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22417I beg pardon,spoken with an inquiring inflection, is much better than simply"What?"
22417At the place in the ceremony where the question is asked,"Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?"
22417Brown?"
23659What shall we do with him?
23659What would be thought of one who prided himself on possessing bracelets when he had lost his two arms in war?
23659Why give to old age alone the privilege of wisdom?
23659You get about what is coming to you, in any event, in this world, and happiness and misery depend on how you take it; why not be happy?
22364This appears to correspond with the distinction so strikingly stated in the sacred writings--"If ye love them which love you, what reward have ye?
22364do not even the publicans the same?"
17956How do you make that out?
17956How is this happy use of leisure to be ensured?
17956To them I say, as one who was fond of George Meredith''s novels once said to a man who complained that he could not read them,"Why should you?"
17956Why should you?
144081) Do you know that table manners proclaim at once your social training?
14408How do you develop correct social habits, the habits of a gentleman or a lady?
14408Some one must be last; why not you?
14408Why will you?
32421Could you ignore dirty nails, dirty ears, and a bad smell about your companion?
32421Would it not have been more charitable to respect the religious scruples of the Jews? 32421 Is it not wrong to fly needlessly in the face of respectable public opinion? 32421 Was it not unwise needlessly to break the letter of the commandment, even while keeping its spirit?
32421What is sin but disease of the soul?
33188Did you observe her last night when John Humphreys came in? 33188 How then do you get it?"
33188What are you doing, my child?
33188If we have occasion to ask directions of a stranger, we should say,"Will you please tell me if this is the road to Lynn?"
33188is this the road to Lynn?"
23230How those children do nag?
23230Are you afraid of him?
23230GOING TO WORK What are you going to be?
23230God''s tithe paid, how is the rest of your income to be spent?
23230What kind is to be sought after, and what avoided?
23230Why?
16937''The body has its graces, the intellect its talents; is the heart then to have nothing but vices?
16937''Who has more imagination,''he asks,''than Bossuet, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, all of them great philosophers?
16937And must man, who is capable of reason, be incapable of virtue?''
16937O my friends, what then is virtue?''
16937Who more judgment and wisdom than Racine, Boileau, La Fontaine, Molière, all of them poets full of genius?
11939Or, again, are there three generations back from you to the grand master of enthusiasms?
11939Was he a pupil of Agassiz, or was he a student of one of Agassiz''s pupils?
11939We come to know"the wonderful fellow to dream and plan, with the great thing always to come, who knows?"
11939What does the school give us in this direction?
11939What is he that he should resist their will and think and act for himself?
11939What is your motive?
11939Who was more earnest than Oliver Wendell Holmes, who more genuine than Mark Twain?
11939Who was your teacher in Natural History in America?
3360Could you have ever imagined that those ignorant Goths would have dared to banish the Jesuits?
3360Do you know that he is a descendant of the French poet Sarrazin?
3360Have you received all or any of them?
3360Have you taken any of them, and have they done you any good?
3360How soon would you have them placed at school?
3360If you complain of the weather, north of Besancon, what would you say to the weather that we have had here for these last two months, uninterruptedly?
3360Is the fair, or at least the fat, Miss C----with you still?
3360Is this true?
3360LETTER CCCXIII MADAM: As some day must be fixed for sending the boys to school, do you approve of the 8th of next month?
3360Mr. Pitt, who had carte blanche given him, named everyone of them: but what would you think he named himself for?
3360What account shall I give you of ministerial affairs here?
3360What do you think of the late extraordinary event in Spain?
3360What grown- up people will or can say as much?
3360You will ask me, perhaps, who is to be out, and who is to be in?
3360and have they done you any good?
10767Are you equal to your job, you young men?
10767Can we doubt that many of these on both sides who have gone over and were once opponents are now friends?
10767Do you keep to the old topics?
10767Even our Principal?
10767How about the light that burns in our Principal''s room after decent people have gone to bed?
10767How to make a practical advance?
10767Our Chancellor?
10767So thank you kindly, and would you please give them back their boy by tearing up the scroll?
10767The partnership is but a tool; what are you to do with it?
10767Were an old student given an hour in which to revisit the St. Andrews of his day, would he spend more than half of it at lectures?
10767What is beauty?
10767Would you?
10767You say to yourself,''What an interesting face; I wonder what he is to be up to?''
33716Would you like to be introduced to Miss A----?
33716*****= Going in to Luncheon.=--When the luncheon gong sounds the hostess should say to the lady of highest rank present,"Shall we go in to luncheon?"
33716B.?"
33716How can they be otherwise?
33716MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE What is etiquette, and what does the word convey?
33716Ought they to wear evening dress or not?
33716She should not ask her visitor to be seated, or to"take a seat,"but she might say,"Where will you sit?"
33716Should ladies wear morning dress or evening dress?
33716There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, and there are people who use this phrase of"Will you come and see us for a few days?"
33716When a lady intends making a call she should ask if"Mrs.---- is at home?"
33716Why should we not be a well- mannered people?
33716Why should we not be refined, cultivated, and polished in our demeanour and bearing?
33716Why should we not seek to charm if we can?
33716or,"Will you sit here?"
3359''A propos'', Who is your Comtesse de Cosel?
3359And will not the winter in England supply you with more pleasures than the summer, in an empty capital, could have done?
3359But must all these advantages, purchased at the price of so much English blood and treasure, be at last sacrificed as a peace- offering?
3359But who takes warning by the fate of others?
3359C-----T------will play booty; and who else have they?
3359I trouble them very little, except at the pump, where my business calls me; for what is company to a deaf man, or a deaf man to company?
3359If the latter, why has not the bark, in substance and large doses, been administered?
3359Is it a continued fever, or an intermitting one?
3359Is it to show the Duke of Kingston that he can not live without her?
3359Is not the summer more eligible, both for health and pleasure, than the winter, in that northern frozen zone?
3359Is she daughter, or grand- daughter, of the famous Madame de Cosel, in King Augustus''s time?
3359Is she young or old, ugly or handsome?
3359Now, estimating things fairly, is not the change rather to your advantage?
3359What consequences has the Duke of Devonshire''s resignation had?
3359What shall I, or rather what can I tell you of the political world here?
3359Who does not see that this condition may, and probably will, amount to a prohibition, by the price which the Spaniards may set it at?
17195Yes; what about him?
17195Can such a man be entrusted to carry a message to Garcia?
17195Can such a one write a letter to Garcia?
17195Do n''t you mean Bismarck?
17195He will look at you out of a fishy eye and ask one or more of the following questions:[ Sidenote: Which Encyclopedia?]
17195If men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
17195Is he dead?
17195Is there any hurry?
17195Shall I bring you the book and let you look it up yourself?
17195The point that I wish to make is this: McKinley gave Rowan a letter to be delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the letter and did not ask,"Where is he at?"
17195Was I hired for that?
17195What do you want to know for?
17195What''s the matter with Charlie doing it?
17195Where is the encyclopedia?
17195Which encyclopedia?
17195Who was he?
17195Will the clerk quietly say,"Yes, sir,"and go do the task?
17195[ Sidenote: What''s the matter with Charlie doing it?]
17195[ Sidenote:_ A word of sympathy for the man who succeeds_][ Sidenote:_ Rags not necessarily a recommendation_] Have I put the matter too strongly?
17609Wit''s an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer; Hast thou the knack? 17609 Dogwood Flowering( Cornus)--Am I indifferent to you? 17609 In addressing persons with titles always add the name; aswhat do you think of it, Doctor Hayes?"
17609One never likes to ask of a guest,"How long do you intend to remain?"
17609Pea, Everlasting-- Wilt go with me?
17609Should we not hail the inventor as a genius, as a god?
17609The Chinese bows low and inquires,"Have you eaten?"
17609The Egyptian solicitously asks you,"How do you perspire?"
17609The German asks,"How goes it with you?"
17609The Spaniard says,"God be with you, sir,"or,"How do you stand?"
17609What should we think of one who had_ invented_ flowers, supposing that, before him, flowers were unknown?
17609When the question is asked,"Who are the sponsors for the child?"
17609Would he not be regarded as the opener- up of a paradise of new delight?
17609for"who do you think was there?
17609not"what do you think of it, Doctor?"
26254Does John treat Rose that way?
26254Honour bright?
26254How do you know?
26254I know you heard what I said to Rose, but what is she to you?
26254What do you mean?
26254What would the book mean to you then, Floyd? 26254 When are you going to kiss me good- bye, Dot?"
26254Where did you get it?
26254Why did he?
26254Why did you do it?
26254***** His foot sounded on the stairway; his clear boyish voice called,"Beth, where are you?"
26254And why is it shaped in this funny way?
26254Do n''t you remember how your new patent leathers pinched your feet, so that you limped across the platform after your diploma?
26254Do you remember it?"
26254It''s great to be going away, is n''t it?
26254Say, what is this, anyway?"
26254That''s my baby picture, all right, but why on earth has she put those doll slippers on the back?
26254What makes girls such queer creatures, anyway, Beth?"
26254Would you not hate to think that you were spoiling the promise of that bud?"
26254You have n''t yet, have you?"
3351Are you acquainted with any ladies at Lausanne?
3351Do they consist in little commercial play at cards in good company?
3351Do you consider your air and manner of presenting yourself enough, and not too much?
3351Do you dress well, and not too well?
3351Do you learn German yet, to read, write, and speak it?
3351Do you take care to keep your teeth very clean, by washing them constantly every morning, and after every meal?
3351Does good company care to have a man reeling drunk among them?
3351Have you made acquaintances, and with whom?
3351May I be permitted to inquire of what nature yours are?
3351Neither negligent nor stiff?
3351Or a whoremaster with half a nose, and crippled by coarse and infamous debauchery?
3351Or to see another tearing his hair, and blaspheming, for having lost, at play, more than he is able to pay?
3351What a number of sins does the cheerful, easy good- breeding of the French frequently cover?
3351Why were they thinking of something else?
3351Why?
3351You may possibly ask me, whether a man has it always in his power to get the best company?
3351You say there is a good deal of good company; pray, are you got into it?
3351and do you behave yourself with politeness enough to make them desire your company?
3351and how?
3351and if they were, why did they come there?
3351are they little agreeable suppers, at which cheerfulness and decency are united?
3351or, do you pay court to some fair one, who requires such attentions as may be of use in contributing to polish you?
13877And what possible harmony can there be between a soul and a body that are completely out of accord with each other?
13877Are those who do not share it to be forever denied all chance of success?
13877Are we to suppose then that he finds real happiness in such a state of things?
13877But what was the outcome?
13877Can we measure the development of a blossom into the perfect flower?
13877Do we not see criminals acquitted every day solely because of the eloquence of their lawyers?
13877Do we notice the growth of a child who is constantly with us until he reaches man''s estate?
13877Does this imply that idealism must be banished from the thoughts of the man of resolution?
13877Does this imply that they must think of nothing but weighty affairs and neglect occasions for social meetings?
13877Does this mean that they will succeed in every case?
13877How can such a man as this possibly fail to form a correct judgment and to benefit by all the qualities that depend upon it?
13877Is it possible that the laborer, wheeling a barrow, really has to be possest of skill or strength?
13877This being the case, what possible reason can we have for depreciating ourselves or for lacking poise?
13877What can be expected, for instance, from a man who has passed a night in debauchery?
13877What conviction can he hope to carry to his hearers who is not himself persuaded of the truth of the theories he is presenting?
13877What is the result of this?
13877What looks easier, for instance, than to plane a piece of wood or to dig up the ground?
3357--"Me, sir?"
3357Are you in a situation to hurt him?
3357Are you not well?
3357But suppose it be, pray tell me, why did you give yourself the trouble of learning to dance so well as you do?
3357But what can I do?
3357How will you help yourself?
3357Is it not true?"
3357It is, for instance, commonly advisable to seem ignorant of what people offer to tell you; and when they say, Have you not heard of such a thing?
3357Or would you rather take Bonn in your way, and pass the time till we meet at The Hague?
3357Were they false reports?
3357What can be more adorned than Cicero''s Philosophical Works?
3357What more than Plato''s?
3357Where would you choose to go then?
3357Which then, I appeal to yourself, ought you to think of the most, and care to render easy, graceful, and engaging?
3357Why do you wear fine clothes, and curl your hair?
3357Why?
3357Why?
3357Will you call this trouble?
3357Would you go to Dresden for a month or six weeks?
3357Would you show a sullen, pouting, impotent resentment?
3357You are by no means ill- natured; and would you then most unjustly be reckoned so?
3357You will say, perhaps, What, am I always to be studying my countenance, in order to wear this''douceur''?
3357or does the French court choose to stifle them?
19872''Since you are fond of reading,''he said to him,''why do n''t you read the history of your own family?
19872''What does the life of any one of us matter?''
19872But why had he, so long completely his own master, consented to become the servant even of famous Royal princes?
19872Could anything be a more indulgent, or at the same time a more definite reproof?
19872Do you see that vain and arrogant fellow in the midst of his good fortune?
19872Do you wish to be the first pedant of your race?''"
19872He has had beautiful dreams, he has bad ones: what am I saying?
19872How did one of his contemporaries describe him?
19872In dealing with any savage moralist, we are obliged to turn from the abstract question: Why did he say these things?
19872Prose, verse, which do you want?
19872What did he hope to effect by what he said?
19872What hand is it which holds all nature paralyzed beneath its pressure?
19872What pleasure can a man have in being a soldier if he possesses neither talent for war, nor the esteem of his men, nor a taste for glory?
19872What, then, is the exact meaning of"la Gloire,"which the dictionaries superficially translate by"glory,"--a very different thing?
36993Always doing or undoing something 37 Habitual fitfulness 38 Self- importance 40 Henry and Wolsey: Which led?
36993But what were the steps, and what especially was Elizabeth''s step?
36993Can he enlarge this chamber or contract that?
36993Can he, later, close a door here or open a window there?
36993Choice spirits are more numerous-- but are the spirits quite as choice?
36993Do we not indeed know too well the fate of those whose thought and will ran counter to his?
36993For, indeed, what is the use of being active, capable, confident and important in a closet?
36993If a brother is attached to his brother and does not quarrel with him, is he therefore poor- spirited?
36993If a parliament and a king see eye to eye, is it just to label the parliament throughout history as an abject parliament?
36993If by rare chance a servant sees, possibly on good grounds, a hero in his master, is he therefore a poltroon?
36993It might be asked, in passing, seeing that six wives is the sign of a perfect"monster"if three wives make a semi- monster?
36993Should we have loved, trusted, and reverenced a''monster of lust''?
36993What then might he have been had he been a statesman only, or a diplomatist or an ecclesiastic or a soldier only?
36993What was its meaning?
36993Why may we not combine all thankfulness for the early More and the early Savonarola, and all compassion for the later More and later Savonarola?
36993Yet how many of us are there who, if admitting to the full their greatness, do not belittle their follies?
36993or, if freely admitting their follies, do not belittle their greatness?
36993what its object?
17499ATHLETIC PROWESS?
17499And, particularly, how many of us would be any happier if we got the things we want?
17499BOOKS?
17499But do you want to?
17499But how can we bring this about?
17499CARDS?
17499CLOTHES?
17499CLUBS?
17499FOOD?
17499FURNITURE?
17499HORSES?
17499How many of us are free?
17499How many of us are happy?
17499Of course, you can cut down to that figure; but where will it land you when you are married and have three daughters to send into society?
17499PICTURES?
17499THEATRES?
17499TOBACCO?
17499WINE?
17499We have found, then, that we want employment which will somehow add to the welfare of the human race; and is not this well worth doing?
17499Where will you land?
17499Why do n''t we think of it oftener?
17499Why, then, play a game which is neither a winning nor a losing game?
17499YACHTING?
17499how keen a desire it is well to quell, and which ones?
17499how tell what things you have been used to keep and what to give up?
39040Would you like to be introduced to Miss A----?
39040= Going in to Luncheon.=--When the luncheon gong sounds the hostess should say to the lady of highest rank present,"Shall we go in to luncheon?"
39040B.?"
39040How can they be otherwise?
39040MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE What is etiquette, and what does the word convey?
39040Ought they to wear evening dress or not?
39040She should not ask her visitor to be seated, or to"take a seat,"but she might say,"Where will you sit?"
39040Should ladies wear morning dress or evening dress?
39040There are, of course, exceptions to every rule, and there are people who use this phrase of"Will you come and see us for a few days?"
39040When a lady intends making a call she should ask if"Mrs.---- is at home?"
39040Why should we not be a well- mannered people?
39040Why should we not be refined, cultivated, and polished in our demeanour and bearing?
39040Why should we not seek to charm if we can?
39040or,"Will you sit here?"
20861Could ye not watch with Me one hour?
20861Nay, who but infants question in such wise? 20861 Who are My brethren?"
20861Will ye also go away?
20861And if we do not love those we have seen, how can we love God whom we have not seen?
20861Are we assimilating His mind, His way of looking at things, His judgments, His spirit?
20861But are we sure it is unrequited?
20861Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
20861Could I look him in the face again, and meet the calm pure gaze of his eye?
20861Does it therefore seem absurd and useless to speak about the choice of friendship at all?
20861For what has our friend to be indebted to us-- for good or for evil?
20861Have we put on his armor, and sent him out with courage and strength to the battle?
20861If we do not love our brethren here, how can we love our brethren elsewhere, except as a pious sentimentality?
20861If we never show our kind feeling, what guarantee has our friend, or even ourself, that it exists?
20861Is the Christ- conscience being developed in us?
20861It warms[ Transcriber''s note: warns?]
20861Men ask of everything, What is its use?
20861Or have we dragged him down from the heights to which he once aspired?
20861Rossetti''s versicle finds its point in life--"Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies?"
20861The Culture of Friendship How were Friendship possible?
20861The loving women who went early in the morning to the sepulchre of the buried Christ were met with a rebuke,"Why seek ye the living among the dead?"
20861Was it worth while to have linked our lives on to other lives, and laid ourselves open to such desolation?
20861What would my friend think of me, if I did this, or consented to this meanness?
20861Why deliberately add to our disabilities?
20861Would it not be a blot on our friendship, and draw a veil over our intercourse?
20861Would it not be better to go through the world, without joining ourselves too closely to the fleeting bonds of other loves?
20470What children do they associate with?
20470And if a faulty example be a child''s most constant and influential teacher, what wonder that the lessons, well- learned, are put in practice?
20470And when people note the manners-- good or bad-- of your boys and girls, they do not ask,"What school do they attend?"
20470And, back of the verbal lapse is there not a distinct lapse of the deference itself?
20470But, are not some young Americans too ready to take advantage of this permitted lapse of verbal deference?
20470If in any emergency a man_ writes_ his own name on a card he does_ not_ prefix"Mr."What titles may properly be used on a man''s visiting- card?
20470It should never be so beyond his usual ability as to arouse among his neighbors the wonder, how he could afford it?
20470May it not convey the gentle admonition that we might be more social every day, if we only thought so?
20470Might it not sometimes be well to get ourselves into a good humor the first thing in the morning, and then work afterward?
20470One of the moot questions of the day is,"When is it proper to introduce people to each other?"
20470Or, possibly tele- photography with it-- why not?
20470Shall ladies join in applause?
20470She may be a teacher, an artist, a scribe, an editor, a stenographer, a book- keeper-- what may she_ not_ do, with talent, training, and good sense?
20470We wonder"Why do they thus spend their strength for that which profiteth not?"
20470Well, is not this a pretty comfortable room?
20470Why should_ you_ be?
20470Yet, what was a hostess to do?
20470but,"_ Whose children are they?_"Would you have them mannerly?
20470but,"_ Whose children are they?_"Would you have them mannerly?
20470yes; and how did''mine host''bear himself?"
20098Answer this question,"Am I pleasant to live with?"
20098Are YOU pleasant to live with?
20098CONTINUOUS HAPPINESS An Impossible State, and It''s Well It''s So I am often asked,"Are you happy ALL the time?"
20098Department B is friends; how do you stand in your treatment of them?
20098Did you lie to, cheat, steal from or defraud any one?
20098Do n''t you know that there is no one in the world who can take the place of Dad?
20098Do n''t you see how we love you, and how we appreciate you?
20098Do you need a lift or a push-- sympathy or a slap on the back-- are you a help or a hindrance to yourself?
20098Have you drawn the employees closer, or driven them further from you?
20098How have you dealt with your family and children?
20098How many stars are there?
20098How much cash profit did you make?
20098How much less a man did the act make you?
20098How often have you been convinced in an argument?
20098How often have you convinced another in an argument?
20098If the Protestant religion be all truth what became of our religious ancestors who died before Martin Luther found the truth?
20098Is your religious belief a sham or conviction?
20098It is the shibboleth of the red blooded, hot headed, bravest and best of the nation, the youth, who die in countless thousands-- for what?
20098It wo n''t hurt you to keep the personal question alive for a few days,--"Am I pleasant to live with?"
20098Let''s start the new schedule tonight; come on, Dad, what do you say?
20098PERSONAL Are YOU Pleasant to Live With?
20098Well, then, where''s the moral?
20098What about the people who have gone hence before Christian Science was ever heard of?
20098What do you think about it?
20098What has your stewardship shown?
20098What''s that?
20098What''s the benefit from this little study of the street car passengers?
20098Why then such a change in two hours?
20098You have never heard of Verbomania?
20098You''ve heard that, have n''t you?
35890Are you afflicted and humbled, when she is found to be in fault, though you yourself are remarkably clear from the same offence?
35890Can such a pattern be proposed to_ my_ imitation?"
35890Can you do less to your heavenly Father than what your duty to an earthly one requires?
35890Do not all other views and desires seem mean and trifling when compared with this?
35890Do you delight to see her approved and beloved, even by those who do not pay you equal attention?
35890Does it not sound strange, my dear Miss Carter, that a girl like me should have dared to engage in a dispute with such a man?
35890Have they not set up another God in their own minds, who rather resembles the worst of beings than the best?
35890Is not a word better than a gift?
35890Is there any truth,''subjoins Miss Mulso,''that would not be useful, or that should not be known?''
35890Who can contemplate such a scene unmoved?
35890can you reflect on all these things, and not feel the most earnest longings after immortality?
12035And what was his intention?
12035Are field- sports, then, in the same category?
12035But are there no terms by which the somewhat exclusive associations connected with the two sets of phrases already examined may be avoided?
12035But what considerations guide the moral judgment?
12035But why, it may be asked, should not a man accept a bribe, if, on other grounds, he would vote for the candidate who offers it?
12035Do our moral opinions merely vary, or do they grow?
12035For what else can have an influence of this nature?
12035In what sense did he employ the words used?
12035Is there any progress to be traced in morality, or does it simply oscillate, within certain limits, round a fixed point?
12035Now, what, as a mutter of fact, has been the case?
12035Or, again, should we be willing, in this respect, to go back three hundred, or two hundred, or even one hundred years in our own history?
12035Shall I prosecute him?
12035To begin with the first division of my subject, How is morality, properly so called, discriminated from other sanctions of conduct?
12035What are the classes of acts, under their most general aspect, which elicit the feelings of moral approbation and disapprobation?
12035What did the man really say?
12035What was the extent of his knowledge at the time that he made the statement?
12035What would be the result, if every one who had the opportunity were to do the same?
12035When this condition of things is beginning to be intolerable, there often arises the social reformer, and what is the course which he pursues?
35123But is it so? 35123 I was about to tell you; last Monday, on the train----""What train?"
35123When shall we arrive?
35123''Why not, my little man?''
35123A dozen of these terse but meaningless sayings now dance before our recollection, for who has not heard them, even to loathing?
35123But why did you ask that question?''
35123By observing the first, you have your head free; turn it a little towards the left shoulder; need I say, never lay it upon your partner''s shoulder?
35123Do not continually pester either your companion or the conductor with questions, such as"Where are we now?"
35123Do you want to be thrown down by the horses?
35123Have you not breakfasted?
35123I have heard a story told to an impertinent listener, which ran in this way:--"I saw a fearful sight----""When?"
35123I was coming from B----""Last Monday, did you say?"
35123If he make not such exertion, during the course of an engagement, what hope can there be of him in future life?
35123Is it not with a feeling of disgust that you turn from the attempted finery, and sigh for plain collars, and caps undecked by flowers, again?
35123Need I say that the knife is to cut your food with, and must never be used while eating?
35123The atmosphere of a city is destructive where there is any pulmonary delicacy, and who shall say, where there is_ not_ pulmonary delicacy?
35123The gentleman took him on his knee, and asked,''Are you not glad to see me, George?''
35123Try to prevent the necessity of any person crying,"What?
35123We were near the bridge----""What bridge?"
35123What are you doing?
35123What daughter can walk half as far as her mother can?
35123What young woman can take the active part that her mother did?
35123What?"
35123Why did you not dress before you came out?
35123Why is this?
35123You can never be rude if you bear the rule always in mind, for what lady likes to be treated rudely?
35123You can run across?
35123You do n''t know what to do with them?
35123do n''t you see there is a carriage coming?
35123how do you know that, George?''
36664_ WHY?_Josephus never yet was heard To say but just one single word!
36664''Twas never anything but"WHY?"
36664Are the Goops the ones to blame?
36664But if_ you_ were dirty, you''d wash, would n''t you?
36664Did his mother punish him?
36664Did n''t you say they were borrowed?
36664Did you ever catch them playing at their horrid little games?
36664Do n''t you think it is a shame?
36664Do you go the shortest way, Never stopping once to play?
36664Do you look about for horses When your little brother crosses?
36664Do you sharpen pencils, Ever, on the floor?
36664The Goops are all dirty, and what do they do?
36664The Goops they talk while eating, And loud and fast they chew; And that is why I''m glad that I Am not a Goop-- are you?
36664The knife and the pencils and other utensils, Now how do they come to be there?
36664What becomes of orange- peels And your apple- core?
36664When father said to go to bed, Then"_ Why?_"was all Josephus said.
36664When little brother stubs his toe, Do you look on and laugh?
36664When mother bade him stop his play, Then"_ Why?_"Josephus used to say.
36664When she says,"It looks to me As if the Goops were here"?
36664When''tis time to go to school, Do you fancy you are ill?
36664Whose book is that on the chair?
36664Will they, without being told, Wait on you, when you are old, Or be heedless, selfish, cold?
36664[ Illustration][ Illustration: Borrowing]_ BORROWING_ Whose doll is that on the table?
36664[ Illustration][ Illustration: Caution]_ CAUTION_ When you travel in the street, Are you cautious and discreet?
36664[ Illustration][ Illustration: Church Headaches( top)]_ CHURCH HEADACHES_ When''tis time to go to church Do you ever have a chill?
36664[ Illustration][ Illustration: Generosity]_ GENEROSITY_ When you have candy, do you go And give your sister half?
36664[ Illustration][ Illustration:"Why?"]
12020And do you recall your misery when I seized you one evening at your birthday party( you were twenty), and dragged you about the room in a waltz?
12020And she would have found some excuse to shorten her visit under my roof, and then where would be my opportunity to influence her?
12020And what do I think about it?
12020And you, madam, how about_ your_ children?
12020But can you, my dear Winifred,_ reimburse your mutual losses in other ways_?
12020Can you wear cheap clothing and ride in trolleys, and economize on laundry bills to prove your love for this man?
12020Do you imagine she was_ jealous_ of your compliment to me?
12020Do you recall your horror the first time I told you I had read a book on reincarnation, and confessed that it had made me anxious to study the theory?
12020He chose for your mother, a woman of rare mind, and of poetic taste, and why should he not be proud and glad that his son resembles her?
12020How dare you assume greater virtue, greater respectability, greater fineness of sentiment, than the tempest- tossed, passion- beaten souls, about you?
12020How dare you condemn those who do not reach your standard?
12020Now I think I hear you saying,"But why should not my lover give this proof of devotion as well as I?
12020Oh, mothers, mothers, what are you thinking about, to be so blind to the work put in your hands to do?
12020Suppose one plant said to the sunlight that it must have all the sun, would not that be ridiculous and selfish?"
12020Were all the good women of America to begin such a crusade, where would they obtain the proofs of their accusations?
12020What do you know of real virtue, real strength?
12020What shame or degradation is there, pray, in being animate with the all- pervading impulse which underlies the entire universe?
12020When will fathers learn that sons are more frequently like their mothers, and daughters like their fathers, than otherwise?
12020Why am I more unloving, or selfish, than he, to refuse to give up my name?"
12020Why have you not considered turning this talent to account?
12020Why should not he be ready to sacrifice a tradition, and a name, to please me?
12020Why?
12020Why?
12020Will you, when refused entrance at the front door, go in at the rear and hobnob with the servants?
12020or of your praise of the girl''s beauty at the Country Club?
31340May I sit down, girls? 31340 Would you like to talk about Beauty-- real Beauty?"
31340Would you like to talk about Love-- real Love?
31340Has the Negro any"Spots"?
31340How can the child be clean and love cleanliness when its mother is habitually untidy and slovenly?
31340How can the child be expected to love reading if the mother does not read to it?
31340How can the child have high ideals and elevating thoughts unless the mother has them?
31340How can the child love music if the mother does not play or sing to it or teach it songs?
31340How can the child resist the desires of the lower nature when its mother has tantrums?
31340How many can recite poems or give quotations from the master writers?
31340How many have been given something to think about?
31340How many nights are wasted that might be spent in giving colored children ideals of home life and right habits in reading and home study?
31340How many of them have a children''s hour?
31340How many spend their spare moments in reading?
31340If it hangs open too much?
31340Is the dark skin a spot?
31340Just before the Dean closed the door to leave me alone with the girls, I repeated my question,"What shall I talk about?"
31340No, but if it has thick lips and is a leaking mouth?
31340Now, what shall we talk about that is interesting to every one of you?"
31340Then came the request,"You come so seldom, can you print the talks?"
31340What feature about the Negro is ridiculed the most?
31340What is beauty?
31340What is love?
31340What is the largest Spot?
31340What is the matter with it?
31340What is the matter with the noses?
31340What is the next most ridiculed"Spot"?
31340What is the result?
31340What is"bad"in( another) woman?
31340What is"good"in( another) woman?
31340Why should parents expect their children to be better than they?
15419My grandfather and grandmother died on the same day of the year? 15419 ''Do n''t you like Shakespere''s plays?... 15419 But Paul the apostle, contemplating the close of his eventful life of sorrow and suffering, said:I have fought the good fight?
15419C----?"
15419Do you like it?''
15419God and heaven were imagined as close above in the sky?
15419Have a special thought and regard for those who may labor under disadvantages?
15419How shall a young girl fit herself to enjoy and to afford enjoyment in general society?
15419I have finished the course?
15419In botany you learn of two kinds of plants-- those which grow by external accretions, as bulbs, which, are called exogenous?
15419Is it Gibbon or Gibbons?''
15419Should you want to have poetry?''
15419Two or three other girls happened to be in the room, and this young lady replied,"Had n''t you better ask me for my tooth- brush?
15419WHO ARE THE CULTIVATED?
15419WHO ARE THE CULTIVATED?
15419Were n''t you perfectly astonished when you found out how many other plays there were of his?
15419What are the characteristics of the agreeable and beautiful manners that are the ornament and charm of the well- behaved girl?
15419What caused this lady to make such a remark?
15419What is the universal testimony of those whose lives are really governed by the fear and love of a divine Creator?
15419What kind of writers are they?''
15419What qualities are needed to insure that a woman shall be a happy home- keeper?
15419What was needed in this young girl in order that she might have exhibited in her daily life a"lovely domestic behavior"?
15419What, then, is the secret that lies behind the demeanor and manners of the cultivated man or woman, or the cultivated family?
15419Why did she succeed against such odds, when the other failed with all her advantages?
15419Why is it bad manners to come late to meals, to be unpunctual, to keep people waiting?
15419Would you be prepared to attain a like reward?
15419was n''t it funny?"
35761Did you ever think how invisible is the armor of defence afforded by perfect politeness?
35761In what way will it help me if I bestow praise upon another?
35761Such being the potency and importance of conversation, why is so little attention given to its culture to- day? 35761 ***** What is it to be a gentleman? 35761 After telling him their names the writer said,Why do you ask?"
35761But why should his success in attracting others to himself be a source of"surprise and wonder"?
35761Do you remember the story told by Sterne in"The Sentimental Journey"?
35761Have you noticed the wonderful transformation which takes place in a man when he doffs his everyday clothes and dons a dress suit?
35761He is not pretty, is he?
35761Her second thought is,"What shall I wear?"
35761If you are a woman have you not more than once gone out for a walk with some other woman who is never satisfied with your appearance?
35761Is it not important, then, that we devote our efforts seriously, and with infinite patience, if necessary, to mastering a matter so essential?
35761Is it not strange, then, that so little effort is made to remedy defects in vocal expression?
35761Is it the handsome woman?
35761Is there any other single test of culture so conclusive as this?
35761Is there any person more unwelcome than the chronic growler?
35761It is frequently the case that, when a young lady is invited to a social function, her first thought is,"What shall I wear?"
35761She gives your gown a pull, saying:"This dress never did fit you; it is n''t at all becoming to you, why did n''t you wear your other one?"
35761The influence of a pleasing voice is wonderful; who has not felt its charm?
35761Was there ever given a finer definition of a gentleman?
35761What language can be compared to the speaking blush or flashing eye of an earnest listener?
35761What qualities in men are most attractive to them?
35761Why is it that we regard vocal training and oral expression as something to be confined wholly to the specialists?
35761Why is not the inconsistency corrected?
35761Why is there no endeavor to improve the voice and make it beautiful and winning?
35761Why was he rejected?
35761Will we not find that what appears to be the perfection of naturalness is often but the perfection of culture?
5078Was good money to be simply given away, like water poured on a barren soil, to be sucked up and yield nothing?
5078What affair would be set forward, what increase of efficiency would the money buy, what return would it bring in?
5078Why should he subscribe?
13004Wo n''t you carry me? 13004 Clattering down the stairs, Storming through the hall, Pounding floors, upsetting chairs, Do you think your father cares For your noise, at all? 13004 Cry and sulk, or kick and shout? 13004 Do you drag your feet? 13004 How''d you like to pay the bill for varnish and repairs? 13004 I said;I wonder does he care?"
13004Is it right?
13004Making noise enough for four Hundred thousand Goops, or more, Tearing up the street?
13004NOISE!_ Do you slam the door?
13004Now, have you ever_ ever_ heard Of such a Goop before?
13004Now, is n''t that the rudest thing That you have ever heard?
13004Or do you peck the frosted cake?
13004Tell your mother all about Brother''s mischief, too?
13004What are you going to do?
13004Which of them was Goop, and which was not?
13004Why do they never neatly fold Their napkins until they are told?
13004Why do they play with food, and bite Such awful mouthfuls?
13004Why do they tilt back in their chairs?
13004Why, do n''t you know Baby is asking your pardon?
13004Why?
13004Why?
13004Why?
13004Why?
13004Wo n''t you carry me?
13004Wo n''t you carry me?
13004Wo n''t you walk a little farther, Till we reach that cherry- tree?"
13004You who are the strongest, You who are the quickest, Do n''t you think you ought to help The weakest and the sickest?
13004[ Illustration][ Illustration: At Table]_ AT TABLE_ Why is it Goops must always wish To touch_ each_ apple on the dish?
13004[ Illustration][ Illustration: Puppy Goops]_ PUPPY GOOPS_ Candy in the cushions Of the easy- chair; Raisins in the sofa-- How did they get there?
13004[ Illustration][ Illustration: Walking With Papa]_ WALKING WITH PAPA_"Wo n''t you walk a little farther?"
13004_ DRESS QUICKLY!_ All your life you''ll have to dress, Every single day( unless You should happen to be sick), Why not learn to do it quick?
36849Answer this question,"Am I pleasant to live with?"
36849Are YOU pleasant to live with?
36849Are you getting the best out of yourself?
36849Are you growing, or are you standing still?
36849Can you face disagreeable facts without wavering?
36849Can you meet adversity with courage in your heart and a smile on your lips?
36849Come on, Dad, what do you say?
36849Did you lie to, steal from, cheat or defraud any one?
36849Do n''t you know that there is no one in the world who can take the place of Dad?
36849Do n''t you see how we love you and how we appreciate you?
36849Do you sing on Sunday,"We shall know each other there,"or do you make it a point to know and love your brother here, seven days a week?
36849Does it show profit or loss?
36849Have you drawn the employees closer, or have you driven them further from you?
36849How do you stand in your treatment of them?
36849How have you dealt with your family and children?
36849How many stars are there?
36849How much cash profit did you make?
36849How much less a man did the act make you?
36849How often have you been convinced in an argument?
36849How often have you convinced another in an argument?
36849I am often asked:"Are you happy ALL the time?"
36849If the Protestant religion be all truth, what became of our religious ancestors who died before Martin Luther found the truth?
36849Is n''t it reasonable then to conclude that if a man should fail to eat enough lime for his body- building, his bones would suffer?
36849Is n''t it reasonable to suppose that this is because they work hard?
36849Is your religious belief a sham or a conviction?
36849It wo n''t hurt you to keep the personal question alive for a few days,--"Am I pleasant to live with?"
36849Or are you plodding along aimlessly, scattering your energy in a haphazard, hit- or- miss fashion that benefits nobody?
36849Well, then, where''s the moral?
36849What about the people who have gone hence before Christian Science was ever heard of?
36849What do you think about it?
36849What has your stewardship shown?
36849What''s that?
36849What''s the benefit from this little study of the street car passengers?
36849Why, then, such a change in two hours?
36849You have never heard of Verbomania?
36849You''ve heard that, have n''t you?
22050If God be for us, who can be against us?
22050The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? 22050 What is it,"says Thackeray,"to be a gentleman?
22050''What of that?''
22050''What of that?''
22050But even if he could get on without the Church, is he not bound to consider others?
22050But when we ask, What is the good?
22050By the study of what other book could children be so much humanized?"
22050For the question, What is the harm?
22050From these he would rise with a smile, saying,"I suffered much, but I did not cry out, did I?
22050Have you no water?"
22050His judges or Socrates?
22050If we are ready to ask,"Am I my brother''s keeper?"
22050Is he not bound to consider those around him?
22050It is a sign that they have not felt the power of that grace which ever leads the soul to put the question,"What wilt thou have me to do?"
22050It is man''s guide through the perplexities of life to the glory of heaven,"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
22050It would have been no justification for him to say, What has anyone to do with the clothes I wear?
22050One man constantly asks another the question regarding a third, How has he succeeded?
22050Pilate or Christ?
22050Rise, wash, and address the 5) Almighty Father; contrive[ Question, What good 6) the day''s business and take shall I do this day?]
22050Speak, History, who are life''s victors?
22050St. John replied,"Why dost thou not carry thy bow always bent?"
22050The Spartans who fell at Thermopylae''s tryst Or the Persians or Xerxes?
22050The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
22050The first question then that arises in considering these is, What do we mean by the state?
22050We say perhaps that"we mean well,"or at least we mean to do no one any harm, but is our influence harmless?
22050What do we mean by it?
22050What is character?
22050What is success in life?
22050What to it are nuggets or millions?"
22050When a celebrated artist, Benjamin West, was asked"What made him a painter?"
22050When were circumstances favorable to any great or good attempt, except as they were compelled by determination and industry to become favorable?
22050did I cry out?"
22050substitute, What is the good?
22050unroll thy long annals and say, Are they those whom the world calls victors, who won the success of the day, The martyrs or Nero?
43405Quid habemus quod non accepimus?
43405What have we that we have not received?
43405Do we really appertain absolutely to a given and distinctly limited existence?
43405Having no deeper source of life within himself, how should he be able to escape from the trammels of society, to rise above it or oppose it?
43405How are we to interpret this new life and its origin?
43405How could we judge sensuous enjoyment and outer success in the same way as we judge values like truth and honour?
43405How should this be attained without a vigorous deepening of life, without the development of invisible values?
43405Must not such fidelity to oneself and to one''s own work strike us as being in the highest degree moral?
43405We all remember the words of Jesus:"What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"
43405What becomes of man and of human life, if the visible world means to him the only form of reality?
43405Where have we an aim embracing the whole man, which is common to us all and binds us together to inner communion?
37068But her social position?
37068But,says some young fellow,"what are the social pleasures and indulgences which injuriously affect a young man''s success?"
37068But,some one will say, as asked a young fellow recently,"how in the world do you get at an understanding of yourself?
37068And what is the result?
37068And why?
37068And, after all, is she not right?"
37068CONTENTS I PAGE A CORRECT KNOWLEDGE OF HIMSELF 11 II WHAT, REALLY, IS SUCCESS?
37068Faults?
37068How do these people know that it will not?
37068How do you go about it?"
37068Hundreds of men constantly ask the question,"Can I marry on six hundred, eight hundred, or a thousand dollars per year?"
37068II WHAT, REALLY, IS SUCCESS?
37068If liquor brought safe pleasures, why did these men abstain from it?
37068If, as some say, it is a stimulant to a busy man, why did not these men, directing the largest business interests in this country, resort to it?
37068In natural sequence comes, therefore, the question of"What, really, is success?"
37068Is she less capable of making a good wife?
37068Is the girl in an office less of a woman than the girl who rides in her carriage?
37068Not long since a young fellow wrote to me in this connection, and said in his letter:"What''s the use of leading a straight life?
37068Of what possible satisfaction is it to get credit from others for doing what is best for one''s self?
37068Or again:"Can a young fellow be religious and yet successful?"
37068Or sometimes it is put:"Does it really pay to be honest in business?"
37068Social station?
37068The question is asked, and as often discussed:"Is a life built upon religious principles really compatible with a young man''s business success?"
37068There are no women present, are there?"
37068To please society?
37068To uphold social standards as false as they are mythical?
37068What is social station?
37068What more can I do?"
37068What right have we to apply superficial standards to worth and character?
37068Why do we marry?
37068Why take the risk?
37068Young men read these things and ask themselves,"If he can, why not I?"
40901All this advice is minute, but what kind will you have?
40901Between ourselves, would they be in the wrong?
40901But is it then necessary to proscribe eulogiums entirely?
40901But what in reality are these slight duties of modern hospitality, in comparison to the rigorous ones of ancient times?
40901In case we can not do it, we say,_ I ask your pardon_,& c. To a question which we do not fully comprehend, we never answer,_ Ha?
40901SECTION V._ Politeness of Artists and Authors, and the Deference due to them._ Do artists come under the common rule, it will perhaps be said?
40901Should we not regard as gross and ridiculous language, that exaggeration which we frequently hear used in praise as well as in censure?
40901Should we not use every effort to rid ourselves of this?
40901These attentions, and these duties, they discharge in_ petto_, but who will thank them for it?
40901What pleasure can we find in causing ladies to blush, and in meriting the name of a man of bad society?
40901Who does not know the charm and value of this?
40901Why are crowds usually so disagreeable, and even dangerous?
5255At the words of the ceremony,"Who giveth this woman away?"
5255Clark?"
5255or,"To be married to this man?"
12492The moral good,he says, is"that which satisfies the desire of amoral agent"; but"the question,... What do we mean by calling ourselves moral agents?
12492A passage such as this leads us to ask, What exactly is the extent of the modifications which Mill seeks to make in the ordinary scale of values?
12492And how can we say that any part ought not to be when every part is essential?
12492And if there is such a difference, in what does it consist?
12492But must this free act of the mind bear ever and ever again the deceptive form of demonstrative science?
12492But what about qualities such as sympathy, willingness to help another, obedience, and faithfulness to a community or to a cause?
12492Can Metaphysics help us?
12492Do we not need some criterion of goodness to guide our judgment?
12492Does he, for instance, wish to invert any ordinary moral rules?
12492For if we say that''reality appears,''are we not thereby predicating something of reality, making it enter into relation?
12492For what is an appearance, and what is it that appears?
12492How then is such a test to be got?
12492Is not the good something that ought to be striven for, attained, and preserved?
12492Now I venture to ask the question, Is it?
12492Now, I ask, Did this process take place when Darwinism supplanted the traditional theory of the fixity of species?
12492Or what name shall we give to that which passes therein?
12492Was it natural selection that brought about the result?
12492What matters it how we came by our knowledge, provided it is the case that we can know ourselves and the world?
12492What was it then that led to the victory of the one idea over the other?
12492Would he do away with, or in any important respect modify, the duties of truth or justice, temperance or benevolence?
12492[ 1] How can the distinction of good and evil apply as between these parts?
12492and is not evil something that ought not to be at all?
12492is one to which a final answer can not be given without an answer to the question, What is moral good?
26334''What is it about?''
26334***** When Joys have lost their bloom and breath, And life itself is vapid, Why as we reach the Falls of death Feel we its tide more rapid?
26334Article by William O''Brien,''Was Fenianism ever Formidable?''
26334As Marcus Aurelius said:''Who can change the desires of man?''
26334Because two men agree not to drink it, have they a right to impose the same obligation on an unwilling third?
26334Can it be said that, if measured by this test, the public morality of our time ranks very high?
26334Does not the happiness on the whole exceed the evil?
26334How far is it right or permissible to press legal technicalities as opposed to substantial justice?
26334How far, for example, may a lawyer support a cause which he believes to be wrong?
26334How many hospital patients receive such treatment?''
26334Is it a faith or only a need?
26334Ought a private soldier to have refused to take part in such an execution as that of the Duc d''Enghien, or in the_ Coup d''État_ of Napoleon III.?
26334Ought he to refuse to fire on a mob if he doubts the legality of the order of his superior officer?
26334The questions''Which side are we?''
26334The time might come when you, as well as I, might expect that it would be said above,"Why cumbereth it the ground?"
26334What course ought he now to pursue?
26334What has become of this parliamentary title?
26334What is the meaning and what are the limits of national egotism and national unselfishness?
26334What then have I to fear if after death I shall either not be miserable or shall certainly be happy?''
26334What will become of him?
26334What, then, can save him?
26334Who is there who has not often said to himself as he looked back on a completed life, how much happier it would have been had it ended sooner?
26334Why is it that the same dish gives one man keen pleasure and to another is loathsome and repulsive?
43439You look pale,said one officer to another, as he came within range of the enemy''s guns for the first time;"are you afraid?"
43439( 3) A little boy asks: Is it Profanity to say_ damn_, or to use lightly the name of the_ Devil_?
43439A great man was once asked:"Do the devils lie?"
43439An old sun- dial in a churchyard in Scotland has these words engraved on it:"I am a shadow, So art thou; I mark time, Dost thou?"
43439But what should we say of a boy who roughly handled a bird with a broken wing?
43439But who ever got any lasting satisfaction out of revenge, when wrath has died away, and the injury he has suffered begins to look smaller?
43439Can he ever call back that suicide?
43439Can he ever wipe off the taint and disgrace that he has brought on the escutcheon of that young man''s family?"
43439I have promised my brother Wellington--_promised_, do you hear?
43439If a father sees his son drowning and jumps into the water to rescue him, is he entitled to any special credit, as a matter of right?
43439If some one owes you a dollar, is he entitled to a reward for repaying you?
43439Is he entitled to any special credit?
43439Is not that the case sometimes, even with schoolboys?
43439Now, suppose this man should repent?
43439What happiness could there be in our homes if the children did not obey their parents?
43439Will you take him into your office and make him the same sort of man that you are yourself?"
43439You may ask:"Why is it manly?"
22135Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?
22135What are you doing, man? 22135 42_ sq._[ 19] Tolstóy:_ What is Art?_ X, translated by Leo Wiener, p. 227. 22135 Am I not free? 22135 Am I not without fear? 22135 And what do I want? 22135 But when his son Haemon protests against his tyranny, Creon states his understanding of the bargain: CREON Govern this land for others than myself? 22135 CREON Is not the city reckoned his who rules? 22135 Has man no more lordly task than that of destroying what he holds to be good? 22135 How can it be said that a being that coincides with the known laws of nature works only good? 22135 How is it liable to abuse or excess? 22135 How is one to define a good action in the premises? 22135 How is the universe in its entirety to be construed with reference to the good? 22135 I ask you whether the world over, or in past history, there is anything like it? 22135 Is not every man able to say what he likes? 22135 Is there any one who has not met the man who is actually made buoyant by his consistent misfortune? 22135 Is there no more ofcreative plenipotence"in man than killing and robbing?
22135Now, did I propose to do so, what justification should I offer?
22135Of what, then, do goodness and being consist?
22135On what grounds may a religion be criticised?
22135Since life began; Hath there in God''s eye stood one happy man?
22135What are the possibilities for life of this aesthetic interest or love of art?
22135What does it profit a man to be content with his lot, or to experience the rapture of the saints, if he has lost his soul?
22135What does it profit a man to gain a bit here and a bit there, if he is foreordained to loss on the whole?
22135What would constitute the proof of an absolute religion?
22135Where are the words which I speak unto thee, that thou hast not believed them?
22135Why does each small thing in the world have to fight against the world itself?
22135Why does each thing on the earth war against each other thing?
22135[ 9] Love stories will doubtless continue to the end; but must man cease to feel young in the days when cruelty and exploitation are obsolete?
22135am I not without sorrow?
22135{ 109} And from Mr. Roebuck: I look around me and ask what is the state of England?
22135{ 186} What is its purpose, and what idea, through sympathy, is the statue to convey to spectators?
10417How long are you in for?
10417Me? 10417 What are you eating?"
10417Who gave you the authority to do all this?
10417All law centers around this point-- what shall men be allowed to do?
10417Am I bad because I want to give you freedom, and have you work in gladness instead of fear?
10417And how could I love her unless I had perfect confidence that she would only aspire to what was beautiful, true and right?
10417But what think you is necessary before a person can come into full possession of his subconscious treasures?
10417Does God cease work one day in seven, or is the work that He does on Sunday especially different from that which He performs on Tuesday?
10417If prayer is not a desire, backed up by a right human effort to bring about its efficacy, then what is it?
10417Is it worth the cost?
10417Is n''t good work an effort to produce a useful, necessary or beautiful thing?
10417Is n''t it as necessary for me to hoe corn and feed my loved ones( and also the priest) as for the priest to preach and pray?
10417Is n''t it strange that men should have made laws declaring that it is wicked for us to work?
10417Is n''t that so?
10417Is she a bawd that she should bargain?
10417Morality is simply the question of expressing your life forces-- how to use them?
10417Obey?
10417Preparing for Old Age Socrates was once asked by a pupil, this question:"What kind of people shall we be when we reach Elysium?"
10417That is, what shall we do to be saved?
10417The Best Religion A religion of just being kind would be a pretty good religion, do n''t you think so?
10417The Folly of Living in the Future The question is often asked,"What becomes of all the Valedictorians and all the Class- Day Poets?"
10417The Week- Day, Keep it Holy Did it ever strike you that it is a most absurd and semi- barbaric thing to set one day apart as"holy?"
10417The question is as alive to- day as it was two thousand years ago-- what expression is best?
10417To which class do you belong?
10417Was it a plan of building modern tenement houses along scientific and sanitary lines?
10417Was it called to provide funds for scientific research of various kinds that would add to human knowledge and prove a benefit to mankind?
10417Was it to build technical schools and provide a means for practical and useful education?
10417What for?
10417What is Initiative?
10417What kind of a man shall I be to- morrow?
10417Where does_ Ivan the Terrible_ go when Death closes his eyes?
10417Why should you cease to express your holiest and highest on Sunday?
10417Why wait for an accident to discover Tom Potter?
10417Will there not come a time when all men and women will work because it is a blessed gift-- a privilege?
10417Would any priest ever preach and pray if somebody did n''t hoe?
10417Yet all sermons have but one theme: how shall life be expressed?
10417You have so much energy; and what will you do with it?
2274What? 2274 What?"
2274And in actual sleep, seven?
2274And yet you are in search of happiness, are you not?
2274Are you going to perform a miracle with your seven hours and a half?"
2274Assume that I have carefully weighed and comprehended your ponderous remarks; how do I begin?"
2274But when you arrange to go to the theatre( especially with a pretty woman) what happens?
2274Do you not remember that morning when you received a disquieting letter which demanded a very carefully- worded answer?
2274Have you discovered it?
2274How much sleep do you think is daily obtained by the powerful healthy man who daily rattles up your street in charge of Carter Patterson''s van?
2274How?
2274I am to cultivate my mind in the street, on the platform, in the train, and in the crowded street again?"
2274If a man standing on the edge of a swimming- bath and wanting to jump into the cold water should ask you,"How do I begin to jump?"
2274Is it not?
2274It is very sad, is it not, very depressing and sombre?
2274Now will you kindly buy your paper and step into the train?
2274Now, shall I blush, or will you?
2274Seven hours, on the average?
2274What art thou doing with thine age?"
2274What asinine boor can laugh at you?
2274What does that matter?
2274What, then, is to be done?
2274What?
2274When shall this important business be accomplished?
2274Where would they be, I wonder, if requested to explain the influences that went to make Tschaikowsky''s"Pathetic Symphony"?
2274Which of us is free from that uneasy feeling that the"great spending departments"of his daily life are not managed as they ought to be?
2274Which of us is not saying to himself-- which of us has not been saying to himself all his life:"I shall alter that when I have a little more time"?
2274Which of us lives on twenty- four hours a day?
2274Why not devote a little attention to the far more delicate machinery of the mind, especially as you will require no extraneous aid?
2274Will you kindly send me your name and address, and state your charge for telling me how you do it?
2274Would it not give zest to your business, and transform your whole life?
2274You actually spend in earning your livelihood-- how much?
2274You are a bank clerk, and you have not read that breathless romance( disguised as a scientific study), Walter Bagehot''s"Lombard Street"?
2274You say that full energy given to those sixteen hours will lessen the value of the business eight?
40845A second preliminary inquiry is, What are the causes which produce these emotions?
40845A third inquiry is, how the taste can be cultivated?
40845And here our first inquiry will be, what are the circumstances under which the emotions of taste are awakened by moral actions?
40845And is it so, that, in the region of taste alone, the faculties of man have no adequate object?
40845But is there, it will be asked,_ no_ beauty in any combination of features, or of matter, except as connected with expression?
40845Can I make this distinction obvious?
40845Is a man under moral obligation to be neat in his person?
40845Is it not, that the most perfect law is there fully obeyed, and is yet no restraint upon the highest and freest expansion of feeling?
