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...O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of... ...ine). Why such a diversion? Scholars suggest that Ur is actually Urfa in Turkey - about 30 kilometers away from Harran. It boasts a cave where Ab... ...he appendix has additional functions. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus and produce biogenic amines and peptide hormones, bo... ... of how art critiques, curators, collectors and buyers were fooled into purchasing "works of art" created by monkeys. The animals "painted" by dippi... ...s of antiquity, bar Athens (which only came into existence in the Neolithic period, about 3000 years later). Arab geographers propagated the sto... ...the "Pestilence" or the "Great Mortality". They regarded it as divine punishment of humanity's sins. http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html ... ...first commercial American automobile to run on gasoline in 1893-4 in their bicycle workshop and a loft they rented. In 1895 they established the Du... ...nism" first appeared in Arrago's Dictionnaire de la Conversation in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (mus... ...ces, stolen motor vehicles, stolen/lost/counterfeit travel and ID documents, stolen works of art, payment cards, fingerprints and photographs, a ter...

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.... . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search... ... . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art Wor... .................................................................. 236 4 HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................. ... you‘re weightless in space you sleep anywhere and you don‘t have to worry about the weight of your body on a mattress. I had trouble sleeping on my ... ...e.‖ ---―I‘m sure that can be arranged. I‘ll talk to the president about it. Did you enjoy the breakfast buffet?‖ --―Thanks, but I‘... ...rt disease and cancer rates‖ 12 --―I‘ve sure learned something about living more healthily these last few days. But let‘s get on with why... ... we have to be concerned with the biases of those who copied the original works or those who transcribed the oral traditions. ―So Homer‘s tal... ...eally exist? ―This type criticism is also made of the Bible, of the works of Josephus and of all other ancient texts. Sometimes it is a questi... ...d our comprehension. So we can‘t really contemplate what God is or why He works the way He does. —―We have been discussing only monotheism, the...

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...croft, an Australian Aboorgine artist illustrating the need for education about AIDS. The picture at the top left on the back cover is the red ribbo... ...ture at the bottom of the back-cover is a computer generated image of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pictures courtesy: The Unesco Courier,... ...seven chapters. The first chapter is introductory in nature and it speaks about the migrant labourers. In chapter two we use Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to... ... awareness and unstable life-style. Sometimes, wrong and mythical notions about sex might lead to their high-risk behaviour. The main reason for tak... ...orking of the neurons of the brain. The dynamical system approximately works like a human brain, so only we feel these methods are best-suited fo... ...e neurons of the brain. The dynamical system approximately works like a human brain, so only we feel these methods are best-suited for this study.... ...he fixed point and the limit cycle for any number of concepts. Also it works for all 2n - 2 different combinations of the concepts involved in th... ...e that we can reproduce at least some of the flexibility and power of the human brain by artificial brains. Neural networks consists of many simple ... ... Thus we see that the combined Neutrosophic disjoint block cognitive maps works well when we consider different combination of attributes from diffe...

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...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism....

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...Cross VIII. Appendix – Terrorism as a Psychodynamic Phenomenon IX. The Author X. About "After the Rain" Terrorists and Freedom Fighters "... ...e law of diminishing returns applies to morality." Thomas Sowell There's a story about Robespierre that has the preeminent rabble-rouser of the F... ...hus, all such groups are rebarbatively authoritarian, execrably violent, devoid of human empathy or emotions, suppressive, ostentatious, trenchant ... ...red in gulosity and superciliousness as they become. Inveterate violators of basic human rights, they often transform into the very demons they hel... ...rrors down, for in their nakedness, they are unprintable..." A.G. Hales reporting about the Illinden Uprising in the London "Daily News" of Octobe... ...d will prove in the future that it establishes its activities on the interests and works for the ideals of struggling Macedonia and the Bulgarian r... ...who flee in terror at the sight of a stranger, crying 'Turks! Turks!' These are the human wreckage of the hurricane which usurps the functions of a ... ...ze of their opponents, and the devastation of human life and property. Appeasement works only to aggravate their drives and strengthen their appeti... ...ze of their opponents, and the devastation of human life and property. Appeasement works only to aggravate their drives and strengthen their appeti...

