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... wind barbed on Norwegian peaks by the brewers of cough and catarrh—horrid women of the whistling clouts, in the pay of our doctors. He braved them; h... ...ong those wheels; and his nerves clutched him, like a troop of house- hold women, to keep him from the hazard of an exposure to the horrid crunch, pit... ...lodgement there. It conducts the youthful man to temples of dusky thought: philosophers partaking of it are drawn by the arms of garlanded nymphs abou... ...hey let slip of their secrets, and the point of it for penetrating yours”:—women. But no; my dear souls didn’t prick and bother. And they dealt with a... ... He thanked heaven to his wife often, that he had nothing to do with North American or South American mines and pastures or with South Africa and, gol... ...and in- structed Germans not deviously march; whom acute and ad- venturous Americans, with half a cock of the eye in passing, compassionately outstrip... ...nt of commercial matters: rivalries of Banks; Foreign and Municipal Loans, American Rails, and Argen- tine; new Companies of wholesome appearance or s... ..., and painfully, not ignobly—was in process of development: interesting to philosophers, if not to maidens. Victor accused her of paying too much heed...

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... in any way concerned in public life to feel that the highest ambition any American can possibly have will be gratified just in proportion as he raise... ...ong men of great origi- nal genius or of an heroic type of character.” The American people should feel profoundly grateful that the greatest American ... ...ncoln: V ol One the leader, Lincoln, at least should remain a real, living American. No matter how clearly, how directly, Lincoln has shown himself in... ..., it awards to him the merit of having accomplished what but few political philosophers would have recognized as pos- sible,—of leading the republic t... ... and broad culture and association with the wisest and the best of men and women can give, and enters upon some form of pub- lic service on the road t... ...rters shot. As surely 73 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One as the women of the culprit’s family could get at him he always gave way. Certainl... ... want in all cases to do right; and most particularly so in all cases with women. I want, at this particular time, more than any thing else to do righ... ...s fable of the bundle of sticks; and he whose wisdom surpasses that of all philosophers has declared that “a house divided against itself cannot stand...

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...egregious sentimentalities, they get into mighty tangles and troubles with women, and he has had his troubles. You will hear of them, for that is the ... ...rst to the limitations of human possibility as we know them in the men and women of this world to-day, and then to all the inhumanity, all the insubor... ...hes, antagonistic diseases, and inimical beasts and vermin, out of men and women with like passions, like un- certainties of mood and desire to our ow... ..., and at the word terminology I should insinuate a comment on that eminent American bi- ologist, Professor Mark Baldwin, who has carried the language ... ...ing the obverse side, and a head thereon—of Newton, as I live! One detects American influ- ence here. Each year, as we shall find, each denomination o... ...*But see Gidding’s Principles of Sociology, a modern and richly suggestive American work, imperfectly appreciated by the Brit- ish student. See also W... ...e irreducible mathematical expression will at times bring it to unity. Now philosophers after my Utopian pattern, who find the ultimate significance i... ...who profess what is called Science as against psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, and literary men, whom he regards as wild, foolish, immoral s...

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... little guard; and by low-roofed whitewashed houses, with balco- nies, and women in them,—the very same women, with the very same head-clothes, and ye... ...he houses curiously small, with arcades and balconies, out of which looked women apparently a great deal too big for the chambers they inhabited; the ... ... us. Boom! the gun fired at the end of the funny little entertainment. The women and the balconies, the beggars and the walking Murillos, Pooch and th... ...e teeth and afraid to fight, are bred out of the same land which begot the philosophers and heroes. But the “Half-way House” is passed by this time, a... ...e moored everywhere, showing their flags, Rus- sian and English, Austrian, American, and Greek; and along the quays country ships from the Black Sea o... ...issaries, with silver maces shining in the sun. ’Twas the party of the new American Consul-General of Syria and Jerusalem, hastening to that city, wit... ...lem, so as to be on the spot in readiness. When the diachylon Arab saw the American Arab, he straightway galloped his steed towards him, took his pipe...

