"The integers of language are sentences, and their……" — John Wesley Powell
"The integers of language are sentences, and their organs are the parts of speech. Linguistic organization, then, consists in the differentiation of the parts of speech and the integration of the sentence."
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16 Quotes by John Wesley Powell
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We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore. What falls there are, we know not;…
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The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources…
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You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain…
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The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.
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Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a…
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Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs…
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The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language.
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Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with…
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The glories and the beauties of form, color, and sound unite in the Grand Canyon - forms unrivaled even by…
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I have heard the venerable and impassioned orator on the camp meeting stand rehearse the story of the crucifixion, and…
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We are now ready to start on our way down the Great Unknown. Our boats...are chafing each other, as they…
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I am not sure that we can climb out of the canyon here, and, when at the top of the…
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More Consists Quotes
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
— Aristotle
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Reality simply consists of different points of view.
— Margaret Atwood
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
— Saint Augustine
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Freedom, morality, and the human dignity of the individual consists precisely in this; that he does good not because he…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
— Henry Adams
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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
— John Adams
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The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.
— Konrad Adenauer
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The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.…
— Mortimer Adler
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Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself,…
— Annie Besant
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Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.
— Theodor Adorno
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