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The Suffering of Being Kafka

By: Sam Vaknin

...on Camp Called Home The Miracle of the Kisses Fearful Love My Putrid Lover When You Wake the Morning Narcissism Prague at Dusk In Moist Propinquity Pr... ...t Dusk In Moist Propinquity Prowling Getting Old Sally Ann Selfdream Snowflake Haiku Twinkle Star Synthetic Joy Tableaux (van Gogh) The Author ... ...ttached to it a partitioned table-top confiscated from the greengrocer down the lane. Every morning, forehead wrinkled, my grandfather would fill th... ...een trolley – a tall and stout and handsome man, fair-skinned and sapphire-eyed. "A movie star" – they gasped behind his back. Day in and day out, ... ...o his azure pushcart, day in and day out. She said nothing and he remained mute. They just stared with vacuous eyes, perhaps away, perhaps inside, p... ... in her arthritic palms – they all conspired to deny him his erstwhile memory of her. Each morning, my grandfather woke up to study this ageless im... ...bbed me in the back, for instance, or popped me with a silencered gun, or wasted me with a weapon I never even heard of. What she did say stunned m...

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In the Eye of the Beholder

By: By Sharon E. Cathcart

... he smelled of sandalwood. He lifted the saddle flaps, undid the girth, and started in anger. There was a short nail driven through the saddle flap,... ...st with the beautiful voice teasing my dreams. 11 Chapter 4 I woke the next morning to find another ribbon-wrapped rose on the night stand next to my... ...his tone. “One day, there was a fire in the barn. I still don’t know how it started. Philippe was visiting and we were having tea. I heard the ala... ...ippe was visiting and we were having tea. I heard the alarm bell sound and started up quickly. I saw the smoke, and ran outside toward the barn, b... ...hlessly as he reached for her head collar. At that moment, I struck with my weapon of choice and did not let go until Giraud had breathed his last. ... ...tell you, though, that when he is in this mood he will write his music from morning until night, barely pausing to eat or sleep. You may not see as... ...r 16 From the pages of Erik’s journal: I left her with great reluctance that morning, before sunrise. Yet, we both knew it must be so. I returned... ...losed since no real cause of death could be determined. I had known Erik’s weapon was effective, but had no idea up until then just how skilled he ...

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Edingburgh Picturesque Notes

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...the high parade; and at night after the early winter even-fall, and in the morning before the laggard winter dawn, the wind carries abroad over Edinbu... ...ls the deep archways. And lastly, one night in the springtime – or say one morning rather, at the peep of day – late folk may hear voices of many men ... ...le, sacrifice of their lives, and bade eloquent farewell to sun, moon, and stars, and earthly friendships, or died silent to the roll of drums. Down b... ...in a fit of economy or self- respect; when, in the black hours of a Sunday morning, the whole structure ran together with a hideous uproar and tumbled... ...owded with productions from bygone crimi- nal cases: a grim lumber: lethal weapons, poisoned organs in a jar, a door with a shot-hole through the pane... ...ies’ fingers; and a few miles round Fife Ness is the fatal Inchcape, now a star of guidance; and the lee shore to the east of the Inchcape, is that Fo... ...e clear, dark, moonless night, with a ring of frost in the air, and only a star or two set sparsedly in the vault of heaven; and you will find a sight...

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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ring pilgrims, can be little else than to be converted into Normans before morning, to thy no small ease and comfort.” “The swine turned Normans to my... ...irdle he wore a long and double-edged dagger, which was the only offensive weapon about his person. He rode, not a mule, like his companion, but a str... ... darts or javelins, about four feet in length, having sharp steel heads, a weapon much in use among the Saracens, and of which the memory is yet prese... ...ich served him, when he walked abroad, for the purposes of a staff or of a weapon, as chance might require. Several domestics, whose dress held variou... ...s. I shall hear, I guess, that my property has been swept off to save from starving the hungry banditti, whom they cannot support but by theft and rob... ... if we were born with but half our wits. But I will be avenged,” he added, starting from his char in impatience at the supposed injury, and catching h... ...ir master’s looks. But when Rowena spoke, the sound of her voice seemed to startle him from his silence. “Lady,” said Cedric, “this beseems not; were ... ...es in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew, to seize upon him when at a conven... ...at thou art strangely courteous and most unwontedly pi- ous on this summer morning? I would I were a black Prior or a barefoot Palmer, to avail myself...

