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...ly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and second, that the proprietors have allowed me to republish so considerable an amount of copy....

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...ill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors; and secon... ...s. T o pass a true judg- ment upon Knox and Burns implies a grasp upon the very deepest strain of thought in Scotland, – a country far more essentiall... ...of writing. Of these disadvantages a word must here be said. The writer of short studies, having to condense in a few pages the events of a whole life... ...venson general impression of the subject may at last be struck. But in the short study, the writer, having seized his “point of view,” must keep his e... ...- ing some significance from all that comes before them; and the writer of short studies is bound, by the necessity of the case, to write entirely in ... ...his study, is to be called a bad man, I question 8 Robert Louis Stevenson very much whether either I or the writer in the Review have ever encountere... ...ing in a different world from Scott, who professes sturdily (in one of his introductions) that he does not believe in novels having any moral influenc...

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... she was quite eager—always asking me for information; and of course I was very glad to give it. I admit she is a Philistine, appallingly ignorant, an... ...e-party. She cried a great deal on her return to Sawston, and said she was very sorry. Mrs. Herriton took the opportunity of speaking more seriously a... ...always prosperous. Florence she found perfectly sweet, Naples a dream, but very whiffy. In Rome one had simply to sit still and feel. Philip, how- eve... ...?” Her face was that of a perfect fool—a fool in terror. 19 EM Forster “A short time—quite a short time,” she stammered, as if the shortness of the t... ...nd he is well built—though I dare say English standards would find him too short.” Philip, whose one physical advantage was his height, felt annoyed a... ...rsaglieri, I think. Isn’t that the crack regiment?” “The men in it must be short and broad. They must also be able to walk six miles an hour.” 21 EM ... ...i Lammermoor resumed her song of mad- ness and death. Philip had whispered introductions to the pleas- ant people who had pulled him in—tradesmen’s so...

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...n dramatic power ,— in this respect resembling the Philebus and the Laws,—is very clear and accurate, and has sev eral touches of humour and satire. ... ... depict Protagoras or Gorgias, or even Thrasymachus, who all turn out to be ‘very good sort of people when we know them,’ and all of them part on good... ... neutral one. A curious effect is produced on the meaning of a word when the very term which is stigmatized by the world (e.g. Methodists) is adopted ... ...le, and the Sophists of the age of Socrates, who appeared like meteors for a short time in different parts of Greece. For the purposes of comedy, Socr... ...eaetetus, and is connected with the Parmenides by a direct allusion (compare Introductions to Theaetetus and Parmenides). In the Theaetetus we sought ... ...t greater than if he said that he knew all things, and could teach them in a short time, and at a small cost. For all imita tion is a jest, and the m... ...you things which are not as though they were. Here is false discourse in the short est form. And thus not only speech, but thought and opinion and im...

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...one to look at them? Or have they a real existence of their own? It is all very interesting, but at the same time it is difficult. Hence the cow. She ... ... man running after a maid, a cheap brown Madonna in a cheap green frame—in short, a collection where one mediocrity was generally cancelled by another... ...of the men, too, wore an Eton tie. But the others, I should say, came from very queer schools, if they came from any schools at all.” Mr. Pembroke was... ...ys ever forgot that he was there. He had observed this, and it pleased him very much. His conscience permitted him to enter the Church whenever his pr... ...aned the picture-frames and washed the bust and the leaves of the palm. In short, if a house could speak—and sometimes it does speak more clearly than... ...h one. He was fair and cleanshaven, and his colourless hair was cut rather short. The sun was in his eyes, and they, like his mouth, seemed scarcely m... ...might yet work miracles, and Agnes still hoped for the intro- ductions—the introductions to certain editors and publishers—on which her whole diplomac...

