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...ts nature primary and unanalyzable. I start from that. I take as a typical statement of fact that I sit here at my desk writing with a fountain pen on... ...which I think may be Jim Pain’s, but of that I cannot be sure... These are statements of a certain quality, a quality that extends through a huge univ... ... I habitually distrusted it as anything more than a test of consistency in statement. But I found the textbooks of logic disposed to ignore my customa... ...th a knife. There are a number of non-analytical people who would be quite prepared to believe that an atom could be visible to the eye or cut in this... ...the way of it, how effective and foolish it is; the quotation of the exact statement of which every jot and tittle must be main- tained, the challenge... ...l and our devotions, it is much truer. From this it is an easy step to the statement that so far as the clear-cut confident sort of knowledge goes, th... ...eductions is good for a man’s quality. At any rate, it shows that a man is prepared to pay something for his honour and privileges. We prescribe a reg... ...n affairs. To all these things one must bring a personal conscience and be prepared to examine particular cases. The excuses I have made, for example,... ...nsider it as a possibility, is to leave it entirely to those who are least prepared to deal with it in a broad spirit. In many ways war is the most so...

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...n slavery which they now bear to the slavery of Cuba or the Brazils,” is a statement, in a few words, which contains the result and the evidence of an... ...las deeper relation of things, and brings out what may seem, to some, mere statements, but which are new and brilliant gen- eralizations, each resting... ...ve practice. It is only once in a while that an exception is found to this statement. I never met with a slave who could tell me how old he was. Few s... ...f the place. With so many sources of interest around me, the reader may be prepared to learn that I began to think very highly of Col. L.’s plantation... ... for me, and best for everybody. This was less satisfactory than the first statement; because it came, point blank, against all my notions of goodness... ...nger of the coming of the Son of Man; and, in my then state of mind, I was prepared to hail Him as my friend and deliverer. I had read, that the “star... ... the passage of scripture, “That ser- vant which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten wi... ...sent. By a series of adroitly managed surprises, which he practiced, I was prepared to expect him at any moment. His plan was, never to approach the s... ...ion of failure, could not be matters of indiffer- ence to me. Our food was prepared; our clothes were packed up; we were all ready to go, and impatien...

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...dience of orders, and reported the evidence. The foregoing is a synoptical statement of the evidence, to- gether with the judge-advocate-general’s con... ...nd 13, 1863, and each inclosing a large number of affidavits. The general statements of the whole are that the Federal and State authorities are armi... ...by persons in their service upon citizens of the United States, we must be prepared to do justice to foreigners. If the existing judicial tribunals a... ...licy; and without consul- tation with, or the knowledge of, the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious th... ... it was not done before. The other questions in your despatch I am not yet prepared to answer. A. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL STEELE. W AR DEPARTMENT... ...f which is herewith returned, I have the honor to make the following brief statement, which is believed to contain the in- formation sought: Prior to ... ...ponse to your address, allow me to at- test the accuracy of its historical statements, indorse the senti- ments it expresses, and thank you in the nat... ... any State choos- ing to adopt it, and that I am and at all times shall be prepared to give the Executive aid and assistance to any such people so soo... ... fair opportunity af- forded to be ready with a set speech; but he had not prepared one, being too busy for that purpose. He would say, how- ever, th...

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... be drawn from West Point, and you will instruct your staff-officers to be prepared to supply him by that route. The President desires that General Mc... ...the overthrow of the Federal Constitution and the Union, was clandestinely prepared during the Winter of 1860 and 1861, and assumed an open organizati... ...r three despatches of yesterday in relation to the affair, ending with the statement that you completely succeeded in making your point, are very grat... ... signed both. Before I was informed of the passage of the resolution I had prepared the draft of a message stating objections to the bill becoming a l... ...ate the more guilty and influential of the culprits, please have a careful statement made on these points and forwarded to me. Send all by mail. A. LI... ...s of foreign nations which the governments of those states are not at once prepared to redress. I have proposed to some of the foreign states thus int... ..., whose safety and progress are so intimately connected with our own. This statement especially applies to Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Pe... ...he security of United States bonds deposited in the treasury. These notes, prepared under the supervision of proper officers, being uniform in appeara... ...es will be found in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury , to whose statements and views I invite your most candid and considerate attention. T...

