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...ject of their hope and desire; and for these three great reasons. —1 st . That then the number of the elect is accomplished; 2 nd . That then their ... ...ion I judge to be close at hand, both by the signs of the times, and from the prophetic numbers expressly given to guide us in the anticipation of t... ...of all, and practising the righteousness which is by faith, to constitute a worship and service which shall have in it the universality of the spiri... ...e had the assistance of the very kind and honourable gentleman who was employed in this service, I have not been able to procure one single copy of t... ...umber seven be disposed to regard them as including in some larger sense the successive states of the whole Christian church up to the coming of the ... ...one another in the great object of our hopes, instead of being thereby concentrated and united from all places, and all times, and all conditions. N... ... the church of the living God, the patriarchs, the prophets, the apostles, the glorious army of the martyrs, the whole host of the redeemed, whom he... ...the necessity of sacrificing our natural affections for Christ’s sake? then we shall be united to all Christ’s people, in closer union than husband ... ... its accomplishment must be looked for in visible objects, not in invisible or spiritual states, which so far from contravening, I shall have to make...

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...raps; it might have a great deal to give, but would probably ask for equal services in return, and would collect this debt to the last shilling. It 4... ...ve way, see itself con- stituted; the rest of the interest would be in the number and nature of the particulars. Strong among these, natu- rally, the ... ...ocess of the general attempt is described from the moment the “blocks” are numbered, and that would be a true enough picture of my plan. Yet one’s pla... ...erver’s hands. He was young for the House of Commons, he was loose for the Army. He was refined, as might have been said, for the City and, quite apar... ...mysterious and strong; and he had ren- dered her in especial the sovereign service of making that element real. She had had all her days to take it te... ...fteen or twenty weeks to America. The idea of a series of letters from the United States from the strictly social point of view had for some time been... ...r twenty weeks to America. The idea of a series of letters from the United States from the strictly social point of view had for some time been nursed... ...ect up—that was just what they wanted; and it would take more than all the United States together, visit them each as he might, to let him down. It wa... ...that was just what they wanted; and it would take more than all the United States together, visit them each as he might, to let him down. It was just ...

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...., at the beginning of Vendemiaire, or, to conform to our own calendar, towards the close of September, 1799, a hundred or so of peasants and a large number of citizens, who had left Fougeres in the morning on their way to Mayenne, were going up the little mountain of La Pelerine, half-way between Fougeres and Ernee, a small town where travelers along that road are in the ...

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...on of sentiments. 4 The Chouans Many of the peasants, in fact the greater number, were barefooted, and wore no other garments than a large goatskin, ... ...oes, which the peasants of Brittany make for them- selves; but the greater number had heavy hobnailed boots, 5 Balzac and coats of coarse cloth cut i... ...ptional levies. Though Brittany had hitherto refused all kinds of military service under the Republic, the levies were made under the new law on the f... ...the two officers. “It is time I should tell you that it is all up with the army in Paris. The Directory, in consequence of a disturbance in the Assemb... ...g insur- rection; and here we are, sure enough, caught in a trap.” “If the army doesn’t take things in hand and manage the government,” said Gerard, “... ...g, and the box which formed the seat being kept exclusively for the postal service, the travellers who had any baggage were forced to keep it between ... ...ught out the transparent rose of the nos- trils and the double curve which united the nose with the upper lip; at other times a pale glint of sunshine... ... murmur through the open space, the praying men filled with conviction and united by one and the same sentiment, the bare cross, the wild and barren t... ... uniform with any of your tricks.” “Commandant, the order of the ministers states that you are to obey Mademoiselle de Verneuil.” “Let her come and gi...

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...ivision was in great danger of a surprise at Winchester; that it was of no service commen- surate with the risk it incurred, and that it ought to be w... ...r positively ordered it. General Schenck, on the con- trary, believed the service of the force at Winchester was worth the hazard, and so did not pos... ...e dates, respectively, October 12 and 13, 1863, and each inclosing a large number of affidavits. The general statements of the whole are that the Fed... ...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, ... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...CUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D. C., October 30, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Army of Potomac: Much obliged for the information about deserters contained... ...ennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, a number of persons, not less than one-tenth in number of the votes cast in s...