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...I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right impl... ...forcefully. II. Issues in the Calculus of Rights IIA. The Hierarchy of Rights All human cultures have hierarchies of rights. These hierarchies ref... ...e a calculus of hierarchically weighted rights. (See "Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life" by Baruch A. Brody). One form of calculus is the uti... ...ne qua non trait? In the absence of consciousness, there is little point in talking about free will (or rights which depend on sentience). So, is th... ...holder. All born humans are and, more so, all adults above a certain age. But what about the unborn fetus? One approach is that the embryo has no r... ...oach says that a person has the right to life because it desires it. But then what about chronic depressives who wish to die – do we have the right... ...s of a cold, impersonal, and often hostile universe. And, more often than not, it works. Happy birthday! Brain, Metaphors of The brain (and, by i... ... only organic originals but also anything that emanates from them. It characterizes works of art and science, or human off-spring, for instance. All... ...ong as the organic original lives, all creation depends upon it. After it dies, the works that it has created and the memories that are associated w...

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...I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right impl... ...forcefully. II. Issues in the Calculus of Rights IIA. The Hierarchy of Rights All human cultures have hierarchies of rights. These hierarchies ref... ...e a calculus of hierarchically weighted rights. (See "Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life" by Baruch A. Brody). One form of calculus is the uti... ...ne qua non trait? In the absence of consciousness, there is little point in talking about free will (or rights which depend on sentience). So, is th... ...holder. All born humans are and, more so, all adults above a certain age. But what about the unborn fetus? One approach is that the embryo has no r... ...oach says that a person has the right to life because it desires it. But then what about chronic depressives who wish to die – do we have the right... ...s of a cold, impersonal, and often hostile universe. And, more often than not, it works. Happy birthday! Brain, Metaphors of The brain (and, by i... ... only organic originals but also anything that emanates from them. It characterizes works of art and science, or human off-spring, for instance. All... ...ong as the organic original lives, all creation depends upon it. After it dies, the works that it has created and the memories that are associated w...

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......................................................................... 81 HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................. ...ou drown. Indus, like its neighbors Bangladesh and India were drowning in humanity. They educate one young mind and ten illiterate babies are born to... ...assure you. I will take you to your hotel now, then we can have dinner in about an hour and you can fire away your questions.‖ Our drive, main... ...st a bit faster. President Ghosh, the newly elected leader of this human hell, was genuinely concerned. He pointed out the landmarks more wit... ...otal number earning under a dollar a day in 1981 was the same as in 2001, about 800 million, but their purchasing power had been reduced. When resea... ...g those 20 years. But like I said, the inflation rate went up 100%. That‘s about 1 1/2% per year, actually it is quite a bit less when you think of c... ... years ago and seeing the Mexican bra ceros working in the fields. Nobody works harder. Your countrymen also have the reputation of working hard.‖ ... ...r saints reach their holy states through knowledge or through doing good works. But your holiest often reach the same state that the Upanishads hav... ...e, to have the right to life (17), to not be a victim of torture or human trafficking (18), to have the right to seek asylum and to have protection o...

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....org/authorarchives/vaknin_archive/vaknin_main.html Additional articles about Business on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html htt... ... (though false) allure. NOT RECOMMENDED Administrative Measures: Public Works All the medically capable unemployed should be compulsorily engag... ...the medically capable unemployed should be compulsorily engaged in public works for a salary equal to their unemployment benefits (Workfare). A refu... ...ts (Workfare). A refusal by the unemployed person to be engaged in public works should result in the revocation of his “unemployed” status and of al... ...f the Employment Bureau. It must transform itself from a mere registry of humans to an active, computerized exchange of labour. This can be done thr... ... others, including the workers). The Rhineland model is capitalism with a human face. It calls for an economy of consultation among stakeholders (sh... ...months) unemployment in Europe constitutes 40% of the total unemployment. About HALF of the entire workforce under the age of 24 is unemployed in Sp... ...of the entire workforce under the age of 24 is unemployed in Spain. It is about 28% in France and in Italy. Germany, Austria and Denmark escaped thi... ...f the Employment Bureau. It will transform itself from a mere registry of humans to an active exchange of labour. This will be done through the esta...

