As an example, Carr complained of those historians who explained the Russian Revolution solely as the result of the " stupidity " of Emperor Nicholas II ( which Carr regarded as a factor, but only of lesser importance ) rather than the work of great social forces.

Likewise, Carr asserted those who stress the importance of " accidents " as a central causal agent in history were the " losers " of history, who wished to explain away their defeats as the workings of chance and fate.

Those who, because of population mobility and the reputed desire of employers to train their own employees, would limit vocational education to general rather than specific skills ought to bear in mind the importance of motivation in any kind of school experience.

Promoters always hastened to place their choice tickets in the hands of the wealthy speculators, and only the man who knew the man who knew the fellow who had an in with the guy at the box office ever came up with a good seat for a contest of any importance.

Positing the need for exobiologists who will appreciate the differences between the inhabitants of other planets and ourselves, it stresses the importance of the non-military in the exploration of other cultures.

This, combined with their post-battle rewards, prompted them to raise Alaric " on a shield " and proclaim him king ; according to Jordanes ( a Gothic historian of varying importance, depending upon who is asked ), both the new king and his people decided " rather to seek new kingdoms by their own work, than to slumber in peaceful subjection to the rule of others.

Those who hold for the importance of episcopal apostolic succession appeal to the New Testament, which, they say, implies a personal apostolic succession ( from Paul to Timothy and Titus, for example ).

He takes names in connection with his funerary role, such as He who is upon his mountain, which underscores his importance as a protector of the deceased and their tombs, and the title He who is in the place of embalming, associating him with the process of mummification.

From the 12th to the 15th century, Bordeaux regained importance following the marriage of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine with the French-speaking Count Henri Plantagenet, born in Le Mans, who became, within months of their wedding, King Henry II of England.

They treated comradeship as of the greatest importance, those among them being the most feared and most powerful who were thought to have the largest number of attendants and associates.

The importance of London in the Classical period is often overlooked, but it served as the home to the Broadwood's factory for piano manufacturing and as the base for composers who, while less notable than the " Vienna School ", had a decisive influence on what came later.

It is thought that such works had considerable importance on European thinkers of the period, particularly among the Deists and other philosophical groups of the Enlightenment who were interested by the integration of the system of morality of Confucius into Western civilization.

The changing economic and social conditions of the 19th led to a division between neo-classical and social liberals who, while agreeing on the importance of individual liberty, differed on the role of the state.

Separating from his superior, Metropolitan Acacius of Caesarea, a partisan of Arius who taught that Jesus was a divine being created by — and therefore inferior to — God the Father, St. Cyril took the side of the Eusebians of the post-Nicene conciliation party and thus got into difficulties with his superior that were increased by Acacius's jealousy of the importance assigned to St. Cyril's See by the Council of Nicaea.

A dandy ( also known as a beau or gallant ) is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self.

Although many of the mining methods are now redundant, such as hushing and fire-setting, it is Pliny who recorded them for posterity, thereby helping us understand their importance in a modern context.

After settling in New York Edward Sapir was raised mostly by his mother, who stressed the importance of education for the upwardly social mobile, and turned the family increasingly away from Judaism.

Michael Wreen argued that “ the principal thing that distinguishes euthanasia from intentional killing simpliciter is the agent's motive: it must be a good motive insofar as the good of the person killed is concerned ”, a view mirrored by Heather Draper, who also spoke to the importance of motive, arguing that " the motive forms a crucial part of arguments for euthanasia, because it must be in the best interests of the person on the receiving end.

In particular, this is true of a few gods who, at various times in history, rose to supreme importance in Egyptian religion.

He made a few mistakes ; he may well have made others that we cannot detect because he is our sole authority ; when he tried to describe buildings his command of language was usually inadequate ; he is often confused and obscure, though this may be as much his printer's fault as his own ; his prose is frequently difficult to read and painful to translate ; but he seems to us to be free from the dishonesty of the traveller who tries to exaggerate his own knowledge, importance, or courage.

The anarchist Mikhail Bakunin's concept of propaganda of the deed that stressed the importance of direct action as the primary means of politics-including revolutionary violence, became popular amongst fascists who admired the concept and adopted it as a part of fascism.

In 1920, Benito Mussolini declared: " Fascists do not belong to the crowd of the vain and skeptical who undervalue women's social and political importance.

*-Educating parents who own, or do not own, guns about the importance of teaching gun safety.

The history of Gibraltar portrays how The Rock gained an importance and a reputation far exceeding its size, influencing and shaping the people who came to reside here over the centuries.

Pentecostal teaching stresses the importance of continually being filled with the Spirit.

In comprehensive manner, the Great Gospel of John continually emphasises the importance of free will.

The importance of engagement for social transformation and development is also recognized in the Catechism of the Catholic Church which states that “ as far as possible citizens should take an active part in public life ; the manner of this participation may vary from one country or culture to another … as with any ethical obligation, the participation of all in realizing the common good calls for a continually renewed conversion of the social partners ( pas.

