Now this advantage must be kept as long as possible, and should only be given up if some other advantage, material or positional, is obtained in its place.
"Chess Fundamentals"
José Raúl Capablanca
And so indeed he was, sincerely and even scrupulously pious; but he was still more weak than pious, as weak in heart and character as in mind, as destitute of ruling ideas as of strength of will; fluctuating at the mercy of transitory impressions, or surrounding influences, or positional embarrassments.
"A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times Volume I. of VI."
Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
The grouping is not merely positional and static as in the kaleidoscope; it is dynamic and vital.
"Herbert Spencer"
J. Arthur Thomson