Variations

Examples

• The necessity for this was due to the many radical variations made from accepted methods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Unless favourable variations be inherited by some at least of the offspring, nothing can be effected by natural selection. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These bud variations, as they may be named, can be propagated by grafts, offsets, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Trifling variations in the ingredients, in the proportion and in the heating, made it either pliable as kid, tougher than ox hide, as elastic as whalebone, or as rigid as flint. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The suddenness of the effect can be accounted for only by a cause which can operate suddenly, the accidental variations of the seasons. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The same principles are followed by horticulturists; but the variations are here often more abrupt. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These languages are not different things, they are variations of one thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All commodities are more or less liable to variations of price, but some are much more so than others. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But man can and does select the variations given to him by nature, and thus accumulates them in any desired manner. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The sound-waves impinging upon the distant transmitter varied the resistance of the carbon button therein, thus causing corresponding variations in the strength of the battery current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Variations in the Proportion between the respective Values of Gold and Silver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It is liable, besides, to almost continual variations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He can never act by selection, excepting on variations which are first given to him in some slight degree by nature. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• But as this sympathy is very variable, it may be thought that our sentiments of morals must admit of all the same variations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He saw that pigeon-fanciers and stock-breeders deve lop certain types by preserving those variations that have the desired characteristics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I shall, in the four following chapters, endeavour to explain, as fully and distinctly as I can, the causes of those different variations. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If, then, these two varieties be variable, the most divergent of their variations will generally be preserved during the next thousand generations. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It may, therefore, be asked, by what theory we can explain these variations, and to what general principle we can reduce them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• A progressive society counts individual variations as precious since it finds in them the means of its own growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It was afterwards adopted, with some variations, by the Duke of Orleans, at that time regent of France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Under the term of variations, it must never be forgotten that mere individual differences are included. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These depend entirely upon justice and injustice, and follow them in all their variations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• We have seen that the species which are most numerous in individuals have the best chance of producing favourable variations within any given period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• They were all essentially alike, the differences were only variations on a theme. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The greater or less force of inheritance and reversion determine whether variations shall endure. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In the second place, there are variations of point of view, of appeal of objects, and of mode of attack, from person to person. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A good stiff difficulty--one which may, perhaps, appear to be an unsurmountable obstacle--only serves to make Edison cheerful, and brings out variations of his methods in experimenting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Such is the story of the Seven Sleepers, (with slight variations,) and I know it is true, because I have seen the cave myself. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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