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...in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again. I should not obtrude my affairs so much on the notice of my readers if very particular inquiries had not been made by my townsmen concerning my mode of life, which some would call impertinent, though the...

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...only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again. I should not obtrude my affairs so much on the noti... ...ffences; lying, flattering, voting, contracting yourselves into a nutshell of civility, or dilating into an atmosphere of thin and vaporous generosity,... ...age to live a primitive and frontier life, though in the midst of an outward civilization, if only to learn what are the gross necessaries of life and... ... market; to keep yourself informed of the state of the markets, prospects of war and peace every where, and anticipate the tendencies of trade and civ... ...the map. Contrast the physical condition of the Irish with that of the North American Indian, or the South Sea Islander, or any other savage race befo... ...; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough. A... ..., unless it be in Milwaukie, as those splendid articles, English, French, or American prints, ginghams, muslins, &c., gathered from all quarters both ... ..., to make this frequent meeting tolerable, and that we need not come to open war. We meet at the post office, and at the sociable, and about the firesid... ...o in primeval years lived under these heavens, and their small implements of war and hunting were brought to the light of this modern day. They lay mi...

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...abandon it. An emeute of disappointed fishers was feared, and two ships of war are in the bay to render assistance to the mu- nicipal authorities. Thi... ...0. TUESDAY. – The riots were a hum. No more has been heard; and one of the war-steamers has deserted in dis- gust. The Moonstone is frightfully intere... ... head, remarked apropos of nothing and with almost defiant conviction, ‘Er war ein feiner mann, der Herr Doctor,’ and was answered by another with ‘Ya... ...uary 1st: this morning I got January 3rd. Into the bargain with Marie, the American girl, who is grace itself, and comes leaping and dancing simply li... ...RS. SITWELL [MENTONE, JANUARY 1874.] … Last night I had a quarrel with the American on poli- tics. It is odd how it irritates you to hear certain poli... ...rain ten to fourteen days’ journey; warranted extreme discomfort. The only American institution which has yet won my respect is the rain. One sees it ... ... my heels. No excuse, says you. None, sir, says I, and touches my ‘at most civil (extraordinary evolution of pen, now quite doomed – to resume – ) I h... ...y get it, as it is healthy, cheerful, and close to shops, and society, and civilisation. The gar- den, which is above, is lovely, and will be cool in ...

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...chard had contrived to reduce this license to a dead letter, thanks to the war crisis of the Empire, and con- sequent atrophy of commercial enterprise... ...e cost of production by one-half; and he had another plan for employing an American vegetable fibre for making paper, something after the Chinese fash... ...ty, or was gifted with a bass voice that rendered Se fiato in corpo like a war whoop—Mme. de Bargeton amid these grotesque figures was like a famished... ...fe each one had come to be the pride of his family, of his country, of the civilized world. Her arguments fell upon fertile soil in the worst of Lucie... ...row and begin something else; you might study law or diplomacy, or go into civil service. Nobody had docketed and pigeon-holed you, in fact. Take adva... ...e scarcely gave her dear poet a glance, and met Chatelet with a mortifying civility that kept him at a distance. By this time the guests began to arri...

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..., and 20 Sons & Lovers his meals were a misery that day. She spoke to him civilly, and never alluded to what he had done. But he felt some- thing fin... ...itable. His work seemed to exhaust him. When he came home he did not speak civilly to anybody. If the fire were rather low he bullied about that; he g... ...impersonal. He stood and glared at her without moving a muscle. “I asked a civil question, and I expect a civil answer,” he said affectedly. “And you ... ... followed the manufacturer into a grubby little room, upholstered in black American leather, glossy with the rub- bing of many customers. On the table... ...s. Polly was curt and businesslike. The two depart- ments were for ever at war, and Paul was always finding Fanny in tears. Then he was made the recip... ... the army. They’re deadly poor, and life’s deadly slow. So they hope for a war. They look for war as a chance of getting on. Till there’s a war they a... ...ing on. Till there’s a war they are idle good-for-nothings. When there’s a war, they are leaders and commanders. There you are, then— they want war!” ...