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...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...n is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question foreve... ...made in reply to one of Judge Douglas’s speeches. (Mr. Lincoln then read a number of extracts which had the ring of the true metal. W e have rarely he... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ... ...w Hampshire—and see how many mulattoes we can find within her borders. The number amounts to just one hundred and eighty-four. In the Old Dominion—in ... ...endence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, our army and our navy. These are not our reliance against tyranny All of those ... ...abolishing the slave trade. Precisely as soon as you are ready to have his services in that direction, by fair calcula- tion, you may be sure of havin... ... ol Five legal right in relation to him is alluded to, it is spoken of as “service or labor which may be due,” as a debt payable in service or labor. ...

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...rom the gods. Both warriors; that by all the world’s allowed. Both of them united with strength of body an equal vigor mind; and of the two most famou... ..., when she fell in labor, were diligent in performing to her every needful service; but that she died before she could be delivered, and was honorably... ...e, was then first instituted by Theseus. For he took not with him the full number of virgins which by lot were to be carried away, but selected two yo... ...the least difference perceived; he, undiscovered by any, put them into the number of the Athe- nian maids designed for Crete. At his return, he and th... ...st and sacrifice, which he called Panathenaea, or the sacrifice of all the united Athenians. He instituted also another sacrifice, called Metoecia, or... ...e Pitthean maid, To your town the terms and fates, My father gives of many states. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the... ...us and some others write that he made it with Hercules, offer- ing him his service in the war against the Amazons, and had 24 V olume One Antiope giv... ...actions of his former life. Theseus was now fifty years old, as Hellanicus states, when he carried off Helen, who was yet too young to be married. Som... ...e of Academus. But Dicaearchus writes that there were two Arcadians in the army of Castor and Pollux, the one called Echedemus and the other Marathus;...

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...can be made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such th... ...made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such thing mys... ...hat would be a most mani- fest reason for it. It is true, as Judge Douglas states, that many Territorial bills have passed without having such a provi... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that the... ...ent and voted against it; but I never voted against the sup- plies for the army, and he knows, as well as Judge Douglas, that whenever a dollar was as... ...e is little room for escape for Lanphier. Lanphier is doing the Judge good service, and Dou- glas desires his word to be taken for the truth. He desir... ...tes which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be deter- 75 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Fo... ...75 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Four mined by adding to the whole number of free persons, includ- ing those bound to service for a term of ye... ... by adding to the whole number of free persons, includ- ing those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths ...

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...t there never was a period when the Judi- cial Bench could reckon a larger number of men distinguished not only for legal ability but for the highest ... ...keep my countenance grave when he began to reduce by calculation the exact number of fibs he had told. He did not think it was more than two or three ... ... had done his best to spread the like feeling, often employing the willing services of his pupils in copying let- ters from Australia, Newfoundland, &... ...en read it before) as being such a particu- larly impressive and beautiful service. I never saw anything conducted with greater decorum. Not a single ... ... and may we learn to live with such holiness here that we may hereafter be united for ever in Heaven.’ This letter is marked twice over ‘Only for Papa... ...e may sleep in Him as our hope is this our sister doth, and may be finally united with her in Heaven. Yesterday was a day of great trial to us all: I ... ...e forlorn hope of Christianity, and perish in the front ranks of the noble army. “And having been a little tried he shall be greatly rewarded, for God... ...al recognition of comfort, claims of society, &c. ‘Would the general of an army say to his officers, “Pray, gentlemen, don’t dirty your boots or fatig... ... one must think out each step, anticipate each probable result, before one states anything. It is of course full of the highest interest. Can’t you fa...

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...sition of seven letters; seven! the most significant of all the cabalistic numbers. And he died at five-and-thirty, so his life extended over seven lu... ...ing a civil college at the age of twenty, the only way for me to enter the army was by enlist- ing as a common soldier; so, weary of the dismal outloo... ...-house in the Rue de la Harpe to which we subscribed, we asked the name of Number 37, and then heard the weird name Z. Marcas. Like boys, as we were, ... ...essary to begin with, for a man in opposition, but an incubus later to the statesman. Marcas had learned everything that a real statesman should know;... ...sought his Barras; the new Colbert hoped to find a Mazarin. He did immense services, and he did them 16 Z. Marcas then and there; he assumed no impor... ...se. In three years Marcas had made his man—one of the fifty supposed great statesmen who are the battledores with which two cunning players toss the m... ...he must kill Marcas, not to be killed by him. These two men, apparently so united, hated each other as soon as one had deceived the other. The politic... ...ed his delinquencies; besides confessing them, he did Marcas a small money service, for Marcas had got into debt. He subsidized the newspaper on which... ...mem- ber of the Ministry, and then the paper was ministerial. The Ministry united the paper with another, solely to squeeze out Marcas, who in this fu...

