concrete illustration

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I turn to this as a further concrete illustration in order to characterize at once the lengths to which such vocational studies may advance.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo

In that wonderful picture of modern life which is the greatest work of one of the great seers of our time, Victor Hugo gives a concrete illustration of the working of Christ’s methods.

From The Destiny of Man Viewed in the Light of His Origin by Fiske, John

A concrete illustration of the impracticability of scientific forestry under existing conditions is afforded by the experimental forest in Franklin County established under an act of 1898.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress

History.—In this concrete illustration we find ample justification for the teaching of history in the 279schools.

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

The abstract truth gets the concrete illustration; the concrete illustration finds its proper foundation in a series of abstract inquiries.

From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart