Importance

At a moment when the subject of cholera has become so deeply interesting, the good of the public can surely not be better consulted by the press than when it devotes its columns (even to the exclusion of some political and other questions of importance) to details of plain facts connected with the contagious or non-contagious nature of that malady -- a _question beyond all others regarding it, of most importance_, for upon it must hinge all sanatory or conservative regulations, and a mistake must, in the event of an epidemic breaking out, directly involve thousands in ruin. ❋ William Fergusson (1809)

"I am very ready to allow that a 'divinely munificent Creator would not omit any thing which is of importance to his intelligent creatures:' and on this ground I admitted the _importance_ of revelation 'if real;' but I am yet unable to see how this is any argument in its support. ❋ Hosea Ballou (1811)

Of course, the story's main importance is as a gateway for things to come, and Dicks does really well in his last couple of paragraphs, when the travellers have once again landed on an unfamiliar planet: The Doctor was about to meet the creatures who were destined to become his greatest enemies. ❋ Nwhyte (2008)

Of main importance is the short writing sample each student submits for consideration. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The third network in importance is the one composed by missionary agencies and structures dedicated to sending workers, including both ecclesiastic and para-ecclesiastical groups, national or international, which are busy in the process of sending, canalizing and giving attention to workers in the field. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And here, last but not least in importance, is the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, fifty miles south and east of San Francisco. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Search engines, more clinical and objective, give the title importance because they see it as an indicator of the page's main idea. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are as meaningful as a write-in vote for J.J. Further, their importance is as importance as the fact that his band has revamped their equipment, etc., etc. ❋ Unknown (2002)

You're playing a shell-game with which 'importance' is being discussed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

More importantly, you misrepresent Sagan's position. nullasalus: You're playing a shell-game with which 'importance' is being discussed. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Lincoln's importance is further magnified now that Ford has decided to kill off Mercury, the 71-year-old name plate whose sales have been dwindling for years. ❋ Sharon Terlep (2010)

So far not on the agenda, but of critical importance, is the accelerating decline in the allies 'defense budgets. ❋ Gary Schmitt (2010)

For the system of economic science the main importance of this theory lies in the fact that, if distribution can be described by means of the social marginal utilities of the factors of production, it is not necessary, for that purpose, to enter into a theory of prices. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Your sense of "self importance" is so twisted that you shut down the Federal government to get back at Clinton "because he would not let you ride in the front (with the President) of Air Force ONE". ❋ Unknown (2010)

"President Obama and President Karzai both understand that the ability to disagree on issues of importance is not an obstacle to achieving our shared objectives but rather it reflects a level of trust," she said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The developments come amid a growing effort by Democrats and liberal groups to focus on the rise in importance of secret donors in the midterm elections. ❋ Dan Eggen (2010)

Of course, maybe importance is being judged only by attendance. ❋ Blake Gopnik (2010)

But if its full importance is clear only down the road — say, in testimony before a jury — accurate retrieval is much less likely. — “Misconceptions of Memory: The Scooter Libby Effect,” Psychological Science ❋ Unknown (2009)