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Taras Bulba and Other Tales

By: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

... or captains of hundreds, and all the officers of the band who were of any consequence, to be summoned; and when two of them arrived with his old comr... ...ly from the manner of life. The scholas- tic, grammatical, rhetorical, and logical subtle ties in vogue were decidedly out of consonance with the time... ... clever partisans who cherished a magnanimous conviction that it was of no consequence where they fought, so long as they did fight, since it was a di... ... rise upright on our heads. Sometimes such terror took possession of us in consequence of them, that, from that evening forward, Heaven knows how wond... ...t not be familiar? and would he not thereby lose his impor- tance?” And in consequence of such reflections he always remained in the same dumb state, ... ...a fist such as is never seen on living men. The watchman said, “It’s of no consequence,” and turned back instantly. But the apparition was much too ta...

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An Unsocial Socialist

By: George Bernard Shaw

...that you are going away?” said Jane, faltering as she began to realize the consequences. “I do. And what is to become of you when I am not here to get... ...s content. Besides, if the money was the re- ward of abstinence, it seemed logical to infer that he must abstain ten times as much when he bad fifty t... ...ng frightened at what they have done, and they would be glad to escape the consequences by apologizing, most likely. But they shan’t. I am not such a ... ...out regard to the exigencies of the stage, but he had not yet begun it, in consequence of his inspiration com- ing upon him at inconvenient hours, chi... ...beg your pardon; you said some- thing just now.” “I forget. Nothing of any consequence.” And he groaned at his own cowardice. “Suppose we stop,” she s... ...rved by a disaffected retinue. One day the gratuitous imports will stop in consequence of the occurrence abroad of revolution and repudiation, fall in...

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Utilitarianism

By: John Stuart Mill

... means, one would think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong, and not a consequence of having already ascertained it. The difficulty is not avoided... ...ls, almost grotesquely, to show that there would be any contradiction, any logical (not to say physical) im possibility, in the adoption by all ratio... ... the most outrageously immoral rules of conduct. All he shows is that the consequences of their universal adoption would be such as no one would choo... ...cureans to have been by any means faultless in drawing out their scheme of consequences from the utilitarian principle. T o do this in any sufficient ... ...ost grateful to the feelings, apart from its moral attributes and from its consequences, the judgment of those who are qualified by knowledge of both,... ...f things which people forbear to do, from moral considerations, though the consequences in the particular case might be beneficial—it would be unworth... ...eing a direct emanation from the first principle of morals, and not a mere logical corollary from secondary or derivative doctrines. It is involved in...

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The Theory of the Leisure Class

By: Thorstein Veblen

...ot pervade our daily life to the extent or with the far-reaching practical consequences that are apparent at earlier stages of culture and belief. T o... ...y imputes an unfolding of activity directed to some end. It is this teleo- logical unfolding of activity that constitutes any object or phenomenon an ... ...rth, or honour, as applied either to persons or conduct, is of first- rate consequence in the development of classes and of class distinctions, and it... ...worthy or beautiful, or even a blameless, human life. In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilise... ...oductive employment, it would in any case have come in as one of the early consequences of ownership. And it is to be remarked that while the leisure ... ...ntly becomes impracticable to accumulate wealth by simple seizure, and, in logical consistency, acquisition by industry is equally impossible for high... ...e extent by other features of human nature, alien to it, any saving should logically be impossible for a population situated as the artisan and labori... ...ure — the preda- tory animus — which in point of generality and of psycho- logical content lies between the two just named. The effect of the latter i... ...od of serv- ing their end, It may be in place to recall the modern psycho- logical position. Beauty of form seems to be a question of fa- cility of ap...

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The Subjection of Women

By: John Stuart Mill

...ing a verdict. If they do extort a hearing, they are subjected to a set of logical requirements totally different from those ex acted from other peop... ...e formed by an union of persons not very unequal in strength, afforded, in consequence, the first instance of a portion of human relations fenced roun... ... rule of general con duct, any other being only a special and exceptional consequence of peculiar ties— and from how very re cent a date it is that ... ...o it in all ranks of the people, espe cially among persons of station and consequence. Such is the power of an established system, even when far from... ...ts of mankind, depending on what an enlightened estimate of tendencies and consequences may show to be most advantageous to humanity in general, witho... ...fficulty than others have in obtaining their services. To this there is no logical answer except”I will not”: and as people are now not only ashamed, ... ...ter, and a master too of all their earthly possessions. And truly, if this consequence were necessarily incident to marriage, I think that the apprehe...

