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Subject-matter

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Sub´ject-mat`ter
n.1.The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study.
As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto.
- Blackstone.
As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it.
- J. H. Newman.
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What kind or degree of unity is to be sought after in a building, in the plastic arts, in poetry, in prose, is a problem which has to be determined relatively to the subject-matter.
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Bella felt a little vague trepidation as to the subject-matter of this same consultation, until Mrs Boffin announced it.
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Any attempt to extend the subject-matter of art is extremely distasteful to the public; and yet the vitality and progress of art depend in a large measure on the continual extension of subject-matter.
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