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Ten Years Later

By: Alexandre Dumas

...ty university. 3 Dumas Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V olume I. CHAPTER 1 The Letter. TOWARDS THE MIDDLE of th... ...nd as, since the accession of Mazarin to power, no heads had been cut off, Monsieur’s occupation was gone, and his morale suffered from it. The life o... ...vice for the day was over, laid themselves down very comfortably in the sun upon some stone benches; the grooms disappeared with their horses into the... ... of the table, was watching her companion as she wrote, or rather hesitated to write. Thence the thousand cries, the thousand railleries, the thousand... ...! let us try another sheet of paper, and finish our dispatch off- hand. Good! there is the bell ringing now. By my faith, so much the worse! Madame mu... ...with those more terrific, and almost as sublime, which the Medi- terranean reveals under the keels of its ships in a clear sum- mer day, a gigantic mi... ...llied by the esprit de corps, all the comrades of the conquered man fell upon the conqueror. The latter, with the same coolness of which he had given ... ...- hooked his sword-belt, which he laid close to his poniard; and, without affectation, opening his doublet as if to look for his handkerchief, showed ... ...e in your tent.” “I would willingly offer you mine,” said Monk, “but the blade is too thin for such work.” Athos appeared to look around him for a thi...

...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without produ...

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The Iliad of Homer Done into English Prose

By: Andrew Lang

...e the ship’s hawsers; and when rosy fin gered Dawn appeared, the child of morning, then set they sail for the wide camp of the Achaians; and Apollo t... ...ding death. And even as a man that hath seen a serpent in a mountain glade starteth backward and trembling seizeth his feet beneath him, and he retrea... ...thee of free will, yet with soul unwilling. For all cities beneath sun and starry heaven that are the dwelling of mortal men, holy Ilios was most hono... ...he darted down. Even as the son of Kronos the crooked counsellor sendeth a star, a por tent for mariners or a wide host of men, bright shining, and t... ... quest of Tydeides, eagerly. Now Tydeides had made onslaught with pitiless weapon on Kypris [Aphrodite], knowing how she was a coward goddess and none... ...hracian men. Now they were slumbering, fordone with toil, but their goodly weapons lay by them on the ground, all orderly, in three rows, and by each ... ...t forth thy great strength; it doth not behove thee to stand idle with thy weapons: nay, loose the horses; or do thou slay the men, and of the horses ... ...ns, and the glitter of bronze, and the slay ers and the slain. So long as morning was, and the sacred day still waxed, so long did the shafts of both... ...to the mellay of war until thou see me with thine eyes come hither. In the morning will I return, at the coming up of the sun, bearing fair armour fro...

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Dead Souls

By: D. J. Hogarth

... number of bureaucratic types which proved useful later. He quite suddenly started for America with money given to him by his mother for another purpo... ... a cobblestone or a brick, fell to snor- ing; whereafter, returning with a start to consciousness, he ordered himself to be conducted to his room, flu... ...as at least up to the usual standard of our provincial capitals. Where the staring yellow of stone edifices did not greet his eye he found himself con... ...y one sat down to whist, and re- mained so seated until two o’clock in the morning. On this occasion Chichikov made the acquaintance of, among others,... ...he coachman received orders to have the horses harnessed in good time next morning; while Petrushka received orders to remain be- hind, for the purpos... ...uld merely frown when his nose caught this smell amid the freshness of the morning, and exclaim with a toss of his head: “The devil only knows what is... ...o easily. Every one of them had made up her mind to use upon him her every weapon, and to exhibit whatsoever might chance to constitute her best point... ...with him!” “Nevertheless, it is not as you suppose. Think, now! Armed with weapons from head to foot, he called upon this old woman, and said: ‘Sell m... ... de- cided to begin his career anew, and once more to arm himself with the weapons of patience and self-denial. The better to effect this, he had, of ...

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The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

By: Thomas de Quincey

...uld he on any account have degraded his position as an artist by wearing a morning gown. In his sec- ond great performance, it was particularly notice... ...he direct course, naturally she got bewildered. The purpose with which she started, had by this time become hopeless. Noth- ing remained for her now b... ... abolition of con- sciousness. The murderer’s plan and rationale of murder started systematically from this infliction of apoplexy, or at 24 The Note... ... ruffian, as this useless butchery of the infant. Naturally, on the Sunday morning that dawned four or five hours later, the case was too full of horr... ...ring, or not transpiring until fifteen minutes after 1 A. M. on a Sun- day morning, would first reach the public ear through the Monday editions of th... ...ets, fast flying Upon the wings of fear:—From his dull madness The starveling waked, and died in joy: the dying, Among the corpses in stark ... ...cquired by the descent from the gallery, there is little doubt that such a weapon would have killed Lord Wellesley on the spot. In default however, of...

