willing to listen, whether it was something happening at work or his plans about the wildlife safari.

My offer is good whether you expire in three months or an eternity.

Whether or not she wished to accompany him was not his concern.

Whether that was good or bad was still up for debate.

Whether she did or not was none of his concern.

The total thermal effect, too, which is associated with the transformation, must be the same, whether the transformation is conducted directly or indirectly (Hess's Law of Constant Heat Sums), since the thermal effect depends only on the intrinsic energies of the initial and final systems.

There is no way to determine whether a given attribute comes from the source or not.

Rhyn frowned, not sure whether he wanted the woman or not.

He'd claimed her, whether in a fit of jealous fury after hearing Kris's name or for some other purpose.

She was barely on her feet and debated whether or not she'd get up to turn off the light or fall asleep right there.

The strange spell left her breathing hard and confused as to whether she'd had a heart attack or worse.

Jackson loved being out in the snow, whether skiing or just walking.

He feared the palace would go down with Death, what with the nonsense she was spouting about leaving.  He took in his best friend's features, uncertain whether becoming Death was a good thing or not.  Gabe looked the same, and hopefully, he wouldn't turn into the riddle-talking sociopath that preceded him.

While talking to Princess Mary he continually looked round as if asking everyone whether he was doing the right thing.

Whether or not you still care for me, you care for him.

If not for the nightmares, she'd carry him back to his bed, whether or not he liked it, but she found some comfort in having the angel so close.

She whipped around to see Kris standing in the doorway, holding the door open as if debating whether to enter.

His gaze burned into her, and she held her breath, awaiting his decision of whether or not to leave her alive.

Whether or not it translated or whether her voice was enough to alert him, all eyes fell to her before the conversation resumed.

She had already declared her intention of naming the baby Kiera whether it was a boy or girl.

Part of him knew the Council was stalling him for that reason, though whether they did so to hinder his efforts or to maintain the appearance of their power over him, he wasn't sure.

She was beyond his control, and so was her choice of whether or not to accept her place.

He watched her throughout the night's activities, seeking to judge whether Mansr's parting words were true.

She wondered how he'd destroyed his own planet, whether his sisters were still safe.

Just something that will tell us for sure whether it worked or not.

Katie couldn't care less whether she sees me or not.

Whether or not Josh was civil to him wouldn't make or break his day.

This maximum rate depends upon the kind of coal used, whether small, friable, bituminous or hard, upon the thickness of the fire, and upon the correct design and setting of the blast-pipe.

Whether or not further study of the scripts of these writers confirms this hypothesis, it cannot fail to throw light on the nature of the intelligence involved.

It is doubtful whether even the genius of Valdemar would have proved equal to such a stupendous task.

Hey, you're a witness and I want your statement, whether you like it or not!

He'd cave to Andre's advice and double-check with Darkyn about whether or not his mate owed the Dark One anything – formally or informally.

She couldn't distinguish whether it was male or female.

Dean hadn't had time for a discussion with Cynthia about whether or not to tell Edith Shipton of the inquiry about her staying at Bird Song.

Men let it rest for a while, then figure out whether to nurse it back to health or kill it.

While contemplating whether Freckles would be worth having to influence the other three or not, Jackson caught sight of someone in his peripheral vision.

Elisabeth wondered whether he meant that she liked cars or that she could whistle like a guy.

When the last box was filled with plates, he contemplated whether to wake Elisabeth or not.

Sarah and Connor were discussing whether or not to cancel Thanksgiving with his family when Jackson returned.

After twenty or thirty years of marriage, they would still be alone together, whether or not they had any children.

Having never been propositioned before, she didn't know whether to be angry or terrified.

I'm glad to see Parkside is looking out for its citizens, regardless of the hour and whether they deserve it or not.

I don't much like get­ting out foxed by Byrne, whether he's alone or with someone else, but if he's gone, I can't for the life of me think of what to do next to track him down.

I'm sure she's the only one who cares whether she's a virgin on her wedding day.

If people are going to think bad things about me, it won't matter whether I'm staying here at night or simply going out with him.

Whether it was right or wrong, it certainly felt good to step into his stride.

Alex, whether or not I eat breakfast isn't a decision for you.

What difference did it make whether she thought of him that way every waking minute, or only when her mind wasn't distracted by something else?

Whether he used his magic to put her to sleep, or her body needed it, she instantly fell into a deep, dreamless slumber.

She wasn't sure whether to trust him or not but nodded, praying he was telling the truth.

Without touching her, Bianca could still feel Sofi's body preparing to expel the child within, whether or not she went to a hospital.

Whether or not Jonny would ever know that same sense of peace, there was always a chance he could.

Whether due to his anger or his concern for Rissa, Vara didn't return.

The demon peered out at him, as if trying to judge whether or not he lied.

Her gaze was fixed on him, something obviously going on behind eyes that couldn't decide whether they were green or blue.