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Autobiography Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life

By: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

...le and reunitable substance, some finer chemical salt, or curious piece of logical joinery,—began to lose its immaterial, myste- rious, divine though ... ...interest: on the other hand, a certain rage for rhyme and versification, a consequence of reading the prevalent German poets, took complete possession... ...h other. These maladies, and other unpleasant interruptions, were in their consequences doubly grievous; for my father, who seemed to have laid down f... ...uch vain-glorious beginnings could not have gone on without producing evil consequences for myself in the end. Considering this impulse more closely, ... ... above as our neighbors, had not been remark- able during his lifetime, in consequence of his recluse habits, but became the more remarkable after his... ...earing away the external covering. This was done; but I became no wiser in consequence, as the naked iron taught me nothing further. This also I took ... ...e moments alone. Another circumstance increased my tendency to these theo- logical, or, rather, biblical, studies. The senior of the ministry, John Ph...

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

By: John Locke

...re, there was one alteration which it was neces- sary to mention, because it ran through the whole book, and is of consequence to be rightly understoo... ...d to at first hearing, as that “one and two are equal to three,” that “green is not red,” &c., are received as the consequences of those more universa... ...ot but be known before? Or doth the proposing them print them clearer in the mind than nature did? If so, then the consequence will be, that a man kno... ...because it carries something more of positive in it than impenetrability; which is negative, and is perhaps more a consequence of solidity, than solid... ...o take notice, that this is one of the operations that the mind may reflect on and observe in itself It is of that consequence to its other knowledge,... ... mode of the organs of speech. 12. This art has perplexed religion and justice. Nor hath this mischief stopped in logical niceties, or curious empty ...

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Preface to Androcles and the Lion: On the Prospects of Christianity

By: George Bernard Shaw

...al times, and that modern theologians, far from discrediting it, have very logically affirmed the miraculous conception not only of Jesus but of his m... ...o condemnation as an impostor among people whose good opinion was of great consequence to the movement started by his mission. But the deepest annoyan... ...d on the eating of his body (losing all his disciples except the twelve in consequence); says many apparently contradictory and nonsensical things to ... ...they are smitten with the degeneracy which seems to be the inevitable bio- logical penalty of complete parasitism, and corrupt culture and statecraft ... ...n of moral malingerers who can be made to behave themselves by the fear of consequences; but it is not worth while maintaining an abominable system of... ...ristianity is, and owes its enormous vogue to being, a premium on sin. Its consequences have had to be held in check by the worldlywise majority throu... ...nal charm of Jesus, and exists only for untrained minds. In the hands of a logical Frenchman like Calvin, push- ing it to its utmost conclusions, and ... ...y of thirty-five per cent, which is fairly conclu- sive. And, being a more logical people than we, they have officially abandoned Christianity and dec...

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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

... of this tale points out how the hero Ivan might have avoided the terrible consequences of a quarrel with his neighbor (which grew out of nothing) if ... ...moral to which we all might profitably give heed. He illustrates the awful consequences of intemperance, and concludes that only kind treatment can re... ... from the fact that my father and my mother did not deceive each other. In consequence of this, I had built from childhood a dream of high and poetica... ...pating debauchery, but in favoring it, by assuring the harmlessness of the consequences. Besides, it is not a question of that. It is a question of th... ...lt of activity. The object of activ- ity cannot consist in suppressing its consequences. The object of Man, as of Humanity, is happiness, and, to atta... ...r than marriage, evidently the human race will come to an end. But, if the logical conclusion of the argument is that the human race will become extin...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Two

By: Edgar Allan Poe

... reason which is cultivated in any especial form other than the abstractly logical. I dispute, in particular, the reason educed by math- ematical stud... ...g the stigma, it covers it with pollen sufficient for its impregnation, in consequence of which the flower soon begins to droop, and the hairs to shri... ...ve forgotten the explanation—how what I observed was, in fact, the natural consequence of the forms of the float- ing fragments—and showed me how it h... ...ounted to conviction. With it my reason had nothing to do. All attempts at logical inquiry resulted, indeed, in leaving me more sceptical than before.... ...aced in my hands. I read it with profound attention. Throughout I found it logical, but the portions which were not merely logical were unhappily the ... ...sity — the last in especial, from the immensely important character of its consequences. In looking around me for some subject by whose means I might ... ...skers, in violent contrast to the black- ness of his hair — the latter, in consequence, being very gen- erally mistaken for a wig. His temperament was... ...will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the ci... ..., all metaphysicianism have been con- cocted a priori. The intellectual or logical man, rather than the understanding or observant man, set himself to...

