...p the mirror to Russian officialdom and the effects it has produced on the national character. The plot of Dead Souls is simple enough, and is said to... ...nstitution, or look for a position in a bank, but he is an immortal inter- national type; we meet him everywhere; he is of all lands and of all times;... ...and of all times; he but takes different forms to suit the requirements of nationality and time.” Again, the work bears an interesting relation to Gog... ...w. Yet he need not have flown into such a passion. More than one respected statesman reveals himself, when confronted with a business matter, to be ju... ... ness. But sheer necessity compelled Chichikov to face these things. Among commissions entrusted to him was that of placing in the hands of the Public... ...and, divides into runlets (all flashing in the sun like fire), plunges, re-united, into the midst of a thicket of elder, birth, and pine, and, lastly,... ...ithout that accomplishment, no one could ever hope to become a Minister or Statesman. Thus, with great difficulty, and also with the help of his uncle... ...r to manage it. And the reason for his conduct—his very strange conduct—he states as follows: ‘I do not know my nephew, and very likely he is a spendt... ...friend and, I might add, a generous benefactor of mine—has charged me with commissions to certain of his relatives. However, though relatives are rela...

...ring, not only from all the provinces of France, but even from all foreign states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not uncommon for Richelieu an... ...Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing another three or fo... ...h of whom he had before had business, and who both knew him again; so they united against him and hanged him on a tree. Then they came and boasted of ... ... they had as yet but partisans; and he, Richelieu—the French minister, the national minister—would be ruined. The king, even while obeying him like a ... ...l, then I shall hope for one of those events which change the destinies of states.” “If your Eminence would quote to me some one of these events in hi... ...Athos, “he whom we send must pos- sess in himself alone the four qualities united.” “But where is such a lackey to be found?” “Not to be found!” cried... ...nds, Lieutenant!” said he; “you are not unlucky in being charged with such commissions, particularly if my Lord has authorized you to look into her be...

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..., THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUB- LIC, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KING- DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND RESOLVED to mark a n... ...; Jorge BRAG de MACEDO, Minister for Finance; HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KING- DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRE- LAND: The Rt. Hon. Doug... ...ner demonstrating consistency and solidarity, relations between the Member States and between their peoples. ARTICLE B The Union shall set itself the ... ... defence;- to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of the nationals of its Member States through the introduction of a citizenship of... ... the protection of the rights and interests of the nationals of its Member States through the introduction of a citizenship of the Union; - to develop... ...cil shall bring together the Heads of State or of Government of the Member States and the President of the Commission. They shall be as- sisted by the... ...ther pro- visions of this Treaty. ARTICLE F 1. The Union shall respect the national identities of its Member States, whose systems of government are f... ...Citizenship of the Union is hereby established. Ev- ery person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the Union. 2. Citizens ... ... take account of the objec- tives they have approved in the context of the United 65 The Maastrict Treaty Nations and other competent international o...

.............................................................. 76 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ................................................... 323 Chapter 2.5.X. Petion-National-Pique. .............................................................. ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States- General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is... ...ncourt, de la Rochefoucault admire the English Constitu- tion, the English National Character; would import what of it they can. Of what is lighter, e... ...east there used to be, some communication with the interior deep; they are national Institutions in virtue of that. Had they even become personal Inst... ...gth, one day, of proposing to convoke a ‘National Assembly.’ “You de- mand States-General?” asked Monseigneur with an air of mi- natory surprise.—”Yes... ...c Oath, of the One- 70 The French Revolution and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new- idea, which, in these coming years, shall ... ...entation,’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...elf aiding from within: the railing gives way; Majesty and Legislative are united in place, unknown Destiny hovering over both. Rattle, and again ratt...

............................................................. 100 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States-General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is ... ...iancourt, de la Rochefoucault admire the English Constitution, the English National Character; would import what of it they can. Of what is lighter, e... ...st there used to be, some communi- cation with the interior deep; they are national Institu- tions in virtue of that. Had they even become personal In... ...ess, en- velop us: are we breaking down, then, into the black hor- rors of national bankruptcy? Great is Bankruptcy: the great bottomless gulf into wh... ...ength, one day, of proposing to convoke a ‘National Assembly.’ “You demand States-Gen- eral?” asked Monseigneur with an air of minatory surprise.— ”Ye... ...Espremenil, a most patriotic Oath, of the One-and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new-idea, which, in these coming years, shall n... ...ntation, ’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...ow also National Deputies from all ends of France are in Paris, with their commissions, what they call pouvoirs, or powers, in their pockets; inquirin...

...on of plays is to be abolished because it may hinder the growth of a great national drama; but the Office of Examiner of Plays shall be continued; and... ...e, like most true stories, it is more amusing than the official story. All commissions of public enquiry are more or less intimidated both by the inte... ...em; and this was a heavy risk to run on the chance of “a great and serious national drama” ensuing on the removal of the Lord Chamberlain’s veto on Mr... ... to the Shakespear Memorial project (now merged in the Shakespear Memorial National The- atre) was obviously marked out for selection; and it was gene... ...es of 1649 to see themselves, as it certainly helped gen- erations of Whig statesmen to see them, in a heroic light; and it unquestionably vindicates... ...popular feeling was excited as to the relations of Austria with the Balkan States. Now if a comedy so remote from political passion as Arms and The Ma... ...ties practically ex- cludes the possibility of its acceptance by a serious statesman or great lawyer, it will be seen that the playwrights are justifi... ...ess and speech are those of pioneers of civilisation in a territory of the United States of America, are seated round the table and on the benches, sh... ...oly Bible if they touched it. I say thats the law; and if you are a proper United States Sheriff and not a low-down lyncher, youll hold up the law and...

... direction of the public minister who presided over that department of the national administra- tion, no person could be admitted to an interview with... ...ughout the year in which the prisoners were al- lowed to celebrate a great national event: and in those days of relaxed prison management the utmost l... ...or two hundred and twenty years. It is enough that she is reported to have united the stately tread of Andalusian women with the innocent voluptuousne... ...; and the French reporter of Catalina’s memoirs dwells upon the theme. She united, he says, the sweetness of the German lady with the energy of the Ar... ...iery child, whose girlish romance, whose patriotic heroism electrified the national imagination. The King of Spain must kiss his faithful daughter, th... ... for reclaiming them, or for chastising their revolt. Both conditions were united obviously in the person of Kien Long, the reigning Emperor of China,... ...of this paper have been translated by the Jesuit missionaries. The Emperor states the whole motives of his conduct and the chief incidents at great le... ...s ogy, when men talk of substances in different stages, or of transitional states, they do not mean that they have watched the same individual stratum... ...at they have watched the same individual stratum or phenomenon, exhibiting states removed from each other by depths of many thousand years; how could ...

..., but full of solemnity and loveliness? How has the belief of a Saint been united in this high and true mind with the clearness of a Sceptic; the devo... ...out the Fatherland like the call of a warder’s trumpet, till it produced a national courage, founded on the recollection of an illustrious past, which... ...found but scant acceptance at Berlin or Vienna. The princes of the smaller states surrounded them- selves with literature and art. The duke of Brunswi... ... rela- tions, may be presented by you in chronological order, and that the states of life and feeling which afforded the examples that influenced you,... ...erably wide court, sur- rounded by irregular buildings, which were now all united into one dwelling. We usually hastened at once into the gar- 57 Goe... ...his sort naturally made an impression on the boy, and led him into similar states of mind. In fact, he came to the thought that he might immediately a... ...and, because single families could not afford the expense, several of them united to attain their object. Yet the children seldom agreed; the young ma... ...hy endeavors, however, the doors and gates were thrown open to an extended national insipidity, nay,— the dike was dug through by which the great delu... ...at was wanting in the Ger- man poetry, it was a material, and that, too, a national one: there was never a lack of talent. Here we make mention only o...

...F THE GEN- ERAL STOCK OF THE SOCIETY, OR OF THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL ............................................................. ...of men of learn- ing, but upon the public conduct of princes and sovereign states. I have endeavoured, in the fourth book, to explain as fully and dis... ...e sea. The navigation of the Danube is of very little use to the different states of Bavaria, Austria, and Hungary, in comparison of what it would be,... ...ivided into any number of parts, as by fusion those parts can easily be re-united again; a quality which no other equally durable commodities possess,... ...f the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects, have by degrees diminishe... ... increase without it. The increase of revenue and stock is the increase of national wealth. The demand for those who live by wages, therefore, natural... ...ose who live by wages, therefore, naturally increases with the increase of national wealth, and cannot possibly increase without it. It is not the act... ...nerally the same, or very nearly the same, through the greater part of the united king- dom. These, and most other things which are sold by retail, th... ...ouring poor, therefore, can maintain their families in the one part of the united kingdom, they must be in affluence in the other. Oatmeal, indeed, su...