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... a mighty fine ship,’ said he, ‘to have no money on board!’ I own I was inspired with sensible repugnance; even with alarm. The ship was mani- festly ... ...epeating mirrors of the tiny cabin, brought us a hundred visitors. The men fathomed out her dimensions with their arms, as their fathers fathomed out ... ...the cooked bread- fruit fills the air, and perhaps the lamp glints already be- tween the pillars and the house, you shall behold them si- lently assem... ...there dwelt an old, melancholy, grizzled man of the name of Tari (Charlie) Coffin. He was a native of Oahu, in the Sandwich Islands; and had gone to s... ...ey of Hapaa, known to readers of Herman Melville under the grotesque misspell- ing of Hapar. There are but two writers who have touched the South Seas... ...candid, almost innocent, description of a Russian man-of-war at the Marquesas; consider the disgraceful history of missions in Hawaii itself, where (i... ...anged her course, or lay becalmed. I used to regard the king with veneration as he thus pub- licly deceived himself. I saw behind him all the fathers ...

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...lin Avenue & 3d St., N.E Zenith Omar Gribble, Esq., 376 North American Building, Zenith. Dear Mr. Gribble: Your letter of the twentieth t... ... tell you confidentially: it’s a protection to our daughters and to decent women to have a district where tough nuts can raise cain. Keeps ‘em away fr... ...fend him, admiring him with a proud and credulous love passing the love of women. Paul and he shook hands solemnly; they smiled as shyly as though the... ...es in stories—” “These whats?” “—but the wise, hard, corseted, old married women like Zilla are worse than any bobbed-haired girl that ever went boldl... ...ompson, the old-fashioned, lean Yankee, rugged, traditional, stage type of American business man, and Babbitt, the plump, smooth, efficient, up-to-the... ...uch amused by the antiquated provincialism as any proper Englishman by any American. He knew himself to be of a breeding altogether more esthetic and ... ... to have Vision—” “I think those correspondence-courses are terrible!” The philosophers gasped. It was Mrs. Babbitt who had made this discord in their... ...ets of statistics, they were trudging off to lectures by authors and Hindu philosophers and Swedish lieutenants. “Gosh,” Babbitt wailed to his wife, a...

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... was crying loud for his breakfast. ‘“What is he?” says Sir Huon, when the womenfolk had drawn him under to feed him. ‘“Full Moon and Morning Star may... ...yes still on the shining stones. ‘Faith, what some men will endure at some women’s hands passes belief! If I had been a man, and a woman had played wi... ... the bedpost, young Burleigh, these kings and queens are very like men and women, and I’ve heard they write each other fond, foolish letters that 27 ... ...will not call them), who are now at large and working more piracies in his American ocean, which the Pope gave him. (He and the Pope should guard it, ... ...shore. None’ll hinder you. They’re all gone mad on these coasts—French and American together. ’Tisn’t my notion o’ war.” Pierre was an old King Louis ... ...s are a seemly, quiet people, and they’d had trouble enough from white men—American and English—during the wars, to keep ‘em in that walk. They lived ... ...s lean shoulders— ‘the vulgar crowd love not truth unadorned. Wherefore we philosophers must needs dress her to catch their eye or— ahem!—their ear.’ ...

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...ack. “It is generally well known that out of the crews of Whaling vessels (American) few ever return in the ships on board of which they departed.” —C... ...water there be in all that region. Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied... ... great original— the Tyre of this Carthage;—the place where the first dead American whale was stranded. Where else but from Nan- tucket did those abor... ...upon the barren refuse rocks thrown aside at creation’s final day. And the women of New Bedford, they bloom like their own red roses. But roses only b... ...he chaplain had not yet arrived; and there these silent islands of men and women sat steadfastly eyeing several marble tablets, with black borders, ma... ...ny are the unrecorded accidents in the fishery, and so plainly did several women present wear the countenance if not the trappings of some unceasing g... ...a distance off Cape Horn. Of a retiring nature, he eludes both hunters and philosophers. Though no coward, he has never yet shown any part of him but ... ... V ery often do the captains of such ships take those absent- minded young philosophers to task, upbraiding them with not feeling sufficient “interest... ...rom which we shrink? And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues—every stately or lovely emblazoni...

