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...dering Jack. It seems as though Dan's very identity has been erased. Yet, Dan is in sound mind and can tell right from wrong. Should Dan be held (mo... ...e things. The equivalent sentence: "He married her for her youth or for her beauty" sounds flawed. But youth and beauty are more temporary and tran... ...n? Can anything be, in principle, eternal? This question is not as outlandish as it sounds. By fighting disease and trying to postpone death, for in... ...monkeys and parrots? Yes, unless the manufacturers equip the robots with digital or optical or molecular representations of the human figure (mascul... ...thms (no programmer can foresee all possible circumstances). To me, such a "robot" sounds much more dangerous (and humanoid) than any recursive aut... ...obal warming. Others, inevitably, will suffer and will have to adapt. None of this sounds like a "severe upheaval", let alone life-threatening as t... ...remember "Rashomon"). Could the reverse be true? Yes, it can. This is what we call optical or sensory illusions. Even solidity is an illusion of ou... ...over the entire radio spectrum. The energy of the Sun is ubiquitous over the entire optical and thermal range. No intelligent engineer - human or no...

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... Of course, for one's wish to be helped to die to be accommodated, one has to be in sound mind and to will one's death knowingly, intentionally, and... ...with goods and services that he requires in order to materialize his potential. It sounds very much like many other human contracts. And this contr... ...n – but all his real and perceived environment, human and non- human. This does not sound like a very adaptative strategy. Threats are not the only ... ... Of course, for one's wish to be helped to die to be accommodated, one has to be in sound mind and to will one's death knowingly, intentionally, and... ...hen, technologically inferior) browser (the Internet Explorer). It offered it free (sound suspiciously like dumping) to buyers of its operating sys... ...over the entire radio spectrum. The energy of the Sun is ubiquitous over the entire optical and thermal range. No intelligent engineer - human or no... ...remember "Rashomon"). Could the reverse be true? Yes, it can. This is what we call optical or sensory illusions. Even solidity is an illusion of ou... ...onkeys and parrots? Yes, unless the manufacturers equip the robots with digital or optical or molecular representations of the human figure (mascul... ...over the entire radio spectrum. The energy of the Sun is ubiquitous over the entire optical and thermal range. No intelligent engineer - human or no...

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...over the entire radio spectrum. The energy of the Sun is ubiquitous over the entire optical and thermal range. No intelligent engineer - human or n... ...tring theory (the IIA version, to be precise). It is not as counterintuitive as it sounds. If the 11th dimension is of finite length, the endpoints... ...ient in insuring survival. To see a tiger and to associate the awesome sight with a sound is very useful. Still, we cannot state with any modicum of... ...over the entire radio spectrum. The energy of the Sun is ubiquitous over the entire optical and thermal range. No intelligent engineer - human or no...

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...m. Or per- haps he would have gone walking with Al, who worked in the same optical-goods store, down through the glaring streets of the theatre and re... ...p of the screw and the swish of the bow cutting the calm baywater, and the sound of a band playing, that came alter- nately faint and loud. “When I gi... ...is midnight inspection of the bar- racks. Intense blackness again, and the sound of men breath- ing deeply in sleep, of men snoring. As he went to sle... ...lf angry, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, listening to the sound of the typewriter and of the man’s voice as he read out each word of ... ...im to death, like they do niggers when they lynch ‘em down south.” A bugle sounded far away outside on the parade ground. Everyone slunk away silently... ...ified people in evening suits. The president of the Company that owned the optical goods store, where he had worked, at home in Frisco, had had someth... ...y. “A feller told me, Sergeant-Major, that you was look-in’ for a man with optical experience;” Fuselli’s voice was velvety. “Well?” “I worked three y... ...erience;” Fuselli’s voice was velvety. “Well?” “I worked three years in an optical-goods store at home in Frisco.” “What’s your name, rank, company?” ... ... said Andrews. “How are you makin’ out?” “Fine,” said Fuselli. “I’m in the optical department here.” “Where the hell’s that?” “Right here.” Fuselli po...