... who surrounded him, and by Austerlitz, and Tilsit, and Erfurt. During the national war he was inactive because he was not needed. But as soon as the ... ... this demand. Knowing that Natasha asked nothing for herself, and gave him commissions for others only when he himself had offered to undertake them, ... ...HIS WIFE entered the drawing room the countess was in one of her customary states in which she needed the mental exertion of playing patience, and so—... ...esults are always simple ones. My whole idea is that if vicious people are united and constitute a power, then honest folk must do the same. Now that’... ...scow, and the Emperor Alexander, helped by the advice of Stein and others, united Europe to arm against the disturber of its peace. All Napoleon’s all... ... Old Guards, re- nounced the throne and went into exile. Then the skillful states- men and diplomatists (especially Talleyrand, who managed to sit dow... ...storians give, from the compilers of memoirs and the histories of separate states to the writers of general histories and the new histories of the cul... ...ere is but one historian to each event. As soon as historians of different nationalities and tendencies begin to describe the same event, the replies ... ...ike money in circulation—paper money and coin. The biographies and special national histories are like paper money. They can be used and can circulate...

...tracts in En- gland; the futile correspondences hinting at great wealth of commissions if one, only one, rather doubtful consignment were passed; the ... ...ner yet no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke... ... no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke an’ ha... ... are no facilities for even the smallest repairs. —Sailing Directions H ER NATIONALITY was British, but you will not find her house-flag in the list o... ...kidars were what they call a Pioneer regiment, and the bag- pipes made the national music of half their men. The native officers held bundles of polo-... ...m for an infinity of mistakes when a man begins to take liberties with his nationality; and I went down expect- ing things. A seven-foot dog-cart and ... ... par- ticulars from ours. And do you always stop trains in this way in the States, Mr. Sargent?” “I should if occasion ever arose; but I’ve never had ... ...d for a constable! lock him up! “ said that man, adjusting his collar; and unitedly they cast him into the lamp-room, and turned the key, while the dr... ...was great jealousy between the first and second de- tachments, but the men united in adoring Cottar, and their way of showing it was by sparing him al...

...and his keys is where I put this thumb; and here at my wrist they keep the national razor in its case— the guillotine locked up.’ The other man spat s... ...The boat was filled with the cocked hats to which Mr Meagles entertained a national objection; and the wearers of those cocked hats landed and came up... ...the difficult art of governing a country, was first distinctly revealed to statesmen. It had been foremost to study that bright revelation and to carr... ...n mechanically, every day, keeping this wonderful, all-sufficient wheel of states- manship, How not to do it, in motion. Because the Circumlo- cution ... ... and a letter of instructions that extinguished him. It was this spirit of national efficiency in the Circumlocu- tion Office that had gradually led t... ...as always voted immaculate by an accommodating majority. Such a nursery of statesmen had the Department become in virtue of a long career of this natu... ...overty; and so dragged at by poverty and the children together, that their united forces had already dragged her face into wrinkles. ‘All such things ... ...t was a leading and a constant subject: for the circumstances of his life, united to those of her own story, presented the little creature to him as t... ...ut self-commendation, a fitness in it. Say things prospered, and they were united. She, the child of the Marshalsea; he, the lock-keeper. There was a ...

...and his keys is where I put this thumb; and here at my wrist they keep the national razor in its case— the guillotine locked up.’ The other man spat s... ...The boat was filled with the cocked hats to which Mr Meagles entertained a national objection; and the wearers of those cocked hats landed and came up... ...the difficult art of governing a country, was first distinctly revealed to statesmen. It had been foremost to study that bright revelation and to carr... ...n mechanically, every day, keeping this wonderful, all-sufficient wheel of states- manship, How not to do it, in motion. Because the Circumlo- cution ... ... and a letter of instructions that extinguished him. It was this spirit of national efficiency in the Circumlocu- tion Office that had gradually led t... ...as always voted immaculate by an accommodating majority. Such a nursery of statesmen had the Department become in virtue of a long career of this natu... ...overty; and so dragged at by poverty and the children together, that their united forces had already dragged her face into wrinkles. ‘All such things ... ...t was a leading and a constant subject: for the circumstances of his life, united to those of her own story, presented the little creature to him as t... ...ut self-commendation, a fitness in it. Say things prospered, and they were united. She, the child of the Marshalsea; he, the lock-keeper. There was a ...

