"Incontrovertible" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... such portions of an harangue as may be in accordance with his political bias; or should there be nothing uttered by any speaker that may suit his purpose, these ear-trumpets will change the sounds of words and the construction of sentences in such a way as to be incontrovertible, although every syllable should be diverted from its original meaning and intention. They have also the power of larding a speech with "loud cheers," ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... opinion concerning their moral obligations in the work of education. It must also be admitted that the changes in school government have been favorable to learning and virtue. For, while it is not assumed that all schools are, or can be, controlled by moral means only, it is incontrovertible that a government of mild measures is superior to one of force. This superiority is as apparent in morals as in scholarly acquisitions. It is rare that a teacher now boasts of his success over his pupils in physical contests; but such claims were common a quarter of a century ago. ...
— Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions • George S. Boutwell
... with the indifference with which one may refer to a regrettable but incontrovertible fact, and Mark seemed to feel it useless to ...
— The Ashiel mystery - A Detective Story • Mrs. Charles Bryce
... that consumption is incurable, there exists ample, incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. Its curability is established beyond the shadow of a doubt. Individuals have recovered in whom there was extensive destruction of pulmonary tissue, and, indeed, entire destruction of one lung. Numerous instances ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce
... descent with modification; the distinction was unknown to the general public, and indeed is only now beginning to be widely understood. While reading Mr. Mivart's book, however, I became aware that I was being faced by two facts, each incontrovertible, but each, if its leading exponents were to be ...
— Luck or Cunning? • Samuel Butler
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