...he Barbarians, was already powerful and il- lustrious, and the head of the political and commercial world. 4 Massimilla Doni With a few rare exceptio... ...ad dream, and the life of opium held love and bliss, important affairs and political interests. Alas! T o my grief, I see the dawn over my tomb, where... ...entiment hardly exists as yet among you—a nation given up to philosophical theories, to analysis and discus- sion, and always torn by civil disturbanc...

.... The Doctor drew a long breath, he was so much relieved to find a theory (for he loved theories) and to ex- plain away his interest. For all that, he... ... brim. Those who had known the Doctor in bachelor days, when he had aired quite as many theories, but of a different order, at- tributed his present p... ...he brightened and babbled of Paris; he soared into cloudy bombast on the glories of the political arena. All was to be changed; as the day departed, i... ...s ran over with smiles; their eyes scat- tered sparkles, as they projected the Doctor’s political honours and the lady’s drawing-room ovations. ‘But y... ...?’ ‘Only once a week?’ she questioned, threatening him with a finger. ‘I swear it by my political honour,’ cried he. ‘I spoil you,’ she said, and gave...

...face to face with collaterals without a heritage. What are they to do? Our political future is big with the answer. The family of the man who under Lo... ...et was really coming to live in Nemours, they were seized (in spite of the political events which were just then weighing so heavily on Brie and on th... ...ctor’s life either by the bourgeoisie at large or by his heirs. As for his political opinions, he did not meddle in public matters seeing that he paid... ...amous.” Mesmer had disciples and antagonists as ardent for and against his theories as the Piccinists and the Gluckists for theirs. Scientific France ... ...ung girl reached Paris, and the doctor went at once to consult his notary. Political events were then very threaten- ing. Monsieur Bongrand had remark... ... and Monsieur Bongrand, were carried out in perfect secrecy, thanks to the political troubles 131 Balzac of the time. When quiet was again restored t...

...with France or claim to her throne. The magistrates freely discussed their political views; the military part of the company talked unreservedly of Mo... ...ey foresaw for themselves the bright and cheering prospect of a revivified political existence. An old man, decorated with the cross of Saint Louis, n... ...t, I have laid aside even the name of my father, and altogether disown his political principles. He was — nay, probably may still be — a Bonapartist, ... ...I ask is, that Villefort will be firm and inflexible for the future in his political principles. Remember, also, Villefort, that we have pledged ourse... ...ready recorded sentence of death, five or six times, against the movers of political conspiracies, and who can say how many daggers may be ready sharp... ...riosity in the neigh- borhood of the Allees de Meillan, and a multitude of theories were afloat, none of which was anywhere near the truth. But what r... ...eness, a strict fidelity to government principles, a profound contempt for theories and theorists, a deep-seated hatred of ideal- ity, — these were th...

...il List. Eventually, she decided that, though Tarrion was too good for the Political Depart- ment, she had better begin by trying to get him in there.... ...nderfoot, the notion somehow dies away, and most folk come back to simpler theories. Life, in India, is not long enough to waste in prov- ing that the... .... He was just the type that goes there—all head, no physique and a hundred theories. Not a soul was interested in McGoggin’s soul. He might have had t... ...dependent cultivators in the Sub-Mon- tane T racts; and ethnologically and politically the notion was correct. The only drawback was that it was altog... ...hem, and knew that they were “assisting the Empire to grapple with serious political contingencies.” In most big undertak- ings, one or two men do the...

...to the right, and the entire admission of the same to the full privileges, political, religious and social, of manhood, requires power- ful effort on ... ...not only won equality to their white fellow citizens, in civil, religious, political and social rank, but they have also illustrated and adorned our c... ...emove prejudice?’ `Immediately pass laws entitling black men to all civil, political and social privileges,’ was the instant reply— and the questionin... ...r of more books—the reader of more newspapers—was more conversant with the political and social condition of this nation and the world—than nine-tenth... ...at all; nor do I wish to throw the slightest obstruction in the way of any political freedom that any class of persons in this country may desire to o... ... answer, would afford, perhaps, about the same satisfaction as the learned theories which have rained down upon the world, from time to time, as to th...

