"Dividing line" Quotes from Famous Books
... possibly be intended to intimate that culpable unfaithfulness in a true believer may sometimes descend so far as to be undistinguishable by human eyes from the entire neglect of the unbelieving. There is, however, in all cases, a dividing line, although we may not be able to trace it—"the Lord knoweth them that are his." Nor does this conception really weaken the motive to diligence; for if any one should slacken in his efforts to serve the Lord on the ground that a great degree of ... — The Parables of Our Lord • William Arnot
... and self-consciousness the dividing line seems to be as difficult to define as it is difficult to define the line between sub-consciousness and consciousness. My existence as a self-conscious entity capable of thinking "I am I" is the basic assumption ... — The Complex Vision • John Cowper Powys
... takes the Governor at his word and ... him on, while newspapers over the border in Georgia mock and deride. If Chamberlain succeeds he will divide the colored vote, and for the first time array parties upon some other dividing line than that laid down by Jefferson Davis ... — The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various
... wars may be taken as the dividing line between the Transition period and the Periclean age. The lan of national enthusiasm that followed the expulsion of the invader, and the glory and wealth which accrued to Athens as the champion ... — A Text-Book of the History of Architecture - Seventh Edition, revised • Alfred D. F. Hamlin
... entered the Illyas' country. There was no strict dividing line between the different countries, but it appeared to be tacitly agreed that certain water courses, or other natural lines, marked the territorial limits ... — The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages • Roger Thompson Finlay
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