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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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...on was chosen with three special views: firstly, that being on the Potomac it might have the full advantage of water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly... ...Potomac affords to the city but few of the advantages of a sea-port. Ships can come up, but not ships of large burden. The river seems to have dwindle... ...he site was chosen, and at present it is, I think, evident that Washington can never be great in its ship- ping. Statio benefida carinis can never be ... ...ted States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the l... ...rned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any time. Owing to the irregul... ... from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as we can now see, and as well as we can now judge, Washington will soon be on... ...ion to which it belongs, instead of at its center. I fear, therefore, that we must acknowledge that the site chosen for his country’s capital by Georg... ...hat system of presidential election which the Constitution had intended to fix as permanent, the Presidents were generally re-elected for a second ter... ... of mails para- mount to all other matters, the British post-office cannot fix the price to be paid for such work. This is generally done by arbitrati...

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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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...sity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by soci ety over the individual. A questio... ...hority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and Engla... ...he acts which it may do by the hands of its political functionaries. Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates in... ... these rules should be, is the principal ques tion in human affairs; but if we except a few of the most obvious cases, it is one of those which least... ... own liking; but an opinion on a point of conduct, not supported by reasons, can only count as one person’s preference; and if the reasons, when given... ...e is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which ... ...ot speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a state to re... ...ecause we, in our own judgment, have condemned them, it will be desirable to fix down the discussion to a concrete case; and I choose, by preference, ... ... duty of gov ernments, in all cases which were considered of importance, to fix prices, and regulate the processes of manufacture. But it is now reco...

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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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...g biographical sketch some mention of the reasons which have made me think it desirable that I should leave be hind me such a memorial of so uneventf... ...mine. I do not for a moment imagine that any part of what I have to relate can be interesting to the public as a narrative or as being connected with ... ...f not of profounder, study than at any former pe riod of English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was... ...s discourses to me, chiefly during our walks. From 1810 to the end of 1813 we were living in Newington Green, then an almost rustic neighbourhood. My ... ... I had not the neces sary previous knowledge. As to my private reading, I can only speak of what I re member. History continued to be my strongest p... ... and in what particular walk, in the neighbourhood of Bagshot Heath (where we were on a visit to his old friend Mr. Wallace, then one of the Math ema... ...n they have to answer opponents, only endeavour, by such arguments as they can command, to sup port the opposite conclusion, scarcely even attempting... ...g was known: that the question, “Who made me?” cannot be answered, because we have no experience or authentic information from which to answer it; and... ...promising. But when the time for action drew near, and it was necessary to fix on a President, and find somebody to open the first debate, none of our...

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...merged by buzzings and throbbings. Then in elfin tones the real message comes through: ?Bleriot has crossed the Channel.... An article ... about what it means.?...

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...es through: “Blériot has crossed the Channel.... An article ... about what it means.” I make a hasty promise and go out and tell my friends. From my g... ... my reckoning of the year before last. 6 An Englishman Looks at the World We all, I think, regret that being so near we were not among the fortunate ... ... land- ward out of the blue; surely they have an enviable memory; and then we fell talking and disputing about what that swift arrival may signify. It... ...n gliding one strong enough and light enough for the new purpose. And here we are! Or, rather, M. Blériot is! What does it mean for us? One meaning, I... ... thing from first to last was made abroad. Of all that made it possible we can only claim so much as is due to the improvement of the bicycle. Gliding... ...h, knowledge nor skill enough to lead in this matter. I do not see how one can go into the history of this development and arrive at any other conclus... ...s development and arrive at any other conclusion. The French and Americans can laugh at our aeroplanes, the Ger- mans are ten years ahead of our poor ... ...evelopment of expropriated labour, and the schemes of the later Fabians to fix this state of affairs in an organised form and render it plausibly tole... ...rally intelligent man can learn in a day or two to drive an electric tram, fix up an electric lighting installation, or guide a building machine or a ...

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........................................................71 ESSAY V: On the Definition of Political Economy; and on the Method of Investigation Proper to It...........................................................................93...

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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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...ng decent all day. In the first place I wanted a separate tenement, not a room in other people?s lodgings; secondly, though I could do with one room, it must be a large one, and, of course, it had at the same time to be as cheap as possible. I have observed that in a confined space even thought is cramped; When I was brooding over a future novel I liked to walk up and down...