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...se were not given to them by their author. Nor do these titles suggest any very compact unity in the works to which they are applied: the plural forms... ... the liability of the facts to a certain unpredictable variation. At their very best, practical rules state probabilities, not certainties; a rela- ti... ...e nor less: to do wrong is to do or to feel too much or too little—to fall short of or over-shoot, “a mean” determined by the situation. The repetitio... ...gnised as such, but his treatment is often forced and the endeavour is not very successful. Except as a convenient principle of arrangement of the var... ...in it, and such participation, at however rare inter- vals and for however short a period, is the highest Happiness which human life can offer. All ot... ...h to learn from Aristotle’s Ethics. The work still remains one of the best introductions to a study of its important sub- ject-matter, it spreads befo... ... that of house-building a house, and in any other thing something else; in short, in every action and moral choice the End, because in all cases men d...

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... people, as Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Plutarch have given it; a very sufficient account of what manner of persons they were and what they d... ...n in their literature, in epic and lyric poems, drama, and philoso- phy; a very complete form. Then we have it once more in their architecture, a beau... ...of the understanding. Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innu- merable variat... ...ture. If the head and neck are enlarged, the trunk and extremities are cut short. The theory of the mechanic forces is another example. What we gain i... ...him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To preserve for a short time so con- spicuous an appearance before the world, he is content ... ...uch also is the natural history of calamity. The changes which break up at short intervals the prosperity of men are advertisements of a nature whose ... ...y should we intrude? Late,—very late,—we perceive that no arrangements, no introductions, no consuetudes or habits of society would be of any avail to...

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...nte. It signifies the emergence of an area of concern, the coming together of very different groups around a shared problem—an imbalance in the rules t... ...how we are undervaluing the public domain and the information commons at the very moment in history when we need them most. Academic articles and clev... ...al has been exiled to endnotes. The endnotes for each chapter also include a short guide to further reading. I have used citations sparingly, but more... ...to price signals. And in a competitive market, you will get your petunias at very close to the cost of growing them and bringing them to market. Consu... ...loped the digital camera, I may sell the conven- tional film company’s shares short. Guarantees of authenticity, quality, and ease of use may attract p... ... appliances, the economically rational ones would mainly settle for a fairly short period. Of course, there are some works that are still being exploi... ...ly protected by copyright. Ele- ments taken from the public domain, standard introductions, musical clichés, and so forth, do not get included in the ...

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...heir peers were writing about. We firmly believed (and we still do) that a very real audience exists for our students, that what they have to say is i... ...e changes that college brings. For un- prepared students the change can be very dramatic. Their grades may suffer and be lower than ex- pected. Betwee... ...ly we can make it better. The author told the story through a woman’s eyes very well, even though he is a man without these experiences. I recommend t... ...s that I never knew I had. Everyone came to see the “American.” Sadly, his short, memorable visit came to an end, and it was time for him to go back. ... ...ssay? The student work on this page seems more what we would expect out of short story than an essay. We’ve come to expect that work produced by write... ... is the most efficient and reli- able step existent. Do not ad lib or take short cuts. Another important tip that may be used before the actual operat... ...ll developed or divided or arranged; transitions are missing or incorrect; introductions or conclusions are missing or incomplete. 4. A D paper may ha...

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...s an indi- vidual instead of a mere item in a moral pageant. Now it is all very well for you at the beginning of the XX century to ask me for a Don Ju... ...t mortality, adult degeneracy, and everything that wise men most dread. In short, there is no future for men, however brimming with crude vitality, wh... ...n goes straight from her funeral to a fencing match. No doubt Nature, with very young creatures, may save the woman the trouble of scheming: Prospero ... ...ssion of rapine and discouragement of importunity, without being driven to very serious reflections on the fact that this initiative is politically th... ... mising that he has no valet, and seeing that he has no secre- tary with a shorthand notebook and a typewriter, one medi- tates on how little our grea... ...account of other people than may be necessary and what she calls right. In short, what the weaker of her own sex sometimes call a cat. Nothing can be ... ...welcome idea to a desperate and disappointed man. He gave me some valuable introductions to capitalists of the right sort. I formed a syn- dicate; and...