Speculations

Examples

• Nor is he less in advance of popular opinion in his political and moral speculations. Plato. The Republic.
• What may be the amount of the treasure in the bank, is a question which has long employed the speculations of the curious. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• She was roused from these speculations by a familiar touch on her arm, and turning saw Gus Trenor beside her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Cotton, and speculations, and smoke, well-cleansed and well-cared-for machinery, and unwashed and neglected hands. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But these are speculations beyond our present scope. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He never loses sight of common sense in any of his speculations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• All his speculations had of late gone wrong with the luckless old gentleman. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• That the thoughts were self-matured, that she had any recollections or speculations about her parents, he could not fancy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Passing from speculations to facts, we observe that progress has been the exception rather than the law of human history. Plato. The Republic.
• And posterity have also sometimes equally misapprehended the real value of his speculations. Plato. The Republic.
• Have you heard the rumours about Beaufort's speculations, Sillerton? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Towards the close of the Republic, Plato seems to be more and more convinced of the ideal character of his own speculations. Plato. The Republic.
• You see, said old Osborne to George, what comes of merit, and industry, and judicious speculations, and that. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But let me go on thinking the facts out, and avoid confusing them with my speculations. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• An open letter is the subject of the trooper's speculations, and it seems to perplex him mightily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Like all his other speculations, it was sound and successful. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Should these speculations be found doubtful or fallacious, there still remains a more humble source of comfort and hope. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In Greek life, observation was acute and alert; and thinking was free almost to the point of irresponsible speculations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Hence they remain mere fancies, romantic castles in the air, or aimless speculations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• As we walked into town to post it, Traddles and I held a long conference, and launched into a number of speculations, which I need not repeat. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• So he writes that the thinkers of the past, from Plato to Bentham and Mill, had each his own view of human nature, and they made these views the basis of their speculations on government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Their astronomical ideas were still in the state of rudimentary speculations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such speculations as it engendered within me I kept to myself, and those were faint enough. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If the reader finds himself in the same easy disposition, let him follow me in my future speculations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• These _aper?us_ left over from the great speculations are the golden threads which successive thinkers weave into the pattern of their thought. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Speculations most important to his interests depended on the results to be wrought by them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The great error in these and similar speculations is that the difference between man and the animals is forgotten in them. Plato. The Republic.
• There she sat plunged in sullen dudgeon, the gloomiest speculations on the depths of man's ingratitude absorbing her thoughts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There have been theories in modern as well as in ancient times which have a family likeness to the speculations of Glaucon; e. Plato. The Republic.
• I know the danger of indulging such speculations. Jane Austen. Emma.

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