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The Soul of a Bishop

By: H. G. Wells

...social discontent, the great railway strike, a curious sense of social and political instability, and the first beginnings of the bishop’s ill health.... ...ainst the Sunday trespasser, he fell into a despondent meditation upon the political and social outlook. His thoughts were of a sort not uncommon in t... ...nd, and feuds and frantic folly broke out at every point of the social and political edifice. And then a bomb burst at Sarajevo that silenced all this... ... know that Professor Hoppart, who so amusingly combined a professorship of political economy with the writing of music-hall lyrics, was a keen amateur... ... diminished to the scale of any other great human problem, to the scale of political problems and problems of integrity and moral principle, prob- lem... ...onuments to ancient vanities and these sym- bols of forgotten or abandoned theories about the mystery of God, will do well to distinguish in your mind...

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Diana of the Crossways

By: George Meredith

... the pavement. We have not to ask what he judged. But Dorset Wilmers was a political opponent of the eminent Peer who yields the second name to the sc... ...end bore such reminders meekly. They were read- ers of books of all sorts, political, philosophical, economical, romantic; and they mixed the diverse ... ...cel- lent but conventionally-minded gentleman by starting, nay supporting, theories next to profane in the consideration of a land-owner. She spoke of... ...aloof, and actually supposed she was a contemplative, simply specu- lative political spirit, impersonal albeit a woman. This, as Emma, smiling at the ... ...e; not a parlous boiling. Weak as we may be in our domestic cook- ery, our political has been sagaciously adjusted as yet to catch the ardours of the ... ...was changed in thinking it possible that a woman could divert him from his political and social interests. He looked incredulous. ‘You have heard of a...

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The Scarlet Letter

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

... of the Collector had kept the Salem Custom House out of the whirlpool of political vicissitude, which makes the tenure of office generally so fragil... ...t in principle, neither received nor held his office with any reference to political services. Had it been otherwise—had an active poli tician been p... ...e need them, and because the practice of many years has made it the law of political warfare, which unless a different sys tem be proclaimed, it was ... ...d by the Whigs as an enemy; since his 36 The Scarlet Letter inactivity in political affairs—his tendency to roam, at will, in that broad and quiet fi... ...ving’s Headless Horseman, ghastly and grim, and longing to be buried, as a political dead man ought. So much for my figurative self. The real human be... ...t by the visible presence of the letter. The reader may choose among these theories. We have thrown all the light we could acquire upon the portent, a...

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Virgin Soil

By: Ivan S. Turgenev

...ionally they 11 Turgenev sat on him severely. Once, on arriving late at a political meet- ing, he hastily began excusing himself. “Paklin was afraid!... ...e met with, the more heated he became—” I admit that the question is not a political one, but an impor- tant one, nevertheless. According to Skoropiki... ...out various matters of everyday life, about science, and even touched upon political questions. He was decidedly interested in his eloquent young comp... ...e same, it will have to be altered afterwards.” The conversation turned to political channels again. The mysterious inner pain again began gnawing at ... ... Sipiagin’s, that gentleman was sitting in his drawing-room with a halfcut political pamphlet on his knee, discussing him with his wife. He confided t... ... is a certain Mr. Nejdanov, whom I strongly suspect of dangerous ideas and theories—” “Un rouge a tous crins,” Kollomietzev put in. “Y es, dangerous i... ...” “Un rouge a tous crins,” Kollomietzev put in. “Y es, dangerous ideas and theories,” Sipiagin repeated more emphatically. “He must certainly know som...

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My Young Alcides

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...active person, brilliant, ac- complished, full of fire and of faith in his theories of univer- sal benevolence and emancipation. She thought, if the t... ..., Ambrose would have outgrown and modi- fied all that was dangerous in his theories, and that they would have remained mere talk, the ebullition of hi... ... wet evening, and we all stayed in the house. Harold brought in one of his political economy studies from the library, and I tried to wile Dora to loo... ...ly startled Mr. Prosser. Some cabinets, he said, were very lenient to past political offences, but Prometesky seemed to 22 My Young Alcides h... ... man, and never could make short work of anything. They say that his chief political value was to be set on when anyone was wanted to speak against ti... ...let- ters, and portmanteau came on an improvised sleigh. He had an immense political, county, and benevolent correspon- dence, and was busied with it ... ...e for a young man to come up to London without either home or business, or political views, took to himself great credit for the wise decision. Indeed...

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The Warden

By: Anthony Trollope

...and, to tell the truth, our author did not succeed in his undertaking. His theories were all beautiful, and the code of morals that he taught us certa... ... the smallest pos- sible era yet written of. Whatever economies we pursue, political or other, let us see at once that this is the mad- dest of the un... ...ors while we scrape our chins so uncomfort- ably with rusty knives! Oh, my political economist, mas- ter of supply and demand, division of labour and ... ...was a man of wit, and sparkled among the brightest at the dinner-tables of political grandees: indeed, he always sparkled; whether in society, in the ...

