Sentences with phrase «eminent degree»

Like every part of the cosmos, only in an eminent degree, it has its own distinctive characteristics, not shared by other cosmic events and processes; so it must be understood in its own terms.

«Maternal instincts lead women to show greater tenderness and less selfishness and to display these qualities towards her infants in an eminent degree».

The electoral college was recommended by Alexander Hamilton, who argued in Federalist Paper 68 that: «The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications».

The «not in an eminent degree endowed» justification may be stronger, but it's hard to argue that the members of the electoral college (or signers of the petition) are more capable of judging the question legitimately than voters following the system which the U.S. has in place for electing a president.

The Privy Council was his favourite tribunal; his wide acquaintance with foreign systems of law qualified him in an eminent degree to deal with the cases from the colonies which came before the Judicial Committee.