Whether we scan the heavens, penetrate the depths of the sea, pore over the pages of books, or look into the minds and hearts of men, we are striving after an interpretation of life.
The one can penetrate the mysteries of the planets and bring back their secrets; the other must confine his thinking to the weather and the crops.
He would train his thoughts to scan the spaces behind the clouds, to transcend the snow-capped mountain, and to penetrate the depths of the sea.
The mind travels for a still greater distance through the universe; but since it is finite it does not penetrate into infinity.
For though they did not "smile outright," I had learned to penetrate the New England ironical glance and satirical intonation.
And I believed his words; thought I was holding something from him; let myself imagine he could not penetrate my designs.
Louise, striving topenetrate the cloud; "he is victorious!
II Left thus in the negative, however, this might seem to mean that we are to divide our minds into air-tight compartments, and allow no influences from one to penetrate another.
The pendulous stucco fretwork by which they conceal the angles of their apartments serves not only for ornament but to equalize the temperature and to admit of concealed openings whereby air can penetrate without draught or chill.
He longed to penetrate once more into the dominion of the fairies be it even at the risk of his life.
Accordingly Scott was despatched with a fine army to attack Mexico from the seaboard of the Gulf and to penetrate to the capital of the country.
Hence, if Bonaparte could penetrate the point of junction of the two armies, it was probable they would separate in their retreat, and could be beaten singly.
Walls it would penetrate with equal facility, as was manifest by its following any person into different apartments.
This plant becomes high in more southern latitudes, and being intertwined with the green briar, renders it very difficult, as we soon found, to penetrate it, especially with a horse.
He felt an ardent desire to penetrate this terra incognita.
Sometimes they were constrained to bury the dead under the snow, owing to their weakness and the severity of the frost, which rendered it an almost incredible labour to penetrate the ground.
Of these, sandy loams have a higher adaptation than clay loams, when equal to the former in fertility, as in the latter the plants can more quickly gather the needed food supplies, since the roots and rootlets can penetrate them more readily.
Crimson clover has highest adaptation for sandy loam soils into which the roots can penetrate easily.
Good crops will not be obtained on soils underlaid with hardpan which comes up near the surface, whatsoever the nature of the top soil may be, since the roots cannot penetrate these.
A light rain will not very much injure a crop of clover after it has been put up into cocks, but a soaking rain will probably penetrate them to the bottom.
In stiff clays the roots penetrate to a greater distance than those of the medium red variety and gather more food.
Usually they penetrate the same to about 2 feet, but in some instances, as when subsoils are open and well stored with accessible food, they go down to the depth of 5 or 6 feet.
From these laterals many rootlets penetratethrough the soil.
The rootlets would not then be able to penetrate the soil with sufficient ease to find enough food and moisture to properly nourish them.
The air can more readily penetrate through the interstices in the soil, and, in consequence, chemical changes in the soil favorable to plant growth are facilitated.
Unless heavy clay soils are brought into this condition, the roots of the alfalfa will not be able to penetrate the soil quickly enough or deeply enough in search of food.
For six days Bofinger was unable to catch even a glimpse of his coat-tails or to penetrate to his office.
Beautiful without which one can never penetrate to the heart of works of genius; and, secondly, for your friendly letter, which reached me shortly after I had got your book, the notice of which had very much excited my curiosity.
I mean, therefore, to work at it and penetrate it through and through, so as to make the utmost possible effect with it.
The walls of the ruin were covered with a dense growth of creepers, which entwined even the crumbled portico to an extent that made it almost impossible to penetrate into its intricate labyrinth of corridors.
He dared remain no longer inert, he mustpenetrate the mystery, whatever the cost, whatever the risk.
Eckhardt burst forth, hardly able to restrain himself at the maddening thought, and feeling instinctively that he should at last penetrate the web of lies, though ever so finely spun.
All was darkness again within, and although the moon was high in a clear sky, set with innumerable stars, their distant glimmer could not penetrate the murky depths.
