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... would possibly be better, for a time, to be upon that footing, apart from political considerations. ‘I was very sure my brother would apprehend your ... ... ‘Well, sir !’ he observed, as one whom mental conflict has brought to the philosophy of the case, ‘now, was we to change places, I couldn’t a’ done i... ...ous pow- ers who have to do with us. Apart from its eloquent and consoling philosophy, the pic- ture is pleasant. You see two rows of shoulders resolu... ... On the other side of me sat my pet diplomatist, and I gave him one or two political secrets which astonished him. Of course, my dear, I was wheedled ... ... Shorne, had not her ladyship been so firmly established in her phlegmatic philosophy. She said: ‘Quelle enfantillage! I dare say Rose was at the bott... ...anished from her. Rose, the tameless heroine who had once put her mother’s philosophy in action, was the easiest filly that turbaned matron ever yet d... ...hen that the Countess’s conduct proved a memo- rable refutation of cynical philosophy: she rejoiced in the good fortune of him who had offended her! T...

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...line, I shall be pleased. Yours with respect, A. LINCOLN. 1846 REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT TO Dr. ROBERT BOAL. SPRINGFIELD, January 7, 1846. Dr. ROB... ...rom which I believe the two former banks to have been free. YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEAL- OUSY TO W. H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, July 10, 1848. DEAR WILL... ...ry hero. While I have General Cass in hand, I wish to say a word about his political principles. As a specimen, I take the 83 The Writings of Abraham... ...all must consent and agree, when it was clearly the intention and the true philosophy of our gov- ernment, that in Congress all opinions and principle... ...e desired to say. 99 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, March ... ...st respect- fully ask to be heard. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. W ASHINGTON, March ...

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... because there were so few of them, perhaps because they made little or no political pretension. In those days, besides, you could set up for a poet, ... ... Schmucke was fain to bury his chagrin beneath the flow- ers of his German philosophy; but a week later he grew so yellow that Mme. Cibot exerted her ... ...agnetism, one of the great sciences of antiquity, had its origin in occult philosophy; chemistry is the outcome of alchemy; phrenology and neurology a... ...s yet cannot account. The Catholic Church, the law of the land, and modern philosophy, in agreement for once, combined to prescribe, persecute, and ri... ... the adepts; the result is a lamentable interregnum of a century in occult philosophy. But the uneducated classes, and not a few cultivated people (wo... ..., a Pol- ish Jew, Abramko by name, once involved in a fabulous man- ner in political troubles, from which Elie Magus saved him as a business speculati... ...a wife after the pattern of Socrates’ spouse, and ungifted with the sage’s philosophy, he mingled salt with the corn in the man- gers and forbad the g... ...in the quar- ter; he would carry all the elections—municipal, military, or political. The boulevards seem short if, while you pace afoot, you mount yo... ...or sheep! you were made to 268 Cousin Pons be shorn,’ “ and he hummed the political squib by way of giving vent to his feelings. Then he rang for the...

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...ding and peripatetic reasons, or the author knows nothing of sound and the philosophy of Aristotle. He has on his side the crown of France and the ori... ...ings his Court was the most renowned in the countries of Europe. This fine political aspect was the result of the perfect agreement of the two men who... ...el was poor, was that a reason his under- standing should not be rich? His philosophy amused his cli- ents, to whom he would repeat, by way of thanks,...

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...ame; all he could do was practically to leave it to her, emulating her own philosophy. He had again and again sat up late to discuss those situations ... ...ool upper air of the finer discrimination, the deeper sincerity, the larger philosophy. No mat ter what were the facts invoked and arrayed, it was onl... ...moothly working man, each in his way a lubricated item of the great social political administrative engrenage—claimed most of all Castledean himself, ... ...hetic for the advantage now extracted from it by Fanny Assingham’s bruised philosophy. This good friend’s relation to it was ac tually the revanche, ...

