- Credulity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Consequent Quotes
On the effects that follow, whether we plan for them or not.
These quotes trace consequence through very different fields — engineering economies that follow new technical resources, and the credulous beliefs that follow a credulous character. Each treats 'consequent' as a hinge between one condition and what it produces.
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- Diet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.
- Fresh
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
- Destruction
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- Nov 07, 2020
The immediate impact of British imperial free-trading was often the collapse of local indigenous industries which were in no position to compete, and a consequent destruction of livelihoods and communities.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions.
- Attaching
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- Nov 07, 2020
A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence.
- Ethics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion.
- Greatness
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people's safety and greatness.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all living things, only humans consciously anticipate death; the consequent need to choose how to behave in its face - to worry about how to die - distinguishes us from other animals. The need to manage death is the particular lot of humanity.
- Initiative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.
- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020