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1. PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS
We have to remember that human races can all interbreed freely and that they separate, mingle and reunite as clouds do.
2. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section E
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3. It's Free to Learn Docker. Do it Now!
4. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. III, Chapter III
It is even of considerable importance, that the evil which is done without design should be regarded as a misfortune to the doer as well as to the sufferer.
5. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Letter III - To Mrs. Saville, England
I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe—and well advanced on my voyage.
6. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 30
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7. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section Q
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8. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter I
Sect. 1. It having been shewn in the foregoing discourse,
9. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION
I glance at this question rather to express a detachment than a view.
10. THE FIRST TRUE MEN
These first real human beings we know of in Europe appear already to have belonged to one or other of at least two very distinct races.
11. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VI, Section II, Chapter III - Of Universal Benevolence
The wise and virtuous man is at all times willing that his own private interest should be sacrificed to the public interest of his own particular order or soci
12. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. II
This mediocrity, however, in which the point of propriety consists, is different in different passions.
13. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 23
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14. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter I - No. 3 The Earner
It has been a commonplace of economic text-books that wages tend to lag behind prices, with the result that the real earnings of the wage-earner are diminished
15. How to Protect Your Kindle From Hackers
On August 6, 2021, findings of a security flaw in Amazon’s Kindle e-reader were disclosed by Slava Makkaeveev, a researcher from Check Point. You can patch it.
16. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE
The earliest rocks in the record are called by geologists the Azoic rocks, because they show no traces of life.
17. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. I, Chapter V - Of the amiable and respectable Virtues
The insolence and brutality of anger, in the same manner, when we indulge its fury without check or restraint, is of all objects the most detestable.
18. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 32
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19. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir - Table of Links
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20. For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey - Table of Links
For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey is part of the HackerNoon Books series. Read this book online for free on Hac
21. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, July 1931 - Table of Links
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22. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section I
1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue, by Francis Grose is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.
23. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXIII
It stung me into action, and for all the chaotic rush of these desperate moments my heart surged with relief.
24. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 3
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25. THE FIRST SEAGOING PEOPLES
Cnossos was not so much a town as a great palace for the Cretan monarch and his people.
26. THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN
Mentally and physically they were upon a different line from the human line.
27. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section V
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28. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter III
As it is the power of exchanging that gives occasion to the division of labour so the extent of this division must always be limited by the extent of that power
29. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Preface
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech, by Edward Sapir, is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.
30. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 4
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.
31. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1931 - Table of Links
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32. SOCIALISM
Socialism for me is a common step we are all taking in the great synthesis of human purpose.
33. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. III, Chapter I - Of the Causes of this Influence of Fortune
We conceive, in the same manner, a sort of gratitude for those inanimated objects, which have been the causes of great or frequent pleasure to us.
34. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 15
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35. THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS
These Nordic people were destined to play a very important part indeed in the world’s history.
36. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII, Section III, Chapter II
IT is well known to have been the doctrine of Mr. Hobbes, that a state of nature is a state of war; and that antecedent to the institution of civil government.
37. How You Can Self-Publish a Book in 4 Easy Steps: The Ultimate Guide
Are you thinking about writing a book? Self-publishing can be a great way to get your work out there, and it's easier than you might think!
38. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Preface
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39. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 2
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40. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 14
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41. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VI, Section II
The character of every individual, so far as it can affect the happiness of other people, must do so by its disposition either to hurt or to benefit them.
42. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter X
Sect. 132. THE majority having, as has been shewed, upon men’s first uniting into society, the whole power of the community naturally in them
43. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XI
“It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct."
44. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter IX
The great and chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.
45. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter VI
The profits of stock, it may perhaps be thought, are only a different name for the wages of a particular sort of THE COMPONENT PART OF THE PRICE OF COMMODITIES.
46. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 28
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47. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XIX
London was our present point of rest; we determined to remain several months in this wonderful and celebrated city.
48. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 22
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49. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May 1931 - Table of Links
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50. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section K
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51. Of the eleventh horn of Daniel's fourth Beast
A Seer, Επισκοπος, is a Bishop in the literal sense of the word; and this Church claims the universal Bishoprick.
52. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 33
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53. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN
I seem to be a consciousness, vague and insecure, placed between two worlds.
54. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter V
The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature.
55. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 29
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56. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 20
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57. THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I
Even under the Assyrian monarchs and especially under Sardanapalus, Babylon had been a scene of great intellectual activity.
58. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XVII
This, so far as it is usurpation, is a change only of persons, but not of the forms and rules of the government
59. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter IV
When the division of labour has been once thoroughly established, it is but a very small part of a man’s wants which the produce of his own labour can supply.
60. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY
A religious system so many-faced and so enduring as Christianity must necessarily be saturated with truth even if it be not wholly true.
61. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June 1931 - Table of Links
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62. New Worlds For Old: A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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63. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 25
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64. What is Coming? by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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65. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose - Table of Links
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66. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 21
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67. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 45
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68. The Lord of The Dynamos
“Was the Lord Dynamo still hungry? His servant was ready.”
69. EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA
We are entering now upon a thousand years of warfare between the once quite separated civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Nile.
70. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 61
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71. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XII
THE legislative power is that which has a right to direct how the force of the commonwealth shall be employed for preserving the community and the members of it
72. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. II, Chapter I
It is the same case with the passion by which Nature unites the two sexes.
73. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 1 - Animals that Practice Camouflage
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74. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section N
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75. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 56
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76. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII: Of Systems of Moral Philosophy, Section I
OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH OUGHT TO BE EXAMINED IN A THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS
77. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section J
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78. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter I
I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
79. THE NEANDERTHAL MEN, AN EXTINCT RACE
About 200 centuries ago or earlier, real men of our own species, if not of our own race, came drifting into the European area.
80. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 19
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81. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XV
The power of the father doth not reach at all to the property of the child, which is only in his own disposing.
82. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XVII
F“You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being. "
83. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 37
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84. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 34
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85. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 54
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86. The Genetic Effects of Radiation - Table of Links
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87. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 13 - Animals Scavengers and Criminals
The Human Side of Animals by Royal Dixon is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.
88. Read The Great Gatsby Online for Free
The HackerNoon Book Series brings you The Great Gatsby, available to read online on HackerNoon for free, thanks to Project Gutenberg.
89. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 58
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90. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter IX
If Manape were to attempt first aid for Apeman, how would such a sight react upon Ellen Estabrook?
91. Random Reminiscences of Men and Events by John D. Rockefeller - Table of Links
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92. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 39
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93. Oliver Twist: Chapter XIII
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94. Of the Times of the Birth and Passion of Christ
All this time Matthew passeth over in few words, and here begins to relate the preaching and miracles of Christ.
95. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 35
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96. The History of Ancient Physics
The species of objects in the Heavens are few in number; the Sun, the Moon, the Planets, and the Fixed Stars, are all which those philosophers could distinguish
97. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XVI
“Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?
98. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. III, Chapter I
OUR sympathy with sorrow, though not more real, has been more taken notice of than our sympathy with joy.
99. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XIV
“Some time elapsed before I learned the history of my friends."
100. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. II, Chapter III - Of the unsocial Passions
The villain, in a tragedy or romance, is as much the object of our indignation, as the hero is that of our sympathy and affection.
101. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 53
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102. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book III - Chapter IV
It is a mistake to imagine that those territorial jurisdictions took their origin from the feudal law.
103. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter I - No. 2 The Business Class
Economists draw an instructive distinction between what are termed the “money” rate of interest and the “real” rate of interest.
104. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - TABLE OF LINKS
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105. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus - Table of Links
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106. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 40
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107. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 4 - Amour-Bearing & Mail-Clad Animals
The Human Side of Animals by Royal Dixon is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series.
108. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 50
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109. Publishing The Little Bitcoin Book: From Conceptualization to Global Distribution in 14 Days
On August 3rd, 2019, I found myself at the front door of a large suburban home in Redwood City, struggling to enter the correct key code. It was four in the afternoon — the house was backlit by a golden Californian sun floating in a deep blue sky — and I had a week’s worth of clothes and equipment in my backpack. Eventually, my friend Alena opened the door, saving me from further embarrassment. She’d been there an hour already, she explained, but everyone else was still in transit.
110. THE ARYAN-SPEAKING PEOPLES IN PREHISTORIC TIMES
Priests are not very much in evidence, but there is a sort of medicine man who deals in spells and prophecy.
111. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter I - II. Changes in the Value of Money, As affecting Production
A fluctuation in the measuring-rod of value does not alter in the least the wealth of the world, the needs of the world, or the productive capacity of the world
112. Step-to-Step eBook to Learn the Git and GitHub Basics💡
This is an open-source introduction to Git and GitHub guide that will help you learn the basics of version control and start using Git for your SysOps, DevOps,
113. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIALISM
In that spirit, and with no presumption of finality, this little book of explanations is given to the world.
114. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part III, Chapter I
IN the two foregoing parts of this discourse I have chiefly considered the origin and foundation of our judgments concerning the sentiments and conduct of other
115. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XX
As I looked on him, his countenance expressed the utmost extent of malice and treachery.
116. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 1
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117. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: VOL. VI, NO. 3 - The Earthman's Burden
There is a foul play on Mercury--Until Denny Olear of the Interplanetary Flying Police gets after his man.
118. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 48
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119. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter II
"Fate wouldn't allow us to come through what we have only to end things with poisoned darts. It just couldn't happen that way!"
120. THE IMMIGRANT
These are all mitigations of the outlook, but still the dark shadow of disastrous possibility remains.
121. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 43
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122. My Friend Stumbled on an Invention That Could Revolutionize Human Life
Certainly, if ever a man found a guinea when he was looking for a pin it is my good friend Professor Gibberne.
123. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter VII
He had found the entrance an opening no longer: it was sealed with a giant web of ropy strands—a network, welded together to a glutinous mesh.
124. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book II - Introduction
But when the division of labour has once been thoroughly introduced, the produce of a man’s own labour can supply but a very small part of his occasional wants.
125. Indian Currency and Finance: Chapter I - The Present Position of the Rupee
On the broad historical facts relating to Indian currency, I do not intend to spend time.
126. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 26
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127. The Story of the Last Trump
“Now to God the Father, God the Son——”
128. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter III
“I am happy,” said M. Waldman, “to have gained a disciple; and if your application equals your ability, I have no doubt of your success.
129. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XVIII
Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work.
130. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book IV, Chapter IV.
Merchants and manufacturers are not contented with the monopoly of the home market, but desire likewise the most extensive foreign sale for their goods.
131. The Motion of the Planet Neptune Had Become Very Erratic
Ogilvy had already called attention to a suspected retardation in its velocity in December.
132. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part III, Chapter II
MAN naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.
133. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 47
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134. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 31
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135. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XII
"There are colors," said the Robot. "And the daylight and darkness of the days. But we are moving through them very rapidly, so they blend into gray."
136. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter I - I. Changes in the Value of Money, as affecting Distribution
For the purpose of this inquiry a triple classification of Society is convenient—into the Investing Class, the Business Class, and the Earning Class.
137. LOVE AFTER THE CHANGE
I went toward them, and all the perspectives of my reconstructed universe altered as I did so.
138. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter V
Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life.
139. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter III
The meal consisted of various fruits, some meat which Bentley could not identify, and wild honey which was delicious.
140. THE LIBERAL FEAR OF RUSSIA
Defeat, or even a partial victory for the Allies, means nothing less than that.
141. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 18
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142. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter X
This analogy occurs to me: There are two ants of human intelligence to whom we are trying to explain the nature of Space.
143. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 3
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144. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. I, Chapter I
The sentiment which most immediately and directly prompts us to reward is gratitude that which most immediately and directly prompts us to punish is resentment
145. Socialism and The Family
The Socialist movement is an item in an altogether different scale.
146. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book II - Chapter III
There is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed; there is another which has no such effect.
147. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 42
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148. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXII
The giant mechanism, fashioned in the guise of a man, lay dying.
149. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XIV
WHERE the legislative and executive power are in distinct hands,there the good of the society requires, that several things should be left to the discretion
150. Holocaust
It passed beneath the planes, that were motionless by contrast.
151. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter IX
It is not easy, it has already been observed, to ascertain what are the average wages of labour, even in a particular place, and at a particular time.
152. THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS
The settled folk had the weight of numbers on their side; the herdsmen might raid and loot, but they could not stay.
153. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book IV, Chapter VII - Part I
All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive.
154. A Dream of Armageddon
“Your dreams don’t mix with your memories?” he asked abruptly. “You don’t find yourself in doubt; did this happen or did it not?”
155. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - If The Sun Died
156. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book IV, Chapter VII - Part II
The progress of many of the ancient Greek colonies towards wealth and greatness seems accordingly to have been very rapid.
157. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 55
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158. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter V
Psal. cxv. 16. has given the earth to the children of men; given it to mankind in common.
159. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XV
There was a nameless feeling, a repulsion against stopping; it was indescribable, but he was aware of it.
160. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 3 - ROTATING MEMORY DEVICES
Recognition of the importance of rotating memory devices in display applications is evident in the reports.
161. Other Business Experiences and Business Principles
I was a minority stockholder in all these enterprises, and had no part in their management. Not all of them were profitable.
162. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 15 - The Future life of Animals
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163. Section 4 - Laws of Animal Causation
The fibers, which constitute the muscles and organs of sense, possess the power of contraction.
164. The Blue Light
‘Be so good as to fetch me the little bundle I left behind at the inn, and I will give you a ducat.’
165. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 7 - The language of Animals
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166. THE GREEKS
The Greek tribes as we have told were a branch of the Aryan- speaking stem.
167. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. III, Chapter II.
IT is because mankind are disposed to sympathize more entirely with our joy than with our sorrow, that we make parade of our riches, and conceal our poverty.
168. Selling to the Steel Company
The work went on uninterruptedly and prosperously until the formation of the United States Steel Corporation.
169. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Table of Links
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170. A Landsman for Ship Manager
The great ships and the railroad put us in possession of the most favourable facilities.
171. THE BEAUTIFUL SUIT
The garden in the moonlight was very different from the garden by day; moonshine was tangled in the hedges and stretched in phantom cobwebs from spray to spray.
172. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter IV - III. The Restoration of a Gold Standard
It is natural, after what we have experienced, that prudent people should desiderate a standard of value which is independent of Finance Ministers and State Ban
173. The Human Side of Animals by Royal Dixon - Table of Links
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174. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter II
A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another
175. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter I
Once more Chet, Walt and Diane are united in a wild ride to the Dark Moon—but this time they go as prisoners of their deadly enemy Schwartzmann.
176. Indian Currency and Finance: CHAPTER II - The Gold-Exchange Standard
If we are to see the Indian system in its proper perspective, it is necessary to digress for a space to a discussion of currency evolution in general.
[177. For the Story Teller: Chapter 10 -
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“I wish I had somebody to tell me all about the world,” he said to himself once, “a real, live person. Oh, I want somebody dreadfully!”
178. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 52
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179. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter VIII
We passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence.
180. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter IV - II. Stability of Prices versus Stability of Exchange
The reader should notice, further, the different parts played by discount policy under the one régime and under the other.
181. THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON
When they got back to Mr. Carrington he was sitting up, dazed and weak, but able to warn them against the danger in the pool.
182. THE ANCESTRY OF MAN
Among all the apes and monkeys, the only group that have their great toes developed on anything like the same fashion as man are some of the lemurs.
183. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 3 - Animals at play
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184. One Thousand Ways to Make Money, November 2017 by Page Fox: Preface
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185. THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
“Now we are boys so fine to see,
Why should we longer cobblers be?”
186. Symposium by Plato - Table of Links
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187. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book IV, Chapter VI
It is but a very small part of this importation which, it can be supposed, is employed as an annual addition, either to the plate or to the coin of the kingdom.
188. The Night of the Strange Bird.
That is as much as anyone can tell you of the glare upon Sidderford Moor and the alleged music therewith.
189. Being the First Chapter of "The Mind of the Race"
“The old, old thing, you see! The weak protest of the living.”
190. The Turnip
So the rich Brother had to put his Brother’s Turnip into a cart, and have it taken home.
191. Stories for Telling: The Cap that Mother Made
“Oh, no, I’m not so stupid as all that; no, I’m not!” Anders said.
192. Tales of Space and Time by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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193. The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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194. Second Variety by Philip Kindred Dick - Table of Links
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195. The Republic by Plato - Table of Links
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196. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 3- BREAKDOWN OF DATA FOR ANALYSIS
The very wide range of types of data-acquisition equipment in use necessarily contributes to the spread in DAS costs.
197. The War in the Air by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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198. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter VII
There is in every society or neighbourhood an ordinary or average rate, both of wages and profit, in every different employment of labour and stock.
199. The Future in America by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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200. Roman Catholic Charities
It is unnecessary to dwell upon the centuries of experience which the Church of Rome has gone through to perfect a great power of organization.
201. The Claim of Higher Education
The mere fact that most of the great achievements in science, medicine, art, and literature are the flower of the higher education is sufficient.
202. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. III, Chapter II - Of the Extent of this Influence of Fortune
THE effect of this influence of fortune is, first, to diminish our sense of the merit or demerit of those actions which arose from the most blamable intentions
203. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE IMITATIVE ARTS - Part I
THE most perfect imitation of an object of any kind must in all cases, it is evident, be another object of the same kind, made as exactly
204. The Last 3 Days (01): What Do I Tell Washington?
A youth's entry to adulthood is threatened by the imminent arrival of an asteroid which will destroy life on earth.
205. The Passionate Friends by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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206. The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells - IV: THE CYLINDER OPENS
“It’s a-movin’,” he said to me as he passed; “a-screwin’ and a-screwin’ out. I don’t like it. I’m a-goin’ ’ome, I am.”
207. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII, Section IV
To describe, in a general manner, what is the ordinary way of acting to which each virtue would prompt us, is still more easy.
208. THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST
In Asia the Roman frontiers were crumpling back under the push of a renascent Persia.
209. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump - Table of Links
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210. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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211. The World Set Free by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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212. The Question of Rebates
The Standard gave advantages to the railroads for the purpose of reducing the cost of transportation of freight.
213. The Workings of Capillary Glands and Membranes
The capillary-vessels are like all the other glands, inasmuch as they receive blood from the arteries, separate fluid from it, and return the remainder by veins
214. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC
The current syllogistic logic rests on the assumption that either A is B or it is not B.
215. For the Story Teller: Chapter 13 - Planning Story Groups
It is the natural, to-be-desired longing of the child mind to be satiated with good stories.
216. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. I, Chapter IV
WE do not therefore thoroughly and heartily sympathize with the gratitude of one man towards another.
217. The Insurance Plans
The company never went into outside ventures, but kept to the enormous task of perfecting its own organization.
218. Sunrise on the Moon
As we saw it first it was the wildest and most desolate of scenes. We were in an enormous amphitheatre, a vast circular plain, the floor of the giant crater.
219. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section H
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220. The Time Traders by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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221. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter III - IV. The Forward Market in Exchanges
Transactions in “spot” exchange are for cash—that is to say, cash in one currency is exchanged for cash in another currency.
222. The Essays of Adam Smith: ADAM SMITH ON THE EXTERNAL SENSES - Of the Sense of SMELLING.
EVERY smell or odour is naturally felt as in the nostrils;
223. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy - Table of Links
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224. The Sea Lady by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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225. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 6
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226. Stories for Telling: Little Tuk
Now there was little Tuk. As a matter of fact his name was not Tuk at all, but before he could speak properly he called himself Tuk.
227. WAR
I suppose I must count myself mad, but I can recall my ravings.
228. The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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229. How to Become a Successful Published eBook Author
In one week, I sold 1,000 copies of my eBook (and maybe you can too). I made $7,990 in a week with the eBook and $225 through affiliate network connections.
230. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated by John Henry Newman - Table of Links
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231. INTRODUCTION
Love is of something, and that which love desires is not that which love is or has; for no man desires that which he is or has.
232. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 2
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233. Icarus or, The Future of Science, by Bertrand Russell - Table of Links
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234. Flight Into the Unknown by Tom W. Harris - Table of Links
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235. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE
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236. The Undying Fire by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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237. BELIEFS
I draw my beliefs exactly as an artist draws lines to make a picture, to express my impression of the world and my purpose.
238. The Wolf and the Man
‘Now, you see,’ said the Fox, ‘what a braggart you are. You throw your hatchet so far that you can’t get it back again.’
239. SOCIALISM MEANS REVOLUTION
I want to change everything in the world that made that; and I do not greatly care what has to go in the process. Do you?
240. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: A MEDIUM-SIZED ON-LINE COMPUTER SYSTEM
The memory has a multibus structure which permits each bus to communicate simultaneously with a separate memory module.
241. Background Radiation and Spontaneous Mutations
Ionizing radiation in low intensities is part of our natural environment. Such natural radiation is referred to as background radiation.
242. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter III - The Theory of Money and of the Foreign Exchange
Parts of this chapter raise, unavoidably, matters of much greater difficulty to the layman than the rest of the book.
243. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 3 - SOME TOTAL COSTS
Of the 46 system reports, 35 were sufficiently complete to be useful in a detailed analysis.
244. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Preface
The first digital electronic device employed to collect nuclear data was the binary electronic counter (scaler) of the 1930's.
245. Star Born by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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246. THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE
After the turn of the century Europe broke out into a fresh cycle of wars. They were chiefly “balance-of- power” and ascendancy wars.
247. The Genetic Effects of Radiation - Conclusion
It is unrealistic to suppose that all sources of man-made radiation should be abolished.
248. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE IMITATIVE ARTS - Part III
The imitative powers of Dancing are much superior to those of instrumental Music, and are at least equal, perhaps superior, to those of any other art.
249. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Appendix B
A large amount of information was available for analysis.
250. The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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251. Oliver Twist: Chapter XXIX
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252. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD
Yet let me confess that I am greatly attracted by such fine phrases as the Will of God, the Hand of God, the Great Commander.
253. The Essays of Adam Smith: Of the Affinity between Music, Dancing, and Poetry.
The simple note of such instruments, it is true, is generally a very clear, or what is called a melodious, sound.
254. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 2 - The Elements of Speech
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255. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY
One is apt to write and talk of strong and weak as though some were always strong, some always weak.
256. AT THIS POINT A DISPUTE ARISES
Such arguments are not to be swept aside with a wave of the hand.
257. Oliver Twist: Chapter LIII
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258. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 5
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259. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM
About forty Muhammad began to develop prophetic characteristics like those of the Hebrew prophets twelve hundred years before him.
260. Oil Pipe-lines vs. Railroads
"I am opposed on principle to the whole system of rebates and drawbacks—unless I am in it."
261. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. I, Chapter III
Little gratitude seems due in the one case, and all sort of resentment seems unjust in the other.
262. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Readers' Corner
A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories
263. STARTING AT WORK
"Please pay this bill."
264. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VI: CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTH PART
The effects are too often but too little regarded.
265. Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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266. The War of the Worlds: Chapter V. THE HEAT-RAY
“What ugly brutes!” he said. “Good God! What ugly brutes!” He repeated this over and over again.
267. The Benevolent Trusts
I confess I felt most strongly on the subject, and I feel so now.
268. The Effects of Radiation on Mammals
Almost at once, when the studies began, it turned out that mice were more susceptible to genetic damage than fruit flies were.
269. The Owner of the Voice
There are works, and this is one of them, that are best begun with a portrait of the author
270. The Machinery of Inheritance
An introduction to Asimov's Genetics of Radiation.
271. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS
I felt as a rabbit might feel returning to his burrow and suddenly confronted by the work of a dozen busy navvies digging the foundations of a house.
272. Parents and Offspring: The Machinery of Inheritance
Each adult possesses gonads in which sex cells are formed. In the male, sperm cells are formed in the testes; in the female, egg cells are formed in the ovaries
273. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GERMANS
I will do no more than I must to injure Germany further, and I will do all that I can to restore the unity of mankind.
274. Stories for Telling: Little In-a-Minute
“Come back. Oh, do come back!” called Dicky to the little ship, but the ship only sailed the faster.
275. The War That Will End War by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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276. Ionizing Radiations of the Electromagnetic Variety
Our modern technological civilization exposes mankind to two general genetic dangers unknown earlier: Synthetic chemicals and intensities of energetic radiation
277. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section O
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278. THE EARTH IN SPACE AND TIME
Astronomers and geologists and those who study physics have been able to tell us something of the origin and history of the earth.
279. IN THE GALLERY OF OLD IRON
So it was Lewisham enrolled his first ally in the cause of the red tie—of the red tie and of the Greatness that was presently to come.
280. REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM
It was Karl Marx who brought the second great influx of suggestion into the intellectual process of Socialism.
281. Stories for Telling: The Three Cakes
“With all my heart,” said the cook, and she made a cake. It was as big as—let me see—as big as the moon.
282. THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
To judge the character of all the members of a great organization or the organization itself by the actions of a few individuals would be manifestly unfair.
283. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture VII
Its basis of operations, what it starts from, what it falls back upon, is the phenomena which meet the senses.
284. The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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285. The Appeals that Come
"I don't give to such and such a board, because I have read that of the money given only half or less actually gets to the person needing help."
286. THE WORLD OF FACT
Fact expresses for me something in its nature primary and unanalyzable.
287. The Salvaging of Civilization by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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288. Why the Standard Pays Large Dividends
The capital stock could be raised several hundred per cent. without a penny of over-capitalization or "water"; the actual value is there.
289. A Normal Growth
Dock property was secured at low prices and made valuable by buildings and development.
