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...What, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the a... ...t life. ‘I thought of the physical slightness of the people, their lack of intelligence, and those big abundant ruins, and it strengthened my belief i... ...s ramifications. What so natu- ral, then, as to assume that it was in this artificial Under- world that such work as was necessary to the comfort of t... ...ow movement of degeneration, to a general dwindling in size, strength, and intelligence. That I could see clearly enough already. What had happened to... ...than our cannibal ances- tors of three or four thousand years ago. And the intelligence that would have made this state of things a torment had gone. ... ...hem cracked and smashed—which suggested that originally the place had been artificially lit. Here I was more in my element, for ris- ing on either sid... ...ony with its environment is a per- fect mechanism. Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence...

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...mpeachable, suffered misfortune, these old tradesmen knew how to value the intelligence he had displayed, and they did not hesitate to entrust the hap... ...e- dients which, in prisoners and in lovers, seem to be the last effort of intelligence spurred by a wild craving for liberty, or by the fire of love.... ...artists might mould his wife and develop in her the dormant germs of lofty intelligence which some superior minds suppose must exist in every being. B... ...ome-grown prejudices were antagonistic to the complete emancipation of her intelligence. Finally, a foregone conclu- sion against her had stolen into ... ...“What, madame, must I then dissimulate, calculate, be- come false, form an artificial character, and live in it? How is it possible to live in such a ...

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...ended the hill, obliquely, towards the trees I had seen. “I avoided a vast artificial hole somebody had been dig- ging on the slope, the purpose of wh... ...the guidance of the cause in- trusted to us by Europe, so to speak, higher intelligence, wide sympathies, a singleness of purpose.’ ‘Who says that?’ I... .... ‘The manager thinks you ought to be hanged.’ He showed a concern at this intelligence which amused me at first. ‘I 75 Joseph Conrad had better get ... ...he man. And I wasn’t arguing with a lunatic either. Believe me or not, his intelligence was perfectly clear—concentrated, it is true, upon himself wit...

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...give him an idea of the man he was about to interrogate. He had recognized intelligence in the high forehead, courage in the dark eye and bent brow, a... ...n to the duke, “all the servants of his majesty must approve of the latest intelligence which we have from the Island of Elba. Bonaparte” — M. Dandre ... ... than human crime ever merited. Have pity on me, then, and ask for me, not intelligence, but a trial; not pardon, but a verdict — a trial, sir, I ask ... ... proach of death, and death then terrified me, and I used all my skill and intelligence as a man and a sailor to struggle against the wrath of God. Bu... ...lecting, in the first place,” replied Dantes, “upon the enormous degree of intelligence and ability you must have employed to reach the high perfectio... ...n nature, in a right and wholesome state, revolts at crime. Still, from an artificial civilization have originated wants, vices, and false tastes, whi... ...nding so low over his eyebrows as to leave it doubtful whether it were not artificial so little did its jetty glossiness assimilate with the deep wrin...

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...mes larger. The space contained close alleys and open walks; a very pretty artificial waterfall; a fountain also, consisting of a considerable jet- d’... ...face a scene of natural grandeur or beauty, by the introduction of crowded artificial decorations; yet such may, I think, be very interesting, where t... ...e of what enormities I am capable. At any rate, Alan, had you condemned as artificial the rest of Friend Geddes’s grounds, there is a willow walk by t... ...unged in my uncertainty and ignorance, the slightest gleam that prom- ises intelligence is interesting. My life is like the subterra- nean river in th... ...lings of compunction, to delay communi- cating to his son the disagreeable intelligence which he had received, until the business of the day should be... ... Most of my company seemed to make hastily for the shore on receiving this intelligence. A driver was left with the cart; but at length, when, after r... ...d her whole set of white teeth. But when, with the purpose of gaining some intelligence respecting my present place of abode, I asked to which post- t... ...r the mode of Job Rutledge’s retreat. The secret passage was, however, too artificially con- cealed, and the young lawyer had nothing better to do tha... ...bhorrence, to the recess in which the beaufet was placed, and which was so artificially made as to conceal another of those traps with which the whole...

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...sts are apt to measure minds by their speciality and underrate the average intelligence. The specialist is ap- palled by the real task before him, and... ...and economic system is based upon conditions that the grow- ing collective intelligence condemns as unjust and undesir- able, and that the constructiv... ...ss in these matters. Unless we except smoking as an unclean and need- less artificiality, all these matters of eating and drinking and habit are matte... ...simply felt but known. Just as Salva- tion as I conceive it demands a fine intelligence and mental activity, so love calls to brain and body alike and... ...voluntary. It is so hedged about by obligations and consequences, real and artificial, that for the most part I think people are overmuch afraid of it...