Whether it was love or blood that made his father insist that Alex inherit the estate, Alex was as trapped as a prince.

Whether it was the way he did it or they simply didn't understand, there was no wailing as she had anticipated.

Whether he was pleased, upset or simply didn't care wasn't evident.

Why would he care whether it's a male or a female – as long as they're qualified?

What difference did it make whether there was a snake or Ed got nervous and threw her?

Whether he meant she looked good or literally cool was unclear, but his smile was definitely supportive.

Whether he was referring to the fact that they were leaving or that Alex had left her was unclear.

Unsure whether she was welcome in their conversation, she remained in the corner.

Whether or not Mr. O'Hara had an heir was the least of his concerns.

Whether or not their life together was a success had little to do with wealth or lack of it.

Whether you turn her over to us or keep her, she's gonna find out.

It matters to me, whether or not you think it should!

He was still debating whether or not he'd need to find a substitute for dinner, if he was going to lose this round with Jessi again.

Whether she chose him or obeyed Jonny, people got hurt.

But we may doubt whether the Norman invaders of Sicily were Norman in much more than being commanded by Norman leaders.

These rights, whether of monopoly or of subsidy, form a means of abuse in many directions.

It is well known that in after years he had doubts whether he should not compose his great work in French; and it is certain that his familiarity with that language, in spite of considerable efforts to counteract its effects, tinged his style to the last.

We do not know whether the comets are really indigenous to the solar system or whether they may not be merely imported into the system from the depths of space.

Here, on the 2nd ' of June 1567, whether by premeditated treachery or in a sudden brawl is uncertain, he was slain by the MacDonnells, and was buried at Glenarm.

We wonder whether there are any performance gains in using threads.

In the past, success relied heavily on whether an entrepreneur could move an offline experience online better than someone else.

Whether it was the wine he had drunk, or an impulse of frankness, or the thought that this man did not, and never would, know any of those who played a part in his story, or whether it was all these things together, something loosened Pierre's tongue.

Pierre could not afterwards remember how he went, whether it was far, or in which direction.

Whether that desire was conveyed by him or originated in her head was a mystery, but when he drew her into his arms, she was willing.

She stopped a few feet from the entrance, debating whether she should just leave, until she heard A'Ran's name.

She acted graciously with all the guests, yet he could pick up subtle nuances that affirmed whether she was speaking to someone who genuinely understood art, or a snob who merely bought it to be in vogue.

It was hard to tell whether he was being secretive or there simply wasn't anything to tell.

It wasn't important whether you were right or wrong.

She was debating whether there was a polite way to tell him she was done with his game and how likely he was to stalk her and the cousins, until he got what he wanted.

Jessi gazed at him, realizing she'd made a choice, whether or not she was ready for the consequences.

Whether or not she knew it, she was his, the second woman in his life he was allowing into his world.

On all disputed points, whether commercial, religious or political, his advice was invariably sought by the foreign ministers and the Chinese alike.

Gockel observed similar effects at Freiburg-though he seems doubtful whether the relationship is direct-but the influence of temperature on I + seemed reduced when the ground was covered with snow.

It should always be specially noted whether the fungi to be consumed are in a fresh and wholesome condition, otherwise they act as a poison in precisely the same way as does any other semi-putrid vegetable.

Whether, as alleged by some, Waynflete fled and hid himself during the period covered by the battle of Wakefield and Edward's fist parliament in 1461, is very doubtful.

But whether the great gods of polytheism were really transfigured ancestors is very doubtful.

The supreme court, whether rightly or wrongly, assumed a jurisdiction of first instance over the entire province of Bengal.

Whether a pouch is present or not, the young are born in an exceedingly imperfect state of development, after a very short period of gestation, and are immediately transferred by the female parent to the teats, where they remain firmly attached for a considerable time; the milk being injected into their mouths at intervals by means of a special muscle which compresses the glands.

But, when we look at the many passages in which the violas double the basses, we shall do well to consider whether there is room in the harmonic scheme for the violas to do anything else, and whether the effect would not be thin without them.

It is uncertain whether any of the names of the islands given by Ptolemy ought to be attached to the Andamans; yet it is probable that his name itself is traceable in the Alexandrian geographer.

The servants came out to meet them, and he asked where the old prince was and whether he was expected back soon.

One or other of these types is to be found in cats of almost all breeds, whether Persian, short-haired or Manx; and there appear to be no intermediate stages between them.

In Great Britain wild cats survive only in some of the Scottish forests, and even there it is difficult to decide whether pure-bred specimens are extant.

When Descartes complained to the authorities of this unfair treatment, 4 the only reply was an order by which all mention of the name of Cartesianism, whether favourable or adverse, was forbidden in the university.

It has been doubted whether Pericles favoured this enterprise, but among its chief promoters were two of his friends, Lampon the soothsayer and Hippodamus the architect.