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...with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais’d impious War in Heav’n and Battel proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Powe... ...and fierce with grasped arm’s Clash’d on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heav’n. There stood a Hil... ...om his warlike toile Surceas’d, and glad as hoping here to end Intestine War in Heav’n, the arch foe subdu’d - 113 - BOOK VI. Milton: Paradise L... ...at under ground they fought in dismal shade; Infernal noise; Warr seem’d a civil Game To this uproar; horrid confusion heapt Upon confusion rose... ...w unlike To that first naked Glorie. Such of late 1115 COLUMBUS found th’ AMERICAN to girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde Among t... ... Rape or Adulterie, where passing faire Allurd them; thence from Cups to civil Broiles. At length a Reverend Sire among them came, 715 And of t... ...K X. Milton: Paradise Lost Ordaine them Lawes; part such as appertaine To civil Justice, part religious Rites Of sacrifice, informing them, by ty...

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...- tion of the day. How could I be otherwise? I had read and reread all the American and European papers without be- ing any nearer a conclusion. This ... ... times, when the inge- nuity of man has multiplied the power of weapons of war, it was possible that, without the knowledge of others, a State might t... ...ers, a State might try to work such a formidable engine. But the idea of a war machine fell before the declara- tion of Governments. As public interes... ... halberd, but with a real spur, as the armoured frigates, or the `rams’ of war, whose massiveness and motive power it would possess at the same time. ... ...ofes- 11 Jules Verne sor, and not give too much cause for laughter to the Americans, who laugh well when they do laugh. I reserved for myself a way o... ...friends and collections—and accepted without hesita- tion the offer of the American Government. “Besides,” thought I, “all roads lead back to Europe; ... ...placed on the table, and we took our places. Undoubtedly we had to do with civilised people, and, had it not been for the electric light which flooded... ...ight?” “It might be the right of a savage,” I answered, “but not that of a civilised man.” “Professor,” replied the commander, quickly, “I am not what... ...n.” “Professor,” replied the commander, quickly, “I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone...

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...AT KYLE NA NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 IN MEMORY OF ALFRED POLLEXFEN ... ...DAUGHTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 A MEDITATION IN TIME OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT THOO... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 MEDITATIONS IN TIME OF CIVIL WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 MEDITATIONS IN TIME OF CIVIL WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN . . . .... ... Or a bird’s sleepy cry Among the deepening shades. MEDITATIONS IN TIME OF CIVIL WAR I Ancestral Houses SURELY among a rich man’s flowering lawns, Amid... ...affable Irregular, A heavily built Falstaffian man, Comes cracking jokes of civil war As though to die by gunshot were The finest play under the sun. A ... ...assed against the world. THE WINDING STAIR AND OTHER POEMS 245 The First. American colonies, Ireland, France and India Harried, and Burke’s great mel...

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...as with the Prince of Lies and Darkness, we do at all times wage internecine war. This assurance, at an epoch when puffery and quackery have reached a... ...ous man is Decoration, as indeed we still see among the barbarous classes in civilized countries. “Reader, the heaven inspired melodious Singer; lofti... ...as acquired somewhat of a sign post character,—I shall here say nothing: the civil and pacific classes, less touched upon, are wonderful enough for us.... ...ith them, the whole fabric of Government, Legislation, Property, Police, and Civilized Society, are dissolved, in wails and howls.” Lives the man that... ...ous sports of skill or strength, the Boy trains himself to Co operation, for war or peace, as governor or governed: the little Maid again, provident o... ...awn two ways at once, and in this im portant element of school history, the war element, had little but sorrow.” On the whole, that same excellent “P... ...t as articulately perhaps as the case admitted. Or call him, if you will, an American Backwoodsman, who had to fell unpenetrated forests, and bat tle... ..., considerably involved in haze. To the first English Edition, 1838, which an American, or two American had now opened the way for, there was slighting... ...ed and pacificated.’ Here is a”...—Sun Newspaper, 1st April, 1834. III. NORTH—AMERICAN REVIEWER. . . . . . “After a careful survey of the whole ground,...

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...ent the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this repo...

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...Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan...

