The purpose set forth at the beginning of this book was first to introduce the reader to a general background knowledge of the various types and capabilities of the forecasting methods already in use, so that he might then be in a position to evaluate for himself the validity of the rather astonishing empirical correlation that is to follow, and to appraise the forecast that its interpretation suggests for the future of farm prices over the years immediately ahead.

While " there is an intentional editorial unity with a cohesive purpose and message in the canonical form of the book ," Job contains many separate elements, some of which may have had an independent existence prior to being incorporated into the present text.

Either way, the primary purpose of the book ’ s composition was to alter the behaviour ( particularly religious behaviour ) of the author ’ s contemporary Jerusalemites.

The purpose of the book is not to record what really happened, but to reflect the historical experience of the exile community in Babylon and later Jerusalem, facing foreign captivity and the need to come to terms with their understanding of God.

It was the first tool showing the AI ​​ defined by Edward Feigenbaum in his book about the Japanese Fifth Generation, Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World ( 1983 ): " The machines will have reasoning power: they will automatically engineer vast amounts of knowledge to serve whatever purpose humans propose, from medical diagnosis to product design, from management decisions to education ", " The reasoning animal has, perhaps inevitably, fashioned the reasoning machine ", " the reasoning power of these machines matches or exceeds the reasoning power of the humans who instructed them and, in some cases, the reasoning power of any human performing such tasks ".

To distinguish between what the pope should be, if one is necessary, and the pope as he appeared in Wycliffe's day was the purpose of his book on the power of the pope.

Meher Baba began dictating his major book about the purpose of creation, God Speaks, in Dehradun, August 1953.

The purpose of the book is a partial fulfillment of the statutory responsibility for " cooperation with the states in securing uniformity of weights and measures laws and methods of inspection.

Part One of the book discusses the need for an IAL, the disadvantages of ethnic languages for that purpose, and common objections to constructed IALs.

The preamble for the Statute indicates the purpose of the legislation-to bring order to the book trade-saying:

Lady Reason is a virtue developed by Christine for the purpose of her book.

The purpose of the book, in his own words, is to persuade all men to " come unto Christ " ( Jacob 1: 7 ).

* Julian Stockwin's nautical fiction series, the The Kydd Series, includes the book Command ( 2006 ) in which Thomas Kydd takes a ship to Van Diemen's Land, at the behest of then governor of New South Wales, Philip Gidley King, for the purpose of preventing French explorers from establishing a French settlement on the island.

*# Philosophical Chapters ( Kephálaia philosophiká ) – Commonly called ' Dialectic ', it deals mostly with logic, its primary purpose being to prepare the reader for a better understanding of the rest of the book.

Gregory's avowed aim in writing this book was to ' fire others with that enthusiasm by which the saints deservedly climbed to heaven ', though this was not his sole purpose, and he most surely did not expect his entire audience to show promise of such piety as to witness the power of God flowing through them in the way that it did for the fathers.

After Jesus returned to heaven, the book of Acts records the disciples of Jesus praying to God to grant that miracles be done in his name, for the purpose of convincing onlookers that he is alive.

The Chicago Tribunes Russell MacFall wrote that Baum explained the purpose of his novels in a note he penned to his sister, Mary Louise Brewster, in a copy of Mother Goose in Prose ( 1897 ), his first book.

Written in an academic style, its introduction noted that, to discourage lay readers, the author had deliberately chosen a scientific term for the title of the book and that he had written parts of it in Latin for the same purpose.

But, for the most part, the book treats the purpose of Seldon's plan as unquestionable, and that slide as being necessary in it, rather than mulling over whether the slide is, on the whole, positive or negative.

The main purpose of this book was to be used as a guide for other investigators so they could assess the scene of the crime effectively.

The mention of Zerubbabel in the book of Ezra primarily serves the purpose of describing the return to Judah following the exile from Babylon and the construction of the Second Temple.

Be this as it may, the book had a definite origin and a clear purpose.

In the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition book, the writer suggests that Waluigi was created only for the purpose of giving Wario a doubles ' partner in Mario Tennis.

Aristophanes, in The Clouds, deals more indulgently with him than with Socrates ; and Xenophon's Socrates, for the purpose of combating the voluptuousness of Aristippus, borrows from the book of " the wise Prodicus " the story of the choice of Hercules.

At this date, it seems probable that the name of Serge Prokofieff will appear in the archives of History, as an effective Traditionalist, who was fully aware of the lure and danger of experimentation, and used it as it served his purpose ; ;

There seems to be no purpose in life that is sure -- no certain guiding principles to give stability.