It is doubtful whether, as is commonly assumed, they were considered as ipso facto enemies; they were rather guests.

From these it is clear that the country fell in turn under the sway of the various dynasties that ruled in the Deccan, memorials of the Chalukyan dynasty, whether temples or inscriptions, being especially abundant.

The president was for some time in doubt whether he had any right to intervene in provincial affairs, but eventually troops were despatched to La Plata.

The ministers, whether members of parliament or not, have the right to sit in both chambers and can address the house whenever they choose, though a minister may only vote in the chamber of which he happens to be a member.

Its function is to examine criminal cases and to decide whether they shall be referred for trial to the lower courts or the cours dassises.

It was disputed in earlier times whether the temple was dedicated to Zeus or Athena.

Macan, suggest the period between Solon and Peisistratus, c. 570 B.C. It may be questioned, however, whether the whole episode is not mythical.

But whether the city really bore the name of the people and the country is another question.

Moreover, it is doubtful from extant remains of Assyrian calendars whether the astrological week prevailed in civil life even among the Babylonians and Assyrians.

For the theological discussions whether and in what sense type fourth commandment is binding on Christians, see Decalogue.

It remains, therefore, to ask whether any information can be had about the language of this primitive -COfolk, and whether they can be identified as the authors of any of the various archaeological strata now recognized on Italian soil.

Another objection is advanced from the standpoint of naturalism, which, whether it issues in materialism or not, seeks to explain man as but a product of the process of nature.

The evidence on the question of whether they believed in a Supreme Being is very contradictory.

The fear was as to whether the statutory number of 80,000 votes necessary for the acceptance of the bill would be reached.

In all this legislation one of the most hotly contested points was whether the arbitration court should be given power to lay it down that workers who were members of a trade union should be employed in preference to non-unionists.

The chief authority for determining whether these conditions are satisfied or not is the Federal arbitration court.

The act was strongly opposed by the government of Queensland, and the question was raised as to whether it was based on a true interpretation of the constitution.

The solution of the question hinges upon the interpretation of the canons, that is, upon whether they are to be taken as reflecting a recent, or as pointing to an imminent, persecution.

In the latter year the government of the French Republic confided to him a mission to Rome at the moment when it was a question whether the expelled pope would return to the Vatican with or without bloodshed.

Whether the division of the lobus dexter into two divisions - (i) lobus dexter proper and (2) lobus quadratus, as in modern anatomical nomenclature - was also assumed in Babylonian hepatoscopy, is not certain, but the groove separating the right lobe into two sections - the fossa venae umbilicalis - was recognized and distinguished by the designation of "river of the liver."

It was discussed in the 12th century whether this sacrament is indelible like baptism, or whether it can be repeated; and the latter view, that of Peter Lombard, prevailed.

And he who would understand what he remembers to have been said, whether in a dream or when he was awake, by the prophetic and enthusiastic nature, or what he has seen, must first recover his wits; and then he will be able to explain rationally what all 1 This misunderstanding of Acts ii.

The chief uncertainty is as to whether he knew Justin's Syntagma, and also as to whether he had access to the Philosophumena of Hippolytus in their complete form.

He never lost an opportunity, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, of pressing on his hearers that the greatest future for Canada lay in unity with the rest of the British Empire; and his broad statesman-like judgment made him an authority which politicians of all parties were glad to consult.

In several passages the interpretation is bound up with that of Mizraim, and depends in general upon the question whether Ethiopia at a given time enjoyed the prominence given to it.

The latter play was 1 Some doubt has been expressed as to whether the eggs are extruded or hatched within the body.

In order to see whether the heat came out of the chips he compared the capacity for heat of the chips abraded by the boring bar with that of an equal quantity of the metal cut from the block by a fine saw, and obtained the same result in the two cases, from which he concluded that "the heat produced could not possibly have been furnished at the expense of the latent heat of the metallic chips."

Whether this justifies Wagner's successors and imitators in showing a constant preference for passages of which not even the general outline is practicable; whether it justifies a state of things in which the normal compass of every instrument in an advanced loth-century score would appear to be about a fifth higher than any player of that instrument will admit;, whether it proves that it is artistically desirable that when there.

The word is still sometimes employed in this sense, as of the ship's telegraph, by means of which orders are mechanically transmitted from the navigating bridge to the engine room, but when used without qualification it usually denotes telegraphic apparatus worked by electricity, whether the signals that express the words of the message are visual, auditory or written.

B, indicating whether a station is calling, in case the relay sticks or is out of adjustment.

Incoming currents pass from line through one coil of the relay, the key, and either the battery or battery resistance, according as whether the key is raised or depressed.

Scudamore, second secretary to the Post Office, to inquire and report whether the electric telegraph service could be beneficially worked by the Post Office, and whether it would entail any very large expenditure on the.

