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20, 000 Leagues under the Sea

By: Jules Verne

...xactly on this spot the sea covers entire forests embedded during the geo- logical periods, now mineralised and transformed into coal; for me they are... ...and. I feared he would commit some act of violence, which would end in sad consequences. But his anger was turned by the sight of a whale which the Na... ...rightfully crushed between the two glassy surfaces? I reflected on all the consequences of our position. Cap- tain Nemo never took his eyes off the ma... ...ce of that ocean? CHAPTER XX FROM LATITUDE 47º 24' TO LONGITUDE 17º 28' IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE STORM, we had been thrown eastward once more. All hope o...

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Of Human Bondage

By: Somerset Maugham

... ing to recover himself. “I’m afraid you’re ill,” said Philip. “It’s of no consequence.” But Philip saw that he was suffering, and at the end of the h... ...ttle room eventually the conversation always turned to religion: the theo- logical student took a professional interest in it, and Hayward welcomed a ... ...n of responsibility which made every action of his life a matter of urgent consequence. He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsi... ...er; for Profes- sor Erlin with brutal frankness had suggested the possible consequences of an intrigue which was now manifest to everyone, and she saw... ...ayward, with the tourist’s passion for thoroughness. “Nothing of the least consequence. You can come and look at them by yourself with your Baedeker. ... .... Coffee and cognac followed with sufficient speed to prevent any untoward consequence, and they settled down to smoke in comfort. Ruth Chalice, who c... ... still twenty minutes to spare he walked in. It was a collection of patho- logical specimens. Presently a boy of about eigh- teen came up to him. “I s...

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The Moon and Sixpence

By: Somerset Maugham

..., slang, and vague, unfinished gestures. But though he said nothing of any consequence, there was some- thing in his personality which prevented him f... ...r it. He was never satisfied with what he had done; it seemed to him of no consequence compared with the vision that obsessed his mind. “Why don’t you... ...ould it be different with women?” 117 Somerset Maugham “I dare say that’s logical,” I smiled, “but most men are made differently , and they can’t.” B... ...so strong as his curiosity in their reasons. The character of a scoundrel, logical and complete, has a fascination for his creator which is an outrage... ...n on the island, that they had any idea that among them had dwelt a man of consequence. They remembered then that they could have bought for a song ca...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...r connected with a suppurated abscess that some boy had come home with, in consequence of his Y orkshire guide, philosopher, and friend, having ripped... ...ent, inasmuch as he had only acted upon it once, and had ruined himself in consequence. Mr Ralph Nickleby heard all this with a half-smile; and when t... ... one—that bore the impress of pity or compassion. Near to the jail, and by consequence near to Smithfield also, and the Compter, and the bustle and no... ... way , and it was supposed that these miraculous occurrences took place in consequence. And yet I hardly know how that could have been, either, becaus... ...alf-way up the troublesome flight of steps which leads to death’s door, in consequence of expo- sure to the cold. They were then regaled with a light ... ...ICKLEBY to advantage, she could not exactly remember. However, as she very logically remarked, there must have been some young person in that way of b... ...vailed upon to grant the promised interview. The last he held to be a very logical deduction from the premises, inasmuch as it was but natural to supp...

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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

By: The Manhattan Engineer District

... warning Japan to surrender and thus to avoid total destruction. It seems logical to me that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain o... ...ves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiri- tual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good that might result? When will o...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...ry to ex- ecute her master’s commission, could not be charged with any bad consequences. But all such reflections this way or that were swallowed up a... ... bell and to ply the knocker with unintermitting violence. And the natural consequence was, that the next door neighbor, who had re- cently gone to be... ...elay; and yet, in spite of his hurry, so fully did he appreciate the fatal consequences to himself, if any of his victims should so far revive into co... ...ly expound the hellish nature of him whose baleful shadow, to speak astro- logically, at this moment darkens the house of life, than the 40 The Note ... ...was eminently 48 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater populous; as one consequence of which, a benefit club had established its weekly rendezvous ... ...cts were prevented, for many years, from re- sorting to the new system, in consequence of old contracts with oil-dealers, subsisting through long term... ...stralia, who pre-occupy other men’s estates, have latterly illustrated the logical possibility of such an offence; but they were quite unknown at the ...