...n this world was no longer an avenue of exami- nations to a remote Bar and political eminence “in the Lib- eral interest (D.V.)” He had begun to reali... ...ng. Not only his work—his scientific career, but the Debating Society, the political movement, all 82 Love and Mr. Lewisham his work for Humanity…. W... ... and faithfulness,” said Parkson, “suffices for me. If we are to smear our political movements with this sort of stuff …” “Does it work?” interjected ... ...ith an increasing disposition to gossip. At South Kensington he dwelt with theories and ideals as a student should; at the little rooms in Chelsea—the...

...- tertainment to pilgrims. These things, of course, are inci- dents of the political proscription which hangs its thick veil over the place. Chambord ... ...tory,—this luck- less manifesto, I say, appears to give the measure of the political wisdom of the excellent Henry V. It is the most factitious propos... ...ism of France, the revolutions, the barricades, the sinister pas- sion for theories. (I do not, of course, take upon myself to say that the individual... ...that her fiance might marry Anne of Brittany,—an alliance so magnificently political that we almost condone the offence to a sensitive princess. Mar- ...

... was a head to be seen above the level of a crowd, on some judicial bench or political platform, or even on a bronze medal. His forehead was high and ... ...omplished fact, had admitted that North and South were a single, indivisible political organism. Their cousinship—that of Chancellors and Ransoms—was ... ...d him if he wouldn’t like to give the company some account of the social and political condition of the South. He begged to be excused, expressing at ... ...; he had ‘whipped’ him, as he believed, controversially, again and again, at political meetings in blighted Southern towns, during the hor rible peri... ...sh, and that if she chose to sacrifice a beautiful nature to her antediluvian theories and love of power, a vigilant daily press—whose business it was ... ... the result of a considerable intellectual experience, he was, in social and political matters, a reactionary. I suppose he was very conceited, for he... ...ntradiction. With the things she had heard him say about his convictions and theories, his view of life and the great questions of the future, she sho...

...unt for its not happening as a rule. I suppose you know something of these theories—” 32 The Door in the Wall and other stories “Very little—except t... ...ying that game for years, that big laborious game, that vague, mon- strous political game amidst intrigues and betrayals, speech and agitation. It was...

...th suspi- cion. There is nobody to speak for Thomas except people who have theories to work off on him; and nobody under- stands Thomas except Thomas,... ...o, because the theory is stated in beautiful En- glish with all the latest political colour. There be other men who, though uneducated, see visions an... ... pulling at the huqa. ‘He returns to a country now full of educational and political reform, but, as the Pearl says, there are many who remember him. ... ...b, where I found him and enquired of him whether it was really true that a political prisoner had been added to the attractions of the Fort. The Sub-a...

...sion, which has left us little save the option of choosing which theory or theories we will follow. The per- sonality of Shakespere is, perhaps, the o... ...ating to the Spartan Confucius. I will conclude this sketch of the Homeric theories, with an attempt, made by an ingenious friend, to unite them into ... ...n put off with a vile counterfeit got up at second hand. If we compare the theories of Knight, Wolf, Lachmann, and others, we shall feel better satisf... ...t express my fears, that many of our modern Homeric 28 The Iliad of Homer theories will become matter for the surprise and entertain- ment, rather th... ...o, Scaliger, and others. But, after all, the main fault in all the Homeric theories is, that they demand too great a sacrifice of those feelings to wh... ...geniously observed by Grote, vol i p. 463, that “The gods formed a sort of political community of their own which had its hierarchy, its distribution ...

...ing glance at Madame de Villefort and his son. The procureur, who knew the political hatred which had formerly existed between M. Noirtier and the eld... ...ed?” 21 Alexandre Dumas “Ah, ma foi, who is to know?” “Perhaps it is some political difference?” “My father and the Baron d’Epinay lived in the storm... ...ies, and he applied to the realization of these possibilities the terrible theories of The Mountain, — theories that never shrank from any means that ... ... but do not fill or empty mine. Besides, how do I know that this was not a political trick, that the minister enraged at seeing me in the opposition, ... ...haracters only known to himself, the names of all those who, either in his political career, in money matters, at the bar, or in his mysterious love a... ...he was endeavoring to calm his fears, — and instead of dwell- ing upon the political future that had so often been the subject of his ambitious dreams...