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Celt and Saxon

By: George Meredith

...d to explain how that the Jesuits are a religious order exercising worldly weapons. The lack of pre- cise words admonished him of the virtue of silenc... ...ical northern-blue eyes of his host dwelt on him with their full repellent stare. The young Catholic gentleman expected he might hear a frenetic zealo... ...was she absent from her home so long? where was she? How could her name be started? And was it she who was the sinner in her father’s mind? But the id... ...e was able to see that, and some individuality in the look of it, the next morning; and then he remembered the niceness of her manners. He supposed he... ...Patrick ‘would like to hear of the temptation that could keep him from his morning swim.’ Caroline’s needle-thrust was provoked: ‘Would not Arctic wea... ...roken sentence. ‘That house will fall! However, you have lost no time this morning.—Mr. Patrick O’Donnell.’ Mr. Camminy bowed busily somewhere in the ... ... of tea on Mr. Camminy and groaned to see him fill his plate. She tried to start a topic with Patrick. ‘The princess is well, I hope?’ Mr. Camminy ask... ...t we’re all of us hit at last, and 26 Celt and Saxon generally by our own weapon. But she loved Philip: she loved him down to shipwreck and drowning:... ...redly. Love her as well, you had his cordial hand; as wisely, then all his weapons to back you. There were occasions when distinguished officials and ...

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Life of Johnson

By: James Boswell

...onscious absorption, 9 Boswell’s Life of Johnson his sudden surprise, his starting up, his dig- nity, the King’s ease with him, their conversa- tion,... ...n he was a child in petti- coats, and had learnt to read, Mrs. Johnson one morning put the common prayer-book into his hands, pointed to the collect f... ...ree of the boys, of whom Mr. Hector was sometimes one, used to come in the morning as his humble attendants, and carry him to school. One in the middl... ...tor. Boswell: ‘That, Sir, was great fortitude of mind.’ Johnson: ‘No, Sir; stark insensibility.’ He had a love and respect for Jorden, not for his lit... ...t and stiff, and separated behind: and he often had, seemingly, convulsive starts and odd gesticula- tions, which tended to excite at once surprize an... .... ‘He, and another neighbour of mine, one Mr. Samuel Johnson, set out this morning for Lon- don together. Davy Garrick is to be with you early the nex... ... with great uniformity.’ I took upon me, for once, to fight with Goliath’s weapons, and play the sophist.—Garrick did not need a friend, as he got fro...

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Paradise Lost

By: John Milton

...vel pavement: from the arched roof Pendant by suttle Magic many a row Of Starry Lamps and blazing Cressets fed With Naphtha and ASPHALTUS yeilde... ...Summers day; and with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star, 745 On LEMNOS th’ AEGAEAN Ile: thus they relate, Erring; for he ... ...erce extreams, extreams by change more fierce, From Beds of raging Fire to starve in Ice 600 Thir soft Ethereal warmth, and there to pine Immovab... ...ure boon Powrd forth profuse on Hill and Dale and Plaine, Both where the morning Sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierc’t ... ...ctive range, And of thir doings God takes no account. Tomorrow ere fresh Morning streak the East With first approach of light, we must be ris’n,... ...my latest found, Heav’ns last best gift, my ever new delight, Awake, the morning shines, and the fresh field 20 Calls us, we lose the prime, to m... ...evil then so small as easie think The remedie; perhaps more valid Armes, Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us, and wo... ..., 695 And to disorder’d rage let loose the reines, With Mountains as with Weapons arm’d, which makes Wild work in Heav’n, and dangerous to the ma... ... Plagues; they astonisht all resistance lost, All courage; down thir idle weapons drop’d; O’re Shields and Helmes, and helmed heads he rode 840 ...