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...ies react differently? Economy is a branch of psychology and wherever and whenever humans are involved, answers don't come easy. A few models have ... ...ory bodies of capital markets in which the securities of the firm are traded or are about to be traded or otherwise listed. 5. To prepare and prese... ...air "value" in the long term; 3. That the fair value responds to new information about the firm and reflects it - though how efficiently is deba... ...ket sentiment, and by externalities and new information, including new information about earnings. The capital gain anticipated by a rational inves... ...me profit. Without delving too deeply into the model, this mathematical expression works well during trends and fails miserably when the markets ch... ...ges of individual workers rose." Jude Waninski adds in his tome "The Way the World Works" that "between 1921 and 1929, GNP grew to $103.1 billion f... ...one way. Are we ready for a recurrence of 1929? About as we were prepared in 1928. Human nature - the prime mover behind market meltdowns - seemed ... ...both the capital and real estate markets. This cycle is as old and as inevitable as human greed and fear. Post Script In 2007, a collapse in the su... ...t Die - Russia's Missing Billions Treasure Island Revisited - Maritime Piracy Organ Trafficking in Eastern Europe Begging Your Trust in Africa Slush ...

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...ed by Berini concerning the voting, ironically, almost all of them were fuzzy about the actual voting. The next day the Italian 8 J.Cross/Artemis ... ...e on the list, Alfredo.” “Yes, Holy Father. I thought you would like to know about him first. The second name on the list is Alexander Artemis, a U... ...oly Father,” Alfredo said, screwing his face into a wry grin. “Anything else about him?” “Just gossip.” “Come, come Alfredo,” Francis said impat... ...kly appraised the pros and cons. "Let's do, as we say, a pilot program. If it works, we'll do more business. If not, it's over. That's my condition."... ...y say." "I need an answer in three days," Brand said forcefully. "Pressure works only on Gringos, not Latinos. You should know that," Cardona sai... ...y he was at Walter Reed. You're the connection." "Michael Brand is a special human being, he has sacrificed a great deal, and now his own son." Rad... ...onal spiritual qualities?" "They are, Senator. But tonight you will meet the human side." "Forgive me for saying, but it seems, somehow, disrespec... ...f. "Covertly, of course." "Ah, covertly, of course. That is when your system works best." Alex didn't like the comment, but said nothing. "Do no... ...l is a quiet war?” Gonzales slammed his fist on the table. “The Commission on Human Rights, the U.S., the United Nations will not stand idly by. They...

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...y: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The ... ...he Economies of the Middle East II. The Costs of Coalition Building III. Is It All about Oil? IV. The Axis of Oil V. Saddam’s One Thousand Nights ... ...n their societies. Similarly, pluralities in most of the nations surveyed complain about American unilateralism."- expounded the year 2002 Pew repo... ...cuous materialism. Recent accounting scandals, crumbling markets, political scams, human rights violations, technological setbacks, and rising soci... ... mighty. According to most recent surveys by Gallup, MORI, the Council for Secular Humanism, the US Census Bureau, and others - the vast majority o... ...tes are far more demanding and far less rewarding. This self-proclaimed champion of human rights has aided and abetted countless murderous dictators... ... of Government at Harvard and a former Assistant Secretary of Defense: "Hard power works through coercion, using military sticks and economic carro... ...sing military sticks and economic carrots to get others to do our will. Soft power works through attraction ... Our attractiveness rests on our cul... ...goods, services, government procurement and intellectual property rights is in the works. The GCC has recently established a customs union as well....

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...pression. What Caused the Financial Crisis? There are plenty of hypotheses about what caused the global financial crisis, ranging from greed to fraud ... ... twenty- seven million people around the world lost their jobs in 2009 and about 12 million of the newly unemployed were in North America, Japan and W... ...s and services, and rising unemployment. The Report claimed that “By 2010, about 11 million more people could fall into poverty and an additional 24 m... ...te governance, labor rights and public services, deeply affecting society, human rights and environment alike. Were they to be assessed in terms of an... ... regulations, OFCs have been used not only to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking and other crimes but also aid and abet certain kinds of financi... ... Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (2003-08) Kavaljit Singh works with Madhyam, New Delhi. He is the author of several books, includin...