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...craments. In the last war the college of Malua, where the picked youth are prepared for the ministry, lost but a single student; the rest, in the boso... ...r songs have announced their approach ere they arrive; the guest- house is prepared for their reception; the virgins of the vil- lage attend to prepar... ...he man, so far from haggling over the scourge for a few Solomon islanders, prepared to oppress rival firms, overthrow inconvenient monarchs, and let l... ...o the conference with hope. But it is certain they were resolved to remain prepared for either fate. And I take the liberty of believing that Laupepa ... ...y Wilson 46 A Footnote to History that Sewall was on the way, whether the statement had been made to himself or to Weber in answer to a question, and... ... rebellion organised, the woods behind Apia full of insurgents, and a plan prepared, and in the very article of execution, to surprise and seize Mulin... ...plicit, although scarce less curt. And his defence may be divided into two statements: first, that the T aumualua was proceeding to land with a hostil... ...trality. Such was the impression here on the spot; such in plain terms the statement of Count Hatzfeldt to Lord Salisbury at home: that the neutrality... ...ed all the white men. I wish they had been Tamaseses.” This is an ex parte statement, and I give it for such; but the course of the affair, and in par...

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... single piece be lacking, we see the place in the frame exactly fitted and prepared yet to bring such piece in,—in such a case, we find it impossible ... ...Judge Douglas informed you that this speech of mine was probably carefully prepared. I admit that it was. I am not master of language; I have not a fi... ... of campaign. I am glad he did read it carefully. He says it was evidently prepared with great care. I freely admit it was prepared with care. I claim... ...n: V ol Three Douglas or any one else which was not warranted, I was fully prepared to modify it as soon as discovered. I planted myself upon the trut... ... single piece be lacking, we see the place in the frame exactly fitted and prepared yet to bring such piece in,—in such a case we feel it impossible n... ...further purpose than anything yet advanced. Judge Douglas did not make his statement upon that occasion as matters that he believed to be true, but he... ...as easily satisfied about its truth as the sur- veyor was of the drayman’s statement of the distance to the Plaza. Y et it is a fact that the man who ... ...i- 100 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Three nally getting out such statements as induce me to infer that he means to be understood he will, in... ...incoln: V ol Three swer, so he came up to Freeport last Friday.” Now, that statement altogether furnishes a subject for philo- sophical contemplation....

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...venues and broad streets, so that future citi- zens might find a city well prepared to their hand? There is no doubt much in such an argument, but its... ...ckety baby, will incur a certain amount of ridicule. It is very well to be prepared for good fortune, but one should limit one’s prepa- ration within ... ...s in the pediment are mean. There is now in the Capitol a group apparently prepared for a pediment, which is by no means mean. I was informed that the... ... sit in the bu- reaus from a too rapid influx of members of Congress. This statement I by no means indorse; but it is undoubtedly the fact that both S... ...e White House. He must make the most of the residence which the nation has prepared for him. Of the other considerable public building of Washing- ton... ...l day was coming on the Southern politi- cians, and it behooved them to be prepared. As a separate nation—a nation trusting to cotton, having in their... ...di- giously for our delay. “Called! We had been called an hour ago!” Which statement, however, was decidedly untrue, as we remarked, not with extreme ... ...ount actu- ally paid in wages and for clothes and diet; and I give below a statement which I have seen of the actual annual sum proposed to be expende... ...,200,000 pounds per annum. The clothing of the men is shown by the printed statement of their War Department to amount to $3.00 a month for a period o...

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...at order which rose to the dignity of a national event. 2 But now, having prepared the reader to appreciate on its true scale this dreadful tissue of... ...ent the mur- derer was in the house. The person to whom she addressed this statement was a pawnbroker; and a thoroughly brave man he must have been; f... ...only dangerous stage in the transaction, the murderer would have specially prepared. Mrs. Marr and the apprentice-boy, both young and active, would ma... ...y any chance word or allusion should then, in a condition of man so little prepared to receive such truths, have asserted or assumed the daily motion ... ... are advertised, but they are not made known to attentive ears, or to ears prepared for attention. And amongst the causes which account for this diffe... ... and misap- prehending all the rest). Such, again, as his point-blank mis- statement of Addison’s infirmity in his official character, which was not t... ...page of the pleadings, knew all (except Mr. Taylor’s) to be false in their statements; after which their arguments signified nothing. THE ANTIGONE OF ... ...e last (which I believe was the seventh) representation of the Antigone, I prepared myself to attend. It had been generally reported as characteristic... ...nt; but not in the more obvious sense of the word. Such are the misleading statements which disfigure the History of En- gland in its most important c...