At the receiving station the differences in these systems depend chiefly upon variations in the actual form of the oscillation detector used, whether it be a loose contact or a thermal, electrolytic or magnetic detector.

It is necessary that the operators working at a multiple board shall be able to ascertain without entering a subscriber's circuit whether the circuit be disengaged.

With a proper arrangement of the operator's speaking set it is possible, by touching the socket of a jack with the tip of a peg or a special " test " thimble, to determine whether the circuit connected to the jack is in use.

The corporation of Glasgow having persisted in its efforts to obtain a licence, the Treasury appointed Sheriff Andrew Jameson (afterwards Lord Ardwall) a special commissioner to hold a local inquiry in Glasgow to report whether the telephone service in that city was adequate and efficient and whether it was expedient to grant the corporation a licence.

The substitution of steamships for sailing vessels has brought about a diminution in the number of vessels belonging to the Italian mercantile marine, whether employed in the coasting trade, the fisheries or in traffic on the high seas.

It should also here be noticed that the changes introduced into the holding of the fiefs, whether by altering their boundaries or substituting Frankish for Lombard vassals, were chief among the causes why the feudal system took no permanent hold in Italy.

The purely selfish bond between condottieri and their employers, whether princes or republics, involved intrigues and treachery, checks and counterchecks, secret terror on the one hand and treasonable practice on the other, which ended by making statecraft in Italy synonymous with perfidy.

Italy and expelling the foreigner, and told that he was free to choose whether he would be the first of men or the last of Italian tyrants.

The question whether this surplus was real or only apparent has been much debated, but t,here is no reason to doubt its substantial reality.

Notwithstanding the pontiffs bestowal of the apostolic benediction in articulo mortis upon Victor Emmanuel, the attitude of the Vatican had remained so inimical as to make it doubtful whether the conclave would be held in Rome.

The rivalry between these two officials in Tunisia contributed not a little to strain FrancoItalian relations, but it is doubtful whether France would have precipitated her action had not General Menabrea, Italian ambassador in London, urged his government to purchase the Tunis-Goletta railway from the English company by which it had been constructed.

Lord Granville further inquired whether Italy would co-operate in pacifying the Sudan, and received an affirmative reply.

In December 1898 he convoked a diplomatic conference in Rome to discuss secret means for the repression of anarchist propaganda and crime in view of the assassination of the empress of Austria by an Italian anarchist (Luccheni), but it is doubtful whether results of practical value were achieved.

He was voted guilty by the Commons; but while the Lords were disputing whether the accused peer should have bail, and whether the charges amounted to more than a misdemeanour, parliament was prorogued on the 30th of December and dissolved three weeks later.

Some uncertainty may be felt whether pantheism should rank as a theism.

Lecky, 4 whether such a philosophy affords a basis for natural theology at all; but the attempt is made.

Pure scientific theory cannot tell you when you have got such a cause, or whether you ever get it at all.

He draws no inferences to theology or religion, whether friendly or hostile, from his new positions.

Still, one would not dispute whether God existed; but what he was - that was the hard question.

We, from the altered modern point of view, may doubt whether Butler's curious account of the mechanism of moral psychology is a simple report of facts.

Yet it is a very grave question whether the idea of God's moral government admits of being argued as pure matter of fact.

When Otto Ritschl interprets values hedonistically - recoiling from Hegel's idealism the whole way to empiricism - he brings again to our minds the doubt whether hedonist ethics can serve as a foundation for any religious belief.

Whether he had really given any grounds for suspicion is unknown; but there is no doubt, so great was his popularity with the soldiers and such the hatred felt for Nero, that he could easily have seized the throne.

Whether sporogony occurs also in the polyp or not remains to be proved.

Thus he suggests that man has not eyes of a microscopic delicacy, because he would receive no great advantage from such acute organs, since though adding indefinitely to his speculative knowledge of the physical world they would 1 Yet he leaves open the question whether the Deity has annexed thought to matter as a faculty, or whether it rests on a distinct spiritual principle.

Locke half playfully touches on certain monsters, with respect to which it is difficult to determine whether they ought to be called men.

The enunciation by Descartes of the conception that the physical universe, whether living or not living, is a mechanism, and that, as such, it is explicable on physical principles.

Erasmus Darwin (Zoonomia, 17 94), though a zealous evolutionist, can hardly be said to have made any real advance on his predecessors; and, notwithstanding the fact that Goethe had the advantage of a wide knowledge of morphological facts, and a true insight into their signification, while he threw all the power of a great poet into the expression of his conceptions, it may be questioned whether he supplied the doctrine of evolution with a firmer scientific basis than it already possessed.

Whether he was the same as Sozon, a marine deity of southern Asia Minor, is doubtful.

The fifth canon provides that those, whether clerics or laymen, who are cut off from communion in any particular province are not to be admitted thereto elsewhere.

