Finding no sort of principle of coherencewith each other in the nature and constitution of the several new republics of France, I considered what cement the legislators had provided for them from any extraneous materials.
Similarly the divine mind is defined in terms of logical principles, such as coherence and order, rather than in terms of the "here am I thinking" of the finite knower himself.
And again, by the manifest unity of subject, and by the continuance of the crusading army before the walls of Jerusalem, the poem of Tasso has a coherence and singleness, which is wanting to that of Virgil.
This book is in reality a collection of authorities, with no other internal coherence than is supplied by the subject and chronological order, but the compiler has missed little indeed which is of interest.
His fleets were equipped by fits and starts, and there was no order or coherence in the efforts.
It became his incessant endeavor to understand the coherence and unity of nature.
It was his life's task to search for the links of thiscoherence in order to find that unity which he knew to be in the moral as well as material universe.
As a pattern of tracery, it is wanting in coherence and subordination, and these faults are painfully evident outside.
He aimed at unity and coherence in the design of each bay, and for the sake of that unity and coherence he was forced to sacrifice the richness and fulness of pattern given by a prominent and independent triforium.
We must remember that the object is always but a portion of our consciousness: that portion which has enough coherence and articulation to be recognized as permanent and projected into the outer world.
They show a breadth in little, and a fondness for unexpected harmonies that do not disturb the coherence of her songs.
When we have realized that the pool of colour is, in fact, a design of extraordinary originality and perfect coherence our æsthetic appreciation is at its height.
If, then, a coherer be brought within the influence of the electric waves thrown out from a transmitter, coherence will occur whenever the key of the transmitter at the distant station is depressed.
The coherence will continue until the filings are mechanically shaken, when they will at once fall apart, as it were, insulation will be established, and the current will be broken.
These rebel wills are unseen by us and in most respects unknown, but they organize and give a certain coherence and continuity to evil in the world.
These slips were rare, and do not detract from the massive coherence of his doctrine.
Burke's description of it remains classic and unquestioned: "A complete system full of coherence and consistency, well digested and composed in all its parts .
The most fanciful plays of children rarely lose all touch with the mutual fitness and pertinency of various meanings to one another; the "freest" plays observe some principles of coherence and unification.
The facts as they stand are the data, the raw material of reflection; their lack of coherence perplexes and stimulates to reflection.
Many of his suggestions, both as to plan and detail, have been adopted and embodied in the thesis, and these have contributed materially to such logical coherence and technical accuracy as it may possess.
But if reality is experience, possessing order andcoherence in its own nature, the productive imagination is rendered superfluous.
Uprooted as they are from their country, their national coherence endures and seems likely to endure till their set time has come.
But we should not lose sight of the fact that, as the book is now arranged, it has a notablecoherence of its own, and the impression of unity which it conveys is in itself a result of great literary skill.
I am able to speak of it with coherence and restraint.
It will be equally profitable, at this point, to test the coherence of half a dozen paragraphs.
When the sentences in a paragraph hold together firmly, we should point out the cause; when coherence is lacking, we should try to discover to what its absence is due.
Singing on the breath" is also referred to this system of breath-control, but with no morecoherence than the "Support of the tone.
But to pursue this topic would lead us into difficult technicalities; I shall therefore assume, without further argument, that coherence is not sufficient as a definition of truth.
Coherence as the definition of truth is advocated by idealists, particularly by those who in the main follow Hegel.
