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... Macauley, 1833 On New Years Eve 1600, that most esteemed of English monarchs, Queen Elizabeth I, read the document prepared by her merchants and,... ...aps, the French) and a revenue greater than that of Great Britain, govern nearly one fifth of the world’s population? Could they foresee that that s... ...uld influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the greatest Empire the world has ever known? Historians have much to say ... ...shed copper. She was so still, her emerald eyes downcast, when she heard her uncle speak again. ‘I know the death of your father is very distressing... ...cted; Arthur has been suffering for many years from this debilitating disease, which both you and I know robbed him of the quality of life and his w... ... I could imagine him standing at the prow of a dragon ship, wearing the horned helmet of a Viking war lord. It must be his giant frame, that blond h... ...f the Company’s Nabobs. Helen leaned on the ship’s rail as the vessel docked and she saw another world - India. People of all shades of colour from ... ...ed you THE CURSE OF KALI 219 could forgive me but it seems you are determined to continue this war between us. Well so be it, I will not grovel,’... ...and this time drums and cymbals were added to the bloodcurdling sound of the sepoys’ now familiar war cry, ‘Chalo Bhai; Maro Firinghi Soor!’ Heavy f...

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...lovers; that of two famous Scipios, the one overthrew the Carthaginians in war, the other totally ruined and destroyed them; the city of T roy was the... ... giving frequent proofs both of conduct and cour- age in all the following war, he was advanced to places of honor and trust under his general. After ... ...f Cisalpine Gaul, at a very seasonable moment for his country, the Marsian war being on the point of breaking out. Sertorius was ordered to raise sold... ...e colonies of the Olbians and Myceneans placed here by Hercules. Thus much I may mention for the sake of king Juba, of all monarchs the greatest stude... ...alculation, as his occa- sion or necessity required. As to my own opinion, I am per- suaded that pure virtue, established by reason and judgment, can ... ...ly perverted or changed into its opposite, by any misfortune whatever. Yet I think it at the same time possible, that virtuous inclinations and natura... ...reatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes m... ...o were the great conquerors of mankind, and were at that time subduing the world. Sertorius, being already in high esteem for his former ser- vices in... ...aily in- formation concerning his many virtues, and the great es- teem the world had of his temperance, his plain living, and his moderation. When he ...

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... by John Ormsby 1922 edition of Ormsby’s translation. TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE I: ABOUT THIS TRANSLATION It was with considerable reluctance that I abando... ... Quixote,” which has now become a somewhat scarce book. There are some—and I confess myself to be one—for whom Shelton’s racy old version, with all it... ...le credit for his work, indeed it may be said none, for it is known to the world in general as Jarvis’s. It was not published until after his death, a... ... be in every sense of the word impertinent in me to offer an opinion here. I had not even seen it when the present undertaking was proposed to me, and... ...hivalrous Spain had passed away. The new Spain was the mightiest power the world had seen since the Roman Empire and it had not yet been called upon t... ...and blows of the stick, a number which most likely would have deprived the world of “Don Quixote,” had not some persons, who they were we know not, in... ...to the Azores in 1582 and the following year, and on the conclusion of the war returned to Spain in the autumn of 1583, bringing with him the manuscri... ...in his head.” “Hush, friend Sancho,” replied Don Quixote, “the fortunes of war more than any other are liable to frequent fluctuations; and moreover I... ...- with all the sweet and delectable course of his achievements in love and war. Handed down from that time, then, this order of chivalry went on exten...

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...“And the cargo?” inquired the owner, eagerly. “Is all safe, M. Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on that head. But poor Captain Leclere — “ “W... ...worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like ... ... the cargo — “ “Is all safe and sound, M. Morrel, take my word for it; and I advise you not to take 25,000 francs for the profits of the voyage.” Ale... ...The order was executed as promptly as it would have been on board a man-of-war. “Let go — and clue up!” At this last command all the sails were lowere... ...g out of his cabin, who will furnish you with every particular. As for me, I must look after the anchoring, and dress the ship in mourning.” The owner... ...he modern Phocaeans are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said, ... ...are a soldier, and if you remain at the Catalans it is because there is no war; so remain a fisherman, and contented with my friendship, as I cannot g... ...round them. Their intense happiness isolated them from all the rest of the world, and they only spoke in broken words, which are the tokens of a joy s... ...r; it is Fernand — the man whom, after you, Edmond, I love the best in the world. Do you not remember him?” “Yes!” said Dantes, and without relinquish...

