Meaning of short view | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short description that touches on the most important aspects of a subject.
2. A consideration of immediate and short-term needs and consequences.

Examples

“From this short View⟳, it may appear⟳, that the Articulation of the Bones of the Carpus is threefold;”

“This short View⟳ of Modern Astronomy was drawn up in September last⟳, being intended as a textbook for the use⟳ of Pupils in a Class of Astronomy , which the writer meant to teach⟳ during winter.”

“To convey this Christian knowledge in as clear and succinct a manner, as the extent of it will allow⟳, is the design⟳ of this short view⟳.”

“It was not possible to insert⟳ all the particular narratives contained in the Scripture, without making another book almost as big as the Bible itself; whereas my prime design⟳ was to give⟳ an abstract or short view⟳ of the sacred history, for the use⟳ of persons of such age, capacities, or conditions of life, as are not able to attend⟳ to much reading, nor gain⟳ a fuller and more accurate knowledge of the transactions of God with men.”

“take⟳ a short view⟳, take⟳ the short view⟳”

“The short view⟳ is, Do now the work⟳ that is required now.”

“Do you think⟳ that a long view⟳ is necessary or a short view⟳ or a combination of both ? —I think⟳ the long view⟳ is necessary, but if you did not feel⟳ justified in going in for the long view⟳ I regard 8 to 10 years as the short view⟳.”

“It is true that in adopting the short view⟳ many of the younger economists have⟳ not merely taken over the lay⟳ notions bodily. Some of them have⟳, in fact, given them a theoretical elaboration which for subtlety, refinement, and elegance need⟳ make⟳ no apologies to the older economics, and which remains faithful to older theorizing in at least one respect⟳, that the tradition of unintelligibility to the layman is scrupulously observed.”

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