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...SM is an avant-garde movement in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on excessive used of antitheses, parables, odds, paradoxes in creations. It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache since 1980’s who said: “The goal is to enlargement of theartisti shere through non-artistic elements. But expecially the countertime, counter-sense creation. Also, to ...

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...ed on excessive used of antitheses, parables, odds, paradoxes in creations. It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache since 1980’s wh... ...pulated by a small group. Only their ideas and their publications counted. We couldn’t publish almost anything. Then, I said: Let’s do literature… w... ...rly – all existed in nature, already fabricated. Therefore, a mute protest we did! Later, I based it on contradictions. Why? Because we lived in tha... ...ture, already fabricated. Therefore, a mute protest we did! Later, I based it on contradictions. Why? Because we lived in that society a double life... ...but in reality “our life was miserable”. The paradox flourishing! And then we took the creation in derision, in inverse 8 sense, in a syncretic w... ...nterfere with what we’ve already done. 13. GIVE US YOUR INTERPRETATION – I can’t wait to hear this bull! 14. SEE ME of LET’S DISCUSS – Come into my... ...Achieved when the power switch is off. 20. LOW MAINTENANCE – Impossible to fix it broken. Champagne yes, philosophic no. And now hear this Indian... ...isted that her child could only be born on the hide of a hippopotamus. You can well imagine the great voyage of the Indian chief, by pony, by canoe,... ...aintings in a traditional manner. I even disregard this kind of art, which can easily be replaced by mechanical reproduction. Therefore, I gathered ...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello Four individuals, in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the staircase) in the centre of which recli...

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...DONATELL TELL TELL TELL TELLO O O O O F OUR INDIVIDUALS, in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of... ...ing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the stair- case) in the centre... ...or centu- ries. Here, likewise, is seen a symbol (as apt at this moment as it was two thousand years ago) of the Human Soul, with its choice of Innoce... ...ted by a snake. 4 The Marble Fawn From one of the windows of this saloon, we may see a flight of broad stone steps, descending alongside the antique ... ...and change, as when Romulus gazed thitherward over his half finished wall. We glance hastily at these things,—at this bright sky, and those blue dista... ...re, and yet within it. What is the nameless charm of this idea, Hilda? You can feel it more delicately than I.” “It perplexes me,” said Hilda thoughtf... ... treating Donatello as if he were the merest unfledged chicken; and yet he can claim no such privi- leges in the right of his tender age, for he is at... ...o the representation of brief snatches of time, —perhaps be- cause a story can be so much more fully told in picture, and buttressed about with circum... ...ed in him a little while before. But, in reality, he found it difficult to fix his mind upon the sub- ject. He could hardly, we fear, be reckoned a co...

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...esterday; I dare not move my dimme eyes any way, Despaire behind, and death before doth cast Such terrour, and my feeble flesh doth waste By sinne in it, which it t?wards hell doth weigh; Onely thou art above, and when towards thee By thy leave I can looke, I rise againe; But our old subtle foe so tempteth me, That not one houre my selfe I can sustaine; Thy Grace may wing ...

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... before doth cast Such terrour, and my feeble flesh doth waste By sinne in it, which it t’wards hell doth weigh; Onely thou art above, and when tow... ...ell doth weigh; Onely thou art above, and when towards thee By thy leave I can looke, I rise againe; But our old subtle foe so tempteth me, That n... ...aine; But our old subtle foe so tempteth me, That not one houre my selfe I can sustaine; Thy Grace may wing me to prevent his art, And thou like A... ...inne; Or wash thee in Christs blood, which hath this might That being red, it dyes red soules to white. V I AM a little world made cunningly Of E... ...nd that heaven which was most high Have found new sphears, and of new lands can write, Powre new seas in mine eyes, that so I might Drowne my world... ...ll appeare? Dwells she with us, or like adventuring knights First travaile we to seeke and then make Love? Betray kind husband thy spouse to our si... ...aculties Deales, in some times, and seldome joyning these! As by the selfe-fix’d Pole wee never doe Direct our course, but the next starre thereto,... ...se, but the next starre thereto, Which showes where the’other is, and which we say (Because it strayes not farre) doth never stray; So God by his C... ...in Wardship to thine Angels be, Native in heavens faire Palaces, Where we shall be but denizen’d by thee, As th’earth conceiving by...