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...than, called a Common- wealth or State—(in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man.” —opening sentence of Hobbe’ s Leviathan. “Silly Mansoul sw... ...ition, which in some organiza- tions seems rather to spring, somehow, from intelligence than from ignorance. Outward portents and inward presentiments... ... Slave. It is not the least among the strange things bred by the in- tense artificialness of sea-usages, that while in the open air of the deck some o... ...sperm or right, have been seen.” 196 Moby Dick stinct—say, rather, secret intelligence from the Deity—mostly swim in veins, as they are called; conti... ...r that courtesy, the outward-bound ship would receive the lat- est whaling intelligence from the cruising-ground to which she may be destined, a thing... ...re permanently lodged in their fleshy covering, as the human fingers in an artificial covering. “However recklessly the whale may sometimes serve us,”... ...xistence of Moby Dick, and the havoc he had made. Greedily sucking in this intelligence, Gabriel solemnly warned the captain against attacking the Whi... ...in all; in old whales, much worn down, but undecayed; nor filled after our artificial fashion. The jaw is afterwards sawn into slabs, and piled away l... ...y secured there by the stiffest fluke-chains, for it was plain that unless artificially upheld, the body would at once sink to the bottom. It so chanc...

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...t mention of the child, and he replied in the same tone. His cordial first intelligence had been bestowed upon his father, and he was not disposed to ... ...stract of the news into his ear. It is such a treat to bring that flash of intelligence on his face—and it has not been so rare lately; he seems now a... ...this is what it is to be great, rich, horrid people, and live a heartless, artificial life! Even 184 Heartsease this silly, affected girl has the nat... ...‘I do,’ said Theodora, vehemently. ‘Ours has never been a home; it was all artificial, and we had separate worlds. You and I amalgamated best; but, oh... ...d by his dark eyes. He was backward in strength, but almost too forward in intelligence; grave and serious, sel- dom laughing, and often inclined to b... ...ietly. ‘Besides,’ added Albert, attempting bashfulness, ‘I have a piece of intelligence, which being slightly personal, I should prefer—you understand... ...ng to London, and wished to have the pleasure of himself communicating the intelligence. Violet was much flat- tered; she who used to be nobody to be ...

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... added, also, further contrivances. If he had received at any time private intelligence that the enemies had made an incursion into any part of the di... ...at place, among whom Eumenes performing with success, and showing signs of intelligence and bravery, Philip was so pleased with him, as to take him in... ...they continued the public spectacles. The next morning, when they had full intelligence concerning it, and everybody knew who were slain, and who surv... ...h that he failed very little of taking it empty and unarmed. Agesilaus had intelligence sent him by Euthynus, the Thespian, as Callisthenes says, but ... .... Sylla was hitherto unacquainted with all these actions; and on the first intelligence he received of his movements was in great anxiety about him, f... ...t short, as the Spartan swords, and the workmanship of it very curious and artificial. Thus Callippus received the reward of his villanies. When Arist... ...lves in his mind; and his natural bad inclina- tions, breaking through the artificial restraints he had put upon them, in a little time laid open and ...

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...revenue officers, whom he had met by the way, and with whom he had had the intelligence to return at once. Some news of the lugger in Kitt’s Hole had ... ...orch at the door, and under this porch the little spring welled up into an artificial basin of a rather odd kind—no other than a great ship’s kettle o...

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...ddenly he sprang to his feet, while his eyes lighted up with that gleam of intelligence that marks the presence of some bright idea. ‘Yes, yes,’ he ex... ...m loudly the news of their approach. By a species of vo- cal telegraph the intelligence reaches the inmost recesses of the vale in an inconceivably sh... ...ukuheva, a place, be it remembered, with which they were at open war. This intelligence appeared to affect them with the most lively emotions. ‘Nukuhe... ... would endeavour by every method in our power to commu- nicate the desired intelligence. At such times their gratifica- tion was boundless, and they w... ...jealous duennas, their proceedings were altogether in- formal, and void of artificial restraint. Long and minute was the investigation with which they... ...lying in the hostile bay at the time we had left it. When he received this intelligence, Mehevi, by the aid of his fingers, went through a long numeri... ...a hundred years of existence the said toes never had been subjected to any artificial confinement, and in their old age, being averse to close neighbo... ...on, though in a great degree perfectly natural, is partly the result of an artificial process, and of an entire exclusion from the sun. The juice of t...

