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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 4 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... slavery is voted up or down,”—you will see at once that this is perfectly logical, if you do not admit that sla- very is wrong. If you do admit that ... ...sla- very is wrong. If you do admit that it is wrong, Judge Douglas cannot logically say he don’t care whether a wrong is voted up or voted down. Judg... ... any community wants slavery they have a right to have it. He can say that logically, if he says that there is no wrong in slavery; but if you admit t... ... wrong in slavery; but if you admit that there is a wrong in it, he cannot logically say that anybody has a right to do wrong. He insists that upon th... ...should be alike, and hold them alike in a new Territory. That is perfectly logical if the two species of property are alike and are equally founded in... ... tried to show that by the Dred Scott deci- sion, pushed to its legitimate consequences, slavery would be established in all the States as well as in ... ...abor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall in consequence of any law or regulation therein be discharged from such servic... ... part of it your way. If he goes in and makes it a slave Territory, and by consequence a slave State, is it not time that those who desire to have it ...

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The Pupil

By: Henry James

... same time in him a small strain of stoicism, doubtless the fruit of having had to begin early to bear pain, which counted for pluck and made it of le... ...w, neglected him because he escaped notice, and then, as he illustrated this clever policy, discouraged at home his public appearances. Her position w... ...eariness and relief. “Ah now that we look at the facts it’s all right!” CHAPTER VII They looked at the facts a good deal after this and one of the fir...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...ed from that important position; and esteeming this to be of high national consequence, I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this infor... ... of February 29 reached me only four days ago; but the delay was of little consequence, be- cause I found, on feeling around, I could not invite you h... ...en Knoxville and Cincinnati by way of cen- tral Kentucky would be of great consequence in the present emergency. It may be remembered that in the ann... ... having sought to screen himself from his military duty to his country, in consequence of thus being invested with the consular functions of a foreign... ...nators and Representatives from Arkansas. These persons apprehend that, in consequence, you may not support the new State government there as you othe... ...om the respective standpoints of the parties, was perfectly consistent and logical. Every Unionist ought to wish the new government to succeed; and e...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...more negroes, more white men, more soil, and more States in its deplorable consequences. They will, if possible, place it where the public mind shall ... ... found to carry it. All, or nearly all, of Judge Douglas’s argu- ments are logical, if you admit that slavery is as good and as right as freedom, and ... ...ican and Democratic parties. My friends, I have endeavored to show you the logical con- sequences of the Dred Scott decision, which holds that the peo... ...use the most insidious one) would have little support in the North, and by consequence, no capital to trade on in the South, if it were not for his fr... ...would perhaps be only preparing a disappointment for yourselves, and, as a consequence of your disappointment, mortification to me. I hope, therefore,... ... only so, but that decision lays down principles which, if pushed to their logical conclusion,—I say pushed to their logical conclusion,—would decide ... ... but I only say it is my opinion that what they did say, if pressed to its logical conclu- sion, will inevitably result thus. Looking at these things,... ...ople of the Territo- ries to control it as other property; then it follows logically that every one who swears to support the Constitution of the Unit... ...n. He says if that is so, this conse- quence will follow; and because this consequence would fol- low, his argument is, the decision cannot, therefore...

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The World Set Free

By: H. G. Wells

...ne and the steam-boat, followed one another in an order that had a kind of logical necessity. It is the most interesting and instructive chapter in th... ...nster. He was oppressed, he was indeed scared, by his sense of the immense consequences of his discovery. He had a vague idea that night that he ought... ...iary in which these things are recorded. ‘It is not for me to reach out to consequences I cannot foresee. I am a part, not a whole; I am a little inst... ...s the reverse of the spec- tacle, these were the black and monstrous under-consequences of the Leap into the Air. There is a story of a demented Londo... ...don’t want to know whether they were large or small additions nor what the consequences of your ad- mission may be. That you will leave to us.’ Holste... ...other casually selected body of ninety-odd men. We are no creators, we are consequences, we are salvagers—or salvagees. The thing to-day is not our- s...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... Eton with great credit and repu- tation as a scholar, and what is of more consequence, with perfect character as to truth and conduct in every way. T... ...f such a thing; and I had some conversation with Uncle John last winter in consequence of my fancying your deafness was on the increase, though the gi... ...t is al- ready known, teaching, going about among the poor, is of far more consequence than the acquisition of knowledge, which, of course, for its ow... ...t Alfington, where the people thronged to hear him, little thinking of the consequences of his visit. Not till afterwards were the Bishop and the fath... ...t there is which may have induced me to act wrongly in a matter of so much consequence. This is the kindest thing you can do; for we ought to take eve... ...ake an inter- est in the general science of language and to go into philo- logical points, of course his work would be lighter, and he would have soon... ... Bishop, examining chaplain and theo- 582 Life of John Coleridge Patteson logical professor, with the interludes of voyages which involved intense an... ...ory of Substitution, Satisfaction, &c.?” “Where do you find it?” “Prove it logically from the Bible.” “Show that the early Church held it.” ‘Butler, a... ...he most audacious statements, wholly unsupported by any sound learning and logical reasoning. A man makes a statement, quotes a text or two, which he ...