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...ehind the Museum, in the big blue and white Jadoo Gher–the Magic House, as we name the Masonic Lodge. It would, he said, all come right some day, and ... ...g blue and white Jadoo Gher–the Magic House, as we name the Masonic Lodge. It would, he said, all come right some day, and Kim’s horn would be exalted... ...e. Then he would weep bitterly in the broken rush chair on the veranda. So it came about after his death that the woman sewed parch ment, paper, and ... ... Lala or Mian. He could not divine the man’s creed. ‘Ah! The Wonder House! Can any enter?’ ‘It is written above the door–all can enter.’ ‘Without paym... ...,’ said Kim. ‘I have not seen such a man. They be Hindus in Tibet, then?’ ‘We be followers of the Middle Way, living in peace in our lamasseries, and ... ...immed spec tacles of Chinese work. ‘Here is the little door through which we bring wood before winter. And thou–the English know of these things? He ... ...ere is neither high nor low in the Middle Way. If he is my chela–does–will–can anyone take him from me? for, look you, without him I shall not find my... ...es are very strictly kept to separate carriages. ‘Oh, mother of my son, we can make space,’ said the blueturbaned husband. ‘Pick up the child. It is a... ...egarded him sideways. ‘That is the price to ask of Sahibs,’ said Kim. ‘Now fix me a true one.’ ‘An anna and a half. How do I know, having written the ...

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...(Author to reader)--Reader, loe here a well-meaning Booke. It doth at the first entrance forewarne thee, that in contriving the same I have proposed unto my selfe no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glor...

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...Cowardise XVI. A tricke of certaine Ambassadors XVII. Of Feare XVIII. That we should not judge of our Happinesse untill after our Death XIX. That to ... ...licies XXXV. Of the Use of Apparell XXXVI. Of Cato the younger XXXVII. How we weepe and laugh at one selfe-same thing XXXVIII. Of Solitarinesse XXXIX.... ...o XL. That the taste of Goods or Evils doth greatly depend on the opinion we have of them XLI. That a Man should not communicate his Glorie XLII. Of ... ... in limits (who more desire, nothing may be said, than too much) though I can never say too much; as he of Carthage, so I of your praise-worthinness... ...out my neck with your inscription, Noli me cædere, nam sum Dianæ. Yet nor can you denie, nor I desseble, how at first I pleaded this Authors tedious... ...nus genius, and sent me as the good Angel to Raimond in Tasso (Tas. Gior. can. 7) for my assistant to combat this great Argante: Who as he is happy i... ...ely and niggardly deprive himselfe of enjoying his owne goods, and wholly fix on the safe keeping of them, and never use them. According to this kin... ...rence and shadow, and an uncertaine and weake opinion. And if perhaps you fix your thought to take its being, it would be even as if one should go a... ... other. The world lookes ever for right, I turne my sight inward, there I fix it, there I ammuse it. Every man lookes before himselfe, I looke within...

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...Kabbalists state that there is no reality at all, but something called His Essence, the Upper Force, and this is what we perceive as our world. As uncanny as it sounds, this notion hides in its wings the very prospect of freedom, for every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are th...

