"Conduce" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... express Unto the full the height of that distress; Such miserable caitiffs, that shall there Rebukes of vengeance, for transgressions bear. Indeed the holy Scriptures do make use Of many metaphors, that do conduce Much to the symbolizing of the place, Unto our apprehension; but the case— The sad, the woful case—of those that lie As racked there in endless misery, By all similitudes no mortals may Set forth in its own nature; for I say Similitudes are but a shade, and show Of those or that ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... heavenly fire kindled in his soul much more than by a thousand bright thoughts or fine speculations on divine secrets, on the eternal generation of the Word, or the procession of the Holy Ghost."[15] Prayer and true virtue even naturally conduce to the perfection of learning, in every branch; for purity of the heart, and the disengagement of the affections from all irregular passions, render the understanding clear, qualify the mind to judge impartially of truth in its researches, divest it of many prejudices, the fatal ...
— The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints - January, February, March • Alban Butler
... important of the factors that conduce to well-being both of body and mind must be reckoned an adequate amount of sleep. This has been made the subject of careful inquiry by Dr. Dukes of Rugby and Miss Alice Ravenhill. Both these trained and ...
— Youth and Sex • Mary Scharlieb and F. Arthur Sibly
... "You'd conduce to romance," said Miss Sharsper, "anyhow. Eighteen won't bear restriction and everyone ...
— The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman • H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
... the knowledge of the movements of the salmon, of aiding in the determination of the results of fishcultural operations, and of ultimately if not immediately benefiting themselves by supplying information that will conduce to the most effective ...
— New England Salmon Hatcheries and Salmon Fisheries in the Late 19th Century • Various
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