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... with it. But, if it should happen otherwise, the danger is not great; and I have learned from long experience never to apprehend mischief from those understandings I have been able to provoke: for anger and fury, though they add strength to the sinews of the body, yet are found to relax those of the mind, and to render all its efforts feeble and impotent....

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...I have learned from long experience never to apprehend mischief from those understandings I have been able to provoke: for anger and fury, though they... ...le stock with husbandry; but, of all things, let him beware of bringing it under the lash of his betters, because that will make it all bubble up into... ...l hand may be soon whipped into froth; but once scummed away, what appears underneath will be fit for nothing but to be thrown to the hogs. CHAPTER I ... ...their present vigour and opportunity of the day? away, let us haste to the generals, and advise to give the onset immediately.” Having spoke thus, she... ... vainly endeavouring to hide, were forced to com ply with and expose. The generals made use of him for his talent of railing, which, kept within gove... ...d Other Short Pieces – Swift 23 they passed on the side of the declining sun. And now they arrived, with fear, toward the enemy’s out guards, lookin... ... to my predictions, which I have begun to calculate from the time that the sun enters into Aries. And this I take to be properly the beginning of the ... ...int less prudent than common almanack makers, who are so wise to wonder in generals, and talk dubiously, and leave to the reader the business of inter... ...its her brows, And fired with indignation, vows To morrow, ere the setting sun, She’d all undo that she had done. But in the poets we may find A whole...

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... and other devices, which the children had often gazed at, but could never understand what they meant. On the very tip top of the chair, over the head... ...Scollay Square in Boston. He holds the charter in his hand, and a Bible is under his arm. 11 Hawthorne pany came Sir Richard Saltonstall, who had bee... ....” But Endicott’s heart was as bold and resolute as iron, and he could not understand why a woman’s heart should not be of iron too. Still, however, h... ...soner, and now stood with sullen aspect at a window, wondering whether the sun itself were not extinguished by so much moisture in the sky. Charley ha... ...ace has been roughened by northern tempests and black ened by the burning sun of the West Indies. He wears an immense periwig, flowing down over his ... ... merry shouts and laughter of the children,—as their figures, dancing like sun shine before his eyes. He felt that the past was not taken from him. T... ...d a suspicion that she betrayed the mili tary plans of the English to the generals of the French armies.” “And was it true?” inquired Clara. “Probabl... ...p here and there a mouldering bone. Up to this period, none of the English generals had shown any military talent. Shirley, the Earl of Loudon, and Ge... ...there were very famous men among them, who afterwards became governors and generals. Whether this be true I cannot tell.” When tidings of this bold de...

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...CES TICES MANY OF THE PAPERS in my collected works were originally written under one set of disadvantages, and are now revised under another. They wer... ...advantages, and are now revised under another. They were written generally under great pres- sure as to time, in order to catch the critical periods o... ...nces, and citations, were made on the au- thority of my unassisted memory. Under such circumstances were most of the papers composed; and they are now... ...he first stage from London on a principal north road), encum- bered with a quantity of plate. How he came by it, or whither he was going, he steadfast... ...sepul- chral shadow rolled away from the face of Christendom as that day’s sun went down to his rest; for, had the success been less absolute, an oppo... ...r its starting-point; henceforward make it heliocentric (that is, with the sun, or the heavenly for its prin- ciple of motion). 2. A second remark of ... ...namely, that knave of a builder, whose knaveries (gilded by that morn- ing sun of June) were controlled by nobody; that sycophantish parson; that youn... ... assume as the total charge on account of Oxford? Candles, considering the quantity of long days amongst the thirty weeks, may be had for one shilling... ...nner which now floated in Europe. Beyond him ran the long line of imperial generals,—from 272 Memorials, and Other Papers Wallenstein, the magnificen...

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...e province of the extravagant. In such a case, not to sympathize is not to understand; and the play- fulness, which is not relished, becomes flat and ... ... this lecture on the aesthetics of murder, I shelter myself for the moment under the Telamonian shield of the Dean. But, in reality, my own little pap... ...y in human thoughts, which could ever turn to infants as articles of diet; under any con- ceivable circumstances, this would be felt as the most aggra... ...not occurring, or not transpiring until fifteen minutes after 1 A. M. on a Sun- day morning, would first reach the public ear through the Monday editi... ...and everywhere burn- ing for ampler information. On the Sunday se’ennight (Sun- day the octave from the event), took place the funeral of the Marrs; i... ...icularly this, that Mrs. Williamson was reported to possess a considerable quantity of plate), the journeyman was musing painfully, and the time might... ... daily motion of the earth on its own axis, or its annual motion round the sun, would have found himself entangled at once and irretrievably in the fo... ...ould have reached by poetic power alone. Not only all his rubbish—which in quantity is great—passed for jewels, but also what are incontestably jewels... ... them to private interpretations—or to dispense with them. As to his major-generals of counties, who figure in most histories of England as so many Al...

