"Conclusive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and determine the time of year or the month and day of the nativity? It should be borne in mind that our Christmas festival was not observed earlier than the fourth century, and that the evidence is well-nigh conclusive that December 25th was finally selected for the Nativity in order to hallow a much earlier and widely spread pagan festival coincident with the winter solstice. If anything exists to suggest the time of year it is Luke's mention of "shepherds in the field keeping watch by night over their ...
— The Life of Jesus of Nazareth • Rush Rhees
... she announced with gloomy triumph and a conclusive glance at Mr. Townsend. "Their girl ...
— The Wind in the Rose-bush and Other Stories of the Supernatural • Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
... KNOW a thing when that thing has not been proved. KNOW is too strong a word to use when the evidence is not final and absolutely conclusive. We can infer, if we want to, like those slaves. . . . No, I will not write that word, it is not kind, it is not courteous. The upholders of the Stratford-Shakespeare superstition call US the hardest names they can think of, and they keep doing it all the time; ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... heating was avoided. Hence, it is evident, that the heat produced could not possibly have been furnished at the expense of the latent heat of the metallic chips. Rumford describes these experiments at length, and they are conclusive. ...
— Little Masterpieces of Science: - Invention and Discovery • Various
... conclusive. Liked the Wilson lad. Peter, of course, and Johnny. The French person rather young ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet
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