Had he employed his usual ingenuity on the question of man’s hairless skin, he might have seen the possibility of its ‘selection’ through its superior beauty or the health attaching to superior cleanliness.
The largest and most generous minds are now beginning to contemplate the possibility of an immortal destiny for all animals whatsoever.
Looking round, he saw two stout fellows with their faces covered; and any other possibility of recognition was impracticable in the heavy twilight.
He was almost persuaded of the possibility that it might be some animated corpse doomed to wander forth either for punishment or expiation.
She had been so friendly with him, so ready to defend him, so impatient, Chris thought, of any possibility of wrong.
Yet it was hard to see the enemy face to face, and to know that there was no possibility of resisting him finally.
There was no possibility of mistake as to whether this were the royal barge or no.
It became evident during supper, beyond the possibility of mistake, that Lady Torridon had planned war against the guest, who was a representative in her eyes of all that was narrow-minded and contemptible.
Giles Brent was furious, all the more that the same possibility had been floating dimly in his own mind.
For the same reason it looked as if his project of a low tariff also would vanish; and, as we have seen, contemplating the possibility of secession, he did not wish[9.
In the very letter demanding his passports Gorostiza admitted that Forsyth's assurances appeared to dispose of the possibility that Gaines's movement had a bearing on the boundary question (Sen.
To the British consul it seemed utterly demoralized, and beyond the possibility of reorganization.
The possibility remains in suspense, for of that gentleman's antecedents I don't recall any particulars.
And I was not prepared to admit the possibility of such an existence for him.
An enemy cruiser in ambush on Kandar was a possibilitythat simply hadn't been considered--hadn't even occurred to anyone.
He could insist that Morgan take Gwenlyn far away from the dangerous possibility that Mekin might somehow find her.
But the possibility of low-speed overdrive travel was much too important a military secret to risk under any circumstances.
He explained the possibility of a Mekinese space-cruiser lying in fifty fathoms off Cape Farnell.
The times seem to favor a centralization of governmental functions such as could not have suggested itself as a possibility to the framers of the Constitution.
It is this constant possibility of party diversity between the Executive and Congress which so much complicates our system of party government.
But it was the only piece of honesty in the whole business, for the suit itself was one long, dreary series of misrepresentation and falsehood, without which her cause could by no possibility have been gained.
This, if true, would carry the manuscript back 1500 years at least, with a possibility of its being much more ancient.
No fire-place was in this garret; nothing was disturbed or altered: nobody by human possibility could have got in.
The possibility of this man's death suggests to my mind serious matter for consideration.
The heart of a people hung suspended (mostly in the public houses) on the chances for and against the possibility of replacing "Tinkler" by another man.
It was but a few hours to Ellerton by train, he knew, but he doubted the possibility of a night connection to that sequestered town.
Then thepossibility contained in her words struck him dumb.
The knowledge that she had considered the possibility of seeing him filled Anthony with incredulous joy.
He was considering the possibility of telling her this when Ellie unnecessarily returned with a replenished plate.
It was a disturbing possibility that the secret of his future, of life and death, might lurk in the flowers to unfold on those slender stems.
He might have been persuaded to say the mistake was probable; but Louis could not believe the possibility of his having ever thought so.
If there is any doubt concerning this, reflect for a moment on thepossibility of organizing a community on a basis of the vices instead of the virtues.
One may well question both the possibility and the desirability of a complete obliteration of denominational lines.
Furthermore, they are demonstrating the possibility of the existence of a strong nationalistic spirit side by side with human brotherhood and international unity.
Because of this, there is a possibility of developing a wrong sense of values in the religious life.
He could then not only receive re-enforcements and supplies himself from that quarter, but he could also effectually cut off the Roman army from all possibility of receiving any.
If we do not gain the battle this day, I shall consider all hope and possibility of saving our country forever gone, and I shall not leave the field of battle alive.
It would not be difficult to frame provisions to meet the possibility of settlements being made to evade the duty.
Lastly, we must look forward to thepossibility of a real peace with Germany, a readmission of Germany to the commonwealth of Nations, a restoration in the future of friendly intercourse with the German people.
Wireless telegraphy was only a matter of speculation, a thing which a few only thought of as a possibility of the future.
The more widely this scientific knowledge can be made available throughout all classes in the country the greater is the possibility of maintaining our lead.
But if these are complied with, we must make our choice between the possibility of general peace with a League of Nations embracing all and a state of "veiled and suspended warfare.
Yet no conception of this possibilityentered 'Lige Curtis's alcoholized consciousness, part of whose morbid phantasy it was to distort or exaggerate all natural phenomena.
That, he madly thought, would be a safe retreat, where he might burrow and hide himself without possibility of discovery.
Yes, in view of Salvat's trial, which is now near at hand, the idea was to damn Anarchism beyond possibility of even the faintest sympathy on the part of the bourgeois.
But he recoiled from all this in fresh despair, on hearing the others argue, each from his own standpoint and without possibility of concession and agreement.
On two occasions recently he had shuddered at the possibility of a catastrophe.
In point of fact the wretched mother was sinking with emotion, particularly at the thought that she would have to remain there till seven o'clock, and suffer in secret before all those people, without possibility of relief.
Before the expedition started old Le Maire, a shrewd trader, had thought of the possibility that his ships might not be able to find this unknown continent.
This man reported that the Spaniards never even considered the possibility of an attack by Dutch ships so far away from home and so well protected by their fleet in the Pacific.
John of Barneveldt, the clever manager of all the financial and political interests of the republic, discussed with him the possibility of a successful northeastern trading company.
I demur to probability and almost to possibility of Paragraph 1.
Yet, while a possibilityof Melvil's reformation remained, and while I was restrained by my niggard fortune from making a tender worthy of your acceptance, I combated with my inclinations, and bore without repining the pangs of hopeless love.
The great masses, therefore, which excite envy, and tempt rapacity, must be put out of the possibility of danger.
In vain shall a man look to the possibility of making such things when he wants them.
A circumstance meanwhile occurred, which, at the time, I communicated only to a few confidential friends, and have seldom mentioned since, for fear that there might be a remote possibility of placing in jeopardy the parties concerned.
This exhortation was delivered in so earnest a manner, that I sometimes began to think that I might by possibility have been wrong.
I always followed my father's advice; and, by the most strict and impartial observation, I have satisfied myself beyond the possibility of doubt that he was correct in his conclusions.