Still examination must be had whether persons have been expelled from the congregation by any episcopal small-mindedness (µucpokxia), or contentious spirit, or such-like harshness (evibia).

The penalties which the spiritual court could inflict, in the period between the edict of Milan and c. 854, were properly excommunication whether generally or as exclusion from the sacraments for a term of months or years or till the day of death and (in the case of clerics) suspension or deposition.

Concerning " felonious " clerks the great questions discussed were whether the courts Christian had exclusive jurisdiction or the king's court, or whether there was a concurrent jurisdiction.

But the matter is now determined for all countries which have adopted codes, whether after the pattern of the Code Napoleon or otherwise.

Both these allied forms occur throughout central and southern Europe, but, though now abundant in England, it is doubtful whether they are there indigenous.

The Theriaca prepared at Venice had the highest reputation, probably because in Venice the component parts were exposed to the inspection of wise men and doctors for two months, to determine whether they were or were not fit for use.

The term Anatomy, originally employed in biological science to denote a description of the facts of structure revealed on cutting up an organism, whether with or without the aid of lenses for the purposes of magnification, is restricted in the present article, in accordance with a common modern use, to those facts of internal structure not concerned with the constitution of the individual cell, the structural unit of which the plant is composed.

The use of the term to mean the individualized nucleated mass of living protoplasm, which, whether with or without a limiting membrane, primitively forms the proximate histological element of the body of every organism, dates from the second quarter of the i9th century.

To this type of steIn having a ground-tissue pith, whether with or without internal phloem, is given the name siphonostele to distinguish it from the solid haplostele characteristic of the root, the first-formed portion of the stem, and in the more primitive Pteridophytes, of the whole of the axis.

The extent of development of the phelloderm is dependent upon whether the phellogen has a superficial or a deep-seated origin.

Whether the leaf is brightly or only moderately illuminated, the same relative proportions of the total energy absorbed are devoted to the purposes of composition and construction respectively.

It is not certain either whether the action of the chlorophyll apparatus is confined to the manufacture of carbohydrates or whether it is concerned, and if so how far, with the construction of proteids also.

It is not quite certain whether a true pepsin exists in plants, but many trypsins have been discovered, and one form of erepsin, at least, is very widespread.

Moreover, we have good reasons for inferring that different constellations of external causes may determine whether the internal physiological disturbances induced by a given agent shall lead to pathological and dangerous variations, or to changes which may be harmless or even advantageous to the plant concerned.

Whether this is entirely confined to the nucleus is, however, not certain.

The root is an axis which never bears either leaves or the proper reproductive organs (whether sexual or asexual) of the plant.

Material Cause of DifferentiationIt may be inquired, in conclusion, if there are any facts which throw light upon the internal mechanism of differentiation, whether spontaneous or induced; if it is possible to refer it to any material cause.

This modification is important, because it transfers the formative influence from the plastic substances to the protoplasm, suggesting that, the diverse constituents are produced (whether spontaneously or as the result of stimulation) as secretions by the protoplasm.

In all these cases it is a nice question whether we are tracing an ascending or descending stream.

The Proteaceous genus Helicia reaches as far north as China, but whether it is starting or returning must as inothercases be left an open question.

It does not seem that any maritime trade followed these discoveries, and indeed it is doubtful whether his contemporaries accepted the truth of Pytheas's narrative; Strabo four hundred years later certainly did not, but the critical studies of modern scholars have rehabilitated the Massilian explorer.

An elevation of great extent which rises at a very gentle angle from a surrounding depression is termed a " rise," one which is relatively narrow and steep-sided a " ridge," and one which is approximately equal in length and breadth but steep-sided a " plateau," whether it springs direct from a depression or from a rise.

Different species of organisms come to perfection in different climates; and it may be stated as a general rule that a species, whether of plant or animal, once established at one point, would spread over the whole zone of the climate congenial to it unless some barrier were interposed to its progress.

But it is doubtful whether the psalm, as distinguished from the Hebrew Psalter, can be said to have any independent existence.

When the rustic talks in the vernacular to his horse he is not much concerned to know whether he is heard and understood; still less when he mutters threats against an absent rival, or kicks the stool that has tripped him up with a vicious "Take that!"

He had a strong inclination to mysticism, but whether certain kabbalistic works are rightly attributed to him is doubtful.

After completing these reductions, Airy made inquiries, before engaging in any theoretical investigation in connexion with them, whether any other mathematician was pursuing the subject, and learning that Hansen had taken it in hand under the patronage of the king of Denmark, but that, owing to the death of the king and the consequent lack of funds, there was danger of his being compelled to abandon it, he applied to the admiralty on Hansen's behalf for the necessary sum.

The Conqueror beyond doubt sincerely aimed at being a religious reformer both in his duchy and in his kingdom, while it is needless to say that his immediate successor was exceptionally ungodly, whether among Normans or among other men.