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...hibition envelops the most fundamental principle in Judaism: that everything we see is only a figment of our imaginations. Over the years, many of u... ...ly ad- opted this principle after realizing that, by changing our perspective, we might be able to better cope with our day-to-day problems. This per... ...y our reality. What, then, is the actual reality around us? Today, Kabbalists can state a principle that Jews concealed for thou- sands of years: tha... ...rates in such a way that one sees Him as an image of a certain reality, which we call “my world.” We are all able to see and feel varying images and ... ...way than by how He works on our sensory organs. Only through these sensations can we guess anything about the Creator. Hence, the study of Kabbalah... ... U R E T he question, “Who am I?” exists in everyone. But when that ques- tion can no longer be put aside, then it relates to the Creator: “Who is He... ...a broken tool that you are supposed to work with. The first thing you’d do is fix it. Only afterwards would you be able to use it. The Torah explain... ...nly afterwards would you be able to use it. The Torah explains exactly how to fix that broken vessel, which is the soul we received from the Creator... ...m afar. This Light is found outside our vessels (our will) and waits until we fix our vessels and shape them into a form of bestowal upon the Creato...

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...egacy to Earth Mortals may at first seem somewhat strange; they will pause as they do at a Witches Prayer, and wonder whether they had best look into it or no, lest they should really raise the Devil by reading what he has bequeathed to mankind. It is a question not yet determined by the learned, whether the word Devil be singular, that is to say, the name of a person sta...

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...The power of these witches as we find in their earliest records originated in their intercourse with familiar spirits, invisible beings who must be supposed to be enlisted in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in these ancient memorials ...

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...le, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Second Witch. Cool it with a babboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good. (Ma... ...ause as they do at a Witches Prayer, and wonder whether they had best look into it or no, lest they should really raise the Devil by reading what he ... ... it, by way of emphasis, the great red dragon, the Devil, and Satan. But if we take this word to be, as above, a noun of multitude, and so to be ... ...ME? and is answered in the plural and singular together, MY NAME IS LEGION, FOR WE ARE MANY. Nor will it be any wrong to the Devil, supposing him... ...of the world, doubt the existence of the Devil, except here and there one, whom we call practical atheists; and it is the character of an atheist, i... ...f God was, in that time, regularly made known. But her existence and her crimes can go no length to prove the possibility that another class of witc... ...nces, which, however odious, are nevertheless to be proved possible before they can be received as a criminal charge. Witches also claimed the fa... ...fect, yet it giveth some good light. For which respect, though I dare not say I can give a perfect definition in this matter, which is hard to do ev... ...ior, and it was readily supposed they were bewitched, but there was no proof to fix the sorcery upon any one, until three or four years afterwards, ...

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...ROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’clock when we were all signalled to... ...AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’clock when we were all signalled to be present at the Ferry Depot of the railroad. A... ...nfuriated by hurry and overwork, clove their way with shouts. I may say that we stood like sheep, and that the porters charged among us like so many m... ... course of the evening. It will give some idea of the state of mind to which we were reduced if I tell you that neither the porter nor the mother of t... ...ly crazy by the mismanagement to which we had been subjected, I believe they can have been no happier than myself. I bought half-a-dozen oranges from ... ...ame, as no other could be, for that shining river and desirable valley. None can care for literature in itself who do not take a special pleasure in t... ...ctly one of those rare conjunctures.... Without being very clear see- ing, I can still perceive the sun at noonday; and the coloured gentleman deftly ... ...etween what was and what is in Califor- nia, the praisers of times past will fix upon the Indians of Carmel. The valley drained by the river so named ... ...hing else, then with the delights of our society. Here, then, is the pitiful fix of the rich man; here is that needle’s eye in which he stuck already ...

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...y, and cruelty, so un- natural a vice; for even in the midst of compassion we feel within, I know not what tart-sweet titillation of ill-natured pleas... ...e of use to us, and that the common necessity covers their true qualities, we are to resign this part to the strongest and bold- est citizens, who sac... ...crificed their lives, for the good of their coun- 6 Essays: Book III try: we, who are weaker, take upon us parts both that are more easy and less haz... ...long arguments or propositions; every action plays its own game, win if it can. As to the rest, I am not swayed by any passion, either of love or hatr... ... motu animi, qui uti ratione non potest.” [“He may employ his passion, who can make no use of his reason.”—Cicero, Tusc. Quaes., iv. 25.] All legitima... ...oman; I will follow the right side even to the fire, but exclusively, if I can. Let Montaigne be overwhelmed in the public ruin if need be; but if the... ...cy itself is no other but a slower and more languish- ing motion. I cannot fix my object; ’tis always tottering and reeling by a natural giddiness; I ... ...are to steer from the Euboean sea.”—Ovid, Trist., i. i, 83.] ’Tis folly to fix all a man’s thoughts upon it, and to engage in it with a furious and in... ...self from a troublesome fancy, ’tis but to run to my books; they presently fix me to them and drive 47 Montaigne the other out of my thoughts, and do...

