What they are after is the beatific vision.

Lincoln's slow progress towards the several marking his achievement is even now unrecognizable as such, and loosely interpreted as the alternation of inconsistency with vision.

On the other hand, the bright vision of the future has been directly stated in science fiction concerned with projecting ideal societies -- science fiction, of course, is related, if sometimes distantly, to that utopian literature optimistic about science, literature whose period of greatest vigor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries produced Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward and H. G. Wells's A Modern Utopia.

Thus science is the savior of mankind, and in this respect Childhood's End only blueprints in greater detail the vision of the future which, though not always so directly stated, has nevertheless been present in the minds of most science-fiction writers.

Considering then the optimism which has permeated science fiction for so long, what is really remarkable is that during the last twelve years many science-fiction writers have turned about and attacked their own cherished vision of the future, have attacked the Childhood's End kind of faith that science and technology will inevitably better the human condition.

This new vision of man that the narrator acquires is also accompanied by a re-vision of his previous view.

He could no longer build anything, whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil, without it being obvious that he had done it, and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique, they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time, a quality of authentic uniqueness about them, which, once established by an artist as his private vision, is no longer disputable as to its other values.

A work so broad, even when it is directed by a leading idea and informed by a moral vision, must necessarily `` fail ''.

The music becomes ethereal as he calls up a vision of her own sainthood: it is she, he tells her, who can bring the truth to Russia and convert the heretics.

They echo the words with which he has described his own vision of the dying child who `` trembles and begs for mercy -- and there is no mercy ''.

if it is somber, it is also precise, and the precision lends authority to the vision.

He often spoke of them as his `` ecumenical '' glasses and used them as a symbol of the kind of vision that is required in the church.

It is, he said, a bifocal vision, which can see both the near-at-hand and the distant and keep a Christian in right relation to both.

And yet there is a note of hope, because this same science that is giving us the power of the atom is also giving us atomic vision.

And it is in this new vision of the atom that we find an affirmation and an invigoration of our faith.

The `` belaboring '' is of course jocular, yet James was not lacking in fundamental seriousness -- unless we measure him by that ultimate seriousness of the great religious leader or thinker who stakes all on his vision of God.

`` All platforms are meaningless: the program of either party is what lies in the vision and conscience of the candidate the party chooses to lead it ''.

The albedo is an important concept in climatology and astronomy, as well as in calculating reflectivity of surfaces in LEED sustainable rating systems for buildings, computer graphics and computer vision.

The earliest Greek word for a statue is " delight " ( άγαλμα: agalma ), and the sculptors tried to create forms which would inspire such guiding vision.

Eyes and legs grow quickly, a tongue is formed, and all this is accompanied by associated changes in the neural networks ( development of stereoscopic vision, loss of the lateral line system, etc .).

This vision includes establishing a University College to foster both in-depth and wide-interest, society-interest driven education for upcoming engineers ; establishing a combined Graduate School to manage the graduate programs ; an increase of the student body by 50 percent ; a 50 percent increase in the number of annual Ph. D graduations ; an increase of knowledge valorisation to a campus-wide score of 4. 2 ; increasing the international position of the university to within the top-100 universities ; and increasing the embedding of the university within the city and the Brainport region by transforming the campus into a high-grade science park with laboratories, housing facilities for 700 students and researchers and supporting facilities.

In 2005, Christine and Tom DeLay founded Rio Bend, a " Christ-centered " foster care community in Richmond, Texas, that cares for abused and neglected children " as an answer to problems they felt plagued the current foster care system ," according to the Rio Bend website, which continues, " The DeLays developed Rio Bend ’ s vision based on Christine ’ s time spent as a special advocate, as well as their experiences together as therapeutic foster parents.

Thus, the more developed market economies agreed with the U. S. vision of post-war international economic management, which was to be designed to create and maintain an effective international monetary system and foster the reduction of barriers to trade and capital flows.

# " Building shared vision a practice of unearthing shared pictures of the future that foster genuine commitment and enrollment rather than compliance.

Established in 1993, the Foundation initially focused on domestic violence prevention and community development, knowing that building stronger families and societies will help foster the vision of a better world.