Individuals in this state are extremely hyperactive, although, as aforementioned, the activity seems to lack purpose.

The latter hypothesis seems the more plausible evolution determinant as the surface area of the head is minute compared to the remainder of the body, thus the energy required in producing long hair for the express purpose of " optical " amplification of UV light reflected from the snow seems counterproductive ( however, it's very likely that the trait was sustained due to a nuanced combination of multiple influences, given that human hunting-skills and ingenuity were such by 50, 000 years ago that said benefits in terms of ' comfort ' could have alternatively been derived from constructing head and ear warmers of fur from prey, etc .).

Much advancement has undoubtedly been made toward cooperation between architect and librarian, and many good designers have made library buildings their specialty, nevertheless it seems that the ideal type of library is not yet realized — the type so adapted to its purpose that it would be immediately recognized as such, as is the case with school buildings at the present time.

As the adaptation found in natural organisms seems to be both complex and achieves a purpose, Paley reasons that this must be evidence of divine design.

Noo-Noo seems to be both the Teletubbies ' guardian and housekeeper, due to its resemblance to a vacuum cleaner, which is its principal purpose in the house.

At the end of the second milemnium BC, when the Mycenean city-state collapsed, it seems that the Greek thought was gradually released from the idea that each man was a servant to the gods, and sought a " moral purpose ".

# The Yom Kippur sin offering is considered to have developed slightly later ; the biblical text seems to explain this offering as being for the purpose of protecting the high priest from death (... so that he does not die ) when he approached the mercy seat, an action which was taboo ( as the mercy seat was seen as sacred, but approach to it was prohibited ).

It seems that the purpose of this arrest was to prevent him from opposing the sentence of divorce which Cranmer pronounced in May, or the coronation of Anne Boleyn which followed on 1 June, for Fisher was set at liberty again within a fortnight of the latter event, no charge being made against him.

Various scientists have commented that HAARP is an attractive target for conspiracy theorists because according to computer scientist David Naiditch, " its purpose seems deeply mysterious to the scientifically uninformed ".

His decision seems to be independent from his will, and is not related with any " moral purpose ".

Hipponax composed within the Iambus tradition which, in the work of Archilochus, a hundred years earlier, appears to have functioned as ritualized abuse and obscenity associated with the religious cults of Demeter and Dionysus but which, in Hipponax's day, seems rather to have had the purpose of entertainment.

Though it sometimes seems as though the mourners have collected all their memorabilia and conducted their interviews for some official purpose, this is never made clear.

In America, the term is not used for this purpose because the bands are metal compactly sewn, while ' lace ' seems to imply cloth sewn into patterns with holes in them.

The highest knowledge in log building seems to have had a sacred purpose with wide continental circulation and therefore in many places requires distinction from the more regionally rooted vernacular one.

No burial remains have ever been retrieved from these " tombs ", though there seems no other purpose for their building.

The last of these, ( JSON ) is apparently widely used for internet data transmission, primarily it seems because the data can be uploaded by a single JavaScript ' eval ' statement-without the need to produce what otherwise would likely have been a more efficient purpose built encoder / decoder.

That Personality is not a permanent, but a transient thing: That it lives and dies, begins and ends, continually: That no one can any more remain one and the same person two Moments together, than two successive Moments can be one and the same Moment: that our Substance is indeed continually changing ; but whether this be so or not, is, it seems, nothing to the purpose ; since it is not Substance, but Consciousness alone, which constitutes Personality ; which Consciousness, being successive, cannot be the same in any two Moments, nor consequently the personality constituted by it.

A 1928 medical study supported the view that Hauser accidentally stabbed himself too deeply, while a 2005 forensic analysis argued that it seems " unlikely that the stab to the chest was inflicted exclusively for the purpose of self-damage, but both a suicidal stab and a homicidal act ( assassination ) cannot be definitely ruled out.

" The famous fresco of the flying fish found in the ruins of the principal house or palace at Phylakopi, with its delicate coloring and graphic observation of nature in the graceful movement of the fish, seems to be the work of a Cretan artist, who probably was summoned to Milos for the purpose.

Marvell also continuously compares nature to art and seems to point out that art can never accomplish on purpose what nature can achieve accidentally or spontaneously.

The purpose, it seems, is to allow it to squeeze into the tiniest of soil cracks ; to find its prey, perhaps to avoid predators, or more probably for both reasons.