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...r friend’s countenance was supremely eloquent. The discriminating observer we have been supposing might, however, perfectly have measured its expressi... ...yed perhaps an obtrusive part, completed the conditions of his iden- tity. We have approached him, perhaps, at a not espe- cially favorable moment; he... ...her baffled on the aesthetic question, and guilty of the damning fault (as we have lately discovered it to be) of confounding the merit of the artist ... ...ung lady in French. “Very pretty, splendide. Combien?” repeated the Ameri- can. “It pleases monsieur, my little picture? It’s a very beau- tiful subje... ...k. Take care how you carry it!” And she began to put up her utensils. “How can I thank you?” said M. Nioche. “My English 10 The American does not suf... ...rm!” and M. Nioche cast a significant glance at his daughter’s Madonna. “I can’t fancy myself chattering French!” said Newman with a laugh. “And yet, ... ... am not able to emulate. I feel as if I must arrive at some conclusion and fix my belief on certain points. Art and life seem to me intensely serious ... ...uld do was to give a helpless and transparent stare. Valentin continued to fix him with his own rather over-bright gaze, and presently he said, “But s... ... whose outer side he might stand, kept him perpetual company. Now he would fix himself in Paris forever; he would extort a sort of happiness from the ...

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...ffairs. The room was spacious and dim; the thick London fog had oozed into it even through its superior defences. It was full of dusky, massive, valua... ...s prolonged fingers. If she was thinking some- thing out, she was thinking it thoroughly. When she looked up, on the entrance of a girl of twenty, it ... ...g to behold, was also in deep mourning, which had a freshness, if mourning can be fresh, an air of hav- ing been lately put on. She went straight to t... ...s her honour.” “Of course I’m a brute, n’en parlons plus,” said the girl. “We must go our respective ways,” she added, in a tone of extreme wisdom and... ...ou’ll not come to me, you know.” “What do you mean by ‘coming’ to you?” “I can’t receive you on that footing.” “She’ll not come with me, if you mean t... ...ame manner?” “Her manner is perfect; it would be an excellent model. But I can’t discuss my mother with you.” “You’ll have to discuss her with some ot... ...enry James send Captain Jay about his business. “My dear child,” he said, “we must really have some one who will be better fun than that.” Rose had de... ...ay to Rose, in a moment: “My dear child, are you never coming to see us?” “We shall be delighted to come if you’ll ask us,” Rose smiled. Lady Maresfie... ...e next day but one. No observer, probably, would have been acute enough to fix exactly the moment at which the girl ceased to take out her mother and ...

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...“The Odyssey is not an adventure story. It is, rather, a book of wisdom that explains the art of humanity’s journey toward becoming artists of life and of the life of the universe. It tells the tale of a love story that is based on love as a decision and as a proje...

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... way of interpreting the Odyssey that is ingenious, beautiful and elegant. It is an interpretation based on the theory of Cosmo-Art, which unites h... ...ites heaven and earth, life and death, men and women, pain and wisdom;and it reveals the profound meaning of Homer’s ideas on how to reach immortal... ...Paolo and Francesca), but on love and immortal beauty; a type of love that can win over death forever, and a type of beauty that is created only when... ...t to possess their own lives instead of being possessed by others, so they can follow the sense of cosmic purpose that guides them and transform th... ..., I formulated the following hypotheses on Ulysses and on the Odyssey that can help illuminate Homer’s thought: a. This fusion of cosmic and human... ... type of immortal life that is immensely superior to the earthly life that we all have. e. It is not possible to create this type of superior and ... ...don is forced to surrender before the positive forces that are at work. If we look closely, both Poseidon and the Suitors, although against their w... ...t an adventure tale but is a book of wisdom (every great culture has one). We all can use it to profoundly understand ourselves and to learn to crea... ... “My malicious companions along with cruel sleep have both ruined me. But fix it, dear ones, you have the power to do so”. This is what I said, inv...