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Mudfog & Other Sketches

By: Charles Dickens

...hly awake; and he was insolent, and called him Nick. Nick! What would be the consequence, thought Nicholas, of anybody presuming to call the Lord Mudf... .... I fear, unless some very extraordinary arrivals take place to night, that consequences may arise from this popular fer ment, which every man of se... ...dent attachment to scientific pursuits has alone occasioned these unpleasant consequences; for which the sympathy of a grateful country will sufficien... ...herefore, that ere Lord must have been born long after Pope died. And it’s a logical interference to defer, that they neither of them lived at the sam...

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Diana of the Crossways

By: George Meredith

...ften ‘so unexpectedly droll I laughed till I cried.’ Lady Pennon became in consequence one of the stanch sup- porters of Mrs. Warwick. Others were not... ...splitting discord of its latest inspiriting jig. And she will not have the consequences of the ‘weariful old Irish duel between Honour and Hunger judg... ... false grin—your T ony! No, I do well to go. This is my resolution; and in consequence,—my beloved! my only truly loved on earth! I do not come to you... ...g the position by flight? It involved the 95 George Meredith challenge of consequences, not an evasion of them. She moaned; her mental steam-wheel st... ...ther fear that they would have to be summoned; it was chiefly owing to the consequences of his treacherous foolishness. For this half- home with her f... ... visions of the pudency of the Goddess irate or unsighted. The semi-mytho- logical state of mind, built of old images and favouring 144 Diana of the ...

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Washington Square

By: Henry James

...ed eggs. She was not absolutely veracious; but this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had any- thing to conceal. She would have li... ...nd it so little. She wondered what she ought to say, and what would be the consequences of her saying noth- ing. The consequences at present were very... ... years’ medical practice, I have seen that accidents may have far-reaching consequences.” Morris smoothed his hat—it was already remarkably glossy—and... ... to Catherine with the force— or rather with the vague impressiveness—of a logical axiom which it was not in her province to controvert; and yet, thou... ...ng you up!” “What, then, were you waiting for?” The young man was ardently logical. “I thought my father might—might—” and she hesi- tated. “Might see... ... course recommended by Mrs. Penniman was an immediate union, regardless of consequences. “Yes, Aunt Penniman would like that,” Catherine said simply—a... .... But it is of no use whatever; she is absolutely glued. I have passed, in consequence, into the exasperated stage. At first I had a good deal of a ce...

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Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...said. In so far as the Germans are chargeable with such, let them take the consequence. Nevertheless be it remarked, that even a Russian steppe has tu... ..., if cunningly planted down, were no despicable pile, or floodgate, in the logical wear. For the rest, be it nowise apprehended, that any per- sonal c... ...n petto thy remarkable Volume on Clothes. Nay, was there not in that clear logically founded Transcendentalism of thine; still more, in thy meek, sile... ...ough the Narrative portions, a certain show of outward method; but of true logical method and sequence there is too little. Apart from its multifariou... ...for triumph but for defence, hast thou always worn them perforce, and as a consequence of Man’s Fall; never rejoiced in them as in a warm movable Hous... ...eadiness our fancy, in this shattered state of the nerves, follows out the consequences which Teufelsdrockh, with a devilish coolness, goes on to draw... ... transaction in Life, may that same Indignation and Defiance, in a psycho- logical point of view, be fitly called. The Everlasting No had said: ‘Behol... ...chets: a typical Shadow, fit- fully wavering, prophetico-satiric; no clear logical Pic- ture. “How paint to the sensual eye,” asks he once, “what pass... ... attaining the political effects of Nudity without its frigorific or other consequences,—be thereby realized. Would not the rich man purchase a waterp...

