Washington was wisely conservative.

The chief magistrate is an eminently conservative man, and by his moderation of tone and suavity of manners, has been instrumental in keeping political society in a state of tranquillity.

At the same time it must be confessed that, as laws sometimes become antiquated, and the leanings of lawyers are proverbially conservative, it occasionally happens that, on some points, the average moral sentiment is in advance of the law.

He took sad and desponding views of life, was intensely conservative, but had doubtless a lofty soul as well as intellectual supremacy.

Lady Maulevrier was of too strictly conservative a temper to think of pulling down an old house which had been in her husband's family for generations.

By setting up what in physics would be called a highly increased molecular activity, does it disturb not merely conservative respect for institutions, but respect for coherence and continuity of opinion and sentiment in the character of the individual himself?

He's an awfully conservative old chap, so there must be a reasonable prospect of some cash, or he wouldn't bother.

In all the foregoing discussion of the prevailingly conservative forces in the development of literature we have seen that none of these forces has a completely restraining effect.

The impassioned and imaginative speaker is not usually characterized by a cautious judgment or administrative gifts; but we have found in this office that when grave questions arose for consideration, Dr. Powell was remarkably conservative and judicious.

He seems to be safely conservative, but not to have much influence over his fellows.

A man may be irreligious, and yet a great stickler for property, because a great owner of it,or because he is by nature stanchly conservative, and his infidelity merely a matter of logic.

Monism proclaims that development and progress are the practical principles of human conduct, while the Churches, especially the Catholic Church, have been steadily conservative, and though they have been unable to put a stop to progress have endeavoured to suppress its symptoms—to bottle up the steam.

The most valuable portions of the factory measures were passed by nominally Conservative governments, and though supported by a section of the Radical party, were strenuously opposed by the bulk of the Liberals, including another section of Radicals and political economists.

The movement of English thought in the eighteenth century found its perfect expression in the profound, sceptical, and yet essentially conservative, genius of Hume.

In course of time the foot-binding became an inexorable fashion which the foolishly conservative women were more eager to continue than the men.

Great Britain is still heavily conservative.

The Abbeys are hopelessly conservative.