Essentials
[ɪ'sɛnʃəl]
Examples
- I am attempting to suggest some of the essentials of a statesman's equipment for the work of a humanly centered politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The things which are socially most fundamental, that is, which have to do with the experiences in which the widest groups share, are the essentials. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Essentials of Method. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The philosophical mind of Thales laid hold, no doubt, of some of the essentials of astronomical science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Moreover, the curriculum must be planned with reference to placing essentials first, and refinements second. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In essentials, I believe, he is very much what he ever was. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The machine which exists is accepted in all its essentials: the goo-goo yearns for a somewhat smoother rotation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Their ideas jarred so little with the essentials of Christianity that they believed themselves to be devout Christians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In this matter, again, the records of ancient civilizations show the pains that were taken to fix these essentials of science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Just give us some short sketches of the essentials. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The lesson of it all, it seems to me, is this: that class interests are the driving forces which keep public life centered upon essentials. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My little apartment here, my few essentials for the toilet, my frugal morning meal, and my little dinner will suffice. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is not my purpose, in this record, though in all other essentials it is my written memory, to pursue the history of my own fictions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The essentials of method are therefore identical with the essentials of reflection. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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