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Our Mutual Friend

By: Charles Dickens

...est, Bella,” then I answer, “Maybe not, pa—very likely—but it’s one of the consequences of be- ing poor, and of thoroughly hating and detesting to be ... ...n me and the candle for all that,’ retorted Bella. ‘This is another of the consequences of being poor! The idea of a girl with a really fine head of h... ... any such designations, but particularly the last—to which, as a natu- ral consequence, he stuck with great obstinacy . Over the house itself, he exer... ...er part of the room, in her way; I keep up my part of the room in mine. In consequence of which we have at once, Sociability (I should go melancholy m... ...urself, Miss Bella, the better you’ll please us.’ ‘Oh, my consent is of no consequence at all, I suppose?’ cried Miss Lavinia. ‘Lavvy ,’ said her sist... ...right dark eye and a resolute face, yet quite a tender creature too; not a logically- reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in Heaven... ...f giving myself a sight of your reviving face. Besides,’ said Betty , with logical good faith, ‘I shall have a debt to pay off, by littles, and natura...

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

... strangle. However that may be, the good lady must have stepped with a circumspect foot over the thresh- old of this building. After the councilor had... ...dinal, pettishly, “seven.” Then, recol- lecting himself, “You understand, Bernouin,” added he, “that all this money is to be spent?” “Eh! monseigneur;... ...t an admirable thing chance is!” D’Artagnan pronounced these words with an indefin- able tone of feigned bonhomie, for he knew very well that the vict... ... England had come back to his old ally, William II. of Nassau, stadtholder of Holland. He learned also that the refusal of Louis XIV . had a little co... ...ich made Athos start. “Where do you wish us to go?” “Y ou shall see. A light! come, quickly!” “Y es, your honor. Does it please your honor that I shou... ...l resist, that you will fight, even; I know very well that you will prove the con- queror; but that amounts to rebellion, and you are an of- ficer you... ...ck as well as white. I will have Pierrefonds replastered in black; that’s all there is about it. If gray is handsome, you understand, my friend, black...

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Don Juan

By: George Byron

...ed fusion Of one another’s minds, at last have grown To deem as a most logical conclusion, That Poesy has wreaths for you alone: There is ... ...ously on their provision, Instead of hoarding it with due precision. The consequence was easily foreseen They ate up all they had, and drank ... ...astor and his master. ‘T was better that he did not; for, in fact, The consequence was awful in the extreme; For they, who were most ravenous ... ...lease to shut The book which treats of this erroneous pair, Before the consequences grow too awful; ‘T is dangerous to read of loves unlawful.... ...n many risks, Yet he could not at times keep, by the way (Although the consequences of such frisks Are worse than the worst damages men pay ... ...and start. All this she told with some confusion and Dismay, the usual consequence of dreams Of the unpleasant kind, with none at hand To ...

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The Three Musketeers

By: Alexandre Dumas

...swered D’Artagnan, who, reckoning upon entering into the king’s service in consequence of this recommendation, believed he could make this somewhat ha... ...e he is prejudiced by the cardinal. We will describe the thing to him as a consequence of the affair of yesterday, and the two will pass off together.... ...they entered D’Artagan’s chamber, it was empty; the landlord, dreading the consequences of the encounter 91 Alexandre Dumas which was doubtless about... ...in his apartment.” “But that will compromise me sadly, you know.” “Of what consequence? Nobody knows you. Besides, we are in a situation to overlook c... ...terest was almost foreign to this commencement of love, which had been the consequence of it. We say almost, for the idea that a young, handsome, kind... ...Amiens, Monsieur the Curate of Montdidier, and I are arguing certain theo- logical questions in which we have been much interested; I shall be delight...