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...Excerpt: This treatise, which is grown up under your lordship?s eye, and has ventured into the world by your order, does now, by a natural kind of right, come to your lordship for that protection which you several years since promised it. It is not that I think any n...

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...Contents AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING (1690) ......................................................................... 6 EPISTLE TO THE READER .............................................................................................................

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... by John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (First ... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (First ... ...iversity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING (1690) ................. ...f him, yet that would not prove them to be natural impressions on the mind; no more than the names of fire, or the sun, heat, or num- ber, do prove th... ...ate, than it does that one born blind (with cataracts which will be couched to-morrow) had the innate ideas of the sun, or light, or saffron, or yel- ... ... saffron, or yel- low; because, when his sight is cleared, he will certainly assent to this proposition, “That the sun is lucid, or that saffron is ye... ...a place in the most capacious understanding. If it be looked on as an in- stance of a prodigious memory, that some generals have been able to call eve... ...ence, even those words and ideas which in their signification are general. When therefore we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatur... ... John Locke ticular by the general. For in particulars our knowledge begins, and so spreads itself, by degrees, to generals. Though afterwards the min...

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... amid the very raptures of enjoyment to every eye which looks for a moment underneath the draperies of the shadowy present, the hollowness, the blank ... ...’ are words of the self-same tongue, in the self-same minute; in which the sun that at noon beheld all sound and prosperous, long before its setting h... ...property are much developed, constitute the vast majority of all that come under the review of public justice. Any of these is sufficient to make ship... ...s that the deso- lation is accomplished within the course of one revolving sun; often the whole dire catastrophe, together with its total consequences... ...general outline are known, the separate details have necessarily been lost under the agitating circumstances which produced them. It has been judged r... ...hness of morning spirits rested upon us; the golden light of the morn- ing sun illuminated the room; incense was floating through the air from the gor... ... kept down to a moderate amount, yet it was highly probable that a certain quantity of contagion, much beyond the proportion of other popular assembla... ...d sup- port Agnes on each side. I previously persuaded her to take a small quantity of brandy, which we rejoiced to see had given her, at this moment ... ...mbled in congress, except as regards one or two leaders; for defunct major-generals, and secondary diplomatists, when their date is past, awake no mor...

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... freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand. Who hath access to this universal mind is a party to all that is or can be done, for this is the only and sovereign agent....

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...l movement has meaning for you. Stand before each of its tablets and say, ‘Under this mask did my Proteus nature hide itself.’ This remedies the defec... ... even early Rome are passing already into fiction. The Garden of Eden, the sun standing still in Gibeon, is poetry thence- forward to all nations. Who... ...l and the Animal Magne- tism in Paris, or in Providence. We assume that we under like influence should be alike affected, and should achieve the like;... ...is nowise obvious to the senses, but is occult and out of the reach of the understanding. Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very fe... ...undless liberty of speech. They quarrel for plunder, they wrangle with the generals on each new order, and Xenophon is as sharp-tongued as any and sha... ...y of his thought. The Greek had it seems the same fellow- beings as I. The sun and moon, water and fire, met his heart precisely as they meet mine. Th... ...ne has seen it before me. For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun. The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is ... ...e inspi- ration and expiration of plants and animals; in the equa- tion of quantity and quality in the fluids of the animal body; in the systole and d... ... intellect. To it, the world is a problem in mathematics or the science of quan- tity, and it leaves out praise and blame and all weak emotions. All s...

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...which have led to it, and of its probable termination. But I wish it to be understood that it was not my selected task to do so, and is not now my pri... ... tells against those of our country. From which remarks I would wish to be understood as deprecating offense from my American friends, if in the cours... ...ecide upon the political aspirations and doings of that other without such understanding. Constantly as the name of France is in our mouths, comparati... ... walk from the hotels. When that has been seen by the light of the setting sun, and seen again, if possible, by moonlight, the most con- siderable lio... ...horoughly enjoyed our victory. It was then half-past five o’clock, and the sun was not yet absolutely sinking. It did not seem to give us any warning ... ...e robbed of the sickly shelter by which they have been surrounded; the hot sun strikes the uncovered fibers of the roots, and the poor, solitary inval... ...rns are to choose the field officers; and the field officers the brigadier-generals and inspectors of brigade. The Governor, however, with the consent... ...overnor, however, with the consent of the Senate, shall nominate all major-generals. Now that real soldiers have unfortunately become necessary, the a... ... made for the very purpose,” said General Dix; and no doubt he thought so. Generals, when they have fine positions and big guns and prostrate people l...

