" Brinton's "daring psychological speculation" that "mind was coextensive with motion" (from organization) was but a repetition of one of the most ancient axioms.

Speculation of Contractors Closely connected with this was the immeasurable field of enterprise.

'We fear that all our speculations will remain summaries of probabilities.

The Speculations I have here made, if they are not Arguments, they are at least strong Intimations, not only of the Excellency of an Human Soul, but of its Independence on the Body; and if they do not prove, do at least confirm these two great Points, which are established by many other Reasons that are altogether unanswerable.

The influence of micro-organisms on disease is emerging more and more, day by day, from the regions of uncertainty, and what once were the speculations of the few are now the accepted facts of the majority.

Speculation, extravagance, reactionsuch were the fruits the last years of Wakefield's system bore there.

He saw this,that the theories of his day were mere opinions; even the lofty speculations of the Ionian philosophers were dreams, and the teachings of the Sophists were mere words.

As the relative value of these moneys changed with supply and demand, speculation became a flourishing business which led to further enrichment of people in business.

Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon all its sober realities.

I have to speculate, and speculation is the ene

Thenbut speculations of this character are simply loss of time.

A happy speculation was almost every man's object and pursuit....

The speculation was a failure; partly because the fields and meadows of the west end of the town cut off the poorer playgoers of the City, who could not afford coach-hire; partly because the house was too large, and its architecture swallowed up the voices of the actors.

His speculations are a gulf.

Questions of this kind will always excite interest in the sphere of speculation, and speculation is a necessity of the cultivated human intellect; but it does not seem to me that they can be profitably discussed in a treatise, the aim of which is simply to suggest principles for examining, for testing, and, if possible, for improving the prevailing sentiment on matters of practical morals.

It is speculative in its purpose quite as much as poetical, and the speculation is so large an element as to intrude upon the poetry.

Said he, "Philosophical speculation is, on the whole, a hindrance to the Germans, for it tends to induce a tendency to obscurantism.

He knew that the fashionable speculations about the Trinity were not the doctrines of Paul.

And whether or no the speculation be only a passing phase of human thought about the Unknowable, it equally answers the purpose of illustration.

My Speculations, when they are sold single, like Cherries upon the Stick, are Delights for the Rich and Wealthy; after some time they come to Market in greater Quantities, and are every ordinary Man's Money.

SELFLESSNESS Higher-space speculation is an education in selflessness, for it demands the elimination of what Hinton calls self-elements of observation.

His philosophical speculations, which science rejects,such as that water is the principle of all things,are irrelevant to a description of the progress of astronomy.