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...that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by the events that such warfare occasioned. ?Old Mortality? and ?Woodstock? are not controversial tales, and the ?Chaplet of Pearls? is so quite as little. It only aims at drawing certain scenes and...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ... it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by the events that such warfare occasioned. ‘Old... ...oy in- stead of her cousin. There was, however, to be no doubt nor mistake about Beranger and Eustacie de Ribaumont being man and wife. Every ceremony... ...turn by the marriage of the children, he had hung back, spoken of scruples about such unconscious vows, and had finally only consented under stress of... ...ould at once have the sole custody of the little bride. Even then he moved about the gay scene with so distressed and morose an air that he was eviden... ...were next conveyed from lip to lip, and, as it were in a moment, the dense human mass had broken up and vanished, stealing through the numerous paths ... ... it stepped M. de Ribaumont, with his Bible, Marot’s Psalter, and Calvin’s works, Beranger still tenderly kissing a lock of Follet’s mane, and Madame ... ...OF CE OF CE OF SL SL SL SL SLA A A A AUGHTER UGHTER UGHTER UGHTER UGHTER A human shambles with blood-reeking floor. —Miss Swanwick, Esch. Agamem... ...er— as a man like you can easily trace her from Montauban. If you have any traffickings with her, it shall be made worth your while to secure the pear...

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...his memory in Milan, you will not be surprised to find him testifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer dear to the Milanese....

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in for... ...ution of July. This mar- riage of ambition on du Tillet’s part was brought about by his agreeing to sign an acknowledgment in the marriage con- tract ... ...rim enforced by maternal severity, came to hate the dispiriting personages about them with their hollow eyes and scowling faces. On the gloom of this ... ...bbe or pious spinster had discovered the old German then vaguely wandering about Paris, but as soon as mothers of families learned that the Comtesse d... ...an apathetic indifference (the result of the political drama) by producing works more or less Byronian, in which the only topics really discussed were... ... the dead Christ; count- less signs of a constant struggle between failing human na- ture and the powers on high appear in it. But the lines in his ho... ...ome journalists envied that of Raoul. Those to whom the inclination of the human mind to- wards chance, opposition, and contrasts is known, will readi... ... “thus to restore life to the dead?” “You have a chance yet with the Royal Humane Society,” replied Eugenie, with a smile.” “How wretched and depresse...

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...to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed cannot be better illustrated than by reciting the simple narrative on which Guy Mannering was originally founded; but to which, in the progress ...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ing popularity as to encourage the author to a sec- ond attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were com... ...y influence, in an important manner, the future prospects of the child now about to come into this busy and changeful world. I will not conceal from y... ...nt, which threatens to subject him to an unhallowed and unhappy temptation about the time 5 Sir Walter Scott when he shall attain the age of twenty-o... ...f this description ought, from his knowledge of the thousand ways in which human eyes could be deceived, to have been less than others subject to the ... ...d have barked his heart out, the other screaming in chorus. By degrees the human tones predomi- nated; but the angry bark of the cur being at the inst... ...nclined to believe in the influence ascribed to them by, superstition over human events. But Mannering was a youth- ful lover, and might perhaps be in... ...ations, their aqueducts, their theatres, their fountains, all their public works, bear the grave, solid, and majestic char- acter of their language; w... ...uthor’s incognito, as he was not likely to be suspected of quoting his own works. This explanation is also applicable to one or two similar passages, ...