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Lord Ormont and His Aminta

By: George Meredith

...e!—because he would not disgrace it or incur odium by taking her there. In consequence of Lord Ormont’s resistance to pressure from her on two or thre... ...n- eral, Athenian or other, to troops. He kept his coffer shut; and, for a consequence, he saw the contents as an avenue of blossom leading to vistas ... ... undesigningly immolated her for the petty gratification. It could not, in consequence, be the truth. To bear what she had borne she must be a passion... ...y; slow- minded, but hard in their grasp of facts, and ready to learn, and logical, large in their ideas, though going a roundabout way to express the... ...er since, giving her half a title to the name of wife, and allowing her in consequence to be wholly disfigured before the world—your family naturally ... ...his newspaper controversy was unforgiven by him. He did not reflect on the consequences of such an unpardoning spirit in its opera- tion on his mind. ...

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A Tramp Abroad

By: Mark Twain

... squalled insulting remarks after me as long as they could see me. They were nothing but ravens—I knew that— what they thought of me could be a matter... ...ed another bad wound in the head, and the former had his under-lip divided. After that, the White Corps student gave many severe wounds, but got none ... ... get it by heart: Mark Twain 32 “I die that France mighnt live.” I said that this remark seemed to lack relevancy; but he said relevancy was a matter... ...is the true version of the most memorable private conflict of the age. I have no complaints to make against any one. I acted for myself, and I can sta... ...him as his son, and wanted him to stay by him and be the comfort and blessing of his age; but the tale of that young girl’s devotion to him and its pa... ...rying out, after the open-air exhibition was instituted.” Dental surgeons suggested doctors, doctors suggested death, death suggested skeletons—and so... ...g—especially reasoning, without technical knowl- edge—must be put aside, in cases of this kind. It cannot assist the inquirer. It will lead him, in th...

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The New Machiavelli

By: H. G. Wells

...ave perceived this coming of power, and nobody had calculated its probable consequences. Sud- denly, almost inadvertently, people found themselves doi... ...h life hurts so that one must needs cry out at it, even though it shows no consequence but failure, no promise but pain… . But while I was fearless of... ...fools, not knowing what you are doing and ashamed to ask. Y ou’ll take the consequences, too, I expect, pretty meekly, sniggering a bit, sentimentalis... ...disturb- ing sense as it were of busy searchlights over the horizon… . One consequence of the patriotic chagrin Meredith pro- duced in me was an attem... ... goodness, wholly because they are beautiful or lead straight to beautiful consequences. The Baileys ei- ther hadn’t got that or they didn’t see it. T... ...William James, primary and intuitive and illogical; she was tender-minded, logical, refined and secondary. She was loyal to pledge and persons, sentim... ...! half the wrong- doing and blundering in the world. I do not feel now the logical force of the process that must have convinced me then that I had ma...

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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume 2

By: Thomas Hutchinson

................................... 165 FRAGMENT: ‘THE VIEWLESS AND INVISIBLE CONSEQUENCE’. .......................................................... 16... ...ather’s love, which could imag- ine and fondly dwell upon its loss and the consequences. At one time, while the question was still pending, the Chan- ... ... eloquence. If an argument arose, no man ever argued better. He was clear, logical, and earnest, in supporting his own views; attentive, patient, and ... ...ISIBLE WLESS AND INVISIBLE WLESS AND INVISIBLE CONSEQ CONSEQ CONSEQ CONSEQ CONSEQUENCE’. UENCE’. UENCE’. UENCE’. UENCE’. Published by Rossetti, “Compl... ..., “Complete Poetical Works of P . B. S.”, 1870. The viewless and invisible Consequence Watches thy goings-out, and comings-in, And...hovers o’er thy g... ...e at Pisa agreed 171 Shelley with him better than any other, and there in consequence we remained. In the Spring we spent a week or two near Leghorn,...

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The Young Step-Mother; Or a Chronicle of Mistakes

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

... by the contemplation of the lamen- table weakness of the poor boy, of the consequences, and of what was incumbent on her. She leant back and consider... ...ened by a life- long affliction. But Mrs. Kendal, at twenty-four, with the consequence conferred by marriage, and by her superiority of manners and bi... ...er the apple-tree, and which turned out not to be gold, but the fruit, the consequence of digging? Now, I want you to dig Sophy; a Sanscrit, or a Hind... ...r fingers at him, and drank Ad- miral Osborn’s health as their friend. The consequence was, that Mr. Kendal took a magnanimous resolution, ordered a c... ...g of English affairs, and was glad to be spared the unpleasant charge. The consequence of leav- ing a man like that irresponsible never occurred to me... ...molested him, could talk to her, so he straightway became engrossed in the logical and theological aspects of the theory; and Mrs. Dusautoy could hard...