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...n some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourteen book series and invites you to read...

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........................................................................ 169 WAR OR PACIFISM .............................................................. ...oint ................................................... 396 QUESTIONS OF WAR .......................................................................... ... --―Good morning Commander. Did you have a restful night?‖ ---―I slept well, Dr. Wang. I‘m still getting used to these earthly beds. When ... ... and you don‘t have to worry about the weight of your body on a mattress. I had trouble sleeping on my bed in California, but these air flotation ma... ...ut these air flotation mattresses at the hotel are like being weightless. I sure would like to bring one back with me.‖ ---―I‘m sure that c... ...human values really fascinates me. The most important discussions in this world are about values of one sort or another. My friends and I once share... ...ety?‖ --―I hate to say it but I do. Being invited to speak around the world and teaching in major universities makes me feel that I am important... ... is ethical; rape is unethical, rape to avenge a social wrong is ethical. War is unethical, but this war is ethical. Abortion is unethical, denying ... ...ution is or is not a valid and reliable explanation of how the biological world developed—how can we get a universal agreement on how to behave? 2...

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... that religious questioning has occupied the minds and hearts of a large share of the population. Religious questioningis now a concern of the entire world, West and East alike. One sign of this is the extraordinary proliferation of new religiouscreeds and organizations. It sometimes feels as if there are as many religious creeds as there are adherents. It is true that the...

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...author, as also are quotations from Plato. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction i What Is Religion? 1 Definitions Of Religion The Spiritual And Material Wo... ...n i What Is Religion? 1 Definitions Of Religion The Spiritual And Material Worlds Religious Belief Systems Versus An Emotional Response To God Religio... ...re of the population. Religious questioning is now a concern of the entire world, West and East alike. One sign of this is the extraordinary prolifera... ...onal festivals and a generalized “Yes,” if asked, “Do you believe in God?” I cannot claim to stand out from the majority of people in this. Like every... ...claim to stand out from the majority of people in this. Like everyone else I have had my own personal experiences which have unquestionably colored my... ...d, as I lay beside a river looking up into the clouds and merging into the world around me, I had rather similar experiences. And many, many years lat... ...d former Yugoslavia. When this chapter was first formulated, nine years of war had just ended between Iraq and Iran which, among other causes, found a... ...cticed amongst the nations that were members of their League despite their war complex that led them into revenge raids and also into depicted between... ...ded to captives taken from tribes outside the League in ever proliferating war parties often undertaken, at least ostensibly, to console and avenge th...

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...opyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictio... ... Pg 287 Freedom and Irresponsibility Pg 288 Ownership Pg 290 Law Pg 291 War Pg 296 Conclusion Chapter Six ‘A’: Civilization The Beginning... ...nd. There is no end and no beginning to anything that is Actually Infinite. I use the term: Actual, to separate my use of the word Infinity from t... ...chanical force: it was an Organic Primal Force. And the Primal Medium, which I call Formlessness, was not a three dimensional substance: it was the... ...tion of light bending around the moon was discovered to be actually true, the world of Science swallowed his completely fallacious explanation for i... ...ts path, not attractive forces. What Einstein and the rest of the Scientific world did not realize was that in order to see any light rays coming f... ...astness of Space, just as there is almost nothing else in the vastness of the world’s oceans except water. Space is Formlessness; just as water is ... ...and attacked and killed by the pack animals that arrived in such numbers that war broke out. It saved them from the chaos of fighting over a kill. ... ...that slit finally reached the surface of Africa to create the Rift Valley. War is created by breaking the peace. When was the first peace broken?...

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... Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedoni... ...Revolution leaping up from his chair as soon as he saw a mob assembling outside. "I must see which way the crowd is headed," he is reputed to have... ...ide. "I must see which way the crowd is headed," he is reputed to have said: "For I am their leader." http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/11/04/n... ...ulgarian comitadjis, Greek andartes, Albanians and Vlachs... all waging a terrorist war" Leon Sciaky in "Farewell to Salonica: Portrait of an Era" ... ... The wily Austro-Hungarians regarded the Serbs as cannon fodder in the attrition war against the Russians and the Turks. In 1885, Bulgaria was at... ...an ever before by the paranoia and the whims of nationalism gone berserk. In this world of self reflecting looking glasses, in this bedlam of geop... ...ation of the rural population, bank robberies, train robberies (which won handsome world media coverage) and kidnapping for ransom (like the kidnap... ...political groups. And, taking everything into account, the IMRO was fighting a just war against an abhorrent enemy. Moreover, to some extent, its ... ...known as, started after the Second Balkan war (1913) and, more so, after the First World War (1918). It was then that disillusionment with Big Powe...