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The Forged Coupon, And Other Stories and Dramas

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

..., dancing, and carousing; but his irresponsible gaiety and heedlessness of consequences balanced by a fatalistic courage and endurance in the face of ... ...e but in evitable, and his renunciation of personal property the strictly logical outcome of his conclusions. The parti tion of his estates between ... ...tionalisation there explained pro vided Tolstoy with well thought out and logical reasons for a policy that was already more than sympathetic to him.... ...u. But when it is you who lose fifty four roubles at cards – that is of no consequence in your eyes.” “That is a different matter.” Leo Tolstoy 42 “... ...e in such a way. You forget what is due to my cloth.” “Your cloth is of no consequence to me.” “Your perversity in matters of religion is known to eve... ...ll the horse stealing; but nobody would give him away, being afraid of the consequences. Whenever suspicion fell on him, he managed to clear his chara... ...and some of these people began to grasp the meaning of the Gospels, and in consequence gave up smoking, drinking, swearing, and using bad language and...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Three

By: Edgar Allan Poe

...he wound in my neck, although of an ugly appearance, proved of little real consequence, and I soon recovered from its effects. The Penguin got into po... ...g the crew, and both our lives would most probably have been sacrificed in consequence. Having concluded to write, the difficulty was now to pro- cure... ... confirmed. The brig was rolling violently, and there was so much noise in consequence, that it was useless to listen for any weak sound, such as thos... ...d of screwing 50 Poe in Five V olumes has resulted in the most lamentable consequences, arising from a cause altogether distinct from the danger atte... ...n every fifteen or twenty minutes upon an average, yet without any serious consequences resulting, provided there be a proper stowage. If this, how- e... ...bit of quoting, with a very droll pro- nunciation, as the ne plus ultra of logical wit. Thus my own inkling for the Muses had excited his entire displ...

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An Enemy of the People

By: Henrik Ibsen

...ockmann. The water supply for the Baths is now an established fact, and in consequence must be treated as such. But probably the Committee, at its dis... ...x- traordinarily independent man, Thomas. Have you given no thought to the consequences this may have for your- self? Dr. Stockmann. Consequences?—for... ...He no longer dares to think independently, or to pursue his ideas to their logical conclusion; so, he turns the whole theory upside down and proclaims...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

..., all that was not quite good was rejected. And this was not the result of logical reasoning but was a direct and mysterious reflection. CHAPTER XI TW... ...mother’s language, “Prince Alexander Golitsyn has founded a society and in consequence has great influence, they say.” “Arakcheev and Golitsyn,” incau... ... sign of something being wrong be- tween them if Pierre followed a line of logical reasoning. When he began proving anything, or talking argumentative... ... me in time cannot seem to me as free as the life of a con- temporary, the consequences of which are still unknown to me. The degree of our conception... ...n an action 99 Tolstoy still more remote, ten years ago or more, then the consequences of my action are still plainer to me and I find it hard to ima... ...overnment was estab- lished or certain migrations of peoples took place in consequence of such and such geographic, ethnographic, or economic condi- t...

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Howards End

By: E. M. Forster

...d the tele- gram for me, and then I had to say that the telegram was of no consequence, for Paul said Charles might read it, and though I wrote it out... ... Four Serious Songs if I do.” “Tibby, love, you must go.” “It isn’t of any consequence,” said the young man, in truth a little uneasy about his umbrel... .... Wilcox had just gone away for the night. Margaret said that it was of no consequence, hur- ried downstairs, and took a hansom to King’s Cross. She w... ...r played with life. They had attempted friendship, and they would take the consequences. Helen retorted, “I call that a very rude remark. What do you ... ...d would rather furnish her home with our things than think of it empty. In consequence here are all the library books.” “Not all the books. She hasn’t... ...ible to Margaret that healthy life should re-emerge. Events succeeded in a logical, yet senseless, train. People lost their humanity, and took values ... ...erge, were all survivals, and the melting-pot was being prepared for them. Logically, they had no right to be alive. One’s hope was in the weakness of...

