There is enough uniformity of plan throughout the animal body to make any one part of the organism a likeness of the whole--the eye, the heart, or the hand.
In this general sense, philosophy "takes human experience, sets it out in all its main elements, and then endeavours to form a plan of systematic thought which will account for the whole.
This was a wild and utterly unfeasible plan for founding a colony in Madagascar, of which Rupert was to be leader, organiser, and ruler.
But the vexatious "alteration" came, and his plan failed.
Very likely this plan might have succeeded, for the panic in London was great, but the old Earl of Bristol declared that Rupert, once let loose on London, would plunder and burn the city.
Rupert's secret intention was to make for the West Indies, but no sooner did his mind become known, than the plan was vehemently opposed by most of his officers.
The operations of the Royalist army were based on a well-conceived plan, that plan was varied and supplemented as occasion required.
She believed--or professed to believe--that he had formed a deliberate plan to destroy her influence with her husband.
He might, with his cavalry, break through Fairfax's army, leaving behind him just sufficient men to keep the castle; this plan was rejected as exceedingly dangerous and unsatisfactory.
He had now laid a plan for escape from the Isle of Wight, and he required Rupert to send a ship thither, and to acquaint "no other mortal" with the matter, except the Prince of Orange.
He was therefore forced to fall back on the old plan of conquering the country piecemeal, town by town, village by village; and accordingly, August 10th, he laid siege to Gloucester.
Yet Rupert seems to have been unconscious of his mistake, for he showed his sketch of the plan of battle gaily to Lord Eythin (the General King, who had been with him at Vlotho), asking how he liked it.
But to render this plan successful it was necessary that Newcastle should sweep down from the North, and Maurice or Hopton, come to meet him from the West; the strength of local feeling prevented any such resolute and united action.
This plan succeeded so far that at length two natives came back with a flag of truce, desiring to treat for the recovery of the child and the sheep.
Clark styles it, the King describes his future College so accurately that a complete plan and elevation of the whole can be drawn from it.
Had this planbeen carried out in its entirety, King's would indeed have been, as the historian Stow puts it, "such that the like colledge could scarce have been found again in any Christian land.
Her second and greater Foundation, St. John's College, she only lived to plan and to endow.
For some reason this Norman plan was never completed, but it is very probable that the south wall of the church marks the limit to which the transept (which may have been actually begun) was meant to extend.
Yes; the easiest and the safest plan would be to leave the box where he had found it and have nothing more to do with it.
He was shaking, as if with ague; for the little plan he had formed in the smoking-room was now rendered of no avail.
But his plan proved superfluous, since at that moment the page returned from the inn with a tray on which mugs of hot wine were steaming.
The plan was approved, and all the animals went off briskly to attend to their allotted duties.
Nevertheless, I do not despair, and my plan is this: I will turn myself into a beautiful cat, and play about in the palace gardens under the windows of the tower in which the princess lives.
When the youth heard this, he hurried home, and told his mother all about the plan of the maiden.
I have a plan to propose, and hope that you will think it good.
This plan was agreed to by all, and the princess accordingly planted three vines.
Rather give me thy hand as a sign of firm faith that the plandoes not in any way offend thy noble son.
Long disuse of the power to plan concretely, to think seriously of serious facts, had left it weak.
His plan had called for nothing more than a start.
Mr. Webster's planwas to maintain a firm attitude, enforce absolute submission to all constitutional laws, and prove that agitation against the Union could lead only to defeat.
This measure was passed by a large majority, composed of the Federalists and the friends of the government, but it was the plan of the former which had prevailed.
The planwas defective, but the scheme, on the whole, worked better than had been expected.
February 5 Mr. Clay introduced his plan in the Senate, and supported it in an eloquent speech.
He began his attack upon this dangerous plan by considering the evil condition of the currency.
I do, and he can then carry out there our plan of establishing a bank.
Of course, its practicability, I fear, will entirely depend upon the building of the Texas Pacific Railroad; for if San Diego is not to have population, my plan will be impracticable.
I never knew that this was the object of the Spanish and Mexican governments in granting large tracts of land, but it seems to me a very wise plan when there was so much land and so few settlers.
