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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...gram should be very suggestive to make them aware of the disease and the consequence of their high-risk behavior which will ultimately land them wi... ...ant to mention at least 4% of them acknowledged that they are reaping the consequences of their deeds. Some of them were stoic. When we asked what t... ...nt reveals that the other three conditions cannot be ignored and have its consequences in spreading HIV/ AIDS. Similarly by taking a vector Y K one... ...se refer Smarandache. DEFINITION 4.1.1: In the neutrosophic logic every logical variable x is described by an ordered triple x = (T, I, F) where T... ...tent logic, which means contradictory sources of information about a same logical variable, proposition or event one has T + I + F > 1. Thus ... ...t when he had sex with other women and with CSWs he was not aware of the consequences. He has two children. His wife is also affected with HIV. Hi... ...with no one to question and had no conscience and could not think of the consequences. o. The sudden change of atmosphere and the urban settings p... ...Association, 259 (1988) 1333-1337. 69. McCulloch, W.S., and Pitts, W., “A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity,” Bulletin of ... ...ormation and Control, 8 (1965) 139-146. 122. Zhang, W., and Chen, S., “A Logical Architecture for Cognitive Maps,” Proceedings of the 2 nd IEEE I...

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Bail Yourself Out

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...them. Every expansion of Chapter 3: The Currents of Desire 21 gas was a consequence of the desire to give, which expands and creates, and every co... ...n nature, we must be positive and contribute to everyone, everywhere. The consequence of not doing so is the crisis we see unfolding before our eyes... ...ing texts. This book reaches out to all those seekers who want to find a logical, reliable way to under- stand the world’s phenomena. This fascinati... ...ner both rational and mature. Readers are gradually led to understand the logical design of the Universe and the life that exists in it. The Science...

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Selected Writings

By: Guy de Maupassant

...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...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...t the case, or to be re- tained by you if no one does. There is nothing of consequence new here. Congress is to organize to-morrow. Last night we held... ...postmasters instead of being limited to those of specific offices. (3) The consequence of this extension of authority was that, in innumerable instanc... ...d. It was true the question ap- peared in a different aspect to persons in consequence of a difference in the point from which they looked at it. It d... ...ructing roads, and the reserved sections were to be en- hanced in value in consequence. When that bill came here for the action of this House—it had b... ...ion so much as relates to the present embarrassed state of the treasury in consequence of the Mexican War. Those general positions are: that internal ... ...ot object to your tak- ing your slave. Now, I admit that this is perfectly logical if there is no difference between hogs and negroes. But while you t...

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Confidence

By: Henry James

...er of conscience? Was she in love with Gordon Wright, and did she wish, in consequence, to forget—and wish him not to suspect—that she had ever receiv... ...leave Miss Vivian—that is, to return to the charge or to give up trying—in consequence of my fresh impression?” Gordon seemed perfectly unembarrassed ... ...t in the light of Gordon’s requirements. There was all this time an absurd logical twist in his view of things. In the first place he was not to judge... ...s one that in turn I have a right to ask you. What do you propose to do in consequence of what I have told you?” “I propose to do nothing.” This decla... ...r, G.W. “P.S. It is perhaps as well that I should say that I am leaving in consequence of something that happened last evening, but not—by any traceab... ...have been traceable. It had simply affected his imagina- tion, which was a consequence of the imponderable sort. This view of the case was supported b...

