Do they present the marks of traditionary history; or of being three works composed by three different authors, who not only wrote independently of each other, but who used no common source of information?
Suppose two chroniclers, B and C, have used, each in his own way, a common source X, which has now disappeared.
This is a common source of error, though it does not readily occur to one, and is to be suspected wherever the author was obliged to procure information in which he took little interest, in order to fill up a blank form.
Other examples might be given, but these I think may suffice to prove that this Text was the common source of both classes.
The following comparison will also show that these two Latin versions have probably had a common source, such as is here suggested.
It is probable therefore that an Italian version similarly divided was the common source of what we call the Geographic Latin and of Pipino's more condensed version.
Clearly both derived from a common source, either the old pagan traditions on which the early Vehms were founded or the system of the Templars.
Even if we deny direct affiliation, we must surely admit a common source of inspiration producing, if not a continuation, at any rate a periodic revival of the same ideas.
Thus Templarism and Rosicrucianism appear to have been always closely connected, a fact which is not surprising since both derive from a common source--the traditions of the near East.
Furthermore, the placing of the battery in series in the circuit of the two combined lines does not lend itself readily to the supply of current from a common source to more than a single pair of lines.
We may therefore, I think, fairly consider the causes which may have led to the adoption of this weapon as sprung from a common source.
The tang or barbed form, however, differs sufficiently from the European forms of the same class to show that they arose independently, and were not derived from a common source.
No connexion that I am aware of is known to have existed between these remote tribes, which are of totally different races, but the forms of their shields here represented must, I think, have been derived from a common source.
Finally, it would seem that Pseudo-Manessier, A IIIA, and the Grand St. Graal drew their information one from the other or from a common source.
It is evident that the forms of the Serian digit “seven” are variants from a common source, and it is equally apparent that the numeral “two” is the basis for the term.
The next ten forms, while apparently derivative from a common source, are difficult of explanation from the material at hand.
Moreover, the Cochimi terms of Clavijero and those cited from Hervas by Herr Buschmann seemingly suggest a common source of information.
Either one people learned from the other, or both acquired these forms from a common source.
It would appear as if both the Phnicians and Egyptians drew their alphabet from a common source, of which the Maya is a survival, but did not borrow from one another.
The simplest solution appears to be that both Chrêtien and Wolfram were in possession of a common source, wherein the Gawain episodes were presented in an incomplete and abbreviated form.
This statement is peculiar to these two writers, and seems to indicate that they were in possession of a common source.
It seems probable that the whole industry had a common source, and was spread or carried as a unit, but when trade relations made the arduous work of mining and smelting unnecessary, it was quickly given up.
It is possible that the weapons of these far separated regions may hark back to a common source, from which they received their instruction in iron working.
Thruout it Luke appears to forsake Mark, tho there seem to be evidences that for some of the material contained in this section and also to be found in Mark, Mark and Luke have been drawing upon a common source.
The difference goes back again to the difference of opinion as to the degree of literary similarity which must be taken to indicate a common source; as also to Weiss's interest in the special source (S) of Luke.
Harnack says that the two sayings are "quite independent," but that there is "a common source in the background.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "common source" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
