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continuity

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the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.

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We thus become temples of God whenever earthly cares cease to interrupt the continuity of our memory of Him. Basil of Caesarea

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous. Yehudi Menuhin

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart. Garrett Hardin

The continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones. Max Born

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life. Tom Stoppard

Calculus required continuity, and continuity was supposed to require the infinitely little but nobody could discover what the infinitely little might be. Bertrand Russell

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