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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...wered that he should get out at the first station. Thus their conversation started. I was sitting not far from these two travellers, and, as the train... ..., evidently trying to drag them into the conversation. Just then the train started, and the old man, without answering, took off his cap, and crossed ... ...play cards, took advantage of a night of intoxication to drag us THERE. We started. My brother, as innocent as I, fell that night, and I, a mere lad o... ...nets. “Yes, the whole thing is there. Women have made of themselves such a weapon to act upon the senses that a young man, and even an old man, cannot... ...a upon the apartments, upon the sleeping-rooms, upon the bedding, upon the morning-gowns, upon the wrappers, the linen, the costumes! Understand that ... ...became an instrument of struggle. One would have said that we used them as weapons with which to combat each other. Each of us had his favorite. I mad... ... her, and of hatred because of this anxiety. “Toward eleven o’clock in the morning came her sister, her ambassadress. Then began the usual phrases: ‘S... ...his gentleman—his name was Troukhatchevsky—came to my house. It was in the morning. I received him. In former times we had been very familiar. He trie...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...res for cessation of hostilities refused -- Retreating through a hail storm of weapons -- Towers built to provide protection for the retreating Spania... ...fice of Spanish prisoners -- A spectacle that freezes the blood with horror -- Starvation compels a resort to cannibalism -- A prophecy of calamity --... ... Antonio -- Away, across the Pacific -- A long voyage and provisions scarce -- Starvation at last stalks the decks -- A barren island discovered -- La... ... at last stalks the decks -- A barren island discovered -- Land ahead ! -- The starving men at last reach shore and the expedition is saved -- Among t... ...ven fathoms, and immediately ordered the ship put about. It was done, and when morning came the captain discovered the capes in plain view, and had it... ... service. At Ballyvaughn, on the west coast of Ireland, a boat was, one Sunday morning, noticed approaching the shore. The people in it disembarked, p... ... of a large and prosperous nation, Zingis armed his people with bows and other weapons, and began the conquest of other nations. Whenever he captured ... ...the besieged inhabitants, who were unable to comprehend the nature of this new weapon brought against them, that they speedily capitulated. A WONDROUS... ...h and all kinds of impure food, and worship all day what they first see in the morning." The Khan exercised authority over these islands, but he seems...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...until the light brightened into an intrusive force, causing his eyes to open. Startled, he watched with curious astonishment as a purple mist emanat... ...ing white and purple translucent form, which floated above the altar and then started moving toward him. His heart pounded with both fear and excit... ...s of tourists spread out over St. Peter’s Square like a living quilt. The late morning sun broke through a bank of gray clouds, and rays of sun spotl... ... them for a minute. “A couple of them look familiar, but I can’t be sure.” He started to hand the page back. “No, keep it. I want you to find out w... ...n the list. He’s a young Jesuit from Venice. He was part of the Audience this morning. I want you to find him and bring him here, quickly and quietly... ...enator. His picture, conveniently enough, was all over the front pages of the morning papers. He’s the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committ... ...d aimed at the flashes coming from the 266 J.Cross/Artemis muzzle of the weapon, and fired twice. He heard a crashing sound as the body fell ba... ...d to the crude: C-4, dynamite, nitro, or any untraceable explosives, plus any weapons that you may need. My laboratories can produce any form of exp... ... back onto the basement floor, before Soule’ could reload. "Throw down your weapon, now," the bigger of the two men shouted. Soule’ could do not...

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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

... the hoped-for Council of the League of Nations? I am anxious here only to start for discussion the idea of an electoral representation of the nations... ...e fastnesses of aggressive imperialism. Such pa- pers as the Times and the Morning Post remain hostile and obstructive to the expression of internatio... ...naturally enough and reasonably enough that he may as well die fighting as starve. This is a far more vital issue to him than the Belgian issue or Pol... ...r. That is the natural way of a man. But suppose a German wished to try to start a revolution- ary movement in Germany at the present time, have we gi... ...re these pests might harbour in a hundred fiords. Con- sider too what this weapon may be in twenty years’ time in the hands of a country in the positi... ...when I stood for Parliament thirty-two years ago we had no better platform weapon than repeating over and over again in a sen- tence the name of Mr. S...

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes Volume Five

By: Edgar Allan Poe

................................................................. 223 EVENING STAR ......................................................................... ...t the same person be led into a room tastefully furnished, and he would be startled into an exclamation of pleasure and surprise. It is an evil growin... ...pleasantly enough, but for the fearful intelligence which reached us every morning from the populous city. Not a day elapsed which did not bring us ne... ...ously on the table, and looked round upon the company with a half—in- sane stare. They all seemed highly amused at the success of the king’s ‘joke.’ “... ... with affright; and had not the king taken the precau- tion to exclude all weapons from the saloon, his party might soon have expiated their frolic in... .... Mr. Shuttleworthy had set out from Rattleborough very early one Saturday morning, on horseback, with the avowed intention of proceeding to the city ... ...arm among the friends of the missing man; and when it was found, on Sunday morning, that he had not yet made his ap- pearance, the whole borough arose... .... Strike thou home— (baring his bosom.) Here is no let or hindrance to thy weapon— Strike home. I will not fight thee. Pol. Now, s’ Death and Hell! Am...