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...W ARDSVILLE, ILL., SEPT. 13, 1858. I have been requested to give a concise statement of the dif- ference, as I understand it, between the Democratic a... ...tyrant who rises among you. And let me tell you, that all these things are prepared for you by the teachings of history, if the elections shall promis... ... this morning. In this paper I have read an article, in which, among other statements, I find the following: “In debating with Senator Douglas during ... ...very living man.” Upon a subsequent occasion, when the reason for making a statement like this occurred, I said: “While I was at the hotel to-day an e... ... of former times, to enter into a detailed ex- amination of the historical statements he has made. I have the impression that they are inaccurate in a... ... to follow, to be plastered on, layer after layer, until very soon you are prepared to deal with the negro every where as with the brute. If public se... ...A. LINCOLN. 135 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five FORM OF REPL Y PREPARED BY MR. LINCOLN, WITH WHICH HIS PRIV ATE SECRETARY W AS INSTRUCTED ... ...aw of Congress ought to be made. That the Federal Union must be preserved. Prepared for the consideration of the Republican mem- bers of the Senate Co... ...urs of the 18th. The most we can do now is to watch events, and be as well prepared as possible for any turn things may take. If the forts fall, my ju...

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...to the house. 10 The Soul of a Bishop And instead of the discourse he had prepared for the Shop- girls’ Church Association, he had preached on tempta... ...le to take life exactly as in his infancy he took his carefully warmed and prepared bottle —unques- tioningly and beneficially. And indeed that has be... ...or compromises. Behind every extremist it seemed stood a further extremist prepared to go one better…. The bishop had spent most of the morning with o... ...t, her bar- rister would have said, “That is my case, my lord.” The bishop prepared to open the next stage in the proceedings. “I think, Norah, you sh... ... freckled underbred young man who handed in what was evidently a carefully prepared memorandum upon what he called “my positions.” Apparently he had a... ... to disentangle himself from the enormous com- plications of symbolism and statement and organization and misunderstanding in the church and achieve a... ... entire sym- bolism is for a moment forgotten, if they are taken as opaque statements of fact, are inconsistent, incredible. So incredible that no one... ...s him as he spoke. She seemed to struggle with and dismiss his astonishing statement. “Edward,” she said, “you have been taking a drug.” He looked rou... ...he treasure of a fresh breeze from the sea. But they have sought out exact statements and tortuous explana- tions of the plain truth of God, they have...

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... nearly vanished sea-life under sail. To those who may be surprised at the statement I will point out that this life secured for the mind of him who e... ...r. “Second officer coming to join. Move yourself a bit.” “The truth of the statement touched me in the pit of the stom- ach (you know that’s the spot ... ...at us as though he expected to be met by a laugh of derision and were half prepared to salve his reputation for common sense by joining in it. But nei... ...f Carleon Anthony, the poet—you know.” He used to lower his voice for that statement, and people were impressed or pretended to be.” The late Carleon ... ...said “Y es” impulsively , and then qualified the affirmative by the quaint statement: “To a certain extent.” I became conscious of a languid, exhauste... ...- ing, in my character of a lover of peace, soothed by that con- clusion I prepared myself to enjoy a fine day. And it was a fine day; a delicious day... ...idently he expected to produce a sensation; he kept his eyes fixed upon me prepared for some sign of it. But I merely returned his intense, awaiting g... ...y would be. Poor girl! But what could they have done even if they had been prepared to raise objections. The person in the frock-coat had the father’s... ...end but of his wife that Fyne was thinking. He was an excellent husband. I prepared myself for the afternoon’s hospitalities, calling in the farmer’s ...

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...as the past—slavery, feudalism, in- dividualism, collectivism. This is the statement of a law, not an empty prophecy.” The disdainful pout of Comrade ... ...he warm blood of the people—nothing else.” Stevie swallowed the terrifying statement with an audible gulp, and at once, as though it had been swift po... ...r V erloc, in the same position, cleared his throat as if for an important statement, but merely inquired: “Did you turn off the gas downstairs?” “Y e... ... I had to cut out the bottom first and solder it on again afterwards. When prepared for use, the can enclosed a wide-mouthed, well- corked jar of thic... ...haps if you asked them they would consent to publish some sort of official statement.” “No doubt they are aware well enough that we had nothing to do ... ...rupt, and blasphemous. The way of even the most justifiable revolutions is prepared by personal impulses dis- guised into creeds. The Professor’s indi... ...sorder of passionate sorrow. Mr V erloc was a humane man; he had come home prepared to allow every lati- tude to his wife’s affection for her brother.... ...t out… . Go in!” she cried, seizing him by both shoulders from behind. Not prepared for a display of physical force, Comrade Ossipon stumbled far into... ... a sign. Black, and rim upward, it lay on the floor before the couch as if prepared to 206 The Secret Agent receive the contributions of pence from p...