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...rallies broad support in the Arab and Muslim world by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitle... ...he story of eccentric and violent ideas sprouting in the fertile ground of political and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to ... ...c selectively draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses griev- ances against the U... ...a’s leaders said “desires death more than you desire life.” 15 History and Political Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained ... ...l Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained lasting political power. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, fundamentalists... ...”The authors expressed concern that “we have not fundamentally altered our philosophy or our approach” even though the terrorist threat had grown.They... ...were distrib- uted on specific topics.These included Bin Ladin’s political philosophy, his command of a global network, analysis of information from t...

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...t, his smile, the shedding of his rose-leaves, in short by his in- fantile philosophy. He imitates so well the language of our early youth that he lea... ...ure in a tightly buttoned frock-coat, with the air of a diplo- mat seeking political influence, smelling of the musk of aris- tocracy, full of pretens... ...never ceased tooting its one little tune.” Canalis’s ambition was to enter political life, and he made capital of a journey he had taken to Madrid as ... ...ant of a better. Attracted by the fame of Canalis, also by the prospect of political interest, and advised thereto by Madame d’Espard, who acted in th... ... sonorous elocution which is so useful and even necessary an instrument in political life. His cold-bloodedness touched at certain points on rectitude... ...Charles Mignon, addressing Canalis, “that you can even think of becoming a political character?” “It is abdication,” said Modeste, “for a poet; politi...

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...eantime he was drawn into all the dissipations that arise from literary or political life, and he yielded to the temptations incurred by journalists b... ...ete, and without sufficient force to bear up against the rough jostling of political life, the struggles and sufferings of which confer no credit,—a b... ...ke of sacred principles. From the time of his return to the provinces this political manoeuvrer had an intimacy with a young man, overwhelmed with deb... ...icity given by the press to every trial, even the least important, whether political or individual. The system of the Imperial government was that of ... ...ied pair, and the young wife had occasion to know the depraved habits, the political and religious atheism and— shall I say the word?—the infamy of th... ...ay-scholar at the school of Louis-le-Grand, where he is nearly through his philosophy course, and only sixteen, too; that’s something to boast of! but...

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... of life. The lowest savage, no less than his more advanced brother, has a philosophy of the uni- verse by which he solves the world-problem to his ow... ...iety was divided only into two classes of men, the free and unfree, though political power was in the hands of the franklins alone; “godi” and thrall ...

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...ed. “As to the fellow’s escape,” said she, “it gives me no uneasiness; for philosophy and Christianity both preach up forgiveness of injuries. But for... ...hat—Not to be found! Where?” “La! brother,” said Mrs. Western, with true political cold ness, “you are always throwing yourself into such violent p... ...ed home, not highly pleased with his disappointment: which, how ever, the philosophy which he had acquired from Square, and the religion infused into... ...k and sleep, except only Mrs. Western, who was deeply engaged in reading a political pamphlet, and except our heroine, who now softly stole downstairs... ... a moderate heap of plays; and, for the last, an indifferent collection of political journals. To say the truth, I require no more than that a man s... ...imself with the apprehension of a thousand dreadful machinations, and deep political de signs, which he imagined to be at the bottom of the promo ti... ...is no hopes of my recovery. I have somewhere read, that the great use of philosophy is to learn to die. I will not therefore so far disgrace mine, a... ...en till very lately that I could, with truth, call myself so. The pride of Philosophy had intoxicated my reason, and the sublimest of all wisdom appea...

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...n some pas- sages there are indications that he was also occupied with the philosophy of mathematics. I take it he has transferred the whole of his me... ...d bodies. But how such a change may be possible is without the range of my philosophy. I have been a materialist for all my thinking life, but here, s... ...ying that game for years, that big laborious game, that vague, mon- strous political game amidst intrigues and betrayals, speech and agitation. It was... ...as gone out of things recently, and that just at a time—with all these new political developments—when I ought to be working. Odd, isn’t it? But I do ... ... but with something of a tradition of the arts of old Peru and of its lost philosophy. Generation followed generation. They forgot many things; they d... ...eir instruction. And the eldest of the blind men explained to him life and philosophy and re- ligion, how that the world (meaning their valley) had be...

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...spoiling uncle you will be! But now, having heard you reason yourself into philosophy, I’ll leave you to write. We were so anxious, that I could not h... ... colour, but appearing quite well, in better spirits, and very eager about political affairs. All would have been right that summer, but that, as Phil...