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God the Invisible King

By: H. G. Wells

...further be suggested that the extreme aloof- ness and inhumanity, which is logically necessary in the idea of a Creator God, of an Infinite God, was t... ...dom of God on earth. Each believer as he grasps this natural and immediate consequence of the faith that has come into his life will form at the same ... ..., and sexual status of no account in the presence of God. It follows quite logically that God does not discriminate between man and woman in any essen... ...f’s “Nature of Man,” he will find there an interesting summary of the bio- logical facts that bear upon and destroy the delusion that there is such a ... ...e of every man to fall short at every point from perfection. From the bio- logical point of view we are as individuals a series of involun- tary “trie... ...irectly you cease to hide or deny or escape, and turn manfully towards the consequences and the setting of things right, you take hold again of the ha...

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The Country of the Blind and Other Stories

By: H. G. Wells

...scover I was peering into remote and mysterious worlds ruled by an or- der logical indeed but other than our common sanity. The ‘nineties was a good a... ...ud- den change in the field of force due to the lightning. He thinks, as a consequence of this, that it may be possible to live visually in one part o... ... die in the grip of the Great Dynamo he had been a little scared about the consequences of his act. Yet he felt strangely elated, and knew that the fa... ...the great feud between Hapley and Professor Pawkins, though certain of its consequences may be new to you. For those who have not, a word or two of ex... .... I was inclined to imagine there was still some hiatus in my memory, as a consequence of my draught of that strange liqueur; that I had come into my ... ...shed ashore near Torquay, and a few days later a boat from the Marine Bio- logical station, engaged in dredging off Plymouth, picked up a rotting spec... ...a proverbial expression! The evi- dence of his absolute disappearance as a consequence of that explosion is indubitable. It is not necessary to enlarg... ... equally be- tween his biological work at the College and social and theo- logical theorising, an employment which he took in deadly earnest. Of a nig... ...e acceptable haziness. And from that, following, as I must admit, no clear logical path, he came to the test of experiment. He pointed resolutely to h...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...arneffe had just said concerning Lisbeth Fischer they had come to know, in consequence, partly, of the loneliness of the neighborhood, and of the alli... ...itious married courtesans who from the first accept depravity with all its consequences, and determine to make a fortune while taking their pleasure, ... ...rything for my sake?” asked the Brazilian. This South American born, being logical, as men are who 164 Cousin Betty have lived the life of nature, at... ...uld leave me alone on condition of being head- clerk. It is abominable—but logical.” “Valerie, do you love me?” “In the state in which I am, my dear, ... ...t them at twenty-five, and they will go up to 229 Balzac three hundred in consequence of the amalgamation of the two lines, which is a secret told to... ...he unsatisfactory state of the Algerian ex- chequer, which has come out in consequence of the death and disappearance of two employes, has had some sh... ...hing. That is not all. I shall be committed to prison within a few days in consequence of the bills held by Vauvinet. So I must keep out of the way un...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Conan Doyle

... explanations founded rather upon conjecture and surmise than on that absolute logical proof which was so dear to him. There is, however, one of these... ...ring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were submitte... ...t also.’ “ ‘Ah, but I sleep more heavily than you.’ “ ‘Well, it is of no great consequence, at any rate.’ She smiled back at me, closed my door, and a... ...re found — never, Mary! Your affec tion for Arthur blinds you as to the awful consequences to me. Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gen... ...hem selves, but which have given room for those faculties of deduction and of logical synthesis which I have made my special province.” “And yet,” sa...

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Bram Stoker's Dracula

By: Bram Stoker

...why at such a time. His reply was in a way characteristic of him, for it was logical and forceful and mysterious. He said, “Ah, you don’t comprehend... ...en a consola tion and a help to him, terrible though it be and awful in its consequences, to know for certain that his eyes and ears and brain did no... ... absolute accuracy with which his instructions were fulfilled was simply the logical result of his care. I saw the invoice, and took note of it.‘Fifty... ...nds, this is much, it is a terrible task that we undertake, and there may be consequence to make the brave shudder. For if we fail in this our fight 2... ...d the soul as a butterfly!” I thought I would push his analogy to its utmost logically, so I said quickly, “Oh, it is a soul you are after now, is it?... ...r forms of life altogether, though he dreads being haunted by their souls. Logically all these things point one way! He has assurance of some kind ... ...ssurance of some kind that he will acquire some higher life. He dreads the consequence, the burden of a soul. Then it is a human life he looks to! ...