40845Is that feeling merely the result of taste, or are there mingled with it some elements of moral approbation or disapprobation?
40845Is the prevalence of a cultivated taste, favorable to morals?
40845Is there a connexion, either in individuals, or in communities, between good taste and good morals?
40845What is it, indeed, that gives its perfect beauty to our conception of the worship of heaven?
40845What then is taste?
40845What, you have been ready to say, do you make of such a case as that of Byron?
40845Where will you place a mean action in distinction from a dishonest one?
40845Where, for example, shall we place that feeling which we have in view of the manner of doing a thing, in distinction from the thing done?
40845Who does not know that experience is the best enlightener of the judgment?--And where does experience garner her stores but in the memory?
35354), and among the saddest words of Christ are those addressed to Judas("Dost thou betray the Son of man with a kiss?"
353541385; what is just cause of war?
3535413; Tob., v. 18), to answer according to the mind of a questioner, as when A says to B:"Have you seen your father?"
353542) Is it lawful for the dying or the sick who are in danger of death to make use of narcotics when there are medical reasons for their use?
353542309; is sacrilege a special sin?
353543) Can narcotics be used even if the lessening of pain probably be accompanied by a shortening of life?
353544) and Extreme Unction("Is there any man sick among you?
35354; Jacques Leclercq,"Can a Layman be a Saint?"
35354; insufficient causes, 1393; when justice of cause is doubtful, 1394; can there be justice on both sides?
35354Attrition in the Sacrament of Penance.--Must attrition based on fear of punishment be joined with love of God to justify in the Sacrament?
35354But a more important question is this: is moral virginity, or the virtue of virginity, also irrecoverable?
35354But what should be said of toleration or license given to prostitutes by the public authority?
35354Dispensation from Law, 401; who may be dispensed?
35354Frequent Communion.--What dispositions are required for frequent Communion( i.e., Communion made several times a week) and daily communion?
35354Hence arises the question; is deliberate sensual gratification about objects sexually exciting always a mortal sin?
35354Hence the question:"Is it lawful to use probable matter in the administration of a Sacrament?"
35354If God could approve of even one lie, would not that approval undermine our faith in His own veracity?
35354Is greater gratitude due to God for the gift of innocence or for the gift of repentance?
35354Is it lawful to make another person drunk when he will be guiltless of sin, and there is a grave reason?
35354Is the fear of bodily harm or of death a sufficient reason for administering a Sacrament to an unworthy person?
35354Is this use of a secret lawful?
35354Morality of Self- Beautification.--Is it wrong to beautify oneself in order to improve one''s looks or to win admiration?
35354Reading Another''s Letters or Papers.--When is it lawful to read the letters or other papers of another person?
35354Sacrilege, definition, 2308; violation of what kind of consecration involves sacrilege?
35354Simulation and Dissimulation of a Sacrament?--Is it lawful in case of difficulty to give a Sacrament only in appearance?
35354Use of Lots.--Is it lawful to use lots in settlement of some business, when there is no intention to seek preternatural oracle?
35354meaning,"Do you know where he is?"
35354then, should this heroism, if the circumstances really demand it, stop at the borders established by the passions and inclinations of nature?
13072''Has some one stolen it?'' 13072 ''Well, is not then the interest of the struggle to which we are subjected a sufficient attraction to keep us at our post?''"
13072''What do you mean,''they replied,''do you prophesy that the prince will have a fever?'' 13072 ''Why''they added,''can you foresee so exactly the evil and direct us to that which is right and just?''
13072A prince,he continues,"possest a large?
13072And the superstitious people added:''Are you not in communication with the spirits, which float in space, which come from the other world?
13072And what is more stupid than a sorrow, voluntarily imposed, when it can not be productive of any good? 13072 At what conclusions should I arrive, if I had planted my trees on the opposite side?"
13072But does he always judge of it without bias or prejudice? 13072 But how many, among those who suffer from these unhappy illusions, are apt to recognize them as such?
13072Can one imagine,he says,"a painter conceiving a picture and grouping his figures in such a way as to violate the rules of common sense?
13072Does this fact prevent them from combatting disease victoriously? 13072 Have you noted the flight of certain birds?
13072How could we guide ourselves through life without the beacon- light of reason? 13072 In what way did you lose it?"
13072Is it not a cruel irony which renders such a gift useless? 13072 Is it not much better to compel its attainment when the hair is black and the heart capable of hope?
13072Is it, then, necessary to have experienced pain in order to prevent or cure it? 13072 Is this to say that his nature changes to the point of modifying his natural color?
13072Must one believe that common sense is excluded from two such incompatible opinions? 13072 Of what benefit is wisdom resulting from experience if it can not preserve us from the unfortunate seduction of youth?
13072Ought we then to blame others so strongly? 13072 Then why could we not do for the soul that which can be done for the body?
13072What becomes of it, then? 13072 What is there more commendable than the love of work, devotion to science, ambition to succeed?
13072What should I do if I were in the place of the person with whom I am discussing? 13072 What should he do to be able to give the best possible description?
13072Which of these are worthy of admiration? 13072 Why give to old age alone the privileges of wisdom and experience?
13072Why should its beauty be unveiled only to those who can no longer profit by it?
13072Would you not be counseled by voices which we have not the power to hear, and do you not see things which are visible to you alone?'' 13072 Common Sense Does Not Exclude Great Aspirations LESSON I COMMON SENSE: WHAT IS IT? 13072 Common Sense: What Is It? 13072 Could not this story serve as an example to the majority of contemporary critics? 13072 However, people will say, if laws are so impeccable in their right to authority, how is it that their interpretation leads so often to disputes? 13072 Is it not often necessary to appear to be denuded of common sense, to make the voice of reason dominate? 13072 Or, yet again: What should I reply if my adversaries used the same language to me as I purpose using when addressing them? 13072 Why? 13072 Would one not say that these lines had been written yesterday? 26597 ''And you feel dis_ fauteuil_ really very_ com- for- ta- ble_?''
26597''Well, John, have you considered what additional wages you are to have for taking your hat off?'' 26597 ''Well, sir,''said John,''and have n''t I a right to?''
26597''Well,''said John,''if I have a right to, why should n''t I?'' 26597 ''You find yourself now much improved, madame?''
26597And after your egg--?
26597And what did you do with the shell?
26597How is it possible?
26597Matter? 26597 Why, Brother Blunt, what is the matter?"
26597Without breaking it, of course?
26597_ V.--VIL YOU SAY SO, IF YOU PLEASE?"
26597''I fear, madame,''said she,''that you suffare ver''much-- vat can I do for you?''
26597And has the wife no duties?
26597And if consent is refused?
26597And then, how should she meet the blunt, honest elder again?
26597And what did you do when you took soup?"
26597And what do good manners require of the ladies?
26597Are we equally ready to respect the rights of others?
26597As to the affairs of others, what are they to you?
26597But if it is not, which should go first?
26597But may we not speak to a person without an introduction?
26597But tell me, how did you eat your bread?"
26597But the coffee, how did you manage it?"
26597But to proceed: after your soup, what did you eat?"
26597Do you know where to put your feet and what to do with your hands?
26597Does not the husband rightly claim as much, at least, as the lover?
26597First, when you sat down at the table, what did you do with your napkin?"
26597How_ do_ you stand?
26597Is not the wife more, and better, and dearer than the sweetheart?
26597Is there a sufficient reason for making this an exception?
26597Is this too much?
26597Its form is,"Shall the main question now be put?"
26597Reader, are you married?
26597Through whose fault comes this state of things?
26597We have, of course( as what gentleman has not?
26597Who ever ate soup with a fork?
26597_ Arrangement of Guests._ Where rank or social position are regarded( and where are they not to some extent?
26597or,"Are you ready for the question?"
10591''Say, Fridthjof, Balder''s peace hast thou not broken, Not seen my sister in his house while Day Concealed himself, abashed, before your meeting? 10591 Are there cases,"he asks,"where lying is allowable?
10591But,continues the patient,"do you think I am going to die of this disease?"
10591Do you expect me to tell you the truth, Colonel, in such a matter?
10591How shall ethics ever be brought to lay down a duty of lying[ of''white lying''], to recommend evil that good may come? 10591 Who will not readily obey this request,"adds Martensen,"and hold such a memory in honor?...
10591And even if she had to suffer what is unworthy, who dare maintain that she could not in suffering preserve her moral worth?"
10591But what of all that?
10591But when the question came,"What is the present strength of your corps?"
10591Can we make out the so- called''white lie''to be morally permissible?"
10591Does he seem in those premises to put veracity below chastity, and falsehood below personal impurity?
10591He asks,"What chief of mortals is there, who has never told a lie?"
10591If, however, the patient goes on to ask,"But, doctor, do you think I''m going to die?"
10591Is this the mere weakness of superstition?
10591The patient may ask,"Doctor, am I very sick?"
10591Thus it was that I came first to face a question of the ages, Is a lie ever justifiable?
10591What conduct could be more brave and constant?
10591What obligation can be stronger than the obligation to be true to God and true to one''s self?
10591What says the moral sense of humanity to such a position as that?
10591What''s the matter with you?"
10591Which should be followed, the philosophic morality, or the practice of otherwise most truthful men?"
10591Which should be followed,--the philosophic morality, or the practice of many otherwise decent and very respectable men?"
10591Which should be followed,--the philosophic morality, or the practice of otherwise most truthful men?"
10591Who does not feel himself penetrated with involuntary, most hearty admiration?"
10591Who is right,--Kant, or the common moral sense?
10591Would Dr. Hodge deny that Jesus_ could_ have had it in his mind to"go further,"or to have"passed by"his disciples, if they would not ask him to stop?
10591Would any one suppose from his premises that Dr. Smyth looked upon personal truthfulness as a minor virtue, and upon falsehood as a lesser vice?
10591[ 1] And when he asks, in connection with this suggestion,"Who is right,--Kant, or the common moral sense?
7539Have but one set of jokes to live upon Have you learned to carve?
47993Such a one, that was the sonne of such a one, that dwelt in Cocomer streete: do you knowe him? 47993 : Or, how? 47993 And if you doe aske them,Doue e il signore?"
47993And therefore turning to the Apothecarie he saied unto him: Sir, whoe is this that came laste?
47993And who could deal with the subject more exquisitely than the Archbishop of Benevento?
47993And, when a man tells his tale, you must geve good eare unto him: that you may not say otherwhile, O what?
47993Doue mi manda egli?
47993If a man say:"Sir, suche a one willed me to commend him unto you:"They aunswere straite:"what have I too doe with his greetings?"
47993No?
47993What a fetching about is this, ere they come to y^e mater?
47993What?
47993do not you know him?
47993do you not remember the goodly straight old man that ware long haire downe to his shoulders?"
47993shall it sleepe Endymions yeares?
47993why?
27830Do n''t they let you talk every day at home, John?
27830Have you read Castiglione''s_ Cortegiano_?
27830How do you know that?
27830I have been inclined to think otherwise,"I should be pleased to hear your reasons,"Are n''t you mistaken?
27830Mr. Black was telling me to- day about Mr. White''s being appointed to---- what do you call that office?
27830And if so, why?
27830But is this true?
27830CHAPTER IV WHAT SHOULD GUESTS TALK ABOUT AT DINNER?
27830Cook_:"Do n''t you think the plan of building a great riverside drive a splendid one?"
27830Did you know that---- lost heavily by the crash of Thursday?
27830Do n''t I know her way?
27830Do you wish polish for the class of shoes you are wearing?"
27830I have not read it; impossible to get a box at the opera for another fortnight; how do you like my dress?
27830If one or two children out of a thousand made a fair attempt, you would attribute this either to special genius or special training-- and why?
27830If the novel be so popular a form of literature, how can the novel in real life fail to interest an intelligent company?
27830Is Blank really a man of genius?
27830Is it any wonder that in France polite discussion is made the most exhilarating and delightful exercise in the world?
27830Miss Black, can you give us that pun?
27830Or is there a secret?
27830Or was this ability born in them?
27830Or, if there is a secret of proficiency, do the adroit managers of words guard their secret carefully?
27830Plato says:"Whosoever seeketh must know that which he seeketh for in a general notion, else how shall he know it when he hath found it?"
27830Politeness consists, they think, in always saying,"yes, yes,"or at most a non- committal"indeed?"
27830That dear man''s death gave me a good fit of crying; do you travel this summer?
27830The best answer to the question,"What should guests at dinner talk about?"
27830The question is often asked,"What should guests talk about at a dinner?"
27830There is literature which argues, and painting which argues, and poetry which argues, so why not conversation which argues?
27830To come to any conclusions on this subject, one should first determine: What is the aim of conversation?
27830What better proof that conversation is listening as well as talking?
27830What is the secret of the ability to put thought into tactful as well as vivid words?
27830What pleasure is there in conversation between two people, or among three or four, when the thought is interrupted every other remark?
27830What, then, is the essential training necessary to the nice handling of words?
27830Why should not ready writers and ready talkers be just as proud of honest endeavor?
27830Why should we enjoy characterization more in literature and in drama than in life?
27830_ Dealer_--"Do you prefer''Cobra''polish, madam?
27830or,"Did the marriage take place after all?
16802And what''s the good of that?
16802Have n''t you, though?
16802What in the name of wonder, James, can you be doing?
16802Why do n''t my hands look and feel as it would seem that the perfect Author of all things would have them?
16802Why do you not take a book, and read?
16802And I thought how the years of a man pass away-- Threescore and ten-- and then where are they?"
16802And to what purpose all this personality?
16802And what do we with the rest?"
16802And why should not the eye be pleased?
16802And why?
16802But are we, therefore, to say there is no such thing as friendship, or that it is not worth seeking?
16802But have I therefore lost the field?
16802But was this their fault, or ours?
16802Can no one draw for them a better likeness?"
16802Do we not often discover some home- chiseled grooves in our minds, into which the intellectual machinery seems to slide, as by a sort of necessity?
16802Do we not often find ourselves subject to habitual trains of thought?
16802Does not a mother''s counsel-- does not a father''s example-- cling to the memory, and haunt us through life?
16802Does pure religion charm thee Far more than aught below?
16802Her physical powers were thus occupied; but where was her mind the while?
16802If there thy faith shall fail thee, If there no shrine be found, What can thy prayers avail thee With kneeling crowds around?
16802Is it not true that parents are the lawgivers of their children?
16802Is it not very tedious?"
16802Is it not, in short, a proverbial truth, that the controlling lessons of life are given beneath the parental roof?
16802Love over it presideth, With meek and watchful awe, Its daily service guideth, And shows its perfect law?
16802To get good, or do good?
16802What is it to us that each one of thy tickings cuts a link from our brief chain of life?
16802What sense may be more innocently gratified?
16802Where beats the fond heart lightest, Its humble hopes possess''d?
16802Where burns the lov''d hearth brightest, Cheering the social breast?
16802Where is the moral of my tale, and what the use of telling it?
16802Where is the smile of sadness, Of meek- eyed patience born, Worth more than those of gladness, Which mirth''s bright cheek adorn?
16802Who, with such an appeal, could withhold their commendations?
16802Why do we not censure the sun for outshining the stars, and the pale moon for having no light but what she borrows?
16802Will He who gave, ask no reckoning for his gifts?
16802Would''st thou that she should arm thee Against the hour of woe?
16802and consider what was the purpose of Heaven in the former, and what the demand of Heaven in the occupation of the latter?
16802and many a scorching noon- tide, has n''t your father eaten his dinner in its shade?
16802and, if we seek to discover the origin of these, are we not insensibly led back, by some beaten and familiar track, to the paternal threshold?
16802and, what is worse, the menial slave of her own mental darkness, moral debasement, and vicious indulgences?
16802exclaimed the mother;"do n''t the birds go to roost on the branches, and the poultry get shelter under it from the rain?
16802morosely repel it, or suspiciously distrust it?
16802rejoined the mother;"has not the tree sheltered us many a stormy night, when the wind would have beaten the old casement about our ears?
16802the alternate victim of his pleasures, his disgust, or his cruelty?
16802the creature of his caprice?
16802the object of his ambition, or his avarice, or his lust, or his power?
5068There is an argument from design in the subject,as he says;"if the book was not meant to be read for that purpose, for what purpose was it meant?"
5068And shall not these rounded and perfect powers serve us as our ideal of what it is to be a finished human being?
5068Are we to allow the poor personal habits of other people to absorb and quite use up all our fine indignation?
5068But how?
5068By what means is this self- liberation to be effected-- this emancipation from affection and the bondage of being like other people?
5068Could any man hesitate to say that Abraham Lincoln was more human than William Lloyd Garrison?
5068Do its many interests distract us when we would plan our discipline, determine our duty, clarify our ideals?
5068Does the age hinder?
5068Is it because we are better at being common scolds than at being wise advisers that we prefer little reforms to big ones?
5068Is it open to us to choose to be genuine?
5068When did we learn these?
5068Who shall contrive to be human without this evening hour, which drives turmoil out, and gives the soul its seasons of self- recollection?
5068Why should not human traits the more abound where human beings teem millions strong?
5068Why should not the city seem infinitely more human than the hamlet?
5068Will you not take the usury of the past, if it may be had for the taking?
36048To be sure I do; do you think that I would allow a negro to outdo me in politeness?
36048What perfection?
36048What signifies it?
36048What, sir, taking the bones out of a hare?
36048And who would be so cruel as to add affliction to the afflicted?
36048Are you going to eat of everything that is handed?
36048As to subjects for conversation, what difficulty can there be about them?
36048But do n''t you hear the servant offering you sherry?
36048But his grace, drawing himself up, said:"May I know, sir, to whom I have the honor of speaking?"
36048But why should a lady and gentleman, who know who each other are, scornfully and doggedly pass each other in the streets as though they were enemies?
36048Ca n''t you take your hands down, sir?
36048Can you not speak of the"Philosophy and science, and the springs Of wonder, and the wisdom of the world?"
36048Did any lady ever see a gentleman with an embroidered waistcoat, and a profusion of chains, rings, and trinkets adorning his person?
36048Did n''t you, learn that in the nursery?
36048Did n''t your mamma say to you,"Never put your hands above the table except to carve or eat?"
36048Do not even say,"How is your brother to- day?"
36048Do not ruffle or provoke any man; why should any one be the worse for coming into company with you?
36048Do you take it for a towel?
36048Good, but----?
36048In another letter, he writes:"Do you mind your dancing while your dancing master is with you?
36048In helping the soup, never say,"Will you let me assist you to some of this soup?"
36048In inviting a lady to dance with you, the words,"Will you_ honor_ me with your hand for a quadrille?"
36048In inviting a lady to take wine with you at table, you should politely say,"Shall I have the pleasure of a glass of wine with you?"
36048Is it not better to suffer a little inconvenience than to show yourself decidedly vulgar?
36048Never reply, in answer to a question like the following,"Did Mrs. Spitewell tell you how Miss Rosebud''s marriage was getting on?"
36048Nothing is ruder than to say,"Pardon me, will you repeat that sentence?
36048The word assist is not"selon les règles de la bonne société,"but simply,"Shall I send you some?"
36048We have seen many instances where a lady, fond of dress,( and what lady is not fond of dress?)
36048What does it signify where a picture hangs, or whether a rose or a pink looks best on the drawing- room table?
36048Who would care about sitting and moping for a dozen of hours on board a steamer without exchanging a word with anybody?
36048Who would not pick up a jewel that lay on a dung- hill?
36048Who would think of regaling a circle of ladies with the beauties of Homer''s Greek, or a mixed company with Sir Isaac Newton''s discoveries?
36048Why should you give any man the advantage over you?
36048Why should you refuse a man the pleasure of believing that he is telling you something which you never heard before?
36048Will not books, balls, bonnets and metaphysics furnish pleasant topics of discourse?
36048Will you, or will you not, do turbot?
36048You dare not ask the blessing of your Heavenly Father upon such addresses; and without His blessing, what happiness can you expect?
36048_ Eat slowly._ Have you not heard that Napoleon lost the battle of Leipsic by eating too fast?
36048_ Will_ you attend to your lady, sir?
36048a knife to cut that light brittle pastry?
36048are more used now than"Shall I have the_ pleasure_?"
36048are you trying to eat meat with a fork alone?
36048did I really see you put your knife into your mouth?
36048or,"Shall I have the_ honor_ of dancing this set with you?"
36048or,"Will you give me the_ pleasure_ of dancing with you?"
36048some will say--"why tease a youth about such matters?
36048what can I do?
36048what on earth do you mean by wiping your forehead with it?
4754Among these are the following: Why is there a"Philosophy of Despair?"
4754And how indeed can we do anything?
4754And if we can know or believe nothing, what should we try to do?
4754Can Despair be wrought into healthful life?
4754If we can not"reach the heart of reality"by reason, what indeed can we reach?
4754If you could do something better than you are doing now, everything considered, why are you not doing it?
4754In what part of the Universe are you and what are you doing?
4754In what part of the universe are you, and what are you doing?
4754Should life stop with you?
4754We asked him:"Hast thou seen the plains, the mountains?"
4754What does that demand?
4754What have I to do next?
4754What have you done that you should mark the end of time?
4754What if the individual be lost in the mass as a pebble cast into the Seven Seas?
4754What if there are so many of us in the ranks of humanity?
4754What matter is it that time does not end with us?
4754What right have we to know or to believe?
4754What, then, are you doing under these blue skies?
4754Who are you that would be Emperor of China?
4754Why not?
4754Why not?
4754Would you ask for problems of life so tame that even you could grasp them?
4754Would you choose a world so small as to leave room for only you and your satellites?
35975Poor little fellow,he said,"are n''t you cold standing here?"
35975What are you looking at; what do you want?
35975A woman calling on a friend or acquaintance on no definite day makes some such inquiry as follows of the servant at the door:"Is Mrs. Gray at home?"
35975After all, what can be quite so lovely as beautiful manners?
35975An unmarried woman is always presented to a matron in this manner:"Mrs. Brown, may I present Miss Jones?"
35975And what can be more worthy of admiration and respect than a sweet, well- mannered young girl?
35975And, after all, do n''t you yourself judge people by what they do, and say, and wear?
35975And, after all, is n''t it happiness that makes life worth while?
35975B?"
35975BOOK OF ETIQUETTE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION TO ETIQUETTE WHAT IS ETIQUETTE?
35975Beneath the picture the words"Wo n''t you please come to my party?"
35975CHAPTER II ETIQUETTE''S REWARD THE ORIGIN OF MANNERS Why do we observe certain set rules of convention?
35975Do n''t you read in their manner and appearance the secret of their inner worth?
35975For has n''t she served her guests well?
35975For how can the boor be happy?
35975For instance,"Miss Daniels, do you know my sister, Mildred?"
35975Franklin?"
35975Has n''t she sent them to their homes a little happier than when they first came?
35975Have you seen it?"
35975Is n''t character and disposition revealed in the outer personality?
35975It is perfectly correct to ask:"Did Mrs. Roberts call you Miss Gray?"
35975Jones?"
35975May I call some evening when you and your mother are at home?"
35975May I expect you also?
35975Of what use is wealth and power and position if we can not have the ones we love, the ones who love us?
35975SHOULD A STRANGER LEAVE CARDS?
35975The bride''s father remains directly behind her until the clergyman asks,"Who giveth this woman to this man?"
35975The correct form to use when one man is introduced to another is usually,"How do you do?"
35975To the question:"What shall the gift be?"
35975WHEN TO INTRODUCE"To introduce or not to introduce?"
35975WHEN TO INVITE The question naturally arises, what are the occasions that require hospitality?
35975WHY IT PAYS TO BE AGREEABLE Why should we know the laws of etiquette?
35975What is a gentleman?
35975When introducing a friend to one''s parents it is correct to say,"Mother, may I present Miss Smith?"
35975Where in the city can you find the good- fellowship, the spontaneity, the courteous kindliness that you find in the small town and village?
35975Where in the city can you find the open- hearted generosity, the sympathetic understanding and the simple courtesy that you find among country people?
35975Who of us has not heard the successful business man decline an invitation to a reception because he"had no time for such nonsense"?
35975Who of us has not heard the uncultured boor boast that he is not restricted by any"sissy manners"?
35975Why do we greet people in a certain ordained way-- by nodding or by lifting the hat?
35975Why do we make introductions and send invitations and cultivate our manners and speech?
35975Why should we be agreeable?
35975Why should we know the way to do and say things?
35975Wo n''t you come, too?
35975Would it not have been more sensible to bury him simply and unostentatiously, preserving a little of the money left her for the necessities of life?
35975or"Miss Daniels, may I present my brother, Harry?"
35975or,"Are the ladies in this afternoon?"
3354''Cur in theatrum Cato severs venisti?''
3354''Tenez- vous votre coin a table, et dans les bonnes compagnies?
3354Are they then necessary, and worth acquiring, or not?
3354Are you be- laced, bepowdered, and be- feathered, as other young fellows are, and should be?
3354Are you domestic enough in any considerable house to be called''le petit Stanhope''?
3354Are you got into the inside of that extraordinary government?
3354Are you in fashion there?
3354But admitting it all to be as they would have it, what then?
3354But can every man acquire these advantages?
3354But how?
3354But then, will you always employ the leisure they leave you in useful studies?
3354By the way, do you mind your person and your dress sufficiently?
3354Can you speak it with the same fluency that you can speak German?
3354Can you withstand the examples, and the invitations, of the profligate, and their infamous missionaries?
3354Do you aim at easy, engaging, but, at the same time, civil or respectful manners, according to the company you are in?
3354Do you dress well, and think a little of the brillant in your person?
3354Do you take care to walk, sit, stand, and present yourself gracefully?
3354Do you take great care of your teeth?
3354Est- il question de flechir par vos soins et par vos attentions les rigueurs de quelque fiere Princesse''?
3354Etes- vous galant?
3354Filex- vous le parfait amour?
3354For instance, do you use yourself to carve, eat and drink genteelly, and with ease?
3354Has any woman of fashion and good- breeding taken the trouble of abusing and laughing at you amicably to your face?
3354Has anything remarkable been said or done in any place, or in any company?
3354Has your Abbate Foggini discovered many of those mysteries to you?
3354Have they the more merit for those accidents?
3354Have you got all the tender diminutives, in''etta, ina'', and''ettina'', which, I presume, he alluded to?
3354Have you made an acquaintance with some eminent Jesuits?
3354How do you go on there?
3354How go, your pleasures at Rome?
3354I am extremely satisfied with your present manner of employing your time; but will you always employ it as well?
3354If you have but an hour, will you improve that hour, instead of idling it away?
3354In truth, what do I not wish you, that has a tendency to perfection?
3354Is Italian now become easy and familiar to you?
3354Is it possible, then, that an honest man can neglect what a wise rogue would purchase so dear?
3354May I be sure that you will employ some part of every day, in adding something to that stock of knowledge which he will have left you?
3354Pour moi, je crois en avoir fait----[Do you know that I have undertaken this young man, and he must be encouraged?
3354Some friends asked him, whether he had not better content himself with being only the libertine, but without being DESTROYED?
3354Tell me, are you perfectly recovered, or do you still find any remaining complaint upon your lungs?
3354We call their steady assurance, impudence why?
3354What Italian books have you read, or are you reading?
3354What are yours?
3354What, then, do you want toward that practicable degree of perfection which I wish you?
3354Why did they go to see it, if they would not mind it?
3354Will you tell him the truth then, and betray your trust?
3354Would you engage the lovely fair?
3354or why not mind it when they saw it?
3354was justly said to an old man: how much more so would it be to one of your age?
3354y brillez- vous du cote de la politesse, de d''enjouement, du badinage?
7019Child, shall I tell thee where nature is more blest and fair? 7019 ***** Does friendship really go on to be more pain than pleasure? 7019 ***** How were friendship possible? 7019 ***** Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend, What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend? 7019 ***** To take the companionship of life from life, what else is it than to take away the means of absent friends conversing together? 7019 ***** What can be more delightful than to have one to whom you can speak on all subjects just as to yourself? 7019 ***** What room can there be for friendship, or who can be a friend to any one whom he does not love for his own sake? 7019 It is said, why live for others? 7019 O''er joys we''ve had, why sorrow brew? 7019 What''s all the gold that glitters cold, When link''d to hard or haughty feeling? 7019 Where would be the great enjoyment in prosperity if you had not one to rejoice in it equally with yourself? 7019 Who knows but it was finely appreciated? 7019 Why live in days gone past? 7019 Why should I cumber myself with the poor fact that the receiver is not capacious? 7019 Why should he live on? 20608 ''Methinks I hear some of you say,"Must a man afford himself no leisure?"
20608''So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times? 20608 But what can my hands find to do?
20608Has anyone been to see you during that time?
20608Have we not all eternity to rest in?
20608Have you no relatives?
20608How can I work-- how can I be happy,said a great but miserable thinker,"when I have lost all hope?"
20608How long have you been in jail?
20608Seest thou a man diligent in his business? 20608 Then your grace will allow me to attend you as usual, which will show the public that you have not withdrawn your confidence from me?"
20608What experience have you had?
20608What is all history,says Emerson,"but the work of ideas, a record of the incomparable energy which his infinite aspirations infuse into man?
20608Where are your parents?
20608Why should I toil and slave,many a young man has asked,"when I have only myself to live for?"
20608Why?
20608''Why does he not ride with you in the car?''
20608An idle dog will be mangy; and how shall an idle person escape?
20608And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered?
20608By any fascination of manner?
20608By eloquence?
20608By office?
20608By rank?
20608By talents?
20608By wealth?
20608By what, then, was it?
20608Can such a man be healthy?
20608Did you ever think of the intellectual qualifications essential to the successful business man?
20608Do you think, if you are given this splendid opportunity, you can make a man of yourself?"
20608How are those powers used-- how is that estate employed?
20608How can I win?
20608How long was it to last?
20608How shall we ever be able to pay them?
20608If you were a servant, would you not be shamed that a good master would catch you idle?
20608No?
20608Now let every young man ask-- how was this attained?
20608To which his reply was,"What is the use of a child?
20608To- morrow may never come, and should it come, may not changed conditions and difficulties render set tasks impossible?
20608Turning round upon them, he said:"And why should the pleasing face of a gentleman frighten me?
20608Unselfishness and Helpfulness HOW TO GET ON IN THE WORLD CHAPTER I WHAT IS SUCCESS?
20608Victory when the curtain falls on this brief life, and a greater victory when the death- valley is crossed and the life eternal begins?
20608What is Success?
20608What is Success?
20608What scholar will say that a high order of intellect was not involved in this achievement?
20608What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy?
20608What use is there in your coming to him now, when he has conquered without your aid?
20608What would you advise us to do?''
20608When Franklin made his discovery of the identity of lightning and electricity, it was sneered at, and people asked,"Of what use is it?"
20608When Stephen of Colonna fell into the hands of his base assailants, and they asked him in derision,"Where is now your fortress?"
20608Where is the kindly guide who will point out to me the life path that will lead to success?"
20608Which shall he pursue to find it ending in victory?
20608Who can measure the value of labor?
20608Who save God alone shall call us to our reckoning?
20608Who will tell me the work for which I am best fitted?
20608Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country?
45591Did you bring me any thing pretty?
45591Are you afraid?
45591Are you angry?
45591Are you cold?
45591Are you negligent in your dress, careless in your habits, idle and listless?
45591Children should never press around a visitor with the question,"How long are you going to stay?"
45591How many of our boasted"free thinkers"are men of pure lives and noble instincts?
45591If it be a pleasure to spectators to watch the game, why should you object to it?
45591In drinking you should say to your neighbor,"Sir, may I offer you?"
45591Is it the working- man who is thus used?
45591It would not be proper to say to a servant or a porter,"Is Julius here?"
45591Labor is always held in esteem by any man of sense; but who can regard coarseness and rudeness with respect?
45591Paddy, is it Yerself?
45591The courtiers having expressed their surprise;"Gentlemen,"said the monarch,"is not the king''s mother a woman?"
45591What else could have been expected than discomfiture and disgrace?
45591What is Home without a Sister, Where are the Friends?
45591What is"the beautiful?"
45591What matter, then, if she is not clad in silks, or is not beautiful of form or feature?
45591Why Chime the Bells so Merrily?
45591Why do I Weep for Thee?
45591Why do n''t the Men propose?
45591Why, then, are not all persons gentlemen and ladies?
45591Will Nobody Marry Me?
45591You must say,"Is Mr. Julius here?"
45591and not employ the ungenteel phrase,"Will you take?"
45591nor around a relative or parent, returned from an absence, with,"What have you brought me?"
45591said a friend,"do you recognize negroes?"
45591what shall we say to those who have not been favored with a charming countenance?
8881But why is thy hair over thine eye?
8881The back of thy head, why is it bald?
8881Why hast thou double wings on each foot?
8881Why standest thou on tiptoe?
8881An ancient legend gives us a more vivid idea of the significance of the statue:"Who art thou?"
8881Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?"
8881To what boy at school does not the doleful history lesson assume a more brilliant aspect when the adventures of Columbus are taken up?
8881What constitutes a state?
28998Did you ever?
28998How are you?
28998How shall it be avoided? 28998 Is that so?"
28998Ladyor"Gentleman?"
28998Revealed form is vulgar, suggested form poetic,says the high art of to- day, and who would not be poetic and gracious if she could?
28998What can I do or omit to advance my suit? 28998 What more could I be,"he queried,"than hers truly, body and soul?"
28998Will you let me love what I so much admire? 28998 Yes,"and"no,"in reply, and"what?"
28998An interrogation point(?)
28998Are they not worthy of being put into practice?
28998At that point in the service where the question is asked,"Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?"
28998Besides, why curtail the luxuries of courtship?
28998But no, she phrases it conventionally:"Will you come and receive with me?"
28998Dare I hope that I have your pardon for so great a seeming negligence?
28998Discordants, can you not trace many of your antagonisms and miseries to their ignorant violation?
28998Do they not expound nature''s love- initiating and consummating ordinances?
28998Do you accord me this privilege, on this condition, for life, forever?
28998Do you accord me this privilege, on this condition?
28998How shall they come to understand their mutual relations and duties?
28998How shall they treat each other?
28998I pin a flower on my dress for a bit of color, or adjust a bow where I know it is becoming; why should I not apply the decorative idea to my speech?"
28998If lace and silk are worn indiscriminately, what is there left for the full dress function?
28998Is it any wonder that the pretty hostess''friends call her barn dance the big event of the year?
28998Jones?"
28998May I enshrine you as queen of my life?
28998Now, where shall we place the corner?
28998Parents, what are they worth to put into your children''s hands, to forewarn them against carelessly, ignorantly, spoiling their marriage?
28998Right or Left Arm?
28998Should haste to enjoy the lusciousness of summer engulf the delights of spring?
28998So, is it not at least worth while to do as much to preserve the interest of marriage?"
28998Some gentlemen, if simply asked to"call sometime,"will ask,"when may I have the pleasure of seeing you?"
28998The phrases,"Good morning,""Good evening,""Good afternoon,""How do you do?"
28998What is that something?
28998What is the correct method to pursue in preparing for a trip into dreamland, for there is a right as well as a wrong way?
28998What is your opinion?"
28998What masculine luxury equals making women in general, and the loved one in particular, happy?
28998What would you give to again wield that same bewitching wand?
28998When a young man is introduced, why plunge at him with a volley of phrases?
28998Who Bows First?
28998Who has not heard of the_ petite soupers_ of the Regency and the brilliant minds there assembled?"
28998Will not my admitted greater affection, with my earnings, do more for you than they with more money, but less love?"
28998Would you have any objection to lending it to me for a copy?
28998Yet is not parting those married by a love-_spirit_, equally so?
28998Yet was not he the_ first_ practically to repudiate?
28998Young ladies, what are they worth to you, as showing you how to so treat your admirers as to gain and redouble their heart''s devotion?
28998Young men, what are these warnings and teachings worth to you?
28998and with this feeling could their married life have been other than it was, beautiful to look upon?
28998court just right?"
28998followed, after her acknowledgment, by:"How are you?"
28998guarantee acceptance?
28998make my very best impression?
28998or,"How is your health?"
28998prevent dismissal?
28998touch my idol''s heart?
12887''What''s the idea?'' 12887 Do you think that a good thing?
12887How about that?
12887How do you like the movies as compared to the speaking drama? 12887 Is n''t it a pity,"we hear people say,"that, with all his brains, he has n''t sense enough to make himself presentable?"
12887To thine own self be true,says the great Shakespeare and how can we be true to our own selves if we train with inferiors?
12887What do you want me to do now?
12887What doth it profit a man to win the whole world if he_ loseth_ his own soul?
12887What effect is the movie going to have on the speaking drama?
12887What in the name of mischief have you been doing now?
12887-- Do you ever laugh?
12887--"Have you credentials?"
12887--"Why did you leave there?"
12887A friend once said to a banker:"How do you know when to lend money?"
12887A"Close- Up"of Douglas Fairbanks LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Laugh and Live Do You Ever Laugh?
12887After an awkward pause the youngster inquired:"Where can I find him?"
12887And if cleanliness is fundamental in their case why not in our own?
12887And what has this to do with energy?
12887Are they gloomy, morose and irritable?
12887Artistry?
12887But what''s to hinder practising?
12887But where does this come from?
12887Could we blame others if they passed us up as a companion?
12887Could we go to him with the secrets of our heart?
12887Could we trust him?
12887Does n''t it mean the substitution of feeling for thinking?"
12887Dull in the Mohave desert?
12887Good looks?
12887Have n''t we often read of the brave fireman who sprang forward and by doing the right thing instantly, saved a multitude of lives?
12887Have we allowed ourselves to be discouraged by cowardly"ifs"?
12887Have we fallen by the wayside of carelessness?
12887He is in_ check- rein_--how can he laugh when his_ pep_ is all gone and the_ sand in his craw_ is n''t there any more?
12887How do the great minds generate this glorious means of self- propulsion?
12887How many times has this happened to us?
12887If this is true with the dullard, the weakling, then what must it mean_ when possessed by the great_?
12887If we are untrue to ourselves how can we be true to others?
12887Now the point is, how shall we guard and keep fresh this element in ourselves?
12887Perhaps you did n''t realize that laughing automatically re- oxygenates the blood--_your_ blood-- and keeps it red?
12887Perhaps you had n''t thought of that?
12887Questions are asked--"Where were you last?"
12887So, why not charge them up to"profit and loss"at the start and kick them off into the gutter where they belong?
12887So- and- so?"
12887That''s the idea--_but how shall we feed it_?
12887The world''s greatest men have been readers-- would they have cared for books unless they were inspiring?
12887Then the question is, why should we allow ourselves to be satisfied with an imperfect personality?
12887Then why should n''t youthfulness be made a permanent asset?
12887These little ungainly volumes which we purchase on the stands may be the classics of tomorrow... who knows?
12887We all have a certain amount of energy..._ why should n''t we all be successes_?
12887We go to the man who does things and say to him:"Here is my little idea-- do you want to help me put it over?"
12887We should not ask him how old he is... we should ask:"_ What can he do_?"
12887What does it matter if disappointments follow one after the other if we can_ laugh and try again_?
12887What has been the result?
12887What would the world do without these men?
12887When the night comes down and the lights go up, is n''t there a blue minute now and then?"
12887When we say:"Why should n''t we all be successes?"
12887Wherein lies this magic of laughter?
12887Why not stick along?
12887Why not?
12887Would we trust anyone who might turn traitor?
12887[ Illustration:_ Do You Ever Laugh?_(_ White Studio_)] And, mind you, physical training does n''t necessarily mean going to an expert for advice.
12887_ Did we lack the sand_?
12887_ Then, why not a man and wife?_ Needless to say they can, and do.
5681And what did you do with the shell?
5681Jauhnson?
5681My napkin? 5681 What is the name?"
5681With out breaking it?
5681About silver forks and French soup?
5681And after your egg--?"
5681And what did you, do when you took your soup?"
5681But the coffee, how did you manage it?"
5681Could it be indeed Brummel?
5681Could it be mortal who thus appeared with such an encincture of radiant glory about his neck?
5681Do not even say,"How is your brother to- day?"
5681First, when you sat down at the table, what did you do with your napkin?"
5681It was a favourite maxim of Rivarol,"Do you wish to succeed?
5681There is a special tribunal at Peking, of which it is one of the chief duties, to ensure the observance of these civil ordinances?"
5681What has a fashionable man to do with time?
5681What, for example can be more vulgar than incessantly_ talkin_g about forms and customs?
5681What_ did_ you come here for, then?"
5681Who ever eat soup with a fork?--But to proceed; after your soup, what did you eat?"
5681a piece of the_ hen_?
21981.which is the justice, which is the thief?"
21981Am I, too, not"truly one but truly two"; am I, too, a Jekyll and a Hyde, both dwelling under the same skin?
21981Among white men themselves is there not a similar difference between inferiors and superiors?
21981And Jesus said: Which one of these three showed himself to be a neighbor to the man that had fallen among thieves?
21981And on what tenable foundations can we rest it, that it may become operative?
21981And what is the reason for ascribing such worth to human beings?
21981Are the Hottentots so greatly elevated above the animal level; are the lowest classes of negroes so much superior in intelligence to animals?
21981As we hate wrong, must we not hate them?
21981But now can we take one step further?
21981Can we dispose our minds and our hearts in the same fashion toward oppressors?
21981Can we stand by and witness such a scene in philosophic calm?
21981Could not this lamentable issue at least be forestalled?
21981Furthermore, can we say that the sentence of the judge is proportioned to the heinousness of the deed?
21981Have the black race and the brown race any claim to be treated as the equals of the white?
21981How can there be this oscillation from one pole to the other of human character?
21981How could we revere virtue if we did not stigmatize its opposite; how could we believe in human worth if we did not condemn unworth where it appears?
21981If we were at his elbow should we allow him to do so?
21981In whatever he does or omits to do he asks himself, Will it advance me or divert me from the ultimate goal?
21981Is it a fortune that smiles upon you, that you can win by suppressing a moral scruple, by transgressing the eternal law?
21981Is it life itself that is at stake; the dear life to which we cling so fondly?
21981Is it not necessary to arouse the popular anger against the oppressors and to encourage hatred against the hateful?
21981It may be asked, What human being is fit to exercise this awful office of acting as judge of another?
21981Or is it a little thing to save the imperiled sick, to bring back from the brink of the grave a precious life, already despaired of?
21981Shall we assail greed and exploitation merely in the abstract?
21981Shall we liken evildoers generally, as at present is customary in certain quarters, to the sick?
21981Shall we say of the syndicate of traders who hunt the natives on the Congo like rabbits, massacre and mutilate them, that they are sick?
21981Shall we say that such men are the outcome of their heredity, their education, their environment?
21981Shall we say that the wretch is the product of circumstances, and can not be expected to act otherwise than he does?
21981Should a man in his situation be permitted to commit suicide?
21981Should we cultivate an attitude of indifference in such cases?
21981The question,"Should I care to be surprised by death in what I am doing now?"
21981Upon the basis of this spiritual attitude, what should be our mode of dealing with the bad?
21981What aid can the spiritual view of life extend to him in this stupendous business?
21981What does it mean to ascribe indefeasible worth to every man?
21981What effect will that have?
21981What else can we gather from certain passages in Tennyson''s writings, but hints of a miserable and grievous struggle of the same sort?
21981What else do the confessions of St. Augustine reveal but the continual oscillations of a finely poised nature between the two extremes?
21981What will be the effect upon him?
21981Where these heroic natures fall short, can you and I hope to attain?
21981Which one of the oppressors will not hypocritically assent to such abstract denunciation?
21981Who of us would give up the joys of youth to devote his whole life to the care of a bed- ridden, half- demented parent?
21981Why do you ask as if it were a thing very recondite and difficult?
21981Why is there this enormous distinction between animals and men?
21981which is the justice, which the thief?"
3353''Y file- t- on le parfait amour?
3353Admonitions are always useful; is this one or not?
3353And pray which is your department?
3353And what the devil do you do with yourself till twelve o''clock?
3353And will you not do all you can to extend and increase it?
3353Are they little commercial play, are they music, are they''la belle conversation'', or are they all three?
3353Are you pleased with, and proud of the reputation which you have already acquired?
3353Are you to take orders then?
3353Besides, can an absent man make any observations upon the characters customs, and manners of the company?
3353But how does that cramp the genius of an epic, dramatic, or lyric poet?
3353But, notwithstanding this, do you imagine that I should think there were no bounds to that freedom?
3353Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled, if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?
3353Could one think this possible, if one did not know it to be true?
3353Does not this prejudice you against their matter, be it what it will; nay, even against their persons?
3353Has he not said all he can say upon them?
3353Have you ever conversed with them?
3353Have you received my letters of recommendation to Cardinal Albani and the Duke de Nivernois, at Rome?
3353Have you seen Monsieur and Madame Capello, and how did they receive you?
3353Have you seen the Comptesse d''Orselska, Princess of Holstein?
3353Have you that?
3353He thought all these things of consequence, and he thought right; pray do you think so too?
3353How the devil can you like being always with these foreigners?
3353I should be glad to hear half a dozen women of fashion say,''Ou est donc le petit Stanhope?
3353If disagreeable insinuations, sly sneers, or repeated contradictions, tease and irritate you, would you use them where you wish to engage and please?
3353In business, how prevalent are the graces, how detrimental is the want of them?
3353Is Comte Algarotti, who was the TENANT there, at Venice?
3353Is he avaricious?
3353Is he passionate?
3353Is he vain, and open to flattery?
3353Is this ambitious statesman amorous?
3353May I be sure that he will do so and so, because he ought?
3353On the other hand, do you not feel yourself inclined, prepossessed, nay, even engaged in favor of those who address you in the direct contrary manner?
3353Ou est- ce yu''on y parle Epigramme?
3353Pray tell me what are the amusements of those assemblies?
3353Then what the devil do you do with him?
3353Very true, but what hinders them from thinking as they please?
3353What figure can you make, in either case, if your style be inelegant, I do not say bad?
3353What then does all this mighty art and mystery of speaking in parliament amount to?
3353What, does the old prig threaten then?
3353Why hast thou no more spirit, than to mind an old fellow a thousand miles off?
3353Why should you not( for instance) write your little memorandums and accounts in that language and character?
3353Why the same thing over and over again?
3353Why, then, he is an old dog, that''s all I can say; and pray are you to obey your dry- nurse too, this same, and what''s his name-- Mr. Harte?
3353Why?
3353Will he, therefore, invariably pursue the object of that predominant passion?
3353Will you be with us to- morrow in the evening, then?
3353Will you come and breakfast with me tomorrow?
3353Will you do anything to lessen or forfeit it?
3353Y debite- t- on les beaux sentimens?
3353due ne vient- il?
3353or how does it corrupt the eloquence of an orator in the pulpit or at the bar?
3358''A propos de bottes'', for I am told he always wears his; was his Royal Highness very gracious to you, or not?
3358''Hantex vous les grands de la terre''?
3358''Y a- t- il quelque bon ton''?
3358Are you adopted in any society?
3358Are you completely''nippe''yet?
3358But then how is Sweden to be satisfied?
3358Cut off from society by my deafness, and dispirited by my ill health, where could I be better?
3358Do you frequent the Landgrave?
3358Do you hold your resolution of visiting your dominions of Bremen and Lubeck this summer?
3358Do you observe it in your accounts?
3358Do you visit Soltikow, the Russian Minister, whose house, I am told, is the great scene of pleasures at Hamburg?
3358Does the King of Prussia send a body of men to our army or not?
3358Have I done anything that can be of use to myself or others?
3358Have I employed my time, or have I squandered it?
3358Have I lived out the day, or have I dozed it away in sloth and laziness?
3358Have the''Casserolles''been employed in it yet?
3358Have they, at Hamburg, what are called at Paris''des Maisons'', where one goes without ceremony, sups or not, as one pleases?
3358Have you any rational brother ministers, and which?
3358Have you formed what the world calls connections?
3358How do you like your house?
3358How do you pass your evenings?
3358How should his Master have made the GOLDEN ARRANGEMENTS which he talks of, and which are to be forged into shackles for General Fermor?
3358I could wish that every rational man would, every night when he goes to bed, ask himself this question, What have I done to- day?
3358In the next place, Why should not you wriggle yourself, if possible, into so great a scheme?
3358In what houses are you domestic?
3358Is it a convenient one?
3358Must there be no acquisition for them in Flanders?
3358Must we give up whatever the French please to desire in America, besides the cession of Minorca in perpetuity?
3358Should he listen to this, and what more may occur to you to say upon this subject, and ask you,''En ecrirai je d ma cour?
3358The King of Prussia is marched to fight the Russians, and I believe will beat them, if they stand; but what then?
3358The estimates for the expenses of the year 1759 are made up; I have seen them; and what do you think they amount to?
3358This parliament is theirs,''caetera quis nescit''?
3358Though''d''ailleurs'', between you and me,''ou est- ce que cela mene''?
3358To which he will probably ask, Why, or how?
3358To which the General replied, but can you take us on board again?
3358What are the connections of the evening?
3358What shall he do next, with the three hundred and fourscore thousand men now actually at work upon him?
3358What sort of things are your operas?
3358What turn would the war take then?
3358When you are quite idle( as probably you may be, some time this summer), why should you not ask leave to make a tour to Cassel for a week?
3358Who are so in yours?
3358Who would have thought, a year ago, that Mr. Fox, the Chancellor, and the Duke of Newcastle, should all three have quitted together?
3358Why should not we step in there, and out- bid them?
3358Why should not we, on our part, try to detach Russia?
3358Will France have been at all this expense''gratis''?
3358Will the Russians restore Memel?
3358Would the French and Russians carry it on without her?
3358You are, no doubt, much acquainted with the Russian Resident, Soltikow; Why should you not sound him, as entirely from yourself, upon this subject?
3358You ask me if I still despond?
3358You will ask me why?
3358You will say, perhaps, where could you be worse?
3358You will think this tiresome, and so it is; but how can I help it?
3358or has the march of the Russians cut him out work for all his troops?
23025Are you the president of the Hudson Railroad?
23025Do?
23025Does this suit you?
23025How do you account for the fact that you have come to place so much emphasis on courtesy?
23025May I speak to your personnel manager?
23025Now, what will you have to eat?
23025President of the Hudson Railroad?
23025Shall we try them?
23025Well, young man, what can I do for you?
23025What are you laughing at?
23025What did you want, sir?
23025What kind of soup do you like?
23025What would you do if you were I?
23025What''s the matter with that number, Miss Fisher?
23025What,we asked the manager of a bookshop which caters to a large high- grade clientèle,"do you find your greatest trouble?"
23025When shall I be most likely to find him free?
23025When will he be back?
23025When will he be free?
23025Where can I find the trunks?
23025Who is your father?
23025Why did n''t you tell us about it?
23025Why do n''t you take him a book?
23025Will you tell him, please, that I am coming back to- morrow at the same time?
23025Will you tell him, please, that I am here, all the same? 23025 _ Hello, what do you want?_"is no way to answer a call.
23025An infinite supply of courtesy would, of course, be a priceless asset to him, but does not this work both ways?
23025And with the people who are stationed about for the purpose of answering questions almost anywhere?
23025And would you believe it, my profits during the first year were more than fifty per cent bigger than they were the year before?"
23025Did the salesman act wisely?
23025Did you ever get to the door of a house you were about to enter and then turn and walk around the block before you rang the bell?
23025Did you ever walk around the block six or eight times?
23025Did you speak?
23025Eh?
23025Foch said that he won the war by smoking his pipe, but does any one believe that the great commander won the war by not working?
23025How can he best perform it?
23025How many times can a man be expected to answer such a question with a smile?
23025In this case which of the women should extend the first invitation?
23025Is it not, after all, much better for people to meet face to face instead of hiding themselves behind masks?
23025Is it right for him to do so?
23025Is there any one who can not sympathize with a"sucker- sore"attendant?
23025It is dangerous( is it necessary to add that it is incorrect?)
23025LADIES FIRST?
23025Meantime, what shall the office boy do?
23025Now how-- this is our problem-- does one go about making a gentleman?
23025Say that again, will you?''
23025Shall the office boy remind him of this?
23025Should she draw on the savings bank for more delicate viands?
23025Should she, for the great occasion, hire more beautiful china and engage servants?
23025Suppose the head does not deserve it?
23025WHO AM I?
23025What right have people to bother other people with perfectly foolish and imbecile questions?
23025Will it make him feel like placing more responsibility on his assistant''s shoulders to see him living beyond his means?
23025Will you be seated here in the reception room,"motioning toward the door which is at one side of his desk,"while I find out if he is busy?"
23025Will you let me come back some day when you are not so busy and tell you more about it?"
23025Would he have gained anything by proving that his house was superior to Hicks and Hicks?
23025Would it have mattered?
23025Would not people come to the place which gave them the best service?
23025Would not the same principle work in a bank?
23025XIV LADIES FIRST?
17274And now, gentlemen, was this vast campaign fought without a general? 17274 Men may die without any opinions, and yet be carried into Abraham''s bosom, but if we be without love, what will knowledge avail?
17274Shall I be remembered by posterity?
17274What did the man die of?
17274Again I ask-- who will go forth and preach that gospel and save his native land?"
17274And what do these distinguished mental qualities involve?
17274And what shall we more say, save only to mention those whose early death as well as life was vicarious?
17274But does one study architecture by visiting hovels and squalid cabins?
17274But in what realm lies our supremacy?
17274But what had he received from the Greeks that he was bound to pay back?
17274But why did not the murderer, Eugene Aram, forgive himself?
17274Can it drive the fierce blasts back to their northern haunts?
17274Can its breath destroy the icy coat of mail that covers all the decks?
17274Can its little hand hold the wheel and guide the great ship?
17274Can its voice still the billows that can crush the steamer like an egg- shell?
17274Did ever man have such a genius for noble friendship?
17274Did no one marshal them in that impregnable convex front, from the Euxine to the North Sea?
17274Do ye not remember how our father, Jacob, took a kid and made his hands like unto the hands of Esau?
17274Had he received from their bounty in the matter of art?
17274How could she give up the treasure she had filched for herself?
17274How earned this man such meed of praise?
17274How shall we account for two continents giving him such praise and fame?
17274If David can not forgive himself, if Peter can not forgive Judas, who can forgive sins?
17274In that hour he said:"Wist ye not how our father, being a younger son, supplanted his elder brother, Esau?