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... flying showers upon the moun- tain-side, faster ‘than a musician scatters sounds;’ in which ‘it was’ and ‘it is not’ are words of the self-same tongu... ... tongue, in the self-same minute; in which the sun that at noon beheld all sound and prosperous, long before its setting hour looks out upon a total w... ... which attend the paroxysms, and especially of that loud and dis- tressing sound which marks the impeded respiration. Great, therefore, was her joy an... ...began to toll the funeral knell of my earthly happiness—its final hour had sounded. * * * One o’clock had arrived; fifteen minutes after, ... ...se! Thou never from that hour in Paradise Found’st either sweet repast, or sound repose.’ ‘My Eve!’ I exclaimed, ‘partner in my paradise, where art th... ...rences from A or from B, whichever of the two were assumed, unless through optical laws that might not equally affect objects under different circumst...

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...yo predict the light? the ear of Handel predict the witchcraft of harmonic sound? Do not the constructive fingers of Watt, Fulton, Whittemore, Arkwrig... ...and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding. I ask primary evidence ... ...all men’s, however long we have dwelt in lies, to live in truth. Does this sound harsh to-day? You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as w... ...he systole and diastole of the heart; in the undulations of fluids, and of sound; in the centrifugal and centripetal gravity; in electricity, galvanis... ...vulgar proverb, “I will get it from his purse or get it from his skin,” is sound philosophy. All infractions of love and equity in our social relation... ...- sions and shuts us in a prison of glass which we cannot see. There is an optical illusion about every person we meet. In truth they are all creature... ...providential man,” is a good man on whom many people are agreed that these optical laws shall take effect. By love on one part and by forbearance to p...

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...Fabrac. But the surprise at the end, the saga- cious judgment by which the sound of a piece of money was made the price of the smoke, is the same. Now... ... First. I. Help me, propitious stars; a mighty blaze Benumbs me! I must sound the praise Of him hath turn’d this crabbed work in such heroic phrase... ...d, But on a tanner’s mill are winnowed. Run thither all of you, th’ alarms sound clear, You shall have more than you had the last year. Short while th... ...t in a hurl to the grove of the willows, where, on the green grass, to the sound of the merry flutes and pleasant bagpipes, they danced so gallantly, ... ...n ox (you know) with the black streak. O, for God’s sake, let us lash them soundly, yet thriftily. Drink, or I will,— No, no, drink, I beseech you (Ou... ...d superlative f. Collateral f. Dutiful and officious f. Haunch and side f. Optical and perspective f. N estling, ninny, and youngling f. Algoristic f....

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... sure consequences would be, to waken me up instantaneously, even from the soundest slumber in the world. “It was fully eleven by the time I had compl... ... The water- clock was punctual in its duty, and I slept until next morning soundly, with the exception of the periodical interruption. “April 4th. Aro... ...umber, about five o’clock this morning, by a loud, crackling, and terrific sound, for which I could in no manner account. It was of very brief duratio... ...About twelve o’clock I became aware, for the third time, of that appalling sound which had so astonished me before. It now, however, continued for som... ...s powerful than its gravitation toward the moon. To be sure I arose from a sound slumber, with all my senses in con- fusion, to the contemplation of a... ... the denomination of rigmarole. There is a real and very definite limit to optical discovery among the stars—a limit whose nature need only be stated ...

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...unters along the Mediterranean, gulls and pelicans flying, surf and gull sounds in early morning yellow. 9 Villa Poseidon, Mytilene 642 ... ... no plumed helmets at the rail, no flags. I heard an oar drag and in that sound I heard the rasp of death. If Alcaeus is dead, I will take poison—an... ...ned and retraced my steps to his house, the laces of my san- dals making a sound I had never heard before, the gulls wailing, the sounds from the wha... ... 17 Mytilene onight, I have returned to my poetry, for the solace and sound of my pen. Here in my library, time will be defeated for a moment, a... ...ts windowless gloom. Lying on the floor, among stiff hides, with the rain sounding loud and the hides smelling strong, I thought the storm would nev... ...ment. Tibullus and Ovid were there. I opened their pages and read. But my optical experiments were thwarted: a violent quarrel with my optical exper...

