... sample. We'll run the gamut on every radioactive isotope known." "I've got a theory," the young intern inserted. "I bet, over the years, that stu... ...! It's incredible!" "We need to go beyond the Ralph Nader image. This is not a consumer problem." "It's a compliment, Richard. Nader pulled the cou... ...out directly, but Jack's got a friend who works over at Hanford, and he's got a theory. At first, when he told us, we thought he was crazy; then Jac...

...hough he had mastered the art of handling men, the science of tactics, the theory of sabre play, and the mysteries of the farrier’s craft, his learnin... ...a service by re- establishing his health, has never given a thought to the theory, though he has been everywhere over our mountain sides with me, to s... ...he place. The workers in each of these families were at once producers and consumers. They were masons, carpenters, joiners, slaters, blacksmiths, and... ... outlay was more than returned to us by the profits on the sales which the consumers occasioned. I never ceased my efforts to put vigor into this indu... ...right to live without working is in itself a privilege. The unproduc- tive consumer is a robber in their eyes. The only work that they understand has ...

...at and sin- gular success. It is the consciousness of victory over a false theory of government which has afflicted mankind for many ages, that gives ... ...ails. The two or three main ideas which constitute the basis of the social theory of the United States were first combined in the Northern English col... ... are forbidden to furnish more than a certain quantity of li- quor to each consumer; and simple lying, whenever it may *Adultery was also punished wit... ... remarkable acquaintance with the science of govern- ment and the advanced theory of legislation which they dis- play. The ideas there formed of the d... ... fections of men, and where the profounder contempt is ex- pressed for the theory of the permanent equality of property. But wealth circulates with in... ... its present condition, in order that the number of American producers and consumers may re- main as large as possible. The North is the most natural ... ...also bring three- quarters of the exports of the New World to the European consumer.** The ships [Notes on following page.] 473 Tocqueville of the Un... ...em, they will not only continue to sup- ply the wants of the producers and consumers of their own country, but they will tend more and more to become,... ...ich begin to conceive that taste, at least by imitation; and the number of consumers increases, but opu- lent and fastidious consumers become more sca...

...ival the Champenois. This intermediate agency between the producer and the consumer is an evil not confined to hosiery. It exists in al- most all trad... ...ankers of merchandise will continue to weigh heavily both on producers and consumers. In France—keen-witted land!—it is thought that to simplify is to... ...ational Guard—what time have we, if you please, to go to work?” “Beautiful theory of a do-nothing!” cried Emile Blondet, laughing. “No, my dear fellow... ...t tale to Marie-Gaston.” “That,” I answered laughing, “is against your own theory of secrecy, in which a third party is one too many.” “Oh, Marie-Gast... ...crifice was necessary for the public weal. Messieurs, I do not accept that theory. T o kill, without the necessity demonstrated a score of times of le... ...nly in order to seem composed, she said with feeling,— “ According to your theory of heroism you must think Mon- sieur de Sallenauve very foolish to h... ...h will only draw him to- wards you?” “My dear moralist, I don’t admit your theory in the least. As for Monsieur de Sallenauve, he will be much too bus...

...f goodness. Then, too, I found that there were puzzling exceptions to this theory of slavery on both sides, and in the middle. I knew of blacks who we... ...ison, of the most select kinds and quality, roll bounteously to this grand consumer. The teeming riches of the Chesapeake bay, its rock, perch, drums,... ... made glad the heart of a dozen slaves. Horses and hounds are not the only consumers of the slave’s toil. There was practiced, at the Lloyd’s, a hospi... ...no matter how coarse the food, only let there be enough of it. This is the theory, and— in the part of Maryland I came from—the general practice accor... ...in the part of Maryland I came from—the general practice accords with this theory. Lloyd’s plantation was an excep- tion, as was, also, the house of M... ...ood, and the bad slave must be whipped, to be made good. Such was Weeden’s theory, and such was his prac- tice. The back of his slave-woman will, in t... ...could do this and be good, I could not tell. I was not satisfied with this theory, which made God re- sponsible for slavery, for it pained me greatly,...