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...he momentous battle which followed, Pierre was struck by the steadfastness under fire which has always distinguished the Russian soldier. The fall of ... ...deas, they awoke to the painful consciousness that the last link of mutual understanding had snapped and that their friendship was at an end. But the ... ...al philosophy was yet in embryo. They are now about to appear in book form under the auspices of M. Stakhovich, to whose kindness in giving me free ac... ...ade; the right side, lightly stirred by the wind, glittered all wet in the sun; every thing was in flower, and from near and far the nightingales pou... ...looming verdure, which swayed in a light breeze in the rays of the setting sun. There were no longer cloven branches nor rents to be seen; its former ... ...t in the poultry yard, and the hens were of a special kind, laying a great quantity of eggs. In the 51 The Forged Coupon and other stories orchard th... ...e he ordered a drink, and repeated his demands over and over again, but no quan tity of liquor could make him intoxicated. He was sit ting at a tabl... ...” said the Emperor, and ordered the hermit Isidor to be in vited. All the generals, and other high officials, assembled in the church of the imperial... ...nd then asked what the weather was like (the blinds were drawn so that the sun should not prevent any one from sleeping till eleven o’clock if he were...

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...ctual pedigree, for Mr. Washington him- self, perhaps, does not as clearly understand it as another man might. The truth is he had a training during t... ...merican college. Equipped with this small sum and the earnestness that the under- taking implied, he came to Williams College when Dr. Mark Hopkins wa... ...ent does not profit by a great teacher; but perhaps no young man ever came under the influence of Dr. Hopkins, whose whole nature was so ripe for prof... ... skies, said: “O Lawd, de cottom am so grassy, de work am so hard, and the sun am so hot dat I b’lieve dis darky am called to preach!” About three mon... ... sometimes twenty-five cents. Sometimes the contribution was a quilt, or a quan- tity of sugarcane. I recall one old coloured women who was about seve... ... or the students is not neglected. Our preaching service, prayer-meetings, Sun- day-school, Christian Endeavour Society, Young Men’s Chris- tian Assoc... ... hours in reaching the Exposition grounds, and during all of this time the sun was shining down upon us disagreeably hot. When we reached the grounds,... ...brought their wives or some members of their families. Several promi- nent generals came, including General Shafter and General Joseph Wheeler, who we...

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...st ; Of Twofold Righteousness ; Of the Matrimonial Estate; Brief Form to understand and to pray the Lord’s Prayer ; Explanation of the Lord’s Praye... ...who reminded Luther of a promise he had given, still Luther was willing to undertake it only when he recalled that in a previous sermon to his congreg... ... of justification by faith alone might have upon the morals of the masses. Under these cir cumstances it would not have been surprising if a mem ber... ... lay no way; but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it, and the sun of Martin Luther s Treatise on Good Works 21 righteousness rose not ... ...nks of fighting, nay, pope, bish ops, priests and clergy, who ought to be generals, cap Martin Luther s Treatise on Good Works 63 tains and stand... ...erit. Far blinder still are they who measure their fasting not only by the quan tity or duration, as these do, but also by the nature of the food, th... ...fasting and of God. Therefore I allow everyone to choose his day, food and quantity for fasting, as he will, on condition that he do not stop with tha... ...ut into the works and through the works comes to itself again; just as the sun goes forth unto its setting and comes again unto its rising. For this r... ... doers, enemies, and the ungrateful, even as his heavenly Father makes His sun to rise on good and evil, and the rain to fall on the grateful and ungr...

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...ivine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and glorious as the untired Sun-God. He is Eros, the ever young. Dark, dark were this world of ours had either Divinity left it--dark without the daybeams of the Latonian Charioteer, darker yet without the daedal Smile of the God of the Other Bow! Dost ...

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...’s stead- fast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and glorious as the untired Sun-God. He is Eros, the ever young. Dark, dark were this world of ours had... ...n the flowers, ere they have been scorched and withered by Passion’s fiery Sun! Im- mersed in thought or study, and indifferent to the din around him,... ...asures confided to him. The crowd passed in Chepe; he never marked it. The sun shone on Chepe; he only asked that it should illu- mine the page he rea... ...il for your ‘air.” The Prisoned One laughed loud and merrily. “My guardian understands me not, pretty one—and thou? what sayest thou? From those dear ... ...ering in the lucid waters of the Golden Horn; where the yellow Tiber flows under broken bridges and over imperial glories; where the huts are squatted... ...idges and over imperial glories; where the huts are squatted by the Niger, under the palm-trees; where the Northern Babel lies, with its warehouses, a... ...room where he sat, I found him in the midst of a council of war; his chief generals and viziers seated round him, each smoking his hookah, as is the c... ...ost intrepid and powerful soldiers in all Germany,—one of the most skilful generals. Generous to extravagance to his own followers, he was ruthless to... ...stitutions of the Empire, Emperor of the French Republic, to our marshals, generals, officers, and soldiers, greeting: “‘Soldiers! “‘From the summit o...