...generally with his regiment, and when visiting them was a good deal at the United Service Club. He had lately married an heiress in a small way, retir... ... cannot help seeing in that unfortunate boy the victim of examinations for commissions. Boys must be subjected to high pressure before they can thorou... ...ile,” said Janet, again ab- sorbing herself in her paper, while the public united in guess- ing the acrostic; and the only objection was raised by the... ... in case I should have occasion to write?” “I shall have no time for doing commissions.” “That was not my meaning,” was the gentle answer; “only if th... ...e.” “Get in, I say,” cried Jock, who was making demonstra- tions with the “national weapon” much as if he would have liked to lay it about their shoul... ...ke her to London to see Janet in her lodgings before the departure for the States. He was at her service, and as they did not mean to sleep in town, t... ...icked and un- feeling to have been dancing, and cried so bitterly that the united efforts of her aunt and brother could not persuade her that what was... ...gnum Bonum wedding-dress that would figure in the papers, and, even in the States, be fabulously splendid. It must come from Paris, and it must be wai... ...ineyard, having been irresistibly drawn by Jock’s telegram to spend in the States an interval of leisure in his work, caused by his appointment as pri...

...ense that, in order to lose as little as possible, they have collected and united what originally were variations—the revisions, in short, of the orig... ...or the field and the belly, arms and victuals. At dinner he despatched his commissions, and by his express edict my Lord Shagrag was appointed to comm... ...raw them to peace but by sharp and fierce wars. Chapter 1.XXXIII. How some statesmen of Picrochole, by hairbrained counsel, put him in extreme danger.... ...turned into his country, he called a parliament, where all the princes and states of his kingdom being assembled, he showed them the humanity which he... ... both on foot and horseback, leaden-sealed writs or letters, to wit, papal commissions commonly called bulls, to stop the boats; for the tailors and s... ...nd binary, the first of the even numbers, as of a male and female knit and united together. In very deed it was the fashion of old in the city of Rome... ...aging of some formidable war, or the notable change and mutation of potent states and kingdoms; but, in conclusion, the world laugheth at the capricio... ...s, warnings, citations, summonings, comparitions, appearances, man- dates, commissions, delegations, instructions, informations, inquests, preparatori... ...gentler en- emies than they were before; but since the denunciation of the national Council of Chesil, whereby they were roughly 602 Gargantua & Pant...

...ow given to the reader. When he had read it he made a memorandum as to the commissions, and then threw himself back in his arm- chair to think over th... ...had an idea that the Gospel was preached with genuine zeal in the Northern States. And at each such outbreak the poor bishop would laugh uneasily, and... ...ank you, I am not tired yet,’ said Clara, not changing the fixed glance of national wrath with which she regarded her wooden Sisera as she held her ha... ...s pocket by Mr Soames, his lordship’s agent, and was so lost, as Mr Soames states—but with an absolute assertion—during a visit which he made to my pa... ...;, of the firm Burton and Bangles, wine merchants, of Hook Court, had been united to Madalina, daughter of the late Sir Confucius Demolines, at the ch...

..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ .............................. 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ....................................................................... ......................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: ... .................. 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: THE FIN... ...afe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might be central alike to all the States. It was presumed, when Washington was founded, that these three adva... ...he only city of the Union that has been in an enemy’s possession since the United States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, a... ...n remained in force; but that con- federation was an acknowledged failure. National great- ness could not be achieved under it, and individual enter- ... ...e the States, at the cost of some fond wishes, agreed to seek together for national power rather than run the risks entailed upon separate existence. ... ...ion claimed by the South for this movement is a misnomer. If any part of a nationality or empire ever rebelled against the government established on b...

................................................................................................................ 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .................................................................... 185 CHAPTER X: THE GOVERNMENT ...................................................................................................................

...overnment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehend... ...nt, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in ... ...nt indications that it will happen in this as in all former cases of great national discussion. A torrent of angry and malignant passions will be let ... ...rivate circles of those who oppose the new Constitution, that the thirteen States are of too great extent for any general system, and that we must of ... ...ead of each the same kind of powers which they are advised to place in one national government. It has until lately been a received and uncontradicted... ...he prosperity of the people of America depended on their continuing firmly united, and the wishes, prayers, and efforts of our best and wisest citizen... ...or safety and happiness in union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States into distinct confederacies or sovereign- ties. However extraordinar... ...at Provi- dence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people—a people descended from the same ances- tors, speaking the sa... ...ormly been one people each individual citizen everywhere enjoying the same national rights, privi- leges, and protection. As a nation we have made pea...