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...tunity university. 3 Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott CHAPTER I Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome, The full-fed swine return... ...te of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of Richard I., when his return from his long captivity had become an event rather wish... ...rom those spo- ken by the southern nations of Europe. This state of things I have thought it necessary to premise for the information of the general r... ...might be apt to forget, that, although no great historical events, such as war or insurrection, mark the existence of the Anglo-Saxons as a separate p... ...ore as little the marks of self-denial, as his habit indicated contempt of worldly splendour. His features might have been called good, had there not ... ...ir of coquettish attraction, savouring but too much of the vanities of the world. This worthy churchman rode upon a well-fed ambling mule, whose furni... ...ke his companion, but a strong hack- ney for the road, to save his gallant war-horse, which a squire led behind, fully accoutred for battle, with a ch... ... a black varnish of soot. On the sides of the apartment hung implements of war and of the chase, and there were at each corner folding doors, which ga... ... ourselves to the lac dulce or the lac acidum either. Conversing with, the world, we use the world’s fashions, and therefore I answer your pledge in t...

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...y university. 3 H. G . Wells IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET BY H. G. WELLS “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years re- turn, The Earth doth li... ...E IN TE IN TE IN THE THE THE THE THE T T T T TO O O O OWER WER WER WER WER I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writin... ... small difference and that, new to me and strange. They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period ... ...mple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country . It might, I thought, be the Happy Future, or Utopia, or the Land of Simple Dreams; an... ...ions, and I read with a sympathetic envy every scrap I could get about the world of literature and the lives of literary people. It is something, even... ...nd partially realize these old and hope- less dreams. But that alone, in a world where so much of vivid and increasing interest presents itself to be ... ...ing to say to me, “Dear, I know it’s hard—but revolt is harder. Don’t make war on it, dear—don’t! Don’t do anything to offend it. I’m sure it will hur... ...ittle gramophone… . It is only on Monday I find, and buried deep below the war news, that these publications contain any intimation that unusual happe... ...der interests. For it seemed that Germany and England were on the brink of war. Of all the monstrous irrational phenomena of the former time, war was ...

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...intelligent minds) by Genoa, La Bochetta, and La Scrivia,—an opinion which I share and which Napoleon adopted,—not to speak of the verjuice with which... ...aginian fleet was moored in the Gulf of Spezzia or the roadstead of Genoa. I could understand these patient researches if there were any doubt as to t... ...uther and Calvin were inaugurating the insurrec- tion of thought.* You and I hold, I think, the same opinion, after having made, each in his own way, ... ...orrecting popular errors endorsed by historians, made and published to the world very remarkable works. Thus Monsieur de Launoy, nicknamed the “Expell... ...s. Thus Monsieur de Launoy, nicknamed the “Expeller of Saints,” made cruel war upon the saints surreptitiously smuggled into the Church. Thus the emul... ...s the generals of armies, become objects of hor- ror or derision? Half the world hesitates between the famous song on Marlborough and the history of E... ...and French troops with fifteen hundred weary and famished men. So much for war. Now let us pass to literature, and see our own Rabelais, a sober man w... ...tude of ideas, and the multitude of men. The royal power succumbed in that war- fare, and we are now assisting, in France, at its last combina- tion w... ...ompted by the same sentiment. At this epoch Venice had the commerce of the world; Rome had its moral govern- ment; Italy still reigned supreme through...