...icut Avenue do the same at what is generally called President’s Square. In theory, or on paper, this seems to be a clear and intelligible arrangement;... ...dly out of the doctor’s hands while I was there, and he did not support my theory as to the goodness of the air. “It is poisoned by the soldiers,” he ... ...th America V ol. 2 created no special hardship on the South. By any such a theory of complaint all sections of all nations have ground of complaint ag... ...ers of beer in En- gland should secede because they pay a tax, whereas the consumers of paper pay none. The navigation laws of the States are no doubt... ...of a people who to be great must be united in fact as well as in name. The theory of the most demo- cratic among the Americans of that day was in favo... ...romise and had not utterly disgraced itself. To many in America the French theory of democracy not unnaturally endeared itself and foremost among thes... ...uch more in reading. As pro- ducers they are more than respectable, but as consumers they are the most conspicuous people on the earth. It is impossib... ...of this advantage the Americans have not been slow to avail themselves. As consumers of literature they are certainly the most conspicuous people on t...

...dentically similar things, but these are things not of expe- rience but of theory, and there is not a phenomenon in chem- istry that is not equally we... ...It is now understood that conceivably only in the subjective world, and in theory and the imagination, do we deal with identically similar units, and ... ...estion rather to express a detachment than a view. For me as a person this theory of predestination has no prac- tical value. At the utmost it is an i... ...redestination has no prac- tical value. At the utmost it is an interesting theory like the theory that there is a fourth dimension. There may be a fou... ...he future— so far as I am concerned. Y ou others are equally free. On that theory I find my life will work, and on a theory of mechani- cal predestina... ...d vigorous people. The false aristocrat is a figure of pride and claims, a consumer followed by dupes. He is proudly secretive, pretending to aims bey...

... coffee. To be sure, they do “gloat” over their coffee in a sense unknown to consumers of liquid chicory and health beverages: they “gloat,” in fact, ... ...re generally untested propositions. The French tendency is to test every new theory, religious, artistic or scientific, in the light of wide knowledge ...

...nt, “Be careful!” “You will be my tributaries,” said David, “and all other consumers of papers besides.” “Then what are you investigating?” asked the ... ...rld—it was ‘a touch of her father,’ he said, and with that he unfolded his theory of inherited weaknesses. He told us how such and such a family would... ...hought of so many cases in point in ten minutes that I was struck with the theory. The amount of truth in it fur- nished all sorts of wild paradoxes, ... ...her, you frighten me,” said Lucien; “this seems to me to be a highwayman’s theory.” “ And you are right,” said the canon, “but it is no invention of m... ...g. Practical 168 Eve and David wisdom spoke in matter-of-fact language to theory, whose word is always for the future. “Devil fetch me, if I’ll sign ...

...of all kinds. Our competitors in the markets are our own farmers, who meet consumers in the wine-shops and determine prices by selling first. I should... ...thought, let me confide to you a woman’s ethics. To explain society on the theory of individual happiness adroitly won at the cost of the greater numb... ... occupied. Dear child of my heart, if you share my horror at this criminal theory of the world, society will present to your mind, as it does to all s... ...iety will present to your mind, as it does to all sane minds, the opposite theory of duty. Yes, you will see that man owes himself to man in a thousan... ...in smothering it, in sacrificing herself to her husband and children. This theory is not applicable to me who unfortunately show an example to the con...

...educed it to two, one of which was despotic in her gov- ernment, so far as theory was concerned at least; possibly, at times, a little so in practice.... ...is the same thing, their luxuries, have two sets of victims to plunder—the consumer, and the real pro- ducer, or the operative. This is true where men...