Squadrons located throughout New Zealand with a vision to foster the spirit of adventure and teamwork, and to develop those qualities of mind and body essential for good citizens and leaders.

Solebury School was founded in 1925 by Laurie York Erskine, Julian Lathrop, Robert Shaw and Arthur Washburn whose shared vision was to create an environment that would foster good learning relationships, in which there would be a close connection between teachers and pupils, in which there would be a respectful exchange of opinions and ideas, and in which the student would be well prepared for both college and their real-world responsibilities and pursuits.

The organization's stated vision is: " A world where reason and compassion guide public policy and beliefs are respected provided that they are compatible with the rights of others ", and its mission is: " To actively promote the separation of religion from public policy and foster the development of reason, compassion and critical thinking for all Canadians through secular education and community support.

Our primary strategy for achieving this vision is the creation of space to foster dialogue .”

She has a near death vision of her foster father Tom showed her what life will be like in Summer Bay without her, the effect of living and that of dying.

There are three major treatments for diabetic retinopathy, which are very effective in reducing vision loss from this disease.

The new elements in the communication process create perturbations, which are effective to offer a critic vision to general public in front of the traditional point of view.

Active infrared night vision is now commonly found in commercial, residential and government security applications, where it enables effective night time imaging under low light conditions.

For an organisation's vision and mission to be effective, they must become assimilated into the organization's culture.

In order to make a cultural change effective a clear vision of the firm ’ s new strategy, shared values and behaviors is needed.

Its crucial innovation was to take advantage of the persistence of vision theory by using an intermittent light source to momentarily " freeze " the projection of each image ; the goal was to facilitate the viewer's retention of many minutely different stages of a photographed activity, thus producing a highly effective illusion of constant motion.

About his contribution, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, the Nobel Laureate, writes: " The vision and influence of Mr. Subramaniam in bringing about agricultural change and in the very necessary political decisions needed to make the new approach effective, should never be under-emphasized.

In today's game, an effective halfback must have a superior blend of both quickness and agility as a runner, as well as sure hands and shrewd vision upfield as a receiver.

The National ICT R & D Fund was established in January 2007 by Ministry of IT, Government of Pakistan with the vision to transform Pakistan's economy into a knowledge based economy by promoting efficient, sustainable and effective ICT initiatives through synergic development of industrial and academic resources.

The results of the study concluded that both Lucentis and Avastin were equally effective in treating and improving vision, whether it was used monthly or on as needed basis.

However, eye charts are useful in deciding whether the patients need eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct their distance vision, and assessing how effective their refractive correction is.

Night vision equipment provides effective night time operations, and it is provided with a modern telecommunications system.

* Ensuring the Committee of the Regions continues its development as an effective institution of the EU, working with a clear purpose and vision, and bringing added value to the Union ’ s institutional framework.

The Young – Helmholtz theory is still usually seen as the most effective in modeling human color vision, though the color vision system is far more complex than differences in the retina alone, with different cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus also responding in opponent fashion to complementary colors, and further color coding occurs in the visual cortex.

Some adults are also able to suppress their diplopia, but their suppression is rarely as deep or as effective and takes longer to establish, and thus they are not at risk of permanently compromising their vision.

She finds the strange symbols from her vision in a book, and Wesley recognizes them as runes to protect and conceal, effective against modern surveillance.

Elkjær's aggressive style of play was well combined with the calmness and vision of the younger Michael Laudrup when they played side by side on the national team, and they were named the " most effective " attacking duo of the 1986 World Cup.

Jefferson describes his vision to found a non-profit organization in Innovations, to provide more efficient and effective tools to solve the problems of agriculture and society.

GameSpot echoed this praise, saying that the " vision of a dystopian police state is chillingly effective ".

He soon embarked upon a new vision, in which he would reform the more reliable elements of the Corps into the nucleus of an effective fighting force, composed primarily of local Chinese.

Historian John Coski noted that the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the " most visible, active, and effective defender of the flag ", " carried forward into the twenty-first century, virtually unchanged, the ' Lost Cause ' historical interpretations and ideological vision formulated at the turn of the twentieth.

Enterprise architecture ( EA ) is the process of translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise change by creating, communicating and improving the key requirements, principles and models that describe the enterprise's future state and enable its evolution.