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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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The Ethics of Aristotle

By: J. A. Smith

... de- ficient in “exactness,” in precision of statement, and close- ness of logical concatenation. We must not look for a math- ematics of conduct. The... ...l and impossible as on those which are in our own power: again, Opinion is logically divided into true and false, not into good and bad as Moral Choic... ... see then that all men mean by the term Justice a moral state such that in consequence of it men have the capacity of doing what is just, and actually... ...it: simi- larly also with respect to Injustice, a moral state such that in consequence of it men do unjustly and wish what is unjust: let us also be c... ...red what was deposited with him, but against his will and from fear of the consequences of a refusal: we must not say that he either does what is just... ...dle term being fallacious: and so neither will this be yet Good Counsel in consequence of which you get what you ought but not through proper means. A... ...s belonging to the body,” etc. P . 32, l. 32. Being about to give a strict logical definition of Virtue, Aristotle ascertains first what is its genus ... ... opening statement of the Post Analytics. P . 133, l. 27. Aristotle in his logical analysis of Induction, Prior. Analytics II. 25, defines it to be “t... ...” (See the appendix to this Book.) P 134 1 12. This is the test of correct logical division, that the membra dividentia shall be opposed, i.e. not inc...

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Hard Times

By: Charles Dickens

...poor girl, Jupe, that she could not be received at the school any more, in consequence of there being practical objec tions, into which I need not en... ...to Mrs. Sparsit. He could not make up his mind how to do that, or what the consequences of the step might be. Whether she would instantly depart, bag ... ...glanced to the two women, and to Stephen. ‘I have come to speak to you, in consequence of what passed just now. I should like to be serviceable to you... ...pounds. I have not been able to give it to him. I have felt uneasy for the consequences of his being so involved, but I have kept these secrets until ... ...of him, if she chose. Then why doesn’t she choose, when I tell her of what consequence it is? But no. There she sits in his company like a stone, inst... ...sister here. Pity us!’ ‘Sir,’ returned Bitzer, in a very business like and logical man ner, ‘since you ask me what motive I have in reason, for takin...

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The Amazing Marriage

By: George Meredith

...d fabric upon his conception of Carinthia the woman, necessarily the woman—logically. Who but the woman could look the Gorgon! He tried to explain it ... ...he gamblers advancing and retreating, with their totally opposite views of consequences, and fashions of wear- ing or tearing the mask; and closer, th... ...nd such is my idea. But the answer would have been the same, I am sure. In consequence and straight away, Chillon John betakes him to Admiral Baldwin ... .... But the admiral, having given his consent to his daughter’s marriage, in consequence of the earl’s pledged word to ‘his other girl,’ had become a ze... ...ithout inflicting a picture of the beast. His words took shape now, and in consequence a little self-pity began to move. It stirred to swell the great... ...of humour on the side where it is tender in women, from being motherly. In consequence, she spoke of him with a pleading warmth to the Countess Livia,... ...oung men straining at thought, in the grip of their sensations, reach this logical conclusion. They will not begin by examining the ground they stand ... ...ed to an argument Lord Fleetwood had held on an occasion hotly against the logical consistency of the Protestant faith; and to his alarm lest some day...

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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...ion in which he did not consider her so very conspicuous, irritated him in consequence. T o flatter Sir Willoughby, it was the fashion to 40 The Egoi... ...t read for yourself, you hide and play tru- ant with Mr. Whitford, and the consequence is you are ig- norant of your country’s history.” Miss Middleto... ...rnon will inform us who takes April 1st.” “A few trifling errors are of no consequence when you are in the vein of satire,” said Vernon. “Be satisfied... ...be re- spected, managed with some degree of regard for me and attention to consequences. Those who have not done so have repented.” “You do not speak ... ...knell!” “I think so,” said Clara. “It will come to this, that marriages of consequence, and none but those, will be hailed with joyful peals.” “Do not... ...n’s fetters of her limbs and deliver her from the yawning mouth-abyss. His logical coolness of expostulation with her when she cast aside the silly mi... ...f chestnuts.” “Then it follows that I am a daughter of Spain.” “Clearly.” “Logically?” “By positive deduction.” “And do I behold Patrick?” “As one loo... ...y 192 The Egoist to be quite harmless. And besides (you are not to expect logical sequences) the showery refreshment in thinking of him lay in the so... ...d you have loved me. And you tell me you love me no more. You are not very logical, Laetitia Dale.” “Poetesses rarely are: if I am one, which I little...