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...Prologue: Certain persons have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. Formerly these people would have been vilified, called cannibals, churls, and sycophants, and Gomorrah would have been hinted at as their natal place. Bu...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...es PROLOGUE CERTAIN PERSONS have reproached the Author for knowing no more about the language of the olden times than hares do of telling stories. For... ..., rich in diurnal and nocturnal effects, nor lack- ing that plot which the human race has woven each minute, each hour, each week, month, and year of ... ...llers, of whom there are not more than seven perfect in the great ocean of human writers, others, although friendly, have been of opinion that, at a t... ...riendly, have been of opinion that, at a time when everyone 6 Balzac went about dressed in black, as if in mourning for some- thing, it was necessary... ...d in black, as if in mourning for some- thing, it was necessary to concoct works either wearisomely serious or seriously wearisome; that a writer coul... ...e a monument of perennity more assured than that of the most solidly built works. In the especial jurisprudence of wit and wisdom the custom is to ste... ...hors of the present day, everything is studied from the eter- nal model of human imitations which belongs to all. At this honest business, happy are t... ...r goods with them, and travelled only with their persons. The host bustled about, turned the spits, and prepared a glorious re- past, for these three ...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...almost fearful distinctness. Its shape bore not a little similarity to the human hand, though of the smallest pygmy size. Georgiana’s lovers were wont... ...er able with every moment of their united lives. It was the fatal flaw of humanity which Nature, in one shape or another, stamps ineffaceably on all ... ...eeble attempt at a smile, “have you any recollection of a dream last night about this odious hand?” “None! none whatever!” replied Aylmer, starting; b... ... earth. Here, too, at an earlier period, he had studied the wonders of the human frame, and attempted to fathom the very process by which Nature assim... ... apartment a man of low stature, but bulky frame, with shaggy hair hanging about his visage, which was grimed with the vapors of the furnace. This per... ... old tomes she met with chapters full of romance and poetry. They were the works of philosophers of the middle ages, such as Albertus Magnus, Corneliu... ...e to thee.” So they parted; and the young man pursued his way until, being about to turn the corner by the meeting house, he looked back and saw the h... ...uld have driven them from New England. We are a people of prayer, and good works to boot, and abide no such wickedness.” “Wickedness or not,” said the...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ity, a PERSON is eternally differenced from a THING; so that the idea of a HUMAN BEING, necessarily excludes the idea of PROPERTY IN THAT BEING. —Cole... ...ther upon the indestructible and 5 Frederick Douglas unchangeable laws of human nature, every one of which is perpetually and flagrantly violated by ... ...ndicate a just and beneficent principle, in its applica- tion to the whole human family, by letting in the light of truth upon a system, esteemed by s... ...onally oppressed by what he could not well account for, peering and poking about among the layers of right and wrong, of tyrant and thrall, and the wo... ...dently and reluctantly, was led to address an anti-slavery meeting. He was about the age when the younger Pitt entered the House of Commons; like Pitt... ...still adhered, did not want a colored newspaper—there was an odor of caste about it; the Liberty party could hardly be expected to give warm support t... ...MAS DID THERE—HOPES—SUSPICIONS ABOUT HIS CON- VERSION—THE RESULT—FAITH AND WORKS ENTIRELY AT VARIANCE—HIS RISE AND PROGRESS IN THE CHURCH—POOR COUSIN ... ...re food, when their allowance has failed them. The same disgusting process works well, too, in other things, but I need not cite them. When a slave is...

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...r-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader. With this drop of ink at the end of my pen, I will show you the roomy workshop of Mr. Jonathan Burge, carpenter and builder, in the village of Hayslope, as it appeared on the eighteenth of June, in the year of our Lord 1799....

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...Bede by George Eliot [pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans] Book One Chapter I The Workshop W ITH A SINGLE DROP OF INK for a mirror, the Egyp tian sorcerer un... ...der. With this drop of ink at the end of my pen, I will show you the roomy workshop of Mr. Jonathan Burge, carpenter and builder, in the village of Ha... ...hat’s worse.” Ben, however, had now got the “red pot” in his hand, and was about to begin writing his inscription, making, by way of preliminary, an i... ...e, Ben, lad,” said Seth, in a persuasive tone, “don’t let’s have a quarrel about it. Y ou know Adam will have his way. Y ou may’s well try to turn a w... ...day’s earnings y’ ever made.” “All i’ good time for that, Seth; I’ll think about that when I’m a-goin’ to settle i’ life; bachelors doesn’t want such ... ...ever too ill to care about that.” 51 George Eliot If you know how much of human speech is mere purpose- less impulse or habit, you will not wonder wh... ... the home croft; and, under all, a fine ear discerns the continuous hum of human voices. For the great barn-doors are thrown wide open, and men are bu... ...ld men felt when they stood on tiptoe to watch the gods passing by in tall human shape. “Well, Mrs. Poyser, how are you after this stormy morn- ing?” ...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...o go abroad 4 The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe again, which hung about me like a chronic distemper. In par- ticular, the desire of seeing my... ...rsons of good judgment say that all the stir that people make in the world about ghosts and appa- ritions is owing to the strength of imagination, and... ...move myself thither. I had a little convenient house upon it, and the land about it, I found, was capable of great improve- ment; and it was many ways... ...d religion had dictated to me, would have taught me to search farther than human enjoy- ments for a full felicity; and that there was something which ... ...had done that already; but I added that it was nothing but what reason and humanity dictated to all men, and that we had as much reason as he to give ... ...metimes little or no wind at all; when we met with another subject for our humanity to work upon, almost as deplorable as that before. CHAPTER II – IN... ... word, the capital city, and where they had so enlarged and extended their works, as well under as on the outside of the hill, that they lived, though... ...es the people, and reforms their manners, where it is received, whether it works saving effects upon them or no. From thence we sailed still north, ke...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...ntly seen to shine like dew-drops in a thicket, and their glances, full of human intelligence, caused fear rather than pleasure to those who met them.... ...d as remarkable differences in their cos- tume as the peasants themselves. About a dozen of them wore the republican jacket known by the name of “la c... ...the pres- ence of another troop which formed the head of the detach- ment. About a hundred and fifty soldiers, with arms and baggage, marched in the a... ...ts, all displeased at being taken to Mayenne where military discipline was about to force upon them the uniformity of thought, cloth- ing, and gait wh... ...o the peasantry) covered his legs and thighs, and masked all appearance of human shape. Enormous sab- ots hid his feet. His long and shining hair fell... ... to eat with stolid indifference. There seemed such a total absence of all human intelligence about the man that the officers compared him in turn to ... ... mountain torrents, lakes, and marshes, and bristling with hedges or earth-works which make a sort of citadel of every field; without roads, without c... ...ildness softened by smil- ing accidents, by a happy blending of the finest works of men’s hands with the capricious lay of a land full of unex- pected...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing... ... exposes a sorry figure in his Reminiscences. He struck heavily, round and about him, wherever he moved; he had by nature a tarnish- ing eye that cast... ...aying rather neatly: ‘You have taught them it is English as well as common human nature to feel an interest in the dog that has bitten you.’ The dog p... ...on of their minds, of which they become aware in agitation. Were the walls about them beaten down, they would understand that solitariness is a common... ...bout them beaten down, they would understand that solitariness is a common human fate and the one chance of growth, like space for timber.’ As to the ... ...y comic, adventurous, instructively tragic, it is in the interwinding with human af- fairs, to give a flavour of the modern day reviving that of our P... ...r; but she was a child when he saw her last. ‘Dan Merion died, I remember, about the day of my sail- ing for India,’ said the General. ‘She may be his... ...biting at Greek. What a wise recommendation that was of Mr. Redworth’s! He works well in the House. He spoke excellently the other night.’ ‘He runs ov... ...shuddered to feel, that she could draw from dark stores. Hith- erto in her works it had been a triumph of the good. They revealed a gaping deficiency ...