Whether Basilides himself had already given this magic tendency to Gnosticism cannot be decided.

Lameere's classification is founded on the number of abdominal sterna, the nervuration of the wings, the number of malpighian tubules (whether four or six) and other structural characters.

The first of these, based on the English model, are the courts of the elected justices of the peace, with jurisdiction over petty causes, whether civil or criminal; the second, based on the French model, are the ordinary tribunals of nominated judges, sitting with or without a jury to hear important cases.

This classification is based partly upon special conditions of service, which make some articles more economical to carry than others (with particular reference to the question whether the goods are offered to the companies in car-loads or in small parcels), but chiefly with regard to the commercial value of the article, and its consequent ability to bear a high charge or a low one.

While the superficial appearance of the railway tariff is different for different countries, and sometimes for different parts of the same country, the general principles laid down are followed in rate-making by all well-managed lines, whether state or private.

When a line has once been inspected and passed, it lies with the company to maintain it in accordance with the standard of efficiency it originally possessed, but no express statutory obligation to do so is imposed upon the company, and whether it does so or not, the Board of Trade cannot interfere.

Although this fact will not in itself make the companies liable to any process of reorganization similar to that following insolvency and foreclosure of the American railway, it is probable that reorganization of some sort must nevertheless take place in Great Britain, and it may well be questioned whether the position of the transportation system of that country would not have been better if it had been built up and projected on the experience gained by actual earlier losses, as in the United States.

His early life was spent at Croydon, but it is not certain whether he was educated at Oxford or Cambridge.

But in the secret depths of her soul the question whether her engagement to Boris was a jest or an important, binding promise tormented her.

He invited Prince Andrew to come and see them, and asked his daughter whether she was enjoying herself.

When he appeared at the door she grew flurried, evidently undecided whether to go to meet him or to wait till he came up.

The colonel of the Polish uhlans, a handsome old man, flushed and, fumbling in his speech from excitement, asked the aide-de-camp whether he would be permitted to swim the river with his uhlans instead of seeking a ford.

But the question whether the camp was advantageous or disadvantageous remained for him undecided.

The doctor, whether from lack of means or because he did not like to part from his young wife in the early days of their marriage, took her about with him wherever the hussar regiment went and his jealousy had become a standing joke among the hussar officers.

He had asked Pierre to find out whether he would be accepted in the hussars.

What does it matter to you whether our homes are ruined or not?

He had not decided what it should mean when he heard the voice of the eldest princess at the door asking whether she might come in.

It was already dark, and Pierre could not make out whether the expression of Prince Andrew's face was angry or tender.

He asked whether the Russians had not withdrawn, and was told that the enemy's fires were still in the same places.

The adjutant asked whether Napoleon wished the troops to cross it?

The horse first, regardless of whether it was right or wrong to show fear, snorted, reared almost throwing the major, and galloped aside.

It was not Napoleon alone who had experienced that nightmare feeling of the mighty arm being stricken powerless, but all the generals and soldiers of his army whether they had taken part in the battle or not, after all their experience of previous battles--when after one tenth of such efforts the enemy had fled--experienced a similar feeling of terror before an enemy who, after losing HALF his men, stood as threateningly at the end as at the beginning of the battle.

For instance, on the twenty-eighth it is suggested to him to cross to the Kaluga road, but just then an adjutant gallops up from Miloradovich asking whether he is to engage the French or retire.

It seemed not to matter whether all or only half the things were left behind.

The countess went up to her daughter and touched her head with the back of her hand as she was wont to do when Natasha was ill, then touched her forehead with her lips as if to feel whether she was feverish, and finally kissed her.

Prince Vasili sternly declaimed, looking round at his audience as if to inquire whether anyone had anything to say to the contrary.

Pierre heard the French consulting whether to shoot them separately or two at a time.

Natasha was gazing at her, but seemed afraid and in doubt whether to say all she knew or not; she seemed to feel that before those luminous eyes which penetrated into the very depths of her heart, it was impossible not to tell the whole truth which she saw.

Recalling the moment at the ambulance station when he had seen Kuragin, he could not now regain the feeling he then had, but was tormented by the question whether Kuragin was alive.

What does it matter whether it is St. Nicholas or St. Blasius?

The horses, being drenched by the rain, all looked black whether chestnut or bay.

That was why Petya had blushed and grown confused when Denisov asked him whether he could stay.

Petya rode beside him, longing to look round to see whether or not the French were running after them, but not daring to.

At the moment he wanted nothing more than to reach out to her, and he was uncertain whether he wanted more to kiss those perfect lips or shake some sense into her.

There are, of course, numerous problems relating to the nature, limits and dates of the two recensions, of the incorporated sources, and of other sources (whether early or late) of independent origin; and here there is naturally room for much divergence of opinion.