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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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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...seigneur d’Artois pulls the mask from a fair impertinent; fights a duel in consequence,—almost drawing blood. (Besenval, ii. 282-330.) He has breeches... ...at it professes to be, an infinite one. Attempt not to swallow it, for thy logical digestion; be thankful, if skilfully planting down this and the oth... ...ly Tollendal, pious son of the ill-fated murdered Lally; on whose head, in consequence, a civic crown (of oak or parsley) is forced,—which he forcibly... ...and growing ever welcomer; for it alone goes to the heart of the business: logical cobwebbery shrinks itself together; and thou seest a thing, how it ... ... our two kinds of civil war; between the modern lingual or Par- liamentary-logical kind, and the ancient, or manual kind, in the steel battle-field;—m... ... on the morrow; to-morrow he repairs his golden fires! The think that will logically extinguish him is perhaps still a desideratum in Constitutional c... ...ation. For how, till a man know, in some measure, at what point he becomes logically defunct, can Par- liamentary Business be carried on, and Talk cea... ...nged flight of thirty thou- sand, with mixed cackling and crowing, rose in consequence! For, in addition to all, this people, as we said, is much divi... ...ed Travelling Party, be it Baroness de Korff’s, or persons of still higher consequence, will perhaps please to rest itself in M. Sausse’s till the daw...

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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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Ferragus Chief of the Devorants

By: Honoré de Balzac

...on a woman who held in horror all German sentimentalism. The young man, in consequence, distrusted himself, became dreamy, absorbed in his griefs, com... ...ming answer, he said to himself:— “But this man, so profoundly capable, so logical in his ev- ery act, who sees and foresees, who calculates, and even...

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The French Revolution a History Volume One

By: Thomas Carlyle

...seigneur d’Artois pulls the mask from a fair impertinent; fights a duel in consequence,—almost drawing blood. (Besenval, ii. 282-330.) He has breeches... ...at it professes to be, an infinite one. Attempt not to swallow it, for thy logical digestion; be thankful, if skilfully planting down this and the oth... ...ly Tollendal, pious son of the ill-fated murdered Lally; on whose head, in consequence, a civic crown (of oak or pars- ley) is forced,—which he forcib...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...ts with those to physical property. (I outline that process and its negative consequences in the next chapter.) They will argue, and again I agree, th... ...1.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page 19 milk, you cannot. Excludable property is, logically enough, property from which others can easily be excluded or ke... ...might, during sixty years, to Boswell’s eldest son. What would have been the consequence? An unadulterated copy of the finest biographical work in the ... ...om the same evidence” or from extending those arguments and developing their consequences. In a line that Hesse rightly highlights, he declares that a... ... of authors’ rights it turned out, in Hesse’s words, to reflect “an epistemo- logically impure and unstable legal synthesis that combined an instrument... ...century.” Poor Jefferson. How lucky we are to have Mr. Helprin to remedy the consequences of his lack of vision. Or perhaps not. Think of the way that... ...imply because they may be used to infringe copyrights. That, however, is the logical implication of their claim. The re- quest for an injunction below... ...ss to the property. The rules that forbid circumvention of these systems are logically, if not elegantly, referred to as the anticircumvention provisi... ... ing the operation of computers, a metaphor that enables us to imitate their logical processes. In the words of Wikipedia, “despite their simplicity—[...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...out the words not knowing where they came from, certainly not his formidable, logical mind. Michael Brand left, leaving the room in a p... ...ion, if any governmental agency chooses to file charges, I'll accept whatever consequences that comes with it." Alex turned back to the full audience... ...onger. Tonight, he would not mince words. Oshiro would have to understand the consequences of his decision. The table was set as elegantly as a gar... ...k for you, if you wish, but they must 219 J.Cross/Artemis understand the consequences of disobedience to the Oyabun, and the refusal of this mi... ... Alex?" she said trembling with emotion. This wasn't the time for Alex to be logical. He just held her in his arms. Alex said quietly to Walter, "... ...bed an Iraqi power plant. 274 J.Cross/Artemis But Soule’ was, however, a logical man, and to some degree he understood why they had done so. Hi... ...inch the Israelis too hard, they will react. And you may not be ready for the consequences." Soule' nodded his agreement. "You will have your rev... ...t that the Colombians are not even trying to get drugs into the country. As a consequence, the Russian gangs are letting up on the Puerto Ricans and ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...can think our way into our behavior. I would certainly like to believe her, but the evidence points to the fact that we are psychological, not logica... ...ave probably heard, that‘s why we psychologists study our field—to throw suspicion off ourselves. ―We are afraid we won‘t be seen as logica... ...n imaging is giving us pictures of how the brain will react. Imaging often shows us that the brain will react in ways quite different from the logica... ...te different from the logical rules that we think of as our unique human ability. The limbic system in the brain often takes priority over the logica... ... 11 ―Most of don‘t want to believe it but we are psychological—not logica... ...action. So in setting both long and short term goals many of us would profit by looking at all of the options and thinking seriously about the conseq...

