Consequent
- In logic, a consequent is the second half of a hypothetical proposition or consequences
- In music, a consequent is the second half of a period
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Famous quotes containing the word consequent:
“One of the many to whom, from straightened circumstances, a consequent inability to form the associations they would wish, and a disinclination to mix with the society they could obtain, London is as complete a solitude as the plains of Syria.”
—Charles Dickens (18121870)
“... the prevalent custom of educating young women only for marriage, and not for the duties and responsibilities consequent on marriageonly for appendages and dead weights to husbandsof bringing them up without an occupation, profession, or employment, and thus leaving them dependent on anyone but themselvesis an enormous evil, and an unpardonable sin.”
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“The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized, things more than anything else will be done in the name of decency. The coarse fumes of tobacco and liquors, the consequent tainting of the breath and staining of white fingers and teeth, which is so offensive to many women, will be the first things attended to.”
—Wyndham Lewis (18821957)