290. THE MONGOL CONQUESTS
In 1214 Jengis Khan, the leader of the Mongol confederates, made war on the Kin Empire and captured Pekin (1214).
291. Follow the Laws of Trade
The underlying, essential element of success in business affairs is to follow the established laws of high-class dealing.
292. HESITATIONS
“Confound him!” said Mr. Lewisham, arguing the matter out with the bedroom furniture. “Why the devil can’t he mind his own business?”
293. The Difficult Art of Getting
Naturally, people of modest means lead a closer family life than those who have plenty of servants to do everything for them.
294. God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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295. The War of the Worlds: Chapter III. ON HORSELL COMMON
A large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded.
296. Building the Ships
All the conferences, as I said before, were carried on by Mr. Gates, who seemed to enjoy work, and he has had abundant privileges in that direction.
297. RAISING CHURCH FUNDS
The begging experiences I had at that time were full of interest.
298. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter V - III. Other Countries
It is necessary to presume to begin with that we are dealing with countries which have not lost control of their currencies.
299. EDITORIAL NOTE
The three introductions, which my friend Professor Judd has kindly furnished, give critical and historical information which makes this edition of special value
300. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill - Table of Links
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301. Must the Progress of Science Be a Boon to Mankind?
By the “heart” I mean, for the moment, the sum-total of kindly impulses.
302. Mr Cavor's Moon Landing
The whole area was moon, a stupendous scimitar of white dawn with its edge hacked out by notches of darkness.
303. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4
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304. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII, Section II
The great division of our affections is into the selfish and the benevolent.
305. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. II, Chapter II.
THERE can be no proper motive for hurting our neighbour, there can be no incitement to do evil to another
306. THE TRIUMPHS OF A TAXIDERMIST
“But all this is merely imitating Nature. I have done more than that in my time. I have—beaten her.”
307. ARGUMENTS VERSUS CAPITAL
"You say that we do not need to spend this money?"
308. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 5
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309. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - When the Moon Turned Green
Outside his laboratory Bruce Dixon finds a world of living dead men--and above, in the sky, shines a weird green moon.
310. THE STUDY AND PROPAGANDA OF DEMOCRACY
All round the world there is this same obscuration of the real intelligence of men.
311. Of the vision of the four Beasts
I beheld, saith Daniel, till the Beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flames.
312. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE
I have already spoken under the heading of Beliefs of the part that the idea of a Mediator has played and can play in the religious life.
313. The War of the Worlds: Chapter VII. HOW I REACHED HOME
I felt foolish and angry. I tried and found I could not tell them what I had seen. They laughed again at my broken sentences.
314. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 3
The laboratories are Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Texas, Wisconsin, Washington, Yale Linac, and Yale Van de Graaff.
315. What Can Paralyze an Absorbent System?
The term paralysis has generally been used to express the loss of voluntary motion, as in the hemiplagia, but it can also be applied to failing muscular fibres
316. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE IMITATIVE ARTS - Part II
AFTER the pleasures which arise from the gratification of the bodily appetites, there seem to be none more natural to man than Music and Dancing.
317. THE WEAR AND TEAR OF EPISCOPACY
He came to Princhester an innocent and trustful man.
318. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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319. Stories for Telling: Old Man Rabbit’s Thanksgiving Dinner
“You look a little unhappy,” said Old Man Rabbit, taking another bite of his turnip.
320. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Discourse III -Bearing Of Theology On Other Branch
It does not follow that they deny the existence of a God, because they are not found talking of it, when the topic would be utterly irrelevant.
321. THE SYNTHESIS
I write this down. It is the form of my belief, and that unanalyzable something called Beauty is the light that falls upon that form.
322. Stories for Telling: The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf
The girl’s name was Inge; she was a poor child, but proud and presumptuous.
323. Stories for Telling: The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings
Just think, this little White Rabbit wanted to be somebody else instead of the nice little rabbit that he was.
324. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 57
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325. THE NATURE OF LOVE
Love does not seem to me to be a simple elemental thing.
326. For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell: Preface
Story telling to be a developing factor in a child’s life must be studied by the story teller.
327. THE MAN’S OWN SHARE
They will in their own time take this world as a sculptor takes his marble and shape it better than all our dreams.
328. The Essays of Adam Smith: ADAM SMITH ON THE EXTERNAL SENSES - Of the Sense of TASTING
Nobody ever fancies that our food feels its own agreeable or disagreeable taste.
329. Marriage by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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330. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter IX
At these moments I wept bitterly and wished that peace would revisit my mind only that I might afford them consolation and happiness.
331. Key Out of Time by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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332. Twelve Stories and A Dream by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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333. The Future Effects of the Anthropological Sciences
This situation will lead to a tendency—already shown by the French—to employ more prolific races as mercenaries
334. How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day, August 2000 - Table of Links
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335. Tales of the Unexpected by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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336. The Limitations of the Rich
The novelty of being able to purchase anything one wants soon passes, because what people most seek cannot be bought with money.
337. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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338. Stories for Telling: The Prince’s Visit
“Hurrah! Hurrah! There he is! The Prince! The Prince!”
339. THE AGE OF FISHES
This question of Organic Evolution, like the question of the age of the earth, has in the past been the subject of much bitter controversy.
340. Indian Currency and Finance - Table of Links
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341. Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness - Table of Links
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342. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Preface
The opinions now laid before the reader are presented as corollaries necessarily following from the principles upon which Free Trade itself rests.
343. Table of Links - Cottage Economy to Which Is Added the Poor Man's Friend
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344. Disinterested Service the Road to Success
The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
345. The War of the Worlds: Chapter VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD
It is still a matter of wonder how the Martians are able to slay men so swiftly and so silently.
346. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book IV, Chapter III
Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints, even upon the Principles of the Commercial System.
347. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Note on Page 478
I think it worthwhile, in illustration of what I have said above at the page specified, to append the following passage from Grandorgæus's catalogue of Muratori
348. Man-made Radiation
In 1896, radioactivity was discovered and radioactive substances were concentrated in laboratories in order that they might be studied.
349. Heterodyne or Beat Long wave Telegraph Receiving Set?
In 2002, there were four different ways used to break up the continuous waves of a wireless telegraph transmitter into groups. Let's discuss them.
350. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 2 - A PROCESS-CONTROL SYSTEM
It can also perform most of the calculations necessary for real-time guidance of the course of the experiments.
351. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 7
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352. The Management of Capital
In the early days the risks of the business were great, and if the stock had been dealt in on the Exchange its fluctuations would no doubt have been violent.
353. The Multiplicity of Conscious States
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354. The Rates at Which Humans Absorb Radiation
Another difference between the genetic and somatic effects of radiation rests in the response to changes in the rate at which radiation is absorbed.
355. Section 12 - Stimulus, Sensorial Exertion, and Fibrous Contraction
If two particles of iron lie near each other without motion, and afterwards approach each other, it is reasonable to suggest
356. The New Opportunities
The great economic era we are entering will give splendid opportunity to the young man of the future.
357. THE EPILOGUE
“This is our home,” he said smiling, and with thoughtful eyes on me.
358. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Advertisement
The present collection of Lectures and Essays, written by him while Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, is certainly not an exception to this remark.
359. SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING
About the same time, for chronology is still vague, the great history of Egypt was beginning.
360. ALICE HEYDINGER
The previous session—their friendship was now nearly a year old—it had never once dawned upon him that she could possibly be pretty.
361. Some Old Friends
The men who have been very successful are correspondingly conservative, since they have much to lose in case of disaster.
362. The Country of the Blind
He started it again but ill, blindness overtook him, and he died of punishment in the mines; but the story he told begot a legend
363. THE ENCOUNTER AT STONEHENGE
“Talking wanton nonsense.... Any professional archaeologist would laugh, simply laugh....”
364. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter II
This division of labour, from which so many advantages are derived, is not originally the effect of any human wisdom.
365. The Spontaneity of Mutations
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366. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book - Table of Links
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367. THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEA OF SOCIALISM
He wants a complete organization for all those human affairs that are of collective importance.
368. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY
Let me shift my ground a little and ask you to consider what is involved in the opposite belief.
369. Section 9 - Voluntary Motions
When pleasure or pain affect the animal system, many of its motions both muscular and sensual are brought into action.
370. The Best Philanthropy
No mere money-giving is comparable to this in its lasting and beneficial results.
371. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture IV - Elementary Studies
Again, compare one idea with another; adjust truths and facts; form them into one whole, or notice the obstacles which occur in doing so.
372. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 3 - BREAKDOWN OF COSTS BY SYSTEMS
In Figure 14 the cost of the standard I/O equipment is shown plotted against the cost of the CPU for 36 different systems.
373. THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
There was once on a time, an old Goat who had seven little Kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children.
374. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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On-line data-acquisition computer systems are made in a wide range of types and sizes.
376. THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION
The pre-human age is called the “Older Palæolithic;” the age of true men using unpolished stones in the “Newer Palæolithic.
377. THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
The inherent disposition of monarchy to march back towards past conditions was first and most particularly manifest in Spain.
378. The War of the Worlds: Chapter 1. THE EVE OF THE WAR
“The chances against anything manlike on Mars are a million to one,” he said.
379. The Violin
He looked about him in a puzzled way. "I had a kind of vision while you were playing. I seemed to see——. What did I see? It has gone."
380. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 13
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381. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. III, Chapter III.
In equal degrees of merit there is scarce any man who does not respect more the rich and the great, than the poor and the humble.
382. The Complex Relationship between Radiation and Mutation
Where radiation is insufficient to render a cell incapable of division, it may still induce mutations.
383. The Ore Mines
We had great faith in these mines, but to work them the railroad was necessary.
384. Employing a Competitor
In giving such an order he was exposed, of course, to the risk of paying very high prices.
385. The Intensity of Psychic States
States of consciousness, sensations, feelings, passions, efforts, are capable of growth and diminution. This can cause the intensity to vary greatly.
386. The Organization of Conscious States
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387. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 4 - GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS
The correct strategy to employ in every case should be consistent with the size of the laboratory and with the capabilities of its staff.
388. WRECKAGE
I remember, clearly and coldly and vividly, all that I did that day until the time that I stood weeping and praising God upon the summit of Primrose Hill.
389. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XVIII
AS usurpation is the exercise of power, which another hath a right to; so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which no body can have a right to.
390. How to Make a Receiving Set for $5.00 or less
The following set is inexpensive, and with this cheap, little portable receptor you can get the Morse code from stations a hundred miles distant.
391. INTEREST AT 10 PER CENT
These experiences with my father remind me that in the early days there was often much discussion as to what should be paid for the use of money.
392. Genetic Load
Some gene mutations produce characteristics so undesirable that it is hard to imagine any change in environmental conditions that would make them beneficial.
393. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The human being was needed now only where choice and intelligence had to be exercised.
394. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter VIII
Flint knives came into play, then sharpened stakes that were thrust through the bleeding meat.
395. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin - Table of Links
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396. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book III - Chapter I
The great commerce of every civilized society is that carried on between the inhabitants of the town and those of the country.
397. The Origin of Philosophy
Comets, eclipses, thunder, lightning, and other meteors, by their greatness, naturally overawe him, and he views them with a reverence that approaches to fear.
398. Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life: Preface
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399. THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE
The century and a half that followed the defeat of Persia was one of very great splendour for the Greek civilization.
400. This Misery of Boots by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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401. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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402. THE WORLD IN TIME
At last a condition of things must have been attained in which a man might have stood up on earth and looked about him and lived.
403. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 1 - MATCHING COMPUTERS TO TASKS
We start with the large computer system. All classes of jobs can be handled by this powerful system.
404. Section 6 – The Four Classes of Fibrous Motions
All the fibrous contractions of animal bodies originate from the sensorium and resolve themselves into four classes.
405. PREFACE
Here I can only thank the writers collectively, and call their attention to the more practical gratitude of my frequently modified text.
406. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 60
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407. The Last 3 Days (04): The First Fallout
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
408. LADY HARDY
He was a man of extensive reservations. His private life was in some respects exceptionally private.
409. THE WILL TO LOVE
Love is a thing to a large extent in its beginnings voluntary and controllable, and at last quite involuntary.
410. DARWIN AND HIS THEORIES FROM A RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW
“Darwin’s writings may be searched in vain for an irreverent or unbelieving word.”—The Church Review.
411. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT
To the mystery of Power and Beauty, out of the earth that mothered us, we move.
412. THE PART PLAYED BY WORMS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PLANET
Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than most persons would at first suppose.
413. Section 5 - The Four Faculties or Motions of the Sensorium
The spirit of animation has four different modes of action, or in other words the animal sensorium possesses four different faculties.
414. Building a 100 Mile C.W. Telegraph Set
if you have alternating current service in your home you can install a long-distance continuous wave telegraph transmitter
415. Stories for Telling: The Great Stone Face
“Oh, mother, dear mother!” cried Ernest. “I do hope I shall live to see him.”