17274Is he not one- sided who masters the conventional refinement and the stock proprieties, yet indulges in drunkenness and gluttony?
17274Is not studying architecture seeing the finest mansions and galleries and cathedrals?
17274Is there no bosom where poor Magdalene can sob out her bitter confession?
17274No one guide them to the two great strategic centres of the Black Forest and Trieste?
17274Shall the industrial or political giant say:"Here is the power in my hand; weakness owes me a debt?
17274The classic poet tells of Kind[ Transcriber''s note: King?]
17274Then he retires to receive-- what?
17274Then went Saul to Ramah, and he said, Where are Samuel and David?
17274Then what did he owe the Greeks?
17274Those who have no experience are dazzled with there[ Transcriber''s note: their?]
17274To Benedict Arnold, dying in his garret, came a physician, who said,"Is there anything you wish?"
17274To what shall I liken a good man?
17274Was he a disciple of their philosophy?
17274What can the child on some great ocean steamer caught in a winter''s storm do to overcome the tempest?
17274What have they got to show you?
17274Who can bring together the odors of last year''s orchards?
17274Who can estimate the soul''s conscious power?
17274Who can gather up the rays of the stars?
17274Who can measure the light and heat of last summer?
17274Why are sailors upon all seas comfortable under their rubber coats?
17274Why are the travelers through the forests dry and warm midst falling rains?
17274Why is Italy cleansed of the plagues that devastated her cities a hundred years ago?
17274Why is one man more successful than another in the street''s fierce conflict?
17274Why should not the soul have its refuse valley-- where the past is cast out of life and memory?
17274Why should the husbandman plant vines if others are to wrest away his fruit?
17274Why was it that in the ten years after Livingstone''s death, Africa made greater advancement than in the previous ten centuries?
17274Would these who had received institutions nourished with blood, give life- blood in return?
16520How was it, Clara? 16520 Is it some_ one_ or some_ thing_?"
16520What is Death and what is after that? 16520 What is Heaven?"
16520Who made God?
16520Who made God?--what was the very beginning of beginnings?
16520And her religion?
16520And her religion?
16520And must I back to darkness go Because I can not say a creed?
16520And the girl''s religion?
16520And what of the schools?
16520At home?
16520Can she find there the atmosphere that will stir her soul to noble, unselfish joyous living?
16520Can she there breathe in that which will enkindle noble ambition to love and serve in a world which so needs love and service?
16520Did''oo tell true?
16520Everybody may not respond now-- but how about_ you_, the girl herself?
16520Has it anything to offer in compensation, if it permits conditions to go on unchanged?
16520Has religion anything to do with lonely girlhood?
16520Has religion anything to offer to girls whose parents have laid down their task and neglected their duty?
16520Her mother looking the child straight in the eyes, said,"Did Esther tell true?"
16520How am I to_ know_?"
16520How can I talk to God?
16520How does the prayer affect life as they know it?
16520How many girls listen reverently to it?
16520How many prayers for girls from ten to twelve does one hear?
16520I tried to find words to strengthen her but she turned her calm face toward me and said,"How do people live through it and go on, who have n''t God?
16520If grandmother is happy and really wanted to go, why does mother look so sad, why the closed blinds, why is everything so quiet?
16520In life''s larger school our girls of today are inhaling what?
16520Is it the fresh, untainted, life- giving air?
16520Nature asks"What do you think about me?"
16520One day a woman at a noon service in the factory shocked at a profane remark of Mary''s said reprovingly,"Do n''t you believe there is a God?"
16520Ought I leave my mother and go?
16520She hurls another question,"Where is God?"
16520She is only a very little girl but she has met the unanswerable questions,"Who made God?
16520The girls were asked,"Did you ever hear of Frances Willard?
16520The problems of sin and sickness, accident and injustice ask"How do you explain us?"
16520The thought in her heart if it were put into words would be,"I wonder if He would want me to do that?"
16520The word has an awful sound and she raises her eyes to the severe face above her and asks,"What_ is_ dead?"
16520To the church?
16520What became of her passion to serve, to share in the work of making life easier and happier?
16520What became of the cry in her heart for something to do to express the new life which had fired her soul?
16520What can we do?
16520What do you know about her?"
16520What does it mean?
16520What has a girl''s religion to do with these simple undeniable facts?
16520What is Death?"
16520What is it like?
16520What is it that religion may offer to her in compensation for that which she has been denied?
16520What is it that religion may offer to her in compensation for what she has been denied?
16520What is she in the ideal?
16520What now?"
16520What should she be like, this all- important average girl?
16520What was it that happened to her?
16520What would he do for me?
16520Where can the girl turn for the life giving atmosphere?
16520Where did I come from?
16520Where had she breathed in the sentiments regarding honor which in slangy phrases she breathed out with no hesitation or shame?
16520Where is Heaven?
16520Where shall they go for that information and how shall they be led to desire it?
16520Who teaches_ thou shalt not_ to the girl of today?
16520and"where is Heaven?"
9469But is n''t that profession already overcrowded?
9469Now that you are through college, what are you going to do?
9469''What is this truth you seek?
9469How will you solve it?
9469Out of the many sensations, memories, imaginations, how shall the brain choose?
9469So in this strenuous and complex age, this age of"fierce democracy,"what have we to do, and with what manner of men shall we work?
9469What is this beauty?''
9469What sort of men does the century need for all this work it has to do?
9469What will you leave for him?
9469What will you leave for him?
9469Will you meet it as a man or as a fool?
9469Young men of the Twentieth Century, will your times find place for you?
34258Do you know that man Jones that lives in Philadelphia?
34258How many does he have in his family?
34258Is that so? 34258 Oh, is that so?
34258Oh,but you say,"did n''t he have any capital?"
34258Well,I said,"does the owner of this machine ever drive it himself?"
34258What business are you in?
34258What church does he go to?
34258What has happened now?
34258What is the use of trying that?
34258What ticket does he vote?
34258Where did he come from?
34258Why ca n''t you go into the mercantile business?
34258Why do n''t you ask your own children right here in your own house what to make?
34258Young man, do you think you are going to get rich on capital?
342581240?"
34258A gentleman gets up back there, and says,"Do n''t you think there are some things in this world that are better than money?"
34258As a rule, the rich man will not allow his son to work-- and his mother?
34258But he acted upon the hint, and the next morning when Mary came down the stairway, he asked,"What do you want for a toy?"
34258But suppose I go into school and say,"Who sunk the_ Merrimac_ at Santiago?"
34258But this did occur many times, friends: A man would come in the store, and say to me,"Do you keep jack- knives?"
34258Did the nation owe him anything?
34258Did you ever see a man who struts around altogether too large to notice an ordinary working mechanic?
34258Do you carry on your store like that in Philadelphia?
34258Do you suppose I would get in front of my men to be shot in front by the enemy and in the back by my own men?
34258Do you suppose we are keeping this store to supply the whole neighborhood with jack- knives?"
34258Do you think he is great?
34258Do you think it is a man with a head like a bushel measure or a man like a stroke of lightning?
34258Do you think it is?
34258For as John Jacob Astor sat on that bench he was watching the ladies as they went by; and where is the man who would not get rich at that business?
34258Has Ali Hafed returned?"
34258He called him in one day to make fun of him, and said,"Rastus, I hear that all the rest of your company are killed, and why are you not killed?"
34258He went to his father and said,"Did you earn all your money?"
34258His little girl came and said,"Why, you have a patent, have n''t you?"
34258How came he to lose 87- 1/2 cents?
34258I got on to the seat with the driver of that limousine, outside, and when we were going up I asked the driver,"How much did this limousine cost?"
34258I have come now to the heart of the whole matter and to the center of my struggle: Why is n''t Philadelphia a greater city in its greater wealth?
34258I remember saying to myself,"Why did he reserve that story for his''particular friends''?"
34258If you had a store in Philadelphia would you answer me like that?
34258If you know a great man in Philadelphia and you should meet him to- morrow, you would say,"How are you, Sam?"
34258Now what is my lesson in that incident?
34258Now who can say but some person going down with his drill in Philadelphia will find some trace of a diamond- mine yet down here?
34258Now, will you take that Bible and read it yourself, and give the proper emphasis to it?"
34258Some men say,"Do n''t you sympathize with the poor people?"
34258Some people say to me,"Do n''t you exaggerate?"
34258Then a third man came right in the same door and said,"Do you keep jack- knives?"
34258Then another farmer would come in and say,"Do you keep jack- knives?"
34258Then he asked me,"Were you brought up on a farm?"
34258Then he said to me,"How is it going in the field?"
34258Well, I wonder what his wife thinks about that?
34258What are you asking all these questions for?"
34258What did I care about that man, anyhow?
34258What do you want with diamonds?"
34258What is that?
34258What is the use of my talking if people never do what I advise them to do?
34258What was John Jacob Astor doing out there, and in partnership with people who had failed on his own hands?
34258When are you going to be great?"
34258When will you manufacturers learn that you must know the changing needs of humanity if you would succeed in life?
34258When will you salesmen learn it?
34258When you say a woman does n''t invent anything, I ask, Who invented the Jacquard loom that wove every stitch you wear?
34258When?"
34258Where is the man that could describe one?
34258While he was whittling the second one a neighbor came in and said:"Why do n''t you whittle toys and sell them?
34258Who are the great inventors of the world?
34258Who are the great men and women?
34258Who invented the cotton- gin of the South that enriched our country so amazingly?
34258Who was it that invented the mower and the reaper?
34258Who was it that invented the sewing- machine?
34258Why do many other cities of the United States get ahead of Philadelphia now?
34258Why do n''t you preach the gospel instead of preaching about man''s making money?"
34258Why does New York excel Philadelphia?
34258Why is every one around here asking for jack- knives?
34258Why was he the hero?
12426''And how did you eat it?'' 12426 ''And how did you eat it?''
12426''Good and what did you do with the shell?'' 12426 ''Good; and what did you do with the shell?''
12426''How so?'' 12426 ''How so?''
12426''What did I do with my table- napkin? 12426 ''What did I do with my table- napkin?
12426''Without breaking it through with your spoon?'' 12426 ''Without breaking it through with your spoon?''
12426Shall I send you some mutton?
12426Shall I send you some mutton?
12426''What blunders could I make?
12426''What blunders could I make?
12426And after your egg?''
12426And after your egg?''
12426And now inform me how you ate your bread?''
12426And now inform me how you ate your bread?''
12426Can it be said that this is good taste?
12426Can this be called dressing in good taste?
12426Demeanour of the Betrothed Pair Should a Courtship be long or short?
12426Did our readers ever see a London housemaid cleaning the doorsteps of a London house?
12426Does this sound like an enigma?
12426How can we otherwise account for the change which has taken place in language, which is not the same that it was fifty years ago?
12426How did you drink yours?''
12426How did you drink yours?''
12426In such a dilemma, ought he to have unburdened his heart of its secret through the medium of a letter?
12426In the first place there was your table napkin-- what did you do with that when you sat down at table?''
12426In the first place there was your table- napkin-- what did you do with that when you sat down at table?''
12426Let not people say of her,"Did you see that ugly girl with that scarlet feather in her hat?"
12426To what end then should attention be given to dress?
12426Well, and after the_ bouilli_?''
12426Well, and after the_ bouilli_?''
12426What can be more becoming than some of those jaunty caps which seem to mock at age?
12426What did you take next?''
12426What did you take next?''
12426What soup had you?''
12426What soup had you?''
12426What then is the reason why dress has become so expensive?
12426When we may, why should we not choose the best and most becoming?
12426Whether in a crop, or twisted up in a coil?
12426Whether in plaits or bows?
12426Who could endure for life the vulgarity of mind that suggested such a costume for a fête in the country on a hot summer''s day?
12426Who does not delight in the simplicity of dress which the French, Norman, and Breton peasants still preserve?
12426Who shall say that all must dress alike?
12426Who that had any regard for his own liberty would marry such a strong- minded, pretentious dame?
12426Who would dream of placing a Grecian portico to an Elizabethan building?
12426Why are we to mortify ourselves and annoy our friends by choosing something because it is especially hideous?
12426Why attempt to wear a bonnet of almost primitive form with dresses of modern dimensions and style?
12426Why is she afraid to wear her own grey hair?
12426Why should it be made of so much consequence as to write a manual upon it?
12426Why then endeavour to combine old fashions with new?
12426Will any one affirm that it is a matter of indifference how the hair is dressed?
12426_ Should a Courtship be Short or Long_?
12426did you ever?
12426or why wear flounces when they are out of fashion, and full skirts when everything is_"gored"_ into plainness?
12426or"may I help you to grouse?"
12426or"may I help you to grouse?"
12426or,"with that bonnet covered with pearl beads, contrasting with her dark and sallow complexion?"
12426or,"with that bright green gown, which made her look so bilious?"
37358And how does increasing capacity express itself?
37358And is not the cultivation of character, therefore, an absurd futility?
37358And why urge people to make an effort in this or that direction if everything, including the effort or its absence, is determined?
37358And, asks the Professor, can science tell us which is correct?
37358Are we then to discard the use of such a word as"freedom"altogether?
37358But, asks Professor James, looking outwardly at these two universes, can anyone say which is the accidental and which is the necessary one?
37358But, it is further asked, how can this be aught but an illusion if I am not the real and determining cause of my conduct?
37358C. C. DETERMINISM OR FREE- WILL?
37358DETERMINISM OR FREE- WILL?
37358Determinism OR Free- Will?
37358Determinism, he says, professes that"those parts of the universe already laid down absolutely appoint and decree( Why''appoint''and''decree''?
37358Eliminate from this all that is matter of common agreement between Determinists and Indeterminists, and what have we left but sheer verbal confusion?
37358Finally, if the above be granted, can we longer attach meaning to the expression that man forms his own character?
37358How does he acquire it?
37358How is the Determinist to meet the attack?
37358How shall we determine what his motives were?
37358In Mill''s words, can we exchange the necessity to do wrong for the necessity to do right?
37358Is it any more than an expression of our ignorance of the power of particular factors, and a consequent ignorance of their resultant?
37358Must I not conclude that I am no more the determining cause of my conduct than a stone determines whether it shall fall to the ground or not?
37358Now in thus tracing the course of a voluntary action are we doing any more than observing the action of desire in consciousness?
37358One need only ask, by way of reply, Why does the"will"declare in favour of one desire rather than another?
37358Or as Hume put it more elaborately:--"What is meant by liberty when applied to voluntary actions?
37358The question is, What does consciousness really tell us, and how far is its testimony valid?
37358The question really is, Why have we chosen thus or thus?
37358The question then becomes,"What is his character?
37358The real nature of morality is best seen if one asks oneself the question,"What is morality?"
37358The real question is why do I choose this rather than that?
37358What do we mean by character?
37358What is it that constitutes an act of volition, or supplies us with the fact of will?
37358What is it that people have in their minds when they speak of the"Freedom of the Will"?
37358What is it, now, that has occurred?
37358What is the use of praising or blaming if each one does what heredity, constitution, and environment compels?
37358What is, then, the testimony of consciousness?
37358What would then be the scope and character of morality?
37358What, now, is the insuperable dilemma which Professor James places before upholders of Determinism?
37358What, then, is meant by ability to appreciate consequences?
37358Why does the"will"pronounce in favour of one desire rather than another?
37358Why hold him responsible for the expressions of a character provided for him, and for the influence of an environment which he had no part in forming?
37358Why is there a choice or selection of things or actions?
37358Why not let things drift?
37358Why not the impersonal word''determine?'')
37358Why punish a man for being what he is?
37358Why should it have this effect?
37358Would there be any moral laws or moral feelings left?
37358Would there even be a man left under such conditions?
37358[ 8] And whence the varieties of character?"
46777And is there a remedy?
46777And who would have it otherwise?
46777Are you possessed of fearthought, or anger, or worry, or suspicion, or jealousy, or envy, or malice, or indifference at this moment?
46777Can a non- contagious disease become contagious by mental action?
46777Did you ever hear anything so grand?
46777Do n''t you mind when you have pleasant shivers, what a delightful feeling it is?
46777Does lightning sometimes strike people and kill them?
46777Fearthought wrings its hands, and wastes its time in saying,"How can I ever do it?"
46777How does fear operate upon the body to produce sickness?
46777How shall we accomplish it?
46777I wonder what sort of a Fourth of July they are having?
46777Our question would naturally be,"Do the people of your country_ ever_ strike women?"
46777The question then is:"What will he do with it?"
46777Then why should we fear even death?
46777What determines the specific nature of the disease which attacks a person thus prostrated by fear?
46777What have I done to deserve such a fate?
46777Which of these men would recover more quickly, and which of them would suffer more discomfort?
46777Which racer would win?
46777Which would you choose?
46777Would it be good teaching to have him habituate his fingers to the sequence of false scales as well as to the sequence of true scales?
46777Would n''t World''s- Fair fireworks seem tame beside this?
46777_ It is easier than not!_ Does it not seem_ very_ easy when one thinks reasonably about it?
46777afraid?
46777and what would we think of a people who found it necessary to have such a formula?
46777but was n''t that a beauty?
46777children, do you remember the beautiful fireworks at the Exposition?
19696If that powerful corrosive, alcohol, only makes us do a little first- class work, what matter if it corrode us to death immediately afterwards? 19696 Maggie, is the new pianny broke?"
19696What is all this,I heard the reader ask,"about a joy- digesting apparatus?"
19696What,asked the porcupines of one another,"can they be doing, all alone there in those solitary huts?
19696Yes, Father?
19696And do we realize how many Shelleys we may actually have lost already?
19696And how did we treat them from the first?
19696And how do they account for the flourishing condition of some of our other arts?
19696And this was eleven years after that brave spirit''s single cry of reproach:"Why can we poets dream us beauty, so, But can not dream us bread?"
19696And what is a man''s own soul but a small stream of the infinite, eternal water of life?
19696And what is heaven but a vast harbor where myriad streams of soul flow down, returning at last to their Source in the bliss of perfect reunion?
19696And why should their strongest, most original, most significant work be precisely in the sphere of poetic, suggestive landscape, and ideal sculpture?
19696Are you a fairly able person?"
19696Are your veins the kind that tingle?
19696Buddha''s better self?
19696But as it is, how can they have the joyful heart when they are continually being tortured by regret because God did not make masters of them?
19696But is there not another ideal which is as far above mere quality as quality is above mere quantity?
19696But then, why should any haphazard group of creative artists be expected to be judicial, anyway?
19696But"is not he hospitable,"asks Thoreau,"who entertains good thoughts?"
19696Do your senses say you sooth?
19696For is it any less praiseworthy to make a master than to make a masterpiece?
19696How do they explain the fact that our annual expenditure on the art of music is six times that of Germany, the Fatherland of Tone?
19696If we are hopelessly materialistic, why should American painters and sculptors have such a high world- standing?
19696If we would bring joy to the masses why not first vitalize the classes?
19696Is the reader still unconvinced that physical exuberance is necessary to the artist?
19696Is your crony Moderation?
19696Is your soul awake in truth?
19696The master in art is learning modesty, and from whom but the master in sport?
19696This accounts for the anguish of his reproach:"Could ye not watch with me one hour?"
19696To whom, then, should the decision be left?
19696What does this spirit need?
19696What honest man would live like that?
19696What made the game of art so brilliant in the age of Pericles?
19696When an inspiration comes to them, what do they do?
19696Whence comes it, anyway, that music sounds so friendly, if it is not the doing of the one or two people whom one loves as I love you?"
19696Where is this young man?
19696Who dares say that the city is unpoetic?
19696Who was Molière''s hidden prompter?
19696Who were the secret commanders of Grant, Wellington, and CÃ ¦ sar?
19696Who, for instance, was Lincoln''s silent partner?
19696Why endow these would- be interpreters of poetry, to the neglect of the class of artists whose work they profess to interpret?
19696Why has art never again reached the Periclean plane?
19696Why has the present renaissance of the poetry- lover not brought with it a renaissance of the American poet?
19696Why have we never had a Wordsworth, or a Browning?
19696Why should not a few thousands out of the millions we spend on education be used to found fellowships of creative poetry?
19696Why?
19696Why?
19696Wordsworth''s lines on Chatterton have a wider application:"What treasure found he?
19696Yes, but what of the weaker brothers and sisters in art who have not yet succeeded-- perhaps for want of these very qualities?
19696the conductor of the orchestra called Beethoven?
19696the power behind the throne of Charlemagne?
19696the psychic comrade of Columbus?
58136Are we sure,asks a French author,"that the ideas which flow from great men of genius are exclusively their own work?
58136[ 14] What, after all, is involved in the acceptance of such a conclusion? 58136 [ 30] Can an honest and unbiased thinker doubt that the first is the truer statement?
58136Can a man be possessed of love, greatness, nobility, courage, honour, at a word of command?
58136Can we be content to believe that no force exists that is not susceptible to physical analysis?
58136Do they not react to the same God?
58136How is it then that people even of the highest intelligence do not invariably agree about what_ is_ good or morally right?
58136Is it surprising, then, that morality is garbed in the changing coat of a chameleon?
58136Is it the search for truth?
58136Is not mind and matter subject to the same law?
58136It demands an answer to the eternal question: What is the Ultimate Good?
58136Or if he had done so that he would have attained as striking a result as by the fire of his oratory?
58136That what is held moral to- day is immoral to- morrow, and that what is held immoral here is moral elsewhere?
58136What is religion?
58136What is there to fear?
58136What matter, then, if we adopt the formula of Pampsychism and assert that"all individual things are animated albeit in divers degrees"?
58136Yet is it true to say that there can be no possible alternative to what the consensus of opinion in any one country considers morally right?
58136[ 20] Hastings Rashdall:"Is Conscience an Emotion?"
58136[ 23]"Is Conscience an Emotion?"
58136[ 24]"Is Conscience an Emotion?"
58136[ 63] But the distinction is superfluous and misleading: it is just that type of"genius"(?
58136or endorse the conclusion of Professor James Ward, who"finds no ground for separating organic life from psychical life"?
4225Am I a mind mysteriously linked to this thing of matter and endeavour?
4225Am I my body?
4225And finally the man or woman must be fully adult. ” “ Twenty- one?
4225And what after all is my distinctive something, a few capacities, a few incapacities, an uncertain memory, a hesitating presence?
4225Are I and my respectable colleagues much more than successful evasions of THAT?
4225Are they an hereditary cast, a specially educated order, an elected class?
4225But perhaps the Church will not endure a broad- minded man in its body, speaking and reforming, and will expel him?
4225But what is Beauty, you ask, and what will Power do?
4225But who can define cruelty?
4225Do I believe that, had one a mind ideally clear and powerful, the whole universe would seem orderly and absolutely predestined?
4225Do not these unavoidable barriers to public service, or religious work, stand on a special footing?
4225Do you note how in this that I have written, such a word as Believer will begin to wear a capital letter and give itself solemn ridiculous airs?
4225Does courage always ensure us victory?
4225Does it follow that thought is futile and discussion vain?
4225For a splendid thing any risk or any defiance may be justifiable, but is it a sufficiently splendid thing?
4225How do these beliefs on which I base my rule of conduct stand to Christianity?
4225How far is the leaving of a third person to count as cruelty?
4225How is a man then to behave towards these test oaths and affirmations, towards repeating creeds, signing assent to articles of religion and the like?
4225How may he best do this?
4225How then are we to think and argue and what truth may we attain?
4225Is not the method of the scientific investigator a valid one, and is there not truth to the world of fact in scientific laws?
4225Is the Catholic Church merely the Roman communion or does it include the Greek and Protestant Churches?
4225Is the scientific method of value in biology?
4225Is the whole of this scheme of things settled and done?
4225It matters no doubt in its place and time, as all things matter in their place and time, but where in it all is the eternally indispensable?
4225Most people are different from me I perceive, but which among them is better, which worse?
4225Now what is the practical outcome of all these criticisms of the human mind?
4225One is asked, Do you believe in Marriage and the Family?
4225WHAT IS GOOD?
4225WHAT IS GOOD?
4225Was that gain inevitable?
4225What am I?
4225What are they?
4225What if one does wrong so extremely as to condemn one ’s life, to make oneself part of the refuse and not of the building?
4225What is the exact value of these thoughts we are thinking and these words we are using? ” He wants to take thought about thought.
4225What is the meaning of war in life?
4225What modern population will stand a famine?
4225What should be the attitude of a right- living man towards his State at war and to warlike preparations?
4225Yes or no?
4225“ What am I to do? ” is the perpetual question of our existence.
37988Any thing new in the literary world?
37988Do you feel any better?
37988Good woman,said the stranger,"why do you whip that boy so severely?"
37988In what manner did Captain May cheat the Mexicans?
37988Now,continued she--"I can not understand why a mere acquaintance should be so familiar as to call me''poor dear;''why am I a poor dear to her?"
37988Shepherd, then?
37988Where is Solomon King, then?
37988Why then does she always try to get a seat next to me, and ask me to tell her something more of those countries?
37988Will you be kind enough to lend me this book?
37988Will you permit me to ask the loan of this book?
37988--"Give me some water, will you?"
37988And how can you be sure?
37988And how many pages can you write in a day?"
37988And how much a page do you get?
37988And how much do you make in the course of a year?
37988And if you are awake, do not be continually calling upon the poor chambermaid, and disturbing her with enquiries, such as"Where are we now?"
37988And who has not?
37988At first, the sociablist will say, on making her third or fourth appearance for the day,"Who comes to see you oftener than I?"
37988But can the annals of woman produce a female Shakspeare, a female Milton, a Goldsmith, a Campbell, or a Scott?
37988But is there among them a Mozart, a Bellini, a Michael Kelly, an Auber, a Boieldieu?
37988But it is much easier and smoother to say simply,"Will you lend me your fan for a few minutes?"
37988Can they have read Shakspeare?
37988Could it be that this house was frequented by persons unaccustomed to bells?
37988Does any lady in talking say,"The two Misses Brown called to see me?"
37988Does she suppose he can not understand her if she talks sense,--or does she think he will like her the better for regaling him with nothing but folly?
37988From low newspapers, or from vulgar books?
37988Has a woman made an improvement on steam- engines, or on any thing connected with the mechanic arts?
37988Has he the option of refusing?
37988Have they no respect for themselves?
37988How can they be otherwise, when they seldom feel comfortably?
37988How do they pick it up?
37988How is it that most of these ladies live separately from their husbands; either despising them, or being despised by them?
37988How is it that young ladies are frequently matronized to plays that even their mothers can not witness without blushes?
37988How is this possible, when it is her pastime to scatter dissension, ill- feeling, and unhappiness among all whom she calls her friends?
37988I am sure I do n''t know how I like it-- can''t you pass me by?"
37988If you have not distinctly heard what another lady has just said to you, do not denote it by saying,"Ma''am?"
37988In asking a servant to bring you a thing, add not the useless and senseless words"_ will_ you?"
37988In fact, what is it but woollen calico?
37988In rough weather, refrain from asking, whenever you see him,"If there is any danger?"
37988Is it true that we republicans have such a hankering after titles?
37988Is she to suppose that you do not consider her conversation worthy of a visit made on purpose?
37988It is sufficient simply to_ refuse_; and then no one has a right to ask why?
37988It is true you can say,"May I request the loan of your fan?"
37988Left what?
37988Many young ladies can play nothing beyond"How do you like it?"
37988Surely not from low companions?
37988We are asked--"Why should not such a lady dance, if it gives her pleasure?"
37988We have known the mere question,"Have you been to church to- day?"
37988What did they pinch?
37988What inconveniences can possibly happen to_ him_?
37988What is it?
37988What woman has painted like Raphael or Titian, or like the best artists of our own times?
37988When any one prefaces an enquiry by the vulgarism,"If it is a fair question?"
37988When you ask to borrow a thing, do not say,"Will you_ loan_ it to me?"
37988Where do they get it?
37988Where is Bogle?"
37988Where then is the shame of surviving our youth?
37988Who is there that does not know a poor family?
37988Why not say,"up in the chamber, up in the garret, down in the kitchen, down in the cellar"& c.?
37988Why should a mirthful fit of laughter be called"a gale"?
37988Why should she be rewarded for gratifying her own inclination in marrying the man of her choice?
37988Would it not be much better to have them sent to bed at their usual time?
37988Would it not be well for the harpist to come a little earlier than the rest, and tune it herself previous to their arrival?
37988after their name, when with reference to_ them_, it can have no rational application?
37988and how much are you to have for this?
37988and"How soon shall we arrive?"
37988can_ you_ sew?"
37988did you hear that?
37988for instance,"Bring me the bread, will you?"
37988or,"Do you think you could not eat something?"
34863In what case is the word_ dominus_?
34863Who did you give it to?
34863Who is this for?
34863210. Who has my_ scissors_?
34863318. Who finds him_ in_ money?
3486370. Who has_ got_ my slate?
34863Are you at_ leisure_?
34863Are you measuring by a plurality of spoons?
34863Avoid using unmeaning or vulgar phrases in speaking, as, You do n''t say so?
34863But can not common subjects be talked of religiously?
34863But what is that chapter?
34863But which_ is_ the nominative in the expression alluded to?
34863But, if you must talk about people, why not about their good traits and deeds?
34863Do n''t you know?
34863Do n''t you see?
34863Do you_ mean_ to come?
34863HAVE you_ learned_ French yet?
34863Have you been to the_ National_ Gallery?
34863Have you begun_ substraction_ yet?
34863Have you seen the new_ pantomime_?
34863Have you seen_ the Miss Browns_ lately?
34863Have you_ lit_ the fire, Mary?
34863Have you_ shook_ the cloth?
34863I ask you, as those who can judge in this matter for yourselves,"Is it not so?
34863I own that I did not come soon enough; but_ because why_?
34863If you were to enter a room, and, finding a person lying on the sofa, were to address him with such a question as"What are you doing there?"
34863In the ancient and time- honored ditty, however, of"Mistress Mary, Quite_ contrary_, How does your garden grow?"
34863In using a relative pronoun in the objective case, it is more elegant to put the preposition before than after it, thus,"To whom was the order given?"
34863Is Mr. Smith_ in_?
34863Is it not so most undeniably?"
34863Is this or that the_ best_ road?
34863It is also incorrect to employ_ no_ for_ not_ in such phrases as,"If it is true or_ no_( not),""Is it so or_ no_( not)?"
34863Pray, sir, who_ may you be_?
34863The question which naturally arises in the mind of the discriminating hearer is,"_ What_ are you going to lay down,--money, carpets, plans, or what?"
34863What are you_ doing of_?
34863What did they set,--potatoes, traps, or what?
34863What office does it perform?
34863Where is it more clearly, more mightily told than in the third chapter of St. John''s gospel?
34863Who are the persons that are performing the act of"coming to see"?
34863Who are the persons to whom the act of"coming to see"extends?
34863Who, do you ask, is that?
34863Whose are_ these here books_?
34863Why use two prepositions where one would be quite as explicit, and far more elegant?
34863Will you call on me_ to- morrow_?
34863Will you call on_ me_ to- morrow?
34863Will you_ call_ on me to- morrow?
34863Will_ you_ call on me to- morrow?
34863Yet who would condemn the use of the drill, or the study of perspective, or the rules of poetic art?
34863_ O_ is used to express_ wishing_,_ exclamation_, or a direct_ address_ to a person; as,"O mother, will the God above, Forgive my faults like thee?"
34863_ Was you_ reading just now?
34863_ Was_ you?
34863_ Which_ performs the act of looking,--the writing or the speaker?
34863instead of,"Whom was the order given to?"
34863of raisins,_ how much_ can I purchase for £56 16_s._?"
34863say, who_ are you_?
34863say,"_ what quantity_ can I,"& c. Who would think of saying"_ how much raisins_?"
34863should be, Do you_ intend_ to come?
34863should be, Is Mr. Smith_ within_?
34863should be, Who finds him money?
34863should be,_ Were_ you?
34863though he might very unconsciously say,"Who was this proposal made to?"
18394''A what?'' 18394 ''Do all horses down here have bells?''
18394An''what do you s''pose, now? 18394 Do you read novels, and play billiards, and walk a great deal?"
18394Grind?
18394How can you doubt it? 18394 How can you talk such nonsense, Käthe?
18394Indeed?
18394Is that really true?
18394Let''s see,said a neighbor to a farmer, whose wagon was loaded down with potatoes,"were n''t we talking together last August?"
18394Oh, do you not know, Martin? 18394 WHAT IS AN OPTIMIST?"
18394What did you say, Levi? 18394 What is it?"
18394What is your father''s name?
18394What,asks Dr. George W. Jacoby, in an"Evening Post"interview,"is the ultimate physical effect of worry?
18394Who is dead?
18394Why do n''t you laugh, and make us all laugh, too, And keep us mortals all from getting blue? 18394 Why do n''t you laugh?
18394Why do n''t you laugh? 18394 Why do you do that?"
18394Why not try love''s way?
18394Why should a man whose blood is warm within Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? 18394 Yes, sir; what do you want?"
18394''How?
18394''Most time for supper?
18394A fondness for good literature, for good fiction, for travel, for history, and for biography,--what is better than this?
18394And if this be good for one''s self, why not try the song, the poem, the picture, and the good words, on some one else?
18394And what better can be said than to compare the heart''s good cheer to a floral offering?
18394Are not buoyant spirits like water sparkling when it runs?
18394Are there not multitudes of people who have the"blues,"who yet wish well to their neighbors?
18394Did not Lycurgus set up the god of laughter in the Spartan eating- halls?
18394Happy, then, is the man, who may well laugh to himself over his good luck, who can answer the old question,"How old are you?"
18394Hastily putting her hand against the door, she said:"Pardon me, but you have rendered me such service, may I not know whom I am thanking?"
18394Have you not sometimes seen a business manager whose stiffness would serve as"a good example to a poker?"
18394How can God die?
18394How do you manage it?"
18394How?''
18394I said, in surprise,"You are not putting your face to that broken pane to keep the wind from me, are you?"
18394Is it not an absolute necessity to get rid of all irritants, of everything which worries and frets, and which brings discord into so many lives?
18394Is it not worth while to make an effort to see the funny side of our petty annoyances?
18394Is not a jolly physician of greater service than his pills?
18394Is not the will almost omnipotent to determine habits before they become all- powerful?
18394May I help you?"
18394Shall a disciplined imagination fill the mind with beautiful pictures?
18394Shall music and poetry die out of you while you are struggling for that which can never enrich the character, nor add to the soul''s worth?
18394Sleep when he wakes?
18394THE CURE FOR AMERICANITIS 16 A WORRYING WOMAN 19 OUR HAWAIIAN PARADISE 22 A WEATHER BREEDER 24"WHAT IS AN OPTIMIST?"
18394The gladness of service, of having some honorable share in the world''s work, what is better than this?
18394Things did n''t turn out so badly, after all,--eh?"
18394This took the prize:"Men grumble because God put thorns with roses; would n''t it be better to thank God that he put roses with thorns?"
18394WHAT VANDERBILT PAID FOR TWELVE LAUGHS 7 THE LAUGH CURE 9 A CHEAP MEDICINE 13 WHY DON''T YOU LAUGH?
18394WHY DON''T YOU LAUGH?
18394Was it not Goethe who represented a journey that followed the sunshine round the world, forever bathed in light?
18394Was it not Shakespere who said that a light heart lives long?
18394What contributes more to health or happiness than a vigorous will?
18394What is a good wife, a good mother?
18394What is a pessimist but"a man who looks on the sun only as a thing that casts a shadow"?
18394What is a sunny temper but"a talisman more powerful than wealth, more precious than rubies"?
18394What is it but"an aroma whose fragrance fills the air with the odors of Paradise"?
18394What is this world but as you take it?
18394Who are the"lemon squeezers of society"?
18394Who can ever forget Emerson''s smile?
18394Who has a right to rob other people of their happiness?
18394Why do n''t you laugh?
18394Why do n''t you laugh?
18394Why do n''t you laugh?"
18394Why not take a turn about?
18394You can not have all play, And sunshine every day; When troubles come, I say, why do n''t you laugh?
18394[ 1]"''Have you found a pleasure for every day?''
18394_ Are not flowers appropriate gifts to persons of all ages, in any conceivable circumstances in which they are placed?
18394_ From the"Independent"_"Why do n''t you laugh, young man, when troubles come, Instead of sitting''round so sour and glum?
18394and creep into the jaundice By being peevish?"
3356''Lei Padrone'', and I give you your choice: would you pass the months of November and December at Brunswick, Cassel, etc.?
3356--and what do you think of it?
3356A propos of languages: Did you improve your Italian while you were at Paris, or did you forget it?
3356And does your daily experience at once extend and demonstrate your improvement?
3356Are you to give an account of anything to a mixed company?
3356As, for instance, should I say in French,''la lettre que je vous ai ECRIT'', or,''la lettre que je vous ai ECRITE''?
3356But then, on the other hand, what a drawback would it be to that happiness, if you should never acquire them?
3356But what will you say, when I tell you truly, that I can not possibly read our countryman Milton through?
3356By what means?
3356Can there be anything in the world less relative to any other man''s health, than my drinking a glass of wine?
3356Did you ever know anybody that reunited all these talents?
3356Do you find that you gain knowledge?
3356Had you a master there?
3356Have you discovered what variety of little things affect the heart, and how surely they collectively gain it?
3356Have you found out that every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other?
3356Have you got the things, which were taken from you at Calais, restored?
3356He hath, continue they, a good head, a good heart, a good fund of knowledge, which would increase daily: What would you have more?
3356I answer: Why not?
3356I have wrote, about a month ago, to Lord Albemarle, to thank him for all his kindnesses to you; but pray have you done as much?
3356I often succeeded; but why?
3356If a man were never to be in business, and always to lead a private life, would he not desire to please and to persuade?
3356If you set out well at one- and- twenty, what may you not reasonably hope to be at one- and- forty?
3356In this case, have you forwarded it to him?
3356Is it for your sake, or for mine?
3356Is the King a slave to the Church, though a tyrant to the laity?
3356La partie est- elle faite pour la petite maison?
3356Le souper sera galant sans doute: Mais ne faistu donc point scrupule de seduire une jeune et aimable persone comme celle- la''?
3356MY DEAR FRIEND: Whereabouts are you in Ariosto?
3356Nay, you have an Horace there as well as an Augustus; I need not name Voltaire,''qui nil molitur inept?''
3356Now, pray let me ask you, coolly and seriously,''pourquoi ces couches manquent- elles''?
3356Or, lastly, would you go to Copenhagen and Stockholm?
3356Que me donnerez- vous, et je vous le presenterai''?
3356There I should be immediately asked:''Mais qu''est ce que c''est donc que ce petit Sapajou que vous avez embrasse si tendrement?
3356There are doubts concerning her''etat''; how shall they be cleared?
3356To this I should answer:''La partie n''etoit pas encore tout- a fait liee, vous nous avez interrompu; mais avec le tems que fait- on?
3356Was it his birth?
3356Was it his estate?
3356Was it his learning, his parts, his political abilities and application?
3356Was love ever painted with more truth and''morbidezza''than in the ninth book?
3356What are they?
3356What can be more clear and rational than all his philosophical letters?
3356What can be more seducing and voluptuous, than the description of Alcina''s person and palace?
3356What can be more touching, or more interesting-- what more nobly thought, or more happily expressed, than all his dramatic pieces?
3356What descriptions ever excited more horror than those, first of the Massacre, and then of the Famine at Paris?
3356What hurt would it do him or me?
3356What was it then?
3356Whenever you leave Hanover, be it sooner or be it later, where would you go?
3356Why do you think I have this affair so extremely at heart, and why do I repeat it so often?
3356Why?
3356With your knowledge and parts, if adorned by manners and graces, what may you not hope one day to be?
3356Would you go to Brussels, stay a month or two there with Dayrolles, and from thence to Mr. Yorke, at The Hague?
3356Would you pass a couple of months at Ratisbon, which might not be ill employed?
3356Would you saunter at some of the small courts, as Brunswick, Cassel, etc., till the Carnival at Berlin?
3356and what Italian books did you read with him?
3356and whatever was so graceful, and gentle, as all his little poetical trifles?
3356and, among them, the little packet which my sister gave you for Sir Charles Hotham?
3356avez vous a la fin fixd la belle Marquise?
3356or are you to endeavor to persuade either man or woman?
3356or would you rather go directly to Berlin, and stay there till the end of the Carnival?
3356would you have him perfect?
3352''A propos'': tell me do you speak that language correctly, and do you write it with ease?
3352And if you do not, what may I not reasonably fear you will be?
3352And what French books do you read for your amusement?
3352And why not?
3352And why should she not meet with it?
3352Are the regular Romish clergy allowed; and have they any convents?
3352Are there any military orders in Saxony, and what?
3352But I mean, do you make the most of the respective allotments of your time?
3352But am I blamable if I do a good action, upon account of the happiness which that honest consciousness will give me?
3352Can he banish any subject out of his dominions by his own authority?
3352Can he lay any tax whatsoever upon his subjects, without the consent of the states of Saxony?
3352Can he, by his own authority, confine any subject in prison as long as he pleases, without trial?
3352Can you get through an"Oration"of Cicero, or a"Satire"of Horace, without difficulty?
3352Can you open Demosthenes at a venture, and understand him?
3352Do the clergy make part of them?
3352Do we ever hear the most recent fact related exactly in the same way, by the several people who were at the same time eyewitnesses of it?
3352Do you employ your whole time in the most useful manner?
3352Do you ever go to either of those houses, at leisure times?
3352Do you mind your dancing while your dancing- master is with you?
3352Do you play, or sup, or is it only''la belle conversation?''
3352Falsehood and dissimulation are certainly to be found at courts; but where are they not to be found?
3352Has he learning, has he parts, has he application?
3352Have you assemblies, or public spectacles?
3352Have you carried no English or French comedies of tragedies with you to Leipsig?
3352How do you go on with Lord Pulteney, and how does he go on at Leipsig?
3352How many men in each company?
3352How many troops in the regiments of horse and dragoons; and how many men in each?
3352I do not mean, do you study all day long?
3352I know that you go sometimes to Madame Valentin''s assembly; What do you do there?
3352If two subjects of the elector''s are at law, for an estate situated in the electorate, in what court must this suit be tried?
3352If you do but employ them well, what may you not reasonably expect to be, in time?
3352In short, What is he?
3352Is he good or ill- natured?
3352Is it lawful then to steal goods because they were stolen before?
3352Is it not, that those who have the best sense, always speak the best, though they may happen not to have the best voices?
3352Is the White Eagle a Saxon or a Polish order?
3352One man affirms that he has rode post an hundred miles in six hours; probably it is a lie: but supposing it to be true, what then?
3352Or will you not rather employ every moment of it in a manner that must so soon reward you with so much pleasure, figure, and character?
3352Upon what occasion, and when was it founded?
3352What German books do you read, to make yourself master of that language?
3352What are the several ranks of the''Etat Major- general''?
3352What do you call the two chief courts, or two chief magistrates, of civil and criminal justice?
3352What have the Saxons?
3352What is the common revenue of the electorate, one year with another?
3352What is the constant and just observation as to all actors upon the stage?
3352What is the daily pay of a Saxon foot soldier, dragoon, and trooper?
3352What number of commissioned and non- commissioned officers in a company of foot, or in a troop of horse or dragoons?
3352What number of knights?
3352What number of troops does the elector now maintain?
3352What right or pretense had these confederated Christians of Europe to the Holy Land?
3352What then will you have to rely on but your own merit?
3352When you divert yourself, is it with spirit?
3352While you study, is it with attention?
3352Who would have liked you in the one or attended you; in the other?
3352Why?
3352Will they say, that the Saracens had possessed themselves of it by force, and that, consequently, they had the same right?
3352Will you throw this time away either in laziness, or in trifles?
3352and of what kind are they?
3352and what are those states?
3352and what is the greatest number that the electorate is able to maintain?
3352and when, and how often do they meet?
3352and will the decision of that court be final, or does there lie an appeal to the imperial chamber at Wetzlaer?
3352at least, what do you think him?
3352how are they elected?
3352or''Plait- il''?
3352what orders do they consist of?
11557What is the use of getting your vessel on when you have thrown both captain and cargo overboard?
11557''Are there pleasures of Doubt, as well as of Inference and Assent?
11557''[ 15] Who, except a member of the school of extravagant creatures themselves, would deny that Pascal''s irritation is most wholesome and righteous?
11557And how do they settle the question?
11557And is the struggle pursued intrepidly and with a sense of its size and amplitude, or with creeping foot and blinking eye?
11557Are we only to be permitted to defend general principles, on condition that we draw no practical inferences from them?
11557But what are these few among the many to whom newness is a stumbling- block?
11557But what if the same system had produced the terror which made absence of consolation intolerable?
11557But where are the dropped links that might have made all the difference?
11557Can any opinion, or any serious part of conduct, be looked upon as truly and exclusively self- regarding?
11557Does anybody suppose that humanity has had the profit of all the inventive and improving capacity born into the world?
11557For how can you attack an erroneous way of thinking except in detail, that is to say through the sides of this or that single wrong opinion?
11557For making those positive changes in life or institution, which the change in idea must ultimately involve?
11557How far, and in what way, ought respect either for immediate practical convenience, or for current prejudices, to weigh against respect for truth?
11557How was the structure supported, after you had altered this condition of things?
11557I strive to annihilate my reason before the Supreme Intelligence, saying, Who art thou that thou shouldst measure infinite power?
11557If not, and if people did once explicitly affirm dogma, when exactly was it that they ceased to do so?
11557If the majority cling to an opinion, why should we ask whether that is the sound and right opinion or the reverse?
11557If the minority are to be uncompromising alike in seeking and realising what they take for truth, why not the majority?
11557In the last century men asked of a belief or a story, Is it true?
11557Is any renovation of the sacredness of principle a possible remedy for some of these elements of national deterioration?
11557Is it lawful either positively or by implication to lead his wife to suppose that he shares her opinions, when in truth he rejects them?
11557Is it lawful, as it seems to be in dealing with parents, to hold his conviction silently?
11557Is the plea of a wish to spare mental discomfort to others an admissible and valid plea?
11557Is there anything under the surface to relieve it from this complexion?
11557Or is present heroism ridiculous, and only past heroism admirable?
11557The time has not yet come for what?
11557This organic coherency, what does it come to?
11557Under what circumstances does the exercise and vindication of the right, thus conceded in theory, become a positive duty in practice?
11557Was it by lessening his wife''s esteem for him that he could reassure her?
11557We now ask, How did men come to take it for true?
11557What are the best men in a country striving for?
11557What great political cause, her own or another''s, is England befriending to- day?
11557What is the sense, and what is the morality, of postponing the wider utility to the narrower?
11557What is the state of the case with us, if we look at national life in its broadest aspect?
11557What orthodox asserter of the omnipresence of a"Creator with intelligible attributes"ever maintained that these attributes could be"grasped by men"?''
11557What stirs the hope and moves the aspiration of our Englishman?
11557What then is to be said of the tenableness of such a position?
11557When did it cease to be so?
11557Where is the fruit of those multitudinous gifts which came into the world in untimely seasons?
11557Why are the men who despair of improvement to be the only persons endowed with the gift of discerning the practicable?
11557Why is it any less base in the latter?
11557Why should the Old Testament remain in the Christian church but to be used?
11557Why then is it any less discreditable to practise an insincere conformity in more ordinary circumstances?
11557Why?
11557You wait until there are persons enough agreeing with you to form an effective party?
11557_ Ubi sunt eorum tabulae qui post vota nuncupate perierunt_?
12811''Ca n''t you?''
12811''Is this the way to an efficient life?
12811''Surely it is n''t as bad as that?''
12811''What?''
12811''Why does n''t he get down and inflate that tyre, for one thing?
12811''_ It means, Are you in your senses or are you not_?''
12811( Or am I mistaken, and do I fancy this horror?
12811), what possible combination of circumstances is going to make you unhappy so long as the machine remains in order?
12811And again:''Is_ this_ to ruffle you, O my soul?
12811Are you aware what people are saying about you behind your back?
12811Are you happier or less discontented than you used to be?
12811As for the skill to avoid the waste of power involved by friction in the business of living, do we give an hour to it in a month?
12811Because you think that these antics and performances will influence the Board?
12811Because you think that they will put you into a better condition for dealing with your environment to- morrow?
12811Besides, what about Wright?
12811But do you not mean that you have not smashed furniture for ages?
12811But does one, school and college being over, enter upon a study of the machine?
12811But has he?
12811But how can I be kindly when I pass the major portion of my time in blaming the people who surround me-- who are part of my environment?
12811But when the moment arrives, is the brain on the spot?
12811But why is he always complaining about not receiving his deserts in the office?
12811Ca n''t you see that you''re missing the most interesting thing on earth, far more interesting than businesses, empires, and dogs?
12811Common sense will surely lead a man to ask the question:''Why did my actions yesterday contradict my reason?''
12811Did I expect this twenty years ago?
12811Did you ever hear of such a thing?''
12811Did you suppose it was changed by magic, or by Acts of Parliament, or by the action of groups on persons, and not of persons on groups?
12811Do we ever at all examine it save in an amateurish and clumsy fashion?
12811Do you desire with your brain?
12811Do you love your mother, wife, or children with your brain?
12811Do you remember the gentleness of the tone which you employed after the healing of your first quarrel with a beloved companion?
12811Do you remember the persuasive tone which you used when you wanted to obtain something from a difficult person on whom your happiness depended?
12811Do you, in a word, ultimately and essentially_ live_ with your brain?
12811Does n''t it strike you how badly you are treating yourself?''
12811Have you not gloomily regretted that you were born without a mechanical turn, because there is really something about a machine...?
12811How can I alter myself?
12811How does the machine get through it?
12811How have you tried to stop it?
12811How is this skill to be acquired?
12811How should they treat him as a reasonable being when the tenure of his reason is so insecure?
12811I ca n''t help that, can I?''
12811I repeat: Why not deliberately adopt a gentle, persuasive tone-- just to see what the results are?
12811If happiness arises from cheerfulness, kindliness, and rectitude( and who will deny it?
12811If you really believe this, why make any effort at all?
12811In that moment have you not wished-- do you not continually wish-- for an exhaustless machine, a machine that you could never get to the end of?
12811Is human nature the same now as in the days of Babylonian civilisation, when the social machine was oiled by drenchings of blood?
12811Is it beneath you to ensure the largest possible amount of your own''way''by the simplest means?
12811Is it the same now as in the days of Greek civilisation, when there was no such thing as romantic love between the sexes?
12811Is it the same now as it was during the centuries when constant friction had to provide its own cure in the shape of constant war?
12811Now, if these great transformations can be brought about by accident, can not similar transformations be brought about by a reasonable design?
12811Only I really must cry out:''Ca n''t you see what you''re missing?
12811Only-- which of the two devices ought to be accused of harshness and callousness?
12811Or is it in watching over all my daily human contacts?
12811The historic question:''Have we free- will, or are we the puppets of determinism?''
12811Well, if they do n''t?
12811What does London give me in exchange?''
12811What is the difference between that conscious habit and the unconscious habits?
12811What is there to prevent this agreeable consummation?
12811What object can there be in trying to control yourself in any manner whatever if you are unalterable?
12811What was our brain doing while this naughty person stepped in and robbed us of the only possessions worth having?
12811What, is he''wrong in the head''?
12811Where has the human machine gone wrong?
12811Where?
12811Which of them is truly kind?
12811Who would n''t be?
12811Why does he persist in eating more than his digestion will tolerate?
12811Why does he so often sulk with his wife?
12811Why does n''t he--?''
12811Why is he worried about finance?
12811Why not let the whole business beautifully slide and yield to your instincts?
12811Why not?
12811Why should not your tone always combine these qualities?
12811Why should you not carefully school your tone?
12811Why?
12811Will it serve any end whatever that I should buzz nervously round this circumstance instead of attending to my usual business?''
12811Will the brain, like a sensible creature, leave that disappointment alone, and instead of living in the past live in the present or the future?
12811With all your cynicism, have you never envied them their machine and their passionate interest in it?
12811was formed in England?
8467''And how did you eat it?'' 8467 ''How so?''
8467''What did I do with my table napkin? 8467 ''Without breaking it through with your spoon?''
8467''Your fork? 8467 I am sorry,"said a gentleman to a porter( need we say an Irishman?)
8467''What blunders could I make?
8467And after your egg?''
8467And what did you do with the shell?''
8467And why not go into a mixed company with as much ease and as little concern as you would go into your own room?
8467Can not truth be spoken in courteous accents from a kind, gentle impulse, as well as blurted out rudely and giving pain and mortification?
8467Does any man receive promotion because he is a notable blusterer?
8467Does this sound like an enigma?
8467How did you drink yours?''
8467I am sure you do, if you would speak honestly, and, if so, how can you suppose servants should expect otherwise?
8467In an evil moment he said, without being conscious of the triteness of his remark:"Do you not think, sir, that Milton was a great genius?"
8467In the first place, there was your table napkin-- what did you do with that when you sat down to table?''
8467Is not good temper virtuous and polite, bad temper vicious and vulgar?
8467Is not self denial virtuous and polite, selfishness vicious and vulgar?
8467Is not truth virtuous and polite, scandal vicious and vulgar?
8467It is true that roughness and sincerity often abide together, but would it destroy the honesty to polish away the roughness?
8467Most people have heard of the gentleman(?)
8467Nothing is more trying to the feelings of a hostess than to see a number of wallflowers ornamenting(?)
8467Or is any man advanced to dignity because he is expert at profane swearing?
8467To ask a friend abruptly,"For whom are you in mourning?"
8467Well, and after the_ bouilli_?''
8467What did you take next?''
8467What soup had you?''
8467What, then, should you be ashamed of?
8467When introduced, it is sufficient for a gentleman to say to a lady,"May I have the pleasure of dancing this waltz with you, Miss C---?"
8467Who would not take any amount of pains with his correspondence to avoid being dreaded as the other?
8467Who would not wish to be the writer of the one?
8467are we nearly at our journey''s end?"
8467what time is it?
3355''A propos'', are you in love with Madame de Berkenrode still, or has some other taken her place in your affections?
3355''A propos'', have you yet found out at Paris, any friendly and hospitable Madame de Lursay,''qui veut bien se charger du soin de vous eduquer''?