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... File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those ... ... THE LORD ADVOCATE CHAPTER I – A BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK T HE 25TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1751, about two in the afternoon, I, David Balfour, came forth of the Br... ... a different case. Not only was the visit to Appin’s agent, in the midst of the cry about the Appin murder, dangerous in itself, but it was highly inc... ...k alike for fine obeisances and empty sporrans. It chanced the girl turned suddenly about, so that I saw her face for the first time. There is no grea... ...ies he. “A Stewart, too, puir deevil! and has smuggled out more French recruits and trafficking Papists than what he has hairs upon his face. Why, it’... ...came up, but himself was in the study, where he received me in the midst of learned works and musical instruments, for he was not only a deep philosop... ...” “I did even that,” said I. Then I think things went the worst way for me that was humanly possible. She gave me a look of mere gratitude. “Ah, thank... ... savage animals: they fall upon or scorn a stranger without civility, or I may say, humanity; and I am sure, if I had been among baboons, they would h... ...re I now bivouacked with Highland cattle-thieves, was a place full of history, both human and divine. I thought it strange so many saints and martyrs ...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...d than was really the case. In one instance alone this very prudential and humane line of conduct was departed from, and the event seemed to confirm t... ...he En- glish ministry to let it be generally known that he came to inquire about a considerable sum of money which had been remitted from France to th... ...’s Doubts and Questions on the Law of Scotland Resolved and Answered,’ are works of authority in Scottish jurisprudence. As is generally the case, the... ...le, belief has often come across me, that your father knows something more about my birth and condition than he is willing to communicate; it is so un... ...e written myself out of my melan- choly and blue devils, merely by prosing about them; so I will now converse half an hour with Roan Robin in his stal... ...of the secluded and unsocial master of the dwell- ing, who seemed to avoid human society, and to remain un- perturbed amid the elemental war, it seeme... ... the freedom to spend a few min- utes alone, before beginning the ordinary works of the day.’ ‘Oh!—umph!—I cry your devotions pardon,’ he replied, and... ...y hamlets and villas, from which thin clouds of smoke already gave sign of human life and human industry. My conductor had extended his arm, and was p...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ..., and declared I would do like Eustace and my father. I did not think much about it; I was too childish and thoughtless to be really devout; and when ... ...d my sinking on the floor, and I heard as through falling waters something about M. le Marquis de Nidemerle and Mrs. Margaret Ribmont, for so we were ... ...AD CRIED HALF the night, and when in the morning little Nan wanted to hear about my ball, I only answered that I hated the thought of it. I was going ... ...t not stay at home with the children, and give myself to devotion and good works, instead of throwing off my mourning and fol- lowing my mother to all... ...days of the week, he was acces- sible to ladies wishing to undertake pious works. For the rest, she said that a little resolution on my part would ena... ...selle, in her devotion to him, and the Queen-Regent would never forgive my trafficking with the Frondeurs. On the whole, my mother really thought that... ...ing nothing of her promises. She did not think base burghers and law- yers human creatures towards whom honour was necessary, and she naturally expect...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...breadth of style, very pro- nounced, which makes up the originality of the works of Saint-Simon and contributes toward placing their author in the for... ...ceed in them. However, I had an innate inclination for reading, especially works of history; and thus was inspired with ambition to emulate the exampl... ..., and means to live honourably. A grievous annoyance happened in our house about three weeks before my departure. A steward of my father named T esse,... ...King’s tents and those of all the Court were pitched in a beautiful meadow about five hun- dred paces from the monastery of Marlaigne. The fine weathe... ... turned it over in his mind and had even taken the first steps to bring it about. It was the more difficult because the father of the Duc de Chartres ... ...al honour, secretly of corrupt manners, with only outside probity, without human- ity even; in one word, a perfect hypocrite; without faith, 42 Saint... ... pitied her, and the King at last interfered, and commanded him to be more humane. Cavoye went to the army; the poor Coetlogon was in tears until his ... ... kept autograph copies. Monsieur had never been able to bend her to a more human way of life; and lived decently with her, without car- ing for her pe...

