...t the violator of the law is not a person of higher type than the majority who are directly and indirectly responsible for the law. It is apparent tha... ...nd for such legislation from the class of society that is most powerful in political action. No one who examines the question can be satisfied that a ... ...rom the class of society that is most powerful in political action. No one who examines the question can be satisfied that a thing is intrinsically wr... ...he peace, con- tentment, prosperity or well-being of his neighbors, or the political or social organization in which his life is cast. In this sense m... ...he punishment of one does not deter others. Over and over again crimes are committed, by the young especially, that resemble in every detail a previou... ...se men are never professional forg- ers, and are much more apt to die from suicide or a broken heart than to repeat. But with few exceptions, the crim... ...em. This too has much to do with the small number of female convicts. Some writers claim that the small number of women in penal institutions shows th... ...od reading. Such books as he gets only add to his unhealthy thoughts. Many writers have classified the crimes that the boy com- mits. It is scarcely w... ...on of a homicide by one of a defective nervous system who has never before committed an unlawful act. A large number of men convicted of murder are us...

...epniak LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1894 INTRODUCTION I TURGENEV is an author who no longer belongs to Russia only. During the last fifteen years of his ... ...tical of European nations, Ernest Renan, hailed him as one of the greatest writers of our times: ‘The Master, whose exquisite works have charmed our c... ...s whole, as an architect of imaginative work, he sur- passes all the prose writers of his country, and has but few equals among the great novelists of... ...eading the translation of one of his short sto- ries (Assya), George Sand, who was then at the apogee of her fame, wrote to him: ‘Master, all of us ha... ...e had not, because he happened to produce his works in a troubled epoch of political and social strife, when the best men were absorbed in other inter... ...ame time one of the strongest—perhaps the strongest—and most clear-sighted political thinkers of his time. However surpris- ing such a versatility may... ...personality as a sacrifice to the general good. ‘Egoism,’ so he ended, ‘is suicide. The egoist withers like a solitary barren tree; but pride, ambitio... ...mysterious tales among the people of a fearful crime supposed to have been committed under them; they used to tell, too, that not one of them would fa...

... with their servants and families: very likely they are right. But persons who think otherwise, and are of a lazy, or a benevolent, or a sarcastic moo... ...-cornered hat and wig, at the rate of four miles an hour. A black servant, who 5 Thackeray reposed on the box beside the fat coachman, uncurled his b... ...on her friend’s part; and indeed in later days Miss Sharp would never have committed herself so far as to advance opinions, the untruth of which would... ...r feelings better than this poor little creature. Miss B. would never have committed herself as that imprudent Amelia had done; pledged her love irret... ...ertheless gone through one or two affairs of the heart without any idea of suicide. “And there are others,” Dobbin continued, “as true and as kind-hea... ...e first clerk to the articled gents, from the articled gents to the ragged writers and white- faced runners, in clothes too tight for them, as he sate... ... under the auspices of Mr. Wilberforce, and for a time was a credit to his political spon- sor, and decidedly a serious young man. But words cannot 3...

...tinct nationalities: Saxons in the South, and mixed with them the Wallachs, who are the descendants of the Dacians; Magyars in the West, and Szekelys... ... the West, and Szekelys in the East and North. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. This may be so, for w... ... date. The books were of the most varied kind, history, geography, politics, political economy, botany, geology, law, all relating to England and En ... ...cause he was acrewk’d, a regular lamiter he was, an’ he hated her so that he committed suicide in order that she mightn’t get an insurance she put on ... ...as acrewk’d, a regular lamiter he was, an’ he hated her so that he committed suicide in order that she mightn’t get an insurance she put on his life. ... ...d I cannot leave it, and now I find I must go on sitting over the grave of a suicide.” “That won’t harm ye, my pretty, an’ it may make poor Geordie ... ...en one. There is no evidence to adduce, and whether or not the man him self committed the murders there is now none to say. The folk here hold almost... ... room, I wonder what he would say if he saw her now. Some of the ‘New Women’ writers will 110 Chapter 8 some day start an idea that men and women sho... ...st engine of enlargement, when the Monroe doctrine takes its true place as a political fable. What shall any man say of his pleasure at meeting Van He...

...ly along- side. ‘In luck again, Gaffer?’ said a man with a squinting leer, who sculled her and who was alone, ‘I know’d you was in luck again, by your... ...out.’ He spoke in a dropped voice, and with more than one glance at Lizzie who had pulled on her hood again. Both men then looked with a weird unholy ... ...n murder was all over the town, and people were specu- lating on its being suicide, I dare say those impudent wretches at the clubs and places made jo... ...?’ asked Mr Wegg, holding on. ‘Not a proper jail, wot you and me would get committed 56 Our Mutual Friend to,’ returned his escort; ‘they giv’ it the... ...d better drop it!’ turned the disadvantage on Boffin, who felt that he had committed himself in a very painful manner. Then, Mr Wegg, in a dry unflinc... ...of retail dealers history here, geography there, as- tronomy to the right, political economy to the left—natural history , the physical sciences, figu... ...e?’ In sudden low spirits, T wemlow replies, ‘I don’t think he would.’ ‘My political opinions,’ says V eneering, not previously aware of having any, ‘... ...g my ear quite close.’ ‘Will you send it, my dear?’ ‘Will I send it to the writers? Is that your wish? Yes, cer- tainly.’ 510 Our Mutual Friend ‘You’... ...ad begun undressing on the grass. For a moment it had a suspicious look of suicide, arranged to counterfeit accident. ‘But you wouldn’ t have fetched ...