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...A vivid and descriptive novel in search of a feature-length, animated film, Fire and Fur might more properly be called "Smart Dragons, Dumb Choices.? It is set in the pre-human Gobi desert and draws on Chinese mythology. Its major characters are dragons and cats. Of course, the cats do speak (often caustically) since a few dragons are interesting enough (cats can still spe...

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...ce Catcher in the Rye.” Originally published in 1994 by Omnimedia. It is the first, original fantasy novel published electronically. DEDI... ...speak (often caustically) since a few dragons are interesting enough (cats can still speak but no one is interesting enough to talk to anymore). Fir... ...lver-mackerel tabby, the great Joshua Thunderpussy. His personal website can be found at http://www.wpl.lib.in.us/roger/. THE FALL OF ANY ... ...oof." "I am the dragon. It is as it should be, always has been." "But we're the only ones here." Mei-chou always had trouble with his difficult... ...ficulty with reality and his pomposity. "And it's been a long time since we've bothered." "All the more reason for things to be as they should be.... ... His voice was measured; he was calm again. "What?" "In the future, you can leave out the Mud Pit Hollow and the Ravine Battle and the 'Song Never... ...'ve ever done. The one time you summoned it all, you did it for her." "We do what we must do. We must all cross K'u-ch'u-chiao, the Bridge of Pa... ...oments do summon great powers. We'll probably never know. Now I must go fix something. I never believed he was a hero. It just seemed he was bor... ... only a shell. There is no will to live in him anymore." "No! Never! Fix him! He can't leave me. I won't allow it! Do something! You're the...

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... Nay, I beseech you, sir, be not out with me: yet, if you be out, sir, I can mend you. MARULLUS: What meanest thou by that? mend me, thou saucy fel... ... to wear out their shoes, to get myself into more work. But, indeed, sir, we make holiday, to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph. MARULLUS: Wh... ...obe the images, If you do find them deck’d with ceremonies. MARULLUS: May we do so? You know it is the feast of Lupercal. FLAVIUS: It is no matter; ... ...you do find them deck’d with ceremonies. MARULLUS: May we do so? You know it is the feast of Lupercal. FLAVIUS: It is no matter; let no images Be hu... ... I shall remember: When Caesar says ‘do this,’ it is perform’d. CAESAR: Set on; and leave no ceremony out. [Flourish.] So... ... buried Thoughts of great value, worthy cogitations. Tell me, good Brutus, can you see your face? BRUTUS: No, Cassius; for the eye sees not itself, B... ...n awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter’s cold as well ... .... I was born free as Caesar; so were you: We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter’s cold as well as he: For once, upon a raw and g... ...ayers would move me: But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true fix’d and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament. The skies ar...

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...ly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear atmosphere....

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... term “Landfall” is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear atmosphere. 4 The Mirror of t... ...ture is not the ship’s going away from her port any more than the Landfall can be looked upon as the synonym of arrival. But there is this differ- enc... ...departure; the seaman takes his Departure by means of cross-bearings which fix the place of the first tiny pencil-cross on the white expanse of the tr... ... murmur, “The captain asks for one more slice of meat and two po- tatoes.” We, his officers, could hear him moving about in his berth, or lightly snor... ...ng, or fetching deep sighs, or splashing and blowing in his bath-room; and we made our reports to him through the key- hole, as it were. It was the cr... ... It was the crowning achievement of his amiable character that the answers we got were given in a quite mild and friendly tone. Some com- manders in t... ...ffect. They pass away, the days, the weeks, the months. Nothing but a gale can disturb the orderly life of the ship; and the spell of unshaken monoton... ...nchest ships afloat, and the school of staunch seamen? IV Before an anchor can ever be raised, it must be let go; and this perfectly obvious truism br... ...keep even on the swing- tables, when there was no position where you could fix yourself so as not to feel a constant strain upon all the muscles of yo...

