Disciples

Examples

• On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We do not hear of his smacking the faces or wringing the wrists of recalcitrant or unresponsive disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But even his disciples did not grasp the profound and comprehensive significance of that proposal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nor did it retain any hold upon the minds of his disciples in a later generation; it was probably unintelligible to them. Plato. The Republic.
• Christians upon a journey were always sure of a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment from their fellow-disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But how is the image applicable to the disciples of philosophy? Plato. The Republic.
• But of all the questions of this kind the most curious is that, which for so many ages divided the disciples of Proculus and Sabinus. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He and his recovered disciples then formed a sort of Academy in the Deer Park at Benares. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He chose the twelve disciples, and sent them abroad to preach the new gospel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• We have what are almost certainly the authentic heads of his discourse to the five disciples which embodies his essential doctrine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The souls of the disciples were plunged for a time into utter darkness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had before long disciples in every land. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• His knowledge of Jesus and his teaching must have been derived from the hearsay of the original disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Hence the schools are better adapted, as John Stuart Mill said, to make disciples than inquirers. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As a witty Frenchman remarked, many geniuses become their own disciples. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• His last days were saddened by the deaths of some of his most promising disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Even his disciples cried out when he would not spare them the light. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Euclid, who was active at Alexandria toward the e nd of the fourth century B.. was not one of Plato's immediate disciples but shared the great philosopher's point of view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• They are generally the disciples of some eminent professor or sophist, whom they rather imitate than understand. Plato. The Republic.
• Truly, those poor disciples had little to give,--only the cup of cold water; but it was given with full hearts. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He went forth breathing threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At twenty years of age, a selection must be made of the more promising disciples, with whom a new epoch of education will begin. Plato. The Republic.
• They work on the ideas; perhaps that is why a genius usually hates his disciples. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It was to be for the use of a congregation he had gathered among the Presbyterians, who were originally disciples of Mr. Whitefield. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• He was joined by great multitudes of disciples, and so the first Friars of the Franciscan Order came into existence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was too great for his disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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