Everything in nature is apparently in a state of continuous change,* so that what we call one "event" turns out to be really a process.
(1) Cases in which only certain appearances of the object change, while others, and especially appearances from places very near to the object, do not change;
(2) Cases where all, or almost all, the appearances of the object undergo a connected change.
The Analysis of Mind
But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having shown any
change of disposition or character.
Prince
The
change in Miss Fairlie was reflected in her half- sister.
The Woman in White
And will he then change himself for the better and fairer, or for the worse and more unsightly?
If he change at all he can only change for the worse, for we cannot suppose him to be deficient either in virtue or beauty.
Republic
We shall best understand the probable course of natural selection by taking the case of a country undergoing some physical change, for instance, of climate.
We have reason to believe, as stated in the first chapter, that a change in the conditions of life, by specially acting on the reproductive system, causes or increases variability; and in the foregoing case the conditions of life are supposed to have undergone a change, and this would manifestly be favourable to natural selection, by giving a better chance of profitable variations occurring; and unless profitable variations do occur, natural selection can do nothing.
The Origin of Species
It appears to have no contrary, unless one should define the contrary here also either as 'rest in its quality' or as '
change in the direction of the contrary quality', just as we defined the contrary of
change of place either as rest in a place or as
change in the reverse direction.
Categories
Together with our friends and allies, we will work together to shape
change, lest it engulf us.
Bill Clintons Inaugural Address
"I should think," said Venus, "you might make so trifling a change without bothering me.
Afterward, wishing to see if the change were complete, Venus caused a mouse to approach, whereupon the woman shrieked and made such a show of herself that the Young Man would not marry her.
Fables
Passepartout did not change countenance on hearing this name.
I've changed my game, you see, and simply because it was for my interest to change it.
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