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... at least, not opposing attitude– or, shortly, to a man who is of Christ’s philosophy– every such saying should come home with a thrill of joy and cor... ...s and through a great sea of tedium, steers this mortal bark. There may be political wisdom in such a view; but I am persuaded there can spring no gre... ...as continually move, but not by measurable marches on a stable course; the political soil itself steals forth by imperceptible degrees, like a travell... ...eptible degrees, like a travelling glacier, carrying on its bosom not only political parties but their flag-posts and cantonments; so that what appear... ... see a peaceable and blindfold evolution, the work of dull men immersed in political tactics and dead to political results. The principal scene of thi... ...e with determined views– roues in speculation– having gauged the vanity of philosophy or learned to shun it as the middle- man of heresy– a company of... ...nion’ at Cambridge or the ‘Union’ at Oxford. COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER IV–THE PHILOSOPHY OF UMBRELLAS* I T IS WONDERFUL to think what a turn has been giv... ...manufacture of the article. 103 Lay Morals COLLEGE PAPERS CHAPTER V – THE PHILOSOPHY OF NOMENCLATURE ‘How many Caesars and Pompeys, by mere inspirati... ...e died, and become famil- iar with these distant friends. At last, in some political trouble, he is banished to the very place of his dreams. He arriv...

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...ingle with yon springalds and beaux.” “To vaunt a knowledge of the stoical philosophy,” said the youth addressed as Sam, “might elicit a smile of incr... ...entertainer, when he put this question to her, “than are dreamt of in your philosophy:” and, sooth to say, the archer was by this time in such a state... ...caping thence to England, was, under pretence of debt, but in reality from political hatred, imprisoned there also in the Tower of London. He must not... ...ge to the Duke of Bordeaux. They were followed, according to their several political predilections, by the vari- ous Ministers and dignitaries of the ... ...rates wonderful reverses of fortune; it affords the moralist scope for his philosophy; perhaps it gives amusement to the merely idle reader. Nor must ...

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...e a dupe of me, even as he was seeking to make a dupe of himself, wresting philosophy to the needs of his own sorrow. But in the light of this new fac... ...s a contribution to the theory of life. So with the more icy parts of this philosophy of Thoreau’s. He was affecting the Spartan- ism he had not; and ... ... beyond, for which he had found or sought no formula, on which perhaps his philosophy even looked askance, is wanting in my study, as it was wanting i... ... in romance, that has since renewed and vivified history. For art precedes philosophy and even science. People must have noticed things and interested... ...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...

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...ffered in a manner unex pected.* One of the pieces in our newspaper on some political point, which I have now forgotten, gave offense to the Assembly... ...ving his books, which were a pretty col lection of mathematicks and natural philosophy, to come with mine and me to New York, where he propos’d to wa... ...d produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Poli tics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss’d by the company; and once in three months prod... ... much originality as if you had been conducting discus sions in politics or philosophy; and what more worthy of experiments and system (its importanc... ... found useful, and flour ishes to this day; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more The A... ...ation of my improvements and discov eries in the electric branch of natural philosophy. In 1754, war with France being again apprehended, a con gres... ...merica. My plan, with my reasons in sup port of it, is to be found among my political papers that are printed. Being the winter following in Boston, ... ...ted at Paris. The publication offended the Abbe Nollet, preceptor in Natural Philosophy to the royal family, and an able experimenter, who had form’d ... ... old friend Jas. Ralph was still alive; that he was esteem’d one of the best political writers in England; had been employ’d in the dispute between Pr...

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... a bare name be thus influential on the minds and affections of men, and a political aggregation blind them to the nature of facts? The story of the A... ...ent; and soon after the time of which I write, he made a showy speech at a political dinner, was cried up to heaven next day in the Courant, and the d... ...er by words, but by the instancing of whole biographies, epics, systems of philosophy, and epochs of history, in bulk. That which is understood excels... ...oment he transmigrates, dons the required character, and with moon- struck philosophy justifies the act in question. I can fancy nothing to compare wi... ...men than increase of knowl- edge or clarity of thought. The drama, not the philosophy, of life is the sphere of their intellectual activity. Even when...