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... his egg. They knew that he must have an egg for his voice, there were two women in the house, and no one had the least regard for his comfort. Mrs. C... ... , and his almond eyes almost closed as he did so. There were two or three American men, in black coats, rather yellow and dry of skin: they were theo... ... the evenings when they did 119 W. Somerset Maugham not go out, the young women sang little songs in the green velvet drawing-room, while Fraulein An... ... tall and slim. He held himself with a deliberate grace. Weeks, one of the American students, seeing him alone, went up and began to talk to him. The ... ...one, went up and began to talk to him. The pair were oddly contrasted: the American very neat in his black coat and pepper-and-salt trou- sers, thin a... ... was real life. It was a strange life, dark and tortured, in which men and women showed to remorseless eyes the evil that was in their hearts: a fair ... ...ed their nimble way on the edge of the incomprehensible. Some- times great philosophers seemed to have noth- ing to say to him, but at others he recog...

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...o much as reached the shore of the island, it is doubtful whether the holy women kneeling in the cloisters grasped the reality of his dream-like progr... ...ne which nothing had changed; the purity of its rule had attracted unhappy women from the furthest parts of Europe, women deprived of all human ties, ... ...sting to him. He informed himself as to the manner of life led by the holy women. Were they allowed to go out of the convent, or to see visitors? “Sen... ...and passion are two different conditions which poets and men of the world, philosophers and fools, alike con- tinually confound. Love implies a give a... ...ded, holding out a hand, which he kissed. “We will be like two grey-headed philosophers who have learned how to enjoy life to the last moment. I will ... ... island, 128 The Duchesse de Langeais and the crew of the vessel were all American sailors, who spoke nothing but English. One of M. de Montriveau’s ...

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...nant. Already, though there was sunlight in the haze, tattered old men and women were nodding off to sleep 6 The Voyage Out upon the seats. When one ... ...red behind one cloak, seemed to her sordid, past their passion; the flower women, a contented company, whose talk is always worth hearing, were sod- d... ...cab, but only vans and waggons, and that not one of the thou- sand men and women she saw was either a gentleman or a lady, Mrs. Ambrose understood tha... ...that that stand out in life. Nothing’s been quite so vivid since. It’s the philosophers, it’s the scholars,” he continued, “they’re the people who pas... ...“which shall it be?” “Balzac,” said Rachel, “or have you the Speech on the American Revolution, Uncle Ridley?” “The Speech on the American Revolution?... ...d me than any one I’ve ever met.” 196 The Voyage Out “What about the five philosophers?” said Helen, with a laugh, stitching firmly and swiftly at he... ... she darted and ejaculated he gave Rachel a sketch of the history of South American art. He would deal with one of his wife’s exclamations, and then r... ...essness to think or to look. She was turning over the slippery pages of an American magazine, when the hall door swung, a wedge of light fell upon the...

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... showin’ across the parade ground, an’, by this an’ that, the way thim two women worked at the bundles an’ thrunks was a caution! I was dyin’ to help,... ...! They say they’re comin’ down here to wake us up. What will we do wid our women-folk?” ‘“Fetch my throlly!” sez I; “my heart’s sick in my ribs for a ... ...e Captain’s wife. She had to be put in by main force. You’ve no notion how women can struggle. The other woman was the wife of an officer going to mee... ...l.) Jack’s an ass. There’s enough brass on this to load a mule—and, if the Americans know anything about anything, it can be cut down to a bit only. ‘... ...f life their preachers lead; speak to the Racine Gospel Agency, those lean Americans whose boast is that they go where no Englishman dare follow; get ... ...mine English educa- tion—out-casted, and made up name Dana Da—England with American thought-reading man and—and—you gave me ten rupees several times—I... ...e heterodox women—is it not?—who were amusing and not fools. All the Greek philosophers delighted in their company. Tell me, my friend, how it goes no...