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Dead Souls

By: D. J. Hogarth

...) she had not sold them at something like a third of their true value. The consequences of her venture the reader will learn from a conversation betwe... ...of new terms and phrases, and displayed in their exposition of things both logical sequence and a zest for modern discovery and much warmth of individ... ...) under a Sec- ond,—the village of Gurmailovka alone excepted, in that, in consequence of a Suit having been brought against Landowner Priadistchev, a...

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

... particular orders of men, with- out any regard to, or foresight of, their consequences upon the gen- eral welfare of the society; yet they have given... ...ight hundredth, part of what they are at present capable of performing, in consequence of a proper division and combination of their different operati... ...rent trades and employments from one another, seems to have taken place in consequence of this advan- tage. This separation, too, is generally carried... ...bject, than when it is dissipated among a great variety of things. But, in consequence of the division of labour, the whole of every man’s attention c... ...he great multiplication of the productions of all the differ- ent arts, in consequence of the division of labour, which occa- sions, in a well-governe... ...Adam Smith cious writer, Mr Anderson, author of the Historical and Chrono- logical Deduction of Commerce, very justly observes, that upon examining th...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...ent of the other part, opposition from the North and war was an inevitable consequence. It is, I think, only necessary to look back to the Revo- lutio... ...rance, however, having been made at the in- stance of Napoleon, and not in consequence of any de- mand made by the States. The district then called Lo... ...have acquired has been the cause of their success. It does not follow as a consequence that the Canadas, fighting their battle alone in the world, cou... ...tion might stand in their way. But I fear that it does follow, if not as a logical conclusion, at least as a natural result, that they never will do s... ... thing beautiful, but on account of the immediate reward which will be its consequence. Smith is enjoined not to cheat Jones, because he will, in the ... ...the Federal government has been called to the war, and have become bold in consequence. When I was at St. Paul I heard of a party of Englishmen who ha... ... on the States. The political action of the States is undoubtedly the more logical and the clearer. That, indeed, of England is so illogical and so li... ...e classed with any religious association. The line of argu- ment is hardly logical, the conclusion not being in accor- dance with or hanging on the fi...

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On the Origin of Species

By: Charles Darwin

...ions of the innumerable inhabitants of the world during the many past geo- logical epochs in its history. Although much remains obscure, and will long... ... structure of each individual for the benefit of the community; if each in consequence profits by the selected change. What natural selection cannot d... ... very little sediment is being deposited, there will be blanks in our geo- logical history. The crust of the earth is a vast mu- seum; but the natural... ...od for its possessor, then, under changing conditions of life, there is no logical impossibility in the acquirement of any conceivable degree of perfe... ...habit wholly unlike that of any other known bird. Finally, it may not be a logical deduction, but to my imagination it is far more satisfactory to loo... ...- erpillars,—not as specially endowed or created in- stincts, but as small consequences of one general law, leading to the advancement of all organic ... ...ecies; but during such periods there will generally be a blank in the geo- logical record. On the other hand, during subsidence, the inhabited area an... ...ation to some extent. The extinction of old forms is the almost inevitable consequence of the 306 On the Origin of Species production of new forms. W... ...to wide dispersal would follow from this capacity as an almost neces- sary consequence. We can here consider only a few cases. In regard to fish, I be...

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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

...ms very favourable to its success. There is, perhaps in every thing of any consequence, a secret history which it would be amusing to know, could we h... ...re, which it exhibited, like some of the reflections of Rochefaucault. The consequence was, that he went home with Reynolds, and supped with him. Sir ... ... in the Dic- tionary, to which his Lordship’s patronage might have been of consequence.’ He then told Dr. Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him ... ...o feel very sensibly the distinction which you have bestowed upon me. ‘Few consequences of my endeavours to please or to benefit mankind have delighte... ...cteristical anecdote of Johnson while at Plymouth. Having observed that in consequence of the Dock-yard a new town had arisen about two miles off as a... ...not be too often or too highly praised; of which Mr. Harris, in his Philo- logical Inquiries, justly and liberally observes: ‘Such is its merit, that ...