On a Sunday evening Peter proceeded to unfold his plan before John, who had come from his farm to attend church and was attired in a white vest and black coat, having just come from evening service.
Gabriel replied, thanking him, and saying that he would adhere to the original plan of going to San Francisco by the first of October, when he hoped Mercita would be out of danger.
But believe me, the plan I propose will be as beneficial to you as to me, and also to the entire county, for as soon as it is shown that we can make a success of the industries I propose, others will follow our example.
When father comes he and Clary will concoct some plan so as not to postpone the wedding.
I think the best plan is to wear a domino and mask, as we go in with you ladies, so that you may not be recognized.
No, they deemed it a wiser plan to kill Tom Scott, to kill San Diego, and then take the money earned in this manner to go and build railroads in Guatemala and in British America.
But the question is, whether we can adopt some feasible plan to put your idea into practice.
But as for feeling gloomy about the future of the family, I think a plan that Mr. George Mechlin and myself have been forming will make things rather better for the future, and we trust you will approve it.
The Uitlanders' plan is as transparent as air, yet it has the approval and sanction of the English politicians, press, and public.
His first plan of securing control of the territory was not favourably received by the Colonial Office in London, and no sooner was it pronounced visionary than he suggested another more feasible.
Before the excitement over the raid had subsided, Rhodes had concocted a plan to inflict a commercial death upon the Transvaal, and in that manner force it to beg for the protection of the English flag.
Then, we know that the battle was a part of the prearranged plan between the Duke of Wellington and Prince Blücher.
His plan of campaign now was to wear the enemy down until he should have organized the Portuguese and Spanish armies.
His plan of campaign was first the relief of Kimberley with the Cavalry Division, under French, then an advance on the capital of the Orange Free State.
The General again seemed to have no definite plan of operations, and contented himself with strengthening his position on the inland side of the capital.
The plan of attack was simple, and one which has been invariably successful against an Oriental foe.
Wellington had once more shown his men that they were more than a match for the French in the field, but he still clung to his old plan of campaign, and, retiring behind the lines of Torres Vedras, prepared to wear the enemy down.
So, in my plan to drain the marsh you see only a desire to exploit the workingmen and not a desire to better their conditions; is that it?
Then he said: "I can even change the position of my words if the prosecuting attorney deems it is not in the right place; but that will not change the plan of my defense.
The flies buzzed irresolutely, as if pondering a certain plan of action.
The marsh belonged to the factory, and the new manager, wishing to extract profit from it, conceived the plan of draining it and incidentally gathering in a fine harvest of peat.
The whole of the Premier's plan for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland, was received with marked approbation by the House.
Answer: "I never entered so exactly into the detail as to say in what manner I thought the endowment might be best effected, and, consequently, I do not consider myself as committed to any particular plan of endowment.
The effect of Mr. Fagan's plan would have been, to create, to a certain extent, a peasant proprietary.
It was a plan to prevent extortion and high prices, should a famine really come.
That he saw great practical difficulties would be attendant on any attempt to carry the townland-boundary plan into execution; and--2.
The next plan which he passes in review is what he terms joint-stock enterprise.
The report adds: "This description includes the plan of pitting recommended by her Majesty's Commissioners, which we strongly deprecate.
What more absorbing and less noisy amusement could they have found than to plan their future?
And it was as if the ship had two captains to plan her course for her.
If religion is a revelation, then it is not a growth, and it would have been most perfect in design and plan when it was nearest its birth.
If man possessed the power to speak into existence a steamship, would he contrive, plan and use means to construct it?
The Bible has no plan or system, and hence has no definite object.
The plan of a steam engine in the mind of Fitch--the plan of the locomotive in the mind of Stephenson--was as much evidence of design as the piece of machinery after its mechanical construction.
Again, the plan of a work is as much evidence of intelligence and design as the work which embodies the plan.
The planof numbering the years from that apocryphal event was first invented by a monk, Dionysius Exiguus, about 530 after Christ.
We fail to see any reason for the apparent change of plan in the mind of the Lord.
But since the plan of the universe is as much evidence of design as the universe itself, and since the former is no evidence of design, it follows that design cannot be inferred from the existence of the universe.
Since the plans of Deity are no proof of design that produced them (for they are supposed to be eternal), the plan of this universe, of course, was no evidence of a designing intelligence that produced it.
