Theories

Examples

• For Frederick had broken down now, and all his theories were of no use to him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The two theories need to be held together, yet clearly distinguished. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He had his own theories of the arts of public address. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• These theories take no account of the telegram. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You are too many for me when you begin to get on your theories, Mr. Holmes, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Men must observe for themselves, and form their own theories and personally test them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I can depend upon myself for having no go-ahead theories that I would rashly bring into practice. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• For words, theories, symbols, slogans, abstractions of all kinds are nothing but the porous vessels into which life flows, is contained for a time, and then passes through. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Ideas, as we have seen, whether they be humble guesses or dignified theories, are anticipations of possible solutions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Theories are all very well, but we have to deal with a hard-headed British jury. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• But what is the good of all these vague theories, cried the banker impatiently, when I have told you that I saw Arthur with the coronet in his hands? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Our theories assume, and our language is fitted to thinking of government as a frame--Massachusetts, I believe, actually calls her fundamental law the Frame of Government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• From which, said Wemmick, conjectures had been raised and theories formed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• But men do not begin to act upon theories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At first his mother treated his theories as the wild ravings of inexperience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But once I attempt to give that inwardness expression, I must use the only weapons I have--abstractions, theories, phrases. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If that is true of Plato with his ample vision how much truer is it of the theories of the littler men--politicians, courtiers and propagandists who make up the academy of politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• For the greater part of the night, I sat smoking, and building up theories, one more profoundly improbable than another. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Pretty soon we come to think of the theories and abstract ideas as things in themselves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Our prevailing habit is to think about phrases, ideals, theories, not about the realities they express. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Then young Philip Reis of Frankfort, Germany, attempted to put all these theories into an apparatus to reproduce speech, but did not quite succeed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And preparing theories of treatment to try on the patients, I suppose, said Mr. Toller. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In this way he learned new laws of flight, contradicting many theories of the scientists, and opening a new world of speculation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A number of theories of knowing have been criticized in the previous pages. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was a splendid chance of putting your theories into practice, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And that is-- That McCarthy senior met his death from McCarthy junior and that all theories to the contrary are the merest moonshine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• As facts are better than theories, it will be of interest to adduce a recent example of gunnery of a most illuminating type, but as regards distance and remarkable accuracy of aim. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Observe, too, how grandly Democracy sets her foot upon all our fine theories of education,--how little she cares for the training of her statesmen! Plato. The Republic.
• Systems of government and theories of the state have been built upon this notion, and it has seriously affected educational ideas and practices. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

Typist: Richard