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...ment 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B... ...adin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghani... ...Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “Planes O... ...10. WARTIME 325 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home 326 10.2 Planning for War 330 10.3 “Phase Two” and the Question of Iraq 334 11. FORESIGHT—AND... ...r stairwell with deviations p. 312 The Twin Towers following the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Penta... ...1 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Pentagon after being struck by American Airlines Flight 77 p. 313 American Airlines Flight 93 crash site, ... ...and equal rights for women. It makes no dis- tinction between military and civilian targets. Collateral damage is not in its lexicon. We learned that ... ...con. We learned that the institutions charged with protecting our borders, civil aviation, and national security did not understand how grave this thr... ...nidentified item in his back pocket, clipped to its rim. 15 When the local civil aviation security office of the Federal Aviation Admin- istration (FA...

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...re?’ asked Maude, to whom it was as good as a story. ‘Yes, indeed. She was civil, of course, because they were father’s sisters, but I know she couldn... ...elf would take charge of the chil- dren. Whereupon there was a whoop and a war-dance of jubilee, quite overwhelming to Dolores, who could not but priv... ...ng about it!’ ‘They can’t mend,’ said Mysie. ‘Besides, do you know, in the American war, all the sewing-machines in the Southern States got out of ord... ...it!’ ‘They can’t mend,’ said Mysie. ‘Besides, do you know, in the American war, all the sewing-machines in the Southern States got out of order, and a... ...cent invention,’ said Dolores. ‘Oh! you didn’t think I meant the great old War of Inde- pendence. No, I meant the war about the slaves—secession they ... ...l to you?’ ‘Far be it from me to say she is not exemplary in her per- fect civility to all her husband’s relations. Ada thinks her charming; but oh. L... ...that a person answering to his description had embarked at Liverpool in an American-bound steamer. This idea, though very uncertain, was a relief, at ... ...ublin it had been necessary on her husband’s account to give and take such civilities, she had kept out of the exchange at Silverton. But, on the othe...

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..., educa tion? Shall we call the stone engine a savage and the steel one a civilized man? The original rock contained the stuff of which the steel one... ...to be praised for courage and be huzza’d at with tear choked voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying a... ...at mere public opinion could force a timid and peaceful man to— O.M. Go to war? Yes—public opinion can force some men to do anything. Y.M. Anything?... ...hrist and Him crucified every day and every night to little groups of half civilized foreign paupers who scoff at him. But he rejoices in the scoffing... ...ng brother through a polytechnic school and satisfy his desire to become a civil engineer. O.M. The old father’s comforts were now curtailed? Y.M. Qui... ...rotestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so o... ...nd flourish, and ended in producing a surprising fruitage—in the fields of war. The history of man is full of such accidents. The accident of a broken... ...ns, the Russians, the Germans, the French, the English, the Spaniards, the Americans, the South Americans, the Japanese, the Chinese, the Hindus, the ... ...ow remember why. After that we made the English pegs fence in European and American history as well as English, and that answered very well. English a...

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...PTER VIII: MEMOIRS OF AN ISLET .................................................................................... 53 CHAPTER IX: THOMAS STEVENSON ? CIVIL ENGINEER...................................................... 58 CHAPTER X: TALK AND TALKERS ............................................................................................. 63 CHAPTER XI: TALK AND TALKERS...

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........................................... 53 CHAPTER IX: THOMAS STEVENSON – CIVIL ENGINEER ...................................................... 58 CH... ...ll we eager him to eat of it himself. The same spirit inspired Miss Bird’s American missionaries, who had come thousands of miles to change the faith ... ... their ignorance of the religions they were trying to supplant. I quote an American in this connection without scruple. Uncle Sam is better than John ... ...the largest, to a clique of states; and the whole scope and atmosphere not American, but merely Yankee. I will go far beyond him in reprobating the as... ... And that same night he was tossing in a brain fever. People are afraid of war and wounds and dentists, all with excellent reason; but these are not t... ...use, and his dogs my quest- ing dragoons. Little by little we dropped into civilities; his hail at sight of me began to have less of the ring of a war... ...to civilities; his hail at sight of me began to have less of the ring of a war- slogan; soon, we never met but he produced his snuff-box, which was wi... ... all our veins there run some minims of his old, wild, tree-top blood; our civilised nerves still tingle with his rude terrors and plea- sures; and to... ...it in my isle (I call it mine, after the use of lovers) and think upon the war, and the loudness of these far-away battles, and the pain of the men’s ...