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David Copperfield Volume One Chapters One through Twenty-Eight

By: Charles Dickens

... I have thought, since, that its assuming that character was a neces- sary consequence of Mr. Murdstone s firmness, which wouldn t allow him to let an... ...I wiped my eyes on my sleeve and stopped myself. For good, too; though, in consequence of my previous emotions, I was still occasionally seized with a... ...hop busi- ness, but had come into the scholastic line with Mr. Creakle, in consequence, as was supposed among the boys, of his having broken his leg i... ...ge of his mother. I heard that Mr. Creakle had turned him out of doors, in consequence; and that Mrs. and Miss Creakle had been in a sad way, ever sin... ...e alms-houses of my insignificant person. But the visit had its unforeseen consequences; and of a serious sort, too, in their way. One day when Mr. Cr... ...remarked, dubiously. Exactly so! said Mrs. Micawber, preserving the same logical air. Quite true, my dear Mr. 508 David Copperfield Vol. I Coppe...

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Rhoda Fleming

By: George Meredith

...; but if Mr. Fleming holds him guilty of an offence, your son ‘ll bear the consequences, and what’s done will be done thoroughly. Proper counsel will ... ...habit.” “Well, Mr. Sedgett, the next time you drink my brandy and find the consequences bad, you let me hear of it.” “And what’ll you do, Missis, may ... ...me to your wife;” which created a roar against this hen-pecked man. “As to consequences, Missis, it’s for your sake I’m looking at them,” Sedgett said... ... for you. By looking eternally inward, you teach yourself to fret, and the consequence is, or will be, that you wither. No con- stitution can stand it... ... fight. Withal, Mrs. Lovell was a sensible person; clearheaded and shrewd; logical, too, more than the run of her sex: I may say, profoundly practical... ...ride, and vanity, and ferocity alternately had to screw him up to meet the consequences of his acts, instead of the great heart? If a coward, Dahlia w...

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The Deputy of Arcis

By: Honoré de Balzac

... the innkeeper’s horses, and from those of guests who might come later. In consequence of such singular demands, the landlord of the hotel du Mulet co... ... and, thank God! her health has not suf- fered for a moment. As for me, in consequence of such terror, I was seized with convulsive spasms, and for se... ...emen having left their seats, without this scene attracting any notice, in consequence of the stalls be- 106 The Deputy of Arcis ing empty for the mo... ...ecocity ought to be forgiven him, inasmuch as it comes to him from God. In consequence of his unfortunate birth Monsieur Dorlange is less fitted than ... ...ty, and that the utmost liberty of language reigns in our discussions. The consequence is that about a year ago the waiter who serves us habitually to... ... incidents have happened to me. You may say that adventure seems to be the logical way of life for one in my position; that my birth, the chances that...

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Ordeal of Richard Feverel

By: George Meredith

...uch a person could be so desig- nated; and seeing that Hippias received in consequence free quarters at Raynham, and possession of the wing of the Ab-... ...rit would be guilty of, let him come to any description of mortal grief in consequence. Better so than have his own conscience denouncing him sneak. S... ...hard bit his lip and burst into loud laughter, Ripton joining him, lost to consequences. “I trust you feel for this poor man,” said Sir Austin to his ... ... I ask him, when I hate him?” Austin bade him go, and think nothing of the consequences till he got there. Richard groaned in soul. “You’ve no pride, ... ...by the baronet, and his reputation for wisdom was severely criti- cized in consequence of the injunctions he thought fit to issue through butler and h... ...h Ripton. “How?” asked the hero. “Because I’m worse than you,” was all the logical explana- tion Ripton was capable of. “I do hope you will go home so...

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Freya of the Seven Isles

By: Joseph Conrad

...l Dutchman out here,” I interrupted. “Geniality, after all, is not of much consequence, but don’t you see—” Nelson looked suddenly so frightened at wh... ...ady on a runaway match without official pre- liminaries. This was really a logical decision. Old Nelson (or Nielsen) would never have agreed to give u... ... boat stopped the brig he felt ready to die with the apprehen- sion of the consequences, and would have died happily, if he could have been able to br...

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