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The Kalevala the Epic Poem of Finland Translated into English

By: John Martin Crawford

...eir respec tive, sensible forms. All beings were persons. The Sun, Moon, Stars, the Earth, the Air, and the Sea, were to the ancient Finns, living, ... ...spirit of The Kalevala, as a self ruling householder. The god of the Polar star only governs an insignificant spot in the vault of the sky, but on thi... ... the early Finns was most probably the visible sky with its sun, moon, and stars, its aurora lights, its thunders and its lightnings. The heavens them... ... there!’ For the whole night the lake hovered among the stars, and in the morning the reapers beheld it sinking. And from the swan grew a white ship... ...diminutive Cyclops, and offerings of bread and broth are made to him every morning. Putting a mare’s collar on one’s neck and walking nine times aroun... ...nd dreary evening, For the beauty of the day dawn, For the pleasure of the morning, The beginning of the new day. Often I have heard them chanting, Of... ... enchanted arrows, Arrows for the great magician, There to shape them into weapons, Weapons for the skilful archer, Since the mighty oak has fallen, N... ...the end is.” Quickly now he bends his fire bow, On his left knee rests the weapon, With his right foot firmly planted, Thus he strings his bow of envy... ...l Youkahainen Slew my steed with bow and arrow, T ried to slay me with his weapons. On the waters fell I headlong, Plunged beneath the salt sea’s surf...

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Sartor Resartus the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdr Ockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

...ough the darkness, which is around and within, for the light of a stern last morning. Six men are to be hanged on the morrow: comes no hammering from ... ...smoke counterpane!—But I,mein Werther, sit above it all; I am alone with the stars.” We looked in his face to see whether, in the utterance of such ex... ...able; but nowise for her pearl bracelets and Malines laces: in his eyes, the star of a Lord is little less and little more than the broad button of Bi... ...ks too, if it be true, as Teufelsdr¨ ockh main tains, that “within the most starched cravat there passes a windpipe and weasand, and under the thickl... ...cret! Who is there now that can read the five columns of Presentations in his Morning News paper without a shudder? Hypochondriac men, and all men are... ...te but a Whole:— “Well sang the Hebrew Psalmist: ‘If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the Universe, God is there.’ ... ...ed from birth to that warfare, and now stood minded to wage the same, by all weapons, in all places, at all times. In such a cause, any soldier, were ...

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Man and Superman a Comedy and a Philosophy

By: George Bernard Shaw

... as your chaperone; and even the Times must sometimes 4 GB Shaw thank its stars that new plays are not produced every day, since after each such even... ...e our- selves we must just look at her. We do so; and her beauty feeds our starving emotions. Sometimes we grumble ungallantly at the lady because she... ...to sing “Protegga il giusto cielo”: they grasp formidable legal and social weapons, and retaliate. Political parties are wrecked and public careers un... ...e two things are the same) of Woman. He will risk the stake and the cross; starve, when necessary, in a garret all his life; study women and live on t... ...RNARD SHAW WOKING, 1903 ACT I Roebuck Ramsden is in his study, opening the morning let- ters. The study, handsomely and solidly furnished, proclaims t... ...oftily] No, Sir. TANNER. It’s a copy of Whitefield’s will. Ann got it this morning. RAMSDEN. When you say Ann, you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield. T... ... expected to find you still here, Mr Tanner. TANNER. Am I in the way? Good morning, fellow guard- ian [he goes towards the door]. ANN. Stop, Jack. Gra... ...in Man’s industrial machinery but his greed and sloth: his heart is in his weapons. This marvellous force of Life of which you boast is a force of Dea...

