To sum up: The initial element, external or internal, excites associations that one cannot always foresee, because of the numerous Orientations possible; an analogous case to that which occurs in the realm of the will when there are present reasons for and against, acting and not acting, one direction or another, now or later-when the final resolution cannot be predicted, and often depends on imperceptible causes.
"Essay on the Creative Imagination"
Th. Ribot
For a long time this word harpedonaptai was a mystery, but Professor Cantor cleared it up, and explaining for us the exact meaning of the compound which means literally either rope fasteners or rope stretchers, he says, There is no doubt that the Egyptians were very careful about the exact Orientations of their temples and other public buildings.
"Education: How Old The New"
James J. Walsh
Indeed, she did not live in a world of right and wrong, or anything so stern; "horrid" and "jolly" had replaced these archaic Orientations.
"Marriage"
H. G. Wells