Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.

Whether you experienced the passion of desire I have, of course, no way of knowing, nor indeed have I wished with even the most fleeting fragment of a wish to know, for the fact that one constitutes by one's mere existence so to speak the proof of some sort of passion makes any speculation upon this part of one's parents' experience more immodest, more scandalizing, more deeply unwelcome than an obscenity from a stranger.

Whether this was during one of Poirot ’ s numerous retirements or before she entered his employment is unknown.

Whether this was a wise policy or not, it caused the Roman legionaries to look down on their emperor as one who was prepared to commit unsoldierly conduct.

Whether this temple replaced an older one, or a mere sacred precinct or altar, is not known.

As Freda Easton explained in her study of Waldorf schools, " Whether one accepts anthroposophy as a science depends upon whether one accepts Steiner's interpretation of a science that extends the consciousness and capacity of human beings to experience their inner spiritual world.

Whether a relation of an object is one of its properties may complicate such an argument.

Whether the game is worth one point or two, the trailing player must win to continue the match.

* Whether they need to be run on the same machine as the program that has the vulnerability ( local ) or can be run on one machine to attack a program running on another machine ( remote ).

Whether the player uses one general pivot direction or the other, and the degree to which the motion is performed, depends on the performer's anatomical features and stage of development.

Whether Eridu at one time also played an important political role in Sumerian affairs is not certain, though not improbable.

Whether a purchase is perceived as being a " friendly " one or a " hostile " depends significantly on how the proposed acquisition is communicated to and perceived by the target company's board of directors, employees and shareholders.

Whether the ribosome exists in a free or membrane-bound state depends on the presence of an ER-targeting signal sequence on the protein being synthesized, so an individual ribosome might be membrane-bound when it is making one protein, but free in the cytosol when it makes another protein.

Whether the Aristotelian notions of substance came to Wittgenstein via Immanuel Kant or Bertrand Russell or even arrived at intuitively, one cannot but see them.

Whether a congregation is a ' fellowship ' or a ' church ' sometimes hinges on whether it is led by one ( or more ) minister ( s ): those without ministers being fellowships, those with ministers being churches.

Whether the drug and non-drug, cultivated and wild types of Cannabis constitute a single, highly variable species, or the genus is polytypic with more than one species, has been a subject of debate for well over two centuries.

Whether using power line or radio communications, packets transmitted using the X10 control protocol consist of a four bit house code followed by one or more four bit unit codes, finally followed by a four bit command.

Whether it was from, as he once wrote, " a desire to climb the family tree ," or that his fraternity brothers nicknamed him for his thick southern drawl, no one seems to know.

Whether at a " love-in " on Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco, a demonstration against the Vietnam War in Berkeley, or one of Ken Kesey's " Acid Tests ", if the " vibe " wasn't right and a change of scene was desired, hippies were mobile at a moment's notice.

Whether an Ortoiroid colonisation of the islands took place is uncertain, but there is little evidence of one.

Whether considered separately or with its predecessor as one work, it is widely accepted as one of world cinema's greatest achievements.

( Whether this was the same Deino elsewhere named as one of the Graeae, or another, is not said.

Whether these were consisted only of Goths is rather unlikely so the name " Scythians " by which the Greek sources called them ( a geographical definition ) seems more appropriate.

Concluding quickly that since a writ of mandamus, by definition, was the correct judicial means to order an official of the United States ( in this case, the Secretary of State ) to do something required of him ( in this case, deliver a commission ), Marshall devotes the remainder of his inquiry at the second part of the question: " Whether it writ can issue from this court.

Michael Rice wrote in his Egypt's Legacy, " Whether or not the ancients knew of the mechanics of the Precession before its definition by Hipparchos the Bithynian in the second century BC is uncertain, but as dedicated watchers of the night sky they could not fail to be aware of its effects.

This is Buechner's debonair definition of " doubt ": " Whether your faith is that there is a God or that there is not a God, if you don't have any doubts you are either kidding yourself or asleep.

Whether ethnicity qualifies as a cultural universal is to some extent dependent on the exact definition used.

Whether Schindler's story is true or not that Beethoven at first contemptuously dismissed Diabelli's waltz as a Schusterfleck ( rosalia / " cobbler's patch "), there is no doubt the definition fits the work perfectly – " musical sequences repeated one after another, each time modulated at like intervals " – as can be seen clearly in these three examples:

Whether or not assault weapons should be legally restricted more than other firearms and the definition and value of the " assault weapon " classification is part of gun politics in the United States.

Whether the birth is vaginal or by Caesarean section, and whether the neonate is ultimately viable, is not relevant to this statistical definition.

( Whether Ket should be considered an isolate is therefore a matter of definition: historically speaking, it is not.

Whether they have any extant function or not, they have lost their former function and in that sense they do fit the definition of vestigiality.

Whether the Zone diet is a low-carb diet is a matter of opinion and definition.

Whether this is characterized as synergy will depend upon one's definition.

Whether the island Læsø is also a part of Vendsyssel, is a matter of definition.

Whether a military asset is considered a capital asset, or part of public infrastructure, is a matter of definition.

Whether this assertion is true is in fact a matter of definition.

Major questions, however, remain unanswered: “ Whether this event was in a single location or in a short period of time in several locations cannot be deciphered from the data ,” Research also has yet to identify the area in China where domestication arose.

Whether such Enron-only trades were covered by the Section 2 ( h )( 1 ) “ bilateral swaps market ” exemption for energy products or the broader Section 2 ( g ) exclusion for swaps generally depended whether there was “ individual negotiation .”

Whether such Enron-only trades were covered by the Section 2 ( h )( 1 ) “ bilateral swaps market ” exemption for energy products or the broader Section 2 ( g ) exclusion for swaps generally depended whether there was “ individual negotiation .”

Whether cultural, or internal, people recognize and react to color, shapes, lines, fonts and other symbolic forms with emotions tied to their experiences.

He shared his vision of that State by proclaiming that, " Whether the Jewish State be large or small, its importance in the family of nations will be determined, not by its limited area, but by its creative genius and cultural contributions to mankind.

Whether teachers employ experiential education in cultural journalism, service learning, environmental education, or more traditional school subjects, its key idea involves engaging student voice in active roles for the purpose of learning.

Whether this decoration can be attributed to cultural similarities or whether it indicates similar construction methods in Germany has sparked much controversy.

Whether or not the they are separate industries it would seem that the ' Clactonian ' and ' Acheulean ' stone tool makers would have had cultural contact with each other.

Whether its cultural influences, environmental influences, or political influences, the zietgiest should have an impact on the ways in which adapting occurred.

Whether your interests lie more in outdoor recreational activities, such as hiking or camping, or include learning about the unique natural and cultural heritage of southern Illinois, the fields, forests and streams of the Shawnee welcome you.