Famous quotes containing the words movable and/or system:
“Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“We are now going through a period of demolition. In morals, in social life, in politics, in medicine, and in religion there is a universal upturning of foundations. But the day of reconstruction seems to be looming, and now the grand question is: Are there any sure and universal principles that will evolve a harmonious system in which we shall all agree?”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)