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... could not imag- ine himself encountering the startled, tremulous, nascent intelligence in those pure brown darklashed eyes of Nesta; he pitied the po... ... She is the slave of existing conventions.—And from what cause? She is the artificial production of a state that exalts her so long as she sacrifices ... ... a state that exalts her so long as she sacrifices daily and hourly to the artificial. Therefore she sides with Mrs. Burman—the foe of Na- ture: who, ... ..., with an appre- hensive pang of anguish, how witheringly the scared young intelligence of the innocent creature shocked her sensibility. She foresaw ... ...How best? There is a method: one that Colney Durance advocated. The girl’s intelligence and sweet blood invited a trial of it. Since, as he argued, we... ...tor’s traditional hospitality. Nataly smiled at her incorri- gibly lagging intelligence of him, on hearing that he had in- vited a company: ‘Lady Grac... ... her to accept the small memento of his gratitude. She nodded an excellent artificial brightness. And there was the coast of France under young sunlig... ...that she had, for a Frenchwoman, a handsome face, and besides an agreeably artificial ingenuousness in the looks which could be so politely dubious as... ...… ta-tata, all the things there are in the world.’ Mrs. Marsett let fly an artificial chirrup. ‘You must have some ideas of me.’ ‘I think you have had...

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...he wrong might not have overmuch to do with whatever wayward mood superior intelligences might yield to. But instinct, though knowing, is yet a teache... ...ty, no such creature; the bill in the specimen must needs be, in some way, artificially stuck on. But let nature, to the perplexity of the naturalists... ...in and put out a hospital-fire, be- cause, forsooth, he feeling no need of artificial heat, the shiv- ering patients shall have none? Put it to your c... ...ER XXII. In the Polite Spirit of the Tusculan Disputations “‘PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE’—novel idea! But how did you come to dream that I wante... ...sely call a good boy—how could your absurd office help me?—Philo- sophical Intelligence Office?” “Yes, respected sir, an office founded on strictly ph... ...nough of your boys; a plague of your boys; chilblains on your boys! As for Intelligence Offices: I’ve lived in the East, and know ‘em. Swindling con- ... ...s me! this thirtieth boy—by the way, having at the time long forsworn your intelligence offices, I had him sent to me from the Commissioners of Emigra... ... roof of a fine chateau a deception, since, like a fine wig, it also is an artificial cover to the head, and equally, in the common eye, decorates the...

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...ned to whatever might be the favourite holiday sport of the moment, making artificial flowers or wasting gold paper. Fanny, whether near or from her c... ...tion in every par- ticular but that of directing her letters. The earliest intelligence of the travellers’ safe arrival at Antigua, after a favourable... ...n, giving him all the helps and directions in her power, trying to make an artificial memory for him, and 142 Mansfield Park learning every word of h... ...e could even pity her sister. With a purer spirit did Fanny rejoice in the intelligence. She heard it at dinner, and felt it a blessing. By all the ot... ...w- ers, the failures, the inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obe... ...ving for many years taken in the paper esteemed to have the earliest naval intelligence. He proved, however, to be too late. All those fine first feel... ...ness or apologies were over, or he had reached the beginning of the joyful intelligence which his visitor came to communicate. She was feeling, thinki...

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... but at squalid events, and it dies in a day.” “Hence,” said Blondet, “the intelligence of the lady, if she has any, consists in casting doubts on eve... ...ess of Ital- ians when they are fair. It is exquisite, especially under an artificial light. When I read the fantastical portrait of Colo- nel Oudet s...

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...naturally displayed, and suited to her powers. Her manners, instead of the artificial movements of prescribed rules, exhibited the chaste and deli- ca... ...ted one of those pictures which are so frequent in America, where no other artificial distinctions exist in society than those which are created by we... ...polished, insinuating, and although far from unpleasantly so, yet slightly artificial; while that of the former was simple, ingenuous, and in the pres... ...g but appearance. The freshness of her beauty has given place to a look of intelligence, and delicacy that seems gradually fitting her for her last an...