3355''Faites- vous assaut aux armes?
3355All those little gallantries depend entirely upon the manner of doing them; as, in truth, what does not?
3355And does not good sense and common observation, show of what infinite use it is to please?
3355And has the Pope''s nuncio included you in the jubilee?
3355And have you had any occasion of representing to her,''qu''elle faisoit donc des noeuds''?
3355And is not the golden bull of Charles the Fourth equally the rule for both?
3355And were those restrictions legal, and did they obtain the force of law?
3355Are you acquainted with Madame Geoffrain, who has a great deal of wit; and who, I am informed, receives only the very best company in her house?
3355Are you got a little into the interior, into the constitution of things at Paris?
3355Are you got into stirrups yet?
3355Are you numbered among the list of her admirers?
3355Are you often at Versailles?
3355But, above all, what does Marcel say of you?
3355By the way, has he ever introduced you to la Duchesse d''Aiguillon?
3355Can you manage a pretty vigorous''sauteur''between the pillars?
3355Cloud?
3355Do the women say that you dress well?
3355Do they like them; and do they like you the better for getting them?
3355Do you connect yourself with him?
3355Do you frequent the Dutch Ambassador or Ambassadress?
3355Do you know Madame du Pin, who, I remember, had beauty, and I hear has wit and reading?
3355Do you know''Crebillon le fils''?
3355Do you take them, do you make a progress in them?
3355Do you understand Ariosto, Tasso, Boccaccio and Machiavelli?
3355Does not good- nature incline us to please all those we converse with, of whatever rank or station they may be?
3355Does she listen to your Battering tale?
3355Does she sometimes knot, and are you her Meilcour?
3355Does the House expect extraordinary informations from them?
3355Does the invincible modesty of the handsome Madame Case discourage, more than her beauty invites you?
3355For instance, where it is that you dine every Friday, in company with that amiable and respectable old man, Fontenelle?
3355From hand to arms the transition is natural; is the carriage and motion of your arms so too?
3355Has Monsieur de Pignatelli the honor of being one of your humble servants?
3355Have you any footing at the Nuncio''s, or at the Imperial and Spanish ambassadors?
3355Have you finished with Abbe Nolet, and are you''au fait''of all the properties and effects of air?
3355Have you got a master for geometry?
3355Have you learned to carve?
3355Have you made many acquaintances among the young Frenchmen who ride at your Academy; and who are they?
3355Have you penetrated yet into Count Caunitz''s house?
3355Have you seen what you have seen thoroughly?
3355Have you''un gout vif'', or a passion for anybody?
3355How are you with the other foreign ministers at Paris?
3355How do your exercises go on?
3355How go you on with the amiable little Blot?
3355How so?
3355I am sorry that your two sons- in- law[??
3355I am sorry that your two sons- in- law[??
3355If you frequent any of the myriads of polite Englishmen who infest Paris, who are they?
3355Is Madame------your Madame de Lursay?
3355Is he satisfied?
3355Is it possible to love such a man?
3355Is it that their matter is better, or their arguments stronger, than other people''s?
3355Is it the respectable character of Madame de la Valiere which prevents your daring, or are you intimidated at the fierce virtue of Madame du Pin?
3355Is it''le fracas du grand monde, comedies, bals, operas, cour,''etc.?
3355Is not a King of the Romans as legally elected by the votes of a majority of the electors, as by two- thirds, or by the unanimity of the electors?
3355It contains even epigrams; what can one wish for more?
3355MY DEAR FRIEND: What a happy period of your life is this?
3355Mr. Pitt and Mr. Murray the solicitor- general, uncle to Lord Stormount, are, beyond comparison, the best speakers; why?
3355Old as I am, and little thinking of women, God knows, I am very far from being negligent of my dress; and why?
3355Or is it''des petites societes, moins bruyantes, mais pas pour cela moins agreables''?
3355Pray who is''la belle Madame de Case'', whom I know you frequent?
3355Tell me also freely how you are with Lord Huntingdon: Do you see him often?
3355To come to another subject( for I have a pleasure in talking over every subject with you): How deep are you in Italian?
3355Voyez vous encore jour, a quelque arrangement honnete?
3355What says Madame du Pin to you?
3355What then remains for you to do?
3355Where are you the most''etabli''?
3355Where are you''le petit Stanhope?
3355Where do you dine and sup oftenest?
3355Which is the house where you think yourself at home?
3355Who are the young Frenchmen with whom you are most intimately connected?
3355Why?
3355Why?
3355Why?
3355You may have many inaccuracies( and to be sure you have, for who has not at your age?)
3355You will say, it may be, that when you write so very ill, it is because you are in a hurry, to which I answer, Why are you ever in a hurry?
3355what should hinder you from daring?
3355whose house is most your home?
22105''Why even of yourselves,''He said,''judge ye not what is right?''
22105''[ 13] If the soul''s function is purely formal how can we attain to a self- contained life?
22105''[ 26] What then ought to be the attitude of the Church to the industrial questions of our day?
22105''[ 9] The question,''What would Jesus do?''
22105( 1) What was Christ''s ideal of the Christian life?
22105( 3) The question arises, Which is the normal experience?
2210582 Is Man free to choose the Good?
22105And first, What is the supreme good?
22105And if he is made for God, how is he so opposite to God?
22105And if it be still asked, What is the great inducement?
22105And is there not something sublime in this demand of God that the noblest part of man should be consecrated to Him?
22105And may not they, too, be consecrated to the glory of God?
22105And, on the other hand, if a man is once alive to his real good, how can he do otherwise than pursue it?
22105Are Christians to stand apart from the coming battle, and preach only the great salvation to individual souls?
22105Are not the joys of life, and even its amusements, among God''s gifts designed for the enriching of character?
22105But is not character, with which Ethics confessedly deals, just that concerning which no definite conclusions can be predicted?
22105But what is this commonsense of which the ordinary man vaunts himself?
22105But, as has been pertinently asked,''How does he know that the earth is solid on which he builds?''
22105Can man choose and decide for a spiritual world above that in which he is by nature involved?
22105Christian Ethics, on the other hand, is concerned primarily with the question, By what power can a man achieve the right and do the good?
22105Christianity is the supreme type of religion because it best answers the question,''What can religion do for life?''
22105Does not the example of Jesus offer a simpler and more natural ideal?
22105Does not the very existence of physical science imply the priority of thought?
22105For as he himself teaches, the question,''What should I do?''
22105For what should a man live?
22105Hence the chief business of Ethics is to answer the question: What is the supreme good?
22105Hence the practical problem which Christian Ethics has to face is, How can the spiritual ideal be made a reality?
22105How do I know it?
22105If this is not Christian work, what is?''
22105If we ask who is the good man?
22105In the collision of opinions who is to arbitrate?
22105Is Ethics a Science?
22105Is it a personal God, or is it only an impersonal spirit, which pervades and interpenetrates the universe?
22105Is it an ego, a thinking self?
22105Is not conduct, dependent as it is on the human will, just the element in man which can not be explained as the resultant of calculable forces?
22105Is the kingdom of God a realm apart and separate from all the other domains of activity?
22105Is the ultimate of life a state in which conscience will pervade every department of a man''s being, dominating all his thoughts and activities?
22105It is characteristic of him that when he discusses the question, Is life worth living?
22105It is not enough to ask what is most attractive, what line of life will ensure the greatest material gain or worldly honour?
22105It proposes the three great questions involved in all ethical inquiry-- whither?
22105Men are impatiently asking,''Has the Church no message to the new demands of the age?
22105No longer content with blindly accepting the formulae of the past, men are prompted to ask, whence do these customs come, and what is their authority?
22105Plato''s discussion of the question,''What is the highest good?''
22105Rather should we ask, Where shall I be safest from moral danger, and, above all, in what position of life, open to me, can I do the most good?
22105The prime question is, What is the nature of its testimony?
22105The prime question of Christian Ethics is, How ought Christians to order their lives?
22105The question for each is, How much can he make of them?
22105The question for the utilitarian must always arise,''How far ought I to follow my natural desires, and how far my altruistic?''
22105The question has been seriously asked, Can the example and teaching of Jesus be really adopted in modern life as the pattern and rule of conduct?
22105The question has constantly arisen, Which is the more important for life-- what we receive or what we create?
22105The question, therefore, which arises is, Whence comes the idea of duty which is an undeniable fact of our experience?
22105The word does not, indeed, occur in the Old Testament, but the question of God to Adam,''Where art thou?''
22105To horde[ Transcriber''s note: hoard?]
22105We are constrained to ask what is this independent spiritual life?
22105What am I and how do I know?
22105What does it matter to him whether Nero be a devil or a saint?
22105What is it that makes the life of the Christian worth living?
22105What is my purpose, what am I to do?
22105What is the highest for which a man should live?
22105What is the origin of the soul?
22105What is the world?
22105What, in short, is the ideal of life?
22105What, then, are the particular forms or manifestations of character which result from the Christian interpretation of life?
22105When men thus begin to reflect on the origin and connection of things, three questions at once suggest themselves-- what, how, and why?
22105Whence comes this mystic power?
22105Why are these philosophers so anxious to conserve the ethical consequences of life?
22105[ 20] Is deception under all circumstances morally wrong?
22105[ 4] But can this position be vindicated?
22105[ 5]''When I dared question:"It is beautiful, But is it true?"
22105and why am I here?
22105and why?
22105and( 2) Did Jesus regard the kingdom as purely future, or as already begun?
22105how?
22105leads inevitably to the further question,''What may I hope?
22105or is it only a complex of vibrations or mechanical impressions bound together in a particular body which, for convenience, is called an ego?
22105or is the ideal condition one in which conscience shall be outgrown and its operation rendered superfluous?
22105{ 153} If, therefore, we ask, What is the deepest spring of action, what is the incentive and motive power for the Christian?
8450Can one handle pitch and not be defiled?
8450He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
8450A wisely trained Character never stops to ask, What will society think of me if I do this thing, or if I leave it undone?
8450Admitting that men differ from each other, not in kind, but in degree, the question arises, Are all men capable of an equal degree of development?
8450But is the arm of the Lord shortened that he can not avenge his own wrongs?
8450Could they shrink with aversion at the thought of death if they believed it to be the portal of heaven?
8450Could this be, if they believed that life on earth was only a preparation for an eternal life in heaven?
8450How, then, are we to understand this promise?
8450If we would test the quality of our moral courage, we must ask ourselves, is it defiant?
8450Shall we say this man has no creed, when his faith in the value of riches impels him to devote body and soul to the acquisition of gain?
8450Shall we, therefore, deny to all, and banish from the world the refining ministrations of beauty in form and color and sweet sounds?
8450The often- repeated anecdote of the Yankee stage- driver who asked of the Duke of Saxe Weimer,"Are you the man that wants an extra coach?"
8450The question is never, Shall we work?
8450The question rises to the mind with fearful solemnity, were they created for this end,--created to fail?
8450Then does not the command to love our neighbor make us even responsible for the expressions our faces wear?
8450They should be radically subdued by learning to ask one''s self,"Am I doing what is right and proper?"
8450What can be more revolting than an old age cold, hard, and selfish?
8450What effect have our Manners upon our usefulness as social beings?
8450Where one that is not warmed and cheered, as by a sunbeam, if one enters it whose features glow with good- humor, contentment, and satisfaction?
8450Who ever found Irving or Prescott dull?
8450Whom shall we choose for our master?
8450and who among mortals is so pure or so strong that he may dare to say, the Lord has need of him for a champion?
8450but, For whom shall we work?
8450does it hate its neighbor?
8450instead of,"What will people think of me?"
8450is it disdainful?
8450is it envious?
8450or are its emotions affected in any way by the opinion of the world?
18712Carest Thou not that we perish?
18712Is it such a task as will enlist the coöperation of the eternal spirit of truth and right?
18712And did we possess them all what better off would the world be?
18712Are they those that have given the tiger and the beast of prey free and full range of the life?
18712Are you living thus for life, or are you living to do no more than make a living?
18712But may not failure here be accounted for by the selfish basis on which men build the plea for what they call personal salvation?
18712But to- day who possesses a single one of the things that young carpenter made?
18712But what is the secret of happiness?
18712DOES HE CARE?
18712Did He not say that the man who would save his own life should lose it?
18712Did they explain it away by saying that the man was made anyway for fasting and not for feasting?
18712Do you not care?"
18712Has this universe a heart or only an engine at its centre?
18712How can we be happy unless we shall set our whole lives in harmony with the things that are fundamental and eternal?
18712How can we learn to be happy when life has so much to make us sad?
18712How does it work out?
18712How foolish to attempt to adjust our lives by laws built out of speculation, to attempt to steer by a compass when there is no pole of truth?
18712How may we discover the truth for our day, the truth upon which we may build?
18712How may we find that truth which belongs to our day and in which we may have the confidence that our fathers had in their truth?
18712How may we find those things that are certain?
18712If you do not believe in things better, nobler, purer, how can you move towards them?
18712If you do not believe men, how can you be a man?
18712Is it any wonder that life is a wearisome thing, a dead drag, when you are starving its very sources?
18712Is it not because in their minds religion never has been related to conduct?
18712Is it not probable that many said that it was a great pity when Jesus gave up so useful a trade as His?
18712Is not this enough to satisfy any man and to call forth the best in him, that he should in some way serve this glorious ideal?
18712Is not this man''s purpose in this world even as it was the purpose of the one who called Himself the Son of Man?
18712Is the Lord of life also the foe of our lives?
18712Is the author of a world so fair and lovely, inviting us to joy and inspiring with feelings of pleasure, the foe of happiness?
18712Is the search for character a passion or only a pastime?
18712Is there any answer to the great question, Does any greater one care for our lives?
18712Is there any one or is it steered automatically, blindly holding its way and heeding neither waves nor rocks nor other craft?
18712It asks, If we are to throw life away why should it have been given to us?
18712It is the question of every soul in sorrow or testing,"Does God care anything about me?"
18712Of what value is all our knowledge unless we get the wisdom of right living?
18712Or is religion exclusively for the dreamers and those who are contented with sentiment and feeling?
18712Personal?
18712THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE The early question of the old creeds,"What is the chief end of man?"
18712That we are but puppets in these strange unseen hands; that we can neither will nor work for ourselves?
18712The old folks hear the new truths and ask, where are the foundations gone?
18712The practical question is not,"Can this be done?"
18712The young hear the discussion between the old and the new and ask, is there anything settled, anything worth believing?
18712Then whose shall these things be?
18712To the question, How shall we think of the divine?
18712What are the best lives, the lives that are richest and that have most enriched the world?
18712What are the permanent elements in religion on which the life may build while the things that are but temporary are adjusting themselves?
18712What are the things that help me most in my life, the things that give me moral stimulus and bracing, the things that lead me to covet the best?
18712What are we but dust on the wheels of the universe?
18712What avail is it to pray, Thy kingdom come, if we block its advent by cherishing enmity in our hearts?
18712What does it all mean?
18712What is the motive that impels either the dealer in dollars or the dealer in dreams?
18712What is there at the helm of this great ship of life?
18712What is there in God to fear?
18712What nobler summary could any life have than His, that He went about doing good?
18712When a man asks, What shall I believe?
18712Who can not remember being told to despise the present, to consider how brief it is, like a cloud before the dawn of the endless day?
18712Who ever saw mother- love?
18712Who is so dead he no longer finds more satisfaction in truth and love and beauty than in food or furniture?
18712Who knows less of life than the slave of modern commercialism, the man who lifts his eyes no higher than the pay roll, or the ticker tape?
18712Who would not exchange a mess of pottage for the benediction from a father''s lips?
18712Whoever by worrying all night succeeded in bringing about the kind of weather he wanted?
18712Why should we fear the light of investigation on the things of religion?
18712XX Does He Care?
18712Yet who will not believe in it?
18712but"Ought this to be done?"
18712but, what are you?
2541And what is France? 2541 And who art thou,"said Mary Queen of Scots to Knox,"that presumest to school the nobles and sovereign of this realm?"
2541And who is king to- day? 2541 And who is king to- day?"
2541As the loss of character?
2541As the loss of health?
2541Is example nothing?
2541Is that all, my lord?
2541Then your Grace will allow me to attend you as usual, which will show the public that you have not withdrawn your confidence from me?
2541What art thou afraid of?
2541What does he know,said a sage,"who has not suffered?"
2541What is all history,says Emerson,"but the work of ideas, a record of the incomparable energy which his infinite aspirations infuse into man?"
2541What is the loss of fortune to the loss of peace of mind?
2541What return then could I, who am myself advancing towards old age, make her for the many things I owe her? 2541 Who are those travellers?"
2541Who can find a virtuous woman? 2541 Who is he?"
2541Who more loving unto his wife? 2541 ''Oh, general, it''s you, is it, I brought in? 2541 --Do you call it a small misfortune to be ruined in money- matters?"
2541A devotional writer of the present day, in answer to the question, How are we to overcome temptations?
2541At the last sitting which Lord Palmerston gave him, Behnes opened the conversation with--"Any news, my Lord, from France?
2541But can the talent be trusted?--can the genius?
2541Did their lives resemble their books?
2541Have they learnt patience, submission, and trust in God?--or have they learnt nothing but impatience, querulousness, and discontent?
2541Have they preserved their integrity amidst prosperity, and enjoyed life in temperance and moderation?
2541He gently put her aside, saying cheerfully,"Is not this house as nigh heaven as my own?"
2541Helps,"that promotes the most and the deepest thought in the human race?
2541How can we resist a foe whose weapons are pearls and diamonds?"
2541How do we stand with Louis Napoleon?"
2541How is it that we see such men as Lord Palmerston growing old in harness, working on vigorously to the end?
2541I have promised my brother Wellington-- PROMISED, do you hear?
2541On one occasion he said to an assistant- master:"Do you see those two boys walking together?
2541Or, has life been with them a mere feast of selfishness, without care or thought for others?
2541Or, who would have heard of the existence of the Grand Duke of Wurtemburg of some ninety years back, but for his petty persecution of Schiller?
2541Patron or no patron, what care I?
2541Pourquoi?
2541Sir Thomas Browne once asked,"Do the devils lie?"
2541Some one said to her,"Why does everybody love you so much?"
2541The sour critic thinks of his rival:"When Heaven with such parts has blest him, Have I not reason to detest him?"
2541The wight writhed his countenance into a grin:"Sir,"said he,"can you say anything clever about BEND- LEATHER?"
2541They thought nobly-- did they act nobly?
2541Thus, who would now have known of Duke Alfonso of Ferrara, but for his imprisonment of Tasso?
2541To how many men in our own day might not the same description apply?
2541To what extent have the pupils profited by their experience in the school of life?
2541Turning round upon them, he said:"And why should the pleasing face of a gentleman frighten me?
2541What a melancholy contrast does France offer in all this?
2541What advantage have they taken of their opportunities for learning?
2541What are all the novels that find such multitudes of readers, but so many fictitious biographies?
2541What are the dramas that people crowd to see, but so much acted biography?
2541What have they gained in discipline of heart and mind?--how much in growth of wisdom, courage, self- control?
2541What have they learnt from trial and adversity?
2541What is French society in these latter days?
2541What was their history, their experience, their temper and disposition?
2541What would we not give to have a Boswell''s account of Shakspeare?
2541When Dumas asked Reboul,"What made you a poet?"
2541When a friend of Marshal Lefevre was complimenting him on his possessions and good fortune, the Marshal said:"You envy me, do you?
2541When he entered it, he asked of the servant,"What have you done with the paper that was round the barometer?"
2541When the saint was asked,"What virtues do you mean?"
2541When, after many hours, he recovered his senses, I believe after trepanning, his first words were to ask after his comrade,''Is he alive?''
2541Where is the generosity, the loyalty, the charm of our ESPRIT, and our former elevation of soul?
2541Where men of high standing have not the courage of their opinions, what is to be expected from men of low standing?
2541Who does not stand in need of toleration, of forbearance, of forgiveness?
2541Who does not suffer from some thorn in the flesh?
2541Who else could have so carried through my family affairs?--who lived so spotlessly before the world?
2541Who is perfect?
2541Who more kind unto his children?--Who more fast unto his friend?--Who more moderate unto his enemy?--Who more true to his word?"
2541Who save God alone shall call us to our reckoning?
2541Who should he find already settled there as a student but his old champion of the Truro Grammar School?
2541Who so wisely aided me in my rejection of a dry morality?....
2541Who, amid such difficulties, could have held up her head and supported me?....
2541Why is he not maintained, then, out of the public treasury?"
2541Why not do as others do?
2541Writing home to his mother, and describing the little court by which Moore was surrounded, he wrote,"Where shall we find such a king?"
2541[ 1615] How long was it to last?
2541[ 198] When Mason was reproached for publishing the private letters of Gray, he answered,"Would you always have my friends appear in full- dress?"
2541[ 2118] After this, might it not be said that the pursuit of mere happiness is an illusion?
2541exclaimed one of the Frenchmen,"is not Senor Cervantes in good circumstances?
2541who will now understand thee?"
45387= Where are the soldiers? 45387 A moment ago we asked, which is the Christian religion? 45387 And why? 45387 Are not these enough to make it sacred to all men? 45387 Are they the friends of the moral life, who perplex our conscience with conundrums? 45387 But are there not examples of the highest morality in the Christian world? 45387 But how are we going to dislodge him from his position? 45387 But which Christian religion does he mean? 45387 Could you be blamed for refusing to credit a statement which there is no evidence to establish? 45387 God or no God, a future life or no future life, is not temperance better than intemperance? 45387 How can a being, who does not live up to his profession,--who breaks his own commandments, be our moral ideal or model? 45387 How can a man with the example of heroic Japan fresh and fragrant before him, think of this earth as a hell without hisshibboleth?"
45387How can they be the same being?
45387How can they be the same being?
45387If I were to say to you,"You must believe that George Washington was the first president of America,"would you deserve any credit for believing it?
45387If a doctrine or proposition should be accepted as true in the absence of convincing evidence, why then is not Mohammedanism as true as Christianity?
45387If instead of being a religion of love, Christianity were a religion of hate, could it be less generous?
45387If instead of being the religion of the"meek and lowly"it were the religion of the proud and the haughty, could it have been more conceited?
45387If the mere belief in a God is enough, why is not the Mohammedan God enough?
45387If the one is as Christian as the other, why then do they try to convert each other-- why do the Catholics send missionaries to the Protestants?
45387If the only way we can appreciate our own morality is by defaming the majority of humanity, how contemptible must our morality he?
45387If there is no future glory, who will abstain from meat on Friday, or sprinkle his children, or read the Bible or listen to sermons?
45387If you can not answer his question, why attack his character?
45387Is it Christian Science?
45387Is it Lutheranism?
45387Is it Methodism?
45387Is it Presbyterianism?
45387Is it Unitarianism?
45387Is it any wonder that the"heathen"distrust the Christian nations of Europe and America?
45387Is it because he expects to be rewarded for it in the next life?
45387Is it not fortunate that only one day in seven is devoted to church- going?
45387Is it the Baptist Church?
45387Is it the church of England?
45387Is it true?
45387Is the moral life as easy as that?
45387Is this inspiring?
45387Now this protestant religion which is alone the hope of the world, what is it?
45387Oh, how long will it take before this black earth of ours shall change its color?
45387We now ask, which is the protestant religion?
45387What are we going to do,--if we associate morality with a being whose character is in dispute?
45387What did we do?
45387What do we do?
45387What does a mother think of in her last moments?
45387What gentle and refined mind can stand the strain?
45387What had this man done to deserve such sudden glorification?
45387What importance did Jesus attach to the moral life?
45387What is there in a belief in God which should be indispensable to the moral life?
45387What is there in this Palestinian Jew whom our famous preacher worships as his god that can tempt a man to bear even false witness for his sake?
45387What then is atheism?
45387Which of these, then, is the true protectant religion without which no morality is possible in this world or salvation in the next?
45387Which, then, is the Christian religion without which there can be no morality?
45387Who can walk straight under the weight of such crushing pessimism?
45387Why do people desire health?
45387Why is an employer of labor good to his men?
45387Why is not a bit of blue glass as good as a God?
45387Why should Bishop Anderson have less courage, or be more cautious?
45387Why should the moral life be inseparably associated with a belief in God?
45387Why then be moral at all?
45387Why, then, are they separated?
45387Will this father be less a father without the belief in future rewards?
14239But how is she to do these things, unless she has been_ brought up_ to understand domestic affairs? 14239 Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female?
14239''A wounded spirit who can bear?''
14239***** If a good character, a spotless reputation, is all- essential to the prosperity of a young man, what must it not be to a young woman?
14239And when once_ discovered_, who will repose confidence in such a youth?
14239And where happiness is not, what_ is_ all the rest?"
14239Are we to conclude from this, that the doctrines of those who have had these unworthy members, are false and licentious?
14239Besides, what is the labor in such a case?
14239But how are these to be obtained?
14239But if each maintain, with pertinacity, their opinion, what can be done?
14239But is this to deal honestly by the subject, or with the world?
14239But what high intellectual, or moral capacity is brought into exercise by a game so trivial?
14239But what shall be done?
14239But where is he now, and what are his circumstances and his position in the world?
14239Can earth furnish a spectacle more beautiful?
14239Can she rule her temper and control her tongue?
14239Can thy bark speed thee now?
14239Confident of his own skill as a card- player, how long would he hesitate to engage in a game for a small sum?
14239Do they influence them to honesty, industry, benevolence and neighborly kindness?
14239Do they inspire respect for the rights and interest of fellow- beings?
14239Do they lead to a love supreme to God, and to our neighbor as ourselves?
14239Do they not know that the worthless and abandoned of the female sex dress the most gaily and fashionably?
14239Do they open the ear to the cry of poverty and want?
14239Do you inquire where it can be obtained?
14239Do you shudder at the condition of this wretched youth, whose form yet flits like a shadow through our streets?
14239Do you start back in affright at the mere thought of becoming the poor, cast- off wreck of humanity that he is?
14239Does he think he has acted wisely?
14239Does she exhibit delicacy, refinement, and purity in her tastes and manners?
14239Does she manifest a noble, generous, friendly spirit?
14239Does she respect and obey her parents?
14239For what does she imagine she was created?
14239Has she a well- cultivated and well- stored mind?
14239He plunges into the wickedness to which, it tempts him-- he seizes the dazzling treasure, and finds-- what?
14239He sees that the first question evidently is,''_ Who were the Ephesians_?''
14239How can the young secure a good character?
14239How else can man comprehend its truths, and be instructed by its rich lessons of wisdom?
14239How is she to do these things, if she has been taught to think these matters beneath her study?
14239If this rule of judging was generally adopted, where is there a class of Christians which could stand?
14239In what respect would not the world be as well without her?
14239Is it not better to give the imagination a virtuous direction than to leave it to range without control, and without_ end_?
14239Is it not goodly to look upon?
14239Is it not necessary to exercise prudence, forethought, discretion, in taking a step so momentous?
14239Is not his the desire of the young of this large audience?
14239Is not this self- evident?
14239Is she a kind and affectionate sister?
14239Is she a respectful, dutiful, loving daughter?
14239Is she able and willing to engage in household duties?
14239Is she affectionate and forbearing?
14239Is she industrious, economical, and frugal in her habits?
14239Is she industrious, prudent, economical?
14239Is there a youth in the audience who does not desire to occupy a position so elevated and so honorable?
14239It was Paul; and what did Paul know of the Ephesians?
14239May not truth as well as falsehood be taken upon credit?
14239Must thou rush into danger from impulse of heart?
14239Now, how can it be obtained?
14239Of what service is she to the world?
14239Of what use her music, her drawing, and her romantic epistles?
14239Of what_ use_ are_ her_ accomplishments?
14239Pure gold?--true delight?--unalloyed happiness?
14239Shall we, therefore, insist that Christianity is false and corrupting?
14239Should they not urge their daughters to seek for a higher excellency, a more creditable distinction than this?
14239The single consideration,''What would she think were she now to see me?''
14239The world looks beyond these outward ornaments, and asks-- Has she a good heart and gentle disposition?
14239To help them eat, and drink, and sleep?
14239To what other conclusion can the observer come?
14239To what sources should the young apply for correct religious doctrines and principles?
14239Were there not among the chosen twelve of our Saviour, a Judas to betray him, and a Peter to deny him with oaths?
14239What has brought him to this pitiable condition-- this state of utter wretchedness?
14239What is the estimation in which I wish to be held by those within the circle of my acquaintance?
14239What line of conduct should the young adopt towards those who differ from them on religious doctrines?
14239What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
14239What position am I anxious to occupy in society?
14239What wise parent can make such a choice for his son?
14239When this outward beauty loses its charm and passes away, as it will in a brief space of time, what has he left?
14239Where now is the gay ship which ventured forth without needful preparation?
14239Where shall we seek for it?
14239Who are willing to adopt this test?
14239Who can refute a_ sneer_?
14239Who can wish to pass a_ blank_ existence?
14239Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?"
14239Who will confide anything to his oversight?
14239Who will give him employment?
14239Who will render him assistance in his business affairs, when he is straitened and in need of the aid of friends?
14239Who will trust him, or encourage him, or countenance him?
14239Why does he thus turn aside from virtue''s path?
14239Why thus trample upon the affectionate counsel and admonition of wise parents and kind friends?
14239Will she be likely to assist you in husbanding your income, and taking care of your earnings?
14239Will you thus live and die, O man immortal?
14239With all the dangerous associations and tendencies of card- playing, would they have their children acquire a passion for it?
14239Without the kind Angel, thy beautiful guide?
14239Would you avoid a fate so direful?
14239Would you avoid his fate?
14239Would you behold such a tree?
14239Would you launch away on this sea of death?
14239Would you partake of the immortal fame of a Howard?
14239had he ever been there?
14239no;--then what lures thee, fair youth, to depart?
14239or was he writing to strangers?
14239without wind, without tide?
56721What is the implication? 56721 And again, what, scientifically viewed, is our personal relation to that inscrutable power which makes for righteousness? 56721 Are they then to be regarded as purposed actions? 56721 Are we to suppose that the Free Will predicated of man is an universal possession of all? 56721 But after all, if we succeed in establishing purposive actions as incidents in a process of equilibration, what have we gained? 56721 But then the question arises, upon what principle should ethical judgments be formed? 56721 Can purpose by any means be made lineable in such a sequence? 56721 Can there then be purpose without consciousness? 56721 Could such a chemical combination accidentally become conscious, and by a succession of sports organise its consciousness into purpose? 56721 Do the idiot and the maniac possess it, or on the contrary is it possessed unequally by men, and by some not at all? 56721 Do we then accept a spiritual evolution to which the materialistic has been altogether subordinate? 56721 Does this mean a chemical action? 56721 For what is the Ego spoken of, and of what does it consist? 56721 Generally speaking, is it a scientific enquiry for the information of our minds, or is it investigated for the enforcement of ethical injunctions? 56721 Has he the vaunted power of self- rule? 56721 Hence arise the questions, What can be the obligation of a relative morality? 56721 How can we understand Purpose as an equilibration? 56721 How then can we arrive at any ethical rule by the study of Biology? 56721 If, again, it is a practical question as to the power of self- rule, are we to suppose that all men have it in equal degrees? 56721 Is it a natural history of human conduct, more particularly of that part of it called ethical? 56721 Is it an investigation into the natural authority of ethical injunction? 56721 Is it merely a concomitant of the physical line of events? 56721 Is it merely scientific determination of the origin, growth, and variations of ethical opinion? 56721 Is it produced without producing? 56721 Or does it refer to the action of heat and light? 56721 Or, to repeat the old difficulty, is the subjective factor present in the line of causation at all? 56721 The great practical question is this: Has man the power of choice amongst motives? 56721 The question arises, must all purpose be conscious purpose? 56721 The question, thereupon arises, Is the subjective a factor in a process of equilibration, and is righteousness subjective equilibration? 56721 We recognise the gradual development, but where is the deductive connexion? 56721 What has science to say to it? 56721 What need then for sentiency in the subsequent development? 56721 What would be the result if I did this? 56721 Whence then the newregulative system,"the want of which fills Mr. Spencer with alarm?
56721Where is the promised system of corollaries from original factors which shall account for the historical development?
56721Why?
56721[ 13]"What shape, then, must the mutual restraints take when co- operation begins?
56721and can he cultivate it?
56721and-- Is there no absolute morality with its imperatives universal in space and in time?
56721on the other hand, would it not be better to do that?
13449And I suppose you do n''t envy him?
13449And are their reports enthusiastic?
13449And why are you going to Timbuctoo?
13449As questions are being asked, where are you going to?
13449But to be crushed under a cartload of bricks is n''t likely to do one much good, is it? 13449 But why?"
13449Ca n''t I take it up seriously, dad?
13449Ca n''t something be done?
13449Cash in advance?
13449Come to the theatre with us to- night, Omega?
13449Got another engagement?
13449Has anything happened up to now?
13449Has he had it?
13449Have you met anybody who''s been there?
13449I say, mater,he said, over the cheese,"can you lend me fifty dollars?"
13449It is a shame, is n''t it?
13449Never travel in the same train with him? 13449 Not by the people who''ve been there?"
13449Nothing to be done?
13449Suppose you to be dead-- what would happen? 13449 The precaution mania?
13449Then why wo n''t you come? 13449 Titivating herself?"
13449Well, dad, will you buy a picture from me?
13449Well, my pet,said he,"you do n''t reckon you could be a star pianist, do you?
13449What about her?
13449What mania?
13449Why? 13449 And his eyes, challenging hers, seem to say:Can I neglect my business?
13449And just as I was clearing my throat to begin he exclaimed, with a jerk of the elbow and a benevolently satiric smile:"See that girl?"
13449And now he says:"I suppose you mean me to''take up''one of these things?"
13449And now the plain man who is reading this and unwillingly fitting the cap will irately protest:"Do you suppose I have n''t examined my own case?
13449And the plain man demanded of the traveller:"Where are you going to?"
13449And what else does it yield?
13449And what''s the matter with the cove''s second daughter, anyway?"
13449Are their reports enthusiastic?"
13449Are you not content to carry on the ancient tradition?
13449As I say, Timbuctoo''s supposed to be--""Supposed by whom?"
13449But I am glad that you have had five, six, seven, or eight hours of passionate pleasure"?
13449But do you see that boy dallying at the street corner with his mate?
13449But do you see these four creatures with their hands cut off, thrust out into the infested desert?
13449But does the plain man put it?
13449But who brought her up to be an amateur?
13449But who in England or America( or elsewhere) thinks of it in that connection?
13449Can I shirk my responsibilities?
13449Can it not be got by simply sitting down in a chair and yielding to a mood?
13449Can you not hear yourself employing a classic phrase about"the woman''s sphere"?
13449Do n''t you think we deserve some reward for all we''ve suffered under your piano- practising?"
13449Do you ever meet him nowadays?"
13449Do you in your mind''s eye see her cannily choosing beef at the butcher''s, or shining for your pleasure in the drawing- room?
13449Do you see that child there playing with a razor?
13449Do you see that other youngster striving against a wolf with a lead pencil for weapon?
13449Do you suppose I do n''t understand it?
13449Does it satisfy his instincts?
13449Does not every one possess it?
13449Does she care?
13449Fifteen hundred dollars a concert, and so on?"
13449For what other immediate end is the colossal travail being accomplished?
13449Has she ever studied housekeeping scientifically?
13449He may-- in fact he does-- gloomily and savagely mutter:"What pleasure do I get out of life?"
13449He said:"But you are travelling?"
13449His own complaint--"What pleasure do I get out of life?"
13449How many legs of mutton have they cooked between them in their lives?
13449How?
13449I may have a little leisure, but of what use is leisure without freedom of mind?
13449I mean-- does he put it seriously and effectively?
13449I really wonder that with fourteen( or a hundred and forty) grown men in your establishment you can not produce an ample and regular income?"
13449Is it his life?
13449Is there any reason in human nature why a complex machine such as a house may be worked with fewer breakdowns than an office or manufactory?
13449Mr. Alpha broke in sharply:"What are you worrying your mother about money for?
13449Peace, ease, relaxation in a home vibrating to the whir of such astounding phenomena?
13449Said Mrs. Omicron suddenly, with an ingratiating accent:"What about that ring that I was to have?"
13449Shall she not cherish this quality, adorn it, intensify it?
13449The plain man, beginning to be annoyed, said:"Have you never asked yourself where you are going to?"
13449The traveller demanded:"Then why are you going there?"
13449There was a silence, which was broken by the traveller, who inquired:"Any interesting places en route?"
13449Was it not he who created the machine?
13449Was it out of kindness that you refused to allow your youngest to acquire the skill to earn her own living?
13449Was it out of kindness that you thwarted her instinct and filled her soul with regret that may be eternal?
13449Well, does he like it?
13449What about old age, sickness, death, quarter- day, rates, taxes, and your new hat?
13449What do I stand to gain by it later on?"
13449What do I stand to gain by it this evening, to- morrow, this week-- next week?"
13449What grievance can she have?"
13449What have you been doing with your money lately?"
13449What in Heaven''s name should you want to teach for?
13449What is a home, Mr. Omicron?
13449What is the use of being happy unless he knows he is happy?
13449What''s he doing with himself?
13449What''s that?"
13449Where would the children be?
13449Where would you be if I shirked them?
13449Who should understand it if I do n''t?
13449Why did you insist on marrying Mrs. Omicron?
13449Why not?"
13449Why should he submit to everlasting boredom for the mere sake of acting like everybody else?
13449You do n''t mean to tell me you''re hard up?"
13449says his wife, meaning,"Ca n''t something be done to ameliorate your hard lot?"
41901But where is our supply coming from? 41901 But why do you dwell on those things that terrify you?"
41901Lying on the prairie grass and lifting my hand toward the sky, I used to say in my inmost spirit,''What is it? 41901 What do you mean by that?
41901What is the use,he says,"of trying to fight against Nature''s laws?
41901Why do you harbor such old age thoughts? 41901 Why should I stamp these new body cells with four score years,"he says,"when not a single one of them may be a quarter of that age?"
41901You say you have tried everything you could think of in managing your employees, but has it ever occurred to you to try Love''s way?
41901Are you carrying a great excess of baggage, clinging to unnecessary things which handicap you?
41901Are you in the habit of losing your temper, of flying into a rage over trifles?
41901Are you not about tired of being defrauded by this thief of the blessings and the good things which the Creator intended we all should have?
41901Are you not tired of having your plans thwarted, your efforts blighted by the traitor, doubt?
41901But what difference does that make?"
41901But why should any one look forward to such a period?
41901CHAPTER IX HAVE YOU TRIED LOVE''S WAY?
41901CHAPTER XI THE TRIUMPH OF HEALTH IDEALS"What is the body after all but the spirit breaking through the flesh, or health but beauty in the organism?"
41901CHAPTER XIV PREPARING THE MIND FOR SLEEP Sleep, gentle sleep, how have I frighted thee?
41901Did you ever know a person who has a great many"I ca nt''s,"and excuses in his vocabulary to accomplish very much?
41901Did you ever think that every time you say"I ca n''t"you weaken your confidence in yourself and your power to do things?
41901Do you have a horror of possible failure?
41901Do you realize that habit is getting a tremendous grip upon you, and that before you realize it you may be a"perpetual clerk"?
41901Do you shrink from the possible humiliation of losing out in your venture?
41901Does any one question the mighty power of electricity because it can not be seen or heard or smelled?
41901Have you ever thought of the possibilities of spiritual and mental development during sleep?
41901Have_ you_ done the biggest thing you are capable of doing?
41901How are we going to get the necessaries of life?
41901How are we going to pay the rent, the mortgage off the home, the farm?
41901How long have you been just an ordinary employee?
41901How much of a grip has your vision on you?
41901If we wish to have abounding health( and who does not?)
41901Inasmuch as it is so affected, is it not reasonable to assume that the stomach cells are influenced by the thought which you project into them?
41901Is it any wonder that life is a disappointment to them?
41901Is it any wonder that they see only what they look for, get only what they expect?
41901Is it not worth while to get into such relations?
41901Is it the additional responsibility you shrink from, the extra work?
41901Now, if, as we have seen, the subconscious mind can perform real work, real service for us, why should we not use it especially during sleep?
41901Of course we all have ideals of some kind when we are young; but how many of us keep them even till middle age?
41901Some handicap, some invisible thread?
41901What are you afraid of?
41901What could have kept Ole Bull from becoming a master musician?
41901What could keep a Faraday or an Edison, whom no hardships frightened, from realizing the wonderful visions of boyhood?
41901What do these people know about love?
41901What is it that enlarges your doubt and holds you back?
41901What is the aim to be, O God?''"
41901What will happen to us if we can not get it?
41901What would become of humanity were it not for love, which sweetens the hardest labor and makes self- sacrifice a joy?
41901What young man has entered into active life without an ideal before him of what he is going to do, and how the world is going to be bettered by him?
41901Whence comes the intelligence which governs and directs the work of these little builders and repairers?
41901Where are the children''s clothes coming from?
41901Where is our supply coming from?
41901Where is the money coming from?
41901Who has not seen the magic power of love in transforming rough, uncouth men into refined and devoted husbands?
41901Why are you visualizing decrepitude, the dulling and weakening of your mental faculties?
41901Why ca n''t I get a job that will enable us to really live?"
41901Why delay beginning the thing that you know perfectly well you ought to do?
41901Why not try love''s way?
41901Why not turn it out of your mental house?
41901Why should we fear to jump into the arms of the Infinite when we come to death''s door, which is only the entrance to another life?
41901nor has returned; yet on my way Along the pave or through the clanging mart, Sometimes a stranger''s eye falls full on mine;"You too?"
39648''Why could not we cast him out?'' 39648 Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other''s eyes for an instant?"
39648Hast thou made much of words, and forms, and tests, And thought but little of the peace and love,-- His Gospel to the poor? 39648 If we can live in Christ and have His life in us, shall not the spiritual balance and proportion which were His become ours too?
39648No word, once spoken, returneth Even if uttered unwillingly-- Shall God excuse our rashness? 39648 Speaking of ancestors--''What right have I to question them, or judge them, or bring them forward in my life as being responsible for my nature?
39648The Past is something, but the Present more; Will It not, too, be past? 39648 Trouble is so hard to bear, is it not?
39648WOULD''ST shape a noble life? 39648 What is it when a child dies?
39648Why wilt thou defer thy good purpose from day to day? 39648 ''Lord, what hast Thou to do with it?'' 39648 ''Tis but self- pity, pleasant, mean and sly, Low whispering bids the paltry memory live:-- What am I brother for, but to forgive? 39648 And is it not matter of common observation that persons who begin by being Stoics in demeanour end by becoming Stoics in reality?
39648Are they not almost the staple of our daily happiness?
39648Aspiration NOVEMBER 2"If a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated?"
39648Bereavement SEPTEMBER 3"If we still love those we lose, can we altogether lose those we love?"
39648Bereavement SEPTEMBER 4"Parting and forgetting?
39648Books DECEMBER 5"But what strange art, what magic can dispose The troubled mind to change its native woes?
39648But is not temper a constitutional thing?
39648Could any form of words be more elevated, more persuasive, more alluring?
39648Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?"
39648Do they not thrill the heart and strengthen the conscience?
39648Dost thou condemn Thy brother, looking down, in pride of heart, On each poor wanderer from the fold of Truth?...
39648Doubt that Thy power can fill the heart that Thy power expands?
39648First, by humility: when a man knows his own weaknesses, why should he be angry with others for pointing them out?
39648How can we live and think that any one has trouble-- piercing trouble-- and we could help them and never try?"
39648How does he conduct himself towards women and children?...
39648If He were really our Master and our Saviour, could it be that we should get so eager and excited over little things?
39648If I roll back the responsibility to them, had they not fathers?
39648If every own fault found us out, Dogged us and hedged us round about, What comfort should we take because Not half our due we thus wrung out?
39648Ill- Nature APRIL 28"HOW is ill- nature to be met and overcome?
39648Is it not hereditary, a family failing, a matter of temperament, and can_ that_ be cured?
39648Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
39648Is not this the exact opposite to the world''s code of morality upon that subject?
39648It is vain for us to ask,''Am I my brother''s keeper?''
39648Judging JUNE 27"The sinner''s own fault?
39648Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?"
39648Logically, men might be puppets; consciously, they were self- determinating, and Jesus said with emphasis,''Wilt thou?''"
39648Manifestations of God OCTOBER 6"For how, as a matter of fact, do we grow to know God?
39648Nay, these failing, is there not left Christian charity?
39648Or lead us willing from ourselves, to see Others more wretched, more undone than we?
39648Repentance MAY 31"What is true contrition?
39648Rest NOVEMBER 10"Now, what is the first step towards the winning of that rest?
39648Safe in thy immortality, What change can reach the wealth I hold?
39648Temper APRIL 11"What is temper?
39648The cricket is not the nightingale; why tell him so?
39648There shall never be one Lost Good NOVEMBER 3"Therefore to whom turn I but to Thee, the ineffable Name?
39648Unrequited Love SEPTEMBER 2"Infancy?
39648We feel( do we not?)
39648What but that is the thing we want?
39648What can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?
39648What can we do?
39648What chance can mar the pearl and gold Thy love hath left in trust for me?
39648What course then did the father take, in the case before us, to pacify the angry passions of his ill- natured son?
39648What faithful heart can do these?
39648What if the rose- streak of morning Pale and depart in a passion of tears?
39648What then should we say of our own heart when we see in it a quite contrary frame of mind?
39648What, have fear of change from Thee Who art ever the same?
39648When was I not religious?''
39648Who does not know the trials which seem peculiar to a break- up, a change in our outward life?
39648Whoever heard of gluttony doing God''s will, or laziness, or uncleanness, or the man who was careless and wanton of natural life?
39648Why do we let human malignity embitter us?
39648Why not make earnest effort to confer that pleasure on others?
39648Why should ingratitude, jealousy-- perfidy even-- enrage us?
39648Why should we mis- know one another, fight not against the enemy, but against ourselves, from mere difference of uniform?"
39648Why should we overstrain ourselves in that which is beyond our strength, or neglect plain duties for others less obvious?
39648_ Amiel''s Journal._"What are the chief causes of_ Unrest_?
39648_ Memoir of George Wilson._"The widow''s mite?
39648and had not their fathers fathers?
39648remembering thee, Am I not richer than of old?
49263Do you persuade yourself that I respect you?
49263Is she a Lady or a Person?
49263And another equally sumptuous residence for the more honest Bill Brown, the poacher?
49263And what of the isolated young girl?
49263And, as for Robinson, does he not absent himself from service whenever he is beyond the espionage of the Little Muddleton Road clan?
49263Are these the visions of Utopianism?
49263Are we, then, to despair of a cure?
49263But is he wholly to blame for this?
49263But was she a lady?
49263But what shall be said of that multitude of our countrymen who live to amuse themselves in such primitive fashion?
49263But why should not Pugsley have his monument?
49263Can any wholesome influence come out of the frowsy atmosphere of a villa inhabited by Veneerings?
49263Can you by any human power be dragged out of the slime in which you love to wallow?
49263Could one devise a better way of advertising his Piquant Pickles?
49263Did I not indicate a method of prophylaxis, a scientific, humane, and gradual extinction of the taint?
49263Did not Mrs. Smith set the example in_ ton_, in Little Muddleton Road?
49263Do you mean to say that respectable men from home here would----?
49263Do you not know the unctuous provincial tradesfolk who never attend their local theatres for fear of the Puritans of Little Peddlington?
49263Does she not pay her sisters too high a compliment?
49263Does this hotchpotch of contradiction help you in determining the qualities of a gentleman?
49263Has he not been heard to declare in private that his regular attendance at chapel is a matter of business?
49263Have I not said that"were it not for the inherited virus,"the veneering girls"might have been decent and wholesome women?"
49263Have we not seen it?
49263Have you ever read or heard of a truly noble man or woman who was also respectable?
49263Have you not seen the crowd cower like frightened sheep at the sound of a self- important voice?
49263How can we inveigh against these tired workers for the drowsy occupation of their few leisure hours?
49263How could these women be respectable in such scanty drapery?
49263How do these dismal, over- crowded, smoke- blackened haunts of Respectability impress"the intelligent foreigner?"
49263How long, O Lord, how long?"
49263How many of Pugsley''s women have been forced to supplement their wretched earnings by prostitution?
49263How, then, can we lessen the chances of drawing the wrong card in the great lottery of marriage?
49263I said:"Where is the orderly?
49263I want to know why the big thief, Pugsley, is made a peer, and the man who steals a handful of turnips is sent to the County gaol?
49263Is he not a man and a brother?"
49263Is it a matter for wonder?
49263Is it moral to kill the social affections?
49263Is there no escape from a seemingly invincible fate that restricts the thought and energy of the million to the bare affairs of the shop?
49263Is there no room for Jeames in this mixed assemblage?
49263Is there the least need to dwell upon the contrast of decency that these Curumbas women present to the"respectable English ladies"of Calcutta?
49263Is this the kind of man who will sedulously guard against soiling his hands in dirty commercial enterprises?
49263Must hands be stained with men''s blood ere the rich will bestir themselves to render justice to the poor?
49263Must we wait for this?
49263Supposing it possible for an original mind to pursue the preposterous chimera of respectability, where would such a mind find itself ultimately?
49263The only thing to decide is, which sort?
49263The question is-- Can a man live the higher life, and_ succeed_ in the worldly meaning of prosperity?
49263These attempts to stamp out individuality of character promote social progress?
49263WHAT IS RESPECTABILITY?
49263WHAT IS RESPECTABILITY?
49263Was not Mr. Brown very respectable?
49263Was not Mrs. Robinson distantly related to a branch of the aristocracy?
49263Was the opposition entirely motived by a spirit of scientific scepticism and caution?
49263Was the pensive opium- eater thoroughly overawed or depressed by the Respectability of the classic city?
49263Were there not originally the germs of ideas, imagination, and emotion, in these unfortunate contented souls?
49263What does Villadom read, talk of, and think upon?
49263What happiness, what profit, come out of such masquerading?
49263What is its effect upon the morals and the weal of the order?
49263What were the peculiarities of these ancestors whose idiosyncracies have degenerated into actual brain disease?
49263What will Mrs. Robinson think?"
49263When the majority disagree as to the outward semblance and the inner attributes of"real gentlefolk,"how can we distinguish individuals of the order?
49263Why not?
49263Why not?
49263Why, in the name of reason, am I to flatter and applaud this commercial gamester?
49263Will the Respectables always crucify their social redeemers?
49263Will the prosperous business career of the future be alone compatible with a low standard of thought, and a corrupt canon of commercial morals?
49263Would it not be an act of sheer defamation of character to describe Ben Jonson, Shakspere, Dryden, Fielding, and Burns as"respectable men?"
49263Yet how far?
49263Yet need money- getting always degrade the people?
49263Yet, who to- day but the most degraded peasants of the wild hills believes in witches?
49263is there anything greater under the sun?
49263is there one man in ten in this great sheep- pen who would like to be seen blacking his own boots or sweeping the snow from the front of his house?
49263what did he in a company where externals count for all a man is worth?
49263who has it not cursed and perverted at some time in his life?
23092But what would be the use?
23092Why did you hire out as a_ cordon bleu_? 23092 ***** But why linger over these things? 23092 ***** May I be permitted, in this appeal for simplicity of speech, to frame a wish whose fulfilment would have the happiest results? 23092 *****And what about the necessary distinctions in life?"
23092Am I_ not_ blowing trumpets for those who hold trumpet- blowing in horror?
23092And common sense-- do you not find what is designated by this name becoming as rare as the common- sense customs of other days?
23092And what shall we say of the pride of good men?
23092And who will furnish the money?
23092And yet, what would become of us if these cares absorbed us entirely?
23092Are there not various fashions of being vanquished?
23092Are they not unreasonable to complain of envy, after having done everything to provoke it?
23092As the only human means of soothing grief is to share it in the heart, how must a sufferer feel, consoled in this fashion?
23092Ask different people, of very unlike surroundings, this question: What do you need to live?
23092But does their inhumanity or hypocrisy take away the value of the good that others do, and that they often hide with a modesty so perfect?
23092But suppose they are not found?
23092But the middle classes themselves-- do they consider themselves satisfied?
23092But what generally happens in our day?
23092Can you combat it, suppress it?
23092Can you do it?
23092Did our mothers look for pay in loving us and caring for us?
23092Do not the very sinews of virtue lie in man''s capacity to care for something outside himself?
23092Do you think it the height of pleasure for others to admire us, to admit our superiority, and to act as our tools?
23092Does anyone suppose that in this way men can be shaped who shall respect country, religion and law?
23092Does the rain- drop doubt the ocean?
23092Does this mean that in order to defend herself against her enemies and to honor her flag, a country need only be rich?
23092Frank libertinage, does it deaden the sting of the senses?
23092Has drunkenness, inventive as it is of new drinks, found the means of quenching thirst?
23092Has this desirable result been more nearly attained through the great care bestowed upon instruction?
23092Have we the perilous honor of being always in view, of marching in the front ranks?
23092He errs greatly who thinks that the query,"What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?"
23092How can we talk of liberty so long as this grave problem of free- will is not solved?
23092How do you think a man can be amused while he has his doubts whether after all life is worth living?
23092How is it that she passes pure and scathless in the midst of these dark enemies, like the prophet of the sacred legend among the roaring beasts?
23092How much of it do they owe to the unselfishness of the simple- hearted?
23092If in the midst of means continually more and more perfected, the workman diminishes in value, of what use are these fine tools at his disposal?
23092In reality, our language translated into truthful speech would amount to this:"You suffer, my friend?
23092In what does this strength consist, or where is it found?
23092Is it an indifferent matter to add to defeat, discouragement, disorder, and demoralization?
23092Is it liberty still, when it is the prerogative of criminals or heedless blunderers?
23092Is it nothing to be without home and its love, without future, without personal ambition?
23092Is not this better than to covet what one has not, and to give one''s self up to longings for a poor imitation of others''finery?
23092Is there anything in the world so disgusting as to feel one''s self patronized, made capital of, enrolled in a claque?
23092Is this a proper respect-- this respect which does not extend beyond what touches and belongs to ourselves?
23092Is this true of men?
23092It is better to put the question otherwise, and ask: Is my own religion good, and how may I know it?