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Father Goriot

By: Honoré de Balzac

...hanging. The essence of the jest consists in some catchword suggested by a political event, an incident in the police courts, a street song, or a bit ... ... of being rich was over, and all his intelligence was concentrated, not on political, but on commercial speculations. Goriot was an authority second t... ...re shut out, and M. le Baron likewise. They are si- lent as to the weighty political considerations that prompted their mission, and conjectures are r... ... crowns, you could look to marry the mayor’s daughter. Some petty piece of political trickery, such as mistaking Villele for Manuel in a bulletin (the... ... there have never been so few of those who square their courses with their theories, so few of those noble char- acters who do not yield to temptation... ...o of Bordeauxrama, rendered twice il- lustrious by the name of Laffite, no political allusions in- tended.—Come, you T urk!” he added, looking at Chri...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

... for as much as six months if they ever did have a chance to try out their theories, and the crazy way in which Carol jumped from subject to subject. ... ...ual-training departments. When we get it, that’ll be my answer to all your theories!” “I’m glad. And I’m ashamed I haven’t had any part in getting it.... ...ds from Czech-slovenski-magyar- godknowswheria on the job! You’d drop your theories so darn quick! I’m not any defender of things as they are. Sure. T... ... keep my mouth shut. I think I’m being a baa-lamb, and not spring- ing any theories wilder than `c-a-t spells cat,’ but when folks have gone, I re’liz... ...k was done by assistants, was the one sinecure in town, the one reward for political purity. But it proved that Mr. Bert Tybee, the former bartender, ... ... the sheriff, and announced that in a few days he would address a farmers’ political meeting. That night, the news ran, a mob of a hundred business me... ...y dollars we want for ourselves! The churches have always done it, and the political orators— and I suppose I do it when I call Mrs. Bogart a `Puritan... ...o had organized suffrage associations in hostile cit- ies, or had defended political prisoners, she caught some- thing of an impersonal attitude; saw ... ... about women is whether they’re likely to prove useful in building up real political power for women. And you? Shall I be frank? Remember when I say `...

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Dynevor Terrace Vol. Ii

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...m him. ‘ All for the best,’ he said. ‘One thing may mitigate another. That political whirlpool might suck me in, if I had any heart or hopes for it. A... ...wished to send to Lord Fitzjocelyn; and he fetched them, and explained his theories with regard to them as if he had almost forgotten that she was not... ... flogging; but a solemn execution is one thing, a random stroke another.’ ‘Theories are very good things till you come to manage two score dunces with... ...and expectation excited by this prelude, hoping for the fulfilment of some political prediction. ‘He is a wise man,’ proceeded Louis, ‘who does not pu... ... II be wiser, as I tell Mrs. Calcott, when Sydney treats us to some of his theories. And now you have said your say, you must let me say mine, and tha... ...e shop like a child with a new shilling. Reading had given Charlotte a few theories on the subject, but her practice had not gone far. She always mean...

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Mcteague : A Story of San Francisco

By: Frank Norris

...rtain of impressing the dentist. Marcus had picked up a few half-truths of political economy—it was impossible to say where—and as soon as the two had... ...l of the schools,” observed McTeague, suddenly remembering one of Marcus’s political tirades. “That’s what cousin Mark says. We are going to send the ... ...; a great deal of his time was spent there. He involved himself in fearful political and social discussions with Heise the har- ness-maker, and with o... ...pacity through Heise the harness- maker. Marcus had evidently come to have political aspi- rations. It appeared that he was gaining a reputation as a ... ...ome before—this English duck. And then I’m going to keep my eye open for a political chance down there. I got some introductions from the President of... ...old in the Panamint hills. It soon became evident that they held differing theories. McT eague clung to the old prospector’s idea that there was no wa...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain

.... Every boy and girl had a theory about the nature of that book; but no two theories were alike, and there was no way of getting at the facts in the ... ...Religion in History”; “Dream Land”; “The Ad vantages of Culture”; “Forms of Political Government Com pared and Contrasted”; “Melancholy”; “Filial Lo...