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...troduction: The Koran admittedly occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful effect which it has produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...reat religious books of the world. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the... ...as produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of human thought and a fresh type of character. It first transformed a number ... ... were in the first instance collected by his immediate successor Abu Bekr, about a year after the Prophet’s death, at the suggestion of Omar, who fore... ...elic vision–his labours in comparative privacy for three years, issuing in about 40 converts, of whom his wife Chadijah was the first, and Abu Bekr th... ...hom we have any information was Zohri, who died A.H. 124, aged 72; but his works, though abundantly quoted by later writers, are no longer extant. Muc... ...ce. The main features of the tradition are, that Muhammad while wandering about in the hills near Mecca, distracted by doubts and by anxiety after tr... ...f God. Its leaves are fabled to be as numerous as the members of the whole human family, and each leaf to bear the name of an individual. This tree is... ...gods to be with him.” 16 That is, as we caused Jesus to be born without a human father. 17 At his return to this earth. Some refer this to the Koran...

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...of the events surrounding 9/11 and to identify lessons learned. We learned about an enemy who is sophisticated, patient, disciplined, and lethal.The e... ...protecting our country against future attacks.We have been forced to think about the way our government is organized.The massive departments and agenc... ...ake the greatest difference.We came into this process with strong opinions about what would work.All of us have had to pause, reflect, and sometimes c... ... prophets stretching from Abraham through Jesus, complete God’s message to humanity.The Hadith, which recount Mohammed’s sayings and deeds as recorded... ...rior to the rev- elations given to the Prophet Mohammed). Qutb argued that humans can choose only between Islam and jahiliyya. Second, he warned that ... ...ation reflected a strong cultural preference for technical fields over the humanities and social sciences. Many of these young men, even if able to st... ...vestigation.The FBI does not have a general grant of authority but instead works under specific statutory authorizations. Most of its work is done in ... ... Bin Ladin unit did not have “cases” in the same sense as an FBI agent who works an investigation from beginning to end.Thus, when the trail went cold... ...indoctrinating them in isolated, desert camps. It built up logistical net- works, running through Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. Al Qaeda also...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ..., of the commonplace and the out-of-the-way, of popular verve and polished humanism, of mother-wit and learning, of baseness and nobility, of personal... ...rge sheet divided by lines and cross lines into little squares, containing about a hundred heads of illustrious Frenchmen. This sheet was stuck on pas... ... verify. Now Rabelais has here nothing of the Roger Bontemps of low degree about him. His features are strong, vigorously cut, and furrowed with deep ... ...placed as far back as 1483: now scholars are disposed to put it forward to about 1495. The reason, a good one, is that all those whom he has mentioned... ...hat translation unfortunately is lost, as so many other of his scat- tered works. It is probably in this direction that the hazard of fortune has most... ... superior to those who have served them with suggestions; but then the new works must be altogether different, must exist by themselves. Shakespeare a... ... mass of laborious trifling and cold-blooded exaggerations but a satire on human life of the highest genius? Still there are points common to the two.... ...ou would have found within it a heavenly and inestimable drug, a more than human understanding, an admirable virtue, matchless learning, invincible co...