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... a strong fascination for my mind from my earliest childhood; and I wonder it should have come to pass that I never have been round the world, never h... ...way. Franklin, come to the end of his unhappy overland journey —would that it had been his last!—lies perishing of hunger with his brave com panions:... ...orld over. 6 Reprinted Pieces A shadow on the wall in which my mind’s eye can discern some traces of a rocky sea coast, recalls to me a fearful story... ...oat, and flies once more—necessarily in the old hopeless direction, for he can take no other. He is soon cut off, and met by the pursuing party face t... ...the desert, and dies. But he shall be re united in his immortal spirit—who can doubt it!—with the child, when he and the poor carpenter shall be raise... ...o distin guish between the base coin of distress, and the true cur rency we have always among us,—he is more worthy of Norfolk Island than three fou... ...atre, he put it to me to say what kind of treatment he might expect? Well! we got over that difficulty to our mutual satis faction. A little while af... ... some other strait. I think Mrs. Southcote, his wife, was in extremity—and we adjusted that point too. A little while afterwards he had taken a new ho... ... had in my time—and I suppose it is the same now—fourteen hours’ firing to fix the glaze and to make it ‘run’ all over us equally, so as to put a good...

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...Excerpt: From my boyish days I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Macbeth. It was this: the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I never could account. The effect was, that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and...

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... BOYISH DAYS I had always felt a great perplexity on one point in Macbeth. It was this: the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Dunc... ...nderstanding, which includes no intuitive knowledge of the laws of vision, can furnish him with no reason why a line which is known and can be proved ... ...gs the interest exclusively upon the natural but ignoble instinct by which we cleave to life; an instinct, which, as being indispensable to the primal... ..., and degrades the great- est of men to the level of “the poor beetle that we tread on,” exhibits human nature in its most abject and humiliating atti... ...th him; (of course I mean a sympathy of comprehension, a sympathy by which we enter into his feelings, and are made to understand them,—not a sympathy... ...bmission of our own faculties, and in the perfect faith that in them there can be no too much or too little, nothing useless or in- ert—but that, the ... ...s not more deeply imbrued in blood that his who sits and looks on: neither can he be clear of blood who has countenanced its shedding; nor that man se... ...two circumstances, which combined, in the opinion of all his neighbors, to fix upon him the credit of Mrs. Ruscombe’s affair. One was, the fact of his... ...icturesquely and effectively, by a trial at some assizes which happened to fix the public attention. 89 or gallery, having his instant remedy in payi...

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... affirmative stages - then the imposition of the optimizing novelties - have depended on the name and prestige of a personality. Referring to those, we personalize further on. The examples are extremely numerous, even in our nearest past. When we mention a creation - in the largest sense of the term - with the name of the personality who illustrates it most extensively ...

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...new tension). Therefore, the paradox is simultaneously a conclusion and a provocation, consisting in the concomitance of the opposites, which gives it a real specificity. The paradox is of the nature of an explosive nucleus resulting from the fusion of satisfaction and anxiety. The first situation, during an instant, is derived from the appearance of something with a c...