416. THE RECENT STRUGGLE FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
British political life resists cleansing with all the vigour of a dirty little boy.
417. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 59
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418. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter X
What was Barter doing now? Would he not be striving to watch the course of his experiment?
419. THE CAREER PREVAILS
He was pointed out to a raw hand, by the raw hand’s experienced fellow-townsman, as “that beast Lewisham—awful swat.
420. Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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421. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter IV
From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation.
422. The Angel in Trouble
"The fact is," said the Vicar, "this is no world for Angels."
423. A Tract on Monetary Reform - Table of Links
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424. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter V
They were seated in the cabin of the man-made meteor that the brain of Harkness had conceived—two men and a girl.
425. Stories for Telling: Goody Two Shoes
They found that little Marjery was the best scholar and had the best heart of any one who wanted to be the teacher, and they gave her a most favorable report.
426. STICKING TO BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
"My son, I find I have got to have that money."
427. Oliver Twist: Chapter XLVII
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428. Oliver Twist: Chapter XLV
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429. THE CROWNING VICTORY
“Dreams like mine—abilities like mine. Yes—any man! And yet ...—The things I meant to do!”
430. Reverie, The Catenation of Ideas, and Muscular Motions
Being lost in one's thoughts pleasantly, a daydream if you will.
431. THE SWORD OF PEACE
Europe is at war!
432. Second Treatise of Government - Table of Links
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433. PRIMITIVE THOUGHT
The sources to which scientific men have gone in their attempts to reconstruct that primitive mentality are very various.
434. The Hunting of the Strange Bird
"Dear me!" said the Vicar. "I had no idea." He came forward cautiously. "Excuse me," he said, "I am afraid I have shot you."
435. THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRIES, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE HISTORY OF ASTRO
The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes,
And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.
436. DEAD LONDON
“Ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla,” wailed that superhuman note—great waves of sound sweeping down the broad, sunlit roadway,between the tall buildings on each side.
[437. The Door in the Wall
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438. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 by H. W. Fulbright et al. - Table of Links
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439. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 8
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440. In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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441. Oliver Twist: Chapter XVIII
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442. THE SAD STORY OF A DRAMATIC CRITIC
Engaged to a very nice girl, named Delia. Fairly new, she was—cigarettes—liked me because I was human and original.
443. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 11 - Food Conservers
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444. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XI
There was a device upon the table. I have already described a similar one, the Time-telespectroscope.
445. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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446. THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS
Arabic paper manuscripts from the ninth century onward still exist.
447. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XVII
None of the Robots would admit having seen Migul; nor the arrival of the cage; nor the strangers from the past.
448. The War of the Worlds: Chapter IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE
“Nay,” shouted the curate, at the top of his voice, standing likewise and extending his arms. “Speak! The word of the Lord is upon me!”
449. Radiation Sickness: Dose and Consequence
The danger of overexposure to high-energy radiation was understood fairly soon but not before some tragic experiences were recorded.
450. THE WORLD IN SPACE
The earth, as everybody knows nowadays, is a spheroid, a sphere slightly compressed, orange fashion, with a diameter of nearly 8,000 miles.
451. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter I - The Consequences to Society of Changes in the Value of Money
We leave Saving to the private investor, and we encourage him to place his savings mainly in titles to money.
452. PROLOGUE
Clearly he was unaware of my presence, and I stood waiting until his pen should come to a pause.
453. PEOPLE WHOSE BOOTS DON’T HURT THEM
Everybody does not suffer misery from boots.
454. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Table of Links
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455. Phaedo by Plato - Table of Links
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456. Oliver Twist: Chapter XXXVIII
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457. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 2 - Animal Musicians
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458. THE FALLING STAR
“Good Lord!” said Henderson. “Fallen meteorite! That’s good.”
459. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XIII
THOUGH in a constituted commonwealth, standing upon its own basis, and acting according to its own nature, that is, acting for the preservation of the community
460. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter VIII
He did not fear the battle he knew he must fight. He hurried back because Apeman might realize himself beaten and escape into the jungle.
461. Section 8 - Sensitive Motion
Many of the motions of our muscles, that are excited into action by irritation, are at the same time accompanied with painful or pleasurable sensations.
462. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES
Most people speak of drugs in the spirit of that admirable firm of soap-boilers which assures its customers that the soap they make “contains no chemicals.
463. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE
“Justice,” she asserts, “is an instinctive craving very nearly akin to the physical craving for equilibrium. Its social importance corresponds.
464. IS SOCIALISM POSSIBLE?
I don’t think the “human nature” argument against the possibility of Socialism will hold water.
465. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XI
The great and chief end, therefore, of men’s uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property.
466. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXIV
Mary and I turned away into the New York City of 1935, to begin our life together.
467. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE
The weak have no essential rights against the strong, nor the strong against the weak.
468. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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469. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book II - Chapter IV
The stock which is lent at interest is always considered as a capital by the lender.
470. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 10 - Language, Race and Culture
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471. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter III
Sect. 16. THE state of war is a state of enmity and destruction: and therefore declaring by word or action, not a passionate and hasty
472. First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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473. The Man of Science
"This—ahem—gentleman," said the Vicar, "or—ah—Angel"—the Angel bowed—"is suffering from a gunshot wound."
474. Lady Hammergallow's View
"Mr Hilyer, I protest. I know. Not anything you can say will alter my opinion one jot. Don't try. I never suspected you were nearly such an interesting man."
475. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. II, Chapter II.
EVEN of the passions derived from the imagination, those which take their origin from a peculiar turn or habit it has acquired.
476. Tono-Bungay by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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477. Oliver Twist: Chapter VI
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478. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter X
We rest; a dream has power to poison sleep. We rise; one wand’ring thought pollutes the day.
479. PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES
For settlement under the conditions of the primitive civilizations men needed a constant water supply and warmth and sunshine.
480. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter XI
Slowly she began to move. Moans escaped her lips, little pathetic moans, and the name of Lee Bentley.
481. THE PURPLE PILEUS
A small shopman is in such a melancholy position, if his wife turns out a disloyal partner.
482. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: A LARGE SYSTEM BASED ON A SINGLE COMPUTER
Since early 1966, Yale and IBM Research have been engaged in a joint study in the application of computers to nuclear-data acquisition.
483. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter II
A pulsing pain that stabbed through his head was Chet's first conscious impression.
484. Ann Veronica A Modern Love Story: Chap 15. THE LAST DAYS AT HOME
They decided to go to Switzerland at the session’s end. “We’ll clean up everything tidy,” said Capes....
485. Anticipations by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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486. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Letter IV - To Mrs. Saville, England
“Certainly; it would indeed be very impertinent and inhuman in me to trouble you with any inquisitiveness of mine.”
487. HOW TO FIND THE PLANETS
There is no reason why everybody should not know the principal planets at sight nearly as well as everybody knows the moon.
488. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter VI
The thing that Barter then contrived was destined to remain forever in the memory of Bentley as the most ghastly thing he had ever experienced.
489. The killing of the friendless old Russian
It was a great mystery to Herr Skopf—and, doubtless, still is.
490. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter XIII
He had read somewhere that the great apes sorrowed when any of their members died.
491. A CATASTROPHE
An irritable old gentleman, very hot and red about the face, and in a heavy fur-lined cloak, came in noisily. Mrs. Winslow vanished.
492. Stories for Telling: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
“Everybody goes to bed so very, very early in the country. A mouse may dance until morning without being caught.”
493. RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM
The consequences of this want of firm definition are to be seen in the whole history of the papacy up to the sixteenth century.
494. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. II, Chapter IV - Of the Social Passions.
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495. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter II
We were brought up together; there was not quite a year difference in our ages.
496. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. I, Chapter V
As we cannot indeed enter thoroughly into the gratitude of the person who receives the benefit, unless we beforehand approve of the motives of the benefactor.
497. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue:- Section A
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498. A Simple Vacuum Tube Detector Receiver
Though the vacuum tube detector has more complicated circuits than a crystal detector, it doesn't require constant adjustment like the crystal detector.
499. THE NEW EDUCATION
The exact sciences lead to the administrative work of industrialism, and to general economics.
500. What Headphones and Loud Speakers Were like in 2002
Wireless Headphones.--A telephone receiver for a wireless receiving set is made exactly on the same principle as an ordinary Bell telephone receiver.
501. The Essays of Adam Smith: ADAM SMITH ON THE EXTERNAL SENSES - Of the Sense of TOUCHING
This power or quality of resistance we call Solidity; and the thing which possesses it, the Solid Body or Thing.
502. THE AGE OF REPTILES
Age by age and with abundant fluctuations that mitigation came.
503. Keeping Pigs
If the weather be very mild, you may wait a little longer; for the hog cannot be too fat.
504. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software, by Sam Williams - Table of Links
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505. Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life - Table of Links
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506. Enzymes, Genes and Consistent Chemical Changes
Different chemical changes occur in the cell and are guided and controlled by the existence of as many thousands of different enzymes within the cell.
507. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. I, Chapter III
To approve of another man’s opinions is to adopt those opinions, and to adopt them is to approve of them.
508. The Backus Purchase
This is my reason for entering so much into detail in this particular case, which I am exceedingly reluctant to do, and for many years have refrained from doing
509. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: A SMALL TIME-SHARED DATA-ACQUISITION
The basic use of these systems is pulse-height analysis.
510. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part IV, Chapter II
Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility bestows upon the Characters and the Actions of Men
511. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter VII
512. Regenerative Amplification and Receiving Sets
While a vacuum tube detector has an amplifying action of its own, its action can be further increased by making radio frequency currents react on the detector.
513. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XV
What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them.
514. ROME AND CARTHAGE
A temple to the Roman god, Jupiter Capitolinus, stood in the place of the Temple, and Jews were forbidden to inhabit the city.
515. The Essays of Adam Smith: ADAM SMITH ON THE EXTERNAL SENSES - Of the Sense of HEARING.
Sound is not naturally felt as resisting or pressing upon the organ, or as in any respect external to, or independent of, the organ.
516. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 49
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517. THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
In this miscellaneous empire the ways of doing work and business were naturally also very miscellaneous.
518. For the Story Teller: Chapter 12 - Making Over Stories
To meet these story needs as applied to oral delivery, a story has, ordinarily, to be made over before it is told.
519. THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS
Plants no doubt preceded animal forms in this invasion of the land, but the animals probably followed up the plant emigration very closely.
520. The Human Side of Animals: Foreward
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521. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 10 - Animals Architects, Engineers, and House Builders
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522. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book: Introduction
Before delving into the mysteries of receiving and sending messages without wires, we look at the history of the art and its present-day applications.
523. THE RED ROOM
“If,” I said a little louder, “if you will show me to this haunted room of yours, I will relieve you from the task of entertaining me.”
524. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XXIII
I had been calm during the day, but so soon as night obscured the shapes of objects, a thousand fears arose in my mind.
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As we have no immediate experience of what other men feel, we can form no idea of the manner in which they are affected.
526. The Magic Shop
I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects.
527. Oliver Twist: Chapter XV
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528. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD
That either dream is to be regarded as in any way significant or prophetic beyond what I have categorically said, I do not for one moment suggest.
529. THE RACES OF MANKIND
It is necessary now to discuss plainly what is meant by a phrase, used often very carelessly, “The Races of Mankind.”
530. Those were anxious days
"Say nothing of this to anyone," I ordered. "Keep your eyes and ears open and report every suspicious thing you see or hear."
531. Witches' Meat
"The Foanna," she continued, "these Wreckers, the sea people—all at odds with one another. Do we join any, then their quarrels must also become ours."
532. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter IX
The memory that had registered only in some corner of a mind deeper than the conscious, came to the surface.
533. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter IX
Mary Atwood and I lay on the metal grid floor of the largest Time-cage.
534. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 17
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535. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book III - Chapter II
This original engrossing of uncultivated lands, though a great, might have been but a transitory evil.
536. The Problem of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell - Table Of Links
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537. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH.
Now all this leads very directly to a discussion of the relations of a person of my way of thinking to the Church and religious institutions generally.
538. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 8 - In their Boudoirs, Hospitals, and Churches
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539. EPILOGUE
In one respect I shall certainly provoke criticism.
540. Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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541. Stories for Telling: The Woodpecker Who was Selfish
One day there was an unusually heavy storm and down from the tree blew the nest. So the Sparrow had now no home.
542. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 24
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543. For the Story Teller: Chapter 5 - Story Climax
A careful reading of the story will disclose Hawthorne’s subtle use of suspense, the art of “making his audience wait” for his dénouement.
544. THE LOST INHERITANCE
“He was an author, you see, and he wrote a lot of books.”
545. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE
“I was walking through the roads to clear my brain,” he said. “And suddenly—fire, earthquake, death!”
546. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XIV
There came a girl's scream, and muffled, frantic words.
547. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section R
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548. Propensity to Motion, Repetition and Imitation
When the voluntary power is suspended during sleep, there commences a ceaseless flow of sensitive motions, or ideas of imagination, which compose our dreams.
549. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
Some new illustrations have been introduced, and four of the old drawings have been replaced by better ones, done from life by Mr. T.W. Wood.
550. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 12 - Tourists and Sight-seeing
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551. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 5 - Miners and Excavators
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552. THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND RUSSIA
The mind plunges hopelessly through that tangle to the elements of a speech which is as yet unknown.
553. MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN
Now the past history of the Primates is one very difficult to decipher in the geological record.
554. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 36
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555. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book II - Chapter I
When the stock which a man possesses is no more than sufficient to maintain him for a few days or a few weeks, he seldom thinks of deriving any revenue from it.
556. Oliver Twist: Chapter X
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557. What’s Up with Short Wave Regenerative Receiving Sets?
A short wave receiving set is one that will receive a range of wave lengths of from 150 to 600 meters.
558. RAISED EYEBROWS
“I hope,” said Lewisham, making a resolute plunge, “perhaps while you are staying at Whortley ...”
559. The Wonderful Visit by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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560. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 38
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561. THE DEPARTURE
Dr. Martineau said something of no consequence about its being a very comfortable little car.
562. The Last 3 Days (02): Love Blooms in Shop Class
An immature decision stands a youth far from home as the world ends
563. Modern Industrialism is a Struggle for Two Things - Markets and Raw Materials
Modern industrialism is a struggle between nations for two things, markets and raw materials, as well as for the sheer pleasure of dominion.
564. NIGHT AND THE OPEN SEA
“This,” it came to me, “is England. That is what I wanted to give in my book. This!”
565. Oliver Twist: Chapter XXXIV
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566. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 27
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567. ASH-MAIDEN
And now the bird threw down to her a dress which was more splendid and magnificent than any she had yet had, and the slippers were golden.
568. THE RECORD OF THE ROCKS
Not only is Space from the point of view of life and humanity empty, but Time is empty also.
569. Oliver Twist: Chapter XLIII
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570. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter XII
The blacks shouted to Apeman but of course Bentley could not understand what they said.
571. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VI - Of the Character of Virtue, Section I
THE preservation and healthful state of the body seem to be the objects which Nature first recommends to the care of every individual.
572. THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS
The first overseas settlements of the Dutch and Northern Atlantic Europeans were not for colonization but for trade and mining.
573. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 11 - Language and Literature
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574. AEPYORNIS ISLAND
"I believe you," said the man with the scar. "It was a monster. Sindbad's roc was just a legend of 'em. But when did they find these bones?"
575. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Letter II - To Mrs. Saville, England
How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow! Yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise.
576. Among Several Hundred Thousand Interested in Telephony
There are two distinct kinds of wireless systems and these are: the wireless telegraph system, and the wireless telephone system.
577. Of not liking Hallery and the Royal Society for the Discouragement of Literature
“Ordinary people snuggle up to God as a lost leveret in a freezing wilderness might snuggle up to a Siberian tiger….
578. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: VOL. VI, NO. 3 - The Readers' Corner
People read every day of "miracles" and scarcely give them a second thought, while a hundred years ago their perpetrators would have been destroyed as witches.
579. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter V
The ship that Chet Bullard and Harkness had designed had none of the instruments for space navigation that the ensuing years were to bring.
580. A MOTH—GENUS NOVO
Probably you have heard of Hapley—not W.T. Hapley, the son, but the celebrated Hapley, the Hapley of Periplaneta Hapliia, Hapley the entomologist.
581. MANIFESTATIONS
In the darkness on the table something faintly luminous, a greenish-white patch, stirred and hopped slowly among the dim shapes.
582. Oliver Twist: Chapter XLI
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583. WAR AND COMPETITION
War is manifestly not a thing in itself, it is something correlated with the whole fabric of human life.
584. Electricity, What a Concept!
It is easy to understand how electricity behaves and what it does if you get the right idea of it at the start.
585. The Angel Explores the Village
So soon as the Angel had passed, one of the three hummed this tune in an aggressive tone.
586. The Principle of Relativity by Albert Einstein - Table of Links
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587. The War of the Worlds: Chapter IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS
“It’s a pity they make themselves so unapproachable,” he said. “It would be curious to know how they live on another planet; we might learn a thing or two.”
588. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter IV
No man faces death in so shocking a form without feeling the effects. Death had flicked them with a finger of flame and had passed them by.
589. CULTURE
Boston is now producing no literature except a little criticism.
590. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XII
"The cottagers arose the next morning before the sun. The young woman arranged the cottage and prepared the food, and the youth departed after the first meal."
591. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII, Section III, Chapter I
Virtue is the great support, and vice the great disturber of human society.
592. THE NECESSARY POWERS OF THE LEAGUE
No man can join a partnership and remain an absolutely free man.
593. Clever Hans
Hans ties Grettel to a rope, and leads her home, where he puts her in a stall, and ties her up. Then he goes into the house to his Mother.
594. THE WAY TO CONCRETE REALIZATION
Fantastic as they are, they have played a large part in reducing the Hague Tribunal to an ineffective squeak amidst the thunders of this war.
595. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 9 - Self-defense and Home-Government
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596. AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Already the wounds of our dead cry out to you.
597. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY
Survivors there were none.
598. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VI, Section II, Chapter I.
Every man feels his own pleasures and his own pains more sensibly than those of other people.
599. IN BATTERSEA PARK
She spoke at last with an effort. “That it hurts me,” she said, and grimaced and stopped again.
600. THE LAWS OF VARIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANIMALS AND PLANTS
I shall in this volume treat, as fully as my materials permit, the whole subject of variation under domestication.
601. THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN
"Suppose it should turn out that there is nothing but an ocean on this side of the planet," I suggested.
602. THE SEA RAIDERS
In no department of zoological science, indeed, are we quite so much in the dark as with regard to the deep-sea cephalopods.
603. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY. SEC. 1
The violent and sudden change produced upon the mind, when an emotion of any kind is brought suddenly upon it, constitutes the whole nature of Surprise.
604. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part II, SEC. II, Chapter III
IT is thus that man, who can subsist only in society, was fitted by nature to that situation for which he was made.
605. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book V, Chapter II - Part I
Small republics have sometimes derived a considerable revenue from the profit of mercantile projects.
606. Section 13 - Vegetable Animation
The fibers of the vegetable world, as well as those of the animal, are excitable into various motions by irritating external objects.
607. THE SIX SWANS
But the King and the Queen, with their six brothers, lived many years in happiness and peace.
608. THOUGHTS IN PRISON
“I suppose pride and self-assertion are sin? Sinned against heaven—Yes, I have sinned against heaven and before thee....
609. THE JILTING OF JANE
"Not out with him, m'm—after him. I walked along by the side of them, and told her he was engaged to me."
610. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section U
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611. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 9
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612. What Do We Really Know about the Circulatory System?
In this, we illustrate some of the phenomena of disease and trace out their most efficacious methods of cure.
613. How A Vacuum Tube Can Be Used as A Radio Amplifier
A Vacuum tube is more sensitive than a crystal detector because it rectifies the oscillating current in receiving circuits and works as an amplifier all at once
614. THE MODERN CORPORATION
Beyond question there is a suspicion of corporations.
615. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part V, Chapter I
When two objects have frequently been seen together, the imagination acquires a habit of passing easily from the one to the other.
616. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII, Section II, Chapter II
Pleasure and pain are the great objects of desire and aversion: but these are distinguished, not by reason, but by immediate sense and feeling.
617. THE JOY OF ACHIEVEMENT
The part played by one of my earliest partners, Mr. H.M. Flagler, was always an inspiration to me.
618. The War of the Worlds: Chapter II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE
I could hear a number of noises almost like those in an engine shed; and the place rocked with that beating thud.
619. THE CAREER IS SUSPENDED
At the thought of that new life together that was drawing so near, she came into his head, vivid and near and warm....
620. WRITING
The door is not half open; the light is but a light new lit. Our world to-day is only in the beginning of knowledge.
621. BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA
China at this time was the greatest, best organized and most civilized political system in the world.
622. For the Story Teller: Chapter 3 - When the Curtain Rises
“Some children were at play in their playground one day, when a herald rode through the town, blowing a trumpet and crying aloud: ‘The King! The King is coming!
623. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXI
His labored voice came up. "George? Thank God! Get us—out of here. Almost—gone, George!"
624. THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON'S EYES.
Davidson felt about, and puzzled over it, and answered presently that he could feel it all right, but he couldn't see it.
625. “AS THE WIND BLOWS.”
“Tu, nisi ventis
Debes ludibrium, cave.”
626. The Human Side of Animals: Chapter 6 - Animal Mathematics
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627. The Essays of Adam Smith: OF THE AFFINITY BETWEEN CERTAIN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN VERSES
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather or prunello;
628. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter XVI
Indeed, it often makes way for a new frame of a commonwealth, by destroying the former; but, without the consent of the people, can never erect a new one.
629. SCHOOLING
The modern school is not a thing that has evolved from a simple germ, by a mere process of expansion.
630. Early Notes on Paralysis of the Liver and Kidneys
From the consumption of spiris, the termination of the common bile duct in that bowel becomes stimulated into unnatural action.
631. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERT
Farther on towards Weybridge, just over the bridge, there were a number of men in white fatigue jackets throwing up a long rampart, and more guns behind.
632. The Reason for Conditional Gifts
It is highly important that every charitable institution shall have at all times the largest possible number of current contributors.
633. On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969: Chapter 2 - MULTIPLE-COMPUTER SYSTEMS
At the Rutgers-Bell (RB) nuclear physics laboratory, work has been done with two different two-CPU systems.
634. Chapter V. THE STILLNESS
I could see in any direction save behind me, to the north, and neither Martians nor sign of Martians were to be seen.
635. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 6
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636. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 44
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637. A DEAL IN OSTRICHES
He looked at me over his spectacles. “I’ve seen another that was refused at four.”
638. Telegraphs in the 80s
A wireless telegraph transmitting set can be installed for a very small amount of money provided you are content with one that has a limited range.
639. They withdrew to a spot hacked from the edge of the jungle
The Chief Ranger scowled. "That is what Nymani has gone to find out."
640. The Child of the Ages
"I've been working. I got excited by my work. I've been at the laboratory. I've had the best spell of work I've ever had since our marriage."
641. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE LOWER CLASSES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
Throughout this great division of the animal kingdom, as far as I can discover, secondary sexual characters, such as we are here considering, never occur.
642. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 51
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643. "THE WHITE MAN'S BURTHEN"
The ghosts of the thirst-tormented Hereros rise up in their thousands from the African dust, protesting.
644. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Discourse II - Theology A Branch Of Knowledge.
The word “God” is a Theology in itself, indivisibly one, inexhaustibly various, from the vastness and the simplicity of its meaning.
645. The Angel's Debut
"Did you really make that up yourself?" said Mrs Jehoram, sparkling her eyes at him, "as you went along. Really, it is wonderful! Nothing less than wonderful."
646. Oliver Twist: Chapter V
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647. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE
I confess I find myself a confusion of motives beside which my confusion of perceptions pales into insignificance.
648. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XVI
"But I won't let you go," Larry finished. The palace was somnolent; the officials were asleep: none had heard of the murder.
649. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture X
For she is ever the same,—ever young and vigorous, and ever overcoming new errors with the old weapons.
650. Black Emptiness for Twenty Million Times a Million Miles
The Star was a 'strange wanderer' that appeared early in the 20th century.
651. The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Table of Links
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652. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter III - III. The Seasonal Fluctuation
“The arrangement would not last for any appreciable period unless, as a preliminary, the Governments took the necessary steps to balance their budgets.
653. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Discourse I
The past never returns; the course of events, old in its texture, is ever new in its colouring and fashion
654. THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST
"This curved and twisting line is the river—I could do with a drink now!—and this star is the place."
655. Stories for Telling: The Little Lame Prince
Yes, he was the most beautiful Prince that ever was born.
656. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD
The idea of organizing the progressive elements in the social chaos into a regular developing force is one that has had a great attraction for me.
657. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part III, Chapter VI
RELIGION affords such strong motives to the practice of virtue, and guards us by such powerful restraints from the temptations of vice.
658. The Trail to the Sea
They tried poor inadequate congratulation....
659. IN PERSPECTIVE
“My charm of manner, I suppose. But, indeed, he’s very human.”
660. Oliver Twist: Chapter XLVI
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661. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter VI
“I have written myself into better spirits, dear cousin; but my anxiety returns upon me as I conclude.
662. ESCAPE
"Stop!" I cried. "Whoever shoots at me or advances toward me I shall kill as I killed him!"
663. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XIII
"Master, I have done well. There is no reason to punish."
664. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter IV
How often are the great things of life submerged beneath the trivial.
665. IN THE LAND OF THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLES
“She is much more incapable than I am,” said Sir Richmond as if he delivered a weighed and very important judgment.