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...tile, most likely. Little Fyne held very solemn views as to the destiny of women on this earth, the nature of our sublunary love, the obligations of t... ...daughter (the elder of the two children) either from compassion or because women are naturally more enduring, remained in bondage to the poet for seve... ...ggar. But there is enough of the woman in my nature to free my judgment of women from glamorous reticency. And then, why should I upset my- self? A wo... ...ishment. Its consort The Sceptre collapsed within the week. I won’t say in American parlance that suddenly the bottom fell out of the whole of de Barr... ...y! But Mrs. Fyne’s fervent “thank goodness” turned out to be a bit, as the Americans—some Americans—say “previous.” In a very short time the odious fe... ...om being comic? Didn’t you read the latest books about laughter written by philosophers, psy- chologists? There is a lot of them ….” “I dare say there...

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...mo; but apart from the locality, and that a pretty wide one (all the South American Continent), the novel and the story have nothing in common, neithe... ...is lands, the burning of his houses, and at the misery to which he and his womenfolk were re- duced. This habit of laughing had grown upon him, so tha... ...n with that feeling of superiority the success of our cause inspired in us Americans. I suppose I re- ally despised him because he was an old Castilia... ...ts of honour and humanity from many men and of delicacy and fear from some women. These last, when once they throw off the timidity and reserve of the... ... his white beard twice with an effect of venerable calmness. “Si, Señores! Women are ready to rise to the heights of devotion unattainable by us men, ... ...rds made himself master by surprise of two more ships, one English and one American. “It was rumoured at the time that he dreamed of setting up a navy... ...tance, to point out the attitude of the old French aristocracy towards the philosophers whose words were preparing the Great Revolution. Even in Engla...

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... period he was forty years old, with gray hair of so pleasing a shade that women might at a pinch fall in love with it for it softened a somewhat mela... ...seek to do right; prudent, because he knew men; exquisitely courteous with women, of whom he asked nothing,—a man full of acquirements, affable with h... ...ad dismissed her man-servant, not long after the death of her father. Most women grow weary of this daily struggle; they complain but they usually end... ...ed an enor- mous bunch of old trinkets, among which in 1824 he still wore “American beads,” which were very much the fashion in the year VII. In the b... ...ling his cane and of flinging the sort of glance which Bixiou told him was American. He smiled to show his fine teeth; he wore no socks under his boot... ...mple; but above all—and 199 Balzac what I am going to say is intended for philosophers—I wish (if you’ll allow me to misquote a saying of Louis XVIII... ...nd China (where all government officials steal), also that of Austria, the American republics, and indeed that of the whole world, to the fact that fo...

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...s stopped by a sort of portcullis. The panic was not confined to the rich; women in the humblest ranks more than once died 8 The Note Book of an Engl... ...rants, meditating probably nothing worse than a robbery, but whom the poor women, misled by the London newspapers, had fancied to be the dreadful Lond... ...opo- lis there are many thousands of households, composed ex- clusively of women and children; many other thousands there are who necessarily confide ... ...ge line of sea-board (stretching through twenty-four hundred miles) of the American United States; may enjoy fifty years for lei- surely repentance; a... ...lyly, humbly but cunningly—to those whom he professed to regard as greater philosophers than himself. All parties found their account in the affair. P... ...he gates of cities, under the title of ‘swine,’ but caressed their infidel philosophers. Now, in this category of Jew and infidel, stood the author of... ... well known upon that coast; and ‘faults’ may be a flash term for what the Americans call ‘notions.’ A part of the cargo it clearly is; and one is not... ... East and West, and all annuity offices, that stand opposed in interest to philosophers! In 1814, however, to my great regret, I did not see him; for ... ...informer? A French- man, reader, —M. Simond; and though now by adoption an American citizen, yet still French in his heart and in all his prejudices. ...

