The facts of no other department of biological inquiry are of equal value, and at the same time there is probably no biological subject regarding which there is so much misunderstanding.
We see pain and suffering only to relieve it, without inquiry as to the moral character of the sufferer or as to his national or racial value.
The jewellers of Lisbon, having never seen a diamond in its unpolished state, laughed at the idea of such rude pebbles being of any value, and so the inquiry was for some time dropped.
The Emperor allowed three months to elapse, before instituting any inquiry into the past.
After the defeat of Lutzen he had hastened into Bohemia, where he instituted the strictest inquiry into the conduct of his officers in that battle.
Prices of Books: An inquiry into the changes in the price of books which have occurred in England at different periods.
They were told by the Board conducting the investigation that this was merely "an inquiry into the workhouse conditions and therefore would be held in secret without reporters or outsiders present.
For the second time we went through the history of the suffrage movement, and again his inquiry suggested his persecution mania clue?
On these occasions they never left their tower and its court, and had no enlivenment save an occasional gift of dainties or message of inquiry from the ladies at Bellaise.
Thanks to your Grace, that inquiry is soon answered.
Yet she felt very unwilling to let them depart, and even ventured on faltering out the inquiry whether the good woman could not stay with her,--she would reward her largely.
However, to give the petitioners no just cause for complaint, he instituted a formal inquiry into "those circumstances connected with the discipline of the prison population which formed the subject of the petitions.
A very searching inquiry was therefore set on foot.
An inquiry was at once set on foot, and the frauds were traced to Watts.
It was quite a lottery into which sort of hands the convict fell, for until 1835 there was little or no inquiry into the character of applicants for servants, and except in the most flagrant cases requisitions were never refused.
The inquiry soon revealed the colossal character of the frauds.
The Synod gave frequent orders that inquiry should be made into the truth of this apparition, and one or two declared that they had seen one that answered the description.
No regular inquiry was made into the matter, and no professional opinion was ever sought as to the real character of the relic.
This strange find was all that we could get from the mere, and although we made every possible search and inquiry yesterday, we know nothing of the fate either of Rachel Howells or Richard Brunton.
Further than this I must not go; the first part of my inquiry now has come to an end.
The further we go in our inquiry the more we are driven to the conclusion that the favourable conditions uniting the women with one another exerted a powerful influence on their character.
Traces of a similar evolution of the family may, I am convinced, be found by all who will undertake an inquiry for themselves.
Many of the conclusions to which I have come are so completely opposed to those which generally have been accepted as correct, that now, I am at the end of my inquiry it will be well to sum up briefly its result.
I must select a few examples only and describe them very briefly, not because these cases offer less interest than the complete maternal families already examined, but because of the length to which this part of my inquiry is rapidly growing.
The inquiry on the mother-age civilisation was only one small section of my book on Woman.
It may be thought that I should have done better to confine my inquiry to existing primitive peoples.
It is clearly of vital importance to an inquiry that claims to set up a new belief in a discredited theory to protect it from those objections which hitherto have prevented its acceptance.
A right understanding of the whole question of sexual taboos, with the complicated totem superstitions on which they are based, is very necessary to any inquiry into the position of women.
All that has been possible to me is to suggest an inquiry that any one can pursue for himself.
It is necessary to enter into such an inquiry with caution; the difficulties before me are very great.
He looked at her, understanding, he believed, the inquiry in her eyes.
For I make your excellency aware, that your gracious Prince already knows of my journey, and will make strict inquiry where and by whom I have been intercepted.
Captain Harrison received her favourably, and, for additional safety, sent her on board the Eden, where she remained several days before any inquiry was made respecting her.
With these last there could be no room either for inquiry or conviction.
Figures in deshabille, dashing the last vestiges of sleep away with their knuckles, trooped on to the scene in twos and threes, full of inquiry and trenchant sarcasm.
Kennedy had been surprised that he had not met him downstairs, but the matron had answered his inquiry with the statement that he was talking to Mr Blackburn in the other part of the house.
Spencer replied to his inquiry that he had only just come in.
On making further inquiry we discovered that his cousin Donald, though he had a smaller salary than I had, spent several pounds weekly in dissipation.
In answer to their inquiry the police officer informed them that there were four Chinese establishments in the city--two laundries and two restaurants.
In answer to his inquiry he heard a voice--an unnaturally gruff voice, he remembered afterwards--telling him startling news.
The tone was even, the note of inquiry was not strained.
His suspicions aroused, he called again at Stepney's hotel, and this time his inquiry was backed by the presence of a detective.
This is the officer of the guard, I believe, and I am sent to make some inquiry of a prisoner--a man named Murray.
Inquiry among convalescent patients and soldiers along the road without resulted at last in his finding one of the party that carried the stricken man from the field.
Wells coming swiftly towards him with inquiry in her eyes, and impulsively, peevishly, and in disappointment he turned again his face to the wall, as it were.
Now as it should be one of the objects of inquiry to ascertain whether there exists any one such definite form, it will be better at the outset to confine ourselves to the question, "What is Sweating?
An Inquiry into the Conditions and Occupations of the People in Central London, R.
A careful inquiry into the expenditure of a body of three hundred Amalgamated Engineers during a period of two years, yielded an average of 1s.
Problems of Poverty An Inquiryinto the Industrial Condition of The Poor By John A.
Our inquiry into Factory Legislation and Trade Unionism as cures for sweating have served to emphasize the economic nature of the disease, the over-supply of low- skilled labour.
Now the question which concerns our inquirymay be stated thus.
Valpy, An Inquiry into the Conditions and Occupations of the People in Central London.
A careful inquiry into clothing shows a trifling fall of price for articles of the same quality, while the introduction of cheaper qualities has enabled workers to effect some saving here.
Both had espoused theories on its origin without much inquiry with respect to facts, and each presumed that edition to be the first which seemed most likely to support his own speculations.
Mr. Ottley in the Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving, vol.
But this would not have suited his purpose; for he seems to have been conscious that any inquiry respecting such a person would only have tended to confirm the doubts respecting the paper addressed to him by Piccard.
Footnote V-28: Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving, vol.
Footnote II-81: Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving, pp.
An account of this memorandum will be found in Ottley's Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving, vol.
Footnote I-43: Inquiry into the Early History of Engraving, vol.
But an inquiry into the conduct and measures of that Administration is nevertheless necessary.
The manner in which John Adams disappeared from the government renders an inquiry the more necessary.
This account may have some foundation, but inquiry and observation satisfied me, that the wealth of this sensible minister arises out of those more honourable sources which his industry and good management have created.
I addressed myself to a man behind the counter, who was weighing some rice for a young woman; but the latter, taking the inquiry to herself, turned round quickly.
On making inquiry for him, I learned from the people of the house that he had not gone out yet, and I should find him in his room upstairs.
I looked anxiously around; but the inquiry made no impression on any of the bystanders, if I except a man in gaiters, with one eye, who suggested that they had better put a brass collar round my neck, and tie me up in the stable.
I nodded assent to the pretty inquiry of the raised eyebrows, and kissed the parted lips.
My hurried inquiry if I might peep in, was answered with a free permission; and, looking through the glass, I saw her sitting at her work.