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...and slowly until you count yourself off through a fading string of phantom numbers to number Nod…. But sheep, alas! suggest an episcopal crook. And pr... ...enson when scarcely older possessed a little oratory in which he conducted services and—a pleasant touch of the more secu- lar boy—which he protected ... ...mmon episcopal experience. Archbishop Benson’s early attempts at religious services re- mind one both of St. Thomas a Becket, the “boy bishop,” and th... ...fant, St. Athanasius with perfect correctness and validity was baptizing a number of his inno- cent playmates, and the bishop who “had paused to conte... ...one discovered only a broad preoccupied back busied in supple- menting the Army Medical Corps with Red Cross activities, good work in its way—except t... ...ire to forward the interests of his realm that the King decided to set his statesmen an example— which unhappily was not very widely followed—by absta... ...; it is almost as easy to say with the Christian Scientist that all bodily states are ame- nable to our ideas. The truth doesn’t, I think, follow the ... ...- ers, accidents, and absurdities who bear crowns and sceptres today—of an united mankind.” 131 H G Wells He paused, and in the pause he heard a litt... ...xplicitness. Much more was his dream a vision of men inwardly ennobled and united in spirit. He saw history growing reasonable and life visibly noble ...

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...t because of the develop- ment of scientific knowledge, separate sovereign states and separate sovereign empires are no longer possible in the world, ... ...ave supposed a sort of epidemic of sanity to break out among the rulers of states and the leaders of mankind. I have represented the native common sen... ... land a poor little League of (Allied) Nations (excluding the 5 H G Wells United States, Russia, and most of the ‘subject peoples’ of the world), mee... ...s Cathedral, and stood for a time near the door listen- ing to the evening service. The candles upon the altar re- minded him in some odd way of the f... ...tion engines, atomic smelting was embarked upon so eagerly as to lead to a number of disastrous explosions due to inexperienced han- dling of the new ... ...llows, come and scrap the mint!’ In the year 1955 the suicide rate for the United States of America quadrupled any previous record. There was an enor-... ...of soldiering, first as an officer in the English infantry and then in the army of pacification. His book tells all these things so simply and at the ... ...rushed hens. He passed the examinations necessary to reduce his mili- tary service to a minimum, and his want of any special sci- entific or technical... ...drawn by horses; though there were also in all the European armies a small number of motor-guns with wheels so constructed that they could go over bro...

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...IN SAMUEL LEWIS, OF THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY’S SERVICE. My Dear Lewis, After a voyage, during which the captain of the shi... ... was the occasion of making your friendship. If the noble Company in whose service you command (and whose fleet alone makes them a third-rate maritime... ...g up a rock, defended by the superior mountain whereon the castle stands. Numbers of people, arrayed in various brilliant colours of red, were standi... ...ot up a con- cert for the visitors. It was then we wished ourselves of the numbers of the deaf and dumb, for the poor fellows made noises so horrible,... ...greeable picture in my imagination; rather, perhaps, resembling the Junior United Service Club in Charles Street, by which every Londoner has passed e... ...nd foreign ministers and ambassadors may enjoy a dignified sine- cure; the army will rise to the rank of peaceful constables, not having any more use ... ...board our ship had been battling, and which had charmed all—from our great statesman, our polished lawyer, our young Oxonian, who sighed over certain ... ...e of his subaltern, the hospi- table one-eyed Armenian, who represents the United States at Jaffa. The stars and stripes were flaunting over his terra... ...s subaltern, the hospi- table one-eyed Armenian, who represents the United States at Jaffa. The stars and stripes were flaunting over his terraces, to...