Born in 1880, he died on 16 June 1944, before the Second World War ended, but was continually stressing, as in a letter of 1943, “ the vital importance of arousing our people to the need for an International Authority ”, posing the question “ what doth it profit a nation if it gains the whole world and loses its own soul ?”

Its importance is continually growing both in terms of tourism in Ticino and the development of a financial center in Lugano.

Of the seven cosmical bodies which, by their continually varying relative positions and distances apart, have ever since the remotest antiquity been distinguished from the " unwandering orbs " of the heaven of the " fixed stars ", which to all sensible appearance preserve their relative positions and distances unchanged, five only — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — wear the appearance of stars —" cinque stellas errantes "— while the Sun and Moon, from the size of their disks, their importance to man, and the place assigned to them in mythological systems, were classed apart.

The reason for a growing importance of subthreshold conduction is that the supply voltage has continually scaled down, both to reduce the dynamic power consumption of integrated circuits ( the power that is consumed when the transistor is switching from an on-state to an off-state, which depends on the square of the supply voltage ), and to keep electric fields inside small devices low, to maintain device reliability.

He made similar contributions to uphold the importance of Wolverhampton, Walsall and Stoke, continually insisting on the principle that constituencies should represent communities and populations, not political or economic interests.

The importance of the Cashel kingship was primarily ceremonial, and rulers were with the occasionl exception not militarily aggressive ... although they continually strove for political dominance as far as they could with the province's wealth.

The exhibition and education programmes are developed with equal importance, and are continually intertwined.

But perhaps his most important contribution was the importance he gave to the Portuguese navy.

He often engaged in discussion and debate with his students and gave high importance to their studies in history, poetry, and ritual.

At the time, the See of Constantinople was yet of no ecclesiastical prominence but its proximity to the Imperial court, gave rise to its importance.

To a clean-shaven man who had an official manner, Marlow gave the paper entitled ' Suppression of Savage Customs ' - " with the postscriptum torn off "-To another, who claims to be Kurtz's cousin, Marlow gave family letters and memoranda of no importance.

A quickening economic life in Germany increased the number of towns and Imperial cities, and gave them greater importance.

Its importance was such that it also gave its name to one of the six Rapes or administrative districts of Sussex.

But the real importance, to my mind, lay in the effect they had on our own people, and especially the village masses .... Non-cooperation dragged them out of the mire and gave them self-respect and self-reliance .... They acted courageously and did not submit so easily to unjust oppression ; their outlook widened and they began to think a little in terms of India as a whole .... It was a remarkable transformation and the Congress, under Gandhi's leadership, must have the credit for it.

Its strategic importance between China on one side and the Middle East and Europe on the other, temporarily gave all of Eurasia incredible riches.

This was done after Sri Teen Maharaja Chandra Shumsher realised the British gave more weight and importance to the " Jung Bahadur " name.

Pythagoraean mystics gave great importance to the odd and the even.

Nevertheless, Henry sponsored the publication of Edmund's early poetry, which gave the younger man entrée to new friends of literary importance, and the two men " came out of the years of conflict with their relationship wary but intact.

In the 20th century, the ' New French School ' of paleographers, especially Jean Mallon, gave a new direction to the study of scripts by stressing the importance of ductus ( the shape and order of the strokes used to compose letters ) in studying the historical development of scripts.

In 1951 she gave a lecture about treatment of homosexuality which was criticised by Edmund Bergler, who emphasised the oral fears of patients and minimized the importance of the phallic castration fears she had discussed.

Together with the Virginia dynasty of presidents, this gave the Commonwealth national importance.

Harding also sensed the importance of oil in terms of national security and prosperity, signing an executive order that gave the U. S. a giant oil reserve in Alaska.

He restored all its faculties, gave larger salaries to the professors, and summoned distinguished teachers from afar ; and, although it never attained to the importance of Padua or Bologna, it nevertheless possessed in 1514 a faculty ( with a good reputation ) of eighty-eight professors.

The high cost of his victories against the Romans gave Epirus a new, but brief, importance, as well as a lasting contribution to the Greek language with the concept of a " Pyrrhic victory ".

This law was a consequence of Seerow's Kindness, in which an Andalite named Prince Seerow gave the Yeerks advanced technology, leading directly to their sudden rise in galactic importance.

Globalization during the 20th century gave rise to the importance of NGOs.

It was the attempts of the Directory to deal with the economic crisis that gave Babeuf his historical importance.

The Moon not only provides light at night, allowing the time to still be measured without the sun, but its phases and prominence gave it a significant importance in early astrology / astronomy.

Regardless of the importance they gave to the Temple, and despite their support of Bar Koseba ’ s revolt, the Pharisees ’ vision of Jewish law as a means by which ordinary people could engage with the sacred in their daily lives provided them with a position from which to respond to all four challenges in a way meaningful to the vast majority of Jews.

The image of national unity and achievement is what initially gave the battle importance for Canada.

This gave women a role of primary and indisputable importance within their social groups.