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...she and her troubadour meet again, AND fate hands her the chance to make her every wish come true. Daniel entices her into a marriage of convenience. Can she save him from the treacherous political legacy of his late wife? Set in 1871, the story sweeps from the tragedy of the Chicago Fire to the streets of New York and finally to the wild, dangerous coast of Ireland. Is Da...

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... other arm and stumbled. Only his relentless grip kept her from falling. “It wasn’t his fault, Mr. Faraday.” Her voice came out so strangled, it... ...nd scrubbed her sleeve across her tear-streaked face. “A distraction that can blow all thought of singing clear out of a man,” Daniel continued. “... ...all thought of singing clear out of a man,” Daniel continued. “I believe I can hear the chill it casts upon my throat right now, can you?” Wheth... ...th. “I’ll take that up later with your father. Now, run along with you. We’re delaying Mr. Connolly from his preparations.” “Yes, sir.” Juggl... ...gh all around the hem. “Papa, I talked with Mr. Faraday. He said maybe we could work something out about the performance today.” Morgan unbutt... ...hat it was, my dear, when your mother and I used to… Alas, no one lives who can write the parts for an actor of my talents. The words that pass for ... ... She screamed in frustration as she fell. “Shut her up, Douglas. Ain’t we been told to keep this whole thing quiet?” the man hissed at his part... ... length of the rip on her bare skin. She shivered. “Gertie could probably fix it. But I have a better idea. Come with me.” “No.” She ducked aw... ...this news is what kept me in town so long, I swear it. Walter was about to fix me a cot in the telegraph office. I did send you a note.” “I didn...

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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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...In this book for the first time we have ventured into the total analysis of migrant labourers in rural Tamil Nadu who are victims of HIV/AIDS using FCM, BAM and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps. As in our study and analysis we felt several of the factors related...

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...Migration acquires great significance in the study of peoples and populations, for it not only involves the merely mathematical spatial redistribution of people, but also because it has enormous impact on livelihood, life-styles, employment, socioeconomic and political stability; or in other words, it influ...

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...rus (HIV). Pictures courtesy: The Unesco Courier, June 1995. This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ... ...AZ 85020 USA Layout and cover design by Kama Kandasamy. Many books can be downloaded from: http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-othe... ...e Neutrosophic logic grew as an alternative to the existing topics and it represents a mathematical model of uncertainty, vagueness, ambiguity, i... ... of the authors Florentin Smarandache. In this book for the first time we have ventured into the total analysis of migrant labourers in rural Tam... ...ng FCM, BAM and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps. As in our study and analysis we felt several of the factors related with the psycho, socio, economic p... ...determinate apart from the data being an unsupervised one. At the outset, we first emphasize that the study and analysis (and there by the conclusi... ... book has seven chapters. The first chapter is introductory in nature and it speaks about the migrant labourers. In chapter two we use Fuzzy Cogniti... ...us of these HIV/AIDS infected migrant labourers and from this analysis we can draw conclusions on preventive measures to be taken to stop the spread... ...i was delocalized and that there were a lot of brokers, middlemen etc. to fix them at a cheap rate. They (CSWs) in Chennai city carried out their tr...

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...fication, dominance and ambition. As distinct from healthy narcissism which we all possess, pathological narcissism is maladaptive, rigid, persisti... ...lomania or, colloquially, as egotism) is a form of pathological narcissism. It is a Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic) Personality Disorder... ...or passion; • Firmly convinced that he or she is unique and, being special, can only be understood by, should only be treated by, or associate with,... ...rder (NPD). Most narcissists (50-75%, according to the DSM-IV-TR) are men. We must carefully distinguish between the narcissistic traits of adolesc... ...onality Disorder (NPD) is poor, though his adaptation to life and to others can improve with treatment. [Bibliography: Goldman, Howard H., Review o... ... with a challenge – they are likely to do better than non-narcissists. Yet, we often find that narcissists abandon their efforts in mid-stream, give... ...t there and if you do, connect it somehow to his sense of grandiosity. You can aggrandize even your office supplies, the most mundane thing conceiv... ...issist tends to pursue an ever-larger dose of adoration, and an ever-bigger fix of attention, while gradually losing what's left of his moral constr... ... increasing supply, of an ever-larger dose of adoration, and an ever-bigger fix of attention – gradually loses his moral constraints. With time, it ...