He was now resolved to penetrate at every hazard the mystery which mocked his life, his waking hours and his dreams.
But as far as the eye couldpenetrate the murky twilight, no human being, no human habitation appeared.
In reality she listened intently, as if expecting some unwelcome intrusion, and once her dark fear-struck eyes tried to penetrate the deep shadows of the grotto.
Even on that cool, breezy August afternoon the sunlight and fresh air did not penetrate far into the room.
He cut away Howard's crudities, toned down and so increased his intensity, and pointed it with the irony and satire necessary to make it carry far and penetrate easily.
The gaze he dreaded, the words from which he shrank could not penetrate here.
But to travel westward was to penetrate once more into the night side of the planet.
The Martians had evidently placed so much confidence in the electric network which surrounded the power house that they never dreamed of enemies being able to penetrate it--at least, without giving warning of their coming.
Anyhow, we had demonstrated one thing, and that was that we could penetrate the cloud shield and reach the Martians in their hiding place.
The sun was hidden behind it, and so dense was the smoke that even the solar rays were unable to penetrate it, and consequently there was no atmospheric halo visible around the concealed planet.
According to him, a cavity, more or less considerable, must exist in the mass of granite which supported Prospect Heights, and he intended to penetrate into it.
The reporter and the sailor hearing nothing, asked themselves whether they had not better scale the palisades and penetrate into the corral.
The enemy cannot discover the mouth of the outlet, now that it is hidden under reeds and grass, and consequently it would be impossible for them to penetrate into Granite House.
He thought it better to wait until all the settlers were collected together before attempting to penetrate into the corral.
Not a sound could penetrate into it, even the thunder peals could not pierce its thick sides.
The engineer did not neglect either to speak aloud, so as to penetrate at the same time by the organs of hearing and sight the depths of that torpid intelligence.
However, it was soon evident to Cyrus Harding, on observing the direction followed by the boat, that they would not attempt to penetrate into the channel, but would land on the islet.
They wished him to join them again, and relied upon his aid to enable them to gain possession of Granite House, to penetrate into that hitherto inaccessible dwelling, and to become masters of the island, after murdering the colonists!
But how had he been able to penetrate during the night into Granite House?
He wished to penetrate the mystery of that submarine combat, and to ascertain what monster could have given the dugong so strange a wound.
This was in reality the only way by which to penetrateinto Granite House so as to fight with and drive out the intruders.
I have to penetrate into the bowels of this island!
She withdrew her arm from his grasp and slowly departed, pausing at the door to give one long, shuddering gaze that seemed almost to penetrate the mystery of the black veil.
A section of the roadway was pointed out to them, and, using the utmost caution, that no sound might penetrate to the castle, the men began to dig with a suppressed energy which told how much their hearts were in their work.
Where we have penetrated once we can penetrate again.
As we penetrate deeper and ever deeper into the forest, the mind reels under the effort to grasp the marvels of plant and tree and earth.
No sun could ever blaze strongly enough topenetrate those woolly tops.
The imperial power had proved itself strong enough to penetrate deeply within his territory, to ravage some of his best provinces, and to threaten his capital.
They had shown themselves able to penetrate into the heart of his empire, and to retire without suffering any loss.
Persia Proper seemed to lie open to the invader, and Carus was preparing to penetrate still further to the east, when again an opportune death checked the progress of the Roman arms, and perhaps saved the Persian monarchy from destruction.
His eyes looked back into hers with a certain steeliness, as though they sought to penetrate her reserve.
It sounded preposterous, but she was still too near tears for any sense of humour to penetrate her distress.
But we shall journey away from the haunts of man again, and penetrate the deep dark barrancas and little-known mountain-fastnesses of the western slope of the State of Guerrero.
Above this rise the high summits of the Mexican Cordilleras, with their culminating peaks, some few of which penetrate the atmosphere above the limit of perpetual snow.
These beautiful solitary uplifts rise far above the canyons and forests at their bases: penetrate the clouds which sometimes wreath them, terminating in a porcelain-gleaming summit of perpetual snow.