...ions on the Source of the Hampstead Ponds, with some Observations on the Theory of Tittlebats;” and that this Association does hereby return its war... ... the mighty ponds of Hampstead, and agitated the scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats, as calm and unmoved as the deep waters of the one on ... ...e the most of it—he had felt some pride when he presented his Tittlebatian Theory to the world; it might be celebrated or it might not. (A cry of “It ... ...Now general benevolence was one of the leading features of the Pickwickian theory, and no one was more remarkable for the zealous manner in which he o... ...nce bore testimony to the excellence of the fare, and the appetites of its consumers. ‘Now, about Manor Farm,’ said Mr. Pickwick. ‘How shall we go?’ ‘... ... of the latter was the strange delusion, founded upon a well known medical theory, strongly contended for by some, and as strongly contested by others...

...neyards, sources of fortune to their owners and of satisfaction to distant consumers; and as you look over to the hills beyond the Garonne you see the... ...ined, that in the Middle Ages every one did go mad,—every one was mad. The theory that this was a period of general insanity is not altogether indefen...

...ties; the peculiar pungency of the manure he got, in pursuit of a chemical theory of his own, has scarred my olfactory memories for a lifetime. The in... ...the principles of Socialism pretty thoroughly, and we got up the Darwinian theory with the help of Britten’s medical-stu- dent brother and the galleri... ...ck’s Pi.” And I never disillusioned her by any subsequent levity from this theory of my innate and virginal piety. 6 6 6 6 6 It was against this harsh... ...of schemes of action when we returned to London, with the development of a theory of Margaret. Our marriage had done this much at least, that it had f... ...the financial adventurers of the Empire in one vast conspiracy against the consumer. The cant of Imperialism was easy to learn and use; it was speedil... ...sing as my informant. She affected a cynical coarseness. She devel- oped a theory on the governance of England, beautifully frank and simple. “Give ‘u...

... creations of ancient art, the works of which were once as personal to the consumer as to the artisan. Nowadays we have products, we no longer have wo... ...verything it pleased her to read. She thus obtained a knowledge of life in theory, and had no innocence of mind, though virgin personally. Her intelle... ... distortion of an abnor- mal soul. Do not cold analysis and matter-of-fact theory point to passions in such a woman? Does she judge, and not feel? Or,... ...uld falsify it. Calyste will do with me what he pleases. According to your theory, the more I am a woman the more I make myself his toy; for I am, and... ... Guenic had a son, and committed the mistake of nursing it herself, on the theory of most women in such cases. How is it pos- 211 Beatrix sible, they... ...tch the four periods of this happiness. It is neces- sary to show that the theory of marriage in the thirteenth arrondissement affects in like manner ...

... creeping back again, her voice just one half-note too high—”that dreadful theory of yours that machinery is beau- tiful, and everything else in the w... ...the world ugly. I thought he would not spare you, Mr. Raut. It’s his great theory, his one discovery in art.” “I am slow to make discoveries,” said Ho... ... I have had little opportunity of calling to see him. But the whole of his theory seems fantastic to me. The facts concerning Davidson stand on an alt... ... declarations of the facts of the case merely 109 H.G . Wells confirm the theory that my insanity is the outcome of over- much brooding upon psycholo... ...ove them hither; but, for my own part, I prefer to believe the alternative theory of Hemsley. Hemsley holds that a pack or shoal of these creatures ma... ...ative into a form that will give it a chance of being read by the ordinary consumer of fiction. My own ideas in the matter are practically identical w...

...hich are utterly contrary to our principles. Instead of being a sophist in theory, you will be a sophist in prac- tice.” “Ah! I am afraid of that,” sa... ...dmirable debates in your own mind, Lucien, and take up a lofty position in theory, and end by blameworthy actions. You will never be at one with yours... ... indeed, they lived with incred- ible insolence—unabashed and unproductive consumers, and yet more intrepid drinkers. These spendthrifts mingled the r... ...ously hard. But by this time Lucien had adopted the “free-livers” pleasant theory of debts. Debts are becoming to a young man, but after the age of fi...