...o Hecataeus. For there was an hereditary feud between them, arising out of political differences, and Eumenes had more than once been known to denounc... ...cret practices in the midst of the people, and countermining Pompey in all political matters of most importance. He himself with his army close about ... ...f all Greece. Thirdly, Pompey’s transgressions of right and justice in his political life were occasioned chiefly by his relations with other people, ... ...s, and of Politics, but also something of those more abstruse and profound theories which these philoso- phers, by the very names they gave them, prof... ...s manner of life contrib- uted little by little to create and increase his political influ- ence. His enemies slighted the growth of it at first, pres... ...veral seasons, in just proportions to the whole creation. So it happens in political affairs; if the mo- tions of rulers be constantly opposite and cr...

...ate I learned the true nature of Mrs. Fyne’s feminist doctrine. It was not political, it was not social. It was a knock-me-down doctrine—a practical i... ...ften only partial at that, with saving reserves, softening doubts, veiling theories. Her unconscious- ness of the evil which lives in the secret thoug... ...his faculty of wonder not very great. He’s one of those people who form no theories about facts. Straightforward people seldom do. Neither have they m... ...f on being scientific and practical, and in possession of incontrovertible theories. Powell felt in that way the more because the captain of a ship at...

...the site of the present city of that name, where they found a ‘religious and political despotism, a privileged class descended from the sun, a temple ... ... T wain 163 Wherever you find a man down there who believes in one of these theories you may turn to the next man and frame your talk upon the hypoth... ...isease, sure; but at the same time he will cure you of any other of the five theories that may have previously got into your system. I have had all th... ...e is able to spare from talking about the war; and each of the several chief theories has its host of zealous partisans; but, as I have said, it is no...

...le, of which we have a description, acquainting us with its physi- cal and political condition at that period, as well as with the character of its ba... ... he belonged, like all the great minds of the six- teenth century, to that political sect which sought to im- prove, without destroying, institutions;... ...between Henry of Navarre (afterwards Henry IV.) and the Duke of Guise. His political life is almost a blank; but De Thou as- sures us that Montaigne e... ...see how her own natural inclination has not only reached but surpassed the theories of the wisest philosophers, regarding the duties and laws of the w... ... esteem and affection, these are only due to their virtue. Let us grant to political government to endure them with patience, however unworthy; to con... ...edon, who, being one of the condemned, and a man of most emi- nent virtue, political and military, after having heard the sen- tence, advancing to spe...

...rapture, declaring that here was the refreshing sight of a man unspoilt by political life, which usually ate out the hearts of people. Mary smiled at ... ...uch as shrank from the career set be- fore him. He had seen just enough of political life to destroy any romance of patriotism, and to make him regard... ...hings by Mary’s judgment, wondering whether he should need approval of his theories in Mary’s eyes, craving Mary’s sympathies, following her on her vo... ...n!—they are English, who take the bread out of our mouths.’ ‘If you were a political economist,’ said Louis, gravely, fix- ing his eyes on the shrewd-...

...i- ful daughter of the Marechal de Larges. This marriage, which was purely political in its inception, finally turned into a genuine love match—a plea... ...ot contain himself. One of the objections which had been urged against his theories, was the difficulty of carrying out changes in the midst of a grea... ... also twenty thousand ducats, to be levied upon property con- fiscated for political reasons. Shortly after, Cardinal Arias, Archbishop of Seville, ha... ... openly carried on their traffic in Champagne and Picardy. They had become political in- struments in the hands of others, being secretly encouraged a...

...dical changes in our thought patterns. At the time, researchers believed that theories must be tested against experiments and observations. They als... ...s able to describe several phenomena that could not be explained by preceding theories. The most fa- mous of these was wave-particle duality, showing... ...t years, many scientists have become interested in various religions, new age theories, and mysticism. They are try- ing to find new tools and new wa... ... of the velocity, the stick will remain as it is. Thus, we have two competing theories. Some will say that Newton’s theory is completely false and t... ...ter is that this statement is false. The precise way to decide between the two theories is to say that Newton’s theory is a boundary case of Einstein... ...roblems in every field of contemporary life. In ecology, psychology, social or political science, in every field of science we are faced with the abs... ...U T K A B B A L A H Johannes Reuchlin (1455-1522) Reuchlin, a German humanist, political counselor to the Chan- cellor, a classics scholar and an expe...

...Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton’s and Einstein’s theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the hidden parts of reality which scientists are now discovering. While other sciences research the definable world around us, Kabbal...