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... numerous tribes which formerly occupied the country that now composes the United States. They ascribe the known difficulty one people have to underst... ...us tribes which formerly occupied the country that now composes the United States. They ascribe the known difficulty one people have to understand ano... ...almost any other district of equal ex- tent within the whole limits of the United States. There are fashionable and well-attended watering-places at a... ...any other district of equal ex- tent within the whole limits of the United States. There are fashionable and well-attended watering-places at and near... ...nders, were but the natural participators. They had recently seen a chosen army from that country, which, reverencing as a mother, they had blindly be... ...r merciless enemies increased immeasurably the natural horrors of warfare. Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollections; nor wa... ...test was becoming doubtful; and that abject class was hourly increasing in numbers, who thought they fore- saw all the possessions of the English crow... ...s of the commander- in-chief to the several corps he had selected for this service, to prepare for their speedy departure. All doubts as to the inten-... ...there be bitter words between us? Munro has prom- ised you a gift for your services when performed, and I shall be your debtor for another. Rest your ...

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...ind force of circumstances the sea was to be all my world and the merchant service my only home for a long succession of years. No wonder, then, that ... ...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ...oment that full possession of my self which is the first condition of good service. And I have carried my notion of good service from my earlier into ... ...thers that feeling of peace which was not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice, that she devel- oped those uncom... ... Mr. Nicholas B., sub-lieutenant of 1808, lieutenant of 1813 in the French army, and for a short time Officier d’Ordonnance of Marshal Marmont; afterw... ...mont; afterward captain in the 2d Regiment of Mounted Rifles in the Polish army—such as it existed up to 1830 in the reduced kingdom established by th... ...nour. It is inconceivable that Mr. Nicholas B. should not have been of the number. The little child a few months old he had taken up in his arms on th... ...ast is responsible for the existence of some fourteen volumes, so far. The number of geese he had called into being under ad- verse climatic condition... ...nity of observ- ing was the boarding of ships at sea, at all times, in all states of the weather. They gave it to me to the full. And I have been invi...

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...d force of cir- cumstances the sea was to be all my world and the merchant service my only home for a long succes- sion of years. No wonder then that ... ...t of success, is but the regard for one’s own dignity which is inseparably united with the dignity of one’s work. And then—it is very difficult to be ... ...moment that full possession of myself which is the first condition of good service. And I have carried my notion of good service from my earlier into ... ... when one had to take it at night in a big canoe with only half the proper number of paddlers. 22 Some Reminiscences I failed in being the second whi... ...thers that feeling of peace which was not her own. It was only later, when united at last with the man of her choice that she developed those uncommon... ...r. Nicholas B., sub-lieutenant of 1808, lieu- tenant of 1813 in the French Army, and for a short time Officier d’Ordonnance of Marshal Marmont; afterw... ...nt; afterwards Captain in the 2nd Regiment of Mounted Rifles in the Polish Army—such as it existed up to 1830 in the reduced kingdom established by th... ...ur. It is in- conceivable that Mr. Nicholas B. should not have been of the number. The little child a few months old he had taken up in his arms on th... ...tunity of observing was the boarding of ships at sea, at all times, in all states of the weather. They gave it to me to the full. And I have been invi...

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...rlo is his in- timate friend: Yes, Yes:—There’s a regiment of them at your service, and you may shuffle them as you will. This is the help we get from... ... on the great business of the hour, though the plot had been unfolded, the numbers sworn to, and Brescia, and Bergamo, and Cremona, and Venice had spo... ... we to have women in a conference?” he asked from eye to eye. “Keep to the number, Ugo; and moreover, she is not a woman, but a noble virgin. I discer... ...nnot trust him. I do not. But, if we make such a tide in Lombardy that his army must be drawn into it, is such an army to be refused? First, the tide,... ...! answer me:—what name hailed you when on earth?” The fan, with no clearly serviceable tongue, articulated, “Luigi.” “Luigi! the name Christian and di... ...t will not accept it for its loath- someness. There were Englishmen in the army of Austria. Could one of them be this one whom she had cared for when ... ...iguing disaffected nationalities. The same policy which played the various States against one another in order to re- duce all to subserviency to the ... ...ved intellects which admitted the possibility of a coming Kingdom of Italy united: the lunatics who preached of it he considered a sort of self-electe... ...pite of themselves by that combination of genius and beauty which is found united nowhere but in Irma, the spir- its of heaven determined to rob earth...

