...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...

...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...

...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...

...hich are most strongly evident in the art of De Maupassant. We now see the consequences which were inevitable by reason of them, endowed as Maupassant... ...e exact still because the half-civilized person is often impulsive and, in consequence, the physical easily predominates. There, as elsewhere, the deg... ...angerous pessimism that pervades some of his later work. This was partly a consequence of his honesty and partly of mental despair. He never accepted ... ...ection of proper names, or of verbs, or of numbers, or merely of dates, in consequence of an accident. The localization of all the avenues of thought ... ...ng, delicate hands of a sensual prelate—and exclaimed: “That is absolutely logical, and I should like to be in their place.” 201 Selected Writings TH... ... illness was, and were told that she had been in bed for fifteen years, in consequence of terrible grief. No doubt they did not believe it, and though... ... * “It would be useless to enter into all the psycho- 220 De Maupassant logical details which marked the course of my pas- sion for the Countess, a...

...- plish a change in their attitude and habits is too urgent to leave these consequences wholly out of account. Since our chief business with them is t... ...thing to which he is naturally inclined by arous- ing fear of disagreeable consequences if he persists. But 31 John Dewey he may be left in the posit... ...m has no means of foreseeing their outcome. If a person cannot foresee the consequences of his act, and is not capable of under- standing what he is t... ... some cases, it is well to permit him to experi- ment, and to discover the consequences for himself in order that he may act intelligently next time u... ...d with its first systematic exposition. 2 This conception is, of course, a logical correlate of the conceptions of the external relation of stimulus a... ...y stage short of attainment of this goal is merely an unfolding toward it. Logically the 61 John Dewey doctrine is only a variant of the preparation ... ...with rigid ad- herence to their past customs. On such a basis it is wholly logical to fear intercourse with others, for such contact might dissolve cu... ...upposed) except the acknowledgment of duty or the value of discipline. The logical result is expressed with literal truth in the words of an American ... ...nt is developed below in a discussion of what are termed psychological and logical methods respectively. See p. 219. 188 Democracy & Education Chapte...

... what things are fit to be done by a government. And it seems to me that, in consequence of this absence of rule or principle, one side is at present ... ... of our life to suit our own character; of doing as we like, subject to such consequences as may follow; without impediment from our fellow creatures,... ... any one’s persuasion may be, not only of the falsity, but of the pernicious consequences—not only of the pernicious conse quences, but (to adopt exp... ...he enemies of religious freedom, when hard pressed, occasionally accept this consequence, and say, with Dr. Johnson, that the persecutors of Christian... ...e internally renounced, cannot send forth the open, fearless characters, and logical, consistent in tellects who once adorned the thinking world. The... ...the part of heretics is no evil, should consider in the first place, that in consequence of it there is never any fair and thorough discussion of here... ...tion to slavery. What is called Christian, but should rather be termed theo logical, morality , was not the work of Christ or the Apostles, but is of...

... it depends solely on the proportion of the sexes in the population. If in consequence of a great war three-quarters of the men in this country were k... ...premium on want of self-respect in certain very important matters; and the consequence is that we are very badly gov- erned and are, on the whole, an ... ... instincts put together. The process may be pleasant and romantic; but the consequences are not. It would be far better for everyone, as well as far h... ...ot. By all means let it be the subject of contracts with society as to its consequences; but to make marriage an open trade in it as at present, with ... ...enslaved by one another. 38 Shaw THE ECONOMIC SLAVERY OF WOMEN One of the consequences of basing marriage on the consid- erations stated with cold ab... ...sonably be made the last, or wholly excluded. The present law is perfectly logical only if you once admit (as no decent person ever does) its fundamen...