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...che, and L. Popescu American Research Press Rehoboth 2002 3 This book can be ordered in microfilm format from: Bell and Howell Co. (Unive... ...e depended on the name and prestige of a personality. Referring to those, we personalize further on. The examples are extremely numerous, even in ou... ...r on. The examples are extremely numerous, even in our nearest past. When we mention a creation - in the largest sense of the term - with the name o... ...rgest sense of the term - with the name of the personality who illustrates it most extensively at a given time, we state precisely the specific impor... ...e of the personality who illustrates it most extensively at a given time, we state precisely the specific importance of it; we give it, with other wo... ...xtensively at a given time, we state precisely the specific importance of it; we give it, with other words, the identity to which we can refer conti... ... importance of it; we give it, with other words, the identity to which we can refer continuously with full knowledge and without causing any confusi... ...are called with the name of the man who produced them, and in this way we can compose a parallel onomastic dictionary, in which the work is included... ...nterprise (it is mentioned that it is only the first volume) cannot but to fix the level of reference to the smarandacheian manifesto crystallized in...

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...nt in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on excessive use of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, parables, odds, paradoxes in creations. It was set up by the editor since 1980’s and promulgates a counter-time/ counter-sense creation. Paradoxism started as an anti-totalitarian protest against a closed society, Romania of 1980’s. Why was the movement based on co...

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...y, Romania of 1980’s. Why was the movement based on contradictions? Because we lived in that society a double life: an official one – propagated by... ... but in reality “our life was miserable”. The paradox flourishing! And then we took the creation in derision, in opposite sense, in a syncretic way... ...nd the person who introduced it in that language. Also, paradoxist creations can be sent in any language, accompanied by a translation in either En... ...of the social status, essence of the Being, of the nonapparent one, but that can be reached through an initiated intervention – as did, premonitory,... ...ation, the de-constructing of language – that holds of that mentality – that we think we can delay today, after that postmodernism attempted a conci... ...e-constructing of language – that holds of that mentality – that we think we can delay today, after that postmodernism attempted a conciliating synt... ... No! Material and spirit will never mix.” This put Science in rather a tight fix. “The universe inside, and out, is our laboratory”, he argued sc... ...eme-bar ă), poemul poate îmbr ăca forme diverse. Chiar şi poemele cu form ă fix ă sunt supuse posibilelor modific ări, sonetul î şi p ăstreaz ă cele... ... wonder if she letting him have any I kill them both. Lady and man come and fix a garden back of the house Pap and me supposed to keep it up it fee...

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...VII SCIENCE AND ART UNDER SOCIALISM ................................................................................... 107 CHAPTER VIII THE WORLD AS IT COULD BE MADE ...................................................................................... 119...

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...TAIN RHYMES . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 CONTENTS iii TO HIS HEART, BIDDING IT HA VE NO FEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 THE CAP AND BELLS . . . . . . .... ... ILLNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 ALL THINGS CAN TEMPT ME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 BROWN PENNY . . .... ...AN WHO PROMISED A SECOND SUBSCRIP TION TO THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL GALLERY IF IT WERE PROVED THE PEOPLE WANTED PICTURES . . . . . . . . . 102 SEPTEMBER 1... ...anthers end him. — Hear, and load our king With wisdom hour by hour. — May we two stand, When we are dead, beyond the setting suns, A little from the ... ...ing on the verge of things, The phantom, Beauty, in a mist of tears; While we alone have round us woven woods, And feel the softness of each other’s h... ...own image in the enamelled sea. 12 THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W.B. YEATS Here we will moor our lonely ship And wander ever with woven hands, Murmuring so... ... With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. Where the wave of moonlight glosses The dim grey sands with... ... With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. Where the wandering water gushes From the hills above Glen ... ...pon the breathless starlit air, ‘Upon the star that marks the hidden pole; Fix every wandering thought upon That quarter where all thought is done: Wh...

