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... at its author. Having finished supper, they banqueted [Footnote: 11 Pope Dia logon estionto. A common metaphor. So Plato calls the parties conversin... ...ver have described a blind man as attaining the utmost perfec- tion in his art, if he had been conscious that the memory of the bard was only maintain... ...scussions respecting whether the poems were written or not, or whether the art of writing was known in the time of their reputed author. Suffice it to... ...wledged the greatest of poets, who most excelled in that which is the very foundation of poetry. It is the inven- tion that, in different degrees, dis... ..., which masters everything besides, can never attain to this. It furnishes art with all her materials, and without it judgment itself can at best but ... ...e, as if one should think to raise the super- structure by undermining the foundation: one would imag- ine, by the whole course of their parallels, th... ...ture age shall view, No trace remain where once the glory grew. The sapp’d foundations by thy force shall fall, And, whelm’d beneath the waves, drop t...

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...markable instance of the prophetic force of Mr. Jingle’s imagination; this dia logue occurring in the year 1827, and the Revolution in 1830. ‘A littl... ....’ If the principal tower of Rochester Castle had suddenly walked from its foundation, and stationed itself opposite the coffee room window, Mr. Winkl... ...blooming old lady, who looked as if she were well skilled, not only in the art and mys tery of manufacturing home made cordials greatly to other peop... ...a large inn with a sign post in front, displaying an object very common in art, but rarely met with in nature—to wit, a blue lion, with three bow legs... ...inion of all around, as a most excellent and undeniable judge of the whole art and mystery of the noble game of cricket. ‘Capital game—well played—som... ...y to these sensitive feelings. I never believed that the paragraph had any foundation, my dear—impossible. I was only angry, my dear—I may say outrage...

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...id he, “be pleased to give me leave to lay down a few propositions, as the foundation of what I have to say, that we may not differ in the general pri... ...ople in England often admire how officers, which the company send into In- dia, and the merchants which generally stay there, get such very great esta... ...stead of attacking the warlike Swedes, and equally improved himself in the art of war, as they say he has done; and if none of the powers of Europe ha... ... ten days, that an army might enter in battalia; or blow it up in the air, foundation and all, that there should be no sign of it left?” – “Ay, ay,” s...

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...rticulars be true, they must not be passed over. There must have been some foundation for them, though we cannot now disen- tangle them from the fable... ...h is the spot where, upon a cleft on the steep precipice, still remain the foundations of the ‘hold’, or tower, believed to have been the David’s retr... ...se was a great Greek city, built in Sicily, and full of all kinds of Greek art and learning; but it was a place of danger in their time, for it had fa... ...s head a slave held a golden crown, but whispered, ‘Remember that thou too art a man.’ And in following that old custom, how little did the victor kno... ...e- fore. ‘Go back,’ he says, ‘nor dare approach the alter of God— thou who art not a king but a murderer.’ Some of the jarls seized their swords and a... ... pleading a case. Or a lion came forth with a jeweled crown on his head, a dia- mond necklace round his neck, his mane plaited with gold, and his claw... ...Christian wife, Clotilda, and after a time became a Christian. She saw the foundation of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, and of the two famous churches o...

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... that tools are of no service to a workman, when they are not sharpened by art, or when he wants rules to direct him in his work, or hath no matter to... ...en the landlady who appears in the seventh book and her in the ninth. Thou art to know, friend, that there are certain characteristics in which most i... ...case, why should any man travel abroad?” “Partridge,” cries Jones, “thou art certainly a coward; I wish, therefore, thou wouldst return home thyself... ...at very time, the behaviour of Jones seemed to have furnished a sufficient foundation. In short, he was now pretty well con firmed in an opinion, tha... ...iked him. I thought he wanted that generosity of spirit, which is the sure foundation of all that is great and noble in human nature. I saw a selfishn... ...ble: for sure it is little less than madness to consider money as the sole foundation of happiness. Such a woman as this with her little, her nothing ... ...he had barely time left to dress himself. Here therefore ended the present dia logue, and Jones retired to another room, where Partridge attended, ac...

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...eir wives, nor of their dogs.’ 19 Yo n g e ‘Dr. Henley, I suppose, is the foundation of that apho- rism,’ said Charles. ‘If Margaret Morville could m... ...her the plates in the Encyclopaedia, and made her read ‘Joyce’s Scientific Dia- logues,’ when Amy took fright at the first page. That this might lead ... ...tist might have made him like a Morville, but Mr. Shene had shown all that art could convey of his individual self, with almost one of his unearthly l...

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...sing doubt and hesi tation in carrying it into practice, is the only stable foundation for a just reliance on it: for, being cogni zant of all that ... ... not cred ible to him, and a system which purported to rest entirely upon a foundation to him so wholly unbe lievable, could not be foreseen by him ... ...es, to be unbelievers. The rule, besides, is suicidal, and cuts away its own foundation. Under pretence that athe ists must be liars, it admits the t... ... discipline to the mind, they were in every respect inferior to the powerful dia lectics which formed the intellects of the “Socratici viri:” but the... ...ral activity , is one of the most difficult and complicated questions in the art of government. It is, in a great measure, a question of detail, in wh...

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...YPOLE OF MERRY MOUNT Y MOUNT Y MOUNT Y MOUNT Y MOUNT THERE IS AN ADMIRABLE foundation for a philosophic romance in the curious history of the early se... ...ying no reverent hand upon the surplice. “I know thee, Blackstone! 1 Thou art the man who couldst not abide the rule even of thine own corrupted chur... ...nd a Maypole!” And Endicott, the severest Puritan of all who laid the rock foundation of New England, lifted the wreath of roses from the ruin of the ... ...ce of childish love, she began to know that she was yet a mother. “Blessed art thou, my son,” she sobbed. “My heart was withered; yea, dead with thee ... ...om duty in following the dictates of a wild fanaticism. “In a doleful hour art thou returned to me, poor boy,” she said, “for thy mother’s path has go... ...t so bright as people tell, it will surely outvalue the Great Mogul’s best dia- 97 Hawthorne mond, which he holds at an incalculable sum. Wherefore, ... ...ch, as it effervesced from the surface, resembled the tremulous glitter of dia- monds. It was now so nearly sunset that the chamber had grown duskier ... ...s it. For my own part, knowing how scrupulous is Mr. Tiffany to settle the foundation of his facts, I could not have believed him one whit the more fa...

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...iv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United Sta...

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...ovising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin ... ... New information inevitably will come to light.We present this report as a foundation for a better under- standing of a landmark in the history of our... ... THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:12 AM Page 46 2 THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A DECLARATION OF W AR In February 1... ...cations equipment employed for these casing missions included state-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and from dealers in Germany.The casin... ...uasive evidence that al Qaeda funded itself by trading in African conflict dia- monds. 129 There also have been claims that al Qaeda financed itself t... ... series of new reports continue to convince me and analysts at State, CIA, DIA [Defense Intelligence Agency], and NSA that a major terrorist attack or... ...arm system with redundant electronics and control panels, and state-of-the-art fire command stations were placed in the lobby of each tower. 9 T o man... ....” 19 Analysts could have shed some light on what kind of “opportunity for dia- logue” al Qaeda desired. 20 The CIA did not write any analytical asses... ...view (Oct. 20, 2003); Phoenix Field Office agent interview (Oct. 21, 2003);Art C. interview (Dec. 4, 2003). 48.Treasury report,“1995 Highlights of The...