A man who goes
seeking should have some notion of what he goes out to seek.
From the standpoint from which the science of history now regards its subject on the path it now follows, seeking the causes of events in man's freewill, a scientific enunciation of those laws is impossible, for however man's free will may be restricted, as soon as we recognize it as a force not subject to law, the existence of law becomes impossible.
Only by reducing this element of free will to the infinitesimal, that is, by regarding it as an infinitely small quantity, can we convince ourselves of the absolute inaccessibility of the causes, and then instead of seeking causes, history will take the discovery of laws as its problem.
So Glaucus came seeking her to wife with gifts; but cloud-driving Zeus, king of the deathless gods, bent his head in oath that the....
`And this seemed to him (Acastus) in his mind the best plan; to keep back himself, but to hide beyond guessing the beautiful knife which the very famous Lame One had made for him, that in seeking it alone over steep Pelion, he (Peleus) might be slain forthwith by the mountain-bred Centaurs.'
Nor did this make her vain and heedless of others; she humb]y dwelt among them,
seeking to do all the good she might; and many a houseless bird and hungry insect that Thistledown had harmed did she feed and shelter, and in return no evil could befall her, for so many friends were all about her,
seeking to repay her tenderness and love by their watchful care.
Yet so much bounty is in God, such grace, That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance." So spake the Son of God; and here again Satan had not to answer, but stood struck With guilt of his own sin--for he himself, Insatiable of glory, had lost all; Yet of another plea bethought him soon:-- "Of glory, as thou wilt," said he, "so deem; Worth or not worth the
seeking, let it pass.
"This," said Umslopogaas: "these people of ours are hungry for the flesh of men; let us feed them full on the soldiers of Chaka, who sit yonder at the kraal
seeking my life.
While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city
seeking to destroy it without war--
seeking to dissolve the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation.
If we were
seeking for a piece of gold, you would not imagine that we were `knocking under to one another,' and so losing our chance of finding it.
He seemed extremely unhappy; but when she took his arm and walked away with him,
seeking a retired corner, a ray of hope mingled with the almost comical misery of his expression.
Here he repeated to me once again what had been agreed upon between us: the address of the lawyer, the daily hour at which Alan might be found, and the signals that were to be made by any that came
seeking him.
seeking - the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"