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...ing play of instinctive passion and desire against too abstract a dream of statesmanship. But things that seemed to lie very far apart in Machiavelli’... ... a condition of affairs infinitely more complex, in which every prince and statesman is something of a servant and every intelligent human being somet... ...eral edu- cation and average efficiency, the power now available for human service, the merely physical increment, and compare it with anything that h... ...e that was for me the opening opportunity . I see the stencilled names and numbers go up on the green baize, constituency after constituency, amidst m... ...ting caves and several mines of gold and silver paper. Among these rocks a number of survivors from a Noah’s Ark made a various, dangerous, albeit fre... ...ot (for- merly Mrs. Noah) who, if I remember rightly , converted them into Army sausage by means of a portion of the inside of an old alarum clock. My... ...ed. The clamour of these vegetables he had launched into the world for his service and assistance, wore out his patience. He would walk into the garde... ...o Republican and Democrat, for example, and you have the conditions in the United States. The Crown or a dethroned dynasty, the Estab- lished Church o... ... of their possible babies in the fur- naces that run the machinery. In the United States the na- tive Anglo-American strain has scarcely increased at ...

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... the right to speak of a cavalry officer: his father died of wounds in the service, and Matey naturally intended to join the Dragoons; if he could get... ...y puff- ing its phrasy trumpet. And, somehow, the sacrifice of an enormous number of women to Lord Ormont’s glory seemed natural; the very thing that ... ...matters right with his boast to vin- dicate his country against double the number, and Matey praised him, though he knew Emile had been floored with- ... ...arked. He dared to claim the countenance of the Commander-in- chief of the Army of India for an act disapproved by the India House. Other letters migh... ...h his qualities, impetuosity being one, and not unsuited to his arm of the service, as be has shown. If his temper is high, it is an element of a char... ...ofessional landlady for the blessing of the par- son, and are legitimately united. Women have won round fools to give way in that way. And quite right... ...On that subject, Aminta said she did not know what to think. Now, if a man states the matter he thinks, and a woman does but listen, whether inclining... ...assing from the living to the dead, from the dead to the living, they were united in his heart. Her brevity of tone, and her speech, so practical upon... ...ur- gent, the sapper of her character; and as we see in certain disorderly States a curative incendiarism usurp the functions of the sluggish citizen,...

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...of my readers will not need, but I think there are none that may not be of service, or at least of interest, to some of them; and I hope that no one w... ...witch-elm that shades Saint Fillan’s spring And down the fitful breeze thy numbers flung, Till envious ivy did around thee cling, Muffling with verd... ...ell Roderick Dhu I owed him naught, 42 The Lady of the Lake Not tile poor service of a boat, To waft me to yon mountain-side.’ Then plunged he in the... ... A mighty augury is laid. It rests with me to wind my horn,— Thou art with numbers overborne; It rests with me, here, brand to brand, Worn as thou art... ...their proscription, which had only the effect of rendering them still more united and desperate. It is a most extraordinary proof of the ardent and in... ...llowed, had committed many exorbitances. Accordingly he assembled a flying army of ten thousand men, consisting of his principal nobility and their fo... ...t from two English trigates, and the flower of the young men were with the army of Prince Charles Edward, then in England; yet the summons was so effe... ...nd dancing; and therefore the Anglo-Saxon version of Saint Mark’s Gos- pel states Herodias to have vaulted or tumbled before King Herod. In Scotland t...

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...ce five years ago, and, wishing to taste the sweets of domestic life, took service as a valet here in England. Find- ing myself out of place, and hear... ...that Monsieur Phileas Fogg was the most exact and settled gentleman in the United Kingdom, I have come to monsieur in the hope of living with him a tr... ...ine minutes after eleven, a.m., this Wednesday, 2nd October, you are in my service.” Phileas Fogg got up, took his hat in his left hand, put it on his... ...pplied and in the best taste. Each pair of trousers, coat, and vest bore a number, indicating the time of year and season at which they were in turn t... ...er- ate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing... ...; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing his ta... ... jetty pier, some two thousand yards along, extended into the roadstead. A number of fishing- 24 Around the World in 80 Days smacks and coasting boat... ... returning to his parish at Bombay; and a brigadier-general of the English army, who was about to rejoin his brigade at Benares, made up the party, an... ...plest in the world. Instead of sailing directly from England to the United States, like a common villain, he had traversed three quarters of the globe...