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...s received orders to march, and Jowler, Hector-like, donned his helmet and prepared to part from his Andromache. And now arose his perplexity: what mu... ...men have endeavoured to rob me of the only good I possess, to question the statements that I make, and, them- selves without a spark of honour or good... ...s, none (luckily for themselves) have dared to question the veracity of my statements: they know me, and they know that I am in London. If I can use t... ...u of September 24, 1803: and anybody who has the slightest doubt as to the statement, may refer to the paper itself. And here I must pause to give tha... ...t I, must never go back to Holkar. Were he to attack us now before we were prepared, the fort would be his in half-an-hour. “Tying my white pocket-han... ...After smoking for a while, an attendant came to tell me that my supper was prepared in the inner apartment of the tent (I suppose that the reader, if ... ...s); and this done, I despatched him to his post near the prisoner, while I prepared to sally forth and pay my respects to the fair creatures under my ...

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... marked with the finger of the observer, did he glaringly abstain from any statement which at the moment might be natural. He never hesitated, blushed... ...e able to present things to you in an aspect so altered,’ said Lopez as he prepared to take his leave, ‘as to make you change your mind.’ ‘Possibly;—p... ...in the world, my judgement about a young man might be trusted.’ That was a statement which Miss Wharton was not pre- pared to admit. She had already p... ...‘I suppose Mr Monk will join you.’ ‘I think we shall ask him. But I am not prepared to discuss men’s names as yet.’ ‘You must discuss them with the Du... ...on and Mr Roby, with a host of others who had belonged to Mr Daubney, were prepared, as they declared from the first, to lend their assistance to the ... ...the Admiralty. But, as the old Duke had said, they were close friends, and prepared to fight together any battle which might keep them in the present ... ...means in a good humour. Dick Roby’s wine was no doubt good, but he was not prepared to purchase it at such a price as this. ‘Things always get confuse... ...be expedient to put his house in order, so that he might be able to make a statement of his affairs if asked to do so. Whether they were flourishing o... ...s own mate- rial success, speaking of himself as of a moneyed man,—and his statement had been received with no contradiction,— even without the sugges...

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...ld. “I know the facts that satisfied the jury.” “You never saw my father’s statement?” No, Mr. Prosser had been elsewhere, and had not been employed i... ... torn up. On their liberation from actual servitude they had sent up their statement to the Government of New South Wales; but in the meantime Promete... ...ne attempt in his cause at Sydney, sending in a copy of his father’s dying statement, also signed by his uncle; but though he was told that it had bee... ...M. Yonge as if this were but a mockery of the direful need. He had got his statement of Prometesky’s case properly drawn up, and had sent up a copy, b... ...or they will be taking their passage with it.” “No more?” I asked, when he prepared to conclude this short letter. “No. Smith reads all her letters.” ... ...d Pippa rat- tling on the other. “Splendid! Splendiferous! More than I was prepared for, though I heard all about the lion—and that he has been a regu... ...g too little for them. And then she went into one of her despairs. She had prepared a num- ber of Christmas presents for the people about the castle t... ...Arked House, after having helped to carry Dermot to the room that had been prepared for him on the ground-floor. I rode over the next afternoon to inq... ...uld do better, or in fewer words. When the round was over, and Eustace was prepared with the carriage to drive the grandees the mile up to Arghouse, S...

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...l!” exclaimed Popinot. “What do you say to that, doctor. These are strange statements.” “They might certainly,” said Bianchon, “be an effect of magnet... ...ing that relates to the Chinese Empire; “ ‘Finally, that the petitioner is prepared to show to the Court that the moneys absorbed by the said Baron an... ...Bianchon mounted his uncle’s dusty staircase, and found him at work on the statement of some complicated judgment. The coat Lavienne had ordered of th... ...een you and the Marquis d’Espard?” “Yes, monsieur,” she replied, evidently prepared with a story to tell. “At the beginning of 1816 M. d’Espard, whose... ... by contracting these debts, I have se- cured their future welfare; I have prepared for them a bril- liant career where they will find help and favor;... ... un- ceremoniously at the office table, where he laid out his pa- pers and prepared to take down his notes. Popinot had still kept his eye on M. d’Esp... ...pt his eye on M. d’Espard; he was watching the effect on him of this crude statement, so painful for a man in full possession of his reason. The Marqu...

