Civilization may veneer the fact, but nothing will ever override it, not even in these new horseless carriages.

Perhaps it is that the Teutonic mind is so vigorous that it overrides you without being conscious of doing so, or that it is so convinced of its own Tightness; or perhaps it is that the scientific type of mind, depending always on formulae and statistics, necessarily loses a certain finer quality.

The common proverb, "He hath sown his wild oats," needs no comment; and the inclination of evil to override good is embodied in various adages, such, as, "The weeds o'ergrow the corn," while the tenacity with which evil holds its ground is further expressed in such sayings as this"The frost hurts not weeds."

Each of the professors in question overrides these objections, and Frank remarks, p. 13: "Lawyers and diplomatists refuse, and rightly so, to accept this view."

The idea of the League of Nations is so great a one that it may well override the pretensions and command the allegiance of kings; much more does it claim the self-subjugation of the journalistic writer.

We want a lowering of barriers and a unification of interests, we want an international control of these disputed regions, to override nationalist exploitation.

For most men in most countries it would be a convincing argument, strong enough to override considerations of right and wrong.

Seated on his chariot drawn by captive kings, with a caged emperor before him, he boasts of his power which overrides all things.

Somewhat forgetful of this, on May 15, 1911, Chief Justice White gave his opinion in the Standard Oil Case, which followed hard upon a number of state decisions intended to override legislation upon several burning social issues.

Washington's first task, therefore, was to bring order out of confusion; to change the disposition of the forces; to have their positions adequately fortified; to effect military discipline, and subordination of men to their officers; to cultivate a large and general patriotism, which should override all distinctions between the Colonies.

There is in fact at present working in the world a higher Law and a better patriotism than that of single nations and cultures, a Law and a patriotism that override and transcend the claims of Nationality in a greater, a more compelling, and a more universal appeal.

Violet Oliver watched him in suspense, dreading lest he should override the ball, or that his stroke should glance.

Linforth recognised him no longer as the man to argue with; but as the representative of Government which overrides predilections, sympathies, ambitions, and bends its servants to their duty.

The tendency in India is to override local authority, and to force administration to run in official grooves.

She managed that easily enough, for she was becoming too great a drawing card for managers to curtly override her wishes.

But times change, madame, and I owe a duty to the world which overrides my own personal inclinations.

The People is something that overrides and is added to the individualities that make up the people.

The meaning of words is so unavoidably associated with the sight of them, that I think this association rather overrides the primitive impression of the colour of the vowels, and the word 'violet' reminds me of its proper colour until I look at the word as a mere collection of letters.

He was a man of convictions as earnest as those of the king himself, and as firmly resolved to override the authority of the Parliament, when the Parliament withstood him.

"I'm damned if he overrides it," said Lewisham, under his breath.

The little matters of the intellect, from which she has been barred for centuries, she shall override like a Brunhilde.

In Hegel's own writings, the shall-be temper is ubiquitous and towering; it overrides verbal and logical resistances alike.

If you say the law cannot, then you admit that you have no right, and I appeal to public opinion against the iniquity of a decision which overrides the law and denies me justice.

The reason may have been imperative; but in the practice, pecuniary expediency has been made to override an ancient usage.

A railway parliamentary bill, however, overrides founder's intentions and Episcopal consecrations.