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

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............................................... 107 CHAPTER VIII THE WORLD AS IT COULD BE MADE ............................................................. ...d cruel chaos in which mankind has hitherto existed is by no means modern: it is at least as old as Plato, whose “Republic” set the model for the Utop... ...n who gained acceptance for them were, for the most part, Anarchists. Thus we may regard Syndical- ism as the Anarchism of the market-place as opposed... ...ed a pre- carious life throughout the previous decades. T aking this view, we find in Anarchist-Syndicalism the same combination of ideal and organiza... ...in Anarchist-Syndicalism the same combination of ideal and organization as we find in Socialist political parties. It is from this standpoint that our... ...sdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social condi... ...ter S; if he runs away thrice, he is to be executed as a felon. The master can sell him, bequeath him, let him out on hire as a slave, just as any oth... ...n away, they are to become up to this age the slaves of their masters, who can put them in irons, whip them, &c., if they like. Every master may put a... ... ultimate sovereign body , the ultimate appeal court of industry. It would fix not only Guild taxation, but also standard prices, and both taxation an...

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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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...ighteen. He did not obtain full liberty until the 12th of April, 1718, and it was at this time—with a clearly formed design to associate the name he t... ... and was settled in a little solitude not far from London. Being come into it, I per- ceived a small but regularly built house, vastly neat, but with-... ...ver it. “Friend,” says he to me, “I perceive thou art a stranger, but if I can do anything for thee, only tell me.” “Sir,” said I to him, bending forw... ...er- emonies, it not being easy to disengage one’s self at once from habits we have been long used to; and after taking part in a frugal meal, which be... ... then.” “Friend,” replies the old man in a soft tone of voice, “swear not; we are Chris- tians, and endeavour to be good Christians, but we are not of... ... Christ indeed was baptised by John, but He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ, not of John.” I pitied very much the sincer... ...elf to that light of Christ which shineth in thy conscience, which neither can nor will flatter thee nor suffer thee to be at ease in thy sins, but do... ...ve in one God. He had no sooner settled his government, but several Ameri- can merchants came and peopled this colony. The natives of the country, ins... ...the fables of antiquity which are blended and confounded with history, and fix an uncertain chronology. It is true that there is no family, city, or n...

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...men, or those for whom the institutions are intended, in the opinion which we have privately arrived at. To find the best form of government; to persu... ...istory. According to them, forms of government are not a matter of choice. We must take them, in the main, as we find them. Governments can not be con... ...er of choice. We must take them, in the main, as we find them. Governments can not be constructed by premeditated design. They “are not made, but grow... ... difficult to decide which of these doctrines would be the most absurd, if we could suppose either of them held as an exclusive theory. But the princi... ...nt ticular form of government, needs little illustration, because it never can in theory have been overlooked. The case is of perpetual occurrence. No... ...ng it; if they will not fight for it when it is directly attacked; if they can be deluded by the artifices used to cheat them out of it; if, by moment... ...tter may be the more considerable, if the hab its of his mind lead him to fix his thoughts and wishes solely on the former. It would be vain to attem... ...tituents, a desirable and creditable representative. It is im possible to fix, by any universal rule, the boundary between these principles. Where th... ...utions, the electors are so narrowed in their choice as to be compelled to fix it on a person presumptively under the influence of partialities hostil...

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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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...,” being ordained by Heaven in Paradise; and without which no man or woman can be in a capacity, honestly, to yield obedience to the first law of the ... ...len, seed is made of pure concocted and windy superfluity of blood, whence we may conclude, that there is a power in many things, to accumulate seed, ... ...E, nothing is more powerful than the imagination of the mother; for if she fix her eyes upon any object it will so impress her mind, that it oftentime... ...dy. And, if in act of copulation, the woman earnestly look on the man, and fix her mind on him, the child will resemble its father. Nay, if a woman, e... ... will resemble its father. Nay, if a woman, even in un- lawful copulation, fix her mind upon her husband, the child will resemble him though he did no... ...uth. As to the share which each of the parents has in begetting the child, we will give the opinions of the ancients about it. Though it is apparent t... ...wanted seminal excrescence, for nature does nothing in vain; and therefore we must grant, they were made for the use of seed and procreation, and plac... ...ake up conception thereby. For as of soft wax or moist clay, the artificer can frame what he intends, so, say they, the man’s seed mixing with the wom... ...oul is not propagated by their parents, but is infused by its Creator, and can neither die nor corrupt. At what time it is infused. Of its immortality...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the ...

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...s and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Ho... ...sistant xiv COMMISSION STAFF xiv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:26 PM Page xiv We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow f... ...rtisan division—have come together to present this report without dissent. We have come together with a unity of purpose because our nation demands it... ... the United States.The nation was unprepared. How did this happen, and how can we avoid such tragedy again? To answer these questions, the Congress an... ...tset, we have been committed to share as much of our investi- gation as we can with the American people.T o that end, we held 19 days of hearings and ... ...to look forward.We hope that the terrible losses chronicled in this report can create something positive—an America that is safer, stronger, and wiser... ...each of the layers of the security system, could have suggested changes to fix glaring vulnerabilities—expanding no-fly lists, searching passen- gers ... ...ccepting what are viewed as givens, including that efforts to identify and fix glaring vulnerabilities to dangerous threats would be too costly, too c... ... there was no senior CIA manager to answer these questions and promised to fix that. 72. DOS memo, McKune to Albright,“State Sponsorship of T errorism...