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...ny more than a woman can take the place of a king upon the throne. Perhaps I have never drawn a picture that shows more plainly how essential to Europ... ... high and noble self-devotions will be set forth, that 4 The Two Brothers I may here be allowed to point out the depraving effect of the necessities ... ...ay here be allowed to point out the depraving effect of the necessities of war upon certain minds who venture to act in domestic life as if upon the f... ...mind of our country by the existence of four distinct political sys- tems. I cannot, therefore, place this history under the pro- tection of a more co... ...e ministers who succeeded each other in that office. She put Bridau on the war-path to save her grocer. That incorruptible official—one of the virtuou... ...ife. She shuddered at the risk her children ran of being left alone in the world without means. Quite incapable of understanding Roguin when he explai... ...; he is happier, he is independent, he lives as he likes, he reigns in the world of fancy. Your son has a glorious future before him. Faculties like h... ...d ear- nest a mortal enmity to the Bourbons, never reported himself at the War department, and even refused opportunities which were offered to him fo... ...herself, “Ah! how he loves me!” Alas, the hero loved but one person in the world, and that person 36 The Two Brothers was Colonel Philippe. His misfo...

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...ity. 3 Somerset Maugham The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham Chapter I I CONFESS that when first I made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I n... ...ing out of the ordinary. Y et now few will be found to deny his greatness. I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politic... ...ng thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am willing to excuse a thousand faults. I suppose Velasquez was a better ... ...suppose I should ever have set down my recollections if the hazards of the war had not taken me to Ta- hiti. There, as is notorious, he spent the last... ...ught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success. Now the war has come, bringing with it a new attitude. Y outh has turned to gods we... ...lves that their day is not yet over; they shout with the lustiest, but the war cry sounds 11 Somerset Maugham hollow in their mouth; they are like po... ...xample, thinks of George Crabbe? He was a famous poet in his day , and the world recognised his genius with a unanimity which the greater complexity o... ...e read the verse of these young men who were making so great a stir in the world, and I fancy he found it poor stuff. Of course, much of it was. But t... ...The Moon and Sixpence ethereal Shelley , has already published numbers the world will willingly remember. I cannot tell. I admire their polish — their...

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...nity university. 3 Melville The Confidence-Man By Herman Melville CHAPTER I. A Mute Goes Aboard a Boat on the Mississippi AT SUNRISE on a first of Ap... ...lack Guinea dey calls me, sar.” “And who is your master, Guinea?” “Oh sar, I am der dog widout massa.” “A free dog, eh? Well, on your account, I’m sor... ...dese here legs?” “But where do you live?” “All ‘long shore, sar; dough now I’se going to see brodder at der landing; but chiefly I libs in der city.” ... ...muscular, martial-look- ing man, a Tennessean by birth, who in the Mexican war had been volunteer chaplain to a volunteer rifle-regiment. “Charity is ... ...etter done, church militant!” cried a voice. “The white cravat against the world!” cried another. “Bravo, bravo!” chorused many voices, with like enth... ...ther he be a Great Sage or a Great Simpleton “WELL, THERE is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either, no mor... ...ople dislike few things more than that; which would seem to look as if the world did not relish earnestness; but, not so; because the world, being ear... ...to good works the sum of eleven thousand two hundred millions; which would war- rant the dissolution of the society, as that fund judiciously expended... ...ind, not only in vanities, but miseries. Consider that bloody spendthrift, War. And are mankind so stupid, so wicked, that, upon the demonstra- tion o...

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...ls into Several Remote Gulliver s Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World Nations of the World Nations of the World Nations of the World Nati... ...ations of the World Nations of the World Nations of the World Nations of the World THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER. As given in the original edition. The ... ...though Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his father dwelt, yet I have heard him say his family came from Oxfordshire; to confirm which, ... ...f the following papers in my hands, with the liberty to dis pose of them as I should think fit. I have carefully pe rused them three times. The styl... ...sed them three times. The style is very plain and simple; and the only fault I find is, that the author, after the manner of travellers, is a little t... ...permission, I communicated these papers, I now venture to send them into the world, hop ing they may be, at least for some time, a better enter tain... ...arriage of trees and other great weights. He often builds his largest men of war, whereof some are nine feet long, in the woods where the timber grows... ... tell you, been engaged Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 37 in a most obstinate war for six and thirty moons past. It began upon the following occasion. ... ... assis tance and encouragement from their party here at home, that a bloody war has been carried on between the two empires for six and thirty moons,...

