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...pers, foreign as well as French; he had really mastered a good deal of the political religion of a French publicist. It is curious to read, sixty year... ...ellaneous writ- ings—reviews (including puffs), comic or general sketches, political diatribes, “physiologies” and the like—which, with his discarded ... ...es The Lesser Bourgeoise 39 Balzac Scenes de la Vie Politique Scenes from Political Life Une T enebreuse Affaire The Gondreville Mystery An Historica... ...- tigate the spirit of laws that have fallen into desuetude, to review the theories which mislead nations, or, like some meta- physicians, to explain ... ...ecome absolute, every one will feel that a brief preface ought not to be a political treatise. I cannot, therefore, enter on religious discussions, no... ... treatise. I cannot, therefore, enter on religious discussions, nor on the political discussions of the day. I write under the light of two eternal tr...

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...ublic affairs and are not over- whelmed by it. Was France less prolific of political capacities than Germany? The rather silly game of what are called... ...from the soil, which was in danger; but in times of peace it was a serious political fault to burden it beyond a certain limit; otherwise it could nev... ...ing his ideas. Rabourdin’s success depended on the tranquil condi- tion of political affairs, which up to this time were still un- settled. He had not... ...d those of the rue Duphot. Neverthe- less, she mistook the quietude of the political thinker and the preoccupation of the intrepid worker for the apat... ...n Monsieur Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx, one of those men whom the tide of political events sends to the surface for a few years, then en- gulfs on a ... ...after gain. Though she was not lacking in sense or perspicacity, religious theories, and her complete igno- rance of higher emotions had encircled all... ...t of listening to men of undoubted superiority as they explained ingenious theories of government, applicable or inapplicable to the af- fairs of Fran...

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...aid beyond their own limits. For nine years, ever since the triumph of his political ideas, the colonel had lived almost entirely outside of social li... ...uture son-in-law, and my lady dreams now of the splendors and dignities of political life.” “Could you love Cecile?” said the colonel to his son. “Yes... ... 10 The Deputy of Arcis REVOLT OF A LIBERAL ROTTEN-BOROUGH THOUGH 1839 IS, politically speaking, very distant from 1847, we can still remember the ele... ... emony now about to take place. Ha! ha! young man; so we intend to enter a political career? Ha! ha! ha! This is our first step—mustn’t step back—it i... ...great work, “the devotion of those who fling themselves into the tumult of political life; he! he! he! It takes more nerve than I possess. Who could h... ...ch had the faculty of never getting told. So, cutting short my companion’s theories of education, I said distinctly:— “This is a very good time, I thi... ...s. He noticed with regret the disagreeable impression made upon you by the theories of that scamp de Ronquerolles.” “He has taken a good deal of troub...

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...order to clear up the muddle in my own mind about in- numerable social and political questions, questions I could not keep out of my work, which it di... ...not already a little interested and open- minded with regard to social and political questions, and a little exercised in self-examination, you will f... ... has seen. It is now our terrestrial experience that whenever economic and political developments set a class free to travel, that class at once be- g... ...e managed electrically from common gen- erating stations. And the trend of political and social specu- lation points decidedly to the conclusion that ... ... I apprehended them, had a different method and a very different system of theories from those I have read on earth, and this makes my exposition cons... ...red to be subordinate and subsequent to this general science of Sociology. Political economy and economics, in our world now, consist of a hope- less ... ...shness in the article on Shakespeare in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Both theories belong to the vast edifice of sham science that smothers the reali...

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...ispers. Razumov was one of those men who, living in a period of mental and political un- rest, keep an instinctive hold on normal, practical, everyday... ...im upon anybody in the world has in an hour of trial involving his deepest political convictions turned to an illustrious Russian—that’s all.” The Pri... .... No doubt you shall be looked upon as a martyr some day —a sort of hero—a political saint. But I beg to be excused. I am content in fitting myself to... ... the spirit of cynicism. It informs the declarations of her statesmen, the theories of her revolutionists, and the mystic vaticinations of prophets to... ...udoir with his confession.” Razumov sat up in anguish. W as he to remain a political sus- pect all his days? W as he to go through life as a man not w... ...Secretariat. Hearing a great noise of footsteps in the hall and aware that political pris- oners were brought over sometimes at night from the fortres...

