"Controllable" Quotes from Famous Books
... himself from the dilemma, he invents an analogical reasoning of a royal power of dispensing with the laws in extreme cases; so that, though he does not deny "the binding of the stars," he declares they are controllable by the will of the Creator. In this manner, fettered by prevalent opinions, he satisfies the superstitions of an astrological age, and the penetration of his own genius. At a much later period Dr Henry More, a writer of genius, confirmed the ...![](http://www.dictionaryone.com/rquot.gif) — Literary Character of Men of Genius - Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions • Isaac D'Israeli
... of these is constant and unalterable, the latter is controllable by the angle at which the curved slide, J, may be ...![](http://www.dictionaryone.com/rquot.gif) — Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 • Various |