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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

...- 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...

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On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

... 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...

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An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters

By: H. G. Wells

...they foretold. Now, quite as confidently, they point on to a new series of consequences, high probabilities that follow on all this tremendous develop... ...orld to-day. Law is the basis of civilisation, but the lawyer is the law’s consequence, and, with us at least, the legal profession is the 40 An Engl... ...r- vators so clear-headed and consistent. But their teaching is merely the logical expression of an enormous amount of con- 81 H. G . Wells servative... ...curiously close to this extreme optimistic school in its moral quality and logical consequences, though contrasting widely in the sinis- ter gloom of ... ...y close to this extreme optimistic school in its moral quality and logical consequences, though contrasting widely in the sinis- ter gloom of its spir... ...ive effort implying a collective design, de- flected from merely injurious consequences and organised for a new human welfare upon new lines. They agr... ...e, a man of exceptionally methodical quality. I hold he developed the word logically from an arbitrary assumption that the whole universe of being was... ... of the sciences shows pretty clearly that he thought of them all as exact logical systematisations of fact arising out of each other in a synthetic o... ...importantly in current sociological work. On the lines he initiated socio- logical investigation, what there is of it, still tends to go. From these t...

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Getting Married and Preface to Getting Married

By: George Bernard Shaw

... 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...

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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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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 protrusions of dra... ...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 Feath erstone’s stupid demand without incurring consequences which he liked less even than the task of fulfilling it. His fa... ...y Than all your labels cunningly devised To class your unread authors. I n consequence of what he had heard from Fred, Mr. Vincy determined to speak w... ...nothing but in giving him extravagant idle habits. You are now reaping the consequences.” To point out other people’s errors was a duty that Mr. Bulst... ... all: the result of the struggle is the same thing— picture 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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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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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. : A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne : Written by Himself

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...both went abroad, being ad- vised by their friends to leave the country in consequence of the transactions which are recounted at the close of the vol... ...ger, for Popish eccle- siastics to wear their proper dress; and he was, in consequence, in no wise astonished that the priest should now appear before... ... rather than inclination called him, and was perfectly bewildered in theo- logical controversy. In the course of his reading (which was neither pursue... ... lord,” says Lord Mohun. Whereupon Harry Esmond, filled with alarm for the consequences to which this disastrous dispute might lead, broke out into th... ... good Father meant that Esmond should join the Roman communion for fear of consequences, and that all England ran the risk of being damned for heresy,... ...rce of arms. ’Twas said he withdrew his opposition all of a sudden, and in consequence of letters from the King at St. Germains, who entreated him on ...

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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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The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ght be possible to coast about it, to hint at it, by adum- brations and in consequences. But it is better and really more helpful to face the difficul... ... devised a system as hit upon a manner in the ardor of his work, or as its logical outcome, he never thought of connecting his com- positions in such ...