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...what Aristotle calls in one place the ?philosophy of human affairs;? but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author?s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The two parts of this treatise are mutually complementary, but in ...

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...re frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author’s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity,... ...n the two works is far from obvious, and has been much de- bated. Not much can be gathered from their titles, which in any case were not given to them... ...nd from their connection with the existence and life of the city or state. We have thus to regard the Ethics as dealing with one group of problems and... ...o the abstract or isolated indi- vidual, but has always thought of him, or we might say, in his social and political context, with a given nature due ... ...him he has studied the nature and formation of his charac- ter—all that he can make himself or be made by others to be. Especially he has investigated... ...t organisation of social or political forces, by what laws or institutions can we best secure the greatest amount of good character? We must, however,... ...d and Hector for example. The latter says, “Polydamas will be the first to fix Disgrace upon me.” Diomed again, “For Hector surely will hereafter say,... ...ence Philoso- 168 The Ethics of Aristotle pher, since he it is who has to fix the Master-End which is to guide us in dominating any object absolutely... ...ive so and so for that specific thing. The question then arises, who is to fix the rate? the man 200 The Ethics of Aristotle who first gives, or the ...

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...ath, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its proper place. For the present I will only say that this ?landowner?--for so we used to call him, although he hardly spent a day of his life on his own estate--was a strange type, yet one pretty frequently to be met with, a type abject and vicious and at the same time senseless. But he was one of thos...

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...proper place. For the present I will only say that this “landowner”—for so we used to call him, although he hardly spent a day of his life on his own ... ... found in the last, could have married such a worthless, puny weakling, as we all called him, I won’ t attempt to explain. I knew a young lady of the ... ... and the despotism of her family. And a pliable imagination persuaded her, we must suppose, for a brief moment, that Fyodor Pavlovitch, in spite of hi... ...oo. 6 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV Chapter 2 He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son YOU CAN EASILY IMAGINE what a father such a man could be and how he would bring... ...he has got money enough to go abroad now. What does he want here? Everyone can see that he hasn’t come for money, for his father would never give him ... ...ive him any. He has no taste for drink and dissipation, and yet his father can ’ t do with- out him. They get on so well together!” That was the truth... ...perate need of money. Only let me know it’s serious, and I’ll run over and fix it up. I’ll snatch the time somehow. But what’s the good of my gallopin... ...t always on such occasions he would get up and go away. Sometimes he would fix a long piercing look upon me, and I thought, “He will say something dir... ...aims that the prisoner pointed to Smerdyakov because he had no one else to fix on, that had there been a sixth person, even a phantom of a sixth perso...

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...N THE PHAEDRUS, the Republic, the Philebus, the Parmenides, and the Sophist, we may observe the tendency of Plato to combine two or more subjects or d... ...e same subject in a single dialogue. In the Sophist and Statesman especially we note that the discussion is partly regarded as an illustration of meth... ...r which throw light on the main subject. And in his later writings generally we fur- ther remark a decline of style, and of dramatic power; the charac... ...discussions in the Sophist; and this, perhaps, is the strongest ground which can be urged for doubting the genu- ineness of the work. But, when we rem... ... and subdivision we discover the true herdsman or king of men. But before we can rightly distinguish him from his rivals, we must view him, (2) as he ... ...ciences, to which the art of discourse must conform? There is; but before we can apply this measure, we must know what is the aim of dis- course: and ... ...given the universe opposite motions; or that there are two gods, one turning it in one direction, another in another. But the truth is, that there are... ...is, that there are two cycles of the world, 12 Statesman and in one of them it is governed by an immediate Providence, and receives life and immortal... ...their ancestors; and if either of them is condemned, some of the judges must fix what he is to suffer or pay . 120 Statesman YOUNG SOCRATES: He who i...