...oley’s first delight, and he had the advantage of hints from Gibson on the theory of his admiration, such as suited his love of analysis. He poured fo... ...money, but then it is one of the best uses to which I can apply it; for my theory is, that help and assistance is wanted in this way, and I would wish... ...do for the good of the needy. ‘I don’t know how this might be said to be a theory tend- ing to revolutionise society; but I think I do know that there... ...Jowett’s and Stanley’s! Jowett actually avows a return to the old exploded theory of the inaccurate use of language in the Greek Testament. This must ... ...st, and no railroads and no daily posts; and, above all, no visitors, mere consumers of time, mere idlers and producers of idleness. So, without any p... ...eal with the native races, but the worst is that when you come to work the theory, the native race will never be found what it ought to be for properl...

...ade serves to show the utility of democracy; he is at 189 Balzac once its theory and its practice, its alpha and its omega, in short, its “summum.” P... ...n Burgundy. The ex-monk ate and drank like Louis XIV. (one of the greatest consumers of food and drink ever known), which reveals the costs of a life ...

...ined, yet as my mind acquitted me of having taken delight in aught but the theory of field- sports, I did not think myself called upon stubbornly to a... ...rved, drew decay and death from what afforded savour and sustenance to the consumer of the other moiety.’ He then plunged boldly into the mare mag- nu... ...divitiis juventutem luxuria atque avaritia cum superbili invasere: rapere, consumere; sua parvi pendere, aliena cupere; pudore m, amicitiam, pudicitia...

...estroyer of forests shall shake his red crest against them. He, the bright consumer of palaces, Broad waves he his blazing banner, Red, wide and dusky... ...ication, I was strongly impressed with the desire of tracing out a sort of theory on the subject, which, from some recent acquaintance with the archit...

... Thorstein Veblen A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen is a publication of the Pen... ... document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...ylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Veblen The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen Chapter O Chapter O Chapter... ...The oc- cupations of the class are correspondingly diversified; but 4 The Theory of the Leisure Class they have the common economic characteristic of... ...ake account of. Such con- sumption may of course be conceived to serve the consumer’s physical wants — his physical comfort — or his so-called higher ... ...he way of dwellings, furniture, bric- a-brac, wardrobe and meals, that the consumers of these things cannot make way with them in the required manner ... ...xuries, in the true sense, is a consumption directed to the comfort of the consumer himself, and is, therefore, a mark of the master. Any such consump... ... attached to their persons a more or less comprehensive group of vicarious consumer in the persons of their wives and chil- dren, their servants, reta... ...or uniform. With the disappearance of servitude, the number of vi- carious consumers attached to any one gentleman tends, on the whole, to decrease. T...

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...cial Science. In the two works taken together we have their author’s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activi... ... the other with that of the State, nor once more that the one gives us the theory of human conduct, while the other discusses its ap- plication in pra... ...e us what goodness or virtue is, and how it is to be reached, remains mere theory or talk. By itself it does not enable us to become, or to help other... ...e and circumstances and attainable by his efforts. There is in Aristotle’s theory of human conduct no trace of Plato’s “other worldliness”, he brings ... ...ics The result is a Moral Philosophy set against a background of Political Theory and general Philosophy. The most characteristic features of this Mor... ...rrespondence in point of quantity and quality between the producer and the consumer. For, we must remember, no dealing arises between two of the same ...

...lace the ?philosophy of human affairs;? but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author?s whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The two parts of this treatise are mutually complementary, but in a literary sense each is inde...