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Louis Lambert

By: Honoré de Balzac

... with a certain pride, the life of privation to which we were condemned in consequence of our idleness and our indifference to learning. He had a cert... ...to make me 29 Balzac share in his beliefs concerning angels. In his least logical argu- ments there were still amazing observations as to the powers ... ...e man, is fettered in its manifestation. From this followed a multitude of logical explanation as to those results of our twofold na- ture which appea... ...n the ramifi- cations by which it is inevitably connected with the phreno- logical observations of one and the speculations on physiog- nomy of the ot... ...ot know the Swiss doctor’s writings— which are few and brief. A simple and logical inference from these principles led him 43 Balzac to perceive that... ...e, have secured the foundations, have examined, deduced, and connected the logical sequence? 49 Balzac Six months after the confiscation of the Treat...

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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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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...r eclat, or better results for the welfare of mankind. His researches were logical and exhaustive. They included every phase of every question that th... ...on of the re- sults of democracy in the New World to ascertain its natural consequences, and to learn what the nations of Europe had to hope or fear f... ...on is going on amongst us; but there are two opinions as to its nature and consequences. To some it appears to be a novel accident, which as such may ... ...t it to govern, but all were bent on excluding it from the government. The consequence of this has been that the democratic revo- lution has been effe... ...ved to be legitimate, and as the serf looked upon his own inferiority as a consequence of the immutable order of nature, it is easy to imagine that a ... ... kind is to be feared. Upon this point, there- fore, the political and the logical reasons agree, and the people as well as the judges preserve their ... ...enta- tives – Singular effects of the fact that a Constitution can only be logical in the early stages of a nation. The plan which had been laid down ... ... ernment. These facts show how rare and how difficult it is rationally and logically to combine all the several parts of legislation. In the course of... ...me of the Committee on Indian Affairs, February 24, 1830, in which is most logically established and most learnedly proved, that “the fundamental prin...

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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 Days Work

By: Rudyard Kipling

...f four flags, a mile and a half behind, which read: “Heave to, or take the consequences!” She had her choice, and she took it. The end came when, pres... ...y-lieutenant, who had fired the five-inch shell, had leisure to think upon consequences. Mr. W ardrop was the busy man. He borrowed all the crew to sh... ...were impos- sible, he took quarter-loads, and toiled four times as hard by consequence; for he did not choose to risk an epidemic which might have gro... ...iner cryin’ that the Grotkau was sinkin’. But it’s curious to think o’ the consequences. In a’ human probabil- ity, he’s bein’ damned in heaps at the ... ... carriage. Wilton must have struck the gravel with some vehemence, for the consequences, he admitted, were a free fight on the line in which he lost h... ...t do you suppose I’d want to kill you for?” said the doctor, who came of a logical breed. “‘Ow do I know? T ell ‘em in court. You’ll get seven years f...

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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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Familiar Studies of Men and Books

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...any various volumes, is bound, above all things, to make that condensation logical and striking. For the only justification of his writing at all is t... ...fault, as all of us do, and openly overtaken, as not all of us are, by its consequences, to gloss the matter over, with too polite biographers, is to ... ...lainly, what every one well knows, of Burns’s profligacy, and of the fatal consequences of his marriage. And for this there are perhaps two subsidiary... ...r represent an act that was vir- tuous in itself, as attended by any other consequences than a large family and fortune. To hint that Burns’s marriage... ...timidly made elsewhere, have in them been carried boldly out to their last consequences; much that was indefinite in literary tenden- cies has attaine... ...from another point of view – to reproduce a colour, a sound, an outline, a logical argument, a physical action. He can show his readers, behind and ar... ...e nature of tragedy. The gospel according to Whitman, even if it be not so logical, has this advantage over the gospel according to Pangloss, that it ... ... the price we have to pay for cochineal. And with that murder- ous parody, logical optimism and the praises of the best of possible words went irrevoc... ... afternoon, or at morning as he lay awake in bed. With our deeper and more logical sense of life, we can have no idea how large a space in the attenti...

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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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