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...no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into philosophical discussions; the poetical charm... ...f the connexion of ideas, was making truth and falsehood equally impossible. It has been said that Plato would have written differently, if he had bee... ... as distant acquain 5 Sophist – Plato tances, whom he criticizes ab extra; we do not recognize at first sight that he is criticizing him self. The ... ... following are characteristic pas sages: ‘The ancient philosophers, of whom we 6 Sophist – Plato may say , without offence, that they went on their ... ...asped oaks and rocks in their hands,’ and who must be improved be fore they can be reasoned with; and the equally humourous delineation of the friend... ...ders of the rest of mankind. Plato ridicules the notion that any individuals can corrupt youth to a degree worth speaking of in comparison with the gr... ...men the possession of an honourable name which they have assumed, or applies it to them only in mockery or irony . The term ‘Sophist’ is one of those ... ..., even in the mind of the vulgar Athenian, by an ‘interval which no geometry can express,’ from the balancer of sentences, the interpreter and reciter... ...t being,’ which is our present subject of dispute; and now you see in what a fix we are about it. THEAETETUS: I see. STRANGER: And very likely we have...

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... now concealed, but always present, are inserted a good many bad jests, as we may venture to term them. We may ob- serve an attempt at artificial orna... ...he sciences and arts and true opinions are enumerated in the fourth class. We seem to have an intimation of a further discussion, in which some topics... ...element of obscurity. Many things in a controversy might seem relevant, if we knew to what they were intended to refer. But no conjecture will enable ... ...lessness about artistic effect, when he was absorbed in abstract ideas, we can hardly be wrong in assuming, amid such a variety of indications, derive... ...er, how pleasure and wisdom are related to this higher good. (2) Before we can reply with exactness, we must know the kinds of pleasure and the kinds ... ...se are clearly more akin to reason than to pleasure, and will enable us to fix the places of both of them in the scale of good. First in the scale is ... ...as. He cannot understand how an absolute unity, such as the Eleatic Being, can be broken up into a number of indi- viduals, or be in and out of them a... ...h and regu- lates the infinite is best expressed to us by the word ‘law. ’ It is that which measures all things and assigns to them their limit; which... ...ics or Metaphysics of Aristotle. It is this interval upon which we have to fix our minds if we would rightly understand the character of the transitio...

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...e of the syllogism which Aristotle claims to have discovered. Neither must we forget that the Republic is but the third part of a still larger design ... ...ggle for Liberty, intended to represent the conflict of Persia and Hellas. We may judge from the noble commencement of the Timaeus, from the fragment ... ...k of the Laws, in what manner Plato would have treated this high argument. We can only guess why the great design was aban doned; perhaps because Pla... ...f the Laws, in what manner Plato would have treated this high argument. We can only guess why the great design was aban doned; perhaps because Plato ... ...a of good.” There may be some use in such general de scriptions, but they can hardly be said to express the design of the writer. The truth is, that ... ...er “which is still worth asking,” because the investigation shows that we can not argue his torically from the dates in Plato; it would be useless t... ... true, he said. And what, I said, will be the best limit for our rulers to fix when they are considering the size of the State and the amount of terri... ...ch justice will shine forth, and the vision which is then revealed we will fix in our souls. That will be in regular course; let us do as you say. I p... ...ich I am speaking are also a riddle, and have a double sense: nor can you fix them in your mind, either as being or not being, or both, or neither. ...

