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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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