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...e, I don’t deny—“ The Steam shut off suddenly, as a tugboat, loaded with a political club and a brass band, that had been to see a New York Senator of... ... Institute on the supply of ammunition in the field, and the one man whose theories most irritated Major Cottar would deliver it. A heated discussion ...

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...under a more serious obligation.” And he then put some questions as to the political condition of America, which Silas answered with sense and proprie... ...hall only add that Mr. Scuddamore has already begun to mount the ladder of political fame, and by last advices was the Sheriff of his native town. THE... ...rthmour, it would show a change in his habits and an apostasy from his pet theories of life, well calculated to fill me with surprise. When he and I d...

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... division of the county of Barsetshire, which, as all the world knows, is, politically speaking, as true blue a county as any in England. There have b... ...ision of Barsetshire. But this Western Division can boast none of the fine political at- tributes which grace its twin brother. It is decidedly Whig, ... ... — what woman ever understood the necessity or recognised the advantage of political honesty? But then she was neither dull nor pompous, and if she wa... ...that she had married him on the specula- tion that he would at once become politically important; and as yet Mr Smith had not quite fulfilled the prop... ...last crowned the earnest effort with which Harold Smith had carried on the political battle of his life for the last ten years. The late Lord Petty Ba... ... the wisdom of higher giants— that, in spite of their mundane antecedents, theories and predilections, they can see that articles of divine manu- fact... ...ruck her mother with awe by the grandeur of her ideas and the depth of her theories. Nor let it be supposed that she rushed away at once to the consid... ...as the epitome of all that was good and gra- cious in woman. Lady Lufton’s theories of life had been accepted by her as the right theories, and those ...

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...ned his position, and where they agreed and dis- agreed. But the circle of political, masculine interests had never interested her, in spite of counte... ...ts influence on the laborer too.” “Yes, but wait a bit. I’m not talking of political economy, I’m talking of the science of agriculture. It ought to b... ...ef mental interest in the watering- place consisted in watching and making theories about the people she did not know. It was characteristic of Kitty ...

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...ening Mr. Dalloway’s mind. Unable for a season, by one of the accidents of political life, to serve his country in Parliament, Mr. Dalloway was doing ... ...ed. “It won’t,” said Rachel. “Well, then; no woman has what I may call the political instinct. You have very great virtues; I am the first, I hope, to... ...ek alphabet— never listened to a word any one said—chock-full of idi- otic theories about the way to bring up children—I’d far rather talk to him any ... ...y be red where it is now an odious green. But it must be supposed that the political mind of that age lacked imagination, and, merely for want of a fe... ...hem and to hang upon them stores of informa- tion about navies and armies, political parties, natives and mineral products—all of which combined, they... ...ver, to hear what they were saying, but it pleased him to construct little theories about them from their gestures and appearance. Mrs. Thornbury had ... ...ne affectionately. The days pass very quickly, and term will soon be here. Political prospects not good, I think privately, but do not like to damp El... ...iano? Music is different… . But I see what you mean.” They tried to invent theories and to make their theories agree. As Hewet had no knowledge of mus... ...ng that was said, at other times she refused to listen, and rammed Helen’s theories down her throat with laughter, chatter, ridicule of the wildest, a...

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...the site of the present city of that name, where they found a ‘religious and political despotism, a privileged class descended from the sun, a temple ... ... T wain 163 Wherever you find a man down there who believes in one of these theories you may turn to the next man and frame your talk upon the hypoth... ...isease, sure; but at the same time he will cure you of any other of the five theories that may have previously got into your system. I have had all th... ...e is able to spare from talking about the war; and each of the several chief theories has its host of zealous partisans; but, as I have said, it is no...

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...i- ful daughter of the Marechal de Larges. This marriage, which was purely political in its inception, finally turned into a genuine love match—a plea... ...ot contain himself. One of the objections which had been urged against his theories, was the difficulty of carrying out changes in the midst of a grea... ... also twenty thousand ducats, to be levied upon property con- fiscated for political reasons. Shortly after, Cardinal Arias, Archbishop of Seville, ha... ... openly carried on their traffic in Champagne and Picardy. They had become political in- struments in the hands of others, being secretly encouraged a...

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...h is natural to all vanquished people, when they hope that a new chief will be able to save them from ruin and shame. This new chief, quite ready to a... ...f Orange. But Cornelius was not only possessed of a great mind, but also of a great heart. He belonged to that race of mar- tyrs who, indissolubly wed... ...th the presence of Cornelius in the town. In the same degree as Cornelius de Witt had excited the hatred of the people by sowing those evil seeds whic... ... whereas he had himself as yet only succeeded in producing the light brown. It might perhaps be interesting to explain to the gentle reader the beauti... ...orist. He therefore came to the conclusion that the parcel contained simply some papers, and that these papers were relating to politics. But why shou... ...spondence with the Marquis de Louvois, the war minister of the King of France; only the godfather forbore giving to his godson the least intimation co...

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...harvester for gross negligence. At college, he had specialised on finance, political economy, and scien- tific agriculture. After his graduation (he s... ...s fortunes unquestioningly. First at Sacramento, during the turmoil of his political career, later on at Placerville in El Dorado County, after Derric... ...ate agent. He bought grain; he dealt in mortgages. He was one of the local political bosses, but more important than all this, he was the representati... ...neither freight agent, passenger agent, attorney, real- estate broker, nor political servant, though his influence in all these offices was undoubted ... ...s, had produced in him an inordinate ambition. Where his father during his political career had consid- ered himself only as an exponent of principles... ... Rarely did so favourable an opportunity present itself for explaining his theories, his ambitions. Addressing himself to Magnus, he continued: “Fortu... ...ng a “red.” He even wondered how it was the saloon- keeper had not put his theories into practice, and adjusted his ancient wrong with his “six inches... ...ile the people of these United States looked on. Oh, come now and try your theories upon us, us of the ranchos, us, who have suffered, us, who know. O... ...y your ingenious ideas upon us. We know. I cannot tell whether or not your theories are excellent. I do not know if your ideas are plausible. I do not...