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...osity himself. “A capital idea!” he said, with the utmost satisfaction. “We’ll have a look at the crocodile! On the eve of visiting Europe it is a... ...sfaction. “We’ll have a look at the crocodile! On the eve of visiting Europe it is as well to acquaint ourselves on the spot with its indigenous inhab... ... more agreeable frame of mind than he was on that memorable morning how true it is that we know not beforehand the fate that awaits us! On entering th... ...able frame of mind than he was on that memorable morning how true it is that we know not beforehand the fate that awaits us! On entering the Arcade he... ... “The Crocodile” of admiration for the splendours of the building and, when we reached the shop in which the monster lately arrived in Peters burg w... ...“I am surrounded by impenetrable night,” answered the poor captive, “but I can feel and, so to speak, have a look round with my hands … . Good bye; ... ... possibly serve as a general rule for all progressives.” “Yes, indeed it can. You see, it’s the effect of over education, I assure you. For over e... ...ourse.” “Well, what do You say then, Timofey Semyonitch?” “Why, what can I do?” “Give advice, guidance, as a man of experience, a relative... ...hen,’ he said, ‘all the land is in the hands of foreign compa nies they can fix any rent they like. And so the peasant will work three times as much ...

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...y of utilitarianism against the popular morality of the so called sophist. It is true that similar confusion and uncertainty, and in some cases simila... ...depend for their evidence upon, what are called its first principles. Were it not so, there would be no science more precarious, or whose conclusions ... ...hole character and colour from the end to which they are subservient. When we engage in a pursuit, a clear and precise conception of what we are pursu... ...recise conception of what we are pursuing would seem to be the first thing we need, instead of the last we are to look forward to. A test of right and... ...m. Questions of ulti mate ends are not amenable to direct proof. Whatever can be proved to be good, must be so by being shown to be a means to someth... ...or rejected, but is not a subject of what is commonly understood by proof. We are not, however, to infer that its acceptance or rejection must depend ... ... what manner they apply to the case, and what rational grounds, therefore, can be given for accepting or rejecting the utilitarian formula. But it is ... ...Before, therefore, I attempt to enter into the philosophical grounds which can be given for as senting to the utilitarian standard, I shall offer som... ...utilitarian mode of thought, to conceive it as implying that people should fix their minds upon so wide a generality as the world, or society at large...

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...y weak, though he wanted to get out of bed and sit up in a chair. His mind was quite clear; his face looked very tired, yet bright and almost joyful. It wore an expression of gaiety, kindness and cordiality. ?Maybe I shall not live through the coming day,? he said to Alyosha. Then he desired to confess and take the sacrament at once. He always confessed to Father Paissy. A...

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...was quite clear; his face looked very tired, yet bright and almost joyful. It wore an expression of gaiety, kindness and cordiality. “Maybe I shall no... ..., as far as Alyosha could remember afterwards. “Love God’s people. Because we have come here and shut ourselves within these walls, we are no holier t... ...solemn smile came into his lips. 6 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV – Part II “We shall see greater things!” broke from him. “We shall see greater thi... ...sima earnestly , referring to the “heal- ing” of the lady’s daughter, “How can you presume to do such things?” He was now somewhat puzzled and did... ...s provided for Monday , W ednes- day, and Friday. For Tuesday and Thursday we have white bread, stewed fruit with honey, wild berries, or salt cabbage... ...pont, suddenly. “Mushrooms?” repeated the surprised monk. “Y es. I can give up their bread, not needing it at all, and go away into the forest... ...y into the forest and live there on the mushrooms or the berries, but they can’ t give up their bread here, wherefore they are in bondage to the devil... ...perate need of money. Only let me know it’s serious, and I’ll run over and fix it up. I’ll snatch the time somehow. But what’s the good of my gallopin... ...t always on such occasions he would get up and go away. Sometimes he would fix a long piercing look upon me, and I thought, “He will say something dir...