...ne of the Essay. A prejudice appears to exist in many quarters against the theory in question, on the supposition of its being opposed to one of the m... ... the national capital to replace itself with a profit. The futility of the theory implied in these and similar phrases, was an obvious consequence fro... ...each other will adjust itself to the inclinations and circumstances of the consumers on both sides, in such manner that the quantities required by eac... ...ficient to pay for one an- other. As the inclinations and circumstances of consumers cannot be reduced to any rule, so neither can the propor- tions i... ...n; and still more, any thing which has fallen. They there- fore benefit as consumers of cloth, not merely to the extent to which cloth has fallen, but... ...ceived into our treasury has come indirectly out of the pockets of our own consumers of linen, who pay a higher price for that imported commodity, in ... ...e to pay the increased money value of the imports; and although the German consumers have now not only cloth at the old price, but likewise increased ... ...ces exports, operates upon the prices of imports. According to the ancient theory of the balance of trade, and to the asso- ciations of the generality... ...ary resources employed in their construction would, according to the above theory, be considered pro- ductive, if every occupier of land were compelle...

...phy” (1847). They, like him, tend to base their arguments upon a Ricardian theory of value, but they have not his scope or erudition or scientific bre... ...he Communists is the conquests of political power by the proletariat. “The theory of the Com- munists may be summed up in the single sentence: Aboliti... ...and substance to the theses of the Communist Manifesto. It contributed the theory of surplus value, which professed to explain the actual mechanism of... ...rine is very complicated and is scarcely tenable as a contribution to pure theory. It is rather to be viewed as a translation into ab- stract terms of... ...ssentially for the point of view of the producer as opposed to that of the consumer; it is concerned with reforming actual work, and the organization ... ...nal equally representing the whole body of producers and the whole body of consumers. This Joint Committee would be the ultimate sovereign body , the ... ... ists regard the State as consisting of the community in their capacity as consumers, while the Guilds will represent them in their capacity as produc... ...t and the Guild Congress for decid- ing matters involving the interests of consumers and produc- ers alike. The view of the Guild Socialists is that S... ...he Guild Socialists is that State Social- ism takes account of men only as consumers, while Syndical- ism takes account of them only as producers. “Th...

...nesses stated the price of the choice pieces of the best beef to be to the consumer 4d. and 4½d. the pound; and the coarse pieces in general to be fro... ...rs cannot be much affected by such regulations, though their inter- est as consumers may, by the rise in the price of provisions. It would be quite ot... ...is case be very deeply affected by such regulations, and their interest as consumers very little. The fall in the price of the wool and the hide would... ...hes, house- hold furniture, etc. which have been purchased by their proper consumers, but which are not yet entirely consumed. The whole stock of mere... ...f which all the other three are circulated and distributed to their proper consumers. Secondly, of the stock of provisions which are in the possession... ...n of the metaphysical arguments by which they support their very ingenious theory, it will sufficiently appear, from the follow- ing review, what are ...

...ing the weight in their practical judgment, which is always allowed to it in theory; for while every one well knows him self to be fallible, few thin... ... intoler ance, sufficiently remarkable not to be passed with out notice. A theory which maintains that truth may justifi ably be persecuted because... ...ard should be to be dealt with as the vilest of criminals, is not, upon this theory, a de plorable error and misfortune, for which humanity should mo... ...dergoing it is the being clearly proved not to deserve it. The rule, and the theory it im plies, are hardly less insulting to believers than to infid... ...is always some other explanation possible of the same facts; some geocentric theory instead of he liocentric, some phlogiston instead of oxygen; and ... ...plained of is not on the liberty of the seller, but on that of the buyer and consumer; since the State might just as well forbid him to drink wine, as... ...y of the State to consider, in the imposition of taxes, what commodities the consumers can best spare; and a fortiori, to select in preference those o...