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The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany

By: Friedrich Schiller

...e belief? — if from Protes- 25 Friedrich Schiller tants they borrowed the weapons against Prot- estants? — if, in the midst of this clashing of opini... ...ure. The Union was thus verging to its fall, at the moment when the League started to oppose it in the vigour of its strength. Want of supplies disabl... ...any longer keep- ing the field. And yet it was dangerous to lay down their weapons in the sight of an armed enemy. To secure themselves at least on on... ... who might easily have been tempted to employ against his brother the same weapons which the latter had successfully directed against him—namely, an u... ...he event of a defeat, he could always secure a re- treat. Eager to get the start of his competitor, the King of Denmark hastened to take the field. Ap... ...his imperious spirit like a child in leading strings. Seni had read in the stars, that his master’s brilliant career was not 152 The History of the T... ... his sol- diers; every regiment was ordered to form round its chaplain for morning and evening prayers. 159 Friedrich Schiller In all these points th... ...Both citizens and soldiers left their posts upon the ramparts early in the morning, to indulge themselves, after their long toils, with the refreshmen... ...sault, citing the example of Maestricht, which had been taken early in the morning, while the citizens and soldiers were reposing themselves. The atta...

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

... forgetfulness, it has also the power to stir up a subtle emotion while it starts a train of thought—and what greater force can be expected from human... ...e gift of words is no such great matter. A man furnished with a long-range weapon does not become a hunter or a warrior by the mere possession of a fi... ...on by rejection must always present a certain lack of finality, especially startling when contrasted with the usual methods of solution by rewards and... ... to be sensible, unless one thinks viv- idly, unless one thinks correctly, starting from intel- ligible premises to an unsophisticated conclusion. Thi... ...: and with the censor- ship, like a Bravo of old Venice with a more carnal weapon, stabs its victim from behind in the twilight of its upper shelf. Le... ...(Moliere used to do that) from below and give her five acts to judge every morning as a matter of constant practice and still re- main the unquestione... ...n a most private sense, was some- what trying. It was this friend who, one morning at breakfast, informed me of the murder of the Archduke Ferdinand. ... ...orian Gate. It was in the winter months of 1868. At eight o’clock of every morning that God made, sleet or shine, I walked up Florian Street. But of t... ...en heard urging the warrior still panting from the fray to fling his tried weapons on the altar of peace, for they would be needed no more! And such v...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... 5 Meeting Dr. Chan —―Good mornin... ... 7 learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start ... ...y be the same as for mentally healthy people, they just behave anti-socially. We‘ll come back to this kind of behavior later. ―So let‘s start ... ...e go to heaven or hell? Do we experience nearly endless reincarnations? Do we become the revered ancestors of our progeny? Does that afterlife start ... ...es are, and whether we have made our life choices for growth, as Maslow suggested—rather than from fear? What did you do the first thing this mornin... ...reakfast? Did you get up and study? Why? How much time did you spend choosing your clothes and brushing your hair? ―The way you act -- mornin... ...d violence sure sells in films, on TV and in computer games. Have we always been so violent or are the media pushing us that way? Or is it the weapon... ...ith our family and neighbors. But that is not enough today. The Internet, cell phones, television, CNN, a globalized economy, the existence of weapon... ...nald Reagan lied about trading arms for hostages, Lyndon Johnson lied about the Gulf of Tonkin and George W. Bush lied about Saddam Hussein‘s weapon...

...2 4 WAR OR PACIFISM 152 THERE ARE NO ANSWERS 153 THINKING EFFECTIVELY155 HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW? 155 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 159 THEORY AS A START TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY 162 HISTORICAL EVIDENCE 163 EVOLUTION 171 ACCEPTING OUR KNOWLEDGE FROM AUTHORITY 176 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 181 FAITH 182 REASON 184 BUT WE ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL BEINGS 185 THE PROCESS OF REASONING 185 OP...

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Memories and Portraits

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...l, neglected peasant, sunk in matter, insolent, gross and servile, makes a startling contrast with our own long-legged, long-headed, thoughtful, Bible... ...le bubbling back-water of the quadrangle; so that we see there, on a scale startlingly diminished, the flight of time and the succession of men. I loo... ...es of good, flinching accep- tance of evil, shiverings on wet, east-windy, morning jour- neys up to class, infinite yawnings during lecture and un- qu... ...funditur, Lapsis fides revertitur,” as they sang of old in Portugal in the Morning Office. But to him that good hour of cockcrow, and the changes of t... ...d as fell on this young man, and made him cover his eyes from the innocent morning. We all have by our bedsides the box of the Merchant Abudah, thank ... ...in, nor to learn charity and modesty and justice from the sight; but still stared at them externally from the prison windows of my affectation. Once I... ...nding, should hear these young fellows talking of his own subject, his own weapons that he had fought the battle of life with, – “and – h’m – not unde...

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