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...eps of their movement. Growth, for instance, animal or vegetable, what eye can arrest its eter- nal increments? The hour-hand of a watch, who can dete... ...the past, and the change which is registered between that and the present, we know that it must be awake; judging by the immediate appearances, we sho... ...oliday for ever, and searches every corner of the universe, what intellect can follow it to its fountains? And yet, shyer than gravitation, less to be... ...rate. The weather—how simple would appear the laws of its oscillations, if we stood at their centre! and yet, because we do not, to this hour the weat... ...re, the disorder of parallax shall trouble the laws of light; and, because we ourselves are wandering, the heavens shall seem fickle. Exactly in the p... ...igions are true; all gods are true gods; and all are equally true. Neither can he understand what you mean by a false religion, or how a religion coul... ...ting the true reading, still be at a loss how, upon this right reading, to fix the right acceptation. So there, at that fifth stage, in rushes the tot... ...nd the sole trustee for the future. Here, therefore, Phil., is caught in a fix, habemus confitentem. He denounces devel- opment when dealing with the ... ...nity.* It is our present purpose to state a few of such cases, in order to fix attention upon the interest and the impor- tance which surround them. N...

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...ohuns and the Underwoods. Continuations are proverbially failures, and yet it is per- haps a consequence of the writer’s realization of characters tha... ...e colours in absolutely different hues as they grew older, and so no doubt it is with thinkers. The outlines may be the same, the tints are insensibly... ... Ewe, not to say the Leston, into milk and water.” “The wretches! But they can’t. It is yours.” “Not the western quarry; but they cannot get the strea... ... Hodnet’s farm, for which they make astounding bids; but, any way, nothing can be done till I am of age, when the lease to Hodnet is out, except by Ac... ...e and nerves. Much had befallen the house of Underwood since the days when we took leave of them, still sorrowing under the loss of the main pillar of... ...sing carpets and curtains. “For,” said Lance, with a smack of exultation, “we are ac- tually going back to our old quarters over the shop.” “Oh!” A re... ...satisfaction from Geraldine. “Nothing amiss?” asked Clement. “Far from it. We let Marshlands to great advantage, and there are many reasons for the fl... ...has brought in more business—” “But how about space? We could squeeze, but can you?” “We have devoured our two next-door neighbours. There’s for you! ... ...happened. None of your Britisher’s airs, but ready to make the best of any fix- ings. I don’t think dear Gerald meant me to tell all this, but 240 Th...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It was a little before eight o?clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely. For two minutes, however, he ...

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...nty five roubles.” “And have the boots been sent?” “Yes.” “Dolt! can’t even say, ‘yes, sir.’ Bring them here.” Expressing his satisfac... ...y, my own way, Krestyan Ivanovitch. I keep myself to myself, and so far as I can see am not dependent on any one. I go out for walks, too, Krestyan Iv... ...say …” “I say, you must excuse me, Krestyan Ivanovitch, that as far as I can see I am no great hand at eloquence in speaking,” Mr. Golyadkin artic... ... enemies are you talking about? What is wrong?” “No, Krestyan Ivanovitch we’d better leave that now,” answered Mr. Golyadkin, casting down his eye... ...Ah! So that’s how it is now …” “Yes, Krestyan Ivanovitch. And that’s how we all are! Poor old man! He looks towards the grave, breathes incense, a... ...the carriage. “What should I laugh at? I’m not doing anything; where are we to drive to now?” “Go home, drive on… .” “Home, off!” shouted ... ... went scribbling away out of pride, like a noodle! I’ve got myself into this fix out of pride! That is what dignity does for you, you rascal, that is ... ... turn about the room, to rouse himself, to col lect his scattered ideas, to fix them upon a certain subject and then to set himself to rights a littl... ...n my readiness for a personal arrange ment and, what is more, to beg her to fix the time and place of the interview. It grieved me, sir, to read your...