...st be paid by the inhab- itants of the two other States in the capacity of consumers of what we import. New York would neither be willing nor able to ... ...n to the general authority of the union, it would still be, in fact and in theory, an association of states, or a confederacy. The proposed Constituti... ...ll be led to conclude, that they are the novel refinements of an erroneous theory. Publius. 41 The Federalist Papers FEDERALIST No. 10 The Same Subje... ...di- vidual citizens of America. The consequence of this is, that though in theory their resolutions concerning those objects are laws, constitutionall... ...ath, and to inflict vengeance on sacrilegious despoilers of the temple. In theory, and upon paper, this apparatus of powers seems amply sufficient for... ... who is often obliged to pay them himself without any retribution from the consumer. When the demand is equal to the quantity of goods at market, the ... ...eeping prices down in order to a more expeditious sale. The maxim that the consumer is the payer, is so much 148 The Federalist Papers oftener true t... ...ing State, whose citizens pay their proportion of them in the character of consumers. In this view they are productive of inequality among the States;... ... sole field of labor, the importation of manufactures must increase as the consumers multiply. As soon as domestic manufac- tures are begun by the han...

...y are full of stories about each other’s blunders and errors, and that the theory of their omniscience and omnipotence no more holds good among themse... ...d before 1860, who were usually contemptuous of or indifferent to the germ theory and bacteriological therapeutics; but now that these veterans have m... ...alin nourishes the tubercle bacillus handsomely and kills men. The popular theory of disease is the common medical theory: namely, that every disease ... ... frequently was, in per- sons who were not suffering from the disease, the theory was saved by simply calling the bacillus an impostor, or pseudobacil... ... is a right that is as yet very imperfectly recognized in practice. But in theory it is admitted that an adult person in pursuit of knowledge must not... ... on our butchers supplying us with white veal, and were large and constant consumers of pate de foie gras; both comestibles being obtained by revoltin...

... says that she has made an excellent bargain.’ Here Rastignac unfolded his theory of marriage, which to his way of thinking is a business arrangement,... ... of difference between attracting cus- tom and forcing your goods upon the consumer. It may hap- pen, it is sure to happen, it often happens, that a s... ... affair, its causes and effects, and I proceed in my turn to illustrate my theory with an anecdote:—There was once a woolen weaver, an ambitious man, ... ...r influences. The great Arago is much to blame for giving us no scientific theory to ac- count for this important phenomenon. The only outcome of all ...

...m his personal fortune was in fact not true. The officials developed a new theory: al Qaeda was getting its money else- where, and the United States n... ...able to build and conceal sophisticated explosive devices in lug- gage and consumer products. 29 Tenet told us that in his world “the system was blink... ... to the United States to attend civil aviation schools.The agent based his theory on the “inordinate number of individuals of investigative inter- est... ...ssibility of a suicide hijacking would have been just one more speculative theory among many, hard to spot since the volume of warnings of “al Qaeda t... ...earch these identities. It saw itself as an agency to support intelligence consumers, such as CIA.The NSA tried to respond energetically to any reques... ...overseeing the NCTC, the National Intelligence Director should support the consumers of national intelligence—the president and policymak- ing adviser...

...t and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish c... ...e head and neck are enlarged, the trunk and extremities are cut short. The theory of the mechanic forces is another example. What we gain in power is ... ... he should be able to give account of his faith and expound to another the theory of his self-union and free- dom. This requires rare gifts. Yet witho... ...movableness was willingness and self-annihilation. Could Shakspeare give a theory of Shakspeare? Could ever a man of prodigious mathematical genius co... ...ization. Does the fact look crass and material, threatening to degrade thy theory of spirit? Resist it not; it goes to refine and raise thy theory of ... ...regions are visited, find their way into countries where the purchaser and consumer can hardly be ranked in one race with these cannibals and man-stea...

...t, as a fact, we drink as much as they did; but, nevertheless, that is our theory. I confess, however, that I like wine. It is very wicked, but it see... ...e both an increase of price to the producer and a decrease of price to the consumer. It certainly seems that the produce of cereal crops in the valley... ...snake’s slime. If there be two of them they talk loudly together, having a theory that modesty has been put out of court by women’s rights. But, thoug... ... crowded thoroughfare to drag it along unmo- lested. But, according to her theory, she owes the world nothing in return. She is a woman with perhaps a... ...y American gentlemen who have allowed themselves to be drifted into such a theory. They have begun the world as republican citizens, and as such they ... ...ent has or has not paid anything toward the school’s support. I found this theory carried out so far that at the deaf and dumb school, where some of t...

