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1 This is one of the first controlling ideas of the contemporary generation.
2 They tend to act with the same controlling ideas , beliefs, and intentions, given similar circumstances.
3 The controlling ideas throughout the following chapters are:
4 Thus the general movement may be from the details to the larger features, and the controlling ideas may be the last to be reached.
5 He did not execute the plan, but he completed an elaborate sketch in which the controlling ideas of the scheme are fully set forth.
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