inertia
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A grand vis inertiae is in thee; how many grand qualities unknown to small men!
From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas
But mind, as well as body, has a certain vis inertiae, and moves only as it is acted upon by impulses from without.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
Pardon me! my mental vis inertiae vetoes the bare suggestion.
From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
We have a mental vis inertiae, analogous to that quality in material substances, by means of which, being at rest, they resist being put into a state of motion.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
Russia has always had a latent force of development; there is within her a vis inertiae equivalent to a mysterious energy of expansion.
From Peaceless Europe by Nitti, Francesco Saverio
Vocabulary lists containing inertia
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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