The oldest narratives are not in their original contexts, and they contain features which render it questionable whether a very trustworthy recollection of the period was retained.

The Judaean narratives do not allow us to fill the gap or to determine whether Judaean policy under the regent Jehoiada would be friendly or hostile to Israel, or whether Judaean nobles may have severed the earlier bond of union.

It is uncertain whether Sennacherib invaded Judah again shortly before his death, never,- theless the land was practically under the control of Assyria.

Josiah at once interposed; it is uncertain whether, in spite of the power of Egypt, he had hopes of extending his kingdom, or whether the famous reformer was, like Manasseh, a vassal of Assyria.

An outburst of Jewish religious feeling is dated in the second year of Darius (520), but whether Judah was making a bold bid for independence or had received special favour for abstaining from the above revolts, external evidence alone can decide.

Thus, in any estimate of the influence of Babylonia upon the Old Testament, it is obviously necessary to ask whether certain features (a) are of true Babylonian origin, or (b) merely find parallels or analogies in its stores of literature; whether the indebtedness goes back to very early times or to the age of the Assyrian domination or to the exiles who now returned.

It may be doubted, however, whether the material is sufficient for such restoration or reconstruction.'

Whether the master of the provinces, in which there were Jews, be an Alexander, a Ptolemy, a Seleucid or a Roman, the force by which he rules is the force of Greek culture.

The people were presumably out of sympathy with hellenizers, whether they belonged to the house of Onias or that of Tobiah.

Whether led by this Mattathias or not, certain Jews fled into the wilderness and found a leader in Judas Maccabaeus his reputed son, the first of the five Asmonean (Hasmonean) brethren.

Whether they expanded at the expense of weak aboriginal tribes or were conquered by more robust invaders, Chinese civilization prevailed and assimilated alike the conquered and the conquerors.

It is questionable whether David could have become king over all Israel immediately after the death of Ishbaal.

The main problem is whether the account of David's rule has been exaggerated, or whether the attempt has been made to throw back to the time of the first king of all Israel later political conditions.

It is not quite certain whether these are to be regarded as the remnant of an earlier excretory system, replaced among the Oligochaeta by the subsequently developed paired structures, or whether these "head kidneys" are the first pair of nephridia precociously developed.

It is disputed whether these micronephridia are or are not connected together in each segment and from segment to segment.

I doubt whether it has been so well known to the world, and I am convinced that great injustice has been done him.

Whatever may be said of the original creation of the Constitution, whether by the states or by the people, its development under the influences of a growing nationalism was a strong support to Webster's argument, and no other speech so strengthened Union sentiment throughout the North; its keynote was "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable."

Whether he was a Greek, a Roman or a Goth we do not know; nor can we say when he wrote, though his work may be dated conjecturally in the early part of the reign of Theodoric the Great.

Many of the inhabitants of the conquered districts, however, still clung to the old connexion, and on the 30th of September 1872 - the day by which the people were required to determine whether they would consider themselves German subjects and remain, or French subjects and transfer their domicile to France-45,000 elected to be still French, and sorrowfully took their departure.

Whether through jealous y of the ascendancy which Turgot had acquired over the king, or through the natural incompatibility of their characters, he was already inclined to take sides against Turgot, and the reconciliation between him and the queen, which took place about this time, meant that he was henceforth the tool of the Polignac clique and the Choiseul party.

Whether or no he can be said to have founded a school, his doctrines have become so far part of the common thought of the time, that there is hardly an educated man who does not accept as too clear for argument truths which were invisible till Bentham pointed them out.

As a teacher of legislation he inquires Of all institutions whether their utility justifies their existence.

The time had come for deliberate reconstruction, for inquiring whether the existence of many admitted evils was, as it was said to be, unavoidable; for proving that the needs of society may be classified and provided for by contrivances which shall not clash --?

The owner in fee and life tenant, the occupier, whether of large or of small holding, whether under lease, or custom, or agreement, or the provisions of the Agricultural Holdings Act - all without distinction have been involved in a general calamity."

Of mineral constituents, whether used alone or in mixture with nitrogenous manures, phosphates are much more effective than mixtures of salts of potash, soda and magnesia.

In Anglo-Saxon England in the 7th and 8th centuries it seems certain that each of the larger kingdoms, Kent, Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria, had its separate witan, or council, but there is a difference of opinion as to whether this was identical with, or distinct from, the folkmoot, in which, theoretically at least, all freemen had the right to appear.

Not unnaturally the training which the younger Mill received has aroused amazement and criticism; and it is reasonable to doubt whether the material knowledge which he retained in the result was as valuable to him as his father imagined.

There can be little doubt that this thought, whether or not in the clear shape that it afterwards assumed, was the germ of all that is most distinctive in his system of political economy.

Sometimes he speaks of political economy as a department "carved out of the general body of the science of society;" whilst on the other hand the title of his systematic work implies a doubt whether political economy is a part of "social philosophy" at all, and not rather a study preparatory and auxiliary to it.