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... you must have come) was nothing but a slough at all seasons of the year. “Political events and revolutions had never reached this inaccessible countr... ...tem; there is nothing wonderful about them, they do not lend themselves to theories; it is their misfortune to be merely practically useful. And then ... ...as yet to grasp the changed con- ditions which should attach them to these theories. They have only reached those ideas which conduce to economy and t... ...ought to deal with according to its des- serts. Here I have discovered its political necessity and its usefulness as a moral agent; here, moreover, I ... ...blish to-day. The principle of election made it for a long while the great political power. Except the Catholic Church, there was no single religious ... ...are combined in religious dogma. It would be very difficult for any modern political system, however perfect people may think it, to work once more su... ...riters have called in question. In my opinion, a man who has thought out a political system, and who is conscious that he has within him the power of ...

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...minous; and in both are tall and ancient trees that have outlived a thousand political vicissitudes. But in the one the great oaks prosper placidly up... ...– his memory rich in anecdotes of the great men of yore, his mind fertile in theories; sceptical, composed, and venerable to the eye; and yet beneath ...

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...dom that does not pay tribute to her bankers or merchants. But London is a political capital, and that in a country where the representation of the Go... ...m- stances, the past being intermingled with the present time, in spite of theories and various opposing in- terests; and, in many instances, caprice ... ...same is true of her sales and their proceeds. Indeed, there is very little political sympathy be- tween the places at the mouth of the Hudson, and 11... ... changes, and keep alive the connection of commerce even after that of the political relations may have ceased. New Y ork, at this moment, con- tribut... ...epresented as such, but his fellow in slavery has only three fifths of his political value. This is the celebrated clause in which the Con- stitution ... ...elf-imposed, to admit any but a minority of her whites to the enjoyment of political power, aristocracy being, in truth, more closely assimilated to r... ...a little presuming, perhaps, and certainly very so- phistical. Among other theories we find the bold one, that the Territories of the United States ar...

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... which is probably the reason why the latter are mostly to be found in the Political Police, or acting as mere ciphers whose existence is a purely hop... ...ends, owing to her ignorance of the art of managing them—but to the coming political revo- lution in France and the direction in which fashionable Cat... ...e thunderstruck, for they knocked on the head all previous conceptions and theories. Not for a moment could it be supposed that the former docu- ment ... ... on touching a spring, to vanish instantaneously from sight. Various other theories were then propounded, among them a theory that Chichikov was Napol... ...hty work which was to con- sider Russia from every point of view: from the political, from the philosophical, and from the religious, as well as to re... ... with good man- agement, to make such an immensity of profit.” “And as for political economy,” continued Kostanzhoglo, without noticing him, and with ... ...t noticing him, and with his face charged with bil- ious sarcasm, “—as for political economy, it is a fine thing indeed. Just one fool sitting on anot...

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...Aristippus, a material crew! Who to immoral courses would allure us By theories quite practicable too; If only from the devil they would insur... ...ect much more— But my best canto, save one on astronomy, Will turn upon ‘political economy.’ That is your present theme for popularity: Now ...

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...than his witness against them. Of that national de cline of genius, unity , political force, which has been sometimes described as the corruption of ... ...ceives to be even older than Xenophanes (compare Protag.). Still older were theories of two and three principles, hot and cold, moist and dry, which ... ...hesis first of all. (1) If we suppose the universal separation of kinds, all theories alike are swept away; the pa trons of a single principle of res... ...ike have the ground cut from under them; and all creators of the universe by theories of composition and 36 Sophist – Plato division, whether out of ... ...determination is ne gation. Plato takes or gives so much of either of these theories as was necessary or possible in the age in which he lived. In th...

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...uation that may interrupt our happiness—like the poli tician who runs the political gantlet for office one day, and the next day, because the horizon... ... satisfied now? No. Nothing ever satisfies her but demonstration; untested theories are not in her line, and she won’t have them. It is the right spir...

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...nd for such legislation from the class of society that is most powerful in political action. No one who examines the question can be satisfied that a ... ...he peace, con- tentment, prosperity or well-being of his neighbors, or the political or social organization in which his life is cast. In this sense m... ...s to change and individuality. The fact is, none of the generally accepted theories of the basis of right and wrong has ever been the foundation of la... ...ucture of man. The truth is that it was a part of life before religion and political institutions were evolved. Still, most people are now ashamed to ... ...in any community must and will act for self-defense. It needs no fine-spun theories to justify it. Hatred should have nothing to do with it. The condu... ...onment that formed their habits after birth. The fact that an individual’s political and religious faith depends almost entirely on his place of birth... ...an the invalid and feeble nations. This would more certainly be true where political constitutions by letter and spirit encourage and promote individu... ...s of patient study will be needed before there can be worked out the broad theories of responsibility for and treatment of crime which will replace th... ...of the treatment of the insane serves to show the uncertainty of all man’s theories as to punishment and responsibility. Doubt- less at a very early a...

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...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ...ate, before it becomes fully operative. Strange excursions and high-flying theories may interest, but they cannot rule behaviour. Our faith is not the... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...