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Great Expectations

By: Charles Dickens

..., with their noses. Perhaps, they became the restless people they were, in consequence. Anyhow, Mr. Wopsle’s Roman nose so aggravated me, during the r... ...t his anwil. – Y ou’re a-listening and understanding, Pip?” “Y es, Joe.” “‘Consequence, my mother and me we ran away from my father, several times; an... ...g, Pip, or the pot won’t bile, don’t you know?” I saw that, and said so. “‘Consequence, my father didn’t make objections to my going to work; so I wen... ...First (to get our thoughts in order): Forty-three pence?” I calculated the consequences of replying “Four Hundred Pound,” and finding them against me,... ...re left alone together, he sat with an air upon him of general lying by in consequence of informa- tion he possessed, that really was too much for me.... ...t, as I should so put it. Both of which,” said Joe, quite charmed with his logical arrangement, “being done, now this to you a true friend, say . Name...

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Two Poets

By: Honoré de Balzac

...haunted the cathedral; they cul- tivated the society of the clergy; and in consequence, when books of devotion were once more in demand, Cointet Broth... ...ng becomes impossible. Here this close sympathy was lacking, and Lucien in consequence was in the position of an angel who should endeavor to sing of ... ...bamboo. The Abbe Grozier had a Chinese book, an iconographical and techno- logical work, with a great many pictures in it, illustrating all the differ...

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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

...sses of mankind. And this state of affairs may come about more easily than logical, statistical-minded people may be disposed to think. Our first impu... ...whose intensity officialdom would do well to ponder. But it is the natural consequence of, it is the popular attempt at a corrective to, the aloofness... ...troublesome thing to elect them, but it will involve much more troublesome consequences if they are not elected. This, I think, is one of the consider... ...But so soon as the League takes on the shape its general proposition makes logically necessary, the armament interest will take fright. Then it is we ... ...st concede that. But in practice this involves something else. A practical consequence of this disarmament idea must be an effective control of the im... ... we are united. The question I would put to the reader is this: Are we all logically, sincerely, and fully carrying out the plain implica- tions of th... ...complete change in international methods, and we are bound to stick to the logical conse- quences of that. We have placed ourselves on the side of dem... ...ng things. Life is full of vestigial struc- tures, and it is a long way to logical perfection. Let us keep on, they would argue, with what we have. An... ...nd alone again and be secure. And turning now to the other aspect of these consequences of the development of material science, it is too often as- su...

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What Is Man and Other Essays of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

...im, thus advancing them to first place; whereas in my Admonition I stick logically and consistently to the original position: I place the Interior ... ...nd that together—and that is all that thought is—and out of them built her logical arrangement of infer ences. Edison couldn’t have done it any bette... ...enced to heavy punishment of a public sort—and are become local heroes, by consequence. That is the very mistake which was at first made in the Missou... ...rdy, the stranger, the despised. In a day he was become the person of most consequence in the region, the only person talked about. As to those other ... ...n, the patriot, are the essential thing; the cherry tree incident is of no consequence. T o prove that T ell did shoot the apple from his son’s head w... ... all the monarchies present and to come, was really a person of no serious consequence to these people. To them, with their training, my General was o... ...get such fine food as they get, or live such a high and luxurious life. By consequence they are larger and longer and sleeker than their working siste... ...st be held in reverence by everybody else; 3. therefore, by conse quence, logically, and indisputably, whatever is sacred to me must be held in reve...

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Middlemarch

By: George Eliot

...he could not reconcile the anxieties of a spiritual life involving eternal consequences, with a keen interest in gimp and artificial pro- trusions of ... ...me in ecclesiastical, and perhaps found themselves surprisingly grouped in consequence; while a few personages or families that stood with rocky firmn... ... many patients among their connections and ac- quaintances. For who of any consequence in Middlemarch was not connected or at least acquainted with th... ...appearance, you are so sensible and useful, Mary. Beauty is of very little consequence in reality,” said Rosamond, turning her head towards Mary, but ... ... He saw no way of eluding Featherstone’s stupid demand with- out incurring consequences which he liked less even than the task of fulfilling it. His f... ... all: the result of the struggle is the same thing—pic- ture or no picture—logically.” Will could not resist this imperturbable temper, and the cloud ... ...urse it is,” said Will, impatiently. “But if you are to wait till we get a logical Bill, you must put yourself forward as a revolutionist, and then Mi...