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...They thought I was interested in what they were doing, and they were quite prepared to treat me as an intelligent man of a different sort, and to show... ...found my accent and my idioms very refreshing. I had committed myself to a statement that Bloch has been justified in his theory that under modern con... ...nciple of nationality,” but the King of Italy was not to be drawn into any statement about that. He left the question with his admission of its extrem... ... it did so completely sur- prise the Italians as to catch them without any prepared line of positions in the rear. On the very eve of the big Russian ... ...was in, but I perceive that what I have to tell will read not like a sober statement of truth but like strained and silly lying. The machine had had a... ...hand drifting fragments of the American literature upon the ques- tion of “preparedness,” and American papers discussing the Mexican situation. In non... ...times even in the utterances of the same writer, two entirely incompatible statements. The first is that Germany is so invincible that it is useless t... ...n appreciative co-opera- tion, for which guild socialism in particular has prepared its mind, and traditional suspicion. I will not over to guess here... ...can initiative to found a World League for Peace, by asking if America was prepared to back that idea with force, he spoke the doubts of all thoughtfu...

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...t such a highly satisfactory and intel ligible point. We have no official statement of the facts which the reader will find recorded in the next chap... ...wick, laying his hand upon his note book. The driver reiterated his former statement. Mr. Pickwick looked very hard at the man’s face, but his feature... ...d he must go on—he can’t help it.’ Mr. Pickwick entered every word of this statement in his note book, with the view of communicating it to the club, ... ... him, dismounted, handed the whip to Mr. Pickwick, and grasping the reins, prepared to remount. Now whether the tall horse, in the natural playfulness... ...d. His curiosity was therefore satisfied, and putting on his spectacles he prepared himself to watch the play which was just commencing. All Muggleton... ...osition. The umpires were stationed behind the wickets; the scor ers were prepared to notch the runs; a breathless silence en sued. Mr. Luffey retir... ... village of Cobham—when Mr. Pickwick retired to the bedroom which had been prepared for his reception. He threw open the lattice window, and setting h... ...might have been expected from so enlightened an institution) received this statement with the The Pickwick Papers 148 contempt it deserved, expelled ... ...e of rooms, and a labyrinth of pas sages, to the apartment which had been prepared for his reception, where the girl bade him good night and left him...

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... my name is King, sir, a house-master of the College, and you will find me prepared—fully prepared—to answer for this man’s action. We’ve seen three—”... ...temper to boiling-point. They could hear his foot on the floor while Prout prepared his lumbering inquiries. They had settled into their stride now. T... ...t with one another for some seven years; and the Head knew that Mr. King’s statements de- pended very largely on Mr. King’s temper. “I thought they we... ...nvited. I’m not even going to send the Sergeant with a note to ask if your statement is true; because I am convinced that on this occasion you have ad... ...d of this.” “‘Course not. Mason kept it jolly quiet. He wrote down all our statements on impot-paper. There wasn’t anything he wouldn’t believe,” said... ...ose.” “My Aunt! King’ll be a cheerful customer at second lesson. I haven’t prepared my Horace one little bit, either,” said Beetle. “Come on!” They we... ...e from the innocent pot-wallopers of Northam, isn’t that rather a sweeping statement?” said Macrae. “Precisely so,” said Hartopp, unabashed. “That, wi... ...ity ‘em. I’m glad o’ that.” “I’d like to see ‘em,” said Keyte. “From your statements, Sergeant, I can’t get at what they’re after.” “Don’t ask me, Ma... ...ate fiction. But a day of reckoning approaches, Beetle mine. I myself have prepared a few trifling foolish questions in Latin prose which can hardly b...

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...ces- sary to the understanding and development of the present drama. Their statements made, and brought to the point where we now seem to abandon our ... ...say, to gather myself together, and pass into the solemnity of a writ- ten statement. But after all, perhaps it is better to plunge boldly in, and sin... ... rose and said:— “Pardon me, Monsieur le duc, if I venture to correct your statement; but, as a matter of conscience, I ought to inform you that you a... ...the horizon with great regret, because, he says, the masses are too little prepared, and too little intelligent, not to let it slip through their fing... ...of the school 117 Balzac had sent him, he found a dainty little apartment prepared for his reception. Under the glass shade of the clock was a large ... ...irements of the electoral law. It is all jotted down in his notebook. That statement, I think, would somewhat reduce the ad- miration of his hearers i... ... imperceptible. Do me a favor! On arriving in Paris without having a house prepared to receive you, it would be very friendly—you would seem like the ... ...e, are sufficient for the execution of the deeds which I have here—already prepared. The presence of two witnesses is required for one of them. Monsie... ...epting her offer. I have given her a singing-master, and she is now almost prepared to make her appearance on the stage. But in spite of her theatrica...