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...roduced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...eld to be the highest types of men. No, around this future ideal of a coming humanity—the Superman—the poet spread the veil of becoming. Who can tell ... ...milar are they still to each other. Verily even the greatest found I—all-too-human!”— 9 Friedrich Nietzsche The phrase “the rearing of the Superman,”... ...least relaxation, blindness, or temporary self-forgetfulness; the ideal of a humanly superhuman welfare and benevolence, which will often enough appea... ...east to bear you to per- fection is suffering.” My brother writes as follows about the origin of the first part of “Zarathustra”:—”In the winter of 18... ...that these ideas waylaid me.” The first part of “Zarathustra” was written in about ten days—that is to say, from the beginning to about the middle of ... ...n 15 Friedrich Nietzsche Rome, was a somewhat gloomy one for him. He writes about it as follows:—”I spent a melancholy spring in Rome, where I only j... ...ide of all—is called “life.” Just see these superfluous ones! They steal the works of the inventors and the treasures of the wise. Culture, they call ... ...—AND I SAW a great sadness come over mankind. The best turned weary of their works. A doctrine appeared, a faith ran beside it: ‘All is empty, all is ...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing... ... politics is impossible. With this position much that Aristotle has to say about government is in agreement. He assumes the characteristic Platonic vi... ...ate that that common seeking after the good which is the profoundest truth about men and nature becomes explicit and knows itself. The state is for Ar... ... them can properly be regarded simply as tools with which the legisla- tor works, that each has a right to say what will be made of his own life. The ... ...bined with popular control. This problem arises from the imper- fection of human nature, apparent in rulers as well as in ruled, and if the principle ... ... from approach to the ideal. A. D. LINDSAY. BIBLIOGRAPHY First edition of works (with omission of Rhetorica, Poetica, and second book of Œconomica), ... ...ome good purpose; for an apparent [Bekker 1252a] good is the spring of all human actions; it is evident that this is the principle upon which they are... ...re as much more excellent than others as the statues of the gods excel the human form, every one will allow that the inferior ought to be slaves to th... ...For which rea- son the art of money-getting seems to be chiefly conversant about trade, and the business of it to be able to tell where the greatest p...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing... ...attempt his fortune in a line for which he was better qualified. There was about this time, in the village of Langdirdum, a peripatetic brother of the... ...rcleugh, I holding my present situ- ation, and Dick painting copies of the human face divine at a guinea per head. This was a small premium, yet, in t... ...t to the rich and higher classes alone the delight which the exhibition of works of art is calculated to inspire into all classes? Statues are placed ... ...parting banquet, and I es- corted Dick on his walk to Edinburgh. We parted about a mile from the village, just as we heard the distant cheer of the bo... ...ou, indeed, that speech is a fac- ulty of some value in the intercourse of human affairs, and I will not even insist on the doctrine of that Pythagore... ...like all sublunary things: it became greatly de- clined from its splendour about the middle of the 17th cen- tury; and towards the period of the Revol... ...e path of ambition with a haughtier step than his father, had also more of human affection. A soldier, and in a disso- lute age, he preferred his sist... ...the weather would not permit me to go abroad. In that recess was my little workshop, where I trea- sured the few carpenters’ tools which old Caleb pro...

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...duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing t... ...their attachment to the principles of lib- erty, democracy and respect for human rights and fun- damental freedoms and of the rule of law, DESIRING to... ...l rights, as guar- anteed by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed in Rome on 4 November 1950 and... ...irectives or make regu- lations setting out the measures required to bring about, by progressive stages, freedom of movement for work- ers, as defined... ... surveillance, Member States shall forward in- formation to the Commission about important mea- sures taken by them in the field of their economic pol... ...CLE 129 1. The Community shall contribute towards ensuring a high level of human health protection by encouraging co-operation between the Member Stat... ...tion for the purposes of preventing and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international crime, including if ne... ...accounts of the ECB and national central banks and obtain full information about their transactions. 27.2. The provisions of Article 188c of this Trea...