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

By: William James

...ophic significance? are two entirely different orders of question from the logical point of view; and, as a failure to recognize this fact distinctly ... ...th the same eye with which he looks on all other natural things, since the consequences of our affections flow from their nature with the same necessi... ...; but at any rate it has become profoundly uninstructive: we can deduce no consequences from it which help us to interpret religion’s meaning or value... ...n environment which re- fuses to bear them out for any length of time. The consequence of this discrepancy of the two criteria is the uncertainty whic... ...or them here, and hold their own against inferences which, in mere love of logical consistency, medical materialism ought to be only too glad to draw.... ...lternation, we see that it probably contains nothing whatever of a psycho- logically specific nature. There is religious fear, reli- gious love, relig... ...rd “religion” would be inconvenient, however defensible it might remain on logical grounds. There are trifling, sneering atti- tudes even toward the w... ...ess and impulse, it adds to life an enchantment which is not rationally or logically deducible from anything else. This enchantment, coming as a gift ... ...ic philosopher, Father Gratry, in his au- tobiographical recollections. In consequence of mental isolation and excessive study at the Polytechnic scho...

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Crime Its Cause and Treatment

By: Clarence Darrow

...itted that vengeance and punishment went together, they were at least more logical, for executions were in the open light of day so all might see and ... ...quirements that the young should visit prisons that they might realize the consequences of crime, and that all execu- tions should be public and shoul... ...never be cata- logued because new ways are constantly coming to light. The logical end of all these indefinite and uncertain laws is to pass one statu... ...g families and friends of sorely needed money, and the direct and indirect consequences are sometimes small and sometimes very great. These can be rea... ...men. Even the legal tests as to insanity and feeble-mindedness are neither logical nor humane. Often the definition is given by courts that if one is ... ... teaching and moral suasion; those methods are too slow, and the evils and consequences of dis- belief are too great. Laws of this drastic character a... ...ent him from trying to do his part to restore sanity to the world. Another consequence of war which America is passing through is the spirit of super-... ...o that the species may be controlled. At first glance this seems to be the logical thing to do, especially as the effects of heredity can no more be d... ...cated, more accus- tomed to weighing evidence and able to arrive at a more logical conclusion than most juries. Still none of these quali- 166 ties n...

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The Golden Bowl

By: Henry James

...ny and in the interest of his own larger absorption of my sense? The prime consequence on one’s own part of re perusal is a sense for ever so many mor... ... Chapter 1 11 antidote to superstition, which was in its turn too much the consequence, or at least the exhalation, of archives. He thought of these t... ...t, so any idea she might have would contribute to that effect. He had as a consequence—in all consistency—to take it for amusing that she reaffirmed, a... ...m: her situation indeed in connexion with that order of traffic was full of consequences produced by her father’s. Mr. Verver, one of the great collect... ...ter had at the most always been small, that was doubtless in some degree a consequence of the fewness of the former. His greatest inconvenience, he wo... ...ashion, the very basis of her enjoyment of his hospitality—without seeing, logically, a responsibility attached. And this was to remain none the less ... ... that she really believes.” With which Charlotte became still more lucidly logical. “The reality of his belief will depend in such a case on the reali... ...ied to him before— if only because it had never come up for her, properly, logically, morally, that she must. As soon as she had put to him the questi... ...kept her up, made her rise higher: just as it was the sense of action that logically involved some platform—action quite positively for the first time ...

