Some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Thus long, I have cradled my heart in retrospection of past happiness, when hope was. From Wordnik.com. [II.6] Reference
O blissful state of innocence, purity, and delight, why must it fleet so fast? why scarcely but by retrospection is its happiness known?. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
Mercedes Higgins sighed cheerfully and for the time was lost in retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2] Reference
Sadden not her days with any painful retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale] Reference
But the moods of retrospection were short, perforce. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
His brow was creased in the travail or retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool There Was] Reference
She herself indulged in no such morbid retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
Sally's strident tones broke in upon her retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
She would save Ryder from regret and retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
Because it gave me an opportunity to have retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 13, 2003] Reference
He could not employ his precious moments in retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference
The old man smiled in humorous retrospection as he went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
For after all, retrospection is not so pleasant as anticipation. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow."] Reference
Laura said we must prepare for retrospection and the fall sewing. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860] Reference
'Tis a fragrant retrospection, for the loving thoughts that start. From Wordnik.com. [Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry] Reference
At the present moment she was going over the situation in retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army] Reference
Blank and dreary on retrospection I call them: they were not so to me then. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
But judicial is much worse than legislative retrospection in another aspect. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition] Reference
He smiled, a little embarrassed, the back of his mind lost in retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [Grant Whitney Harvey: Moonshadows: Part 4] Reference
I think a little retrospection could be a good thing, and so I'm adding this link. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Retroactive Investigations: Jesus Plus Nothing] Reference
I think a little retrospection could be a good thing, and so I\'m adding this link. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Retroactive Investigations: Jesus Plus Nothing] Reference
Now in retrospection Tory could see Kara smiling up at her in the old humorous fashion. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest] Reference
While McCain wouldn't wade into presidential politics, he did offer a bit of retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Admits Tensions Over Palin Among Former Staff (VIDEO)] Reference
The period of The Great Impeachment has been followed by a period of intense retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Brustein: The Great Impeachment] Reference
The impact of these new planes at the Exhibition caused some retrospection among the judges. From Wordnik.com. [Woodworking Tools 1600-1900] Reference
From the advantage of retrospection, you can say what you want about slipshod detective work. From Wordnik.com. [Attrition] Reference
Chairman Steele has taken an official position that there is no reason for further retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [A Plan for Moving Beyond Republican Chaos and Self-Destruction] Reference
For those who are not fond of polls, it is worth reading David Moore's retrospection at pollster. From Wordnik.com. [Flashback: McCain Condemned Robo-Slime In 2000 As "Hate Calls"] Reference
"And he snapped his jaws together like a vise," recalled Paul, coming out from his gloomy retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
A little retrospection, perhaps, will determine both these points better than the eloquence of your orators. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
Besides, I was hopeful of carving out a new career for myself; and hope is a sworn antagonist to retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
Q Just to follow in retrospection, could you provide a chart like that, could you prepare one for your own plan. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Alice Rivlin And Laura Tyson] Reference
The first two kinds of data were obtained by the objective method, while the last is obtained through retrospection. From Wordnik.com. [A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes] Reference
Our energy is invested in more assertive decision-making and action with less emphasis on retrospection and reflection. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Henes: How to Have a Smooth Mercury in Retrograde] Reference
Gradually this rapture of retrospection and assurance wore itself down, with the help of recitation by the dying man of the. From Wordnik.com. [John Knox] Reference
In your address just now you made a very proud review and retrospection of the history of the American democracy in human rights. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President At Beijing University] Reference
Now, as Bill and I prepare to leave this house, we're obviously overcome by quite a bit of retrospection and memory and nostalgia. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By Mrs Clinton At Book Party Reception] Reference
One of President Clinton's accomplishments in the White House that's most prescient in retrospection is the creation of AmeriCorps. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce R. Lindsey: The Role Of Private Citizens In Service And Giving] Reference
Your retrospection will be pleasant, and the very things that were hard in your youth, are sources of satisfaction to you in your old age. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars and Sense] Reference
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