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The Pioneers Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna a Descriptive Tale

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...nguished as a sectary; was intrusted by his associates with many important political stations; and died just in time to escape the knowledge of his ow... ...d “manor” is frequently used. There are many manors in New York though all political and judicial rights have ceased. 45 James Fenimore Cooper to St.... ...d some of the tribes to a state of dependence that rendered not only their political, but, con- sidering the wants and habits of a savage, their anima... ...d and of the chastened man! When the sophist would supplant, with the wild theories of his worldly wisdom, the positive mandates of inspiration, let h... ...member that the one was unintentional, and that the other is the effect of political changes, which have, in their course, greatly lowered the pride o... ...alking of their private concerns, some listening to a popular expounder of political creeds; and others gaping in at the open stores, admiring the fin...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ked Patteson greatly, and therewith he connected the flagrant evils of the political con- dition of Rome at that time, and arrived at conclusions stro... ... would be delusive to pretend to claim Bishop Patteson as a Liberal in the political sense of the word. He was no such thing. If anything, his instinc... ...aracter, better as a warrior than as a shepherd, and the controversial and political sides of his character, though invaluable to the Church, did not ... ...tion: we talk about family matters, the move- ments in the theological and political world, &c., very little about ourselves. ‘One of all others I del... ... answers, and comments on what was told, by each correspondent, of family, political or Church matters. Sometimes the letter is so full of the subject... ...f before starting without having seen it. It is so easy for people to hold theories, and excellent ones too, of the way to manage or deal with the nat...

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Liver Twist

By: Charles Dickens

...’ ‘So they are,’ said the undertaker. ‘They haven’t no more philosophy nor political economy about ‘em than that,’ said the beadle, snapping his finge... ...the invariable practice of many mighty philosophers, in carrying out their theories, to evince great wisdom and foresight in providing against every p... ... mas, and these sudden shiftings and changes are no bad prepa ration for political life. There’s something in that. Good train ing is always desira...

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A Tramp Abroad

By: Mark Twain

... the German word for alphabet—BUCHSTABEN. They say that the first movable types were made on birch sticks—BUCHSTABE—hence the name. I was taught a les... ...who were dig- ging foundations for a house came upon this interesting relic of a long-departed age. Scientific men perceived in it a con- firmation of... ...estion may well be asked, What can be found in it? It is easily answered: A child’s handful of tele- grams, mainly about European national and interna...

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Sandra Belloni Originally Emilia in England

By: George Meredith

...ry soon engaged in regular contests with the argumentative Cornelia. Their political views were not always the same, as Cornelia sometimes had read th... ...aper before he arrived. Happily, on questions of religion, they coincided. Theories of education occupied them mainly. In these contests Mr. Barrett d... ...elia offered the better theme for passionate song, but there was a winning political object and rebuff to be given to Radicalism in Camillus. “Think o... ... Freshfield Sumner’s replies to Sir Twickenham (whom he had seduced into a political argument) than the professional wit need employ; and as Mr. Powys... ...fully. He had some of the English objection to the mix- ing-up of women in political matters. Georgiana instantly addressed herself to it: “He thinks ...

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The Trial or More Links of the Daisy Chain

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...enting a magnificent and misunderstood anticipation of the most ad- vanced theories of the nineteenth century. The book had made so much noise in the ... ...m still continued in the morning, though looking sallow and wan; but, in a political argument with his father, he was snappish and overbearing, and in... ...eals were too serious affairs for conversation; but such as there was, was political, in all the fervid heat of the first commencements of disunion an...

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The Ulysseans

By: Antonio Mercurio

...ther. Here is another example. Let’s take it from politics. In a while a political campaign will begin. Imagine what the life of a politician is li... ... fruit of hypotheses and of research that confirms these hypotheses, or of theories built upon constant observations. 67 We must use this same app... ... fruit of hypotheses and of research that confirms these hypotheses, or of theories built upon constant observations. What does this mean? When E... ...s, of research to confirm hypotheses or of constant observations on which theories are developed. The first scientist who worked in this manner ... ...finite patience; he observed and observed and he then started building his theories on what he had observed. Many of his theories were very important... ...l to millions of miserable people who didn’t have one. He fought for their political, as well as their human, dignity. Gandhi was very political b... ...re rich and powerful. - Truth that unifies and does not create religious, political, relationship or family warfare. - Truth that unifies instead ... ...geared towards obtaining and developing the freedom of others, both on the political and the spiritual levels. His freedom was always connected to ... ...ll as correct or convincing. Often when scientists must choose between two theories, they will choose the one that contains beauty, and leave out th...

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The Power in You

By: Wally Amos

...eat scientists, inventors, playwrights, sports figures, business tycoons, political leaders and all others viewed as special are no more special tha... ...books and gave lectures and THE POWER IN YOU 106 workshops, sharing his theories with people around the world. He did all of this after reversing ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

......................................................................... 44 POLITICAL SYSTEM ............................................................. ... foreign financing. I think that some countries are so busy chasing their political tails that they can‟t move forward. Your lawyers, journalists an... ... the long term trends and possible outcomes, you focused on the immediate political interests. Look what it has done to your economy and your intern... ...wing the joys of parenting. Clearly they wanted to use the most effective political techniques to change the minds of the reticent reproducers. ... ...people. Socially we have concerned people who 29 have been loved, and politically we have intelligent citizens. So it‟s a win-win-win situation. ... ...ked at the research. What we found was that there are four major types of theories concerning viewing violence. One is that it arouses people to dupl...

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