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The Longest Journey

By: E. M. Forster

...d not do for an invalid, and so he came back to his home. One of the first consequences was that Rickie was sent to a pub- lic school. Mrs. Elliot did... ... glance at the other’s body. He then warned him against the variations. In consequence he was accused of being a member of the Y.M.C.A. His blood boil... ...tand each other. The thing must be hushed up. The ma- tron must repair the consequences of her petulance. The girl must hide the stain in her future h... ...as Lloyd who had made the matron too bright: he nearly lost his colours in consequence. These two were grown up. Beside them sat Tewson, a saintly chi... ...bert preferred to think) they had learnt a lesson, and were more humane in consequence. At all events, the disastrous term con- cluded quietly. In the... ... would have a copy. For a book one may go anywhere. It would not have been logical to enter Dunwood House for the pur- pose of seeing Rickie, when Ric...

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Essays

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

...nteresting, silly, eloquent, trouble- some. He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests; he gives an independent, genuine ver- dict. ... ...nly into this or that;—it will find its level in all. Men feel and act the consequences of your doctrine with- out being able to show how they follow.... ...ority of the spontane- ous or intuitive principle over the arithmetical or logical. The first contains the second, but virtual and latent. We want in ... ...peration, and effect; or, more poetically, Jove, Pluto, Neptune; or, theo- logically, the Father, the Spirit, and the Son; but which we will call here... ... differ- ently on the inside and on the outside; in its quality and in its consequences. Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets an... ...l in each place, the arrival of a gentleman of France, is an event of some consequence. Wherever he goes he pays a visit to what- ever prince or gentl... ...he astronomers were right in making much of it, for there is no end to the consequences of the act. That famous aboriginal push propagates itself thro...

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Resurrection

By: Mrs. Louis Maude

...8th day of April you have to appear at the Law Courts, as juryman, and, in consequence, can on no account accom- pany us and Kolosoff to the picture g... ... in tips during 12 years’ service. The indictment concluded as follows: In consequence of the foregoing, the peasant of the village Borki, Simeon Kart... ..., that a murder is an action which has the death of a hu- man being as its consequence, and that poisoning could 80 Resurrection therefore also be te... ...ervitude in Siberia, Kartinkin for eight, Maslova for four years, with the consequences stated in Statute 25 of the code. The meschanka Botchkova, 43 ... ...al personal and acquired rights, and to be imprisoned for three years with consequences in accord with Statute 48 of the code. The costs of the case t... ...of his views did make everything seem simple and clear. One only had to be logical, as he said. His self- assurance was so great that it either repell...

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Master Francis Rabelais Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

By: Thomas Urquhart

...e that fiery which before seem’d earth (Conquering those things of highest consequence, What’s difficult of language or of sense), He will appear some... ...kind may agree in reason with the contrary of the other, it must follow by consequence that the other contrary must answer to the remanent opposite to... ...ave the 60 Gargantua & Pantagruel same connection, for vice is evil. This logical rule being understood, take these two con- traries, joy and sadness... ... go so far on that it may thereby be deprived of its nourish- ment, and by consequence of life itself, by this perichary or extremity of gladness, as ... ...de in modo et figura. For lo, to this end serve the suppositions and parva logicalia. Pannus, pro quo supponit? Confuse, said Bandouille, et distribut... ...y the damned souls. By St. T reignan! said Ponocrates, then by nec- essary consequence he shall pass there. Yes, yes, said Gymnastes, or I shall stick... ...ia, inspire me at this time, re- store unto me my spirits; for this is the logical bridge of asses! Here is the pitfall, here is the difficulty , to h... ... had your eyes in your head, or I am very much out of my understanding and logical sense. It is a gallant thing to see the clearness of (wine, gold,) ... ... the speech of others, I will from that antecedent bring you to infer very logically a most absurd and paradoxi- cal conclusion. But let it pass; I wi...

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A Treatise on Parents and Children

By: George Bernard Shaw

...compels us to ac- cept it from those adults among whom political and theo- logical discussion does as a matter of fact lead to the drawing of knives a... ...ry day at marriages or financial specula- tions that may involve far worse consequences than burnt fingers. And just as it is part of the business of ... ...n dealing with children what is needed is not logic but sense. There is no logical reason why young persons should be allowed greater control of their... ...erty the day after they are twenty-one than the day before it. There is no logical reason why I, who strongly object to an adult stand- ing over a boy... ...ners, and practice on his docility to make him learn them. And there is no logical reason why I should do for a child a great many little offices, som... ...e cannot break up the facts of kinship nor eradicate its natural emotional consequences. What we can do and ought to do is to set people free to behav...

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