23092It is true that he feels impelled to run to the succor of these unfortunates, but at the same time he asks himself,"What is the use?"
23092May we be permitted to record here some observations made from life?
23092Need we say that one does not rise to this point of view without a struggle?
23092Of what value is the mercenary journalist?
23092On the various rungs of the bourgeois ladder people reply to the question, what is necessary to live?
23092Shall liberty, then, be proscribed?
23092Should I keep this modesty, this naturalness, this uprightness which uses its own as though it belonged to others?"
23092Since no one can hold life in check, is it not better to respect it and use it than to go about making other people disgusted with it?
23092The papers say enough of those who break windows; but why do they make no mention of those who spend their nights toiling over problems?
23092Then shall we stop the people''s ears, suppress public instruction, close the schools?
23092Then why did they engage themselves with you?
23092To be a painter, does it suffice to arm one''s self with a brush, or does the purchase at great cost of a Stradivarius make one a musician?
23092To console a person, what do we do?
23092To defend your country?
23092To do good?
23092Upon what does it rest its peremptory claims?
23092VII SIMPLE PLEASURES Do you find life amusing in these days?
23092We owe everything to them-- do we not?
23092Well; what remedy for it do you offer?
23092What are this stranger''s rights?
23092What charm could you find in this borrowed language?
23092What conclusion shall we draw from this, if not that with us there is a considerable elasticity in the nature and number of needs?
23092What do we ordinarily do?
23092What does it cost you to speak the truth?
23092What good can come from this habit of exaggerated speech?
23092What is a good lamp?
23092What is the meaning of this persistent instinct which pushes us on?
23092What material things does a man need to live under the best conditions?
23092What would become of filial piety if we asked it for loving and caring for our aged parents?
23092What would you say of a young girl who expressed her thoughts in terms very choice, indeed, but taken word for word from a phrase- book?
23092When damage is done, who should repair it?
23092When shall we be so simply and truly_ men_ as not to obtrude our personal business and distresses upon the people we meet socially?
23092Whence comes it that it lights only an incomplete circle, when in olden times young and old sat shoulder to shoulder?
23092Whence comes their heart- burning?
23092Where can the fault be?
23092Where lies the cause of this phenomenon?
23092Who talk of them?
23092Who then shall give him the first enlightenment and put him in the way he should go?
23092Why does the peasant desert for the inn the house that his father and grandfather found so comfortable?
23092Why should I not say it?
23092Why, under pretext of decorating our homes, do we destroy that personal character which always has such value?
23092Why?
23092Why?
23092Will you wait to find the man who caused the mischief?
23092Without it, what is the most richly decorated house?
23092Would they have succeeded had they met only shrewd men of their own sort, having for device:"No money, no service?"
23092[ A] After this, is there any need to ask if we have become better?
23092its titles?
23092or suppose they can not or will not make amends?
23092the ray mistrust the sun?
23092to take upon one''s self that cross of solitary life, so hard to bear, especially when there is added the solitude of the heart?
10274Doth not,saith this kind of slanderer,"his temper incline him to do thus?
10274I pray thee;what language could be more courteous and gentle?
10274My son;what compellation could be more benign and kind?
10274Swords,saith the psalmist of such persons,"are in their lips: Who( say they) doth hear?"
10274Tell me,saith he,"what difficulty, what sweat, what art, what hazard, what more doth it require beside a little care"to abstain wholly from it?
10274give glory to God, and make confession;what words could be more inoffensively pertinent?
10274Again:"He doeth well,"saith the sycophant,"it is true; but why, and to what end?
10274And is not the same, is not much greater care to be used in regard to the incomparably great and glorious Majesty of Heaven?
10274And what reasonable man will do that which is disgustful to the wise and good, is grateful only to the foolish and baser sort of men?
10274And when he sentenced that great malefactor, the cause of so much mischief, this was all he said,"Why hast thou troubled us?
10274Are not some persons always, and all persons sometimes, incapable otherwise to divert themselves, than by such discourse?
10274But first it may be demanded what the thing we speak of is, or what this facetiousness doth import?
10274Could he have said more?
10274Do pretty conceits or humorous talk carry on any business, or perform any work?
10274For he that dareth thus to injure his neighbour, who can trust him in anything he speaks?
10274For in ordinary conversation what needful or reasonable occasion can intervene of violating this command?
10274For what can be more unsuitable and unpromising, than to seem serious with those who are not so themselves, or demure with the scornful?
10274He that is so loose in so clear and so considerable a point of obedience to God, how can he be supposed staunch in regard to any other?
10274If he goeth to clear himself from the matter of such aspersions:"What need,"saith this insidious speaker,"of that?
10274If oaths generally become cheap and vile, what will that of allegiance signify?
10274If we do mark what is done in many( might I not say, in most?)
10274If we look upon such language in its own nature, what is it but a symptom of a foul, a weak, a disordered and a distempered mind?
10274Is it not grown so common a thing to asperse causelessly that no man wonders at it, that few dislike, that scarce any detest it?
10274Is it not more advisable to suppress our passion, or to let it evaporate otherwise, than to discharge it in so foul a way?
10274Is it not the sport and divertisement of many, to cast dirt in the faces of all they meet with; to bespatter any man with foul imputations?
10274Is it not wisdom rather to smother or curb our humour, than by satisfying it thus to forfeit our innocence?
10274Is it not, as most men do, out of ill design?
10274Is not always the straight way more short than the oblique and crooked?
10274Is not this plainly the life of a child that is ever busy, yet never hath anything to do?
10274Shall we, I say, have no recreation?
10274Since he rejecteth the grounds of reasoning,''tis vain to be in earnest; what then remains but to jest with him?
10274Surely to this case we may accommodate that of a truly great wit, King Solomon:"I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?"
10274To what purpose, I pray, is God''s name hooked and haled into our idle talk?
10274What can be more absurd than to make business of play, to be studious and laborious in toys, to make a profession or drive a trade of impertinency?
10274What do men commonly please themselves in so much, as in carping and harshly censuring, in defaming and abusing their neighbours?
10274What is a little truth, what is any man''s reputation in comparison to the carrying on such brave designs?
10274What more than this can he say for himself?
10274What satisfaction will any man have from it?
10274What therefore, beside monstrous vanity and unaccountable perverseness, should hold men so devoted thereto?
10274What were more ridiculous than to swear the truth of a demonstrable theorem?
10274Who then will be the more trusted for swearing?
10274Who will regard his fame, who will be concerned to excuse his faults, who so outrageously abuseth the reputation of others?
10274Why should those games which excite our wits and fancies be less reasonable than those whereby our grosser parts and faculties are exercised?
10274an assembly of treacherous men, and they bend their tongues like their bow for lies"?
10274are the treasures and joys of paradise, or the damages and torments in hell, more jesting matters?
10274can there be any valuable exchange for our honesty?
10274companies, what is it but one telling malicious stories of, or fastening odious characters upon another?
10274did I name you?
10274do you not prejudge yourself guilty?
10274had he not fair opportunity and strong temptation to it?
10274hath he not acted so in like cases?
10274have not others made as fair a show?
10274is not the fair way more pleasant and passable than the foul?
10274is not the plain way more easy than the rough and cragged?
10274may he not dissemble now?
10274may he not recoil hereafter?
10274may not his interest have swayed him thereto?
10274must I needs mean you?
10274or must our recreations be ever clownish, or childish, consisting merely in rustical efforts, or in petty sleights of bodily strength and activity?
10274what will not he say to please his vile humour, or further his base interest?
10274what, thinks any man, will he scruple or boggle at, who hath the heart in thus doing wrong and mischief to imitate the devil?
10274why do you then assume it to yourself?
10274why should we so often mention Him, when we do not mean anything about Him?
10274why, if he deemeth his own honesty to bear proof, doth he cite Heaven to warrant it?
10274would he have said so much, if he had not conceived the matter to be of exceeding weight and consequence?
10274would it not, into every sentence to foist a dog or a horse, to intrude Turkish, or any barbarous gibberish, be altogether as proper and pertinent?
18533Are you willing to die?
18533How can I do any good?
18533My good woman,said the judge,"what is it that your daughter does which renders it so uncomfortable to live with her?"
18533What makes you think,I asked,"that you are prepared to die?"
18533After conversing with him a little while, I said,"Do you think you shall ever get well again?"
18533And after they have done all this, is it a small sin for you to disobey them and make them unhappy?
18533And can a child be so hard- hearted as not to love a mother?
18533And can a child, who is neither beloved nor respected, be happy?
18533And can any one love or esteem a child who has become so degraded?
18533And can you ever bear the thought of causing grief to her whose love is so strong; whose kindness is so great?
18533And do you not think that the boy has already suffered for it?
18533And do you think that child was not happy, as, in the silence of his chamber, he surrendered himself to God?
18533And do you think they will wish to have a liar enter heaven, to be associated with them?
18533And does it not seem very ungrateful that you should resist all this kindness and care, and continue to refuse to submit yourself to him?
18533And how can he help liking you for it?
18533And how do you suppose that boy felt?
18533And how do you suppose the liar must feel when he comes to die?
18533And is it not kind in our heavenly Father to resolve that those who will not obey his laws shall be for ever excluded from heaven?
18533And is it pleasant to have the reputation of a liar?
18533And is there a child who reads this book, who would be willing to be the cause of sorrow to his father and his mother?
18533And is there not something noble in being able to be always calm and pleasant?
18533And ought we not to love so kind a Savior?
18533And shall we not be grateful?
18533And think you God will hold any child guiltless, who shall, by his misconduct, make his parents unhappy?
18533And what can be more humiliating and degrading than to have the name of a liar?
18533And what did that viper do?
18533And what do you think he says of it now?
18533And what should you think of yourself, if you could go to their parlor, and receive their bounty, and yet be ungrateful and disobedient?
18533And when he, while enduring the agony of the cross, cried out,"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
18533And when your mother dies, do you not think that you will feel remorse for every unkind word you have uttered, and for every act of ingratitude?
18533And where is the child who does not wish to have this Savior for his friend, and to have a home in heaven?
18533And who does not see the absurdity of the excuses which the guilty man offered?
18533Are you under no obligation to us for all this trouble and expense?"
18533As you slip one side to allow him to take your place at the fire, will he not feel that you are kind?
18533At last, however, he summoned courage, and called out to Henry upon the play- ground--"Henry, will you lend me your rod to go a fishing?"
18533But George would have replied,"Do you think that I care for your laughing?
18533But do you think that Casabianca was a coward?
18533But if you yield to the temptation, how can you help despising yourself?
18533But perhaps some child who reads this, asks,"Does God notice little children in school?"
18533But perhaps you ask, What positive harm does it do?
18533But what could she do?
18533But what did he care?
18533But what of that?
18533But which is the most easy to be borne, the ridicule of the wicked, or a condemning conscience, and the displeasure of God?
18533Can any child read this narrative without trembling at the thought of disobedience, even in the most trifling affair?
18533Can any child refuse to love this Savior?
18533Can you be willing so to live?
18533Can you imagine how the boy felt?
18533Do you ask, Why does God consider the ingratitude of children as a sin of peculiar aggravation?
18533Do you suppose that God would let him in?
18533Do you suppose that a person can be a Christian, and yet be neglecting time, and living in idleness?
18533Do you think that child can be a Christian, who will, by ingratitude, make his parents unhappy?
18533He has presented himself at the door of your heart, and can you refuse him admission?
18533Henry.--Do you think George is a coward?
18533Henry.--Why, George, are you turning coward?
18533How could they summon resolution to resist so much entreaty?
18533How did his mother know that he was telling the truth?
18533If she have faults, can you not bear with them, when she has so long borne with you?
18533Is it not, then, folly to delay preparation for death?
18533Is it not, then, the height of folly to indulge in vanity?
18533Is not such a boy more noble than one who will disobey his parents merely that he may have a little play, or that he may avoid some unpleasant duty?
18533Is there a child who reads this book, who has not at times felt the importance of loving the Savior?
18533Is there any thing which can be more ungrateful than to grieve one who loves you so ardently, and who has done so much for you?
18533Is there not an account to be settled before you leave?
18533Is there not something noble in having such a character as this?
18533It makes your parents unhappy; and is there no harm in that?
18533It teaches your parents that their child is unwilling to obey them; and is there no harm in that?
18533It tempts you to disobey in other things; and is there no harm in that?
18533Must he not feel mean and contemptible whenever he thinks that, merely to get a little bit of cake, he would deceive his kind mother?
18533Must not that little girl have felt happy in the consciousness of thus possessing her mother''s entire confidence?
18533Now can you think that your father or mother are unkind, because they are unwilling to have you placed in such a situation?
18533Now is it not really magnanimous to have such a spirit?
18533Now, are not these reasons sufficient to induce your parents to guard you against such temptations?
18533Now, can you conceive a more ungrateful wretch, than that boy would be, if he should grow up, not to love or obey his mother?
18533Now, is it obedience, when your kind mother is doing all in her power to make you happy, for you to look sullen and morose?
18533Now, was not this gentleman kind thus to protect these children?
18533Now, was this father cruel, in thus endeavoring to promote the peace and the happiness of his family?
18533Now, what, could these poor boys do?
18533Now, who does not admire the conduct of Henry in this affair?
18533Now, who would not declare that this sentence is just?
18533Oh, was there ever proof of greater love?
18533The gentleman, after conversing a few moments with his father, turned to the little boy, and said,"Well, how did you get home the other day?
18533The sailors began to desert the burning and sinking ship, and the boy cried out"Father, may I go?"
18533There was but one thought there-- What has become of the lost child?
18533Think you God can look upon the disobedience of a child as a trifling sin?
18533Think you that God will hold this child guiltless for all the sorrow he caused his father and his mother?
18533Was it found a mangled corpse, or was it alive and well?
18533Was it not kind in God to give his Son to suffer, that we might be saved from punishment?
18533Was it not kind in them?
18533Was it not kind?
18533Was it unkind in him to resolve to make his virtuous children happy, by excluding the vicious and the degraded?
18533Was there ever such love as this?
18533What can be more disgusting than the ridiculous airs of a vain child?
18533What can you say?
18533What could the unhappy and guilty girl say?
18533What heart is not indignant at such treatment?
18533What should you think of such kindness?
18533Where do you wish to have your home?
18533Where is there any earthly joy to which she can look?
18533Who can comfort such a mother?
18533Who does not abhor the conduct of these unnatural children?
18533Who does not wish to go to heaven?
18533Who would not despise so ungrateful a boy?
18533Why do these men do so?
18533Why do you call them yours?"
18533Will not the child who reads this account take warning from it?
18533Would any person have regarded that as an extenuation of his sin?
18533Would any person, of real magnanimity, disregard a friend who had done so much as the Savior has done for us?
18533Would not God be as kind to the angels as an earthly father to his earthly children?
18533Would not God be very unkind to allow the wicked and impenitent to enter in and mar their joys?
18533Would not a child who could thus requite such love, be deserving of universal detestation?
18533do you say?
18533where was he?
18533with the virtuous and happy in heaven, or with the vicious and miserable in the world of wo?
37998A disrespectful Irish member of Parliament, urged by perverse curiosity, asked the Speaker one day:"What would happen if you called me by my name?"
37998Above all, is it beneficial?
37998And these men are to be liberated from the discipline of the moral law?
37998And, above all, ought not Descartes to have given us an explanation of what thought and consciousness are?
37998Are not many beasts physically stronger, more nimble and agile than man?
37998Are the two really different?
37998Brandy undoubtedly produces a sensation of pleasure in the drinker; is brandy, then, good in a moral sense?
37998But at a certain stage of evolution-- how?
37998But by means of what psychic mechanism does this law enforce obedience in the consciousness of man?
37998But can the progress, which can not reasonably be denied in civilization, also be traced in Morality?
37998But how do we come by this law?
37998But what about the effect of the doctrines which they advocated gently or passionately, adducing proofs or uttering threats?
37998But what is conscience found to be if we penetrate the fog of mystic words with which it has come to be surrounded?
37998But what is the good of this self- satisfaction?
37998But what is"the maxim"on which you act?
37998But whence does Reason obtain the standard it applies to the actions of men and their results?
37998But who is the state?
37998But why cudgel one''s brains?
37998But why does He allow it?
37998Does he decide for the good, because after due investigation and consideration he recognized it as preferable, though he might have rejected it?
37998Does he do evil because he willed to do so and not otherwise, although it was in his power to avoid it?
37998Does he only try him in order mercifully to rescue him at the moment when he is about to succumb?
37998Does it stop at that or will it continue?
37998Does the divinity allow man to fall a victim to evil without turning it aside from him?
37998Does this prove the freedom, the absolute independence of these occurrences?
37998Further: must we in the consciousness distinguish between the frame and its contents, the conceptual mechanism and the concept?
37998Has it an aim, and, if so, what?
37998Has it the right to deny life to an entity that does not conceive itself?
37998Has not the carrier pigeon an infinitely better sense of locality than we have?
37998Have we the right to set up a scale of values and place the complicated above the simple?
37998He does not condescend to ask,''What will the world say to this?''
37998He thereby relinquishes the power to ask any further question except:"Did he act in accordance with his own conscience?
37998How could that possibly be?
37998How did the world come into existence?
37998How does Nature work?
37998How does it acquire the fundamental concepts Good and Bad, and what is their significance?
37998How is such an endeavour possible for a man who does not believe in God and for whom consequently no divine Will exists?
37998How, of what material, and why do we fashion this standard?
37998If he obeys, all is well; but if he takes no notice of it, pays no heed to it, the question arises:"What now?
37998Is he fettered by the chain of causes which have existed eternally and continue to act immutably to all eternity?
37998Is it to be the masses?
37998Is man who perceives, judges, has volition and acts, a free being inwardly?
37998Is not all our knowledge of the world, is not our whole view of Nature an illusion?
37998Is not the mouse''s hearing sharper than ours?
37998Is the consciousness of the man standing upon the highest plane of intellectuality the greatest consciousness possible?
37998Is the decision as to what is right and what is wrong to be left to the subjective judgment of the individual?
37998Is the matter which is absorbed as nourishment ultimately anything different?
37998Is the sheep who trots bleating along with the herd to be taken as the type of a moral being?
37998Is the state bound by a treaty?
37998Is there no consciousness without a conceptual content?
37998It has the power right enough; police, judge, prison and gallows bear witness to that; but has it the right?
37998It is a comedy played to win applause and a call before the curtain?
37998It is supposed to be nothing more than a sort of obsequiousness towards the multitude?
37998Its laws are observed for the sake of pleasing others?
37998Must it honour its signature?
37998Must it perform what it has undertaken to do?
37998Or do the two coincide?
37998Or is man always subject to coercion from which at no time and no place he can escape?
37998Or shall all mankind, or at least the majority, and not the individual, decide what is right?
37998The dog''s scent incomparably more delicate?
37998The eagle''s sight keener?
37998The question, what is life?
37998They are to be superior to the moral law?
37998Was that because the heavenly bodies act freely and are eclipsed only at their own spontaneous desire, when and how they please?
37998We come to the question, What is Good, what is Bad?
37998What are the distinguishing marks of Right?
37998What do we find?
37998What guarantee has he that his judgment is right?
37998What is Morality?
37998What is consciousness?
37998What is gained by these discoveries?
37998What is infinity, what eternity?
37998What is life?
37998What is their relation, one to the other?
37998What prevents him from yielding to his impulses?
37998What qualities do the former and the latter possess, or what qualities do we ascribe to them?
37998Why can the latter proceed with his evil work with God''s consent?
37998Why do not all living creatures participate equally in the evolution to which this superiority is due?
37998Why do we approve of one thing as good and condemn another as bad?
37998Why does He tolerate the devil?
37998Will it not mind speaking to deaf ears?
37998Will the refractory individual not suffer for disregarding it, or has it means to enforce obedience, and what are these means?"
37998Will the voice rest content with crying in the wilderness?
37998why?
12913''If moral approbation involve no perception of beneficial tendency, how do we make out the coincidence of the two?''
12913''What constitutes the_ merit_ of the agent?''
12913''What constitutes the_ moral obligation_ to perform certain actions?''
12913''What, he asks, can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?''
12913''Would not a Being purely intelligent, having happiness within his reach, approve of securing it for himself?
12913( 1) Philosophy has no practical aim at all; nor does it consider the means of happiness?
12913( 4) If philosophy is better than prudence, why does prudence control philosophy?
12913), that a man becomes just, by performing just actions; since, if he performs just actions, he is already just?
12913A criminal would claim to be punished, if he could comprehend the absolute necessity of expiation; and are there not real cases of such criminals?
12913Again: supposing these Instincts to exist, what is their authority or power to punish?
12913Another question raised for discussion is--''Ought a man to love himself most, or another?''
12913Are we then to say, with Solon, that no one can be called happy so long as he lives?
12913Bat how are such capacities to be acquired?
12913But amusements are also sought for their own sake; Are these also to be called happiness?
12913But an objector may ask-- Of what use are Philosophy and Prudence?
12913But granting that people desire happiness as_ one_ of their ends of conduct, do they never desire anything else?
12913But how are we to interpret this Light of Nature?
12913But how; it may be asked, does this belief impose an obligation?
12913But is it not possible to commit injustice with safety?
12913But is there no genuine self- denial?
12913But now the question can no longer be put off: Is Morality, of which this is the only conception, a reality or a phantom?
12913But what actions are conformable to reason?
12913But what is social?
12913But, he asks, is there not also a_ calm determination_ towards the good of others, without reference to private interest of any kind?
12913By Fortune?
12913By divine grace?
12913By habitual exercise?
12913By teaching?
12913By way of bringing out the advantages of friendship, it is next asked, Does the happy man need friends?
12913By what obligations can he be bound to_ probity_ and_ beneficence_?
12913Can bad men be friends?
12913Cases may arise of conflicting obligation; as, shall we prefer a friend to a deserving man?
12913Deliberation and Purpose respect means; our Wish respects the End-- but what is the End that we wish?
12913Does it fall under the Will or under the Intelligence?
12913Does the happy man need friends?
12913Does the mother, in watching her sick infant, think of the good of mankind at that moment?
12913For example, there are two sides to the question, Is dissent morally wrong?
12913Have we any difficulty to comprehend the force of humanity or benevolence?
12913Have we original ideas of prà ¦ tors, and chancellors, and juries?
12913He considers that the Sophists first distinctly broached the question-- What is man by nature, and what is he by convention or fashion?
12913He then discusses the question,( on which he had charged Hume with mistake),''Why is approbation confined to voluntary acts?''
12913He then goes on to ask whether men, in approving these exceptions to morality, approve them because they are immoral?
12913He then replies specifically to the question,''Why is utility not to be the sole end present to the mind of the virtuous agent?''
12913He then replies to the question,''Why should we be concerned about anything out of or beyond ourselves?''
12913He then resumes the general question, under a concrete case,''Why am I obliged to keep my word?''
12913Here a question arises, Can one be injured voluntarily?
12913His discussion takes the form of an enquiry into the Faculty:--''What is the power within us that perceives the distinctions of Right and Wrong?''
12913How are we to know what the practice should be?
12913How can we know fully and correctly all the consequences of actions?
12913How could men with serenity and confidence transgress rules stamped upon their inmost soul?
12913How could society subsist under such disorders?
12913How do the ideas of acts, having the good of our fellows for their end, become Affections and Motives?
12913How little is requisite to supply the_ necessities_ of nature?
12913How then are we to arrive at this rule?
12913If it be now asked, what and where is Justice?
12913In LACHES, the question''what is Virtue?''
12913In answer then to the question as thus simplified,''What is the ground of moral approbation and disapprobation?''
12913In his love of subtle distinctions, he asks, Is happiness a thing admirable in itself, or a thing praiseworthy?
12913In the concrete language of Paley,"Why am I obliged to keep my word?
12913Is his admiration of a steam- engine, and of an heroic human action, the same sentiment?
12913Is it the infliction of remorse?
12913Is the pity called forth by misery a sentiment of the general good?
12913Is there but one species of Friendship, or more than one?
12913Is there, and how is there, such a possible synthetic use?
12913Is there, he asks, any evidence of our being gifted with such feelings?
12913It is a proper question with regard to a supposed moral standard,--What is its sanction?
12913It is a question of moral reasoning, Ought a man to have only one wife?
12913It is among our voluntary proceedings, and includes intelligence; but is it identical with predeliberated action and its results?
12913It is expressly devoted to the question-- Is Virtue_ teachable_?
12913It is no real question to ask-- Do we choose life for the sake of pleasure, or pleasure for the sake of life?
12913May not our faculties be mistaken, or be so constituted as to deceive us?
12913Next, happiness does not consist in the exemption from pain(?
12913Now, although a man may know little of himself, is it certain the legislator knows more?
12913Now, what would be the natural consequence of such a system, under the known laws of feeling, will, and intellect?
12913On the question-- Is Benevolence a virtuous motive?
12913Or is it no determination of the judgment at all, but a species of mental taste[ as Shaftesbury and Hutcheson supposed]?
12913Or to conceive that the very aspect of happiness, joy, prosperity, gives pleasure; while pain, suffering, sorrow, communicate uneasiness?
12913Secondly, What is the power or faculty of the mind that discovers and enforces it?
12913Seneca urges kindness to slaves, for''are they not men like ourselves, breathing the same air, living and dying like ourselves?''
12913Several questions have been debated concerning Friendship,--Is it based on likeness or unlikeness?
12913Smith, Stewart, and Mackintosh agree in laying down as the points in dispute these two:--First, What does virtue consist in?
12913Still, we have often to recur to the final end, and to ask, What must become of the world if such practices prevail?
12913The Animals are susceptible of kindness; shall we then attribute to them, too, a refinement of self- interest?
12913The Divine Laws; how are we to know the Divine Will?
12913The REPUBLIC starts with the question-- what is JUSTICE?
12913The most palpable defect in Butler''s scheme, is that it affords no answer to the question,''What is the distinguishing quality of right actions?''
12913The question is raised, which is most voluntary, Cowardice or Intemperance?
12913The question is, what is its place and origin in the mind?
12913The question then arises,"what sort of act?"
12913The question then is-- what is the just and the unjust in action?
12913The question, as conceived by him, is,''What is the power within us that perceives the distinctions of Right and Wrong?''
12913The real point is, what is meant by_ having knowledge_?
12913The real question is this: Is it a necessary law that all rational beings should act on maxims that they can wish, to become universal laws?
12913The same objection would apply to the use of the word Standard; so that the only form of the first question of Ethics would be, What_ is_ morality?
12913To which of the three does virtue or excellence belong?
12913What does it consist in?
12913What is the proof of this doctrine?
12913What need is there to display the praises of INDUSTRY, or of FRUGALITY, virtues useful to the possessor in the first instance?
12913What then is the source of the motives towards Beneficence?
12913What, in the last resort, is the test, criterion, umpire, appeal, or Standard, in determining Right and Wrong?
12913What, then, is the criterion that distinguishes moral from other truths?
12913Where are the innate principles of Justice, Piety, Gratitude, Equity, Chastity?
12913Whether it be an instinct or a habit(?
12913Why do we not worship the earth, the source of all our utilities?
12913With the gods there can be no scope for active social virtues; for in what way can they be just, courageous, or temperate?
12913Would he not think this right; and would it not be right?
12913Would it be possible to extirpate drunkenness or fornication by legal punishment?
12913Would not an action that always brings down punishment be associated with the pain and the dread of punishment?
12913_ Menon_ enquires, Is virtue_ teachable?_ and iterates the science of good and evil.
12913and on what is Society founded, existing as it does everywhere, and making man to be what he is?
12913in other words, Ought all opinions to be tolerated?
12913in other words, What is the Standard?
12913or how shall we discover what conduct is acceptable to the Deity?
12913or that the same man may often pass backwards and forwards from happiness to misery?
12913shall a person robbed reciprocate to robbers?
12913to enquire, What Utilitarianism is?
12913what is the source of its obligation?
12913wherein lies its binding force?
14312***** Is it the ambition of your life to_ accumulate great wealth_, and thus to acquire a great name, and along with it happiness and satisfaction?
14312***** Is it your ambition to become a_ fashionable society woman_, this and nothing more, intent only upon your own pleasure and satisfaction?
14312And have the wonderful possibilities of what may be termed an inner or soul development ever come strongly to your notice?
14312And then I ask, Why is this?
14312And thus we have what?
14312And what again determines the inner life of each?
14312And what do we mean by this?
14312And what does this mean?
14312And what, let us ask, is a servant?
14312And why should we have any fear whatever,--fear even for the nation, as is many times expressed?
14312And why should we not speak to and kindly greet an animal as we pass it, as instinctively as we do a human fellow- being?
14312And why should we not to- day have the powers of the foremost in the days of old?
14312And, again, who was Christ?
14312And, much more, do you think there is any comparison whatever between the real pleasure and happiness and satisfaction in the lives of the two?
14312Are we not satisfied with the effects, the results?
14312Are you a minister?
14312Are you a writer?
14312Are you an orator?
14312Are you in the walks of private life?
14312Are you interested, my dear reader, in the answer?
14312Are you seeking, then, to make for yourself a name?
14312But should they on this account be despised?
14312But what, what is dominion overall the world, with heaven left out?
14312But who, let it be asked, constituted me a judge of my fellow- man?
14312Can any law be more clearly enunciated, can anything be more definite and more absolute than this?
14312Do I not recognize the fact that the moment I judge my fellow- man, by that very act I judge myself?
14312Do we at times fail in obtaining the results we desire?
14312For what, let us ask, is a Christian,--the real, not merely in name?
14312For what, let us ask, is a miracle?
14312Has not one been on account of a belief in a future life for man, but not for the animal?
14312Have we it within our power to determine at all times what types of habits shall take form in our lives?
14312Have you sorrows or trials that seem very heavy to bear?
14312Have you this greatest thing?
14312Heredity and its attendant circumstances and influences?
14312Hollow the life?
14312How attain to its realization?
14312How call it into a dominating activity?
14312How can I attain to a true and lasting greatness?
14312How can I know the true secret of power?
14312How can I make life yield its fullest and best?
14312How, then, does it manifest itself?
14312I have heard it asked, If one has n''t it to any marked degree naturally, what is to be done?
14312If, then, life be thus founded, can there possibly be any greater incentive to that self- development that brings one up to his highest possibilities?
14312In kindliness, in helpfulness, in service, to those around you?
14312In other words, is habit- forming, character- building, a matter of mere chance, or have we it within our own control?
14312In the very remote history of the race there was one who, violating a great law, having wronged a brother, asked,"Am I my brother''s keeper?"
14312Is it low, devoid of beauty?
14312Is it your ambition to become a great_ writer?_ Very good.
14312Is it your ambition to become great in any particular field, to attain to fame and honor, and thereby to happiness and contentment?
14312Is it your ambition, for example, to become a great_ orator_, to move great masses of men, to receive their praise, their plaudits?
14312Is it your desire then, to be numbered among his followers, to bear that blessed name, the name"Christian"?
14312Is not Christianity, you ask, greater or more important?
14312Is the life high, beautiful?
14312Is there any comparison between the appellation"Lady Bountiful"and"a proud, selfish, pleasure- seeking woman"?
14312It costs the giver comparatively nothing; but who can tell the priceless value to him who receives it?
14312It is but another way of asking that great question that has come through all the ages-- What is the_ summum bonum_ in life?
14312Know ye not that the kingdom of heaven is within you?
14312Know ye not that the kingdom of heaven is within you?"
14312May not this power, then, be used for base as well as for good purposes, for selfish as well as for unselfish ends?
14312Nay, on the other hand, should this not be the greatest reason why we should all the more zealously care for, protect, and kindly treat them?
14312No wonder the cry has gone out again and again from many a human soul, Is life worth the living?
14312Now, do you wonder at his power, his inspiration, his abundance of all things?
14312Or when saw we_ thee_ sick, or in prison, and came unto_ thee_?
14312Our aim at the outset, you will remember, was to find answer to the question-- How can I make life yield its fullest and best?
14312Shall we notice another concrete case?
14312Shall we now give attention to some two or three concrete cases?
14312Should this, however, be a reason why they should be neglected and cruelly treated?
14312THE APPLICATION Are you seeking for greatness, O brother of mine, As the full, fleeting seasons and years glide away?
14312THE PRINCIPLE Would you find that wonderful life supernal, That life so abounding, so rich, and so free?
14312The Master, after all have gone, turns to the woman, his sister, and kindly and gently says,"And where are thine accusers?
14312The question is not, What are the conditions in our lives?
14312The question naturally arising at the outset is, Who, what is God?
14312Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we_ thee_ an hungered, and fed_ thee_?
14312Thoughts upon self?
14312To himself?
14312To others?
14312True it is, then, not, What are the conditions in one''s life?
14312Upon others?
14312What do they say?
14312What do they think?
14312What then must man be, if that which tells us is true?
14312What then, again let us ask, is love to God?
14312What would people, what would my friends, think and say?
14312What, however, can be expected of them when we take the attitude we at present hold toward them?
14312What, shall we ask, is the place, what the value, of prayer?
14312When saw we_ thee_ a stranger, and took_ thee_ in?
14312Where in all the world''s history is to be found a more beautiful or valuable incident than this?
14312Where is the man''s safety in the light of what we have been considering?
14312Who can estimate the influence of a life such as this?
14312Why is this?
14312Would you have them go with greater power, and thus be more effective?
14312Would you have them more effective, each one filled with a living power?
14312Would you write more?
14312but, How do we meet the conditions that we find there?
14312but, How does he meet the conditions that he finds there?
14312doth no man condemn thee?"
14312how can I attain to true greatness?
14312how can I know the true secret of power?
14312or naked, and clothed_ thee_?
14312or still more, may it not be the means of lessening another''s sense of self- dependence, and thus may it not at times do more harm than good?
14312or thirsty, and gave_ thee_ drink?
14312who can tell where it may end?
9402Ah, how does thee do?
9402And does the Bible teach you to flatter people with your tongue, while you are laughing at them in your sleeves?
9402And if your little baby dies, Mrs. Graffam,said Eddy,"he will be a flower in God''s garden; wo n''t he, Mary?"
9402And pray, how is your dear little babe, sir?
9402And who is to be the judge of our thoughts,asked Fanny,"whether they be right or wrong?"
9402Are any more of my friends here?
9402Are you?
9402But how can I have you go away alone to read your Bible, and think sadly of-- being so weak?
9402Can it be,thought the fallen man,"that I am still_ Mr._, or are they mocking me?"
9402Can thee respect a drunkard, Emma?
9402Emma,said he,"what would thee do for Peter and his family?
9402Has thee been long out of health?
9402How do you do, Willie?
9402How is your babe this morning?
9402How she could be extremely glad to see people who, she said, were''bores, and not to be endured?''
9402How would charity act toward a person whose manners are extremely rude?
9402I guess so,was the reply;"but----""But what, Willie?"
9402I know it,replied Emma;"but need he be lost, sir?
9402Is it very heavy?
9402O,thought Emma, as she looked after him,"is there none to help?
9402Of what are you thinking, Dora?
9402Perhaps not,was the reply;"I suppose your profits are enough to hire it done; but here is a shawl,--what is the price of it?"
9402Shall we call at''Appledale?''
9402Thee looks delicate,said the old man;"what shall I give thee to eat, Emma?"
9402Thee looks tired, Sarah; where are the girls?
9402Thee means Peter, who lives upon the plains?
9402Was it?
9402We shall, Eddy, if we are like----"Like Jesus?
9402What can she think?
9402What do you suppose,continued Emma,"is meant by the sincere milk of the word?"
9402What does thee think of that child, Sarah?
9402What else have you?
9402What is the use of this dreadful struggle?
9402What shall I call thy name?
9402When did she die?
9402Where are you going, Mary Palmer?
9402Why it was more impolite to tell people what was foolish in their appearance, than to laugh about this appearance in their absence?
9402Why, who is Emma flying to see?
9402You know Mr. Graffam, sir?
9402You will come and see me again, wo n''t you?
9402And why so sad?
9402But now, whence came the wonderful beauty of the widespread landscape?
9402Can I aid thee in any way?"
9402Come, Susan, thee ought to be helping thy mother these hot days; but who is this friend?"
9402Do you hear the drum?"
9402Dora felt, as many under similar circumstances have felt, the earnest question pressing upon her heart:"Who is sufficient for these things?"
9402Feel sober after your last night''s high, eh?"
9402Friend Sliver laid down his hoe, and coming up to the wall, asked,"What is it, child?"
9402Graffam?"
9402Graffam?"
9402Graffam?"
9402He has a wife and four pretty children; ca n''t he be saved?"
9402Is it not so?"
9402O, would n''t it be delightful?"
9402Was it just to be polite?"
9402What have they been doing for her?
9402What say you, Fanny Brighton?"
9402What spirit possesses the human heart, when it shows a disposition to make others uncomfortable?
9402Who has not entertained this uninvited guest?
9402Why does he want to hurt folks''feelings?
9402You read the Bible, Ma--,--I mean Miss Palmer?"
9402You will not have me deceived, mamma?"
9402You would not have had me say so; but these were my feelings; so what am I to do?"
9402and yet what is gained?
9402are they not, Mary Palmer?"
18438WHAT is a miser?
18438What hast thou, that thou hast not received?
18438A miracle may save him, but nothing short of a miracle can do it, and who has a right to expect it?
18438After all where would the merit be in the service of God, if there were no difficulty?
18438And are there no sins of gluttony besides these?
18438And how can I tell where one act ends and the other begins?"
18438And how can he be taught, if he does not lay aside occupations that are incompatible with the acquisition of intellectual truths?
18438And if she errs here, what assurance is there that she does not err there?
18438And if we know nothing about it, how can we do either?
18438And then what becomes of honesty, and the right of property?
18438And what about the contract according to the terms of which you are to give your services and to receive in return a stipulated amount?
18438And what makes it rash?
18438And what security can anyone have against the private judgment of his neighbor?
18438And whence comes the knowledge of such sufficiency or insufficiency of motive?
18438And whether they believe it or not, will they, on your authority, have sufficient reason for giving credence to your words?
18438And who are the persons thus guilty of a manifold guilt?
18438And who is there that really thinks he is not worth more than he gets?
18438And why is this?
18438And why?
18438Are Papists the only ones to add to the holy writings, or to go counter to them?
18438Are there any motives capable of justifying these outbursts of passion?
18438Are there not Catholic books and publications of various sorts?
18438Are there reasons for this economy of salvation?
18438Are they likely to receive it as truth, either because they are looking for just such reports, or because they know no better?
18438Are we bound to keep our oaths?
18438But if it is nothing more than this, how came it to get on the table of the Law?
18438But is he bound to do this, morally?
18438But must I impoverish myself?
18438But suppose, being a Catholic, I can not see things in that true light, what then?
18438But the question may be:"To do or not to do; which is right and which is wrong?"
18438But what has that to do with the Communion of Saints?
18438But what is a right?
18438Can I not defend myself?"
18438Can it not only rob us of the power to will, not only force us to act without consent, but also force the will, force us to consent?
18438Can the will of God, unmistakably manifested, be thus disregarded and put aside by His creatures?
18438Can violence and fear do more than this?
18438Depravity?
18438Do they signify a swearing, by God, either in their natural sense or in their general acceptation?
18438Else why is fasting and abstinence-- two correctives of gluttony-- so much in honor and so universally recommended and commanded in the Church?
18438Even in human affairs, can one admit that two and three are seven?
18438First of all, what is a vow?
18438Has a person in misfortune the right to strike down another who has had no part in making that misfortune?
18438Has no one a right to differ from the Church?
18438Holding to Catholic principles how can he do otherwise?
18438How can a custodian of divine truth act otherwise?
18438How can he consistently seek after truth when he is convinced that he holds it?
18438How can he refuse to hear Catholic preaching and teaching, any more than Baptist, Methodist and Episcopalian doctrines?
18438How can he say she is right on one occasion, and wrong on another?
18438How long should the child be kept at school?
18438How many sins do I commit if the act lasts, say, two hours?
18438How then could He make intelligence the first principle of salvation and of faith?
18438IS SUICIDE A SIN?
18438If God made man, man belongs to Him; if from that possession flows a natural obligation to worship with heart and tongue, why not also of the body?
18438If it is lawful for a short time, why not for a long time?
18438If it is lawful to contract a solemn engagement with man, why not with God?
18438If the Church is right in this, why should she not be right in defining the Immaculate Conception?
18438If there are vocations in the natural life, why should there not be in the supernatural, which is just as truly a life?
18438If variety of aptitudes and likes determine difference of calling, why should this not hold good for the soul as well as for the body and mind?
18438If we can not assert, how can we deny?
18438If we can not rejoice with the neighbor, why be pained at his felicity?
18438In doubt the question may be:"To do; is it right or wrong?
18438In other words, is there nothing but venial sin in thefts of little values, or is there only one big sin at the end?
18438In this light we plead guilty; but is it simple bread?
18438In this sense, is monastic poverty a bad and evil thing?
18438In what does a man without prayer differ from such a being?
18438Is Suicide a Sin?
18438Is all killing prohibited?
18438Is it because they are too poor?
18438Is it enough to forgive sincerely from the heart?
18438Is it enough, in order to qualify as a moral and responsible agent, to be in a position to respect or to violate the Law?
18438Is it not sufficient to be honest men and women?
18438Many a pure love has degenerated and many a virtue fallen, why?
18438May I perform this act, or must I abstain therefrom?"
18438May it not happen that the very fact of your mentioning what you did is a sufficient mark of credibility for others?
18438Must I love, really love, that low rascal, that cantankerous fellow, that repugnant, repulsive being?
18438Now, what kind of an intelligible thing could sin be in the mind of a blasphemous agnostic?
18438On what authority was it done?
18438One book may not at the same time be three books; but can one divine nature be at one and the same time three divine persons?
18438One may wonder and say:"how can guilt attach to doing good?"
18438Or is there an intention of giving them this signification?
18438Or that proud, overbearing creature who looks down on me and despises me?
18438Or this other who has wronged me so maliciously?
18438SHOULD WE HELP OUR PARENTS?
18438Should We Help Our Parents?
18438Suppose this change can not be justified on Scriptural grounds, what then?
18438The question is: Does the nature of our relations with God demand this sort of worship?
18438To what then shall one have recourse?
18438WHAT is an enemy?
18438WHAT kind of obedience is that which makes religious"unwilling to acknowledge any superior but the Pope?"
18438Was there any clause therein by which you are entitled to change the terms of said contract without consulting the other party interested?
18438We are unable to resolve the difficulties, lay the doubt, and form a sure conscience, what must we do?
18438What about the Sunday instructions and sermons?
18438What about those who call upon, and desire death?
18438What in the world could he do without her?
18438What is a moral agent?
18438What is superstition and what is a superstitious practice?
18438What is there to justify it?
18438What is yielding to any passion but weakness?
18438What kind of nonsense is it that makes her truthful or erring according to one''s fancy and taste?
18438What meaning could it have for any man who professes not to know, or to care, who or what God is?
18438What takes the place of this hate?
18438What then?
18438What therefore is more natural than that some should choose to give themselves up heart, soul and body to the exclusive service of God?
18438What''s the good of it?
18438When parents, unworthy ones, do not appreciate their own dignity, how will others, their children, appreciate it?
18438Where did you get your faith?
18438Where is the advantage in leading such an impossible existence when a person can save his soul without it?
18438Where is there a man, whatever his labor and pay, who could not come to the same conclusion?
18438Where will he ever get this necessary information, if he is not taught?
18438Where will our friend find a loop- hole to escape?
18438Which is the more guilty?
18438Which should have the preference of my assent?
18438Who are bound to serve?
18438Who can unravel the mysteries of religion?
18438Who else can teach him religious truth when he believes that an infallible Church gives him God''s word and interprets it in the true and only sense?
18438Who is to blame but themselves?
18438Who may not consider himself ill- paid?
18438Why are there seen so few children in the fashionable districts of our large cities?
18438Why are there so few large families outside the Irish and Canadian elements?
18438Why did He act thus?
18438Why not give the poor full value for their share of the burden?
18438Why not provide them with intellectual tools that suit their condition, just as the rich are being provided for in the present system?
18438Why not respect the grave?
18438Why should the poor be taxed to educate the rich?
18438Why this blast of sterility with which the land is cursed?
18438Why was it made?
18438Why?
18438Will God do this without being asked?
18438Will they believe it, whether you do or not?
18438Would they, or would they not, consider themselves injured by such revelations?
18438or because they are both?
18438or because they are too rich?
7819And are not often here, as well as in other Nations, People convicted of, and punished for those Crimes?
7819And is it possible that Men can have a more noble Aim in Temporals?
7819And what Service can their Self- denial and Mortification be of to the Vain and Sensual, who gratify every Appetite that comes uppermost?
7819Are not all Christian Divines call''d Preachers, as well as Ministers of the Gospel?
7819As how?
7819But do you think this is an Answer to what I said?
7819But how can wicked Men be made to do this?
7819But is he serious, when he speaks of the Men of ancient Honour, of whom he thinks_ Don Quixot_ to have been the last?
7819But pray, what was the Difficulty you hinted at last Night, when Supper broke off our Discourse?
7819But what Analogy is there between the_ Roman Catholick_ Religion, and a Manufacture, as you insinuated?
7819But what Need a Man come to those Extremes, when he could have Satisfaction for any real Offence that might provoke him?
7819But what is all this to Honour?
7819But what is all this to the Origin of Honour?
7819But what is all this to what you was to prove?
7819But what is it you would say of the General?
7819But what signify the Austerity of Life and Forbearance of Nuns and Friars, if they were real, to all the Rest who do n''t practise them?
7819But what will it do to Men of greater Sincerity, that can and dare examine themselves?
7819But what would you infer from it in Relation to Fast- Days?
7819But where are these Women to be found?
7819But why may not Protestants have Men of good Sense and Capacity among them, as well as_ Roman Catholicks_?
7819But why should I wonder at the_ Mexicans_?
7819But why should that be taken for granted, of a fellow so thoroughly wicked?
7819But would Men be more sway''d by Things they believed only, than they would be by those they understood?
7819But, how are you sure, that this was the Work of Moralists and Politicians, as you seem to insinuate?
7819Can not Two Things be so exactly alike, that they shall differ in Nothing?
7819Do n''t you think this must be a great Mortification to young Women?
7819Do n''t you think, that many Believers have been worse Men, than some_ Atheists_?
7819Do not other Countries produce Men of Genius as well as_ Italy_?
7819Do you remember what I said of Self- liking in our Third Conversation, when I spoke of the Origin of Politeness?
7819Do you think( for that is the Point) it would have any Influence over his Actions?
7819Have not the_ Greeks_ and_ Romans_ had great Numbers of them?
7819How come you to be so very sure of that?
7819How long, pray, do you intend to go on with this Ca nt?
7819I want to know the vast Service an outward Shew of Religion can be of to wicked Men, for the obtaining of Victory: When shall I see that?
7819In short, which of the Two is it, you would stir up and cultivate in them if you could, Humility or Pride?
7819In what Part of the World is it, that you have observed this?
7819In what Respect is it better?
7819Is it but within these Thousand Years that there have been men of Bravery and Virtue?
7819It is astonishing, I own; but what would you infer from them?
7819Nay, what is all the World to the meanest Beggar, if he is not to be consider''d as a Part of it?
7819Pray, how wicked would they be?
7819Pray, when a Man asserts a Thing upon his Honour, is it not a Kind of Swearing by himself, as others do by God?
7819Then have the Laity no Share in it?
7819Think of them?
7819This Second whets my Curiosity: pray, what is your Third Reason?
7819This is a new Discovery; pray, what does it consist in?
7819Were not the_ Horatii_ and_ Curiatii_ Men of Honour?
7819What Crimes would they commit?
7819What Fault is it you find with the Moralists?
7819What Influence is that, pray, if it be not Religious?
7819What Mortal could submit to such Condescensions?
7819What Occasion is there for Divines in an Army?
7819What Reason have you to think it to be of Gothick Extraction?
7819What Reasons can they be furnish''d with, to hope for the Assistance of Heaven?
7819What Temporal Benefit can Religion be of to the Civil Society, if it do n''t keep People in Awe?
7819What can be the Reason of this Change?
7819What could be meaner than the Origin of Ancient_ Rome_?
7819What could they pretend her Divinity to consist in?
7819What do you think of Love?
7819What do you think of the General?
7819What is it that happen''d then?
7819What is it that keeps these Men in Awe?
7819What is it that this Evil ought to be imputed to?
7819What is it, pray?
7819What is that pray?
7819What is that, pray?
7819What keeps them true to their Word, and steady to their Engagements, tho''they should be Losers by it?
7819What must they think of the Cardinals and the Pope himself?
7819What will it do to serious and able Enquirers, that refuse to trust to Outsides, and will not be barr''d from searching into the Bottom of Things?
7819Why ca n''t you take up with either of these Names?
7819Why should they pay for Preaching for Praying at all, if they laid no Stress upon them?
7819Why should we be ashamed of this?
7819Would you mortify or flatter; lessen or increase in them the Passion of Self- liking, in order to preserve their Chastity?
7819You have only named Love and Esteem; they alone can not produce Reverence by your own Maxim; how could they make a man afraid of himself?
32438''What shall we do with the money?'' 32438 ''Yes, is n''t it the answer to our prayer?''
32438And if I do sell, somebody else will lose instead of me?
32438And supposing I do n''t sell, what then?
32438And what would be the good? 32438 Are you setting yourself up to judge your father and mother, young man?"
32438But what of your$ 35,000 income?
32438But why did n''t you tell your father?
32438Do n''t you see you are making a fool of yourself?
32438Do you call that recent?
32438Do you mind telling me now what you did with the money?
32438Do you suppose Jesus Christ would sell out?
32438Does every traveler see all he describes?
32438How can we?
32438How could I think of anything but service at the front?
32438How could we succeed with that man watching us?
32438How do you explain your ability to go on with your studies?
32438I hope you are not to lose a connection in Chicago?
32438In good health?
32438Make God my friend?
32438Oh, you mean the colleagues who took over my patients? 32438 Pocketing yourself, are you?"
32438The man who has the largest bank account? 32438 Was n''t that just like him?"
32438Was the sacrifice necessary?
32438What are you doing?
32438What are you going to do?
32438What is the use of traveling to one who can not see?
32438What made you do it?
32438What train is that?
32438What useful work can he do, handicapped as he is?
32438What was it to be?
32438What''s that?
32438What''s the matter with that?
32438Where did you get that? 32438 Where?"
32438Who is the most successful business man?
32438Who was Elihu Burritt? 32438 Why do n''t you have done with that half- way patriotism?"
32438Why do n''t you pause long enough to call on B----?
32438Why pay so much attention to detail?
32438Why should I bother about Nature when Nature does nothing but thwart me?
32438Why, in the name of reason, do you walk a mile in the rain for a perfectly unimportant thing?
32438Why?
32438You wonder what has happened here, do n''t you?
32438''$ 12 for a day''s work?
32438''What does this mean?''
32438A CHAPTER OF-- ACCIDENTS?
32438Am I conforming to it?
32438An earthly father knows how to give good things to his children; shall not the Heavenly Father do as much and more?
32438And when the time for separation came, one said to the other:"Will you please give a message to your wife?
32438Asked how long he was laid up, the surprised answer was:"Laid up for that?
32438At first he laughed at the idea; had he not been told that he could never hope to do anything useful?
32438But are we any worse than our fathers were?
32438But are we to stop with quickened heartbeats and gratitude for the greatness of heart shown by others?
32438But do they not do more?
32438But what of it?
32438But why unbelievable?
32438But would it not be worth while to miss one of the meetings when he did not see how he could well arrange for both?
32438Can you imagine my joy when, from the day school opened, I had no recurrence of my trouble?
32438Charles, when you get to be a man, do you suppose you will always be so careless of how others may misunderstand you?"
32438Comfort of service?
32438DID HE GO TOO FAR?
32438Do n''t they?
32438Ease, or honorable performance of duty?
32438Fine story, is n''t it?
32438God does n''t bother about me; why should I bother about Him?"
32438God was by his side; then why should not he talk to God, by ejaculation as well as by more formal utterance?
32438He said,''Want something, lad?''
32438His first question was not,"Does the public need this invention?"
32438Holding it first with one hand, then with the other, to rest her little arms, she called down to her brother,"Does it hurt you, Willie?"
32438How about Henry Nasmyth, the English inventor of the steam piledriver, whose ideas were stolen by French machinists?
32438How can the wanderer in field and forest forget that God is love?
32438How could Paul bear all these things?
32438How could he stand up against the older students?
32438How is it possible to make the memory a helpful servant unless nothing is allowed to find lodgment there that is not worth while?
32438How is the needed courage to be secured?
32438How long do we intend to persist in treasuring the grudge that has perhaps already caused sorrow that can not be measured?
32438How would the courageous man receive an announcement like that?
32438How would you receive it?
32438III COMPANIONSHIP WITH THE PAST What, courage from companionship with the past?
32438IV DID HE GO TOO FAR?
32438If he had taken it, what of his touch with the Cincinnati meeting?
32438If you had been a judge in that contest, would you have felt like giving the prize to a paper that suggested such an omission?
32438Impossible and impracticable?
32438Instead he asks,"Is this necessary?
32438Is it God''s will that I should return and that there should be better paid work?
32438Is it any wonder that the lives of so many everywhere are empty?
32438Is it worth while to ask God to look out for the everyday needs of His people?
32438Is n''t it involved in courageous following of Christ?
32438Is n''t that good news?"
32438It will take you a week, wo n''t it?
32438More of it?
32438More school- houses?
32438Naturally there were those who asked,"Was such a sacrifice necessary?"
32438Necessary?
32438New houses for workers?"
32438Now the practical question is, What is God''s will?
32438Suppose you had the task of cutting your budget, would you feel like revising downward the provision for giving?
32438That is the attitude toward life of the worker worth while; he does not stop to ask,"Is this easy?"
32438The desire for popularity, or the purpose to be of use?
32438The question flashed across his mind,"Might I not make more of my life than by remaining here?"
32438Then how about the nephew of whom Dr. Alexander MacColl told at Northfield?
32438Through lack of faith am I failing to receive and appropriate for myself and Satara what I and Satara need?
32438VI A CHAPTER OF-- ACCIDENTS?
32438What are some of the results of courage?