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... sense of the word; second in concep- tion, second in execution, second as it were in its essence. There was no hesitation, half-formed plan, vague id... ...ould be the recipient, at that time, of my confi- dences. One evening when we had dined together and he had listened to the account of my perplexi- ti... ...isfortunes on the date of that fateful advent; and yet the very first time we dined with Almayer there was Willems sitting at table with us in the man... ...gh it was, that phrase, as food for thought, was distinctly worth hearing. We left the river three days afterwards and I never returned to Sambir; but... ...to Sambir; but whatever happened to the protago- nist of my Willems nobody can deny that I have re- corded for him a less squalid fate. J. C. 1919. PA... ...he strong, the respected, have no scruples. Where there are scruples there can be no power. On that text he preached often to the young men. It was hi... ...udden immo- bility of pupils fixed by a stare of unexpressed thought. “You can’t find out where he gets all that india- rubber, hey Willems?” Hudig wo... ...le to make out what they were saying, thought Babalatchi, as he sat gazing fix- edly at the unsteady glow of the fire. But it will be right. All will ... ...epped out from behind the tree and advanced slowly towards her. The sudden fix- ity of her—till then—restless eyes and a slight twitch 200 An Outcast...

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...indignant, reasoned, imagining that they knew what they were doing and did it of their own free will, but they all were involuntary tools of history, ... ...ent. Had that event not occurred these hints would have been forgotten, as we have forgotten the thou- sands and millions of hints and expectations to... ...are always so many conjec- tures as to the issue of any event that however it may end there will always be people to say: “I said then that it would b... ...e depths of Russia, are evidently of that kind, and only by much straining can historians attribute such con- 5 Tolstoy ceptions to Napoleon and his ... ... sole aim was to unite them, though uniting the armies was no advantage if we meant to retire and lure the enemy into the depths of the country. Our E... ...t he was at Smolensk and thought only of how to advance farther, though as we now see that advance was evi- dently ruinous to him. The facts clearly s... ...emy was twice stronger than we, we were unshakable. We pass the time as we can, but in war as in war! The princesses Aline and Sophie sit whole days w... ...nce, looking uneasily round, threw down his napkin and went himself. “They can’t do anything… always make some muddle,” he muttered. While he was away... ...uce him to consent. I swear to you on my honor that Napoleon was in such a fix as never before and might have lost half his army but could not have ta...

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...ern Americans. As for Yoshida, I have already disclaimed respon- sibility; it was but my hand that held the pen. In truth, these are but the readings ... ...ts himself up to right the wrongs of universal history and criticism. Now, it is one thing to write with enjoyment on a subject while the story is hot... ...other business to put these writings coldly forth again in a bound volume. We are most of us attached to our opinions; that is one of the “natural aff... ...attached to our opinions; that is one of the “natural affections” of which we hear so much in youth; but few of us are alto- gether free from paralysi... ...ession, continually forced, may de- generate at length into a grimace; and we have at best some- thing of a caricature, at worst a calumny. Hence, if ... ...derground railroad could atone for slavery, even as no bills in Parliament can redeem the ancient wrongs of Ireland. But here at least is a new light ... ...e I regarded Villon as a bad fel- low. Others still think well of him, and can find beautiful and human traits where I saw nothing but artistic evil; ... ... that period was, to what a blank of imbecility the human mind had fallen, can only be known to those who have waded in the chronicles. Excepting Comi... ... to the binding nature of an oath; and surely, if ceremony can do aught to fix the wandering affec- tions, here were two people united for life. Mary ...

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... father served an apprenticeship. There my grandfather died and lies buried. We saw his grave stone in 1758. His eldest son Thomas lived in the house... ...p, viz.: Thomas, John, Ben jamin and Josiah. I will give you what account I can of them, at this distance from my papers, and if these are not lost i... ...anuary 6, old style, just four years to a day before I was born. The account we received of his life and character from some old people at Ecton, I re... ...sh that bounded part of the mill pond, on the edge of which, at high water, we used to stand to fish for minnows. By much trampling, we had made it a... ...as set before me, and so unobservant of it, that to this day if I am asked I can scarce tell a few hours after dinner what I dined upon. This has been... ..., etc., at their work, that he might observe my inclination, and endeavor to fix it on some trade or other on land. It has ever since been a pleasure ... ...under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took s... ...the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix’d in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love dis... ...you undisturbed in the pos session of your error. And by such a manner, you can seldom hope to recommend yourself in pleasing your hearers, or to per...