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...E F ARMER AND H IS S ONS .................................34 THE C RAB AND I TS M OTHER ................................34 THE H EIFER AND THE O X... ...D OLPHINS, THE W HALES, AND THE S PRAT ........44 THE A SS C ARRYING THE I MAGE ............................44 THE T WO T RAVELERS AND THE A XE ... ...........53 THE P EASANT AND THE E AGLE .............................53 THE I MAGE OF M ERCURY AND THE C ARPENTER ......53 THE B ULL AND THE G O... ...o pur pose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jew els in the world.” 8 Aesop’s Fables THE K INGDOM OF THE L ION THE BEASTS of the f... ...Rider A HORSE SOLDIER took the utmost pains with his charger. As long as the war lasted, he looked upon him as his fel low helper in all emergencies ... ...per in all emergencies and fed him carefully with hay and corn. But when the war was over, he only allowed him chaff to eat and made him carry heavy l... ...vy loads of wood, subjecting him to much slavish drudgery and ill treatment. War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to h... ...ps. The Two Bags EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck all bag in front full of his ... ...re introduc tion of the Fables of Aesop to a place in the literature of the world, was made in the early part of the seventeenth century. In the year...

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...t so, sir,” said the stranger, “my wants are few, and easily supplied, and I trust the present circumstances may even afford an opportunity of showing... ...ity of showing my gratitude for your hospitality. Let me only request that I may be informed of the exact minute of the birth; and I hope to be able t... ...ture prospects of the child now about to come into this busy and changeful world. I will not conceal from you that I am skilful in understanding and i... ...ospects of the child now about to come into this busy and changeful world. I will not conceal from you that I am skilful in understanding and interpre... ...his parents. You must regard him as a being separated from the rest of the world. In childhood, in boyhood, you must sur- round him with the pious and... ...s and moral principles of the strictest description. Let him not enter the world, lest he learn to partake of its follies, or per- haps of its vices. ... ...hough they afterwards adopted the Norman surname of Bertram. They had made war, raised rebellions, been defeated, beheaded, and hanged, as became a fa... ...ere placed within sight of each other, that, in times of invasion or civil war, they might. communi- cate by signal for mutual defence and protection.... ...battered by the ships of the Parliament under Deane, during the long civil war, this part of the castle was much more ruinous than the rest, and exhib...

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...nia State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION .............................................................. ........................................ 189 CHAPTER XIII: AN APOLOGY FOR THE WAR .......................................................................... ...North America V ol. 1 North America Volume One by Anthony Trollope CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION It has been the ambition of my literary life to write a book... ... ambition of my literary life to write a book about the United States, and I had made up my mind to visit the country with this object before the in- ... ...ve not allowed the division among the States and the breaking out of civil war to interfere with my intention; but I should not purposely have chosen ... ... subject in its present condition, and being so forced I must write of the war, of the causes which have led to it, and of its probable termination. B... ... Frenchman or an American the utter deso- lation of such an apartment. The world as then seen by that Frenchman offered him solace of no description. ... ...ssure them, in sober earnestness, that I admire what they have done in the world and for the world with a true and hearty admiration; and that whether... ...e better gov- erned as regards France, and the stronger as regards all the world beyond, should not throw mud again even though mud be thrown at us. I...

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...Contents INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PEOPLE........... 10 CHAPTER I OF THE DIVISION OF LA...

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...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essentially pacifists, towards taking an active part in the war ...

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..................................................................... 5 P ART I—LETTERS .................................................................... ... 5 Joseph Conrad Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad AUTHOR’S NOTE I DON’T KNOW whether I ought to offer an apology for this collection which ... ...om the nature of things, cannot be regarded as premature. The fact is that I wanted to do it my- self because of a feeling that had nothing to do with... ...ke a certain South Ameri- can general who used to say that no emergency of war or peace had ever found him “with his boots off”; but I may say that wh... ...y (after the process of tidying up), a little bowed, and receding from the world not because of weariness or misanthropy but for other reasons that ca... ... time. The time was about a month before the entrance of Roumania into the war, and though, honestly, I had seen already the shadow of coming events I... ...le to the mind and the heart of the artist. After all, the cre- ation of a world is not a small undertaking except perhaps to the divinely gifted. In ... ...ely gifted. In truth every novel- ist must begin by creating for himself a world, great or little, in which he can honestly believe. This world cannot... ...rendre c’est tout pardonner. And in this benevolent neutrality towards the war- ring errors of human nature all light would go out from art and from l...

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