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... effort. Such a form of indolence re- quires, implies, a certain amount of intelligence. Mr V erloc was not devoid of intelligence—and at the notion o... ...l morality. It leans on the social order. Mine stands free from everything artificial. They are bound in all sorts of conventions. They depend on life... ...” said Ossipon. “Prominent. No, not exactly. He was the centre for general intelligence, and usually received com- rades coming over here. More useful... ...warted opened his eyes to the true nature of the world, whose morality was artificial, corrupt, and blasphemous. The way of even the most justifiable ... ...s easily impressed by speeches. He was impressed and startled now, and his intelligence was very alert. “What?” he asked at once anxiously. “Not even ... ...red a favourable issue to his enterprise, basing him- self not on Stevie’s intelligence, which sometimes plays queer 166 The Secret Agent tricks with... ...boy was dead. This shaking piece of forgetfulness stimulated Mrs V erloc’s intelligence. She began to perceive certain consequences which would have s... ...indigent in words, the truth—the very cry of truth—was found in a worn and artificial shape picked up somewhere among the phrases of sham sentiment. “...

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...nexion of the subject with some mark made 8 The Portrait of a Lady on the intelligence, with some sincere experience. By which, at the same time, of ... ... recognising the charm of the problem. Challenge any such problem with any intelligence, and you immediately see how full it is of substance; the wond... ...consciousness of a “spell.” The occasional charming “tip” is an act of his intelligence over and beyond this, a golden apple, for the writer’s lap, st... ...ton moods, dream of some Paradise (for art) where the direct appeal to the intelligence might be legalised; for to such extravagances as these his yea... ... nothing to hold us together or keep us up; marrying for- eigners, forming artificial tastes, playing tricks with our natural mission. Let me add, tho... ...f wintering abroad and to remain in England, indoors, in what he called an artificial climate.” “Poor fellow, he doesn’t succeed with the artificial! ... ...ow he has no strength left. He smokes no more cigarettes! He had got up an artificial climate in- deed; the house was as hot as Calcutta. Nevertheless... ...s different, was almost detached—pushing to the ex- treme a certain rather artificial fear of being indiscreet. Ralph Touchett, we know, had been of t... ...ton. Isabel would have thought her too small, too slight, perhaps even too artificial for that. There was always a little of the doll about her, and t...

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...ness. To record of Mr Dombey that he was not in his way af- fected by this intelligence, would be to do him an injustice. He was not a man of whom it ... ... Dombey & Son are glossy and crisp like new bank-notes, and who seem to be artificially braced and tightened as by the stimulating action of golden sh... ...hstanding Mr Toodle’s great reliance on Polly, she was perhaps in point of artificial accomplishments very little his superior. She had been good-humo... ...ugh, compared with whom her sister-in-law had been a very angel of womanly intelligence and gentle- 57 Charles Dickens ness—to patronise and be tende... ...long-flapped elephantine ears, and his eyes and complexion in the state of artificial ex- citement already mentioned, he was mightily proud of awak- e... ...te, when W alter, hav- ing made his way up the little staircase through an artificial fog occasioned by the washing, which covered the banisters with ... ...n laid up, that he threw a footstool at the dark servant in return for his intelligence, and swore he would be the death of the rascal 133 Charles Di... ... upon the young lady with consternation, as a kind of learned Guy Faux, or artificial Bogle, stuffed full of scholastic straw. He acquitted himself ve... ... emulated them, and soared away! 179 Charles Dickens CHAPTER 13. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE AND OFFICE BUSINESS MR DOMBEY’S OFFICES were in a court where ...

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...o other children were of very inferior value. Mary had ac- quired a little artificial importance, by becoming Mrs Charles Musgrove; but Anne, with an ... ...d. He was, at that time, a remarkably fine young man, with a great deal of intelligence, spirit, and brilliancy; and Anne an extremely pretty girl, wi... ...h as he deserved; seldom heard of, and scarcely at all regretted, when the intelligence of his death abroad had worked its way to Uppercross, two year... ...n the house above twice in my life.” She received no other answer, than an artificial, assenting smile, followed by a contemptuous glance, as he turne... ...om his friend, Captain Harville, having found him out at last, had brought intelligence of Captain Harville’s being settled with his family at Lyme fo... ...eir latest accounts of the invalid, it ap- peared that each lady dated her intelligence from the same hour of yestermorn; that Captain Wentworth had b... ...t; (he had passed through Bath in November, in his way to London, when the intelligence of Sir Walter’s being settled there had of course reached him,... ...ine of conduct will be more direct. Mr Elliot is evidently a disingenuous, artificial, worldly man, who has never had any better principle to guide hi... ...dly bear the sight of his present smiles and mildness, or the sound of his artificial good sentiments. She meant to avoid any such alteration of manne...