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...itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; and that it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no po... ...ry words necessary to express the task I have undertaken, show how arduous it is. But it would be a mistake to suppose that the difficulty of the case... ... of those which gather round and protect old institutions and custom, that we need not wonder to find them as yet less undermined and loosened than an... ...e expected to produce their proofs, be fore those who take the other side can be required to say anything; and at no time these required to do more t... ...d to have ascribed to the reasoning elements. For the apotheosis of Reason we have substi tuted that of Instinct; and we call thing instinct which we... ...tinct; and we call thing instinct which we find in ourselves and for which we cannot trace any rational foundation. This idolatry, infinitely more de ... ...emed conclusive against me, unless that custom and feeling from age to age can be shown to have owed their exist ence to other causes than their soun... ...of human nature. I am willing that judgment should go against me, unless I can show that my judge has been tampered with. The concession is not so gre... ...ine, it is felt to be an overstepping of the proper bounds of authority to fix beforehand, on some general presumption, that certain persons are not f...

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...or of the diary and the diary itself are, of course, imaginary. Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, ... ...of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society, when we consider the circumstances in the midst of which our society is formed... ...ntitled “Underground,” this person introduces himself and his views, and, as it were, tries to explain the causes owing to which he has made his appea... ...ou probably will not understand. Well, I understand it, though. Of course, I can’t explain who it is precisely that I am mortifying in this case by my... ... is absolutely no matter whether I am going away or not going away. But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Notes from the Underground ... ... affectation, I am clanking a sword like my officer. But, gentlemen, whoever can pride himself on his diseases and even swagger over them? Though, aft... ...e do pride themselves on their diseases, and I do, may be, more than anyone. We will not dispute it; my contention was absurd. But yet I am firmly per... ...ently do nothing; it is not an excuse for turning aside, an excuse for which we are always very glad, though we scarcely believe in it ourselves, as a... ...and at the door, one hand behind his back and one foot behind the other, and fix upon me a stare more than severe, utterly contemptuous. If I suddenly...

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... Citizens and Brethren, Associates of the New York Historical Society: Would it be an unlicensed trespass of the imagination to conceive that on the n... ...ut they had increased and multiplied with unexampled rapidity; and the land it self had been the recent theatre of a ferocious and bloody seven year... ... the most transcendent act of power that social man in his mortal condition can per form—even that of dissolving the ties of allegiance by which he ... ...he kindliest emotions of the bosom. They are faithful pledges of the respect we bear to the memory of our ancestors and of the tenderness with which w... ...s in accomplishing the settlement of your country, men upon whose virtue you can dwell with honest exultation. The founders of your race are not hande... ...rved as a lasting monument of their achievement. The great actors of the day we now solem nize were illustrious by their intrepid valor no less than... ...ry of the world; to applaud and emulate those qualities of their minds which we shall find deserving of our admiration; to recognize with candor those... ...gain at home. Children of these exalted Pilgrims! Is there one among you ho can hear the simple and pathetic energy of these expressions without ten... ...ry rivulet and creek where they endeav ored to find a firm footing, and to fix, with a pause of delight and exultation, the instant when the first o...

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...it by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began...

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...shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gentl... ...His Holiness feeling well?” he asked with genuine concern, as he sat down. “We are fine, Alfredo.” The Pope paused and looked out the window, which... ...oke softly as he studied Alfredo. Alfredo didn’t. For centuries, the word WE was always used instead of I when referring to the Papacy. After se... ...?” Alfredo studied them for a minute. “A couple of them look familiar, but I can’t be sure.” He started to hand the page back. “No, keep it. I wa... ...s startled Alfredo. “You don’t know them then, Your Eminence?” “See what you can find out. Quietly, Alfredo.” “Yes, Your Holiness. I will be discr... ...ld be visiting the Vatican. “Most of the day, Your Holiness,” he responded. “We’re giving them a complete tour, and then Cardinal Berini has insist... ...is shoulders. “You know politicians, Holy 10 J.Cross/Artemis Father, who can be sure.” The words, ‘death of his daughter’, echoed in Francis’... ...say, have a chat," Gonzales said, as a cloud of smoke enveloped him. "Cardona fix your nephew a drink. He seems on edge." Brand felt a twinge of fe... ...sque was clean and well kept. He promised himself that he would send money to fix the outside. For most of the morning he prayed to Allah to soothe...