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...ch he lived. He only followed the universal custom of the period, and that under which he had received his own education. 13 U. S. Grant CHAPTER II W... ... any time to come to a reconciliation; but neither would make the advance. Under these circumstances my father would not write to Hamer for the appoin... ...army four general officers and one colonel, West Point graduates, and nine generals and field officers of Vol- unteers, that I can think of. Of the gr... ...ad bought a young horse that had never been in harness, for my special use under the saddle during my furlough. Most of my time was spent among my old... ...summer heat increased these were covered by sheds to break the rays of the sun. The summer was whiled away in social enjoyments among the officers, in... ...ce was about six thousand five hun- dred strong, in three divisions, under Generals Butler, T wiggs and Worth. The troops went into camp at Walnut Spr... ...han ten thousand strong. This force was composed of three divisions, under Generals Twiggs, Patterson, and Worth. The importance of escaping the vomit... ...ecaution my regi- ment and others were in camp on the sand beach in a July sun, for about a week before embarking, while the fever raged with great vi... ...in streams, followed in not many min- utes by a blazing, tropical summer’s sun. These alternate changes, from rain to sunshine, were continuous in the...

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...istory of the Age of Louis XIV .,” who died on the 1st of September, 1715. Under the regency that followed, Voltaire got into trouble again and again ... ...he imagined, from the Gospel) which neither himself nor any of his hearers understood. When this distorter had ended his 11 V oltaire beautiful solil... ...had resisted the charms of gold. The Quakers were several times persecuted under Charles II.; not upon a religious account, but for refusing to pay th... ...d waste France, Italy, Spain, and England, made themselves monarchs. Their generals divided among themselves the sev- eral countries they had conquere... ...n whose honour an altar was erected for his having taught mankind that the sun was greater than 44 Letters on England Peloponnesus, that snow was bla... ...to at the very instant of the creation. You will observe farther, that the sun, which in France is said to have nothing to do in the affair, comes in ... ... light exists in the air; but a Newtonian as- serts that it comes from the sun in six minutes and a half. The several operations of your chemistry are... ...ly attracted by them. This power of gravitation acts proportionably to the quan- tity of matter in bodies, a truth which Sir Isaac has demon- strated ... ...ntre of the planetary system) attracts them all in a direct ratio of their quantity of matter com- bined with their nearness. From hence Sir Isaac, ri...

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...nna Pavlovna burst out: “Oh, don’t speak to me of Austria. Perhaps I don’t understand things, but Austria never has wished, and does not wish, for war... ... can we rely on?... England with her commercial spirit will not and cannot understand the Emperor Alexander’s loftiness of soul. She has refused to ev... ...n our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnega- tion of our Emperor who w... ...itect. And the conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced not only... ... chance has Michael Kutuzov? No, my dear boy,” he continued, “you and your generals won’t get on against Buonaparte; you’ll have to call in the French... ...f up obsequiously, and from the way he walked through the ranks behind the generals, bending forward and hardly able to restrain his jerky movements, ... ...awn- out soldiers’ song, commencing with the words: “Morn- ing dawned, the sun was rising,” and concluding: “On then, brothers, on to glory, led by Fa... ... movements of the approach- ing enemy farther off. At the same instant the sun came fully out from behind the clouds, and the clear sound of the solit... ...to be the enemy’s troops. The weather had cleared again since noon and the sun was descending brightly upon the Danube and the dark hills around it. I...

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...to account is more than compen- sated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word “control” in this sense, it may be said that a livin... ...hat even the powers needed for physi- cal sustentation have to be acquired under tuition. How much more, then, is this the case with respect to all th... ...om- munity or society are aims, beliefs, aspirations, knowl- edge—a common understanding—like-mindedness as the sociologists say. Such things cannot b... ...ation in- dependently of any purpose of his. Seeds sprout, rain falls, the sun shines, insects devour, blight comes, the seasons change. His aim is si... ...th it greater promise for a social service which goes beyond the supply in quantity of material commodi- ties. For how can there be a society really w... ...nce, the thought im- plied in cut and try experience is made explicit. Its quan- tity increases so that its proportionate value is very dif- ferent. H... ...not found in its materials. They were familiar; many of them commonplaces —sun, moon, planets, weight, distance, mass, square of numbers. These were n... ...d that is the same for all. Then we regard individuals as differing in the quantity of mind with which they are charged. Ordinary persons are then exp... ...he great heroes who have ad- vanced human destiny are not its politicians, generals, and diplomatists, but the scientific discoverers and in- ventors ...