Gradually Varied Function

Famous quotes containing the words gradually, varied and/or function:

    “The impression made on me was that the French Canadians were even sharing the fate of the Indians, or at least gradually disappearing in what is called the Saxon current.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intelligence and then prays for the country.”
    —Lord Denning (b. 1899)

    “Morality and its victim, the mother—what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)