...ter an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empi...

...e meaning, I think, stands out plainly enough, unpal- atable enough to our national pride. This thing from first to last was made abroad. Of all that ... ...ere any reason to suppose that our Navy is going to keep above the general national level in these things? Is the Navy bright? The arrival of M. Bléri... ...people all told. It is difficult to see whence the necessary impetus for a national renascence is to come.... The universities are poor and spiritless... ...rom the Mediterranean. Italian work- men by the hundred thousand go to the United States in the spring and return in the autumn. Again, there is a str... ... Mediterranean. Italian work- men by the hundred thousand go to the United States in the spring and return in the autumn. Again, there is a stream of ... ... Europe. Compared with any European country, the whole popula- tion of the United States is fluid. Equally notable is the enor- mous proportion of the... .... Compared with any European country, the whole popula- tion of the United States is fluid. Equally notable is the enor- mous proportion of the Britis... ...n of the population whose in- terests go beyond the State. Politicians and statesmen, being the last people in the world to notice what is going on in... ...23 H. G . Wells a contented acquiescence in the rivalry of Germany and the United States for the moral, intellectual and material leader- ship of the ...

...ith the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice of not m... ...porter of the Government during the war, and remains a firm believer, that national success by the Democratic party means irretrievable ruin. In June,... ...chool, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who, I believe, never attended any... ...ation my father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I ... ...y father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe... ...uld not write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at ... ... write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at West Po... ...afforded, it would not have voted for Jefferson Davis for President of the United 15 U. S. Grant States, over Mr. Lincoln, or any other representativ... ...and Lieutenant George G. Meade, afterwards the commander of the victorious National army at the battle of Gettysburg—made a reconnoissance to the Salt...

...treet indicates possibili- ties in the Oriental imagination of the eminent statesman who stooped to conquer fact through fiction. Thackeray’s attitude... ...e to appease her cravings earlier than she would have had as much from the United Liberal Cabinet, but at a cost both to her and to England. Meanwhile... ..., by common consent; with a disease in the frame, eruptive at intervals, a national disfigurement always a danger, the Ministerial idea of arrest- ing... ...g of Mr. Gladstone’s well-meant Land Bill, to the oc- casional despatch of commissions; and, in fine, we behold through History the Irish malady treat... ...d faith in the active intellect, and that is the thing to be prayed for by statesmen who would register permanent successes. The Irish, it is true, do... ...the ‘quatre pattes’. We consider that we have not lost by his temerity. In states of dubitation under impelling elements, the instinct pointing to cou... ...w the Austrians, that the Neapolitan nobility is as much interested in the national movement as the middle and lower classes of the Kingdom, once so f... ...t spontaneous and hearty reception was given him by the population and the National Guard. He proceeded at once by the shortest way to the headquarter...

...gion on that account—Theory that religion has a sexual origin refuted— All states of mind are neurally conditioned— Their significance must be tested ... ...h. LECTURES XVI AND XVII MYSTICISM Mysticism defined— Four marks of mystic states— They form a distinct region of consciousness— Examples of their low... ...ism— Christian mystics— Their sense of revelation— Tonic effects of mystic states— They describe by nega- tives— Sense of union with the Absolute— Mys... ... the Scottish universities, changing places with Scotsmen lecturing in the United States; I hope that our people may become in all these higher mat- t... ...g that it cometh from the Lord.” And again: “Consider the little infants, united and joined to the breasts of their nursing moth- ers you will see th... ... plea- sure of sucking prompts them. Even so, during its orison, the heart united to its God oftentimes makes attempts at closer union by movements du... ...uncon- sciousness was entirely real. He never spoke depre- catingly of any nationality or class of men, or time in the world’s history, or against any... ... Israel just in proportion as they had learned to look upon Him as no mere national divinity, but as a God of justice who would punish Israel for its ... ...such dangers, but would point to athletics, militarism, and individual and national enterprise and adventure as the remedies. These contemporary ideal...

