ggling humanity; _by_
the blessed memory of the departed; _by_ the wrecks of time; _by_
the ruins of nations.--EVERETT.

Exercise.--Find sentences with three different meanings of _by_.

For.

321. The chief meanings of for are as follows:--

(1) _Motion towards_ a place, or a tendency or action toward the
attainment of any object.

Pioneers who were opening the way _for_ the march of the
nation.--COOPER.

She saw the boat headed _for_ her.--WARNER.

(2) _In favor of_, _for the benefit of_, _in behalf of_, a person or
thing.

He and they were _for_ immediate attack.--PARKMAN

The people were then against us; they are now _for_ us.--W.L.
GARRISON.

(3) _Duration of time_, or _extent of space_.

_For_ a long time the disreputable element outshone the
virtuous.--H.H. BANCROFT.

He could overlook all the country _for_ many a mile of rich
woodland.--IRVING.

(4) _Substitution_ or _exchange_.

There are gains _for_ all our losses.--STODDARD.

Thus did the Spaniards make bloody atonement _for_ the butchery
of Fort Caroline.--PARKMAN.

(5) _Reference_, meaning _with regard to_, _as to_, _respecting_, etc.

_For_ the rest, the Colonna motto would fit you best.--EMERSON.

_For_ him, poor fellow, he repented of his folly.--E.E. HALE

This is very common with _as_--_as for_ me, etc.

(6) Like _as_, meaning _in the character of_, _as being_, etc.

"Nay, if your worship can accomplish that," answered Master
Brackett, "I shall own you _for_ a man of skill indeed!"
--HAWTHORNE.

Wavering whether he should put his son to death _for_ an
unnatural monster.--LAMB.

(7) _Concession_, meaning _although_, _considering that_ etc.

"_For_ a fool," said the Lady of Lochleven, "thou hast counseled
wisely."--SCOTT

By my faith, that is a very plump hand _for_ a man of
eighty-four!--PARTON.

(8) Meaning _notwithstanding_, or _in spite of_.

But the Colonel, _for_ all his title, had a forest of poor
relations.--HOLMES.

Still, _for_ all slips of hers,
One of Eve's family.--HOOD.

(9) _Motive, cause, reason, incitement to action._

The twilight being...hardly more wholesome _for_ its glittering
mists of midge companies.--RUSKIN.

An Arab woman, but a few sunsets since, ate her child, _for_
famine.--_Id._

Here Satouriona forgot