Now, the plan of a thing, we have already seen, is as much evidence of design as the object which embodies the plan.
The discovery of this night was of extreme value in that it informed my officers of the higher command of a German engineeringplan to undermine our position.
The magnitude of the commissary arrangements, the settlements of the regiments into a general plan of a large and permanent encampment, made this only too plain.
Before descending over the enemy’s territory we thought best to investigate the upper regions to see if the Boche had any of his own men up with the plan of performing their favorite method of attack at this time.
Fortunately, thoughts of food had only come to me in my sane moments and I had therefore been able rigidly to adhere to my plan to eat sparingly--only a portion of a biscuit at a time, only a portion of a chocolate cake.
This is a natural plan in such hunts, for when the pursued turns to meet the attack of one man, the other has him at his mercy.
Those who handle the trowel and the hammer act very unwisely in depreciating those who plan the structure, clear away the rubbish, and lay the foundation, or who in other ways help on the building.
I will dismiss our stay in England in a few sentences, as it is no part of my planto give English reminiscences.
While the siege was being carried on, information reached the authorities of Benares that a plan had been formed to detach from the besieging army five or six thousand men to attack us.
The usual Work Conferences were held and the Executive Committee presented the Planof Work which was adopted.
It was a part of the plan to send these resolutions also to the State Central Committees of the Republican and Democratic parties, asking for suffrage planks on the State and national platforms.
Mrs. Catt's original plan required each State to tabulate the signers according to their lines of work but this was not fully carried out.
Lawyers, doctors, ministers of the gospel, lecturers of renown and expert auditors were in close conference, mapping out a plan of campaign by which they will fight for their rights in this land of the free and home of the brave.
It was at first proposed to charge for instruction in the schools but this plan had to be abandoned and the National Association assumed most of the financial obligation.
Every planfor congressional work has been submitted to the National Board or to the national president for approval.
What plan for the intensive education of new women voters is possible and shall it be recommended that the League of Women Voters take up this work or shall it be conducted under the National American Woman Suffrage Association?
The plan was outlined and she asked: "Shall the women voters go forward doing their work as free women in the great world while the non-free women are left to struggle on alone toward liberty unattained?
FAUST I see the plan thou art pursuing: Thou canst not compass general ruin, And hast on smaller scale begun.
This perilous alternative could only be avoided by withdrawing entirely from public affairs; this plan they had once before practically adopted, and under present circumstances it was something more than a simple expedient.
For the first plan the requisite supplies were wanting, and, what was equally requisite, confidence in the army, of which there seemed reason to doubt whether it had not been already gained by the conspirators.
Our best plan was to return to the head of the tide, going up the Colorado, then if we did not find the ranch we would abandon the boat, snare some birds, keep out of the scorching heat, and travel in the morning and evening.
Our plan was to keep as near the shore as possible.
But the water and the wind, especially in the shadows, was so very cold that we gave this plan up, and avoided the waves as much as possible.
The plan was that I should get into the former and be driven to the latter, in which I was to be taken post haste to Syracuse--a distance of about twenty-five miles.
This friend did not understand the whole plan of the onslaught, but he gave sufficient information to justify us in surmising that no harm was intended to be inflicted upon Miss King, or any lady of the house.
I have often amused myself with observing their plan of policy from my window in the Temple, that looks upon a grove where they have made a colony in the midst of the city," &c.
They insisted on all such as they pleased coming into the house, and there carried out the plan of separating husbands, wives, and children.
It was Swift who helped to plan and carry out this grand scheme of defeat and mortification to the Whigs, who had excited his wrath by withholding from him preferment.
The ground-plan of his house is very much like that of most Scotch farms.
His next plan was to get rid of her by inducing her to marry some one else, and for this purpose he presented to her Dean Winter, a gentleman of character and fortune, and Dr.
These gentlemen began by adopting the planof refusing any relief to such except in the shape of labor.
The plan now devised for more securely attaching Ireland to the British crown was called the Plantation of Munster.
Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his plan of study.
There was an aim, a settled plan and purpose in each composition, and a steady power of judgment growing up amid all the vivid impulses of the brain that still remained vivid as ever.
