point of observation
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History comes with its very own Doppler effect: as our point of observation changes, so does our understanding of what we are seeing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The senses shall no longer passively receive and report what is before them, but they shall choose some definite point of observation, and neglect all the rest.
From Pedagogics as a System by Brackett, Anna C. (Anna Callender)
When the point of observation is high enough, and the spray-cloud spreads out extensively enough, it is possible to see two concentric, complete Rainbows at one time.
From Niagara An Aboriginal Center of Trade by Peter A.
Every one has his own point of observation.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
A turn of the lever, and he, too, could sit down, and from his lofty point of observation leisurely watch the mile-a-minute special flash by.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