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

... fate is poignant, it is intensely in- teresting, and of not the slightest consequence. GUY DE MAUPASSANT—1904* TO INTRODUCE Maupassant to English rea... ...s Attitude before the Public Opinion, and so on to the chapter of the Last Consequences. We see, created for us in his outward form and in- nermost pe... ...soned con- viction; it has behind it the profound belief in the right of a logical necessity to be appeased at the cost of so much blood and treasure.... ...a State does not spring from such a contemptible source. It is a matter of logical growth, of faith and courage. Its inspiration springs from the cons... ...lance back at the last hundred years shows the invariable, one may say the logical, powerlessness of Russia. As a military power it has never achieved... ...he most repressive 82 Notes on Life and Letters measures with a perfectly logical duplicity, Prince Bismarck’s Empire has taken care to couple the ne... ...us- sia is to find her end, it can never be a revolution fruitful of moral consequences to mankind. It can- not be anything else but a rising of slave... ... all possible tones carrying conviction, the gently persuasive, the coldly logical; in tones Hegelian, Nietzschean, war-like, pious, cynical, inspired... ...ts renewed assertion) an object of dislike and mistrust. As an unavoidable consequence of the past Poland will have to begin its existence in an atmos...

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Sartor Resartus the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdr Ockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...e 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 ... ...h’s, if cunningly planted down, were no despicable pile, or floodgate, in the logical wear. For the rest, be it nowise apprehended, that any personal c... ...in petto thy remarkable V olume on Clothes. Nay, was there not in that clear logically founded Transcendentalism of thine; still more, in thy meek, si... ...hrough the Narrative portions, a certain show of outward method; but of true logical method and sequence there is too little. Apart from its multifari... ...t 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 Ho... ... readiness our fancy, in this shattered state of the nerves, follows out the consequences which Teufels dr¨ ockh, with a devilish coolness, goes on t... ... crotchets: a typical Shadow, fitfully wavering, prophetico satiric; no clear logical Picture. “How paint to the sensual eye,” asks he once, “what pass... ...o attaining the po litical effects of Nudity without its frigorific or other consequences,—be thereby realized. Would not the rich man purchase a wate... ...glean (whether from the Paper bags or the Printed V olume) what little seems logical and practical, and cunningly arrange it into such degree of coher...

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Best of Freshman Writing

By: Suzanne Harper

...hristian evan- gelical congressmen and senators. On an issue of such great consequence, our Administrations voice must be heard. If judges insist on o... ..., , , , however, isn’t without faults, according to his wife. Richard uses logical reasoning and Vera relies on mood and feeling when dealing with cer... ... (assertions in writing terms) one needs to pro- vide evidence in a highly logical fashion. This in- cludes providing the reader with the very best so...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...ial security measures. Under security rules in place at the time, the only consequence of Atta’s selection by CAPPS was that his checked bags were hel... ...d because the agent found both of the passengers to be suspicious.The only consequence of their selection was that their checked bags were held off th... ...ac- curate accounts created the impression that the Langley scramble was a logical response to an actual hijacked aircraft. In fact, not only was the ... ...related to the W orld Trade Center bombing and other plots. An unfortunate consequence of this superb investigative and prosecutorial effort was that ... ...cedures was ignored routinely. 37 We will describe some of the unfortunate consequences of these accumulated institutional beliefs and prac- tices in ... ...lly ended in negotiations, an ambassador or other embassy official was the logical person to represent U.S. interests. Keeping U.S. diplomatic efforts... ...hile targets, such as other al Qaeda leaders or stocks of chemical or bio- logical weapons. 117 Clarke was not alone in his enthusiasm. He had backing... ...hdhar several years later. 13 The circumstantial evidence makes Thumairy a logical person to consider as a possible contact for Hazmi and Mihdhar.Y et... ...82 Mullah Omar is reported to have opposed this course of action for ideo- logical reasons rather than out of fear of U.S. retaliation. He is said to ...

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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... erate care, and none ever had more certificates for less edu- cation. One consequence, however, of my system is that I have much less to say of Profe... ...n- sole; books of a large design, shadowing the complexity of that game of consequences to which we all sit down, the hanger-back not least. But the a... ...ng them indeed; but when they were done, I could see they were rubbish. In consequence, I very rarely showed them even to my friends; and such friends... ...r and answer arguments, not only with natural wisdom, but with candour and logical honesty. But if the subject of debate be something in the air, an a... ...t of debate be something in the air, an abstraction, an excuse for talk, a logical Aunt Sally, then may the male debater instantly abandon hope; he ma...

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