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...absolutely certain death, and, secondly, he had the faith that he would succeed, and the third quality that he had was the good sense, the intelligence, the wisdom, call it what you please,--in short, the imagination to understand that there was no use to oppose a giant by brute force, and that his only chance lay in the use of a missile...
...note this one thing about that. Just as in David's case the victory is not to the strong. David, as I have said, had the wit to see that there was no use facing a giant by brute force. He could bring no brute force to compare with that of the giant. It was the intelligent use of the means that lay within his reach...
...against Baldwin. The defense, too, was not shining as brilliantly as usual and had a tendency to rush at the man carrying the puck and, when attempting to get the puck out of the corners or out from behind the cage, tried to accomplish the desired result more by brute strength than cleverness...
International Journal of Ethics--(July), "The Relation of Righteousness to Brute Acts," A. H. Lloyd '86; "Mr. Bernard Shaw as a Social Critic," W. M. Slater...
Another standard by which the advancement of nations has been measured is scientific progress. The man of science investigates things material, and reports the manifestations of some of the brute forces of nature. This knowledge is used merely to make things that will increase bodily comfort, or will destroy enemies. So long as science does not teach us of the author of the uniformity of nature, it fails to develop character...