subject of thought

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No king whose mind was fully occupied with the development of the inner resources of his kingdom, or with any other sufficing subject of thought, ever entered into war but on compulsion.

From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John

Wealth distributed, not welfare.—In considering the principles of fair distribution among all the parties contributing to production of wealth, it is necessary to remember that wealth and not welfare is the subject of thought.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

At this time the new religious doctrine formed the subject of thought everywhere.

From Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer by Keysor, Jennie Ellis

In all it will be a faculty of entering with comparative ease into any subject of thought, and of taking up with aptitude any science or profession.

From The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by Newman, John Henry

Secondly, they stand thus connected with mental operations,—as fixing the attention upon any subject of thought and investigation, or upon any imagination, or any idea of the memory.

From A Review of Edwards's by Tappan, Henry Philip