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...nsecrated function, of publishing and diffusing through the land the great political events, and especially the great 12 Memorials, and Other Papers ... ...th social philosophy. At Laxton, indeed; it was that I first saw Godwin’s “Political Justice;” not the second and emas- culated edition in octavo, but... ...broad evidences of the credulity with which we have adopted into our grave political faith the rash and malicious sketches of our novelists. With Fiel... ...gy. And in what way could such a polemic interest be evoked except through political partisanship? But such partisanship connects itself naturally wit... ...n sect a peculiar denomination are also those which record its hon- orable political conflicts; so that his own connection, through his religious brot... ...e facts have been collected from all quarters,—examined, sifted, winnowed. Theories have been raised upon these facts un- der every angle of aspect; a... ...rs 166 Memorials, and Other Papers more vividly exemplified than in their theories upon the Pa- gan Oracles. On behalf of God, they were determined t... ..., indeed, we are all so deeply indebted to English wisdom on matters where theories really are dangerous, that we ought not to wonder or to complain i... ...e is a high presumption that he is in the right. In whatever rough way his theories are tossed about, they seem always, like a cat, to light upon thei...

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... clung to the social distinctions which his principles contemned. Thus his theories as an artist, a thinker, and a poet were in fre- quent antagonism ... ...ssibility. “ A man whose business it is to cook for all comers can have no political opinions, Excellenza,” Giardini went on. “But to see that worthy ... ... such an impenetrable attitude that the cook could discover nothing of his political views. “Ottoboni,” he ran on, “is a saint; very kind-hearted; all... ...zac the limits of suspicious reserve to wander far over the wide fields of political and artistic opinions. Andrea, to whom no form of intoxication wa... ...ted lu- cid and well considered arguments controverting Gambara’s singular theories. He took advantage of the remarkable acu- men of the composer’s mi...

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...e novel powers created by the nineteenth century, pointing out to you as a political monstrosity the fact that the prime minister is a man of no birth... ...s of no more deviation or change than their opinions on matters religious, political, moral, or literary. If a stranger is admitted to the cenacle, ev... ... the paternal park, which he intended to enclose with walls. No hopes of a political career, no fame on earth, can com- pare with such advantages as t... ... journey, one all-absorbing problem filled his mind—”Why did she go away?” Theories grew thickly on such ground for supposition, and naturally he incl...

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.... There is more excuse for one here than for the amateur maker of chemical theories, or the man who evolves a system of surgery in his leisure. These ... ... small but definite ways bad. One thing I claim, I have got my beliefs and theories out of my life and not fitted them to its circumstances. As often ... .... In the world of ideas about me, I have found going on a great social and political movement that correlates itself with my conception of a great syn... ...eme. This movement is Socialism. Socialism is to me no clear-cut system of theories and dogmas; it is one of those solid and extensive and syn- thetic... ... Imperialists and Tariff Reformers, and I suppose that among the prominent political figures of to-day the nearest approach to my New Republi- cans is... ...p of the implica- tions of the propositions under discussion. The ordinary political Socialist desires, as I desire, and as I suppose every sane man d... ... not that our guns and ships are marvellously good, but that our press and political organizations are haphazard 105 H. G . Wells growths entirely in... ...ather like a sheep, emotional, hasty and shallow, the practical outcome of political democracy in all large commu- nities under modern conditions is t...

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...estant, because it has had no policy but that of negation; it inherits the theories of Lutherans, Cal- vinists, and Protestants on the terrible words ... ... her justification. The product of liberty of will, religious liberty, and political liberty (not, observe this, to be confounded with civil liberty) ... ...where power has no vigor; where election, the fruit of liberty of will and political liberty, lifts to the surface none but commonplace men; where bru... ... of will, ought not to teach the dogma of liberty of conscience, or demand political liberty. But, as no society can exist without guarantees granted ... ...Duc d’Orleans. The record of Marie dé Medici is heavier still. Neither had political genius. It was in the course of these studies that the writer ac-... ...we may clearly see in it the influence of thought. But before entering the political arena, where Catherine will be seen facing the two great difficul... ...eat and unknown kings, the rulers of this science, I stand for the ancient theories, not the new. I believe in the transforma- tions of matter which I... ...will be destroyed in turn by its material consequences, which will turn to theories in due time. Europe is at the present moment getting the better of... ...inces are still sending us worthy men who take a serious view of political theories and the history of France. It is a leaven which will rise.” “Is yo...

