...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State ... ...far as to make him go about flicking the dust off the varnished teak- wood rail of the little craft with a silk pocket-hand- kerchief—a present from M... ...hen the great soul of the world turned over with a heavy sigh, a perfectly new, extra-stout foresail vanish like a bit of some airy stuff much lighter... ... rushing on in the dark, an immense white sheet of foam level with the lee rail. Mr. P-, in charge of the deck, hooked on to the windward mizzen rig- ... ...th the man on board, but it was hopeless for Captain S- to try to make his new iron clipper equal the feats which made the old Tweed a name of praise ... ...re was plenty of food on board, and I don’t know whether the nerves of her passengers were at all affected by anything else than the sense of intermin... ...f interminable boredom or the vague fear of that unusual situation. Does a passenger ever feel the life of the ship in which he is being carried like ... ...mes the Tremolino in the neighbourhood of the Gulf of Rosas), for faithful transportation inland, together with the various unlawful goods landed secr...

...tion of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear atmosphere....

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ...scheme known as the stock exchange, this expectation is proportional to liquidity - new suckers - and volatility. Thus, the price of any given stock... ...service. Predictably, failure ensued - from electricity utilities in California to railway operators in Britain. The simultaneous crumbling of thes... ...s in charge into the lifeboats. Another was the discrimination against Third Class passengers. The boats sufficed only to half the number of those ... ...fficed only to half the number of those on board and the First Class, High Society passengers were preferred over the Low- Life immigrants under dec... ...ers and speculators, businessmen and middlemen. Advances in telecommunications and transportation followed inexorably. The concept of intellectual ... ...therefore, becomes also a sexual joint venture. 9. Urbanization, communication, and transportation multiplied the number of encounters between men a... ...ses" (the "symbolic analysts" in Robert Reich's less successful rendition) - freely railed against the "lowest common denominator". True, Lasch tri...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....