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...etch my daily quota of water from the water-tap, provided at the back of her tenement, for all the four segments, in the vicinity. Almost every time, we had to place our buckets or utensils, in a queue, while waiting for our turn. Being shy of passing through the front lane, while approaching the water-tap, I preferred to walk along the back of the segment, in our front. G...

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...n to me, seizing my hand, and saying, How did you escape, Socrates?--(I should explain that an engagement had taken place at Potidaea not long before we came away, of which the news had only just reached Athens.)...

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...hould explain that an engagement had taken place at Potidaea not long before we came away, of which the news had only just reached Athens.) You see, I... ...ere present. I was. Then sit down, and tell us the whole story, which as yet we have only heard imperfectly. I took the place which he assigned to me,... ... is as fair and good within, as he is without, replied Critias. Then, before we see his body, should we not ask him to show us his soul, naked and und... ...t of an age at which he will like to talk. That he will, said Critias, and I can tell you that he is a philosopher already, and also a considerable po... ...f the headache, I answered, but with an effort, that I did know. And what is it? he said. I replied that it was a kind of leaf, which required to be a... ...cians of the Thracian king Zamolxis, who are said to be so skilful that they can even give immortality. This Thracian told me that in these notions of... ...they are ignorant of the whole, which ought to be studied also; for the part can never be well unless the whole is well.’ For all good and evil, wheth... ...ly, and difficulty in learning is learning quietly and slowly? T rue. And is it not better to teach another quickly and ener getically, rather than q... ...k, he said, Socrates, that you are right. Then once more, Charmides, I said, fix your attention, and look within; consider the effect which temperance...

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...so unfortunately opposed to the mis-named doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. A question seldom stated, and hardly ever discussed, in general terms, but which profoundly influences the practical controversies of the age by its latent presenc...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Childhood and early education it seems proper that I should prefix to the following biographical sketch some mention of the reasons which have made me think it desirable that I should leave behind me such a memorial of so uneventful a life as mine. I do n...

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...inition of Political Economy; and on the Method of Investigation Proper to It............................................................................ ...lso been careful to point out, that from these opinions no justifica- tion can be derived for any protecting duty, or other prefer- ence given to dome... ... should be able to produce it with less labour and capital than ourselves. We may even have a positive advantage in its production: but, if we are so ... ...roduction of some other article which is in demand in the foreign country, we may be able to ob- tain a greater return to our labour and capital by em... ...her manufactories should be more productive than those of Swe- den; for if we have an advantage of one-half in cottons, and only an advantage of a qua... ...a country possesses two com- 7 John Stuart Mill modities, one of which it can produce with less labour, com- paratively to what it would cost in a fo... ...the one and the other at a less expense of labour than the foreign country can produce them, but not less in the same degree; or might be unable to pr... ...ect belongs to one class or to the other. The use of classification is, to fix atten- tion upon the distinctions which exist among things; and that is... ... labourers, and it is therefore pref- erable to employ language tending to fix attention upon the wages of the individual. The wages, however, on whic...

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...lity, altogether irrespective of the mere merit or demerit of his poetry. “We cannot bear a Papist to be our principal bard,” said one class. “No T or... ...ne child of genius.” “He is a little ugly in- sect,” cried another class; “can such a misbegotten brat be a favourite with the beautiful Apollo?” “He ... ... those of the acknowledged masters of English poetry. But apart from this, we do think that Lord Carlisle has exaggerated the “De- cline and Fall” of ... ...re probably in every good library, public and pri- vate, in Great Britain. Can we say as much of Chaucer and Spenser? Passages and lines of his poetry... ...robably in every good library, public and pri- vate, in Great Britain. Can we say as much of Chaucer and Spenser? Passages and lines of his poetry are... ...od as an house or estate”— and the heights of moral grandeur into which he can at times soar, whenever he has manly indignation, or warm-hearted patri... ...uous. 10 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 In endeavouring to fix the rank of a poet, there are, we think, the following elements to be a... ...us ruling passions find; In women, two almost divide the kind; Those, only fix’d, they first or last obey, The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.... ...ankness, art with truth allied, Courage with softness, modesty with pride; Fix’d principles, with fancy ever new; Shakes all together, and produces—yo...