32438What are the springs of courage?
32438What could he do for others?
32438What do you say to coming to me the first thing in the morning?
32438What if I do have to start all over again when I come home?
32438What if this letter writer had become discouraged before he wrote this final letter?
32438What shall we choose?
32438What was he to do on this occasion?
32438Which is the path of courage?
32438Why did he succeed?
32438Why not let economy begin there?
32438Why not try it?
32438Will it be helpful?"
32438Would he ever be done?
32438Would it hurt anything if he should make an exception in favor of this customer who could not be expected to understand his scruples?
32438but"Is there money in it?"
50189''And if he stopped dreaming about you, where do you suppose you''d be?''
50189''If I am not for myself,''said the great Hillel,''who is for me?
50189''Is the person an original undetermined cause of the determination of his will?
50189--can only be answered by this other question,''What has it done or got done?''
50189Alice has been taken to see the Red King as he lies snoring; and Tweedledee asks,''Do you know what he is dreaming about?''
50189And as for his knowledge, was he not a man miraculous with powers more than man''s?
50189And if I am only for myself, where is the use of me?
50189And if not now, when?''
50189And the question which our conscience is always asking about that which we are tempted to believe is not,''Is it comfortable and pleasant?''
50189And this leads very naturally to putting the question in another form, namely,''What is taste good for?
50189Are we then bound to believe that nature is absolutely and universally uniform?
50189Are we to doubt the word of a man so great and so good?
50189But are we not trusting our spectroscope too much?
50189But are we to attribute this to the individual insight of the Stoic philosophers?
50189But in regard to the doctrine itself, we can only ask,''Is it true?''
50189But is this a true belief, of the existence of hydrogen in the sun?
50189But it may be further asked''What is generally thought right?''
50189But our special inquiry is, what account can be given of these facts by the scientific method?
50189But the doctors discussed the case in which one of these idolaters owes you a bill; are you to let him pay it during that week or not?
50189But the school of Hillel said,''Yes, let him pay it; for how can he enjoy his feast while his bills are unpaid?''
50189Can it help in the right guidance of human action?
50189Can my sense of hearing assure me that nothing inaudible is going on?
50189Can the favor of the Czar make guiltless the murderer of old men and women and children in Circassian valleys?
50189Can the pardon of the Sultan make clean the bloody hands of a Pasha?
50189Can we suppose that this magnificent genius, this splendid moral hero, has lied to us about the most solemn and sacred matters?
50189Could such a man speak falsely about solemn things?
50189Did Zeus commit this crime, or did he not?
50189First of all, then, what are the facts?
50189Given an absolutely dark room, can my sense of sight assure me that there is no one but myself in it?
50189He who, wearied or stricken in the fight with the powers of darkness, asks himself in a solitary place,''Is it all for nothing?
50189His people have tied up hatchets so for ages: who is he that he should set himself up against their wisdom?
50189How does a dream differ from waking life?
50189How much light can be got for this end from the historical records we possess?
50189I may ask,''How shall I train myself?
50189If the action does not depend on the character, what is the use of trying to alter the character?
50189If we ask,''What makes it to be that action and no other?''
50189In what cases, then, let us ask in the first place, is the testimony of a man unworthy of belief?
50189Is it possible to believe that a system which has succeeded so well is really founded upon a delusion?
50189Is it possible to doubt and to test it?
50189Is not his word to be believed in when he testifies of heavenly things?
50189Is there any reason why we should not go on to a motive of the third order, and the fourth, and so on?
50189Is this a merely theoretical discussion about far- away things?
50189May we not say in the present sense of the word that the external circumstances are responsible for the restriction on his choice?
50189May we not say that the punch is responsible for the shape of the hole, but not for the position of it?
50189Now is this the same assumption as before, a mere assumption of the uniformity of nature?
50189Of the two questions, equally important to the trustworthiness of a witness,''Is he dishonest?''
50189Shall we listen to Mr. Mivart, who''execrates without reserve Marian persecutions, the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, and all similar acts''?
50189Shall we steal and tell lies because we have had no personal experience wide enough to justify the belief that it is wrong to do so?
50189The Categorical Imperative.--May we now say that the maxims of Ethic are hypothetical maxims?
50189The first half is the question: what relation holds good between these quantities?
50189The question is not, therefore,''May we believe what goes beyond experience?''
50189The question which we want to ask ourselves--''Is it right to support this or that priesthood?''
50189Thus we can not help asking whether there is any reason for preferring one moral sense to another; whether the question,''What is right to do?''
50189To the question''What is right?''
50189We also say sometimes, in answer to the question,''How do you know that this is right or wrong?''
50189What is the best taste?''
50189What is the purpose or function of taste?''
50189What ought I to feel to be right?''
50189What shall we say of him?
50189What shall we say of that authority, more venerable and august than any individual witness, the time- honored tradition of the human race?
50189What should we answer to this Mussulman?
50189What, then, hinders us from saying that life is all a dream?
50189When we ask the practical question,''Who is responsible for so- and- so?''
50189When, therefore, we ask,''What is the physical link between the ingoing message from chilled skin and the outgoing message which moves the leg?''
50189Who can tell whether a given act of punishment was done from a private or from a public motive?
50189Who shall dare to say which?
50189Why, for example, do we not regard a lunatic as responsible?
50189Will he not learn to cry,''Peace,''to me, when there is no peace?
50189Will that diminish the guilt of her owner?
50189Would this make any difference in the guilt of the accusers?
50189and how can we justify ourselves in believing that the other was not also deluded?
50189and if possible, is it right?
50189and''May he be mistaken?''
50189but,''Is it true?''
50189for this is involved in the very nature of belief; but''How far and in what manner may we add to our experience in forming our beliefs?''
50189or what ought I to think right?''
50189shall we indeed be overthrown?''
50189what is the best conscience?''
50189what kind of conscience shall we try to get?
20151And is it too late? 20151 And they wanted you to tell me of their misfortune"?
20151But if it be intended to redeem the legal tenders in gold, what will have been the net gain to the Government in the whole transaction? 20151 But now, gentlemen of the convention, what do we want?
20151But,replied the rich man,"if everybody was like you it would be spent in two months, and what would we then do?"
20151Do n''t you believe me?
20151Have a cigar?
20151He said to me,''Your name is----? 20151 How do you get it here?"
20151Nor gamble?
20151Nor smoke?
20151Well, what did Mr. Tilden say?
20151What salary will he require?
20151Yes,broke in Seward,"am I not Governor of this State?"
20151You do n''t drink?
20151''Can I have a passage down?''
20151''Do you return to New York with this boat?''
20151A laugh followed which roused his Southern blood, and he exclaimed:"Do you doubt it?
20151A plain man standing by offered to perform the service, and when they arrived at the door the young man asked,''What shall I pay you, sir''?
20151All the world asks is,"What can he do"?
20151And what claim founded in justice and right has been unsatisfied?
20151And will any one say that William G. Fargo was not deserving of this splendid success?
20151As young Childs had ability, and it was apparent, what matter it how old he was or where he came from?
20151But again gentlemen, what have we to gain by this proposed change of our relation to the general government?
20151But the ugly question recurs, what are you going to do with the greenbacks thus put afloat?
20151But what of the other nineteen?
20151By and by Charlie says,"Do you like it, Harry"?
20151Could any motive be more worthy of imitation than this?
20151Could any sentiment be more beautiful?
20151Could there be higher praise than this?
20151Dear reader, did you ever think that the more a person has to do, the more they feel they can do?
20151Did people get down on their knees to Beecher, begging him to occupy Plymouth church?
20151Do our readers call this luck?
20151Do we not find Michael Angelo neglecting school to copy drawings?
20151Do you reply that in many instances they have violated this law and have not been faithful to their engagements?
20151Does he often get so?
20151Does not history bear us out in this?
20151Does one of my readers for one moment allow himself to believe that Stephen Girard was a lucky man?
20151Franklin said,"Dost thou love life?
20151Fulton, I presume?''
20151Gaze on such a character; does it not thrill your very soul and cause your very heart to bleed that such a man should be shot by a dastardly assassin?
20151Girard?"
20151Had he been taking a drop too much?"
20151Have I missed him?
20151He went, and on his return reported, when the question:"What did Mr. Tilden say"?
20151Henry Clay learning pieces to recite in the barn or corn field?
20151How does it look?
20151How shall we do this great work?
20151How was this accomplished?
20151I ask the gentleman from Massachusetts to tell us, what then?
20151Is it anything surprising that those who aim at nothing, accomplish nothing in life?
20151Is it not so?
20151Is not that glorious success?
20151Is there no appeal in this wonderful and enchanting fact to man''s highest reason?
20151James being the eldest was once asked,"Which is Harper and which the brothers?"
20151Jay Gould has been the subject of much abuse; indeed, what great men have not been?
20151John?"
20151Look at Spurgeon; was he picked up bodily and placed in the pulpit he now stands upon?
20151Look at the men in our own community who have done the most for mankind; are they the wealthy, whose only duty seems to be to kill time?
20151Not how much do I know, but how much do I do with what I know?
20151Nothing is so fascinating as success, and the momentous question relative to every great man is:"How did he begin?"
20151Now, why is it some succeed while others fail?
20151Of what interest has the South been invaded?
20151One friend was heard to accost another in the street with:"John, will thee risk thy life in such a concern?
20151Or whence this dread secret and inward horror Of falling into naught?
20151Ought we soon to forget him to whom we are indebted, in a large measure, for all this?
20151PETER COOPER Who, indeed, is there who has not heard of Peter Cooper?
20151Pause, I entreat you, and consider for a moment what reasons you can give that will satisfy yourselves in calmer moments?
20151Reader, think of it; can you make yourself believe that his great riches came through''good luck''?
20151Shall I then make myself the subject of every opinion, wise or weak?
20151So said Christ eighteen hundred years ago; is it not so to- day?
20151Solomon said:"Seest thou a man diligent in his business?
20151The question the great busy world asks the claimant is: What can he do?
20151The world will only ask,"What can he do?"
20151They will be calm and deliberate judges of this case, and to what cause, or one overt- act can you point on which to rest the plea of justification?
20151This naturally awakens interest; where is it?
20151Was it''good luck''that placed Girard at one move at the head of American financiers?
20151Was this presumption?
20151What enterprise can you mention looking to the betterment of material interests in which he did not have part?
20151What general intentions-- what special traits led him to success?
20151What ideal stood before him, and by what means did he seek to attain it?
20151What is success?
20151What justice has been denied?
20151What king so strong Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
20151What more could be said?
20151What reasons can you give to the nations of the earth to justify it?
20151What reasons can you give to your fellow- sufferers in the calamity that it will bring upon us?
20151What right has the North assailed?
20151What was the effect?
20151When such lights of journalism would write for the_ Ledger_, what could lesser country editors say?
20151When we asked a three- fifths representation in Congress for our section was it not granted?
20151Where is the remedy?
20151While others were smoking and drinking,''having fun while they were young, for when would they if not then?''
20151Who built it?
20151Who dares deny that Cyrus W. Field is not deserving of enduring fame?
20151Who indeed has not wished that he could have at least a small part of the vast wealth possessed by the Vanderbilts?
20151Who indeed is there who has not heard of the Rothschilds?
20151Who would not be interested?
20151Who, indeed, has not heard of the American Express Company?
20151Why did he succeed, while others all about him who were far better situated, failed?
20151Why do n''t you make a sewing- machine?''
20151Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
20151Why was this man great?
20151Why would n''t he?
20151Why would n''t you?
20151Why, then, did he succeed, while so many others failed?
20151Why?
20151Will you endorse my note for that amount?"
20151Will you take it, General?''
20151Worldly reasoners and great financiers, wiseacres and successful editors prophesied its failure, but what mattered this to George W. Childs?
20151You are from----, in Pennsylvania?
20151You may get rid of the Five- twenty by issuing the greenback, but how will you get rid of the greenback except by paying gold?
20151You said that you had more than sixty members who voted for me for President, and who are ready to do it again"?
20151how many of us would''peter''out in a short time?
20151what would folks think?
4320AND CAN YOU THEN IMAGINE, cried the hero, that Iphicrates WOULD BE GUILTY?
4320After what manner?
4320And can not we easily distinguish between nature and accident, in the one case as well as in the other?]
4320And indeed to what other purpose do all the ideas of chastity and modesty serve?
4320And is not the chief object of vanity, our bravery or learning, our wit or breeding, our eloquence or address, our taste or abilities?
4320And must not this argument bring as strong conviction, in moral as in natural disquisitions?
4320And what has a few months afterwards become of it, when every disposition and thought of all the actors is totally altered or annihilated?
4320And would not the same praise be given it, though snails or vermin had destroyed the peaches, before they came to full maturity?
4320Are not justice, fidelity, honour, veracity, allegiance, chastity, esteemed solely on account of their tendency to promote the good of society?
4320At what time, or on what subject it first began to exist?
4320BUT WHAT RULE HAVE WE, BY WHICH WE CAN DISTINGUISH THESE OBJECTS?
4320But can we ever be in love with the former?
4320But what are the relations, I ask, of which you here talk?
4320But when these different reflections and observations concur in establishing the same conclusion, must they not bestow an undisputed evidence upon it?
4320But who is there that ever heard of such an instinct?
4320But why, in the greater society or confederacy of mankind, should not the case be the same as in particular clubs and companies?
4320But, USEFUL?
4320Can any one seriously deliberate in the case?
4320Does the crime consist in that relation?
4320Does the morality consist in the relation of its parts to each other?
4320For what else can have an influence of this nature?
4320For what purpose make a partition of goods, where every one has already more than enough?
4320For what?
4320HAS HE WIT?
4320HOW COULD SOCIETY SUBSIST UNDER SUCH DISORDERS?
4320Have we any difficulty to comprehend the force of humanity and benevolence?
4320Have we original innate ideas of praetors and chancellors and juries?
4320How is it determined?
4320How little is requisite to supply the necessities of nature?
4320How?
4320I.]?
4320If the secret direction of the intention, said every man of sense, could invalidate a contract; where is our security?
4320If you demand WHY?
4320In morals too, is not THE TREE KNOWN BY THE FRUIT?
4320In short, what character, or peculiar turn of understanding, is more excellent than another?
4320In what does it consist?
4320Is gratitude no affection of the human breast, or is that a word merely, without any meaning or reality?
4320Is not this fine reasoning?
4320It is by another original instinct, that we recognize the authority of kings and senates, and mark all the boundaries of their jurisdiction?
4320Or if we admit a disinterested benevolence in the inferior species, by what rule of analogy can we refuse it in the superior?
4320Or is this a subject in which new discoveries can be made?
4320Or to conceive, that the very aspect of happiness, joy, prosperity, gives pleasure; that of pain, suffering, sorrow, communicates uneasiness?
4320Or what is it commonly, that gives us any participation in it, even while alive and present, but our affection and regard to him?
4320Shall we account for all THEIR sentiments, too, from refined deductions of self- interest?
4320That it may be alienated by consent, in order to beget that commerce and intercourse, which is so BENEFICIAL to human society?
4320That the property ought also to descend to children and relations, for the same USEFUL purpose?
4320Thus, I have often observed, that, among the French, the first questions with regard to a stranger are, IS HE POLITE?
4320WHAT IS A MAN''S PROPERTY?
4320WHAT IS THAT TO ME?
4320Were the distinction or separation of possessions entirely useless, can any one conceive, that it ever should have obtained in society?
4320What else do we mean by saying that one is rich, the other poor?
4320What habits, of consequence, more blameable?
4320What is it then we can here dispute about?
4320What is the reason, why, by the Athenian laws, one might marry a half- sister by the father, but not by the mother?
4320What need of positive law where natural justice is, of itself, a sufficient restraint?
4320What other passion is there where we shall find so many advantages united; an agreeable sentiment, a pleasing consciousness, a good reputation?
4320What so natural, for instance, as the following dialogue?
4320What then is this rule of right?
4320When it is asked, whether a quick or a slow apprehension be most valuable?
4320Whether a clear head or a copious invention?
4320Whether a profound genius or a sure judgement?
4320While we are ignorant whether a man were aggressor or not, how can we determine whether the person who killed him be criminal or innocent?
4320Who did ever say, except by way of irony, that such a one was a man of great virtue, but an egregious blockhead?
4320Who sees not, that all these institutions arise merely from the necessities of human society?
4320Who would live amidst perpetual wrangling, and scolding, and mutual reproaches?
4320Whose interest then?
4320Why abridge our native freedom, when, in every instance, the utmost exertion of it is found innocent and beneficial?
4320Why call this object MINE, when upon the seizing of it by another, I need but stretch out my hand to possess myself to what is equally valuable?
4320Why create magistrates, where there never arises any disorder or iniquity?
4320Why dig up the pestilence from the pit in which it is buried?
4320Why give rise to property, where there can not possibly be any injury?
4320Why is this peach- tree said to be better than that other; but because it produces more or better fruit?
4320Why rake into those corners of nature which spread a nuisance all around?
4320Would any man, who is walking along, tread as willingly on another''s gouty toes, whom he has no quarrel with, as on the hard flint and pavement?
4320Would you have your company coveted, admired, followed; rather than hated, despised, avoided?
43359Are you a Puseyite?
43359How many servants do they keep?
43359If I be dear, if I be dear,as the poet says, why should my correspondent begrudge me the four letters of so brief an adjective?
43359A Frenchman may answer,"If Gladstone is not a lord, why do you call him one?
43359A card is sent; why a card?
43359Again, why am I not to speak of Sir Chamberlain?
43359And are not these virtues and these aspirations held to be parts of a civilized man''s religion, and the best parts?
43359And why am I to serve these men gratuitously and be called an ill- bred, discourteous person if I tacitly decline to be their servant?
43359Anybody but a tradesman calls your letter a letter; why should an English tradesman call it"your favor,"and a French one"_ votre honorée_"?
43359Are not articles of food more useful to the community than alcoholic drinks, and less likely to contribute to the general sum of evil?
43359Are there any positions that are socially considered to be incompatible with the religious profession of a Dissenter?
43359Besides, why_ modern_?
43359But how, without riches, is the Bohemian to secure the advantages that he desires, for they also belong to riches?
43359By this we mean that he will incur no legal disqualification for his opinions; but does he incur no social penalty?
43359Could anything be prettier than that, though the reproach contained in it is really one of some severity?
43359Could not the other buy land any day if he liked?
43359Does he deserve to be blamed for this?
43359Does she enjoy religious liberty?
43359Has he not erected his splendid castle on a rock, like the builder of"The Palace of Art"?
43359Have I indeed been guilty of injustice towards a class so deserving of respect and consideration as the Rich Old Maids of England?
43359Have these correspondents any right to expect me to work an hour for them?
43359Have you not sometimes gone a step further, and given a kind of assent to some opinion that was not your own?
43359Have you not, by practice, attained the power of giving a still stronger and heartier assent to what seemed doubtful propositions?
43359He will ask,"Why this reserve towards_ me_?"
43359How are you, being at a distance, to get an indolent man to bestow that necessary attention?
43359How can people live who have no fortune?"
43359How else are we to account for the remarkable fact that salt- water breaks friendly communication by letter?
43359How is a lad to enjoy the society of his mother if she is perpetually"nagging"and"nattering"at him?
43359How is he to believe that his coarse father has a tender anxiety for his welfare when everything that he does is judged with unfatherly harshness?
43359I once dined at a country- house in Scotland when the host asked one of the guests this question,"Are you a land- owner?"
43359If the blame is not to be laid on the spirit of aristocracy, what is the real cause of the indisputable fact that an Englishman avoids an Englishman?
43359If your son is far away during his months of work, and at home only for vacation pleasures, what, pray, is your hold upon him?
43359Is it a mark of aristocracy?
43359Is it a part of necessary good breeding to answer letters at all?
43359Is it because our race is more aristocratic than other races?
43359Is not this exactly like the lady who thought people stupid for not having an adequate establishment of servants?
43359Is the best companionship a mere fiction of the fancy, not existing anywhere upon the earth?
43359Many scribblers have facility, a flux of words, but who has Jacquemont''s weight of matter along with it?
43359Marriage: responsibility increased, 25, 26; or celibacy?
43359May he not reserve to himself some speciality?
43359Might it not be suddenly and unexpectedly betrayed by a momentary absence of self- control?
43359Now in all this does not the reader perceive that I was enjoying human intercourse in a very delicate and exquisite way?
43359Shall I reveal the secret that lies in silence at the very bottom of the hearts of all worthy and honorable fathers?
43359Shall we mourn over this death without hope, this blank annihilation, this finis of intercourse once so sweet, this dreary and ultimate conclusion?
43359So why not accept the fact, why not admit that we have really become less religious?
43359The bachelor is received for himself, for his genius, information, manners; but if he is married the question is,"What sort of people are_ they_?"
43359The workman says,"Is my sight failing?"
43359There were the Highlands of Scotland, but who had ever heard of the Highlands of France?
43359They considered that this was modesty; but was it not just as untruthful as the commoner vice of assuming a style more showy than the means warrant?
43359They diluted their ink with water, till the recipient of the letter cried,"Prithee, why so pale?"
43359This, being interpreted, means,"What style do they live in?"
43359Was not France a wearisome, tame country that unfortunately had to be traversed before one could get to Switzerland and Italy?
43359Were all those dreams delusions?
43359Were the plums, pears, strawberries, apples, apricots, that we consumed in omnivorous boyhood every one of them unripe?
43359What are the superiorities, and what is the nature of the deference?
43359What becomes of rules and maxims and wise old saws in the face of nature and reality?
43359What can be apparently more indolent, for an hour or two after_ déjeûner_, than a prosperous man of business in Paris?
43359What can be more private than a letter from a man to his wife on purely family matters?
43359What can we do better than to observe nature with an open, unprejudiced mind, and gather some of the results of observation?
43359What could be more reasonable than such a correction of the inequalities of fortune?
43359What deadly feud of blood, caste, or religion could thus keep them apart?
43359What do I, the receiver of a letter, care for second- hand opinions about anything?
43359What gentleman would like his son to live habitually with the card- players I have described?
43359What have stars and winds and odors to do with love?
43359What is the need of it?
43359What is the use of fine bindings and gilt edges?
43359What right have I, because a thing is a pleasant pastime to me, to compel my friend or my son to do that thing when it is a_ corvée_ to him?
43359What was to be done?
43359What, not even a gooseberry?
43359What_ can_ you have done to excite such bitter animosity?
43359Who could be such a tyrant as to find fault with a boy because he so modestly chooses to be silent?
43359Who is in fault?
43359Why are rich people quiet and poorer ones noisy?
43359Why not a piece of paper of the same size which would hold as many words?
43359Why should it ever be considered obligatory upon a man to amuse himself in some way settled by others?
43359Why wo n''t he give a proper price for a horse?
43359Why, indeed, do we not all follow a rule so evidently wise?
43359Why, then, do they take such pains to avoid intercourse?"
43359Would a cabman drive them about the streets of London during an hour for nothing?
43359Would a shoe- black brush their boots and trousers an hour for nothing?
43359Would a waterman pull them an hour on the Thames for nothing?
43359Would you have dared to hint, for example, that a serious mind might be none the worse for some acquaintance with Montesquieu and De Tocqueville?
43359Would you have ventured to say a word in their defence?
43359Would you please send me a handsome bonnet and some handkerchiefs?
43359then how can they possibly live?
43359why wast thou not there to add a paragraph to the"Book of Snobs"?
60422( 2) Will it afford a common good?
60422And how, in any case, can we tell a scientific investigator that up to a certain experiment or calculation his work may be social, beyond that, not?
60422And if the law does excite feeling or desire, must not this, on Kant''s theory, be desire for pleasure and thus vitiate the morality of the act?
60422And if we can make this one exception, why not others?
60422And why should I, even though thousands of other men happened to prefer A?
60422Are we ready to say that a good chemist or good carpenter, or good musician is, in so far, a good man?
60422Because my happiness is intrinsically desirable to me, does it follow that your happiness is intrinsically desirable to me?
60422But admitting that environment is made what it is by the powers and aims of the agent, what sense shall we attribute to the term adjustment?
60422But how can actual evil be made a factor of right conduct?
60422But how shall this socialization of wants be secured?
60422But in return it must be asked what is meant here by advantage?
60422But what is conduct?
60422But what is the meaning of the rest of the formula?
60422But what_ kind_ of character, of conduct, is right or realizes its true end?
60422Can he make the maxim of such conduct a universal law?
60422Can his maxim be generalized?
60422Can the maxim of this act be universalized?
60422Can we imagine such an one deriving from his knowledge any idea of what concrete ends he ought to pursue and what to avoid?
60422Certainly, but what of_ himself_?
60422Do the consequences of an act have anything to do with its morality?
60422Does duty itself disappear when its constraint disappears?
60422Does it bear us out in the doctrine that pleasure is the object of desire?
60422Does riding in a comfortable carriage, and following the course of his own reflections exhaust his need of action?
60422Does the End Proposed Serve as a Criterion of Conduct?
60422Does the institution in its present form work as it should work, or is some modification required?
60422Does this rule which is now current embody the true needs of the situation, or is it an antiquated expression of by- gone relations?
60422Each act stands by itself-- the only question is: What pleasure will_ it_ give?
60422How can I be moved by the happiness which exists in some one else?
60422How do we get the thought of a sum of pleasure, and of a maximum sum?
60422How far does this end awaken response in me because I see that it is the end which is fit and due?
60422How shall he pick it to pieces, so as to see its real nature and the act demanded by it?
60422How shall the individual resolve it?
60422How then can I reason from them to it?
60422If desire or feeling as such is sensuous( or_ pathological_, as Kant terms it), what right have we to make this one exception?
60422If he shot and the spectator were wounded, should we not hold the agent morally responsible?
60422If the existing state of consciousness-- that which moves-- were pure pleasure, why should there be any movement, any act at all?
60422If, then, no object of desire can be the motive of a good will, what is its motive?
60422In other words, does every form of moral activity realize a common good, or is the moral end partly social, partly non- social?
60422Indeed, in the hedonistic psychology, is it not nonsense to say that a state of your feeling is desirable to me?
60422Is it compatible?
60422Is it the mere historical fact that some man, who has experienced both, prefers A to B that makes A more desirable?
60422Is killing in war murder?
60422Is kind of pleasure the same thing as pleasure?
60422Is taking life in self- defense murder?
60422Is the good carpenter or chemist not only in so far a good man, but also a good social member?
60422Is the hanging of criminals murder?
60422Is there any_ indirect_ method of going from the pleasure of one to the pleasure of all?
60422Is truth- telling, as such, right, or is it merely that this instance of it happens to be right?
60422It is simply:_ What is this case?_ The moral act is not that which satisfies some far- away principle, hedonistic or transcendental.
60422It may ask: What is this institution of family, property for?
60422Now is this present feeling which moves( 1) mere pleasure and( 2) mere feeling at all?
60422Or, since it is the end which gives action its moral value, what is the true end,_ summum bonum_ of man?
60422Right in_ this_ instance, of course; but is it right generally?
60422Shall we call it right?
60422Suppose, however, that ends are independently suggested or proposed, will the Kantian conception serve to_ test_ their moral fitness?
60422Surrendering this psychology, what shall we say of the maximum possibility of pleasure as the criterion of the morality of acts?
60422The only question is:_ if_ hedonism were true,_ could_ we so learn?
60422This being the case, how can it constitute the universal ideal of action?
60422This expressly raises a question already incidentally touched upon: What is the controlling element in desire?
60422This is implied by the fact that the parent would ask,"What_ made_ you_ angry_?"
60422Under what conditions do commands play a part in moral conduct?
60422Unless the end interests, unless it arouses emotion, why should the agent ever aim at it?
60422What community is there between this principle and_ what_ he is to do?
60422What determines the law of his conduct under the circumstances?
60422What do we mean by individuality?
60422What indeed can be worth while unless it be either enjoyable in itself or at least a means to enjoyment?
60422What is it that arouses the mind to the larger activity?
60422What is the nature of this law?
60422What is the part played by specific commands and by general rules in the examination of conduct by conscience?
60422What is the tribunal and what is the law of judgment?
60422What is the true spirit of existing institutions, and what sort of conduct does this spirit demand?
60422What kind of activity does it take to satisfy a man?
60422What kind of an interest is our interest in persons, our distinctively social interest?
60422What were human conduct without the one and the other?
60422Where in this law- giving is there any separation from facts?
60422Where then is the way out from a capricious self- conceit, on one hand, and a dead conformity on the other?
60422Where, finally, does the social character of science and art come in?
60422Whose happiness is desirable and_ to whom_?
60422Why is it not open for an agent, under exceptional circumstances, to act for his own pleasure, to the exclusion of that of others?
60422Why is the object thought of as pleasant?
60422Will the conception that the end must be capable of being generalized tell us whether this or that end is one to be followed?
60422Would theft be considered bad if it resulted in pleasure or truth itself good if its universal effect were pain?
60422Would then justice cease to be a law for him if it were not observed at all in the society of which he is a member?
60422XVI) required of a criterion, or standard:( 1) Will it unify individual conduct?
60422_ How_ do we get from individual pleasure to the happiness of all?
60422_ Why_ should I not gratify my desires as I please in case social pressure is absent or lets up?
60422does not strict hedonism demand that all kinds of pleasure equally present as to intensity in consciousness shall be of the same value?
60422e._, a law?
60422or does his full activity require that note be taken of a suffering animal?
60422to ability to appreciate ordinary chords and tunes, but not to the attempt to make further developments in music?
41632And is this all?
41632Do you remember, my dear, that you are in the house of the best_ entrées_ in London? 41632 Ha, what is this that rises to my touch So like a cushion-- can it be a cabbage?
41632My brains are surely turning? 41632 Pray, on what meat hath this our Cæsar fed?"
41632What do_ divorcées_ do with their wedding presents?
41632What is good taste but an instantaneous, ready appreciation of the fitness of things?
41632What is so good as an egg salad for a hungry person?
41632What is the matter, Jane?
41632What is the matter,said Lord Seaforth;"has the Duke turned rusty?"
41632What is thine age?
41632Who hath created this indigest?
41632''I bet that it is the first time you ever made an omelet in a wood- cutter''s hut, is it not, my little lady?''
41632A little girl says,"I do n''t know which dress to put on my dolly, Mamma, which shall I?"
41632A man always expects his wife to dress for him; why should he not dress for her?
41632Ancient or modern?
41632And do you ask why?
41632And what could the modern English novelist do without it?
41632Are there many opulent people who can say, The key to my house is wit and intellect, and character, without regard to party, caste or school?
41632Are you going to feast the whole army of the Rhine?
41632As true refinement comes from within, let him read the noble description of Thackeray:--"What is it to be a gentleman?
41632As, for instance, the drawer gets the word"Africa"and the question"Have you an invitation to my wedding?"
41632Broiled, devilled, stewed, cooked in a fashion called_ Bourdelaise_, it is the most delicious of dishes, and as a salad what can equal it?
41632But are we as conscientious as the gentleman in"Punch"who rebuked the giddy girl who would talk to him at dinner?
41632But if, after opening her doors, the hostess refuses the welcome, or treats her guests with various degrees of cordiality, why did she ask at all?
41632But who can eat an orange well?
41632Can we be a thorough- bred, or a thorough- fed, all by ourselves?
41632Canst thou gulf a shoal Of herrings?
41632Considering what has been expected of the American woman, has she not done rather well?
41632Do we not make our dinners too long and too heavy?
41632England is famed for its good fish, as why should it not be, with the ocean around it?
41632First, whom shall we ask?
41632For instance, if we compare a dinner in London with a dinner in New York, we must say, Whose dinner?
41632For the roast, too, what plates so good as Doulton, real English, substantial_ faïence_?
41632For what would Christmas be without the children?
41632Has she not conquered her fate?
41632Have we counted on that possible Utopia where men and women meet and talk, to contribute of their best thought to the entertaining?
41632Have we many houses to which we are asked to a banquet of wit?
41632Have we not the fee simple of terrapin and the exclusive excellence of shad?
41632Have we not trout, salmon, the great fellows from the Great Lakes, and the exclusive ownership of the Spanish mackerel?
41632His remark to his friend was,"James, you are a layman, why do n''t you say something?"
41632How can the reformer make society more amusing and less dangerous?
41632How did they do it?
41632How does a wedding begin?
41632How grapple with that important question,"How shall I give a dinner?"
41632How long does a French_ chef_, at ten thousand dollars a year, stay?
41632How long must a hostess wait for a tardy guest?
41632How many good servants could he find; how long would they stay?
41632How much will be enough and no more?
41632How should he dare to speak against a cucumber salad?
41632If our ancestors dined at nine, when did they lunch?
41632If they choose to play at times when the male golfers are feeding or resting, no one can object; but at other times, must we say it?
41632If they do badly, how can they help it?
41632If this is what they ate, what then did they drink?
41632If we compare New York with Paris, we must say, What Paris?
41632In this connection, why not call in the transcendent attraction of music?
41632Indeed, it is the custom abroad to ask,"what has he done, what can he do?"
41632Is it a manufactured object?
41632Is not this a list to make"the rash gazer wipe his eye"?
41632It is impossible to do much with the art of entertaining without servants, and where shall we get them?
41632It is not a bad"look- out,"is it?
41632Judging from many specimens which we have seen, may we not claim that the American woman must be stamped with an especial distinction?
41632Now what to drink?
41632Of what other fortune can we say so much?
41632One asks,"Where are their manners?"
41632Or hast thou gorge and room To bolt fat porpoises and dolphins whole By dozens, e''en as oysters we consume?
41632Ought a gentleman to be a loyal son, a true husband, and honest father?
41632Ought his life to be decent, his bills to be paid, his tastes to be high and elegant?
41632Raw, roasted, boiled, stewed, scalloped and baked in patties, what so savoury as the oyster?
41632Shall we try?
41632She has furnished them with food and wine, but can she amuse them?
41632Supposing we tell her?
41632Thackeray praises Chambertin in verse more than once:--"''Oui, oui, Monsieur,''''s the waiter''s answer;''Quel vin Monsieur desire- t- il?''
41632The old saying that it takes three generations to make a gentleman makes us ask, How many does it take to unmake one?
41632The questioner begins: Is it animal, vegetable or mineral?
41632Then try quibbles:"How can I get the wine out of a bottle if I have no corkscrew and must not break the glass or make a hole in it or the cork?"
41632To relieve them, to bring them into communion with their next neighbour, with whom they have nothing in common, what shall one do?
41632Was it on account of its weight?
41632We still have the"Whisk,"but what has become of_ lansquenet_, quadrille basset, piquet, those pretty and courtly games?
41632What dinner?
41632What is its shape, size and colour?
41632What is its use?
41632What is the reason?
41632What is thy diet?
41632What is your favourite Christian name for a man?
41632What is your favourite Christian name for a woman?
41632What matter if it be only a few more beans than one''s neighbour?
41632What shall we do with it?
41632What should be done with the broken meats of a great household?
41632What time did our forefathers lunch?
41632What woman could refuse to make a pudding and any number of pies after that?
41632What woman of fashion goes out of her way to find the man of letters who writes the striking editorials in a morning paper in New York?
41632What wonder if in the first essay some chords are missed, some discords struck?
41632What would Horace Walpole say, could he see the collections of some of our really poor people, not to mention those of our billionnaires?
41632Where are the broils of our childhood?
41632Where is it now?
41632Where is our Lady Jersey, our Lady Palmerston, our Princess Belgioso?
41632Who can endure the mingled misery of a hot room, an uncomfortable seat, a glare of gas, and a pianoforte solo?
41632Who can help them?
41632Who does not remember the ice in the pitcher of a morning, which must be broken before even faces were washed?
41632Who ever heard of society running after Mr. John Gilbert, one of the most respectable men of his profession, as well as a consummate actor?
41632Who in America would dare to give such a lunch?
41632Who is not glad to find a four- leaved clover, to see the moon over his right shoulder, to have a black cat come to the house?
41632Who is your favourite heroine?
41632Who is your favourite king?
41632Who is your favourite queen?
41632Who shall pretend to describe its attractions?
41632Who were these wretches?
41632Who wishes to sit next to Mr. Many- Courses, when he has been kept waiting for his dinner?
41632Who would not say that this would be the most amusing dinner in London?
41632Whose trial?
41632Why are not our women greater politicians?
41632Why not a pound- and- a- quarter trout?
41632Why''A cat has nine lives,''etc.?"
41632Why''cat- o- nine- tails?''
41632Will they come?
41632Wilt thou go with me?
41632Yet in a large town, in a house shut up from our cold winter blasts, what can she do?
41632_ Interlocutor._--"Is it something statesmen crave?"
41632_ Interlocutor._--"Is it something that goes halt?"
41632_ Interlocutor._--"Is it something tigers need?"
41632_ Interlocutor._--"Is it something we all would like?"
41632_ Interlocutor._--"Is it to shoot at duck?"
41632_ Ma foi!_"answered he;"you saw that man just gone out?
41632and"What Cheer?"
41632rather than,"how much is he worth?"
41632said the cook,''can I thus think of grilling?
41632since the days of canning, who offers the delicious preserves of the past?
14679And am I to do no science?
14679But would it not be a more thorough change to go to a new subject?
14679If a man love not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen?
14679New graces ever gaining:--did you gain any grace at all last Sunday-- or would this week have been exactly the same if Sunday had been wiped out?
14679No; but they do n''t require entertaining before breakfast, do they?
14679Then do you think Latin and Greek and mathematics no good for a woman?
14679What time did you go to bed?
14679Where shall we spend the holidays?
14679Yes, I could keep up my reading, but how about the grammar?
14679[ 2]But surely I had better do more than one subject in a day?
14679[ 8] Do you feel that this is very tall talk for quiet lives like yours and mine? 14679 ''Could ye not watch with Me one hour?'' 14679 ''Will ye also go away?'' 14679 And can we dare to put our hand to this plough while neglecting our own training? 14679 And if we know that we are selfish in the matter,--what then? 14679 Another test you should apply to Friendship is, does it lead to idle words? 14679 Are there no old people you could amuse in some way,--possibly with whist? 14679 Are these words too solemn to use, after suggestions on talk which may seem to you to have been occupied with very petty and ignoble details? 14679 Are we to feel absolved from responding to His demand because old Jewish ways have vanished? 14679 Are you learning its lessons, or are you fretting for a remove? 14679 Are you prompt and alert in your movements, or do you indulge in that exasperating slowness, which some girls seem to consider quite a charm? 14679 Are you ready for real work? 14679 Are you to shut your eyes to the new lights, and be as though you had never known them? 14679 Are you, then, to reject all suggestions of a sensible marriage with any man who is not Prince Perfect? 14679 Are your books, and your self- discipline, and your time- table, only a hindrance to this? 14679 But apart from wrong talk, what sort of silly talk are you likely to be infected with at school? 14679 But are you to fritter away the time between this and then? 14679 But can you help being sentimental if you are made like that? 14679 But supposing I granted, for the sake of argument, that the original debt was on your parents''side and not on yours, what then? 14679 But to come at last to Solomon''s ideal-- what is our first impression of her? 14679 But what do you do after breakfast?
14679Can you take criticism or contradiction with a perfectly unruffled face and voice?
14679Do you give your mother a share in your interests?
14679Do you make your father forget his bothers when he comes in from his business?
14679Do you say, he was a poet, and Beatrice was one of the most famous of all Fair Women, and therefore they are no guide for you?
14679Do you soak yourself enough in good thoughts to be more soothed and peaceful than you were on Saturday?
14679Do you think it is easy to listen-- that it means mere silence?
14679Do you think these things do not matter?
14679Do you wait till the last minute, and then leisurely put on your things, with serene unconsciousness of the fret it is to every one''s temper?
14679Do you want to help others to go right in life?
14679Does your brother look forward to his time at home, instead of thinking it a bore?
14679Had you better make your plan, and begin at once?
14679Have I started, or handed on, spiteful remarks?"
14679Have I tried to get cheap credit for wit, by sharp speeches,_ would- be_ clever criticism and pulling people to pieces?
14679Have any of you the lurking thought,"I was born by no choice of my own: those who brought me into the world owe duty to me, not I to them?"
14679Have the suggestions_ I_ made and the Resolutions_ we_ made, soaked into our lives and altered the stuff of which we are made?
14679Have you definite duties, which you stick to even though they bore you,_ e.g._, house duties, or reading aloud, or lessons with the younger ones?
14679Have you ever thought what education was to do for you, or, are you learning your lessons, day by day, just because they are set?
14679How can you live a noble life?
14679How is this home difficulty met?
14679How long have you been at school, each of you?
14679How many of you feel quite guiltless on this score?
14679How many times have we come together here, and thought over together, point after point, the things that really matter to us?
14679How many women keep their menkind back from public duty by their fretfulness about the inconveniences entailed on themselves?
14679How much of it sets all harmony and rhythm at defiance?
14679How much of our home life is set to music?
14679How?
14679If a fairy godmother offered you one gift, what would you choose?
14679If they themselves do care and yet try to seem careless, are they not responsible for half the carelessness in those about them?
14679If you like, use another question, and ask yourself,"Was I like S. Theresa,''An Advocate of the Absent''?"
14679If_ she_ does not mind about her dignity, why should_ he_?
14679Is it a cooling fountain to you?
14679Is it not to learn to fit into your home?
14679Is it simply that we should be uncomfortable?
14679Is not every right and wise piece of good work for others an attempt to help them to train themselves to live a higher life?
14679Is not this very necessity in home life-- this"I must"--just the thing which makes it akin to our Lord''s life?
14679Is not trustworthiness a main point in those we respect?
14679Is she learning God''s lesson, and fitting herself for the still nobler life He wants to give her?
14679Is there not in that Holiest Life a continual undercurrent of"I must"?
14679It never occurs to the daughter that she sinned six times( or even shall we say eight or ten?
14679May I suggest some thoughts for self- examination on the matter?
14679Must you starve either head or heart?
14679Need this be?
14679No; he is rather saying,"How can you think that our Father values, not the lilies, but only the fact of their growing on this or that bit of earth?"
14679Now, does your way of talking bring out the best side of yourself and of those you talk to?
14679Now, how will such general lessons help you in after- life?
14679Now, is it good or bad for girls to have a strong feeling of this kind for their school?
14679Now, what plan of life should you have?
14679Of course she does; if not, what good would school have done her?
14679On which side do your words go-- talk or chatter?
14679One good question to put daily to yourself is,"How much of my talk to- day was for myself, and against others?
14679Or ask,"Have I, by my way of speaking_ or listening_, lowered any one''s standard to- day?"
14679Ought not the trifling duties to be fuel to her burning desire for her nobleness of life, instead of dust to choke it?
14679PREFACE What_ is_ the awkward age?
14679Purity and Reverence are the two main things in talk, but how about Sense?
14679Purity, truth, and love, Are they such common things?
14679Retreats and Rest- cures are nowadays found to be imperatively necessary; but are not both symptoms of something over- wrought in our system?
14679Saying those things makes the wheels of life''s chariot run smoothly,--we think them, why are we so slow to say them?
14679Shall this be the result of your school learning?
14679So many often say, or feel,"It''s not my duty to do this or that; why should I?
14679So much for Prayer, our duty to God, and for Alms, our duty to our neighbour; how about Fasting, our duty to ourself?
14679That she has had this or that pleasure-- that she has riches or poverty-- that she is married or lonely, that she married the right man or the wrong?
14679The best test of whether your love for an outside person is of the right kind, is, does it make you pleasanter at home?
14679The true lady says,"_ Somebody_ must do the dirty work, and why not I as well as another?"
14679There may be girls like yourself living near you who have less; could you not start some sensible reading together?
14679Urith seized the opportunity, and began as the door closed behind them--"Now, Aunt Rachel, how can I do everything I ought when I leave school?
14679We may be very kind in our district; are we as kind to social bores?
14679What can we say as to the positive duty of keeping Sunday?
14679What do_ you_ do, to make the mass less silly?
14679What have you got?
14679What is the good of fasting?
14679What is true_ esprit de corps_?
14679What is your purpose in life?
14679What is your work on leaving school?
14679What makes a woman''s life worth living?
14679What man has not got poetry in him, waiting for the woman he loves to wake it?
14679What matters is, whether she is growing more and more into tune with the Infinite?
14679Why can not a girl welcome some tiresome commission or fidgeting rule of her mother''s, as much as if it were imposed by some Mother Superior?
14679Why can not you seem outwardly at leisure, and yet live an inner life of thought and work?
14679Why is home not felt to be a vocation?
14679Why should she restrain her love of fun, her Tomboyism, her tendency to flirtation?
14679Why should"the privilege of a friend"be synonymous with a cutting remark?
14679Why were you born?
14679Would it not be a pity to let your mind keep running on the very things from which you have come away?
14679Would it not be well for some if they tried, as Miss Wordsworth suggests, the effect of keeping one Sunday in the week?
14679_ Alms_.--What proportion of your money do you give away?
14679and, equally, if he love not his brother close at hand, how can he love brethren afar off?
14679did you seriously think over where you were unlike Him and where you could be more like Him in the coming week?
14679it''s just as much_ her_ business,--why should n''t_ she_ do the dirty work?"
8399And this humiliation, too?
8399Can I bring you some tea?
8399Do you believe in chance?
8399Do you believe in ghosts?
8399I can never plead a cause before my father?
8399Is Miss Lucy at home?
8399Is that window too cold?
8399Is there more talent displayed in learning the violin than in playing a first- rate game of chess?
8399Is_ Lucy_ home?
8399Pray, can you tell me who the pianist is?
8399WHO PAYS FOR THE CARDS?
8399What do you think of a ladies''club?
83992 might have perfect respect for the girl?
8399A correspondent writes,"How shall I carry my fork to my mouth?"
8399A pun is made on his name:"Should owled acquaintance be forgot?"
8399All this we wish to say; but how shall we say it that our words may not hurt him a great deal more than he is hurt already?
8399And who was a greater optimist than your Athenian?
8399And yet no man would come into a lady''s drawing- room saying,"Where are the girls?"
8399Another correspondent asks,"Should cheese be eaten with a fork?"
8399Another of our correspondents asks,"Shall I respond to the lady of the house or to the bride if asked to a wedding?"
8399Are they alone the visionaries who see the best rather than the worst?
8399As there are always two sides to a shield, why not look at the golden one?
8399As young people are often asked without their parents, the question arises, What should the parents do to show their sense of this attention?
8399B � ranger was of the world, worldly; but can we give him up?
8399But are those, then, the fools who see only the pleasant side?
8399But does our bashful man know this?
8399But if we were to answer the young lady''s later question,"Would this be considered etiquette?"
8399But is it not improperly using a term of implied reproach?
8399But the questioner may ask, Why invite guests, unless we wish to see them?
8399But what shall we give them?
8399But what shall we say to those on whom disgrace has laid its heavy, defiling hand?
8399Can language measure the depth, the height, the immensity, the bitterness of that grief?
8399Can not the elegance, the repose, and the respectfulness of the past return also?
8399Could we all have abundant leisure and be sure to find our friends at home, what more agreeable business than visiting?
8399Do not the breezes go through them?
8399Do they not suffer from cold?
8399Else, why such gifts as beauty, talent, health, wit, and a power of enjoyment be given to us?
8399Has she necessarily less insight?
8399He must be near enough to respond quickly when he hears the words,"Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?"
8399He would Say;"Where are the young ladies?"
8399How and when and on whom shall we leave our cards?
8399How can we say to a mother who bends over a fresh grave, that we regret the loss she has sustained in the death of her child?
8399How long and for whom shall we wear mourning?
8399How much of the native good- will of an impulsive person has been frozen into a caustic and sardonic temper by the lack of a little optional civility?
8399How shall we give a dinner- party?
8399How shall we lay our hand so tenderly on that sore spot that we may not inflict a fresh wound?
8399How shall we use a fork?
8399How will she be accepted by another lover after having enjoyed the hospitality of the first?
8399However, two new people generally overcome this moment of embarrassment, and then some simple offer of service, such as,"Can I get you a chair?"
8399If he lack the inferior arts of polite behavior, who will take the trouble to discover a Sir Walter Raleigh behind his cravat?
8399If our late brilliant sunsets do not supply enough, how shall we light our summer dinners?
8399In fact, there is one great universal question, What is the etiquette of good society?
8399Is it the dress in which she feels that she ought to meet the gaze of a mixed assemblage in a crowded hotel or in a much frequented thoroughfare?
8399Is it well to write to them at all?
8399Is not sympathy sometimes malice in disguise?
8399Is there not something quite unenlightened in the persistence with which we connect death with gloom?
8399It is not a communistic spirit that asks,"How can I do this thing in a better way?"
8399It should be met by the surprised rejoinder of the Hoosier school- mistress:"Do n''t yer know enough to speak when yer spoken to?"
8399Many of our correspondents ask the embarrassing question,"Who is it proper to invite to a first ball?"
8399Many of our correspondents ask us,"What shall we order for a garden- party?"
8399Many people make a most ostentatious display of plate and china on their sideboards, and if one has pretty things why not show them?
8399Nothing could be simpler than the riding- habit, and yet is there any dress so becoming?
8399Now as to the use of it by the afflicted: why would it not be well for persons who have lost a friend also to have such a card engraved?
8399Now if there is a woman in the world who does not know what to talk about, is it not a very difficult thing to tell her?
8399Now one of our correspondents writes to us,"Who pays for the_ after_-cards?"
8399Now the question comes up, and here doctors disagree: When may a lady call by proxy, or when may she send her card, or when must she call in person?
8399Now where is his dinner party?
8399Now, do you not run great risks when you abandon your homes, and bring out your girls at a hotel?"
8399One can almost as well answer such a question as,"What shall I see out of my eyes?"
8399One correspondent inquires,"Who should be asked to a wedding?"
8399One of our esteemed correspondents asks,"How much soup should be given to each person?"
8399One of the cleverest questions asked lately is,"What shall I talk about at a dinner- party?"
8399Or shall we say, in simple and unpremeditated words, the thoughts which fill our own minds?
8399Our correspondents often ask us when a letter of condolence should be written?
8399Particularly is this true of apartment- houses; and when people live in hotels, who knows whether the card ever reaches its destination?
8399Rousby?"
8399Shall we be pagan, and say that"whom the gods love die young,"or Christian, and remark that"God does not willingly afflict the children of men?"
8399Shall we not be mistaken for those who prowl like jackals round a grave, and will not our motives be misunderstood?
8399Shall we quote ancient philosophers and modern poets?
8399Shall we tell her what she has lost-- how good, how loving, how brave, how admirable was the spirit which has just left the flesh?
8399She will say:"Have the young ladies come in?"
8399Should the father of the bride send him a check?
8399Some Englishman asked an American,"What sort of a country is America?"
8399Some ask:"Shall I send them to the bride, as I do not know her mother?"
8399Some of our correspondents have no good asked us what the best man is doing at this moment?
8399Supposing we take up music, it is far more agreeable to hear a person say,"How do you like Nilsson?"
8399The question is often asked us,"Should invitations be sent to people in mourning?"
8399Then, our querist may ask, Why is the term,"she is a beautiful_ lady_,"so hopelessly out of style?
8399Therefore a mistress will not say"Have the_ girls_ come in?"
8399They"form"on a roadside, and the master of the hunt says,"Ladies and gentlemen, will you hunt?"
8399This seems to trouble some people, who ask,"How will such a person know I am married?"
8399We began all over again; and now there comes up from this newer world a flood of questions: How shall we manage all this?
8399We have been asked by many,"To whom should the answer to an invitation be addressed?"
8399We have been asked, Who shall conduct the single bridesmaid to the altar?
8399What change of dress can there be left for the drawing- room?
8399What is the etiquette of a wedding?
8399What mortal sin has he committed?
8399What shall we say that is not trite and commonplace-- even unfeeling?
8399What so good as an egg salad for a hungry company?
8399Whatever may go wrong, the lady of the house should remain calm; if she is anguished, who can be happy?
8399When should a lady call first upon a new and a desirable acquaintance?
8399When wear a dress- coat?
8399Who does not pity the trembling boy when, on the evening of his first party, he succumbs to this dreadful malady?
8399Who is to repay the bridegroom if_ he_ has paid for the cards?
8399Who was to blame?
8399Who would miss the chance, be it one in ten thousand, of building such a bridge?
8399Why does it betray that the speaker has not lived in a fashionable set?
8399Why not still more when a married pair have weathered the storms of twenty- five years?
8399Why should they not get their more interesting letters that contain invitations?
8399Why should they?
8399or"Where are the women?"
8399sometimes sound like"I am so glad for myself?"
60484Who is that man?
60484Accordingly the question he repeated to me over and over again was:"What is to be the future of Tuskegee?"
60484Another man will have constantly before him the question:"How much can I put into this hour or this day?"
60484Are these two persons in the same condition?
60484Are they equal in capacity?
60484Are you building character?
60484Are you going to appreciate the beauty and grandeur of this opportunity?
60484Are you going to suffer for your own people until they can receive the light which they so much need?
60484Are you less willing to yield to temptation?
60484Are you making these lessons a part of yourself?
60484Are you more able to overcome temptation now than you were?
60484But the question that comes to us with the greatest force is:"Are we going to be worthy of that support?
60484Can we educate a class of young men who will do their duty on the farm as they would do it on this platform?
60484Den why not ebery man?"
60484Did you ever hear that side door creak on its hinges before this morning?
60484Did you ever see such a man as that writing letters to this place and that place applying for work?
60484Did you ever see such a man out of a job?
60484Do you know that one of the most common mistakes among the masses of our people in the country is throwing away their money on cheap jewellery?
60484Do you suppose he would ever have secured any freight to ship?
60484HAVE YOU DONE YOUR BEST?
60484Have you been careful in this respect?
60484Have you been downright honest in that respect, alone?
60484Have you been honest with those who support this institution?
60484Have you been really honest with yourselves and your parents, and with those who spend so much money for the support of this institution?
60484Have you done your best in the sewing room and in the cooking classes?
60484Have you done your best?
60484Have you justified your parents in the sacrifice of time and money which they have made in order to allow you to come here?
60484Have you really been honest with your teachers?
60484Have you really been interested in them?
60484Have you really, in a word, in the preparation and recitation of your lessons, done your level best?
60484Have you shifted this duty, or neglected that duty?