...answer you all at once?” said Prince Andrew. “Besides, in the actions of a states- man one has to distinguish between his acts as a private person, as... ... up in you, and that in spite of the distance separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart rebels against fate and in spite of ... ...e conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced not only that all the... ... his soul. He firmly believed in the possibility of the brotherhood of men united in the aim of supporting one another in the path of virtue, and that... ...om his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, how close was the bond that united him to Denisov and and the whole regiment. On approaching it, Rostov... ...d Speranski’s famous laugh, and this ringing, high pitched laughter from a statesman made a strange im- pression on him. He entered the dining room. T... ...ans. Besides being advocates of bold action, this section also represented nationalism, which made them still more one-sided in the dispute. They were... ...rred to him: if the answer to the question were contained in his name, his nationality would also be given in the answer. So he wrote Le russe Besuhof... ...ir belongings and prov- ing by that negative action all the depth of their national feeling, then the role chosen by Rostopchin suddenly ap- peared se...

...ew Jersey, Rhode Island or Delaware, one of the smallest and most intimate States: he could n’t remember which, though she insisted too on that. It wa... ...plain of being neglected. Nothing perhaps in truth had done more than this united participation to confirm in the elder parties that sense of a life no... ... her so; and always therefore without Maggie where in fine would he be? She united 132 The Golden Bowl them, brought them together as with the click o... ... meditation to flower in a fashion almost surprising to his wife. They were united for the most part but by his exhausted pa tience; so that indulgent... ...“to the British Museum—which you know I always adore. And I’ve been to the National Gallery and to a dozen old booksellers’, coming across treasures, ... ...was very sure of. They would n’t have them at any price; it had been their national genius and their national success to avoid them at ev ery point. ... ...nturous path. The custodian of one of the richest departments of the great national collection of precious things, he could feel for the sincere priva... ...sententious. “One must always, whether or no, have some imagination of the states of others—of what they may feel deprived of. However,” she added, “K... ... of its adequacy to its office or of its perfect durability. These reminded states for the Princess were in fact states of renewed gaping. So many thin...

....1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47... ... Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...MS 215 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and... ...5 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactic... ... of Effort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table o... ...ort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table of Names... ...ain? To answer these questions, the Congress and the President created the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Public Law... ... the institutions charged with protecting our borders, civil aviation, and national security did not understand how grave this threat could be, and di...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisa...

...s ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organiza...

...vice in home politics was his reform of the postal system; but his fame as a statesman rests chiefly on his services in connec tion with the relation... ...tal Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissioner for the United States. Here he re mained till 1785, the favorite of French socie... ...gress and in 1777 he was dispatched to France as commissioner for the United States. Here he re mained till 1785, the favorite of French society; and... ...o disuse thirty years ago; it is very properly rejected entirely in the United States.”—W. T. F. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 44 them,... ...e thirty years ago; it is very properly rejected entirely in the United States.”—W. T. F. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 44 them, having... ...me with a cargo of flour and bread, etc., to the West Indies, and procure me commissions from others which would be profitable; and, if I manag’d well... ...yet men primarily considered that their own and their country’s interest was united, and did not act from a principle of benevolence. “That fewer stil... ... the government of neighbor ing states, and even on the conduct of our best national allies, which may be attended with the most pernicious con sequ... ...fied for it. He gave me a commission with full powers, and a parcel of blank commissions for officers, to be given to whom I thought fit. I had but li...

...t of these men re-created Scotland, and the second is its most essentially national production. T o treat fitly of Hugo and Villon would involve yet w... ...foreshadowed on the horizon; the fatality of distant events, the stream of national tendency, the salient framework of causation. And all this thrown ... ... done in a play-book: Tom and Molly retire into a practicable wood. As for nationality and public sentiment, it is curious enough to think that T om J... ...emony can do aught to fix the wandering affec- tions, here were two people united for life. Mary came of a superstitious family, so that she perhaps i... ...Whitman’s intense Americanism, his unlimited belief in the future of These States (as, with reverential capitals, he loves to call them), made the war... ...rose and Poetry . . . for the most cogent purposes of those great in- land states, and for T exas, and California, and Oregon;” – a statement which is... ...ons they held through the prison wall, and dear was the sympathy that soon united them. It fell first to the lot of Kusakabe to pass before the judges... ...of a duke in his verses than in his absurd and inconsequential career as a statesman; and how he shows himself a duke is precisely by the absence of a... .... More of her I do not find, save testimony to the profound affection that united her to the Reformer. So we find him writing to her from Geneva, in s...