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...oned ac- cess to places of trust and profit. The magazine writer discussed theories of government; these men the practice. They had been there. They k... ... They knew all about it. They banged their fists on the table and spoke of political “pulls,” the vending of votes, and so forth. Theirs was not the t... ...rvice generally. He has been made a citizen with a vote, consequently both political par- ties play with him. But that is neither here nor there. He w... ...n assembled at feasts of Free Masons, and so forth. It is too tiny to be a political power. The immortal wreck of the Grand Army of the Republic is a ...

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...variously during the troubles of the seven- teenth century. In many places political reasons had dictated 14 Theological Essays and Other Papers – V ... ...he other hand, largely to fertilize the many occasions of agitation, which political fermentations are too sure to throw off. Let this chance turn out... ...s adul- terating with her principle, to an issue not merely dangerous in a political sense, but ruinous in an anti-social sense. The artifice of the F... ...and the truth of facts has been so much forced to bend before preconceived theories, whereas every valid theory ought to be abstracted from the facts,... ...onal temper in every stage of their growth; whilst the third abstracts the political or the ethical moral, and unfolds the philosophy which knits the ... ... simply on the ground of its limited extent; contending that in public and political transactions, such as compose the matter of history, human nature...

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...hat it has any more bearing upon the essentials of religion, than have the theories we may hold about the relation of God and the moral law to the sta... ... the muddle was at its very worst, the church was con- fronted by enormous political opportunities. In order that it should seize these one chief thin... ...e Sabellian or the Trinity of the Arian, any more than one thinks of those theories made stone, those gods with three heads and seven hands, who sit o... ...MODERN RELIGION 1. MODERN RELIGION 1. MODERN RELIGION 1. MODERN RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION A POLITICAL RE... ... RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION A POLITICAL RELIGION T HE CONCEPTION of a young and energetic God, an Invisib... ... dead as the lore of the Druids. The emancipation of mankind from obsolete theories and formularies may be accompanied by great tides of moral and emo... ...for promot- ing and watching education; associations for the discussion of political problems and the determination of right policies. In all these wa...

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...a good thing for France if this idea could be popularised. The benefits of political harmony are obvious to the least intelli- gent classes. Harmony i... ...ne man among them with the steel-en- compassed brains that can forge a new political system and begin a new career of glory for a nation. The Faubourg... ...e itself under a leader. And now it is easy to give a summary of this semi-political survey. The wish to re-establish a large fortune was upper- most ... ...iews, and a mass 31 Balzac of small defects, a real need of religion as a political factor, combined with a thirst for pleasure which damaged the cau... ...-dying, and would not so much as raise itself or stretch out a hand to any political physician; so well aware of its feeble- ness, or so conscious tha... ...enly set- ting him down a thousand miles away from the boudoir, discussing theories of absolute monarchy, which she defended to admiration. Few women ...

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...nt reason from society, and ceased to take any active interest in affairs, political or do- mestic. His wife, thus left mistress of her actions, felt ... ...vast, lurking ambitions that plunged him at a later day into the storms of political life. A face that might be called insignificantly pretty and care... ...and fact. His friends were learned naturalists, young doctors of medicine, political writers and artists, a number of ear- nest students full of promi... ...moralists and politicians. Time alone can pronounce upon the merits of his theories; but if his convictions have drawn him into paths in which none of... ...dau, and Fulgence Ridal performed the last duties to the dead, between two political fires. By night they buried their beloved in the cemetery of Pere... ... ‘Classics.’ The divergence of taste in matters literary and divergence of political opinion coin- cide; and the result is a war with weapons of every... ... correction of a line made upon the study always teaches more than all the theories and criticisms in the world. “What friends are these! What hearts!... ...captious critic, trying his best to find fault, has been obliged to invent theories for that purpose, and has drawn a distinction between two kinds of... ...d Lucien, making a faint attempt to cham- pion the brotherhood. “Y ou take theories of that sort for idle words,” said Felicien Vernou; “but a time co...