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...ght…. It is 4 The Insulted and Injured wonderful what one ray of sunshine can do for the soul of man! But the ray of sunshine had died away; the fros... ...gait and their whole appearance seemed almost to cry aloud at every step: “We are old, old. Oh Lord, how old we are!” I remember too that it occurred ... ...ve said already that as soon as the old man sat down in his chair he would fix his eye on something and not remove it the whole evening. It 8 The Ins... ...ed his pale cheek to the dead face of the dog. A minute of silence passed. We were all touched. At last the poor fellow got up. He was very pale and t... ... got up. He was very pale and trembled as though he were in a fever. “Y ou can have it stoffed,” said the sympathetic Muller anx- ious to comfort him ... ... anx- ious to comfort him an any way (by “stoffed” he mean stuffed). “Y ou can have it well stoffed, Fyodor Karlitch Kruger stoffs beautifully; Fyodor... ...ad only one child, a daughter Natasha, a child three years younger than I. We grew up together like brother and sister. Oh, my dear childhood! How stu... ...om, then looking down would come slowly towards me, would stand facing me, fix his lustreless eyes upon me and suddenly laugh in my face, a long, toot... ...defend me. Y ou always stand up for me, and I don’t deserve it. You had to fix the blame on someone, so you fixed it on him. And he’s really not to bl...

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...eaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to dec...

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...cident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that deci... ...era in which that decision is to be made; and a wrong election of the part we shall act may, in this view, deserve to be considered as the general mis... ...rful are the causes which serve to give a false bias to the judgment, that we, upon many occasions, see wise and good men on the wrong as well as on t... ...y absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution. And yet, however just these sentiments ... ...8 The Federalist Papers a sound and well-informed judgment, their interest can never be separated; and that a dangerous ambition more often lurks behi... ...t has vo- taries enough to countenance an open avowal of it. For noth- ing can be more evident, to those who are able to take an enlarged view of the ... ...he persons or to prescribe the manner of their election or appointment, to fix their numbers and qualifications and to draw the gen- eral outlines of ... ...of counterfeiting the current coin and secureties of the United States; to fix the standard of weights and mea- sures; to establish a uniform rule of ... ...ression. In such a case, it is the province of the courts to liquidate and fix their meaning and operation. So far as they can, by any fair constructi...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Political Power. Firstly, it having been shown in the foregoing discourse:* Firstly. That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood or by positive donation from God, any such authority over his children, nor dominion over the world, as is pr...

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... END OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT by John Locke CHAPTER I OF P OLITICAL P OWER 1. It having been shown in the foregoing discourse: * Firstly. That Adam ha... ...s is pretended. Secondly. That if he had, his heirs yet had no right to it. Thirdly. That if his heirs had, there being no law of Nature nor posi... ... 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state... ...ot but wish to receive good, even as much at every man’s hands, as any man can wish unto his own soul, how should I look to have any part of my desire... ...bordination among us that may authorise us to de stroy one another, as if we were made for one another’s uses, as the inferior ranks of creatures are... ...when his own preservation comes not in competition, ought he as much as he can to preserve the rest of mankind, and not unless it be to do justice on ... ...he only reasons why one man may lawfully do harm to another, which is that we call punishment. In trans gressing the law of Nature, the offender decl... ...ight any prince or state 7 Concerning Civil Government, 2nd Essay – Locke can put to death or punish an alien for any crime he commits in their count... ...of to any advantage of life before it spoils, so much he may by his labour fix a property in. Whatever is beyond this is more than his share, and belo...

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