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... the proboscis suddenly expand themselves, and from them there proceeded a sound so loud and so expressive of wo, that it struck upon my nerves like a... ... been heard. It was interrupted by a low, but harsh and protracted grating sound which seemed to come at once from every cor- ner of the room. “What—w... ...e tyrant’s face, merely ejaculated: “I—I? How could it have been me?” “The sound appeared to come from without,” observed one of the courtiers. “I fan... ...inute’s duration, ensued. It was broken by just such a low, harsh, grating sound, as had before attracted the attention of the king and his councillor... ... But, on the present occasion, there could be no question as to whence the sound issued. It came from the fang—like teeth of the dwarf, who ground the... ...e to be put out by a toasting-iron, or a pitchfork. To you, I allow, these optical affairs are indispensable. Endeavor, Bon-Bon, to use them well;—my ...

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...ll we have to do to convey an idea into the mind of another is to convey a sound into his ear. Thus imparting knowledge gets assimilated to a purely p... ... many things, let us see how it works. The baby begins of course with mere sounds, noises, and tones having no meaning, expressing, that is, no idea. ... ... having a soothing effect, others tending to make one jump, and so on. The sound h-a-t would remain as meaningless as a sound in Choctaw, a seemingly ... ...njoy it in common. By conjunction with the other factors in activ- ity the sound “hat” soon gets the same meaning for the child that it has for the pa... ...the activity into which it enters. The bare fact that language consists of sounds which are mutually intelligible is enough of itself to show that its... ...ght in; later, the temperature reaction may be connected directly with the optical stimulus, the hand reaction being suppressed—as a bright flame, in-...

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...h of free- dom for us, with the struggle over, the keynote of the universe sounding in our ears, and everlasting pos- 54 The V arieties of Religious ... ...o the birds, the crickets, the tree frogs, and all the hundreds of natural sounds. It was evident that these things gave him a plea- sure far beyond w... ...hitman. All natural objects seemed to have a charm for him. All sights and sounds seemed to please him. He appeared to like (and I believe he did like... ...ulty. Things are wrong with them; and “What shall I do to be clear, right, sound, whole, well?” is the form of their question. And the answer is: “You... ...e, well?” is the form of their question. And the answer is: “You are well, sound, and clear already, if you did but know it.” “The whole matter may be... ...erently whatever al- ternating colored lights may be shed upon it from the optical apparatus in the gallery. Meanwhile the practically real world for ...

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... opinion, justifiable, either on the score of international morality or of sound policy. It is evidently the common interest of all na- tions that eac... ...fore them to his own stock of realities, or made out clearly that it is an optical deception. * * * The principles which we have now state...

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...y were suffering from all the unhospitable environmental conditions, too. Sometimes, humans would survive longer. Radioactivity could often obfuscate optical lenses of cameras fast then it destroyed the human eye and electronic equipment can suffer from the same fate. Dust and sand are much better endured by humans than by many machines and the same holds true for humidity...

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...ing rivers; chalk and smock- frocks; chimes of bells and the rapid, pertly-sounding En- glish speech – they are all new to the curiosity; they are all... ...nt, ruffled by the presence of their smarter com- rades, and afraid of the sound of their own rustic voices. It was in these early days, I think, that... ...ngles in our blood; no proctor lies in wait to intercept us; till the bell sounds again, we are the masters of the world; and some portion of our live... ... his favourite cabbages and rhubarb, and that other was the beehive. Their sound, their industry, perhaps their sweet product also, had taken hold of ... ...e in themselves – or I am only the more Scottish to suppose so – and their sound and colour dwell for ever in the memory. How often and willingly do I... ... Thomas Stevenson was no mathematician. Natural shrewdness, a sentiment of optical laws, and a great intensity of consideration led him to just conclu...