60484Have you thrown some task off on to your room- mates?
60484Have you used it in the dark, as well as in the light?
60484How can we reach the masses who are remote-- I mean remote from educational advantages and from opportunities for encouragement and enlightenment?
60484How is it to be secured?
60484I suppose that during the last few days the questions have come to many of you:"What are we gaining?
60484If we can not turn out a man here who is capable of taking care of a pig sty, how can we expect him to take care of affairs of State?
60484In going into a class- room, office, store or shop, one man may ask himself the question:"How little can I do to- day and still get through the day?"
60484In plain words, then, the problem we must work out here is not:--Can you master algebra, or literature?
60484In the field and in the shop, with the plough, the trowel, the hammer, the saw, have you done your level best?
60484Is the young animal of a week old, although he has all the characteristics that his mother has, as strong as she?
60484Is there not something else I ought to do before I go?"
60484Not only here, but all over the country, our race is going to be called on to answer the question:"What can the race really accomplish?"
60484Now the question arises:--How are you going to put yourself in a condition to be in demand for these higher and more important positions?
60484Now, how are we going to change all these things?
60484Now, when this message was delivered, where was that boy?
60484One pastor will meet another and say,"Good morning, Doctor,"and the other, wishing to be as polite as his friend, will say,"How are you, Doctor?"
60484Right out from your hearts, have you done your best?
60484Shall we be worthy of the confidence of the public?"
60484Shall we prepare ourselves to do something as well as anybody else or better?
60484The general problem we have to work out here, and work it out with fear and trembling, is:--Can we educate the individual conscience?
60484The question that confronts us is whether we will take advantage of this opportunity?
60484Then, after the ceremony, where do these people go to live?
60484There is no better way to test an act than to ask yourself the question:"What would my father or my mother think of this?
60484There is no question, perhaps, which is asked oftener by a person entering upon a career than this-- What will pay?
60484They will be saying,"Johnnie,"or"Jennie, where is it?
60484Think, when you are tempted to do that:"Will it pay?"
60484WHAT IS TO BE OUR FUTURE?
60484WHAT WILL PAY I wish to talk with you for a few minutes upon a subject that is much discussed, especially by young people-- What things pay in life?
60484WHAT WOULD FATHER AND MOTHER SAY?
60484Was he doing as his mother was so earnestly praying him to do?
60484Whar yo''been, poor mourner, whar yo''been so long?
60484What are some of the things that we do want you to learn to do?
60484What can you do for the Conference, and what can the Conference do for you?
60484What evidences can we present to prove to them that their investments in this direction have been paying ones?
60484What is the explanation of"A little child shall lead them?"
60484What is the most original product with which the Negro race stands accredited?
60484What is the result of that kind of schooling?
60484What was behind all this?
60484What will bring about the greatest degree of happiness?
60484What will make my life most useful?
60484What will pay best?
60484What will pay?
60484What will profit me most?
60484What, then, do we mean by education?
60484When you are tempted to do what your conscience tells you is not right, ask yourself:"Will it pay me to do this thing which I know is not right?"
60484Whence comes this supreme power of leadership?
60484Where did you put it the last time you had it?"
60484Who of you did not understand what was said by Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., when he spoke from this platform a few evenings ago?
60484Why are they the admiration of the world?
60484Why do they never fail to touch the tenderest chord-- to bring tears from the eyes of rich and poor-- from king and humblest toiler alike?
60484Why does every attempt at improvement spoil them?
60484Why should we call him"fortunate"or"lucky?"
60484Why?
60484Will it pay me in the world to come?"
60484Will it pay to enter into this business or that business?
60484Will they see to it that everything is properly cleaned and put in its appropriate place?
60484Will this course of action, or that, pay?
60484Would they approve, or should I be ashamed to let them know that I have done this thing?"
60484Yes, I am almost ready to add, with which America stands accredited?
7952And after Sicily?
7952And after you have conquered the world?
7952Are you in earnest? 7952 Break one of them and what do you see?"
7952But must I then die sorrowing? 7952 I have fallen into the hands of thieves,"says Jeremy Taylor;"what then?
7952That which does not make a man worse, how can it make his life worse? 7952 The true, the good, and the beautiful,"says Cousin,"are but forms of the infinite: what then do we really love in truth, beauty, and virtue?
7952Then,asked Cineas,"why can you not take your ease and be merry now?"
7952To sit at home,says Leigh Hunt,"with an old folio(?)
7952We talk,says Helps,"of the origin of evil;... but what is evil?
7952Who has traced,says Cousin,"the plan of this poem?
7952Am I not free?
7952Am I not without fear?
7952Am I not without sorrow?
7952And how do I meet with those whom you are afraid of and admire?
7952And if it were, would friends be any real advantage?
7952And what do I want?
7952And who has guided reason and love?
7952But how can we fill our lives with_ life_, energy, and interest, and yet keep care outside?
7952But if I have been greatly favored, ought I not to be on that very account especially qualified to write on such a theme?
7952But if death is the journey to another place, and there, as men say, all the dead are, what good, O my friends and judges, can be greater than this?
7952But is this so?
7952But ought we not to place before ourselves a very different ideal-- a healthier, manlier, and nobler hope?
7952But ought we so to regard death?
7952But what came of all his victories?
7952But what is glory?
7952But what of the future?
7952But, on the other hand, what gift is there which is without danger?
7952Can I be prevented from going with cheerfulness and contentment?
7952Can we then retrace our steps?
7952Can you then show me in what way you have taken care of it?
7952Did I ever accuse any man?
7952Did I ever blame God or man?
7952Did any of you ever see me with a sorrowful countenance?
7952Do n''t you think that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces?
7952Do not I treat them like slaves?
7952Do you seek a reward greater than that of doing what is good and just?
7952Does it really give that love of learning which is better than learning itself?
7952Does it then seem to you so small and worthless a thing to be good and happy?"
7952Does not this seem natural?
7952For which would you rather have?
7952Has Biology ever professed to explain existence?
7952Hence, we dread ghosts more than robbers, not only without reason, but against reason; for even if ghosts existed, how could they hurt us?
7952How can he think or act for himself?
7952How may we see in them all that is to be seen by the finest senses?
7952How then do we stand now?
7952How then is this great object to be secured?
7952How, then, is this to be paid for?
7952I asked myself, as on previous occasions, How was this colossal work performed?
7952I fancied one of the angels came and asked me,''Well, M. l''Abbé how did you like the beautiful world you have just left?''
7952If the condemnation is just, it should be welcome as a warning; if it is undeserved, why should we allow it to distress us?
7952In the words of the old Lambeth adage--"What is a merry man?
7952Is it not extraordinary that many men will deliberately take a road which they know is, to say the least, not that of happiness?
7952Is it really so; need it be so?
7952Is the object to produce the same impression on the mind as that created by the scene itself?
7952It is indeed sometimes objected that Landscape painting is not true to nature; but we must ask, What is truth?
7952Man, what are you saying?
7952Many are wearily asking themselves"Ah why Should life all labor be?"
7952Moreover, have we not all, in a better sense-- have we not all thousands of acres of our own?
7952Moreover, to what do Generals and Statesmen owe their fame?
7952Must I then also lament?
7952Must we not all admit, with Sir Henry Taylor, that"the retrospect of life swarms with lost opportunities"?
7952Now that which does not make a man worse, how can it make his life worse?"
7952On the other hand, we must remember how much we have gained in security?
7952Sed quibus?
7952That they prefer to make others miserable, rather than themselves happy?
7952The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name than Herodias with one; and who would not rather have been the good thief than Pilate?"
7952The fount of tears is sealed, Who knows how bright the inward light To those closed eyes revealed?
7952There was silence; and I heard a voice saying Shall mortal man be more just than God?"
7952This seems a paradox, yet it there not much truth in his explanation?
7952To lose such Deans as Stanley would indeed be a great misfortune; but does it follow?
7952Well then does Epictetus ask,"Is there no reward?
7952Well, banishment?
7952Well, then, why should we complain of what is but a preparation for future happiness?
7952What are friends, books, or health, the interest of travel or the delights of home, if we have not time for their enjoyment?
7952What does it matter if the pupil know a little more or a little less?
7952What is he that he should resist?
7952What is it to be king, sheikh, tetrarch, or emperor over a''bit of a bit''of this little earth?"
7952What is there?"
7952What more is there we could ask for ourselves?
7952What science brings so much out of so little?
7952What then is the difference?
7952What would not a man give if he might converse with Orpheus, and Musaeus, and Hesiod, and Homer?
7952What would one not give for a Science primer of the next century?
7952What, says Marcus Aurelius,"What is that which is able to conduct a man?
7952When did any of you see me failing in the object of my desire?
7952When we speak of Palestrina or Perugino, of Nelson or Wellington, of Newton or Darwin, who remembers the towns?
7952Wherefore weep?"
7952Who chiselled these mighty and picturesque masses out of a mere protuberance of the earth?
7952Who discovered the art of procuring fire?
7952Who has given it life and charm?
7952Who invented letters?
7952Who saw the dance of the dead clouds when the sunlight left them last night, and the west wind blew them before it like withered leaves?
7952Who saw the narrow sunbeam that came out of the south, and smote upon their summits until they melted and mouldered away in a dust of blue rain?
7952Who would not rather be forgotten, than recollected as Ahab or Jezebel, Nero or Commodus, Messalina or Heliogabalus, King John or Richard III.?
7952Who, when he sees me, does not think that he sees his king and master?"
7952Why should we expect Religion to solve questions with reference to the origin and destiny of the Universe?
7952Why, then, should this be so?
7952Would you have me to bear poverty?
7952Would you have me to bear poverty?
7952Would you have me to possess power?
7952Yes, but what world?
7952Yet consider what it contains; or rather, what does it not contain?
7952Yet in comparison with what possession, of all others, would not a good friend appear far more valuable?"
7952Yet what is the ocean compared to the sky?
7952[ 10] And yet"if, in our moments of utter idleness and insipidity, we turn to the sky as a last resource, which of its phenomena do we speak of?
7952[ 7] The future of man is full of hope, and who can foresee the limits of his destiny?
7952can we recover what is lost?
7952or ever falling into that which I would avoid?
7952where is thy sting?
7952where is thy victory?"
455Are ye able to drink of the cup?
455Can I get the lecture in book form?
455How long have you worked here?
455I born in this city? 455 Is he a human being?"
455Is n''t it good to be here? 455 Is not she the limit?"
455Is not this Babylon that I have builded?
455Is not this the carpenter''s son?
455Kind sir, why are they throwing that red mud out of that hole?
455Lecture?
455Mr. Lecture Man,she said,"why is everybody interested in my daughter and nobody interested in me?
455Next Thursday? 455 Ralph Parlette,"I said to myself,"when are you going to learn to see as well as that blind man?
455Removedor"Knocked Out"?
455What are you going to do in life?
455What is it worth?
455Who will win?
455Why make so many experiments?
455( How did they ever have commencements before Emerson?)
455All the mothers of the community used to say to their own reprobate offspring,"Why ca n''t you be like Harry?
455Almost every day as I go along the street to some hall to lecture, I hear somebody asking,"What are they going to have in the hall tonight?"
455And I would hear them say,"Elder Berry, may we help you to another piece of the chicken?"
455Are You Going Up or Down?
455Are You Shaking Up or Rattling Down?
455Are n''t you in danger?
455Are you in the night?
455Are you"ed- ing"or"ing- ing"?
455As I had the good fortune to be sitting at table with her I wanted to ask her,"How did you get your songs known?
455As you go on south and bless your valley, do you notice the valley does not bless you very much?
455At the Gulf of Mexico?
455But down in your hearts you are asking,"What is this all about?
455But they often inquire,"Are you big enough to fill this place?"
455But, my man, how old are you?"
455Can we keep men before millions, and keep our ideals untainted by foundations?
455Child of humanity, are you in the storm?
455Consider the Sticky Flypaper Did you ever watch a fly get his Needless Knocks on the sticky flypaper?
455Did I help them?
455Did You Bring a Bucket?
455Did anybody ever let you in on the ground floor?
455Did the groceryman do that on purpose?
455Did you ever attend the old back- country"last day of school exhibition"?
455Did you ever get a headmark in school?
455Did you ever go over into Packingtown and see a steer receive his education?
455Did you ever hear a big dinner when you felt like the Mammoth Cave?
455Did you ever hear him preach his"maiden sermon"?
455Did you ever hear of a rubber plantation in Central America?
455Did you ever hear of the"Everglades"?
455Did you ever hear that line of conversation?
455Did you ever notice how long you have to see most things before you see them?
455Did you ever notice where they go?
455Did you ever see a corduroy road?
455Did you ever see jelly tremble?
455Did you ever sit alone with a picture of your classmates taken twenty- one years before?
455Did you ever study the walk of a blind man?
455Did you get that?
455Did you get the meaning of that, children?
455Do you ever think of the times that orator tried to speak when he failed and went back to his room in disgrace, mortified and broken- hearted?
455Do you know why corporations sometimes say they do not want to employ gray- headed men?
455Do you know why the Mississippi goes on south?
455Do you not see all around you that success is ever the phoenix rising from the ashes of defeat?
455Do you not see that"cruel fate"is our own smallness and unreadiness?
455Do you note that people grow more in lean years than in fat years?
455Do you note that the conquering races are those that struggle with both heat and cold?
455Do you note that the tropics, the countries with the balmiest climates, produce the weakest peoples?
455Do you remember it?
455Do you remember that Saul of Tarsus would have never been remembered had he lived the life of luxury planned for him?
455Do you remember that green things grow?
455Do you remember that one author became blind before writing"Paradise Lost"the world will always read?
455Do you remember that one musician became deaf before he wrote music the world will always hear?
455Do you remember that they had to lock John Bunyan in Bedford jail before he would write his immortal"Pilgrim''s Progress"?
455Do you remember the first money you ever earned?
455Do you?
455Does the groceryman ever put the big apples on top and the little ones down underneath?
455Educated now?
455Getting"Selected"Why go farther?
455Going out of the building, I asked the foreman,"Do you see that man over there at the supercalendered machine?"
455Has the American nation reached that period?
455Have you ever noticed that the man who is not willing to fix himself, is the one who wants to get the most laws passed to fix other people?
455Have you noticed that every statement does not quite cover it?
455Have you noticed that no sentence, nor a million sentences, can bound life?
455Have you noticed that they always stop when anything is done roasting?
455Have you sadly noted that the people you help the most often are the least grateful in return?
455He would say,"Brother Parlette, is this your boy?"
455How did you know what kind of songs the people want to sing?"
455How else can we save a sucker?
455I Bought the Soap Learn?
455I am sure if we could bring Mr. Edison to this platform and ask him,"Have you succeeded?"
455I have no feelings upon the subject,"somebody says, You can?
455Is n''t it great to have friends and a fine home and money?"
455Is there a groceryman in the audience?
455It is the place where gravity says,"Little Mississippi, do you want to grow?
455It seemed as tho I could hear the suffering red mud crying out,"O, why did they take me away from my happy hole- in- the- ground?
455It''s Better on South Seeing your best days as a child?
455Moses is eighty- six and the committee''phones over,"Moses, can you attend next Thursday?"
455My Maiden Sermon Did you ever hear a young preacher, just captured, just out of a factory?
455Not one bean asks,"Which way do I go?"
455Not one walnut asks,"Which way do I go?"
455O, why do they roast me?
455Piano?
455Shake to Their Places You laugh?
455Steam heat is a fine thing, but do you notice how few of our strong men get their start with steam heat?
455That is, Why go on south?
455The Lure of the City Do you ever get lonely in a city?
455The Sorrows of the Piano See the piano on this stage?
455The people say,"Is n''t Moses dead?"
455There the real people do not often ask us,"On what branch of that tree did you grow?"
455They would say,"Why does n''t the doctor take care of himself, instead of taking care of everybody else?
455To wear strings?
455Twenty- one years afterward as I got off the train in the home town, I asked,"Where is he?"
455Were you ever bumped so hard you were numb?
455Were you ever selected?
455What is knowing?
455What is that man talking about?
455What is the matter with the small town?
455What is the name of this little creek?"
455What is to hinder these insane people from getting together, organizing, overpowering the few guards and breaking out?"
455What right has that woman to meddle into my affairs all the time?
455What shall we do?
455What will they do with them when they get them there?
455What would you have said?
455When an employee would come into the office and say,"Is n''t it about time I was getting a raise?"
455When they get up to Moses''desk, the great prophet says,"Boys, what is it?
455When we become materially very prosperous, so many of us begin to say,"Is not this Babylon that I have builded?"
455When you hear the orator speak and you note the ease and power of his work, do you think of the years of struggle he spent in preparing?
455Where got the Jew those huge forearms?
455Where shall we stop going south?
455Who will not confess that many mortals take their work too seriously, and that to them it is a joyless, cheerless thing?
455Why am I not happy?"
455Why do n''t mothers knit today?
455Why do n''t you act like an old man?
455Why do singers try to execute songs beyond the horizon of their lives?
455Why do they pound me and break my heart?
455Why is a violin?
455Why is my daughter happy and why am I not happy?
455Why must we pull on the oar?
455Why was it he could always get the better of me?
455Will you read the lesson of the Needful Knocks?
455You do n''t believe that?
455You going to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land?
455You know what gray hairs are?
455and get it?"
455what is this we hear?
46129And first, how shall we define conduct?
46129And how, in the absence of definition, can Geometry deal with it?
46129And if we can not define the irregular line itself, how can we know its"spatial relations"definite?
46129And what trait leads us to speak of a bad umbrella or a bad pair of boots?
46129Approaching as we here do to moral obligation, are we not shown its relations to conduct at large?
46129Are the virtues classed as such because of some intrinsic community of nature?
46129Are they modes of thinking and feeling naturally caused in men by experience of these conditions?
46129Are they supernaturally caused modes of thinking and feeling, tending to make men fulfill the conditions to happiness?
46129But now, have these irreconcilable opinions anything in common?
46129But what in such case constitutes the happiness of others?
46129Does B conceive the impartial spectator as awarding to him, B, the product of A''s labor?
46129Does B, in conceiving the impartial spectator, exclude his own interests as completely as A does?
46129Does any one accept this inference?
46129Does he diverge from established theological dogma?
46129Does he think spiritualistic interpretations of phenomena not valid?
46129Does it leave the possessor at the zero point of sentiency?
46129Does it not leave him at the zero point?
46129Does not the family precede the State; and does not the welfare of the State depend on the welfare of the family?
46129Does the proposition that it is my pecuniary interest to choose the most valuable, therefore, become doubtful?
46129Does this mean that, in respect of whatever is proportioned out, each is to have the same share whatever his character, whatever his conduct?
46129Hence, to yield up normal pleasures is to yield up so much life; and there arises the question-- To what extent may this be done?
46129How can Unconditioned Being be subject to conditions beyond itself?
46129How does mechanical science evolve from these experiences?
46129How far may it rightly be carried?
46129How far shall a person who has misbehaved be grieved by showing aversion to him?
46129How shall be determined the degree of transgression beyond which to discharge is less wrong than not to discharge?
46129How shall we so conduct the discussion as most clearly to bring out this necessity for a compromise?
46129If I go to the waterfall, shall I go over the moor or take the path through the wood?
46129In which cases do we distinguish as good, a knife, a gun, a house?
46129Is his mental state pleasurable?
46129Is it admitted?
46129Is it denied that acts classed as good and bad differ in their effect?
46129Is it in dwellings?
46129Is it in nutrition?
46129Is it in warmth?
46129Is it not clear that observance of moral principles is fulfillment of certain general conditions to the successful carrying on of special activities?
46129Is it right to annoy by condemning a prejudice which another displays?
46129Is not his duty to his children even more peremptory?
46129Is the state indifferent or painful?
46129Is there any postulate involved in these judgments on conduct?
46129Is there any unfair treatment of sundry others, involved by more than fair treatment of this one other?
46129Let us next ask what is the something to be distributed?
46129May it not be true that, conversely, general happiness is to be obtained by furthering self- happiness?
46129Must I not choose as well as I can, and if I choose wrongly must I give up my ground of choice?
46129Must it then follow that eventually, with this diminution of the spheres for it, altruism must diminish in total amount?
46129Now suppose some additional influence which makes the process beneficial; what must it be?
46129On the one hand, is it not wrong forthwith to bring on himself, his family, and those who have business relations with him, the evils of his failure?
46129One further question has to be answered-- How does there arise the feeling of moral obligation in general?
46129Page 200: Missing closing quotation mark added after''a means of happiness?''.
46129Shall I walk to the waterfall to- day?
46129Shall he ask a friend for a loan?
46129Shall he if criminal have as much as if virtuous?
46129Shall he if passive have as much as if active?
46129Shall he if useless have as much as if useful?
46129Shall one whose action is to be reprobated have the reprobation expressed to him or shall nothing be said?
46129Shall the interpretation be that the concrete means to happiness are to be equally divided?
46129Shall we take the pessimist view?
46129Should we not contrariwise class them as blameworthy?
46129Surely anything distinguished as definite admits of being defined; but how can we define an irregular line?
46129The loan would probably tide him over his difficulty, in which case would it not be unjust to his creditors did he refrain from asking it?
46129There may in every case be put the questions-- Does the action tend to maintenance of complete life for the time being?
46129To what ends may it be legitimately exercised?
46129Treating of legislative aims, Bentham writes:"But justice, what is it that we are to understand by justice: and why not happiness but justice?
46129Up to what limit may help be given to the existing generation of the inferior, without entailing mischief on future generations of the superior?
46129What bearing have these general inferences on the special question before us?
46129What comes of this entirely unegoistic course?
46129What form is the compromise between egoism and altruism to assume?
46129What is it in respect of which everybody is to count for one and nobody for more than one?
46129What is the ethical warrant for governmental authority?
46129What is the implication?
46129What is to be inferred?
46129What meaning does he here give to the word"definite?"
46129What must be the accompanying evolution of conduct?
46129What must result from this when men''s efforts are joined?
46129What must the relations between egoism and altruism become as this form of nature is neared?
46129What now is the trait possessed in common by Magnificence and Meekness?
46129What now shall we say of one who is, for the time being, blessed in performing an act of mercy?
46129What shape, then, must the mutual restraints take when co- operation begins?
46129What should we say to these acts which now fall into the class we call praiseworthy?
46129What spheres, then, will eventually remain for altruism as it is commonly conceived?
46129What will happen?
46129What will he decide?--what would the spectator direct?
46129Whence then does the pleasure of making it arise?
46129Where, then, is the pleasure to begin?
46129Who shall say where this point is?
46129Why do I here make these reflections on what seems an irrelevant subject?
46129and does it tend to prolongation of life to its full extent?
46129and if any such common trait can be disentangled, is it that which also constitutes the essential trait in Truthfulness?
46129how are their respective claims to be satisfied in due degrees?
46129or shall I ramble along the sea- shore?
46129or shall we take the optimist view?
46129or shall we, after weighing pessimistic and optimistic arguments, conclude that the balance is in favor of a qualified optimism?
8103The true question of this argument is no other than this: May every man who chooses to destroy his life, innocently do so? 8103 Who resisteth His will?"
810317- 21), did she do right in speaking thus to save their lives?
8103Again, is the polyandrous wife to be, or not to be, the head of the family?
8103Again, ought not the State to accept his offer?
8103Again, ought not the State to agree?
8103And then?
8103And what is the result of these long investigations?
8103And why?
8103Apart from the hope of the world to come, is the Italy of to- day happier than the Italy of Antoninus Pius?
8103Are we not taught to set bounds to our desire?
8103Assassination of tyrants, whether in public or private life, may be wickedness, or it may be a laudable outburst of public spirit, who knows?
8103But attained by man?
8103But how can a man, who takes pleasure to be his highest good and happiness, live otherwise than for himself?
8103But how can it be aught else than speech against the mind, when the heart thinks_ yea_, and the tongue says_ nay_?
8103But if a man only feeds the hungry that he may have the satisfaction of seeing them eat, is it the hungry or himself that he finally seeks to gratify?
8103But if it is meant that every man has a right to live on the fruits of some soil or land of his own, where is the proof?
8103But if it is never to be satisfied, what is it?
8103But if it is no one individual''s duty to propagate his kind, how is it that we have laid down that there is such a duty?
8103But is it not immoral to interfere with conscience, and to attempt to stifle sincere convictions?
8103But is not every capital sentence a trespass upon the dominion of God, Lord of life and death?
8103But is not this desire of unmixed happiness unreasonable?
8103But may not one with no prudence to guide him hit upon the_ golden mean_ by some happy impulse, and thus do an act of virtue?
8103But supposing that pure democracy is coming, how long is it likely to last?
8103But what if his wife and children have perished, and you meant them so to perish, in the fire?
8103But what of a man who has entirely broken away from God, what of his eating, drinking, and other actions that are of their kind indifferent?
8103But what of him who closed his career in wickedness exceeding great?
8103But when was a work of the highest art based upon an idea unsound, irrational and vicious?]
8103But when will such constraint become necessary?
8103But who is the owner at any given time, and at what stage of the transaction does the dominion pass?
8103But why is not this qualification spoken out with the tongue?
8103But, it will be said, does not a man forego his right to reputation by doing the evil that belies his fair fame?
8103Can subjects overthrow the ruler, or alter the polity itself, as often as they have a mind so to do?
8103Certainly, it will be said, the employer should be paid for his mental labour, but why at so enormously higher a rate than the manual labourers?
8103Did not the first heralds of Christianity trouble the peace of the Roman world?"
8103Do the mere consequences make this otherwise innocent amusement evil?
8103Does this physical ability represent also a_ moral power_?
8103For, shall we say that we are then at liberty to commit suicide, when we find our continuance in life becomes useless to mankind?
8103Has Aristotle, then, said the last word on happiness?
8103Have we duties of charity to the lower animals?
8103He seems to act for mere pleasure: yet who shall be stern enough to condemn him, so that he exceed not in quantity?
8103He would croon softly as he went about the house old Hell''s words:"Not so, my sons, not so: why do ye these kind of things, very wicked things?"
8103How is it possible to divert such a one from his course by argument?
8103How then am I_ obliged_ to obey man''s law?
8103How then does the probabilist contrive to extract certainty out of a case of insoluble doubt?
8103If a person goes on to ask,"Well, what if I do contradict my rational self?"
8103If all our secret and personal offences are liable to be made public by any observer, which of us shall abide it?
8103If any revolutionist yet will have the hardihood to say with Proudhon,"Property is theft,"we shall ask him,"From whom?"
8103If he chooses to contradict his rational self, is not that his own affair?
8103If therefore man is his own master, in the sense that no one else can claim dominion over him, may he not accordingly destroy himself?
8103Is a man to be tried for his life?
8103Is a tax to be levied on ardent spirits?
8103Is he not his own master, and may he not play the fool if he likes?
8103Is not moderation a virtue, and contentment wisdom?
8103Is perfect happiness out of the reach of the person whom in this mortal life we call man?
8103Is that God?
8103Is the agent justified in exercising it?
8103Is then the idea of vengeance nothing but an unclean phantom?
8103Is there a call to arms?
8103Is there no such thing as vengeance to a right- minded man?
8103Is there one subjective last end to all the human acts of a given individual?
8103Is there one supreme motive for all that this or that man deliberately does?
8103It comes to this: May the civil power be resisted when it does grievous wrong?
8103Let us begin our reply with another question: May children strike their parents?
8103Not even in self- defence?
8103Now what is a_ serious_ doubt?
8103Now, who is the offended party in any evil deed?
8103Or would the government insist on purchasing the improvements, and look out for a new tenant paying a higher rent?
8103So long as the fruits of the earth do not fail to reach a man''s mouth, what matters it whose earth it is that grows them?
8103Suppose a trangressor has suffered accordingly for a certain time after death, what shall be done with him in the end?
8103Take the_ easy_ course, and leave the obligation out of count?
8103Take the_ safe_ course: suppose there is an obligation, and act accordingly?
8103The astonished workman turns round upon the exhibitors of this fairy vision:"And pray who are You?"
8103The human mind lighting upon good soon asks the question, Will this last?
8103The person spoken to might reply:"But what if I do miss my train, and fail in my examination?"
8103The question resolves itself into three:--how do sins differ in point of gravity?
8103Then suppose he said, Give it me for ever and I will pay £ 30 a year?
8103Then you ask: When have I made this large contract by the most voluntary act in the world?
8103There is little use in the enquiry, Which is the best polity?
8103Was not that material, iron- ore,"created by God,"equally with any other portion of the earth''s crust that we may please to call_ land_?]
8103What certificated stranger can supply for a mother''s love?
8103What is the man to do?
8103What is to become of such obstinate characters?
8103What then is conscience?
8103What would be the use, then, of any such withdrawal?
8103Which of us is sure that all property is not theft?
8103Why should not a voluntary death be sought as an escape from temptation and from imminent sin?
8103Why should not the first victims of a dire contagion acquiesce in being slaughtered like cattle?
8103Why should not the solitary invalid destroy himself, he whose life has become a hopeless torture, and whose death none would mourn?
8103You ask: Is there not hope, that if humanity goes on improving as it has done, capital punishment will become wholly unnecessary?
8103and above all, whose is it?
8103and are his fellows under a moral obligation of justice to leave him free to exercise it?
8103and what is it for?
8103is grave sin ever forgiven?
8103or has the ruler a right to his position even against the will of his people?
8103when the parent is going about to do the child some grievous bodily hurt?
8932''Tis true, his nature may with faults abound; But who will cavil when the heart is sound?
8932Can sackcloth clothe a fault or hide a shame? 8932 Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain?"
8932If God so clothe the grass which to- day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven,then what, Mr. Emerson?
8932Say, what is honor? 8932 Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"
8932All this is very unpleasant for New Bedford; but are we to have no more oil?
8932Are the facts as they are represented to be?
8932Are they Christian men?
8932Are they men of charity?
8932Are they men whom we love?
8932Are we who sing and shout mere brawlers, who get a little strength of lungs by the exercise?
8932Around this idea the poets have woven their noblest songs; but again we ask what are the facts?
8932But if bigotry be such a bar to the correct perception of truth, what shall be said of self- interest and personal vices of appetite and passion?
8932But suppose literary culture be the central force of this society-- has the aspirant any fitness for, or sympathy with it?
8932But what has this fact to do with the matter of right in the premises?
8932But who gave man the right to set up his needs as the law of woman''s life?
8932Can he meet those who form this society as an equal, or mingle in it as a thoroughly sympathetic element?
8932Can it be because He wishes by means of it to produce some desired effect in us?
8932Denouncers of bigotry, are they not the most fiercely bigoted of any men we know?
8932Did I sigh?
8932Did I sigh?"
8932Did you ever try?
8932Do we feel attracted to their society?
8932Does a severe and constant tax upon the muscular system repress mental development, and tend to make life hard and homely and unattractive?
8932Does he dress expensively, and is he able to give costly entertainments?
8932Easier to preach than practise?
8932Easy to preach, you say?
8932Every thing in their life is brought down to the animal basis, and why should it not be?
8932From how many exhibitions of stern and unrelenting injustice have these children suffered?
8932Had it not faded to little more than the repetition of old inanities, traditional mannerisms, stereotyped lies?
8932Had not art become superstitious and infidel and missionless?
8932Has he a fine house and an elegant turnout?
8932Has it not criticized half- finished work, and condemned, not only the work, but Christianity itself, because this work was not up to the sample?
8932Has she not been made unfit for her place by the influences of the public school?
8932Have not her comfort and her happiness been spoiled by those influences?
8932Have you ever systematically tried to do this?
8932He is a cripple for life; yet his face is as bright and cheerful as the face of the morning itself; and what do you think he is singing?
8932How broad are his sympathies?
8932How large a man is this?
8932How long would he be worth any thing for labor?
8932How much unreasonable restraint has been exercised upon those children?
8932How wide is his knowledge?
8932If all women should prefer hoeing cabbages to spinning flax, or any variety of yarn, who shall hinder them?
8932If he-- the peerless, the prince-- could fall, and forsake, and forget, who would not?
8932If it were fashionable for woman to sing bass, how long would it be before the lower tones would find full development?
8932If she prefers hoeing cabbages to spinning flax, who shall hinder her?
8932If such men fall, where are we to look for those who will not?
8932If the temporary diversion of the nervous energy from the brain have this effect, what must a permanent diversion accomplish?
8932Is he prepared to unite, on a plane of perfect equality, with those who give the law to this society?
8932Is her reluctant service of any value to those who pay her the wages of her labor?
8932Is it because that among the American girls there are none of poverty, and of humble powers?
8932Is it because they are not wanted?
8932Is it not notorious that a minister who has fed exclusively upon religion is a man without power upon the hearts and minds of men?
8932Is it your regular aim, after you have discharged the business of the day, to throw off care until the next day''s business is undertaken?
8932Is nature failing?
8932Is not invective the chosen and accustomed language of their lips?
8932Is the philosophy sound?
8932Is there no hearing of this praise in Heaven?
8932Is this the kind of life generally which the American farmer leads?
8932Methinks thou hast a singular way of showing Thy happiness-- what ails thee, cousin of mine?
8932Must the human soul lack food-- fresh food-- because a generation long gone has decided that only certain food is fit for the human soul?
8932Needed by man?
8932Needed by whom?
8932No?
8932Now I ask what kind of a spirit she can carry into her service, except that of surly and impudent discontent?
8932Now why should God want praise of us?
8932Or do thy hands make Heaven a recompense, By strewing dust upon thy briny face?
8932Or is it because they have become unfitted for such services as these, and feel above them?
8932Preachers of love and good will to men, do they not use more forcibly than any other class the power of words to wound and poison human sensibilities?
8932Reader, did you ever drive a horse that had the mean habit of shying?
8932Should I ever be willing to let another man into my heart?
8932Should I not be humiliated?
8932Should I not feel disgraced?
8932Teachers of toleration, are they not the most intolerant of all men living?
8932That''s your Christianity, is it?"
8932The question comes to us:"What is there in our present life to repay us for this loss?"
8932The truth of the statement is admitted, but what do you know of the home life of that family?
8932Then how do you know whether it is easy or not?
8932This is a very splendid sort of a ballot- box, and he is a very fine sort of an American who sings about it; but what are the facts?
8932Was there not need of him?
8932What cares he for birds, unless they pull up his corn?
8932What cares he for skies, unless he can make use of them for drying his hay, or wetting down his potatoes?
8932What heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?"
8932What laxity of discipline and carelessness of culture have reigned in that family?
8932What relation does he bear to the great world of ideas among which this is only one, and very likely a comparatively unimportant one?
8932Which is the better and the more truthful Indian-- that of the poet, or he who drank the rum of our fathers and then scalped them?
8932Who has not sighed, as he has seen how easily the simple wants of certain simple natures are supplied?
8932Who would not deem the ermine degraded by a chief justice who should be constantly twitching about upon his bench?
8932Why can death alone teach us that those whom we love are dear?
8932Why didst thou sigh so deeply?
8932Why do not men trust in Providence?
8932Why is it that no more have left a name behind them?
8932Why is this?
8932Why must they be placed forever beyond our sight before our lips can be unsealed?
8932Why was this harsh judgment uttered?
8932Why was this?
8932Why?
8932Will the time come when people must sit in darkness?
8932Would he feel happy and at home in a literary atmosphere?
8932You fail to do it, and what is the natural conclusion?
8932must one swear to the truth of a song?"
6101I have no coat? 6101 Is the object deserving?"
6101Lord, when saw we thee an hungered and fed thee, or thirsty and gave thee drink? 6101 Abolish it for what? 6101 Am I niggardly in thus confining the action of each of us within his own body? 6101 And can we ever arrive? 6101 And if not, must not the formula of self- realization accept modification? 6101 And if this is true of all personal action within our experience, what right have we to set a limit to it anywhere? 6101 And of what qualities of the day were we thinking? 6101 And shall I want to see them? 6101 And why not? 6101 And will this process ever come to an end? 6101 Are all the functions here represented equally influential in forming the organism? 6101 Are they in fact altogether separate? 6101 Are they the most self- conscious? 6101 As I walk to my lecture- room somebody stops me and says,What is the way to Berkeley Street?"
6101But at what point shall we cut the process short?
6101But can I bring my finger down upon it at just the right angle?
6101But how does self- sacrifice accord with self- development?
6101But if in human beings consciousness appears, what are its marks, and how is it known?
6101But must we, in deference to the temper of our time, eliminate conscious guidance altogether?
6101But should I be willing to be so much beholden to him, and would not the wind to- day make our walk and talk difficult?
6101But taking merely the letter, how minutely are we conscious of its curvatures?
6101But who would feel comfortable under such eulogy?
6101But why select its name from the subordinate part?
6101But why?
6101By taking this path, rich in a certain sort of good as it undoubtedly is, shall I be diverted from paths where my special goods lie?
6101Can we not pick up a pin without going through all six stages?
6101Did I have in mind the picture of myself as a learned man?
6101Do you count your miserable little life worth more than that of this great army?"
6101Does any such closed circle exist?
6101Does she feel herself, or does she feel warm?
6101For how can one consciously exert himself to be unconscious and try not to try?
6101For how can there be largeness of organization where there is little to organize?
6101Goethe''s rule is a good one:--"Willst du ins Unendliebe schreiten?
6101Good?
6101Good?"
6101Had I possessed such skill, would I have ventured my life in such a fashion?
6101Have I not made matters needlessly elaborate?
6101Have we not, then, by explaining the rationality of self- sacrifice, explained away the whole matter and practically identified it with self- culture?
6101Have you not a more important obligation to your book?"
6101He coupled the two words_ good_ and_ big_; and I asked myself if there was between them any natural connection?
6101His phrase could not indicate approval, and what did it signify?
6101How can I build if at present there is no I?
6101How can it be?
6101How can you know anything about walls of a room unless you also know of much beyond them?"
6101How do we pass from a mental picture to a set of motions in the physical world?
6101How do we proceed?
6101How does a"mental motion"come out of a bodily motion, or a bodily from a mental?
6101How far can the self be developed?
6101How far from his fellow men?
6101How far is he detachable from nature?
6101How far will it help me to accept and develop those limitations to which I am now pledged?
6101How give the correct slant to what is above or below the line?
6101How grow conscious of the unconscious?
6101How is the transmutation accomplished?
6101How long would this require, and how should the letter be planned?
6101How many such distinguishing differences exist?
6101How much, then, do you know?"
6101How shall I hold my pen in the best possible manner?
6101How shape this letter so that each of its curves gets its exact bulge?
6101How widely is effort exercised?
6101How, then, can I disinterestedly prefer another''s gain?
6101How, then, is rational contrasted with irrational guidance?
6101I believe they mean,"Will the man meet his notes?"
6101I have little money?
6101I have no dinner?
6101I said,"Is that your duty?
6101I sometimes hear the question asked about a merchant,"Is he good?"
6101I think it is you who are going there, and why are you putting me to inconvenience merely that you may the more easily find your way?"
6101I went up to him and said,"Did you catch that horse?"
6101III How then do we employ the word"good"?
6101If anybody should ask,"How did you write the letter_ s?_"we should be obliged to look on the paper to see.
6101If telling the truth is a spiritual excellence and the result of effort, why should it not be praised?
6101Infinitely?
6101Is each one of us an infinite being?
6101Is it not largely because we are so hard pressed under the anxious conditions of modern life that music becomes such an enormous solace and strength?
6101Is not this, then, the great conception of change which we now need to study as self- development?
6101Is the extrinsic goodness of an object entirely detachable from its intrinsic?
6101Is the range of volition thus marked out too narrow?
6101Is there not a kind of conflict between the two?
6101Is there, I asked, any place where at least a portion of my stupidity may be set aside?
6101Is unrelated singleness possible among our mental pictures?
6101It is this: Are all functions of the same kind, rank, or grade?
6101May not the disparagement of recent ages have arisen in reaction against attempts to push conscious guidance into regions where it is unsuitable?
6101Or how narrowly must the field of attention be occupied before these strange springs are set in motion?
6101Or what is the use of organization except as a mode of furnishing the smoothest and most compact expression to powers?
6101Ought we not to define it at starting?
6101People do not honor me as they honor others?
6101Shall I by adding a fresh power to myself strengthen those I already possess?
6101Shall we call my conduct unconscious cerebration?
6101Shall we call this fact discouraging, then, or even say that self- development is a useless process, since it never can be fulfilled?
6101Should I stay that merchant from his exit by remarks of this kind?
6101Should we ever do anything, if to do even the simplest we were obliged to do six things?
6101Since I desire to take all knowledge for my province, why not hurry off at once to study astronomy?
6101That is precisely what we should like to be, but how?
6101That must be my test: not how important is the study itself, but how important is it for me?
6101The next I knew a voice was calling,"Is that you?"
6101The problem always is, What may I suitably regard as mine?
6101There when the question is asked,"Has the baby been good?"
6101They put the case thus:--"The centipede was happy, quite, Until the toad for fun Said,''Pray which leg comes after which?''
6101V Have we not, then, here reached the highest point of personal life, self- consciousness?
6101VIII But if all this is true, why should praise be sweet?
6101Was this legitimate?
6101We say,"The cat feels herself warm;"but is it quite so?
6101We should ask, what for?
6101What had been happening?
6101What is meant by fixing the attention exclusively?
6101What is that little mark?
6101What is the bridge connecting the two?
6101What is the state?
6101What should a man accept in exchange for his life?
6101What would existence be worth outside the total inter- relationship of human beings called his land?
6101What would society be, parted from the individuals who compose it?
6101What, for example, do we mean by love?
6101When at any time I seek to perfect myself, does my attainment of any grade of improvement prevent or further another step?
6101When is conduct praiseworthy?
6101When is it a good knife?
6101When may we fairly claim honor from our fellows and ourselves?
6101When persons decay and die, may not their destruction be only in outward seeming?
6101When saw we thee sick or in prison and came unto thee?"
6101When we read a word on the printed page, how much of it do we consciously observe?
6101Which?
6101Who and what is a person?
6101Who are the people most prized?
6101Why should I build if at present there is an I?
6101Why turn to the front its incidental negations?
6101Why voluntarily accept loss?
6101Why_ should_ a man sacrifice himself?
6101Will he who is busy cultivating himself sacrifice himself?
6101Would it not be juster to say that perfection can always be attained, and that it is about the only thing which can be?
6101Would you reach the infinite?
6101Yet can we abandon either?
6101Yet how can we become acquainted with it?
6101Yet how early that reference to a third person begins to be saturated with self- consciousness, who can say?
6101Yet, turn to a man of this type and try to call his attention to the privations he endures, and what will be his answer?
6101he would simply ask,"What fresh opportunities do these strange circumstances present for enlarged living?
6101we must ask,"or shall I reserve myself for greater need?"
17110A storm at sea,he answers, and continues,"And what is grander than a storm at sea?"
17110And what is grander than these midnight skies?
17110And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother''s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 17110 And why,"said Bismarck;"why do they want me to speak; why are they applauding me?"
17110Because my competitors have college education and I have not,do you answer?
17110Because the other fellows have friends and influence and I have none,do you protest?
17110But what shall I do now, General?
17110Friends through duty or comradery?
17110How does---- get along with his father?
17110How have I succeeded?
17110How is Mr.----, of----, in your state? 17110 I fail to see the statesmanship,"said the latter;"will you kindly point it out?"
17110Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 17110 Second, Yes or no, do you believe that Christ was the son of the living God, sent by Him to save the world?
17110Third, Do you believe that when you die you will live again as a conscious intelligence, knowing who you are and who other people are?
17110What do you raise on these shaly hills?
17110What have you been doing?
17110What is the grandest thing in the universe?
17110What is the story of your past?
17110What''s this? 17110 Who, by taking thought, can add a cubit to his stature?"
17110Why have you come among us at your age?
17110Why, how old was he?
17110Absurd, is it not?
17110After all, we are living for happiness, are we not?
17110After all, what is the purpose and end of all your labor?
17110Again the Bible:"Seest thou a man diligent in his business?
17110Also, it would enable him to live at home with mother, would it not?
17110Among them he said:"And Mr.----, of your state; how is his health?
17110And French?
17110And can we doubt that to- morrow''s national and world problems will be deeper still?
17110And did not the Master, with a wisdom wholly divine, choose as the seed- bearers of our faith throughout the world the neglected men?
17110And do we not here perceive, afar off, one of the vast and glorious tasks for the statesmen of the future?
17110And his words have good sense in them, have they not?
17110And how can you better benefit mankind than by founding a home among your fellow men, a pure, normal, sweet, and beautiful home?
17110And if you are not ready for them, if you are only a rich person or a mere stroller along the highways of life, what is that to them?
17110And it is that you may serve it well that you are going to college at all, is it not?
17110And that is the chief thing, is it not?
17110And that ought to be pleasant to any male creature-- what more can he want?
17110And that will be some years yet, will it not?
17110And we can not change the nature and relations of things now; for"which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature"?
17110And what finer happiness can there be than the certainty that such a life as that will make realities of your dreams?
17110And what greater help than that could there be?
17110And why are you speaking at all, unless it is that you, knowing the truth, are trying to show the truth to others?
17110And why should she assume his labor?
17110And yet, is it not written that"the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life"?
17110And, if so, do you dare to be less than a lawyer?
17110Are they angry?
17110As to whether tobacco is good for a man at any stage of life the doctors disagree, and"where doctors disagree, who shall decide?"
17110But did he give it to himself?
17110But does not that include righteousness in the affairs of our popular government?
17110But have you not chosen the profession of the law?
17110But then_ you_ are a lawyer, are you not?
17110But what has all this to do with the truth?
17110But what of counseling the world respecting the young man?
17110But what of that?
17110But what was a soldier of France in Napoleon''s time to a young American to- day?
17110But why did he want this position?
17110But why the interest of the would- be lawyer, who was"quivering"with ambition?
17110But you who read-- you are willing to put forth extraordinary effort, are you not?
17110By faith?
17110By repentance?
17110Can you not find them in your own town?
17110Christ came to save sinners, but how?
17110Cæsar decided to cross the Rubicon on the instant?
17110Delighted?
17110Did I not make mistakes following such a plan?
17110Did he not even scourge the money- changers from the Temple?
17110Did this dismay the young German- American?
17110Do n''t argue; do n''t explain; but is your mind in a condition where you can answer yes or no?"
17110Do we not find in our daily speech a certain cynicism toward youth?
17110Do you think that is a good training for our generals and admirals?
17110Does it not involve uprightness in public life?
17110Does not our skeptic wisdom paste the label"illusions"over the word"ideals"written on the young man''s brow?
17110Does this comparison not make it clear that woman has by far a more exalted mission than man?
17110Every man would like to have a picture of"the house he was born in"; but who would choose a hotel for a birthplace?
17110Fame?
17110For you want to succeed, do you not?
17110Go back to old conditions?"
17110How could it help prospering?
17110How could such apostles of interrogation convert a world?
17110How could such priests of ice warm the souls of men?
17110How dare you not shoulder your glorious burden with patience, fortitude, and determination?
17110How did that question run?
17110How do you expect to make other people sure of themselves if you are not sure of yourself?
17110How does this young fellow happen to swear?
17110How is it that all these people do not achieve the successes to which their mere thinking entitles them?
17110II THE OLD HOME Do we not pay so much attention to mere material success that we exclude from mind and heart other things more precious?
17110III THE COLLEGE?
17110INDIANAPOLIS,_ May 1, 1905._ CONTENTS PAGE I.--THE YOUNG MAN AND THE WORLD 1 II.--THE OLD HOME 54 III.--THE COLLEGE?
17110If not, why not?
17110If to be a Roman then was greater than to be a king, what is it to be an American now?
17110If you are discouraged because you can not go to college, what will happen to you when life hereafter presents to you much harder situations?
17110If you do not believe in yourself, how do you expect the world to believe in you?
17110In other countries there is in comparison a general atmosphere of"what''s the use?"
17110Is a fellow to have no fun?
17110Is it not plain that the great novel of modern society is yet to be written?
17110Is it not written that"man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"?
17110Is it to accomplish some good thing for humanity that you want this"career,"which is to keep you single until you are too old to be interesting?
17110Is not our college training responsible for some of this melancholy negativeness of life?
17110Is the soul immortal and what is the soul anyhow?"
17110Is there not a refusal to recognize young manhood''s force until it compels recognition by sheer mastery?
17110It is a one- sided gamble, is it not?
17110Just what is it that you expect to do with these self- centered and single years during which you intend so to help the race?
17110May not the too heavy early education of young girls have something to do with this later desperation of their nerves?
17110Not so bad after all, is it?
17110Or when saw we thee_ sick, or in prison, and came unto thee_?
17110Or, if you live on a farm, do you not see them in your own county?
17110Said one of his admirers:"Why do n''t you go into practise?
17110Strange words, were they not, for a scene of carnage?
17110Surprised?
17110The Christian religion is a livable creed, is it not?
17110The Young Man who Can not Go_ But what of the young man who stands without the college gates?
17110The first question asked always is,"Does he drink?"
17110The mystery of the telegraph( and what is more mysterious?)
17110The only question that he was asking was,"Where is the man who is equal to the job?"
17110The secret of success?
17110Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we_ thee an hungered, and fed thee?
17110There was a nut to crack, was it not?
17110They are for high- grade men-- and that is what you are, is it not?
17110This is a sinister illustration, I know, but it is the truth, and the truth is what you are after, is it not?
17110This is saying much for the Hebrew blood and genius; but have not these Jews given us our moral laws, our spiritual ideals, our sacred faith?
17110Very like Cæsar, was it not?
17110Very well, why should you not do as well?
17110We do not want to become mere machines of success, do we?
17110Well, then, do you imagine that you are going to have an easier time in your business or profession than the officers in our army and navy?
17110What about the father?"
17110What are they to you?
17110What does all this mean?
17110What greater joy can there be for a man than the sheer felicity of doing real work in the world?
17110What is it for?
17110What is it we hear the strong- handed Philistines say in the market- place?
17110What is it you so admire in men whom you think fortunate-- what is it but their mastery of adversity after adversity?
17110What is that which you call success but victory over untoward events?
17110What is the condition of the mind of the young minister?
17110What is the use of the young man stating that?"
17110What kind of training has he had?
17110What of him upon whom Fate has locked the doors of this arsenal of power and life''s equipment?
17110What of the myriads of young Americans like him?
17110What of this young man?
17110What other bad habits has he had, and has he now?
17110What right has any man to vote as he individually thinks best?
17110What said they of the Master?
17110What, no recreation?
17110When present applause or ultimate fame become your chief purpose in life, what are you, after all?
17110When saw we thee_ a stranger, and took thee in?
17110Who are you that you should not be one of them?
17110Who can doubt that in the universal mind there is a question as to the moral element in American business?
17110Who is any man, that he should have a"career"?
17110Who is any one that he should not be one of the people?
17110Who shall deny that the philosophers of India are right, and that mind and character may continue to grow throughout illimitable series of existences?
17110Who was it that spoke about the damnable iteration of the seasons?
17110Why do n''t the doctors begin a crusade about this?
17110Why should it be anything to anybody?
17110Why should it be anything to them?
17110Why take the chance?
17110Why this hazard of your powers, just to find out whether you can resist?
17110Why, how much did he get?
17110Why?
17110Would I help to get a certain man who held a Government position paying him$ 150 a month promoted?
17110Would it be possible to get him a place on some ranch for six or eight months?
17110Yes, and that is the trouble with you, is it not?
17110You are willing to show these favored sons of cap and gown that you will run as fast and as far as they, with all their training, will you not?
17110You see that the German universities have come back to the lecture method exclusively-- or did they ever depart from it?
17110You want it to be a home for the mind as well as the body, do you not?
17110You want to_ start in_ as superintendent of a great system or the head of a mighty business, do you not?
17110_ The people are the government._ What said Lincoln in his greatest utterance?
17110and what does a"career"amount to, anyway?
17110it did n''t enable him to get out into society, was that it?
17110or naked, and clothed thee_?
17110or thirsty, and gave thee drink_?
17110said Bismarck,"suppose I had failed?"
45641Is she making good?
45641Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you?
45641What wouldst thou?
45641All departments of service seem already crowded; can it be that the world needs more workers?
45641An easy, luxurious life?
45641And can you do it-- not with cold and stoic fortitude, but cheerfully and serenely?
45641And do we not see why we grow happier as we grow older?
45641And do you sometimes feel rebellious about it and contrast your lot with that of some one who has no such cross to bear?
45641And when should one seek this path?
45641And why has it the virtue claimed for it?
45641Are you carrying some burden or bearing some cross that often seems too heavy?
45641Are you one of the unfortunate persons who can not be happy for a moment unless in the company of others?
45641Are you wise enough for such an undertaking?
45641Ask yourself whether that restores your powers so that you return to your work with mind and body at their best?
45641Browning has the right view when he says,--"To man, propose this test-- Thy body at its best, How far can that project thy soul on its lone way?"
45641But how far have we a right to hold them to the same standards as ourselves?
45641But how much of the fault- finding in the world does any good or is intended to do any good?
45641But if they did this there would be no market for their labors; and who would earn the money necessary for their support?
45641But what gift or blessing does St. Paul ask for the young man so dear to him?
45641But what of that?
45641But what shall be said regarding those unfavorable outward circumstances of your life to which you must submit?
45641But why talk to young people about trouble?
45641But you are happy, so why talk to you about securing something which you already possess, indeed, have never been without?
45641Can you imagine a Lincoln or a Phillips Brooks wrapped up in his own petty concerns, even for a day?
45641Can you offer your friend anything less than a constantly enriching life?
45641Can you pick up the threads of your life, change the pattern, but still weave something beautiful with them?
45641Did not Julia Ward Howe begin the study of Greek at an age when most people only doze by the fire?
45641Did you ever think of the bad result upon a family of having one unwisely unselfish member?
45641Do they occupy a large place in your life?
45641Do we not hear on all sides that happiness is what all the world is seeking?
45641Do you care more about what you can get out of your friendship or about what you can put into it?
45641Do you long for freedom, for the power to carve out your own destiny in your own way?
45641Do you never imagine yourself slighted or neglected or misunderstood?
45641Do you promptly check each impatient word that springs to your lips?
45641Do you show the friend who so easily overlooks your faults the same fine courtesy that you show to the stranger who would not overlook them?
45641Do you think more about being served or about serving?