666. Dissecting Vacuum Tube Transmitters
To make a tube set up powerful oscillations then, it is only necessary that an oscillation circuit shall be provided.
667. The Operation of Vacuum Tube Receptors
To understand how a vacuum tube acts as a detector and as an amplifier you must first know what electrons are.
668. The Dismissal of Parsons
“He’s gone already,” said Platt. “Might have stopped to say good-by to a chap.”
669. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section X,Y AND Z
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670. The Atom-Smasher
It was sublime and terrible, and on the result of that conflict.
671. A WITHDRAWAL
Lewisham growled, went from page 1 to page 3—conscious of their both looking to him now—even intensely—and discovered Chaffery in a practical vein.
672. For the Story Teller: Chapter 6 - Training a Child's Memory by Means of a Story
Memory is a process of association of ideas. Not repetition of an idea, but surrounding it with a host of witnesses gives it permanency in the mind.
673. THE RESCUE
"Thandar is dead," she whispered.
674. The Pilgrimage to Lonely Hut
"We wanted to be alone together. There was too much—over there—too much everything."
675. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter I.
The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment.
676. A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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677. Of the Prophecy of the Scripture of Truth
All these nations compose the Empire of the Turks, and therefore this Empire is here to be understood by the King of the North.
678. The Secretions of Saliva, Tears and the Lacrymal Sack
The salival glands drink up a certain fluid from the circumfluent blood, and pour it into the mouth.
679. THE PROPHETIC HABIT OF MIND
To begin with, I remember that to me in my boyhood speculation about the Future was a monstrous joke.
680. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter VI
Honour thy father and thy mother, Exod. xx. 12. Whosoever curseth his father or his mother, Lev. xx. 9.
681. This Side of Paradise: Book I, Chapter I - Amory, Son of Beatrice
Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worthwhile.
682. Section 2 - Explanations and Definitions
As some explanations and definitions will be necessary in the prosecution of the work, the reader is troubled with them in this piece.
683. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part III, Chapter V
The man who has received great benefits from another person may by the natural coldness of his temper,feel but a very small degree of the sentiment of gratitude
684. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 46
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685. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VII, Section II, Chapter III
In the divine nature, according to these authors, benevolence or love was the sole principle of action, and directed the exertion of all the other attributes.
686. The Jungle: Chapter V
Women and little children would fall to cursing about it; it was rotten, rotten as hell—everything was rotten.
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A child cries at a pain, laughs when he is tickled, starts in fear at a sudden and loud noise.
688. THE OPPORTUNITY OF LIBERALISM
The opportunity of Liberalism has come at last, an overwhelming opportunity.
689. PROP. I. Theor. I.
What that Cause is we shewed above in this tenth Experiment, and need not here repeat it.
690. IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY
The reader is probably familiar with the structure of an ordinary astronomical observatory.
691. Oliver Twist: Chapter XII
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692. Imagine a Sphere Large Enough to Hold Two People
“Imagine a sphere,” he explained, “large enough to hold two people and their luggage.
693. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT LOGICS AND METAPHYSICS
According to Plato and Timæus, the principles out of which the Deity formed the World, and which were themselves eternal, were three in number.
694. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part IV, Chapter I
Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility bestows upon all the Productions of Art, and of the extensive Influence of this Species of Beauty.
695. CHANGES IN THE WORLD’S CLIMATE
It must be borne in mind that great changes of climate have always been in progress, that have sometimes stimulated and sometimes checked life.
696. THE DREAM
The word remained like a little ash after a flare.
697. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter II - Public Finance and Changes in the Value of Money
A Government can live for a long time, even the German Government or the Russian Government, by printing paper money.
698. SEA PEOPLES AND TRADING PEOPLES
No doubt he ventured at first as a fisherman, having learnt the elements of seacraft in creeks and lagoons.
699. THE LITTLE EDEN
Up the bed of the stream she led him, sometimes floundering through holes so deep that they were entirely submerged.
700. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: VOL. VI, NO. 3 - The Man From 2071
Out of the flow of time there appears to Commander John Hanson a man of mystery from the forgotten past.
701. THE LATER POSTGLACIAL PALÆOLITHIC MEN, THE FIRST TRUE MEN
Now here again, with every desire to be plain and explicit with the reader, we have still to trouble him with qualified statements and notes of interrogation.
702. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS
The institutions and customs and political ideas of the ancient civilizations grew up slowly, age by age, no man designing and no man foreseeing.
703. Morning
"Oh! in return for things I do for him, you know. We go in for division of labour in this world. Exchange is no robbery."
704. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”
When his eyes were clear again he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward.
705. THE TEMPTATION OF HARRINGAY
It is quite impossible to say whether this thing really happened. It depends entirely on the word of R.M. Harringay, who is an artist.
706. A Moonlight Fable
There was once a little man whose mother made him a beautiful suit of clothes.
707. Digestion, Secretion, Nutrition and Organic Life
The larger crystals of saline bodies may arise from the combination of smaller crystals, owing to the greater attractions of their sides than their angles.
708. Oliver Twist: Chapter XXX
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709. Making Bread - (continued)
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710. A Tract on Monetary Reform: Chapter V - Positive Suggestions for the Future Regulation of Money
A method for regulating the supply of currency and credit with a view to maintaining, so far as possible, the stability of the internal price level
711. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part III, Chapter III - Of the Influence and Authority of Conscience.
It is never objected to us that we have too little fellow-feeling with the joy of success.
712. Oliver Twist: Chapter XI
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713. THE WAR OF THE MIND
All the realities of this war are things of the mind.
714. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XIV. IN LONDON
“There’s fighting going on about Weybridge” was the extent of their information.
715. THE WHITE SNAKE
So he turned on to a side path and the Ant-King cried out to him, “We will remember you—-one good turn deserves another!”
716. THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY
Faith will van... ish in... to sight,
Hope be emp... tied in del ... ight,
Love in Heaven will shine more bri... ight,
There... fore give us Love"
717. The Door in the Wall
To him at least the Door in the Wall was a real door leading through a real wall to immortal realities.
718. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XXII
I soon found that I had overtaxed my strength and that I must repose before I could continue my journey.
719. THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR
“It’s the alterations play the devil with us,” said Monson, biting a paper-fastener.
720. The Prologue in Heaven
Two eternal beings, magnificently enhaloed, the one in a blinding excess of white radiance and the other in a bewildering extravagance of colours.
721. Crystal Detectors and Telephonic Speech
With a crystal detector receiving set you can receive either telegraphic dots and dashes or telephonic speech and music.
722. Of the Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
The grounds of the Chronology here followed, I will now set down as briefly as I can.
723. Oliver Twist: Chapter XLII
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724. THE MIDDLE-CLASS MAN, THE BUSINESS MAN, AND SOCIALISM
Socialism is not the coming of chaos and repudiation, it is the coming of order and justice.
725. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MIND AND LANGUAGE
The newborn child is at first no more than an animal.
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While all the world was out searching for the Blue Robin, it had come of its own accord to the poor little faithful boy in his poor little home.
727. For the Story Teller: Chapter 1 - The Apperceptive Basic of Story Telling
APPERCEPTION is a formidable and sometimes confusing term for a very simple and easy-to-understand mental process.
728. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Port of Missing Planes
729. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter III
Walter Harkness had built this ship with Chet's help. They had designed it for space-travel.
730. REDWOOD’S TWO DAYS
The last word the officer heard was Redwood’s high-pitched, “But at least you might tell me if my Son—”
731. The Mystery of the Stolen Body
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732. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter I
High in jungle treetops swings young Bentley—his human brain imprisoned in a mighty ape.
733. TRAVELING WITH TERROR
He had no conception of the time that had elapsed since I had departed, but guessed that many years had dragged their slow way into the past.
734. Indian Currency and Finance: Chapter V - Council Bills and Remittance
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735. The Meaning of the Symptoms
I now no longer understand Janet's discussions, but I believe that he has needlessly deprived himself of high credit.
736. EXEGETICAL
“My faith in God grows,” he said.
737. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 9
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738. CONSTRUCTIVE SOCIALISM
One has to recognize that this mind is at present a mind in a state of confusion, full of warring suggestions and warring impulses.
739. THE LANGUAGES OF MANKIND
The first languages were probably small collections of such words; they consisted of interjections and nouns.
740. The Great Gatsby: Chapter 7
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741. ANN VERONICA PUTS THINGS IN ORDER
“I don’t know why. But this is like—like walking round a house that looks square and complete and finding an unexpected long wing running out behind.”
742. LOVE AMONG THE WRECKAGE
“I saw you yesterday. And I rode over to see you.” I had now come close to her, and stood looking up into her face.
743. The Trouble of the Barbed Wire
So, ingloriously, ended the Angel's first and last appearance in Society.
744. SATURN, A PRODIGY AMONG PLANETS
Saturn is the second of the major, or Jovian, group of planets, and is situated at a mean distance from the sun of 886,000,000 miles.
745. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section M
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746. THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE
For a time the scientific process which began so brilliantly in Greece and Alexandria was interrupted.
747. Beasts at Bay
“P.S.—The balance of your punishment has to do with what shall presently befall your wife—that I shall leave to your imagination.”
748. The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost
“Caught a ghost, did you?” said Sanderson. “Where is it?”
749. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Preface
Such is a University in its essence, and independently of its relation to the Church.
750. THE MIND OF A MODERN STATE
You see, my hero in the confused drama of human life is intelligence; intelligence inspired by constructive passion.
751. The Moth
You may know, at least, of the great feud between Hapley and Professor Pawkins, though certain of it's consequences may be new to you
752. THE LEAGUE MUST BE REPRESENTATIVE
Half a world peace is better than none.
753. The Beautiful and Damned: Book I, Chapter I - ANTHONY PATCH
This was his healthy state and it made him cheerful, pleasant, and very attractive to intelligent men and to all women.
754. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture VI - University Preaching
Nothing is so fatal to the effect of a sermon as the habit of preaching on three or four subjects at once.
755. THE STOLEN BACILLUS
"Those have been stained and killed," said the Bacteriologist. "I wish, for my own part, we could kill and stain every one of them in the universe."
756. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 8
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757. Oliver Twist: Chapter XXXVI
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758. Oliver Twist - TABLE OF LINKS
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759. MOTHER HOLLE
“I am pleased that you long for your home again. You have served me so faithfully, that I myself will take you up again.”
760. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter XI
Unmoving, their ship seemed, through the long hours.
761. THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS
The Greeks were becoming serious rivals to the Semites upon the sea, and their detached and vigorous intelligence made them useful and, unprejudiced officials.
762. The Jungle: Chapter XVII
All life had turned to rottenness and stench in them—love was a beastliness, joy was a snare, and God was an imprecation.
763. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Readers' Corner
The Authors Explains
764. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ERRORS
We begin with an investigation, not with hypotheses.
765. DEMOCRACY
And to begin with I must have a quarrel with the word itself.
766. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. II, Chapter V - Of the Selfish Passions.
Mankind, however, more readily sympathize with those smaller joys which flow from less important causes.
767. THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION
Aristotle was read and discussed by these Jews and Arabs during these centuries of European darkness.
768. THE FIRST MAIN GENERALIZATION OF SOCIALISM
And who can doubt the amount of mental and moral dwarfing that is going on side by side with this physical shortage?
769. THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM
My own case, I know, is hopeless, and I am now in some measure prepared to meet my fate.
770. CONCERNING MR. MAXIMILIAN CRAFT
We are, I believe, assisting at the end of a vast, intolerable oppression upon civilisation.
771. EARLY THOUGHT
The drawings even of Late Palæolithic man do not suggest that he paid any attention to sun or moon or stars or trees.
772. Darkness closed in while they waited for Nymani's return
Darkness closed in while they waited for Nymani's return.
773. LOW SPIRITS, ANXIETY, GRIEF, DEJECTION, DESPAIR
The comers of the mouth are drawn downwards, which is so universally recognized as a sign of being out of spirits, that it is almost proverbial.
774. Indian Currency and Finance: Chapter VIII - The Indian Rate of Discount
The Presidency Banks publish an official minimum rate of discount, in the same manner as the Bank of England.
775. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part V, Chapter II
Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon Moral Sentiments.
776. The Man Who Could Work Miracles
It is doubtful whether the gift was innate. For my own part, I think it came to him suddenly.
777. THE SUFFRAGETTES
“There is only one way out of all this,” said Ann Veronica, sitting up in her little bed in the darkness and biting at her nails.
778. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section T
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779. THE NEW WORLD
“Your servant, your most humble helper in God (your God),
780. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS
The man trained solely in science falls easily into a superstitious attitude; he is overdone with classification.
781. The Voice of Nature
“A position, I can assure you, demanding Tact of an altogether superhuman quality!”
782. Oliver Twist: Chapter XIV
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783. THE AGE OF MAMMALS
As the Cainozoic period unrolled, the resemblance of its flora and fauna to the plants and animals that inhabit the world to-day increased.
784. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XXIV
My present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost.
785. INSOMNIA
“I dare make no experiments.”
786. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Discourse V - Knowledge Its Own End
Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith.
787. THE FUTURE OF MONARCHY
It is the fashion for the apologists of monarchy in the British Empire to speak of the British system as a crowned republic.
788. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES
The growth of the United States is a process that has no precedent in the world’s history; it is a new kind of occurrence.
789. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part I, SEC. I, Chapter IV - The same Subject continued.
WE may judge of the propriety or impropriety of the sentiments of another person by their correspondence or disagreement with our own.
790. WHY BRITAIN WENT TO WAR
We face, perhaps, the most awful winter that mankind has ever faced.
791. MATERIAL PROGRESS
Between the sparse great stars were deep blue spaces, unfathomed distances.
792. The Unknown Truth about Pyecraft
He sits not a dozen yards away. If I glance over my shoulder I can see him. And if I catch his eye—and usually I catch his eye—it meets me with an expression.
793. SECESSION
There came another silence. “It's all gone so differently,” she said. “Everything has gone so differently.”
794. Section 17 - The Catenation of Motions
To investigate with precision the catenations of animal motions, it would be well to attend to the manner of their production.
795. Settling Down
"It's—it's so generous."
796. Stories for Telling: The Blue Robin
The whole kingdom was divided about it. The members of parliament were “F. B. R.,” for Blue Robin or “A. B. R.,” against Blue Robin.
797. The Secret Way
"I go to find her," he said to Pan-at-lee, "she is my mate. And if I survive I shall find means to liberate you too and return you to Om-at."
798. BREWING BEER
With regard to hops, the quality is very various.
799. OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION CONSIDERED
It may be urged that, when several closely-allied species inhabit the same territory, we surely ought to find at the present time many transitional forms.
800. THE GENEALOGY OF MAN
“If left to themselves to roam as they were wont and undisturbed, they would have reared more children, and there would have been less mortality.”
801. The Temperaments of Decreased Irritability
Ancient writers have said much of temperaments but without enough detail. Temperament of the system should be mean a permanent predisposition to certain disease
802. NATURAL SELECTION AND THE CHANGES OF SPECIES
m all things whatever that are without life in certain general aspects.
803. THE FLYING MAN
“‘Right about face,’ I said. ‘Not too close together.’
804. BOOK VII
You have shown me a strange image, and they are strange prisoners.
805. THE SYMPATHY OF LADY SUNDERBUND
“The first thing I began to read again,” said Mrs. Garstein Fellows, “—I'm not saying it for your sake, Bishop—was the Bible.”
806. THE VALUE OF FRIENDSHIPS
"I may want to call upon you for the use of some money. I don't know that we shall need it, but I thought I'd speak to you in advance about it."
807. In the Shadow of the Room Stood a Great Shadowy Figure
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“First she leaped, and then she ran,
’Till she came to the cow and thus began.”
809. The War in South Africa
I remember I felt singularly unwanted.
810. Stories for Telling: The Gingerbread Boy
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811. THE COMING OF THE FOOD
“It’s Hypertrophy—General Hypertrophy.”
812. The Probable Diffusion of Great Cities
But I find my pen is running ahead, an imagination prone to realistic constructions is struggling to paint a picture altogether prematurely.
813. We Will Float in This Sphere with No Occupation
“We shall be floating in this sphere with absolutely no occupation.”
814. Oliver Twist: Chapter XXXIX
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815. CENTRAL CHILE
The mountains and hills are dotted over with bushes and low trees, and excepting these the vegetation is very scanty.
816. THE SCANDALOUS RAMBLE
“It’s perfectly splendid. Of all the fine weather the best has been kept for now. My last day. My very last day.”
817. WOULD SOCIALISM DESTROY THE HOME?
Consider all that amount of pent-up, thwarted or perverted emotional possibility, the sheer irrational waste of life implied….
818. The Essays of Adam Smith - Table of Links
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819. GETTING THE LEAGUE IDEA CLEAR IN RELATION TO IMPERIALISM
Why, then, does the waste and killing go on? Why is not the Peace Conference sitting now?
820. MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS COMPARED
The savage and the dog have often found water at a low level, and the coincidence under such circumstances has become associated in their minds.
821. GODS AND STARS, PRIESTS AND KINGS
Like the early Aryan life, it was a life in a sort of family-tribe household.
822. INTRODUCTION
To the Labouring Classes of this Kingdom.
823. THE CHANGE
Everything was as still a
824. THE FIRST VISION
“You may die like a madman,” he said, “but you won't die like a tame rabbit.”
825. MAKING BREAD
I will now come to a comparative view, more immediately applicable to a labourer’s family.
826. This Side of Paradise: Book II, Chapter IV - The Supercilious Sacrifice
“Oh staunch old heart who toiled so long for me,
I waste my years sailing along the sea—”
827. The Hunting of the Wild Asses of the Devil
“See already the new gravity in people’s faces, the generosities, the pacification of a thousand stupid squabbles——”
828. The Essays of Adam Smith: Part VI, Section II, Chapter II
All the pleasures and pains of the mind were, according to Epicurus, ultimately derived from those of the body.
829. A Modern Utopia: The Bubble Bursts
“I've been in the gardens on the river terrace,” he answers, “hoping I might see her again.”
830. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book V, Chapter I - Part I
The first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies
831. Sleep and The Four Situations of a System
There are 4 situations of our system with many curious and instructive phenomena. One of which is sleep, the cousin of death.
832. THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS
"Curse all white horses!" said the man with the silver bridle, and turned to scan the beast his curse included.
833. The New Phase
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834. Pride and Prejudice: Chapter 16
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835. Keeping Cows
Every act that tends to neatness round a dwelling, tends to the creating of a mass of manure.
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Instinct may be defined as inherited memory.
837. THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE
Now the nineteenth century phrased this conception by talking about the "principle of nationality."
838. The Little Shop at Fishbourne
“Human life isn’t safe with you,” said Mr. Polly as a parting shot.
839. THE PLATTNER STORY
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841. STRAIT OF MAGELLAN.—CLIMATE OF THE SOUTHERN COASTS
During our previous visit (in January), we had an interview at Cape Gregory with the famous so-called gigantic Patagonians, who gave us a cordial reception.
842. UNDER THE KNIFE
The operation had not killed me. And I perceived, suddenly, that the dull melancholy of half a year was lifted from my mind.
843. WHAT THE WAR IS DOING FOR WOMEN
The war came, the jolt of an earthquake, to throw things into their proper relationships.
844. What if I Die Under it?
‘What if I die under it?’ The thought recurred again and again, as I walked home from Haddon’s. It was a purely personal question.
845. THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
A comparison of the two editions of the 'Journal' is instructive, as giving some idea of the development of his views on evolution.
846. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF PLANTS
Under a practical point of view, agriculturists and horticulturists may learn something from the conclusions at which we have arrived.
847. In Truth, the Mastery of Flying Was the Work of Thousands of Men
In truth the mastery of flying was the work of thousands of men—this man a suggestion and that an experiment, until only one vigorous effort was required.
848. History and The Problem of Infinity
When we enumerated the points with which reality has been questioned, one of those mentioned was the supposed impossibility of infinity and continuity.
849. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay III
It would be endless to point out the oddities and incongruities which result from this classification.
850. How to Send Wireless Telegraphs with Continuous Waves
Sending wireless telegraph messages by continuous waves has many features that rank it above sending them by periodic waves.
851. The Jungle: Chapter XIX
“It’s all I’ve got,” he pleaded, his voice breaking. “I must get some one—my wife will die. I can’t help it—I—”
852. The Jungle: Chapter III
In these chutes the stream of animals was continuous; it was quite uncanny to watch them, pressing on to their fate, all unsuspicious a very river of death.
853. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY, Section II
IT is evident that the mind takes pleasure in observing the resemblances that are discoverable betwixt different objects.
854. ADMINISTRATIVE SOCIALISM
Systematic expropriation of private owners by death-duties and increased taxation.
855. FULL MOON
It was as if Martin spoke; it was her voice; it was the very quality of her thought.
856. Of the King who did according to his will, and magnified himself above every God
The Bishop and Presbyters of one city meddled not with the affairs of another city, except by admonitory letters or messages.
857. The Theory Of Continuity
The theory of continuity very important and elegant mathematical subject, but not, strictly speaking, a part of philosophy.
858. THE HARDINGHAM HOTEL, AND HOW WE BECAME BIG PEOPLE
He adopted an urban style of dressing with the onset of Tono-Bungay and rarely abandoned it.
859. THE DAWN COMES, AND MY UNCLE APPEARS IN A NEW SILK HAT
“I’ve had false ideas about the world,” I said. “Oh! they don’t matter now! Yes, I’ll come, I’ll take my chance with you, I won’t hesitate again.”
860. The Lady and the Lion
The Bride asked what she meant, and she answered, ‘Let me speak with the Bridegroom in his chamber to-night.’
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862. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture II
The ideas and conceptions are so great and lofty in their own nature that they necessarily appear magnificent in the most artless dress.
863. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO
A common variety is almost entirely composed of crystals of augite with olivine.
864. THE FIRST BATTLE
The assistant read a list of ‘ologies and ‘ographies. “Fifty resident,” said Mr. Blendershin concisely—“that’s your figure. Sixty, if you’re lucky.”
865. H.G. Wells' Thoughts on America's Treatment of African Americans
No, I can't help idealizing the dark submissive figure of the negro in this spectacle of America.
866. Wilkins makes Certain Objections
“A synthetic God,” said Boon. “If it is to be called a God at all.”
867. Politics and Modern Religion
God faces the blackness of the Unknown and the blind joys and confusions and cruelties of Life.
868. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture III - English Catholic Literature
Every great people has a character of its own, which it manifests and perpetuates in a variety of ways.
869. MARS, A WORLD MORE ADVANCED THAN OURS
Mars gets a little less than half as much solar light and heat as the earth receives, its situation in this respect being just the opposite to that of Venus.
870. The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian
"Oh! love me, my Stephen, love me, dear. Love me as if we were never to love again. Am I beautiful, my dear? Am I beautiful in the moonlight? Tell me!...
871. THE PURSUIT OF THE TWO LOVERS
“Thus life has always been,” we said; “thus it will always be.”
872. SCIENCE AND RELIGION AT ALEXANDRIA
Side by side with the Museum, Ptolemy I created a more enduring monument to himself in the great library.
873. RIO DE JANEIRO
Leaving Mandetiba, we continued to pass through an intricate wilderness of lakes; in some of which were fresh, in others salt water shells.
874. THE FLIGHT TO LONDON
Ann Veronica had an impression that she did not sleep at all that night, and at any rate she got through an immense amount of feverish feeling and thinking.
875. The Mechanisms of Drunkenness
An exploration of the internal processes that result in drunkenness or intoxication.
876. Kant's Terminology and Doctrine
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877. "... that's my half of it. The rest of it you know."
"Reminds me of something I saw once—animals running before a forest fire. They can't all be looking for new hunting territory," McNeil returned.
878. MALDONADO
When within the mouth of the river, I was interested by observing how slowly the waters of the sea and river mixed.
879. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL
“I don’t know,” I said. “I have been buried in the ruins of a house thirteen or fourteen days. I don’t know what has happened.”
880. Second Treatise of Government: Chapter VIII
MEN being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out of this estate, and subjected to the political power of another
881. THE CONE
“To-morrow,” she said, speaking in a whisper too, and still staring out of the window.
882. Race in Utopia
No generalisations about race are too extravagant for the inflamed credulity of the present time.
883. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture VIII
We count it a great thing, and justly so, to plan and carry out a wide political organization.
884. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section D
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885. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE UNIVERSE
“We want everything to go on exactly as it did when they were alive,” said Phyllis to Mary.
886. JOY, HIGH SPIRITS, LOVE, TENDER FEELINGS, DEVOTION
Idiots and imbecile persons likewise afford good evidence that laughter or smiling primarily expresses mere happiness or joy.
887. A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
“That is our goal, perhaps—I admit it—as far as science goes,” said the fair-haired student, rising to the challenge. “But there are things above science.”
888. David Copperfield: Chapter 17 - Somebody Turns Up
‘I suppose history never lies, does it?’ said Mr. Dick, with a gleam of hope.
889. THROUGH A WINDOW
“What the devil!” said Bailey. “Looks as if someone was shooting at him.”
890. THE HOUSE IN WESTMINSTER
“And I do want to make things pretty about us,” she said. “You don't think it wrong to have things pretty?”
891. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture IX
We must carefully distinguish, Gentlemen, between the mere diversion of the mind and its real education.
892. WHY THE DREAM DISGUISES THE DESIRES
Displacement is the core of the problem, and the most striking of all the dream performances.
893. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech: Chapter 1 - Language Defined
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894. MR. DIRECK VISITS MR. BRITLING
"My word," said Mr. Direck in a good old Farmer Hayseed kind of voice.
895. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS—continued.
I may here mention two very curious sexual peculiarities occurring in seals, because they have been supposed by some writers to affect the voice.
896. NEOLITHIC MAN IN EUROPE
Neolithic men came slowly into Europe from the south or south-east as the reindeer and the open steppes gave way to forest and modern European conditions.
897. IN THE MOUNTAINS
“I feel—All this is the rightest of all conceivable things. I want to tell every one. I want to boast myself.”
898. THE SAVAGE’S DREAD OF INCEST
Among the Australians the system of Totemism takes the place of all religious and social institutions.
899. THE CRYSTAL EGG
Allusion has already been made to the glittering objects upon masts that stood upon the terrace of the nearer building.
900. THE SPIRIT OF GAIN AND THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE
The gift for getting is the supreme gift—all others bow before it.
901. THE IMPOSSIBLE POSITION
“Stay it out. I want you to see the fun. I remember—the other time.”
902. The Positive Theory of Infinity: A Triumph of the Scientific Method in Philosophy
The positive theory of infinity, and the general theory of number to which it has given rise, are among the triumphs of scientific method in philosophy.
903. Boyhood
I was a Harbury boy as my father and grandfather were before me and as you are presently to be.
904. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I, Chapter VIII
The produce of labour constitutes the natural recompence or wages of labour.
905. Indian Currency and Finance: CHAPTER III - Paper Currency
Proposals for a Government Paper Currency were instituted in 1859 by Mr. James Wilson on his going out to India as the first Financial Member.
906. Beginning Again
My words were far too unexpected for Tarvrille to understand. "The flies," I repeated with an air of explanation.
907. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Danger from the Deep
Marooned on the sea-floor, his hoisting cable cut, young Abbot is left at the mercy of the man-sharks.
908. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section P
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909. SERFS, SLAVES, SOCIAL CLASSES, AND FREE INDIVIDUALS
On the whole, the common men were probably well content to live under lord or king or god and obey their bidding.
910. SEVEN CENTURIES IN ASIA (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)
For a brief time under Odenathus, and then under his widow Zenobia, Palmyra was a considerable state, wedged between the two empires.
911. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay I
The bargain is still advantageous to the foreigner, because the commodity which he receives in exchange, though it has cost us less, would have cost him more.
912. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section G
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913. Certain Social Reactions
But how does this fit into the childless, disunited, and probably shifting ménage of our second picture?
914. The Essays of Adam Smith: THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY, Section IV
OF all the phenomena of nature, the celestial appearances are, by their greatness and beauty, the most universal objects of the curiosity of mankind.
915. HOW I BECAME A LONDON STUDENT AND WENT ASTRAY
The whole illimitable place teemed with suggestions of indefinite and sometimes outrageous possibility, of hidden but magnificent meanings.
916. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay V
The art of practical mechanics teaches how we may avail ourselves of those laws and properties, to increase our command over external nature.
917. MARGARET IN STAFFORDSHIRE
“You've got to do the thing you can,” he said, after a pause, “and likely it's what you're fitted for.”
918. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - The Readers' Corner
A meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories
919. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Discourse VIII
One portion of the subject remains:—this intellectual culture, which is so exalted in itself, not only has a bearing upon social and active duties, but upon Rel
920. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: Lecture I
The great poet remained unknown for some centuries,—that is, unknown to what we call fame.
921. Concerning Freedoms
The idea of individual liberty is one that has grown in importance and grows with every development of modern thought.
922. THE YOUNG MAN ABOUT TOWN
The oldest novel in the world at any rate, White reflected, was a story with a hero and no love interest worth talking about.
923. WOULD MODERN SOCIALISM ABOLISH ALL PROPERTY?
The word “property,” one must remember, is a slightly evasive word.
924. The Essays of Adam Smith: CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF LANGUAGES
It was the river, he said, and he never heard any other name for it.
925. GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
The whole of this northern part of Albemarle Island is miserably sterile.
926. AMANDA
Some observant element in his composition guessed, and guessed quite accurately, that she was nineteen....
927. Mr Cave's Crystal Egg
There was also, at the moment the story begins, a mass of crystal, worked into the shape of an egg and brilliantly polished.
928. HOW FAR WILL EUROPE GO TOWARD SOCIALISM?
"Go as you please" has had its death-blow.
929. Symbolism in the Dream
In this way we are tempted to interpret these silent dream elements ourselves, to undertake their translation by the means at hand.
930. ARTHUR OR OSWALD?
She must not think. She must not think. She must swim like a machine. Like a machine. One.... Two.... One.... Two.... Slow and even.
931. Of Art, of Literature, of Mr. Henry James
“He consults friends—impalpable, intricate, inexhaustible friends.
932. BIRDS—continued.
The same process would have to be followed, and the same difficulties encountered, if it were desired to make a breed with the females alone of some new colour.
933. The Immortal Parts of Our Lives
our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment.
934. SOME ARGUMENTS AD HOMINEM
After the revenue in the domestic budget under Socialism one must consider the expenditure.
935. Section 16 - Instinct
All internal motions of animal bodies, which contribute to digest their aliment, produce their secretions and so forth, are performed without our attention
936. The Samurai
Neither my Utopian double nor I love emotion sufficiently to cultivate it, and my feelings are in a state of seemly subordination when we meet again.
937. Mr. Polly an Orphan
Nobody missed Mr. Polly for a long time.
938. Irritation and Its Diseases
When the contractile sides of the heart and arteries perform more pulsations at a time, one kind of fever may be produced; called synocha irrritativa.
939. The Spirit of the New World
There presently Gidding joined us and we began to work out the schemes we had made in America, the schemes that now fill my life.
940. SOARING
“Air and sunlight,” said the earl. “You can’t have too much of them. But before our time they used to build for shelter and water and the high road.”
941. THE DARWIN FAMILY
The son of this Richard, named William Darwin, and described as "gentleman," appears to have been a successful man.
942. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - When Caverns Yawned
Only Dr. Bird's super-scientific sleuthing stands in the way of Ivan Saranoff's latest attempt at wholesale destruction.
943. ANIMISM, MAGIC AND THE OMNIPOTENCE OF THOUGHT
Animism in the narrower sense is the theory of psychic concepts, and in the wider sense, of spiritual beings in general.
944. THE NEW HAROUN AL RASCHID
His definition of Prejudice impressed White as being the most bloodless and philosophical formula that ever dominated the mind of a man.
945. MARGARET IN LONDON
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946. This Side of Paradise: Book II, Chapter II - Experiments in Convalescence
The Knickerbocker Bar, beamed upon by Maxfield Parrish’s jovial, colorful “Old King Cole,” was well crowded.
947. This Side of Paradise: Book II, Chapter III - Young Irony
“Is it worth a tear, is it worth an hour, To think of things that are well outworn; Of fruitless husk and fugitive flower, The dream foregone?"
948. THE ALTERED WORLD
He thought prison had made his brother a fearful duffer not to know that.
949. THE CAREER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
The true hero of the story of Alexander is not so much Alexander as his father Philip.
950. THE ENTERTAINMENT OF MR. DIRECK REACHES A CLIMAX
"Of course," he said, turning to Direck, "Rendezvous is the life and soul of the country."
951. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus: Chapter XXI
I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man with calm and mild manners.
952. THE STICK OF THE ROCKET
“Lord!” he said at the sight of me. “You’re lean, George. It makes that scar of yours show up.”
953. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF BIRDS
Almost all male birds are extremely pugnacious, using their beaks, wings, and legs for fighting together.
954. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section B
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955. BOOK V
And without more ado, said Thrasymachus, you may consider us all to be equally agreed.
956. The Roaring Wave of Fear That Swept Through the Greatest City in the World
She turned without a word—they were both panting—and they went back to where the lady in white struggled to hold back the frightened pony.
957. The Potwell Inn
The gun was certainly in possession of Uncle Jim at that time and no human being but Mr. Polly knows how he got hold of it.
958. Essays on some unsettled questions of Political Economy: Essay IV - On Profits, and Interest
Capital, strictly speaking, has no productive power.
959. MR. BRITLING CONTINUES HIS EXPOSITION
They don't laugh at you.... At least—they laugh differently....
960. THE REALITIES AND IMAGINATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
We have given these particulars of the advance in man’s knowledge of the metallurgy of steel and its results by way of illustration.
961. The Beginning of "The Wild Asses of the Devil"
“I know—I know I’m not. I know…. I’m a devil. A poor, lost, homeless devil.”
962. Failure in a Modern Utopia
Our world is still vindictive, but the all-reaching State of Utopia will have the strength that begets mercy.
963. THE HIGH CROSS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
“And if I might make so bold as to add a ’arf bottle of good Guinness, m’lady. It’s a tonic. Run down as you are.”
964. This Is a Story of a Time beyond the Memory of Man
A Story of the Stone Age is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history.
965. BOOK VIII
I shall particularly wish to hear what were the four constitutions of which you were speaking.
966. The Two Proposals of Mr. Magnet
Marjorie was beginning to realize that this was going to be a very serious affair indeed for her—and that she was totally unprepared to meet it.
967. ADOLESCENCE
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968. MRS. TEDDY GOES FOR A WALK
"I suppose I must let you go," she said. "Oh! I'd hate you not to go...."
969. This Side of Paradise: Book I, Chapter III - The Egotist Considers
"All the perfumes of Arabia will not whiten this little hand."
970. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section S
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971. This Side of Paradise: Book II, Chapter V - The Egotist Becomes a Personage
Under the glass portcullis of a theatre Amory stood, watching the first great drops of rain splatter down and flatten to dark stains on the sidewalk.
972. The Notion of Cause and the Problem of Free-Will
In the present lecture, I wish to apply the analytic method to the notion of “cause,” and to illustrate the discussion by applying it to the problem of free wil
973. THE UNFINISHED BOOK
I am in a peck of troubles and do pray forgive me for troubling you.
974. The Beautiful and Damned: Book III, Chapter II - A Matter of Aesthetics
Being apart—whatever has happened or will happen to us—is like begging for mercy from a storm, Anthony; it's like growing old.
975. TAKING PART
The young are the food of war....
976. CHARMIDES, OR TEMPERANCE
I will not resist you, I replied.
977. 1811 Dictionary in the Vulgar Tongue: Section C
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978. BIRDS—concluded.
The truth and importance of the principle of inheritance at corresponding ages need not here be discussed, as enough has already been said on the subject.
979. THE BREAKING POINT
“That's good!” said Weston Massinghay, with all his teeth gleaming; “I shall use that against you in the House!”
980. BOOK VI
And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view.
981. SYMPOSIUM
Keep in mind what this is, and tell me what I want to know—whether Love desires that of which love is.
982. Mary Writes
Ours was to be in the first place a world literature.
983. MARION
I was rumoured to be dreadfully “clever,” and there were doubts—not altogether without justification—of the sweetness of my temper.
984. This Side of Paradise: Book I, Chapter II - Spires and Gargoyles
At first Amory noticed only the wealth of sunshine creeping across the long, green swards, dancing on the leaded window-panes, and swimming around the tops.
985. IN THE WEB OF THE INEFFECTIVE
Then came a letter which plunged abruptly into criticism.
986. TABOO AND THE AMBIVALENCE OF EMOTIONS
TABOO is a Polynesian word, the translation of which provides difficulties for us because we no longer possess the idea which it connotes.
987. THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
I am so glad that you were so good as to undertake the publication of my book.
988. THE WORLD ON THE EVE OF WAR
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989. Second Variety
Leone considered. The Russian was close, moving rapidly, almost running. “Don’t fire. Wait.” Leone tensed. “I don’t think we’re needed.”
990. THE SPIRITED HONEYMOON
“They were traders—and nothing more. Just as we are. And when they were rich they got splendid clothes and feasted and rested. Much as we do.”
991. ONLOOKERS
"It interrupts everything," said Hugh suddenly. "These Prussians are the biggest nuisance the world has ever seen."
992. Indian Currency and Finance: Chapter VI
- The Indian authorities have undertaken a double responsibility.
993. THE HABITS OF INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS
Humble and hive-bees are good botanists, for they know that varieties may differ widely in the colour of their flowers and yet belong to the same species.
994. THE RENASCENCE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Our history is now approaching our own times, and our study becomes more and more a study of the existing state of affairs.
995. THE MATERIAL AND SOURCES OF DREAMS
- An intelligent and refined young lady, who, however, in conduct, belongs to the class we call reserved, to the “still waters,” relates the following dream:—
996. THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE DREAM
I have learned from my own dreams how largely the discovery of the origin of some of the dream elements depends on accident.
997. THE INTERNATIONAL CATASTROPHE OF 1914
Even the foreign offices felt the fear of war.
998. The Variable Man
His thin face rapt, eyes alight with emotion, Reinhart gazed intently up at the central SRB computer, studying its reading.
999. THE DREAM-WORK
The fact, however, that dream formation is based on a process of condensation, stands indubitable. How, then, is this condensation brought about?
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