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...gress had intended to do great things for the Liberal Party,—or rather for political liberality in general,—and had in truth done little or nothing. I... ...en one of those who had hoped to find in the club a stepping-stone to high political life, and who now talked often with idle energy of the need for o... ...e Duch- ess may be explained, it must be stated that just at this time the political affairs of the nation had got themselves tied up into one of thos... ...re understand that the Duchess was asking her husband what place among the political rulers of the country had been offered to him by the last aspiran... ...se of Lords, he had,—as it is not uncommon in such cases,—accepted a lower political station. This had displeased the Duchess, who was ambitious both ... ...e an unsympathetic colleague. Our Duke consulted the old Duke, among whose theories of official life forbearance to all col- leagues and subordinates ... ..., or why the world, should go beyond the man’s own self. Such had been her theories as to men and their attributes, and acting on that, she had given ...

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... boy left Blois just at the time when Louis passed out of the college. The political events that ensued were then a sufficient excuse for this gentlem... ...n as child- ish. I at once spent several months in recalling the principal theories discovered by my poor schoolmate. Having collected my reminiscence... ...vity of his spirit feeding on it- self. Louis had sought for proofs of his theories in the history of great men, whose lives, as set forth by their bi... ...o each chapter in the form of demonstrations, so as to give to many of his theories an almost mathematical certainty . The works of Cardan, a man gift... ...le work of nature. He had too much good sense to dwell among the clouds of theories which can all be expressed in a few words. In our day, is not the ... ...aws and his system of government—for the Books of Moses are a reli- gious, political, and civil code—that character bears the au- thority of terror; c... ...d protection.” His kind heart did not therefore allow him to sympathize in political ideas; his system led rather to the passive obedi- ence of which ... ...t subtle genius can discover no common bond between great social facts. No political theory has ever lasted. Governments pass away, as men do, without...

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...cept in that mysterious, extraneous thing which has nothing to do with the theories of art; a subtle change in the nature of the inspiration; a phenom... ...anges of government brought about by revolutions of the military type. The political atmosphere of the Republic was gen- erally stormy in these days. ... ... life of a dictator, together with the lives of a few Sulaco officials—the political chief, the director of the customs, and the head of police—belong... ...sa” in his slippers, muttering angrily to himself his contempt of the non- political nature of the riot, and shrugging his shoul- ders. In the end he ... ... and Foreign Bible Society, bound in a dark leather cover. In peri- ods of political adversity, in the pauses of silence when the revolutionists issue... ...beautiful living eyes, the peculiar gossip of the town, and the continuous political changes, the constant “saving of the country,” which to his wife ... ...e wisdom of the heart having no concern with the erection or demolition of theories any more than with the defence of prejudices, has no random words ...

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...ery gist and centrepoint of God’s creation, and demolishes our la- borious theories with a smile; in which our ideas are so bound up with the one mast... ...cean. We have no more than glimpses and touches; we are torn away from our theories; we are spun round and round and shown this or the other view of l... ... of bagmen in the country, but human beings are reckoned by number only in political constitutions. And the Admirals are typi- cal in the full force o... ...are more valuable to England than any material benefit in all the books of political economy between Westminster and Birmingham. Greenville chewing wi... ...ot possible to make it better.” It’s a pretty fair start, is it not, for a political trial? A little later, he has occasion to refer to the relations ... ... sphere of intellect, by which all things are transformed and seen through theories and associations as through coloured windows. We make to ourselves... ...onder, not always to admire, but to make and modify our little incongruous theories about life. It is no longer the uniform of a soldier that ar- rest...

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...victims to the present state of things as the nobil- ity themselves. After political overturn comes the overturn of morals. Alas! before long woman wo... ..., the management of public business in those days was by no means clean. A political spy, a stock-jobber, a contrac- tor, a man who confiscated in col... ... them. Thus, if the two old bachelors had not been kept asunder by the two political systems of which they each offered a living expression, their pri... ...ruminating, offered to his ambition, through the half of her property, the political career of a deputy. Besides, his marriage with the old maid would... ...selves young, and in a position to choose a husband. France knows that the political system of Napoleon resulted in making many widows. Under that re-... ... we are with myths. Myths are pressing us from every point; they serve all theories, they explain all questions. They are, according to human ideas, t...