... in less of mortal time. Excepting an inspired Epic song and an origi- nal Theory of the Heavens, almost anything noteworthy may be accomplished while... ...nspection of the Epic books before it awarded him his crown. The celestial Theory likewise would have to 96 Celt and Saxon be worked out to the last ... ..., revering him. So that, whatever we may think in our own hearts, Epic and Theory have to remain the exception. Battles indeed have been fought, but w... ...ue to the character of the numberless hosts he stands for, is manifestly a consumer of doctor’s drugs. And there you have the symbolism of your countr...

...teresting and amusing act of re appropriation; shaking off all shackles of theory, unattended, as was speedily to appear, with hu miliating uncertain... ... hair and crimson and gold in her tea gown for the same reason: it was her theory that nature itself had overdressed her and that her only course was ... ...d and in her tone. She knew nothing of the ancestor, but she had taken his theory from him, gracefully enough, as one of the little presents that make... ... had taken no trouble to indicate it to his fellow citizens, purveyors and consumers, in his own and the circumjacent commonwealths, of comic matter i... ...t visibly turned pale. Her extraordinarily fine eyes, as it was his present theory that he had always thought them, shone at him the more darkly out of... ...nd arrangement that made her personal scheme a success, the proved private theory that materials to work with had been all she required and that there...

...uths that made the people gro- tesques. The old man had quite an elaborate theory concern-ing the matter. It was his notion that the moment one of the... ...tention. In those days the Standard Oil Company did not deliver oil to the consumer in big wagons and motor trucks as it does now, but delivered inste...

...st idea of giving up her lover. Young as she was, she had her own peculiar theory on that matter, her own code of conduct and honour, from which she d... ...dually, if you will give your thoughts to it, and above all your time, the theory of legislation will sink into your mind, and you will find that ther... ...tered himself, soaking into him gradually,— as his father had desired. The theory of legislation was sinking into his mind. The welfare of the nation ... ...s it to have filled granaries with corn if you cannot get your corn to the consumer? Now Sir Timothy was a great vehicle, but he had not in truth much... ...e of the others. ’ ‘Couldn’t you bear with him till, according to your own theory, he would grow out of his folly?’ said the father. ‘Being a woman,—n... ...e, or bidden to marry this man or that woman. The 250 The Duke’s Children theory of this is plain to us all, and till we have sons or daughters whom ...

...oth cap, a dingy wool colored greatcoat, and cowhide boots. He was a great consumer of meat, usually carrying his dinner to his work a couple of miles... ...y to the last uttered or the forth coming jest. We made many a “bran new” theory of life over a thin dish of gruel, which combined the advan tages o...

...loth cap, a dingy wool colored greatcoat, and cowhide boots. He was a great consumer of meat, usually carrying his dinner to his work a couple of mil... ...ntly to the last uttered or the forth coming jest. We made many a “bran new” theory of life over a thin dish of gruel, which combined the advantages o...

...he conclusion, that there was nothing like money. Not confining himself to theory , or permitting his faculties to rust, even at that early age, in me... ...und the same vices among the poorer class of people who ought to be muffin consumers; and this he attributed to the despair engendered by their being ...

...he conclusion, that there was nothing like money. Not confining himself to theory , or permitting his faculties to rust, even at that early age, in me... ...und the same vices among the poorer class of people who ought to be muffin consumers; and this he attributed to the despair engendered by their being ... ...ng exclusively upon Kate) the good lady had about as much share, either in theory or practice, as any one of the statues of the T welve Apostles which...