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...athomable to pass in a few minutes from this to the certitude that she was American; it simply engendered depressing reflexions as to the possible che... ...s. Saltram said; the only daughter and the light of the eyes of some great American merchant, a man, over there, of endless indulgences and dollars. S... ...Was this because I had already generalised to the point of perceiving that women are really the unfastidious sex? I knew at any rate that Gravener, al... ...for her?” When I had again explained what I meant he went on: “Oh she’s an American, but you’d scarcely know it; unless, perhaps,” he added, “by her b... ... from her aunt. My enquiry drew out that Lady Coxon, who was the oddest of women, would have in any contingency to act under her late husband’s will, ... ...lable forms of resentful husbands, portionless nieces and undiscover- able philosophers. We were by this time getting into the whirr of fleeting platf...

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...try had anything like our treasures to defend? countless riches, beautiful women, an inviolate soil! T rue, and it must be done. Ministers were author... ...mp nodded. She left him hard at work. He was a popular boy, a favourite of women, and therefore full of engagements to Balls and dinners. And he was a... ...ed a bone in his mouth; and it was natural wisdom, though unappreciated by women. A bone in a boy’s mind for him to gnaw and worry, corrects the vagra... ...ne of his heroes, and of Lancashire origin, strangely!), flew to the South American station, in and about Lord Cochrane’s waters; then as swiftly back... ...g the strong salt of his similes, likening that rascal and his crew to the American weed in our waters, to the rotting wild bees’ nest in our trees, t... ...midshipmite days, whole watches through—don’t you re- member? on the North American station, and in the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. And that gir... ...t to be visited by the guests at T ourdestelle. In common with some French philosophers and English matrons, he cherished a sentimental sad enthusiasm... ... small things producing great consequences, which have inspired diminutive philosophers with ironical visions of history and the littleness of man), i... ... without ques- tion of man’s taking that which he has conquered. Poets and philosophers did the same. Again she beheld Nevil Beauchamp solitary in the...

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...have you a literary turn, Mr. Moodie? or have you taken up the advocacy of women’s rights? or what else can have interested you in this lady? Zenobia,... ... hearty welcome. At her back—a back of generous breadth—appeared two young women, smiling most hospitably, but looking rather awk ward withal, as not... ...therwise iden tical with it. She was dressed as simply as possible, in an American print (I think the dry goods people call it so), but with a silken... ... sparkled among her hair. Her hand, though very soft, was larger than most women would like to have, or than they could afford to have, though not a w... ...banditti, than either a company of honest labor ing men, or a conclave of philosophers. Whatever might be our points of difference, we all of us seem... ... fall 133 Hawthorne in love with Priscilla. In society, indeed, a genuine American never dreams of stepping across the inappreciable air line which s...

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...thing that Don Quixote was a bachelor and Marcus Aurelius married ill. For women, there is less of this danger. Marriage is of so much use to a woman,... ...enefit. It is true, however, that some of the merriest and most genuine of women are old maids; and that those old maids, and 7 Virginibus Puerisque ... ...ten most of the true motherly touch. And this would seem to show, even for women, some narrowing influence in comfortable mar- ried life. But the rule... ...y) takes his determination, votes for the six- pences, and in the emphatic Americanism, it “goes for” them. And while such an one is ploughing distres... ... yet, when one comes to think upon it calmly, the situation of these South American citizens forms only a very pale figure for the state of ordinary m... ...y at the truck, but who would climb into a sea-going ship? Think (if these philosophers were right) with what a preparation of spirit we should affron...