After all, it is only a question of probabilities, and the difficulties of fitting a wife and child into the story seem to be very great, whether we conceive them left behind by Demetrius in Italy, or sent out of the country before him.

But it is doubtful whether the most complete investigation would ever enable us to include all the elements of the standard of life in a money estimate.

The first step is to see whether there is a prima facie case for inquiry, for many acts of parliament have been passed which have never come into operation at all, or have been administered only for a short time on too limited a scale to have important or lasting results.

Whether such large numbers have the character of the " economic man " of the early economists matters very little.

This is true whether their method is good or bad, whether their conclusions are true or false.

Whether a modern economist accepts his views or not is of no importance.

It everywhere shows a preference for a moist but well-drained soil, and never attains its full stature or luxuriance of growth upon arid ground, whether on plain or mountain - a peculiarity that should be remembered by the planter.

She informed Sadler that Arran had asked her whether Henry had made propositions of marriage to herself, and that she had stated that "if Henry should mind or offer her such an honour she must account herself much bounden."

Whether the closed primitive shell-sac of the slugs (and with it the transient embryonic shell-gland of all other Mollusca) is precisely the same thing as the closed sac in which the calcareous pen or shell of the Cephalopod Sepia and its allies is formed, is a further question which we shall consider when dealing with the Cephalopoda.

It has suspected and amended its author, it has expunged his heresies; but whether it has put anything better or more tenable in their place may be gravely questioned.

Many pieces still in existence are wrongly ascribed to him.; yet it is doubtful whether a single one of them was composed on purpose to deceive.

Military affairs in this period are dealt with under Napoleonic Campaigns; but it may be noted here that during the anxious days which Napoleon spent at the camp of Boulogne in the second and third weeks of August 1805, uncertain whether to risk all in an attack on England in case Villeneuve should arrive, or to turn the Grand Army against Austria, the only step which he took to avert a continental war was the despatch of General Duroc to Berlin to offer Hanover to Prussia on consideration of her framing a close alliance with France.

It is highly doubtful whether Carteret could have reconciled his duty to the crown with his private friendships, if government had persisted in endeavouring to force the detested coinage on the Irish people.

Whether he used the words attributed to him in the Annual Register for 1761 is more than doubtful, but the minutes of council show that they express his meaning.

Whether either plan suits the "Homeric palace" does not affect the present question.

It has been disputed whether any true cerci exist in the higher insects, but they are probably represented in the Diptera and in the scorpionflies (Mecaptera).

The development of the armature has been little studied, and the question whether there may be present gonapophyses homologous with those of the female is open.

The question whether these projections can be considered an indication of former polypody in insects has been raised.

In connexion with the question whether metamorphosis has been gradually acquired, we have to consider two aspects, viz.

Here there is only space to name Bontius, Clusius, Hernandez (or Fernandez), Marcgrave, Nieremberg and Piso, 6 whose several works describing the natural products of both the Indies - whether the result of their own observation or compilation - together with those of Olina and Worm, produced a marked effect, since they led up to what may be deemed the foundation of scientific ornithology.'

It has passed through a far greater number of editions than any other work on natural history in the whole world, and has become emphatically an English classic - the graceful simplicity of its style, the elevating tone of its spirit, and the sympathetic chords it strikes recommending it to every lover of Nature, while the severely scientific reader can scarcely find an error in any statement it contains, whether of matter of fact or opinion.

On reviewing the progress of ornithology since the end of the 18th century, the first thing that will strike us is the fact that general works, though still undertaken, have become proportionally fewer, while special works, whether relating to the ornithic portion of the fauna of any particular country, or limited to certain groups of birds - works to which the name of " Monograph " has become wholly restricted - have become far more numerous.

He of course knew the investigations of L'Herminier and De Blainville on sternal formation, and he also seems to have been aware of some pterylological differences exhibited by birds - whether those of Nitzsch or those of Jacquemin is not stated.

The Doge Domenico Selvo began the decoration of the church in 1071, though it is uncertain whether any of his work can be now identified.

It is very doubtful whether these books really belonged to Petrarch.

In Athens in the sixth prytany of each year the representatives of the Boule asked the Ecclesia whether it was for the welfare of the state that ostracism should take place.

But the tenacity with which it was clung to, proved that it was suited to the community; and whether helpful or harmful to, it was not inconsistent with, the continuance of growth and prosperity.

In 1855 a number of For several years it was uncertain whether Cambridge, Charlestown or Boston should be the capital of the colony, but in 1632 the General Court agreed " by general consent, that Boston is the fittest place for public meetings of any place in the Bay."

All creatures exist only through the continuous creative energy of the Divine Being, and are no more independent of his will than are our thoughts independent of us, - or rather less, for there are thoughts which force themselves upon us whether we will or not.