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...t cathedral; some, tardily begin three, four, half a dozen, strokes behind it; all are in sufficiently near accord, to leave a resonance in the air, a... ... have never done you any harm?” “Never.” “Do I know you?” “No.” “Then what can you want of me?” “Here are two guineas in this paper. Take my poor litt... ...ngently, closes and puts back the offer- ing hand. “If there is anything I can do for you, ma’am, that I will not do for its own sake, you are much mi... ...ppliant as I am?” “O dear, dear, dear!” cries Sally. “What shall I say, or can say! Don’t talk of prayers. Prayers are to be put up to the Good Father... ... such a window are not unfrequent; many of the faces are of a character to fix attention. Some of the visitors from the outside public are accustomed ... ... Wilding, with a childish enjoyment in the discussion of affairs, “I think we have got everything straight, Mr. Bintrey.” “Everything straight,” said ... ...oved me. The utmost love of mother and child was cherished between us, and we never experienced one moment’s division or unhappi- ness from the time w... ...But the common lot, Mr. Wilding,” observed Bintrey. “At some time or other we must all be no more.” He placed the forty-five year old port-wine in the... ...n his breast. “I was that child!” he said to himself, trying helplessly to fix the idea in his mind. “I was that child!” “Not very long after you had ...

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...ectfully that she was molli- fied, and rejoined with a sigh: “I’m afraid I can’t help you much.” “Why?” he questioned in his turn; and she replied tha... ...iving interest. “Ah—then you’re not the librarian?” “Of course I am; but I can’t dust all these books. Besides, nobody ever looks at them, now Miss Ha... ...eight of her igno- rance settled down on her again like a pall. “I mean, I can’t see that you have any books on the old houses about here. I suppose, ... ...repeated, clearing his throat. “The minister’ll be up here next Sunday and we can fix it up then. Or I’ll drive you down to Hepburn to the Justice, an... ...d, clearing his throat. “The minister’ll be up here next Sunday and we can fix it up then. Or I’ll drive you down to Hepburn to the Justice, and get i... ...hatever you say.” His eyes fell under the merciless stare she continued to fix on him, and he shifted his weight uneasily from one foot to the other. ... ...r, when she got a legacy from her step- brother on’y last year. But anyway we all live in the same place, and when it’s a place like North Dormer it’s... ...North Dormer?” “I don’t know. They say they’re bad.” He laughed. “Do they? We’ll go and see, shall we?” She flushed at the suggestion, and turned her ... ...e she was to take part in the “exercises”—but she had no time just then to fix her mind on such matters…. She sped up the street to the library, of wh...

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...rs as have never been seen, no, not in our own day; and a General, of whom it may be severely argued, whether he was the meanest miser or the greatest... ...eminently pleasing and pathetic, may properly be set down here. And though it may be said, with some considerable show of reason, that agreeably low a... ... hand, that these subjects have been described so fully, that nothing more can be said about them; on the third hand (allowing, for the sake of argume... ...ther;—though all these objections may be urged, and each is excellent, yet we intend to take a few more pages from the “Old Bailey Calendar,” to bless... ...with him round the neck of his patient, at the end of our and his history. We give the reader fair notice, that we shall tickle him with a few such sc... ..., flag-flying, drum-beating, powder-blaz- ing, and military enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menace... ...lag-flying, drum-beating, powder-blaz- ing, and military enthusiasm, as we can all remember in the year 1801, what time the Corsican upstart menaced o... ..., gave it me after Blenheim fight, for I had my own legs carried away by a can- non-ball, just as I cut down two of Sauerkrauter’s regiment, who had m... ...will not, we should think, fail to perceive how ingeniously she managed to fix all the wrong upon her husband, and yet to twist out some consolatory a...

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...Excerpt: It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbors, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterd...

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... in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam... ...ticularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some go... ...ed not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come into Holland again. We had no such thing as printed newspapers in those days to spread rumours ... ... that this rumour died off again, and people began to forget it as a thing we were very little concerned in, and that we hoped was not true; till the ... ...64 another man died in the same house, and of the same distemper. And then we were easy again for about six weeks, when none having died with any mark... ...intments being from Heaven. I mention this story also as the best method I can advise any person to take in such a case, especially if he be one that ... ...ess; ‘Yes, I see it all plainly,’ says one; ‘there’s the sword as plain as can be.’ Another saw the angel. One saw his very face, and cried out what a... ...he people, who were, as I may say , all out of their wits already. Neither can I acquit those ministers that in their sermons rather sank than lifted ... ...and desired to know who they were, and by what authority they pretended to fix their stand at that place. John answered very frankly, they were poor d...

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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...