Usage examples for keynote
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“
The
keynote
of
the
little
book
was
that
knowledge
of
nature
could
be
gained
only
by
observation
and
experiment,
and
that
for
these
the
ordinary
things
in
the
world
around
us
provided
ample
material.
”
– Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by P. Chalmers Mitchell
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“
It
is
also
a
part
of
the
decorative
scheme,
and
as
such
must
help
to
furnish
the
keynote
of
our
plans.
”
– The Complete Home by Various
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“
This
same
selfishness
has
been
the
keynote
of
her
policy
down
to
the
present
day,
except
as
the
force
of
circumstances
has
modified
it.
”
– The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner by Charles Dudley Warner
-
“
The
voices
were
those
of
Mrs.
Goring
and
Leyden,
and
anger
was
the
keynote
of
the
discussion.
”
– Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle
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“
What
is
the
keynote
to
good
breeding?
”
– Entertainments for Home, Church and School by Frederica Seeger
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“
The
keynote
of
Dewey's
new
psychology
is
a
process
of
selection
constantly
occurring
within
the
individual
organism.
”
– John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard
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“
The
keynote
of
the
whole
movement
is
the
protection
of
the
weak.
”
– Problems of Poverty by John A. Hobson
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“
This
was
the
keynote
of "
The
Chimes."
”
– Life of Charles Dickens by Frank Marzials
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“
Conquest
was
not
a
familiar
word
in
the
vocabulary
of
James
Madison,
and
he
may
well
have
prayed
to
be
delivered
from
the
hands
of
his
friends,
if
this
was
to
be
the
keynote
of
their
defense
of
his
policy
in
West
Florida.
”
– Jefferson and his Colleagues A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, Volume 15 In The Chronicles Of America Series by Allen Johnson
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“
Ambition
was
the
keynote
of
his
life;
not
an
unworthy
keynote
by
any
means,
if
only
the
ambition
be
sound;
but
one
serious
defect
of
Columbus's
ambition
was
that
it
was
retrospective
rather
than
perspective.
”
– Christopher Columbus, Complete by Filson Young
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“
Instead
of
the
ignoble
belief
that
we
can
fling
our
sins
upon
another
it
makes
personal
responsibility
the
keynote
of
life.
”
– Elementary Theosophy by L. W. Rogers
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“
It
was
the
keynote
to
the
Imperialist
hopes.
”
– The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
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“
The
splendour
was
thine
own,
The
rapture
mine;
and
Doubt
was
overthrown,
And
Grief
forgot
the
keynote
of
its
threne.
”
– Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Eric Mackay
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“
Any
failure
in
Art
cannot
rouse
us
to
this
pitch;
our
sensitive,
appreciative
spirits
would
assuredly
flag
unless
some
keynote
of
resonant
power
were
sounded.
”
– Original Letters and Biographic Epitomes by J. Atwood.Slater
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“
The
Collect
of
Complete
Confidence,
with
its
Verse
and
Respond,
is
placed
here
to
strike
the
keynote
of
the
Section:
and
the
Section
is
filled
up
from
the
Occasional
Prayers,
or
from
the
Collects
after
the
Communion
Service.
”
– The Prayer Book Explained by Percival Jackson
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“
Indeed,
the
keynote
of
government
is
injustice.
”
– Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman
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“
Ambition,
she
said,
with
a
slow
emphasis,
is
the
keynote
of
Mr.
Quarrier's
character.
”
– Denzil Quarrier by George Gissing
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“
He
was
a
painter
of
much
culture,
and
the
keynote
of
his
art
is
refinement.
”
– A Text-Book of the History of Painting by John C. Van Dyke
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“
What
is
the
keynote
to
good
manners?
”
– Games For All Occasions by Mary E. Blain
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“
From
this
point
of
view
the
first
verse
strikes
the
keynote
of
the
whole.
”
– Mr. Gladstone and Genesis Essay #5 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" by Thomas Henry Huxley