45641Do you wonder whether your friend loves you enough or whether you can not love her more?
45641Does friendship cost anything?
45641Does not this strike a responsive chord in each one of us?
45641Does the mother who has the care of a family need a disciplined will?
45641Does your friendship in comparison with any one of these seem insignificant, even puerile?
45641Given both, what can defeat us?
45641Has it, therefore, been all loss to you and all gain to her?
45641Has not the young man his own destiny to carve out?
45641Has some one deceived you?
45641Have we not learned in part the secret of happiness?
45641Have you a quick, hot_ temper_?
45641Have you a real friend?
45641Have you been indolent, wasting your time, and placing too high a value upon things not worth while?
45641Have you been selfish and inconsiderate of the rights of others?
45641Have you blundered and have you failed, not once, but over and over again?
45641Have you ever thought of rhythm in nature?
45641Have you ever visited any of the great winter resorts of the South?
45641Have you ever, in a burst of temper, wounded those you love best in all the world?
45641Have you given utterance to words that you would give years of your life to recall?
45641Have you lost faith in some one whom you trusted, and are you therefore having a struggle lest you lose all faith in human nature?
45641Have you made mistakes in the past?
45641Have you not known some wealthy family whose riches suddenly took wings, to the enormous gain of every one of its members?
45641Have you said or done things that you feared had lost you the respect of some one whose good opinion was of priceless value to you?
45641Have you sometimes been disturbed because you did not feel just like beginning hard work at the close of a vacation?
45641He asks, What is discipline?
45641Her reply was,"How can I spend much money for clothes when there are so many young people in the world suffering for an education?"
45641How can God be in his heaven and all right with the world, when there is so much sorrow and suffering and sin?
45641How can one be sure of finding the opportunity to render the service one is eager to render?
45641How far should loyalty go?
45641I could not help asking myself, How can any young man who enters Eton, bearing one of these honored names, be anything but his best self?
45641I must speak as I please and act as I feel"?
45641If a school is an educational failure, what avails its success in some subordinate thing?
45641If so, to whom belongs the right to deny it?
45641If the answer is in the affirmative, a further question should be asked: Will it help me to become a more valuable person?
45641If those you love best were suddenly to be taken from you, would you then discover how small had been your real appreciation of them?
45641If we are counted among the efficient, who are given a large share of work to do, shall we be sorry?
45641If you find yourself so dull a companion, how can you expect others to find you interesting?
45641In moral and spiritual stature, are you small?
45641In the intercourse between you and your friend, is there one whose will prevails in every case of disagreement?
45641In what sort of a world are these girls soon to take their places?
45641In whose life is there more of petty detail and unending drudgery?
45641In your family is there one who determines every plan and settles every course of action?
45641Is it because of our innate selfishness that so many sermons need to be preached to us about our duty to others?
45641Is it not true that all people who have accomplished large things have had this power?
45641Is it not true that much of it merely gives vent to irritability on the part of the fault- finder?
45641Is not this power the greatest asset possessed by those who have achieved true success in every age?
45641Is your life restricted by certain responsibilities not of your own choosing, yet from which you can not honorably escape-- nay, would not escape?
45641It is all over in an instant, yet, in a fit of temper what may one not say or do?
45641It is easier to sing and cheer on some moving occasion, but which does your school need more at your hands?
45641May one wait until the years of unhappiness come?
45641May we learn something from nature''s ways that will help us to make our lives strong?
45641Must you live apart from the friends whose society is most congenial to you?
45641Next, am I doing it in the right spirit?
45641Once the day was overcast because of some fancied slight or neglect, or the weather had upset some cherished plan, or-- but why go on with the list?
45641One said to the other,"Looking back over your college days, what do you now regard as the most valuable thing you got out of college?"
45641Or can you be brave and strong enough to follow the path that will enlarge and beautify your life as well as bring good to others?
45641Or do you distrust yourself and your own powers?
45641Perhaps you ask, But why do women rush out into the world to find work?
45641Should a young man or woman accept an education to be paid for by money toilsomely earned by self- sacrificing parents?
45641Should the daughter whose presence gives cheer leave the home for a larger sphere of usefulness?
45641Should the physician sacrifice his life in order that the devastating scourge may give up its secret and other lives be saved?
45641That is, can I take it and at the same time be just to others?
45641The next time you are tempted to find fault, ask yourself two questions: First, will it do any good?
45641Their anxious friends inquire,"Will he make good?"
45641Then how can you believe that you are being educated if your work is not of such a nature as to call forth your highest powers?
45641There must be rebuffs and stings and hardness, and they must be endured; but as to finding good in such things-- why pretend it?
45641This very fact gave her anxiety, and she wrote,"What can we, who are born to luxury, do to offset the lack of struggle?"
45641To what extent are the duties and responsibilities of woman to be different from what they have been?
45641To what extent is it your duty to imperil your health or your life for the needs of others?
45641We all remember the answer of Christ when asked,"How often should I forgive my brother, until seven times?"
45641What are the school days for unless they are to teach you values, to show you which things are of most worth?
45641What are they asking?
45641What better opportunity for growth than this could any girl ask?
45641What can nature teach us of rhythm that will help us build our lives up into rounded completion?
45641What can you do that you may be more so to- morrow?
45641What is more important than emotion in friendship, do you ask?
45641What is the place of the emotional element in friendship?
45641What is the price?
45641What shall we say, however, of those who all through life are consumers and not producers, who add nothing to the world, but continually take from it?
45641What then?
45641What will you do about it?
45641When a great sorrow comes, how shall one endure it unless one has work to do?
45641When one is urged to surrender self, to lose self, to care naught what becomes of self, one is led to cry,"But am_ I_ of no worth?
45641Where is there greater need of the wide outlook and the large vision?
45641Where shall we draw the line between obligation to self and obligation to others?
45641Who can be content to count only as a cipher?
45641Who can look forward with any satisfaction to being a drone in the world''s busy hive?
45641Who can respect any one who is lacking in_ self- respect_?
45641Who can tell what momentous changes are to be wrought in your life by going away to school?
45641Who ever heard of a church that had workers enough?
45641Who has not at some time been in a family where heated discussions were continually arising out of some trifle?
45641Who is protected, who can be protected, when fortunes are heaped up to- day only to be swept away to- morrow?
45641Who is?
45641Who of us is not at times sorely in need of this kindly office of a friend?
45641Who, indeed, needs it more?
45641Why are men toiling and struggling and warring with each other to heap up wealth except that they believe it will bring happiness?
45641Why are women asking for an opportunity to vote?
45641Why can we not go back to the good old times when all women found shelter and safety within the walls of the home?
45641Why does one understand before you speak while another can not understand even after you explain?
45641Why is it that one sees the best in you and another the worst?
45641Why not make it larger before any complete self- surrender?
45641Why not take account of the work that must be done in future years?
45641Why spend one''s self in a single effort?
45641Why?
45641Will you adopt a course that will not only make those about you miserable, but will dwarf and narrow your own life?
45641Will your friendship be worth enough to you to pay that price?
45641Would He have exchanged His life of toil and hardship and suffering for any other lot?
45641Would you march on to the attainment of more splendid virtues?
45641Would you rid yourself of egregious faults?
45641Would you then be miserable?
45641Yet who shall say that He was not happy?
45641Yet, if so, why is it that invalids are so often the sunniest, most serene, most stimulating persons we know?
45641Yet, shall we regret that we live in an age of opportunity?
45641Youth, health, love are yours, so why should you not be happy?
20819Am I vain of my dress?
20819Am I wrong in this supposition?
20819An eminent writer asks,"Who ever saw a handsome talented woman?"
20819And how could it be otherwise, if all girls should marry in their girlhood?
20819And now the question with every young woman should be, How do I feel about my dress?
20819And what are they?
20819And when reared what are they?
20819Are they vigorous and healthy?
20819Are you not taken captives by the glitter of Dress?
20819Are you protected from the winter''s cold, from wind and wet at all points, as you should be?
20819Are your forms permitted to expand as God designed them?
20819Are your organs and limbs and muscles permitted their full and proper play?
20819But how is it with our girls?
20819But it may be asked, what we call an early Marriage?
20819But really, why is it sadder than to die by inches on the guillotine of Fashion?
20819But what are they compared to a human soul?
20819But why?
20819By the side of such how will stand the fashionable mother?
20819Can they eat well, sleep well, work well, walk well, bear well the changes of climate, endure heat and cold, toil and fatigue, trial and study?
20819Can you breathe freely and easily the proper amount of air to oxygenate your blood and give you health and strength?
20819Dependent men are ninnies, why should not dependent women be?
20819Do effects follow their causes?
20819Do the girls understand this?
20819Do they answer the ends of Dress?
20819Do young women propose for themselves the strong virtue of womanhood, which is an impregnable fortress of righteous principle?
20819Does He ask more than what is reasonable?
20819Does my love of Dress interfere with the true objects of woman- life?
20819Else why their perpetual unrest, their longing, dissatisfied condition of mind?
20819First: Do our modes of Dress injure our bodies?
20819Has he laid a necessity upon woman''s nature that this beauty shall last but an hour?
20819Have I any thing to do in its attainments?
20819Have we any moral right thus to abuse our bodies, thus to commit a snail- working suicide?
20819How can another know what you want in a companion?
20819How can there be genius and talent where Fashion molds the will and cuts the life to a pattern?
20819How can there be greatness where Fashion shapes the growth and prescribes its bounds?
20819How can there be individual identity where Fashion rules?
20819How can there be wisdom where Fashion dictates the mode of thought and the form of utterance?
20819How can we help loving him?
20819How can you look upon any thing beautiful, or contemplate the sense of Beauty within you, without reverent feelings toward God the Giver of all?
20819How can you look upon your own forms or see your features in a mirror, without thinking of Him who made you thus?
20819How could woman be any thing with the whole world against her?
20819How is it with our young women?
20819How, than, should she feel toward that Father?
20819If boys can not be any thing with such a training, how can the girls be?
20819If it is unkindness to the boys, why is it not unkindness to the girls?
20819If so, then why not give woman opportunities such as are necessary to develop her powers and form her character?
20819If their mothers did not, who did?
20819If their mothers had been wise and forcible, as they should have been, would the children have been so easily led astray?
20819If they had the influence they ought to have, would they be so?
20819If woman was rightly educated, who could tell what a race of men would grow up to people the coming ages?
20819If women had that influence which some attribute to them, would these things be so?
20819In this light, how stands the tawdry foolery of Fashion?
20819Is Beauty an evil in itself considered?
20819Is Beauty connected with less natural endowments of mind, less kindness of heart?
20819Is Beauty uncongenial to talent and worth?
20819Is it a duty to be good?
20819Is it a matter too bright in my eye-- a subject too important in my mind?
20819Is it a wonder that you have so many weaknesses and pains and saddening afflictions upon you?
20819Is it irreverence thus to speak?
20819Is it morally corrupting?
20819Is it proper for youth to do so?
20819Is it so?
20819Is life a preparation for eternity?
20819Is one really more respected, more beloved, more received into the arms of the good, more caressed by the worthy, for being fashionable?
20819Is the Girlhood of to- day a fit preparation for the duties that will devolve upon the women of the next generation?
20819Is there a great object in my being?
20819Is there any more important question for young women to consider than this?
20819Is there not a call for a more active religion, a more powerful impulse in behalf of morality?
20819Is there not a need of more vigorous virtue in woman?
20819Is your blood in no way impeded in its life- mission through your bodies?
20819It is this:"How can we love a being we have not seen?
20819It requires Employment to develop men, why should not it to develop women?
20819Now if it will spoil the boys, why will it not spoil the girls?
20819Now let me ask, Does not your love of Dress lead you from the great ends of woman- life?
20819Now let us ask whether our present modes of Dress are thus brought under the direction of religious principles?
20819Now of what avail will a good character be without health to apply its forces to the work of life?
20819Now, I ask again, and you shall be judges, young women, if your modes of Dress do not injure your bodies?
20819Now, how can children know whether this harmony exists, when their own characters are unformed, their powers undeveloped?
20819Shall not the wife and mother retain the beauty and health of the girl?
20819Shall not the woman retain the physical integrity of the girl?
20819Shall we look thoughtlessly upon these nurseries of immortal fruits?
20819Shall we pollute and degrade the Homes in which we dwell?
20819Shall we send out from them unholy influences to corrupt the world?
20819Take God away from his works, and where would they be?
20819The question should hang all the time written in blazing capitals in the firmament of each soul,"How am I educating?"
20819The second question is, Do our ideas of Dress corrupt our hearts?
20819The wisest and best in early adult life can be none too well prepared for the great duties of married life-- how can children be prepared?
20819Then is not the idea of Home important?
20819Then why should we not be free and use our own reason for our own purposes and give others the same privilege?
20819They all wear silk, cotton, linen, yet who knows the history of either one of these articles of apparel?
20819They are as richly endowed with mind as any other fifty girls in town, but how would they show it?
20819They have all had their countenances daguerreotyped, yet who knows how it is done?
20819Those strings which bind so closely your chests, do they not impede your breathing, and thus weaken your lungs and corrupt your systems?
20819To what end?
20819We are educating all the time, and the question with us should be, How do we educate ourselves?
20819We can not make men without Employment; how can we expect to make women?
20819We must seek, else how shall we find them?
20819We send our girls to these schools to be educated; but educated for what?
20819We study astronomy in all our schools, but where is a class instructed in the economy of health?
20819What are they, what can they be, under such circumstances?
20819What can she do with life?
20819What do they even amount to, but weaker scions of the old stock?
20819What do they expect to be and do when they are women?
20819What do they know of mechanics, science, literature, government, theology, history, reform-- the great questions that stir the world of mind?
20819What do they live for?
20819What does your Beauty avail you unless you are beautiful in spirit, lovely in character, useful in life?
20819What is a church out of Fashion?
20819What is an ephemeral flower or an age- lasting star compared with glorious reason, with eternal love, with deathless benevolence, and conscience?
20819What is beauty and physical womanhood to Fashion?
20819What is it but a breath of poison to the young?
20819What is there in our highly civilized life that escapes the palsying touch of Fashion?
20819What is womanhood?
20819What manner of men and women do we make of ourselves?
20819What matters it, so far as the guilt is concerned, whether we kill ourselves in a minute or a year, a year or an age?
20819What of all that?
20819What reverent soul does not love to look at God in his works?
20819What shall we say then, is he not a lover of Beauty?
20819What were the material universe with all its sublime grandeur and awe- inspiring magnificence with no soul to gaze upon it?
20819What woman would not rather have a nervous debility than dispense with hot coffee and strong tea?
20819What would heaven be to us without our mother, our brothers and sisters, the dear home- companions of our hearts?
20819What would they do?
20819What would they talk about?
20819What would they think about?
20819What young woman enters heartily into the best aims and highest hopes of the young man with whom she associates?
20819When God calls for her stewardship, how can she answer with any honor to herself?
20819Where are the mothers who teach their boys to chew, and smoke, and swear?
20819Where are the mothers who will acknowledge that they made the characters of these people?
20819Who can doubt that Dress is a matter properly coming within purview of religion?
20819Who ever heard of a fashionable woman''s child exhibiting any virtue or power of mind for which it became eminent?
20819Who goes there?
20819Who knows but the sewing, cooking, washing, and much else that woman now does, will in a great measure be done by machinery?
20819Who shall heed this cry of wicked, wasting humanity, if young woman does not?
20819Who will be the mothers of genius and wisdom, of the manhood and womanhood that shall redeem mankind?
20819Who would not rather fade at twenty- five, and die at thirty, than to be out of the Fashion?
20819Who would sacrifice it for every earthly good?
20819Why am I?
20819Why are so many young men reckless, drunken, profane, and lawless?
20819Why be such slavish conformists, and brand as traitors or heretics all who differ from our party or church?
20819Why confine every limb and muscle of its body?
20819Why do I live?
20819Why do they not?
20819Why does it imprison itself in close, hot rooms?
20819Why engirdle its waist in warmth and cordage, and expose its feet to every storm and frost, to mud and snow?
20819Why have civilized men closed all their colleges and universities against women?
20819Why have they deprived her of power, and compelled her to submit to man in all the relations of life?
20819Why have they shut almost every avenue to public usefulness, to honorable distinction, to virtuous endeavor, against woman?
20819Why is it so?
20819Why is it so?
20819Why is it so?
20819Why is it?
20819Why is not a woman who is equally useless?
20819Why live on a diet that no brute could bear?
20819Why may they not be carried into womanhood?
20819Why should any woman think to live without religion?
20819Why should it not be so with a young woman?
20819Why should she excuse herself?
20819Why should she not adorn her mind, develop her powers, live to a high purpose, act well a noble part, do and be according to her capacity?
20819Why should the boys grow up with a great and good purpose before them, while the girls grow up for nothing?
20819Why should we dissipate it in an hour?
20819Why should we excuse her on account of her riches?
20819Why, then, is Girlhood so prodigal of its health and strength?
20819Why, then, is it not preserved?
20819Will young women heed the call?
20819Women are asking,"What shall we do?
20819Would the roses not return to their cheeks, the full, swelling beauties of woman''s strength to their forms?
20819Would we find the path of_ duty_?
20819Yet what is Fashion, what does it amount to?
20819_ Dress_, what is it?
20819_ Food_, what is it good for if it is not in Fashion?
20819a Father we have not known?
20819a God we can not comprehend?"
20819and through that beauty is not carried up to God the beautiful and bountiful author of it all?
20819and what place does the fashionable woman take?
20819how individual taste, individual opinion, individual virtue and character?
20819sold bond- slaves to your bonnets and shoes?
20819to do those deeds of darkness which the sun refuses to shine upon?
20819to drink, and brawl, and fight?
20819what is all the world without it?
20819with even those she loved best, and in whose judgment she most confided, all the time reminding her of her mental weakness and inferiority?
17781And was not the effect sublime when the storm reached the heights of the mountains, and all the elements of Nature struggled so stubbornly?
17781But why,asks the Impracticable,"does not Society stamp it out at once?"
17781Canst bind the sweet influences of the Pleiades?
17781Do you know that signature?
17781In sickness,says Shakspeare, playing with his prepositions,"let me not so much say,''Am I getting better of my pain?''
17781Is the condition of the woman better, in addition to the improved habits of the man?
17781Jimmie, where''s your outside man? 17781 O, my poor, dear husband, have I so forgotten you?"
17781Well, will you not try hard to find out where he gets his whisky?
17781What a piece of worke is a man? 17781 Why does not the sun shine twenty- four hours in America on the Fourth of July?"
17781You are quite sure he drinks whisky, are you?
17781A majority of successful men say"How are you, sir?"
17781A peculiar selfishness is that voice of duty which cries to those whom we rightly call good to go forth to the bedside of the distressed, is it not?
17781AND WHO WAS WILLIAM TYNDALE?
17781AS THE CASKET DULLS and grows to its decay, we can not weep greatly over its loss, for will it not reveal the splendors all within?
17781And now CANNOT WE INSPIRE YOUNG MEN with a little truer idea of life?
17781And now comes the query:"What is man?"
17781And to whom are we principally indebted for this lovely poem of God?
17781And what has it made of us?
17781And what has that society been?
17781And, on the contrary, has he not seen the reverse of this sad picture many a time?
17781Are not the hues upon their cheeks as rich as the sunset?
17781Are we not blest?
17781Are we, therefore, inferior?
17781Are you going to be at the meeting to- night?"
17781But how will you get the money?
17781But why can we not attach meaning to it?
17781Can any detail be unimportant in an undertaking of such measureless risk?
17781Can not we teach them that money in itself is not what they want above all things?
17781Can we not, in thinking of the good old Home, stand a little nearer to the blast and warm some tiny heart a little more?
17781Can you not grasp the idea that, in reason, the universe is boundless?
17781Can you not see how much luckier you would have been had you really known nothing of the state of things?
17781Can you, then, add to it?
17781DOES NOT THE CHERRY"dab on"the scarlet and the carmine direct from the gorgeous sun himself?
17781DOES THE BEAST PEER INTO THE STARS?
17781Did not the whole world sigh with relief when the final end came?
17781Did they want clerks?
17781Do the birds that pass so easily into the air go on voyages of discovery past Sirius?
17781Do you think this polish was put on the wood with one application of the brush-- with two, three, four?
17781Does not the General spread his maps before him?
17781Does the merry laugh sing out as it did in our own youth?
17781HOW CAN THE BROOD BE GATHERED TOGETHER at night so surely as when there is an engagement with the Creator at the hearth where life began?
17781HOW HAVE THE SAGES LOOKED UPON LOVE?
17781HOW MANY HUSBANDS HAS HE SEEN follow a drunken wife into a gutter?
17781Has he forgotten his poor father?
17781Has he not faithful friends-- friends of a life- time?
17781Has it not surprised you to see how few great men New York or Chicago have furnished to the nation?
17781Have you not often felt you could walk ten miles as easily as one?
17781Have you not often felt you would like to be in the little white cottage, reading what a wonderful place New York is?
17781He never loved them, and how could he expect them to be swindled?
17781He once impressed a circle of friends very deeply with this noble veneration:"What,"said he,"is so beautiful as THE STYLE OF THE BIBLE?
17781He says:"Could you not follow every thought of the composer in that symphony?"
17781He says:"Have you any buttons like this?"
17781How Noble in Reason?
17781How can religion bear fruit so well as by daily instruction from God?
17781How can the family bear its burdens more easily than with God''s help?
17781How can they laugh and joke when he, a man and a brother, lies sick of a fever?
17781How can you make a conquest?
17781How could a man leave off A CIPHER WHICH MEANT$ 114,300?
17781How could those lips and cheeks retain their delicate tints if the wet seasons of grief set in with tropical intensity?
17781How does Society do it?
17781How does a man become so great that malice and envy and utter hatred can not by their constant stings infect his blood?
17781How has Society done this wonderful thing?
17781How hearty is his laugh-- for has he not laughed with nature-- with the twitter of the birds, with the low beating of the bells?
17781How is it that the frightful objurgations of the high- charioted host fall so lightly on that officer?
17781How much cheese, tea, butter, washing, sugar and schooling did our friend and his cubs of the fourteenth century enjoy?
17781How much did they pay?
17781How will Society approach the wife- beater?
17781How would you like to be judged solely at those times when you were"carrying on,"and"did n''t care whether school kept or not"?
17781I have young relations that may grow upon me, for my nature is affectionate, but can they grow old friends?
17781If it_ does_ contribute to his peace of mind, why should the world care?
17781In the city it is asked"Does he get drunk?"
17781In the country it is asked"Does he drink?"
17781Indeed, as the last sublime token of friendship, have they not been drunk for weeks together?
17781Is it any wonder that the child is so easily deceived, and credits all his joys to unseen ministers?
17781Is it friendship to explain half one says?
17781Is it not pitiful?
17781Is it not ridiculous for the poor man, by aping the habits of the rich, to spurn some of the greatest blessings attaching to our life?
17781Is not wisdom entailed upon it?
17781Is there any unselfishness in the aspiration?
17781Now how are you to catch this marvelous sunshine of prosperity?
17781Now to make his account good in the First National Bank of Experience, what should Hope do?
17781Now, what is possible?
17781O death, where is my sting?
17781O grave, where is thy victory?
17781One must relate the history of one''s memory and ideas; and what is that to the young but old stories?"
17781One says:"HOW ARE YE?"
17781Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught?
17781SHALL GOD WEIGH OUT ARCTURUS FOR US, to exhibit His power or its magnitude?
17781Shall we doubt either the goodness of God or the perfection of nature?
17781Shall we hesitate to weave the silk of death around our bodies when we know that we may thence issue a being worthy of a celestial sphere of action?
17781Simple, is it not-- like Napoleon''s tactics?
17781Simple, was it not?
17781Tall mountains meet, and giddy greet The clouds in their exalted homes; What may they show, save ice and snow, Unto the fleets that pass their domes?
17781The other responds:"How are ye?
17781Then, illogically, she asks:"Is this good?"
17781This is the light of the world, the open sesame of the millennium?
17781Unselfish, therefore, it must endure, whether she love him or not, for HAS HE NOT PROCLAIMED IT TO HIS OWN SOUL?
17781WAS IT NOT ASTONISHING?
17781WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THESE RANK FAILURES?
17781WHERE WAS THIS?
17781Want a''bus?
17781Was he not the mightiest man of his time?
17781Was it not because there the storms of life were turned away from us by those who bore the blasts to keep us in our innocence?
17781Was the unburned temple of the atheist open?
17781What can you get at a billiard saloon?
17781What do folks do when the best proof- reader is missing?
17781What do you do?
17781What does Vanderbilt do with the great number of millions which he controls?
17781What does our friend call this thing in woman, if it be not love?
17781What does this dry notice tell?
17781What fluid is more grateful for all purposes than water?
17781What gnaws her cheek and cheats Death into the belief a flag of truce summons him to the final parley?
17781What has caused it?
17781What is the reason you dread the attack?
17781What is there about going to a strange town on business which should make a man''s heart feel like a cold biscuit inside of him?
17781What is this boasted word"good- breeding?"
17781What makes mankind revere Shakspeare Because he said fine things?
17781What makes that small, unopened missive so precious to that great rough man?
17781What makes the remembrance of the old Home so happy?
17781What music is sweeter than the singing of birds, the ringing of free school bells and the hum of machinery?
17781What pleasure is greater than to breathe?
17781What sight is so grand as the sun?
17781What spot in your character will"wear down"the quickest?
17781What stops every team within two blocks for twenty minutes?
17781What then should be the pleasure to think there is a place for us-- a duty beneficently made that gives us rights with our fellow- creatures?
17781What though the duty may try your soul and stagger your capabilities?
17781What was a dramatic agent but a harpy?
17781What were a troop of vulgar and ill- mannered players to him?
17781What were they to sell?
17781When he has gone into debt has he not paid?
17781Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?
17781Where does this thought come from?
17781Which is the more pleasing of the two traits?
17781Whither shall I go from thy spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
17781Who in his sane mind would be Gladstone living any more than Homer living?
17781Who was cutting the meats and breaking the bread?
17781Who was the fireman and engineer?
17781Who will pay for it?
17781Why are they so firm?
17781Why did the young man and the young woman do it?
17781Why do I sit in judgment on myself?
17781Why do they dare so to humbug the people?
17781Why does he not get killed himself?
17781Why does he tremble,--that rough, weather- beaten man?
17781Why is it that that voice still sounds in my ears?
17781Why is this?
17781Why is this?
17781Why should not its heart rejoice?
17781Why should the blow have singled her as its object?
17781Why should their colors not be rich?
17781Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
17781Why were they wise?
17781Why, then, in reason, shall it not be our infinite pleasure to study God''s plans forever?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Why?
17781Will you have it?
17781With regard to drunkenness, for instance, let us ask ourselves:"Is drunkenness less prevalent now than in olden times?"
17781Yet he was on a tiny rock in the great ocean?
17781Yet who shall blame Gladstone?
17781You can smile on the young lady, but can you smile on the old woman?
17781You see that scrag over in the woods there?
17781and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
17781as''Am I getting better for it?''"
17781how infinite in faculty?
17781in Action how like an Angel?
17781in apprehension how like a God?
17781in forme and mouing how expresse and admirable?
17781or"Is that good?"
17781the beauty of the world, the Paragon of Animals?"
17781why will men and women do it?
14418All the world cries,''Where is the man who will save us? 14418 And do many of the workmen employed in your workshop save money?"
14418And that''s all your secret?
14418And when did you begin to save?
14418But what will Mrs. Grundy say?
14418Do you think so?
14418Gotten what?
14418Has n''t thee had thy share? 14418 Have you any use for it?"
14418How can I repay you? 14418 How can I tell?
14418Hungry?
14418I say, mate,said one workman to another, as they went home one evening from their work,"will you tell me how it is that you contrive to get on?
14418II est bon d''être charitable, Mais envers qui? 14418 Is that dress paid for?"
14418Just sign me this little bit of paper,was a request often made to him by particular friends,"What is it?"
14418No man oppresses thee, O free and independent franchiser; but does not this stupid pewter pot oppress thee? 14418 Nothing?
14418Oh, you ca n''t tell: you do n''t know what you spent? 14418 Plenty brass?"
14418Well, how many glasses had you there?
14418Well, then, how much did you spend on drink last Saturday night? 14418 What is he worth?"
14418What is his income?
14418What is that?
14418What is the best government?
14418What were you,asked Pantagruel of Panurge,"without your debts?
14418What will Mrs. Grundy say?
14418What will the world say?
14418What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors? 14418 Where are all the workmen?"
14418Where is it hid?
14418Where is their common sense? 14418 Who can find a virtuous woman?
14418Would''st like to go, John? 14418 Yes, indeed;--how does she trot?"
14418''What are you doing there?''
14418''What,''said I,''shall I render for all His benefits to me?
14418''What,''said he,''is that you?''
14418''Why do n''t you go to the workhouse?
14418... How to constitute oneself a man?
14418And ought not"prosperity"to include the improvement and well- being of his morals and intellect as well as of his bones and muscles?
14418And to break the force of the sunbeams by the tender resistance of green leaves?
14418And what becomes of the dispossessed?
14418And what did these rich persons leave behind them?
14418And why?
14418And why?
14418And yet, when misfortunes overtake them, and when their debts have become overwhelming, what becomes of the"friends"?
14418Are they, in the event of his early death, to be left to buffet with the world unaided?
14418Are we to condemn the eighteenpenny annual dinner of the poor man, but excuse the guinea one of the rich?
14418At a time when there are no strikes, why should they not save as much money on their own account, for their own permanent comfort?
14418At his death he owed over two thousand pounds:"Was ever poet,"says Johnson,"so trusted before?"
14418But have not the men risen above their lot of labouring spinners?
14418But in the meantime, how are they to live?
14418But is this the chief end of man?
14418But what were they doing with the money they earned?
14418But why not have pleasant and delightful things to look upon?
14418But why not, besides the beauty of Nature, have a taste for the beauty of Art?
14418Can a man keep out of debt?
14418Can any form of cruelty surpass this?
14418Can they cook?
14418Could agriculture have supported the continuous increase of population?
14418Could not debt be dispensed with altogether, and man''s independence preserved secure?
14418Did he_ ever_ exist?
14418Do you think there is anything divine in lending or in crediting others?
14418Does putting on garments of a certain colour constitute true mourning?
14418Does the picture give you pleasure on looking at it?
14418Double the gains of an uneducated, overworked man, in a time of prosperity, and what is the result?
14418Dr. Guthrie, in his book on Ragged Schools, published in 1860, said:"How are our manufacturing and handicraft youth situated?
14418Has he not a soul as well as a stomach?
14418Has he not faculties, affections, and sympathies, besides muscular organs?
14418Has not his mind and heart certain claims, as well as his mouth and his back?
14418Has the father provided for their future?
14418Have spinning- jennies swallowed him up?
14418Have they been taught to cook?
14418Have they performed this duty?
14418He had no friends, no patronage, no money; What could he do with everything against him?
14418How are these enormous evils to be cured?
14418How can a man be a social elevator, who is himself walking in the mire of self- indulgence?
14418How can he teach sobriety or cleanliness, if he be himself drunken or foul?
14418How can they check the accounts of their tradesmen or their servants?
14418How can they compare their expenditure with their receipts, without the knowledge of addition and subtraction?
14418How can they know precisely what to spend in rent, or clothing, or food, or for service, unless they know the value of figures?
14418How do they use their power?
14418How have they been weaned from drink?
14418How_ can_ such persons take any interest in pure and elevating knowledge?"
14418I?
14418Is a man married?
14418Is it an obligation on the part of a husband and father to provide daily bread for his wife and children during his life?
14418Is it not a fact that, in this country, cooking is one of the lost or undiscovered arts?
14418Is it not reasonable, therefore, to expect that women should know something of those laws, and of their operation?
14418Is it not the heart and the affections that mourn, rather than the outside raiment?
14418Is not this a much more satisfactory result than the application of drugs?
14418Is that all, Ransom?"
14418Is there a possibility of avoiding the moral degradation which accompanies it?
14418Is there any Government that would dare to tax you to that extent?
14418Is there any other town or city that can show a more satisfactory result of the teaching, the experience, and the prosperity of the last twenty years?
14418It is all very well to say, how can it be helped?
14418It''s very simple, is n''t it?"
14418Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?''
14418May not the money spent in charity, create the distress it relieves,--besides creating other distress which it fails to relieve?
14418Need we reiterate the blessings of this blessed economy?"]
14418Of what use is it?
14418She had her daily pint, and he, perhaps, had his two or three quarts, and neither interfered with the other?
14418Some may inquire,"Who was Joseph Baxendale?"
14418Some may say,"What use can a woman have for arithmetic?"
14418Such is the power of_ a penny a day!_ Who would have thought it?
14418The poorest men have done it; why should not every man do it?
14418Things did very well, they say, in"the good old times,"--why should they not do so now?
14418To be"respectable,"in the false sense of the word,--what is not sacrificed?
14418To look out into the light through flowers-- is not that poetry?
14418We may anxiously desire to do so, but the usual question will occur--"What will people say?"
14418We often hear the cry raised,"Will nobody help us?"
14418Weighed down by this, what can a man do to save-- to economise with a view to the future of his wife and children?
14418Were they saving it for a rainy day; or, when the"roaring times"no longer existed, were they preparing to fall back upon the poor- rates?
14418What can a wife and her children think of an intemperate husband and father?
14418What can be more delicious than the sun''s light streaming through flowers-- through the midst of crimson fuchsias or scarlet geraniums?
14418What can it buy?
14418What hope can there be for a people whose only maxim seems to be,"Let us eat and drink, for to- morrow we die"?
14418What is it especially that we are honouring?
14418What is the cause of the difference between them?
14418What is the consequence?
14418What is the science of Political Economy, but a dull sermon on this text?"
14418What is the use of that little piece of copper-- a solitary penny?
14418What is the verdict of society in such cases?
14418What is"a visiting connection"?
14418What matters it?
14418What prevents them rising?
14418What proportion of one''s income should be expended on rent?
14418What should we think of one who had_ invented_ flowers; supposing that, before him, flowers were unknown?
14418What though the penny be black?
14418What were man, what were life, what were civilization, without labour?
14418What were the popular amusements of the people a hundred years ago?
14418When Goldsmith was dunned for his milk- score and arrested for the rent of his apartments, who would think of pitying the milk- woman or the landlady?
14418When I go home from my labour, what do I find?
14418When Sheridan had breakfasted, he would come down, and ask,"Are those doors all shut, John?"
14418Where are now the"happy humble swains"and the"gentle shepherds"of the old English poets?
14418Where will you find the perfect woman now?
14418Where would England have been now, but for the energy, enterprise, and public spirit of our manufacturers?
14418Where, oh where, has this gentle shepherd gone?
14418Who have helped the world onward so much as the workers; men who have had to work for necessity or from choice?
14418Who knows of him now?
14418Who will be frugal and provident, when charity offers all that frugality and providence can confer?
14418Why could one live in abundance where another starved?
14418Why could this labourer do with ease a task that would kill his fellow?
14418Why is it that a man- cook is always better than a woman- cook?
14418Why not hang up a picture in the room?
14418Why not have some elegance in even the humblest home?
14418Why should he not be like a gentleman?
14418Why should not his house be like my house?
14418Why should not these men spend their wages as I spend my small stipend, in intellectual pleasures, in joining with my family in intellectual pursuits?
14418Why should not you find the same happy influences at home?
14418Why should other people provide for them in old age, more than for any other class of labourers?
14418Why should they not respect themselves and each other?
14418Why should we save?"
14418Why should we work?
14418Why, in similar dwellings, were the children of one parent healthy, of another puny and ailing?
14418Why, then, is not sanitary science universally adopted and enforced?
14418Why?
14418With respect to the poorer classes,--what has become of them in the midst of our so- called civilization?
14418Would he be really free?
14418Would he not be regarded as the opener- up of a paradise of new delight?
14418Would rights wash your children''s faces, and mend the holes in your clothes?
14418Would your rights make you or your wife, thriftier, or your hearthstone cleaner?
14418said he, with half a sneer:"Has''t got a fortun'', wench?"
14418should we not hail the inventor as a genius, as a god?
22177How are you going to obtain it? 22177 What more,"asks Micah,"doth the Lord require of thee than to do justice, love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"
22177What''s in a name?
22177And have we not taught representative institutions to the world?
22177And if disunion, the true mark of error, be at work among them, can we believe that the future is reserved for it?
22177And what has been the effect of such teaching on humanity?
22177And what is it which governs the will of man?
22177And where were they, and what were they doing?
22177And why not?
22177And, if so, how is such a_ volta face_ in nature explicable on purely mechanical grounds, even if the process itself were so explicable?
22177And, if such be the case, in what sense is God"unknown"?
22177And, now, how many of the human family are enrolled as"citizens of the holy places"; what numbers assemble for worship in the great cathedral?
22177And, now, what is the truth about the"judgment to come"?
22177Are men and women to be decimated by consumption in the poisoned atmosphere of some of our factories?
22177Are we asked for further evidence of this position?
22177Are we asked for the supreme object of religion?
22177Because man came thence?
22177But are we to conclude therefrom that conscience is nothing more than a product of organic evolution?
22177But does any one propose to alter the moral law for them?
22177But does any one really suppose that the natural order of the phenomena has been altered at the request of the clergy by an Almighty mind?
22177But how is it that in this epistle he comes to be designated as a priest at all?
22177But how is it that things are so ordered?
22177But how is such training possible, except through the unceasing watchfulness of the parents''?
22177But how much better is man than many animals, and what is merely instinctive in them shall not he consciously obey as his acknowledged law of life?
22177But of what God?
22177But what are we to say to such testimonies?
22177But what had religion done for France in the hour of her trial?
22177But what is the faculty which corresponds to the word conscience?
22177But what of the alleged answers to prayers which are held to establish its efficacy?
22177But where does history record the act of any religious leaders of those times denouncing war as contrary to the gospel of Christ and of reason alike?
22177Could any one seriously propose to erect feeling into a supreme criterion whereby to judge of the conduct of life?
22177Does not the fiction of the day represent a tendency to allow an increased laxity in the interpretation of the matrimonial contract?
22177Even of the comparatively few in the vast family of humanity who own its supremacy, how many can repeat its shibboleths in common?
22177For what does his famous law amount to?
22177For whence this sublime law of life unless we conceive mind, not blind chance, as the arbiter of things?
22177For where is God revealed as_ worshipful_ except in the lives of the great and good?
22177Has he not convinced Protestant clergymen and other learned people?
22177Has he not the solid earth and the realm of sense?
22177Has not some of the sublimest verse been Nature poetry?
22177Has not the time come to begin anew; to reconstruct, to reorganise society?
22177Has the time come to reconsider our position with regard to marriage and the permanent obligations hitherto associated with it?
22177Have we ever sufficiently reflected that the purely negative philosophy has done nothing for idealism in any shape or form?
22177Helbeck, it is plain, can never win Laura, but can Laura ever hope to win Helbeck?
22177How can he?
22177How can we explain this?
22177How can we hold one intelligence to know and another to originate them?
22177How is he dogmatically certain of that one thing, while all the rest is in a haze?
22177How shall not man, then, be better than many economical laws?
22177How, we ask, in wondering gratitude, did the world ever escape the tyranny of such superstition?
22177However that may be, what answer is forthcoming to the retort which the phenomena of to- day unmistakably suggest?
22177If the Deity is inhuman, why should man be otherwise?
22177If their practices were but a shadow of the horrors he was supposed to be everlastingly inflicting on mankind, who could raise a protest against them?
22177In what, indeed?
22177Is a stone, a star, a heaven studded with infinite glories, a greater place than your eternal soul?
22177Is conscience a development of the cosmic process?
22177Is it indeed so?
22177Is it not true that there are murmurs and mutterings of revolt both amongst men and women against a burden too grievous to be borne?
22177Is it urged that religion apart from a belief in God is an impossibility?
22177Is not the man more than the meat, and the body more than the raiment?
22177Is not the soldier hero, the military chieftain, the idol of all mankind?
22177Is the criterion of conduct in the custody of the scientific experimenter?
22177Is the matchbox- maker to go on for ever turning out a gross for 2 1/4d., providing her own paste and string?
22177Is there any answer conceivable but that the power responsible for the world is a moral power?
22177Is there any god in the wastes of infinity, in a sunstar, a swarm of worlds, who is not in that miraculous soul of yours?
22177Is there aught anywhere greater than a son of God?
22177Is this mysticism?
22177Must this false teaching indeed go on for ever?
22177Now what has experimental science to say about the conscience?
22177Now, what is this new controversy?
22177Now, whence did he learn this strange teaching?
22177Or, how are we to explain the appearance of so strange a visitant in a universe which is dominated by the"struggle for existence"?
22177Shall man be juster than his God?
22177The commanding voice is heard throughout the ages, and men will, men must, ask: Who is it-- what is it that spoke?
22177The question is, which conforms to type, the old or the modern English Catholic?
22177Then what else is left to inspire to us?
22177There is a philosophy in language however much we continue to ask,"What''s in a name?"
22177This my Begetter?
22177To begin, then, whence arose the idea of a priest?
22177Was there ever such a suggestion?
22177We are Divine by nature, by what other law of life should we live?
22177Well does the ethic master say,"What is the use of affecting indifference towards that about which the mind of man never can be indifferent?"
22177Well, but the ordering of things, the ordaining of a course of things, what is this but the work of intelligence?
22177What are we to say of lives such as those of Gotama, Socrates and Christ?
22177What can not, what shall not man under such circumstances accomplish?
22177What god are you praying to, we ask in dismay, when you lift up your hands and your eyes, or turn to east or west, or kneel or lie?
22177What has philosophy, creed or council to say to that high and ennobling conception?
22177What have they taught you?
22177What hope of answer or redress?
22177What is a government to do then?
22177What is a prophet?
22177What is it that governs the reason?
22177What is it that governs the world of phenomena outside us?
22177What is it?
22177What is that event?
22177What is the attitude of a human and ethical religion towards that characteristic manifestation of piety which we call prayer?
22177What is the ethical equivalent of"hell fire"?
22177What is the meaning of the word?
22177What is the very concept of law, or system, but a metaphysical idea?
22177What on earth can we be searching for when the"candle of the Lord,"as Locke called it, is the very illuminant we must employ in our search?
22177What one would like to ask is this: Do these credulous people suppose that the event would have been otherwise, had the young candidate not prayed?
22177What picture does man make for himself of the force of gravitation, nay of the force which drives the crocuses out of the soil in spring?
22177What, then, are these Catholic, Protestant, Mohammedan and Buddhist religions?
22177What, then, is morality_ in se_ apart from its history?
22177What, we ask, is there to cheer the heart in the Thirty- nine Articles, the Vatican decrees, or the Westminster Confession?
22177Whence is existence itself but from the subsistent source of all being?
22177Whence is intelligence but from the world''s Soul, which is the soul of men?
22177Whence is life but from one ever- lasting source?
22177Whence these uniformities of approbation and disapprobation?
22177Whence this constraining power within me, exerting itself to the uttermost to win my allegiance to the right, unless I am free to obey or disobey?
22177Where and what are these men now?
22177Where did Jesus''spirit go on his death?
22177Where is limbo, and where is purgatory?
22177Where the god has no sense of justice, why should man?
22177Where were heaven and hell in the new version astronomy gave of things?
22177Whither did he go when he ascended bodily into the air?
22177Whither have they led you?
22177Whose duty shall it be to perform such rites?
22177Why not a poor, untutored girl such as her?
22177Why not?
22177Why not?
22177Why not?
22177Why should he seek what is beyond it?
22177Why should not these two pass out of each other''s lives, as do numberless others who realise the mistake of their projected union?
22177Why, then, do not all Christians turn Helbecks?
22177Yes, but with what nature?
22177[ 5] What we ask, then, is precisely this: Was Jesus a priest in this sense?
22177a week and pay lodging and keep a family out of it?
22177but whence has it power to command me, even in the sanctuary of my deepest solitude, in the loneliness of my silent thoughts?
22177the intellectual element in religion requires some one to express it, and this, in some form or other, will be the clergy"?
22177the whole world has gone after him?"
56306Cigars?
56306Does he think he can change our opinions by that silly act?
56306Got who?
56306How are you getting along with it?
56306What man?
56306What shall I say, brave Admir''l, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?
56306What''s the use?
56306Where are you going in such a hurry?
56306Where is he?
56306Why not leave well enough alone? 56306 --save the mark-- as some students do? 56306 2. Who could ever resist the radiating influences of a Mark Tapley, such as Dickens so vividly pictures? 56306 A light? 56306 Afraid of men, of starvation, of opposition, of censure, of hatred, of ostracism? 56306 Again I ask, How can we? 56306 Am I doing anything to pass on these high inspirations to endeavor and ambition? 56306 And how can I do other than radiate a large and tremendous discontent at the suffering and woe of the unfortunates of life? 56306 And the bars of gold that build the porch of heaven? 56306 And when we remember, why should we not wish, instead of adding to their burdens, to lighten or help remove them? 56306 And whom will he serve? 56306 And why should not old age be the best part of life? 56306 Are men, women, and innocent children to bedamned"on this earth-- as well as in the future-- because morally they have been weak and unfortunate?
56306Are you a man, a woman, a human soul, made in the image of God and given powers of thought, of discernment, of decision?
56306Are you perfect?
56306Are you radiating such courage so that your children feel it?
56306Are you using them now?
56306Are yours alert for all the sweet, the pleasant, the comforting, the joyous, the sublime sounds that might come to them now?
56306As he rose to go, he said,"What can I do for you to show my gratitude for what you have done for me?"
56306As to being afraid of men, why should one man ever be afraid of another?
56306Brave Admir''l, say but one good word: What shall we do when hope is gone?"
56306Brave Admir''l, speak; what shall I say?"
56306Browning in his_ Prospice_ opens with the bold and daring interrogative:"Fear death?"
56306But does this make him lose heart, or cease to work for the new cases that come?
56306But you ask: How am I to know this moral multiplication table?
56306CHAPTER XX RADIANCIES OF THE"ETERNAL NOW"Is there any past, any future, in our lives?
56306Can I harmonize them all?
56306Can I ignore the degradation of their debauchery?
56306Can we not learn as the years roll along?
56306Can we not try to feel it?
56306Can we play fast and loose with eternal principles?
56306Can you imagine a man like Muir ever having wanted to engage in such a disgraceful and degrading scene?
56306Can you imagine the results?
56306Did he?
56306Did you never meet with such people who were always bright and sunny, who always gave forth a cheery word, always radiated optimism?
56306Do I agree with them all?
56306Do I attempt to reconcile them?
56306Do we grow more foolish as we grow old?
56306Do you read simply to say that you have read, to be able to give expression to the usual fashionable gabble on so- called"current literature"?
56306Do you see the thought?
56306Do you think Muir had anything of that kind in mind when he said he wanted to go to college?
56306Do you try to keep up with all the latest books?
56306Do you want to be a slave to your own purpose?
56306Do you want to_ do_ the things that you have willed to do?
56306Do you?
56306Does experience count for nothing?
56306Does he feel slighted, hurt, neglected?
56306Edison?"
56306From what laboratory does it extract those exquisitely delicate and delicious odors?
56306From whence does it gain those delicate tints, tones, and colors?
56306From you, reader?
56306Granted there are pleasures in the ballroom, and they are doubtless great, but can they begin to compare with the delights of out- of- doors?
56306Have you experienced these blessings in the air?
56306Have you felt these benedictions in the dew?
56306Have you seen the exquisite robes of the lilies?
56306Have you seen the ships of gold sailing through the silver seas?
56306How about the doctrine of the brotherhood of man?
56306How can I be cheerful when I am out of work and sick and have no friends?"
56306How could he, the poor and humble shepherd lad, ever hope to see and know these people?
56306How could she be otherwise?
56306How dare we?
56306How does it shape all that beauty?
56306How shall one know it when he sees it?
56306How then can I best radiate the inspiration for growth in them?
56306How_ can_ we?
56306How_ dare_ we?
56306I swam,--why should not they?
56306If I look back upon the past, or anticipate the future, whether with joy or pleasure, do I not do it in the_ now_?
56306If evil, why?
56306If good, am I radiating as much as I might and should?"
56306If so, from whom shall I gain good?
56306If we can do so much better than those we criticise, why, in the name of heaven and suffering humanity, do we not go ahead and do it?
56306Is a good start all that is needed?
56306Is he a moral hero who taboos such subjects, who refrains from discussing them in the pulpit because they are not"gospel"subjects?
56306Is he a true man who waits, pauses, hesitates, wavers in such conflicts,"till the judgment hath passed by"?
56306Is it clear?
56306Is it not better consciously to radiate that which you wish than unconsciously( or thoughtlessly) to radiate that which you do not wish?
56306Is it not glorious to live in such a realm of high spiritual courage?
56306Is it only a walk of ten blocks( or five) to the store, or office, or school?
56306Is it the tender star of love?
56306Is not this a quality of soul to be highly desired?
56306Is the moon in the heavens dimming the stars but flooding the earth with dream- light?
56306Is there no infallible, certain, sure way of doing things?
56306It is a great temptation when I come into the presence of such people to ask,"What is your price?"
56306Joaquin Miller expresses the same thought in his beautiful and strong poem on Father Damien when he says: Why do ye not as he has done?
56306La Farge?
56306Like the aimless, helpless, hopeless, did I drivel-- Being-- who?
56306Now, here is the crucial question-- How can you know that you are right?
56306Now, what can I do?"
56306Of learning things?
56306Or are you a mere puppet to be worked by the string of other men''s thoughts, other men''s ideas, other men''s opinions?
56306Or are you like the"fools and blind"who will sit at a Boston Symphony concert and gabble gossip or retail slander?
56306Or is the sky dark and lowering with black clouds so that you can see nothing as yet?
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56306Reader, what are you radiating?
56306Reid?
56306Shall I be any the less a man than they?
56306Shall I cease to be his friend, in order to protect myself?
56306Shall I have received so much, and then be craven and pass on so little?"
56306Shall I hesitate to render service because I myself am not perfect?
56306Shall I refuse to accept good except from those who are perfect?
56306Shall I refuse to give the shivering and hungry beggar on the street a twenty- five cent meal ticket because I myself am not free from debt?
56306Shall I refuse to guide the lost wayfarer because I myself do not know all the winding pathways of life?
56306Shall we ignore the evil and see only the good?
56306Shall we ignore the good and see only the evil?
56306Should not such men hear the gospel plainly and without equivocation?
56306That they are influenced by it?
56306The hindrance to life of smug and ignorant contentment, the dwarfing power of self- complacent assurance, who can tell?
56306The main test of any system of religion or code of life is: Does it work?
56306The questions, then, that every true- hearted man and woman must, and will, ask are:"Am I radiating good or evil?
56306The star of love and dreams?
56306The whole question thus resolves itself to me: Shall I refuse to accept the good of certain men because they do many evil things?
56306Then the questions I constantly ask myself are:"What are you doing to add to these liberties to hand on to future ages?
56306Therefore why should he be afraid?
56306They passed; they sat a grass- set hill-- What king hath carpets like to this?
56306Tintoretto?
56306Titian?
56306To do unconsciously?
56306To eat and drink, sleep and satisfy our appetites and then die like other mere animals who do the same thing?
56306To_ be_ unconsciously?
56306Turner?
56306Velasquez?
56306What are we here for?
56306What chance do I have of exercising moral courage?"
56306What colorist of earth can ever equal them?
56306What do_ you_ want to be?
56306What does starvation of the body mean to the man whose soul is uplifted into the presence of the Most High?
56306What grander sight could you ask for?
56306What had we to do with dignity?
56306What is fashion, anyhow?
56306What is it?
56306What is one failure or ten, to one success or ten?
56306What is religion?
56306What is the purpose, the object of life?
56306What is the result in many cases?
56306What sense, what manliness, what dignity, is there in allowing a"fashion- designer"to thus have the opportunity of ruining our health?
56306What shall I radiate to such a man-- to all such men?
56306What should be our mental attitude toward those who give such conflicting radiancies?
56306What though oftentimes the people who dwell in these places are brought thither by their own misconduct?
56306What was the result?
56306What will you do if this fails?
56306What would become of the chick in the egg if the mother hen did not brood over it?
56306What, then, is the upshot of the whole matter?
56306Whence came this radiant courage and power?
56306Whence comes true art?
56306Who can not see that such a man is a fool?
56306Who has kept them in bondage so long?
56306Who has not been thrilled with the doings of the live- saving service, and the lighthouse keepers?
56306Who has not seen the keen readiness of a horse to"sense"the mental condition of the man who was driving him?
56306Who is to give it?
56306Who won these charters of our liberty?
56306Who would not like thus to fill up the mind and the soul with such wonderful facts and beautiful truths deduced therefrom?
56306Who would not observe in this fashion?
56306Who would not reign in such a realm?
56306Who would think of learning anything from the mists?
56306Whose fault is it?
56306Why does the wind blow so fiercely?
56306Why is it that this_ ignis fatuus_ has such power of allurement?
56306Why let fashion dictate what we shall wear?
56306Why not especially radiate cheerfulness to the fullest possible extent to those who have less of this world''s goods than ourselves?
56306Why not help them bear the burdens of life by your radiant optimism?
56306Why run the risk?
56306Why should fashion ride rough- shod over the wisdom of men and women?
56306Why should we be afraid to lose a few cents, when our hands are filled with diamonds, and rubies, and pearls, and nuggets of gold?
56306Why should we ever have yielded to them?
56306Why should we fear men, when we have the courage of our convictions?
56306Why waste words asking the questions?
56306Why will men rely more upon written words than upon the flashes of illuminated truth that come to their own souls?
56306Why?
56306Why?
56306You have received freely; how are you giving?
56306You may ask,"Why with stronger fervor?"
56306and then, if the soldier were a stranger, he would ask:"Do you use tobacco?"
39551Am I my brother''s keeper?
39551Thou art the man,of Nathan to David,"Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?"
39551What is good?
39551What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own life?
39551[ 52] Another suggestion of the book is that evil comes to prove man''s sincerity:Does Job serve God for naught?"
39551[ 60] Is not serving God for hire a form of prostitution? 39551 [ 66] And if I decide that the crooked way is the easier, why shall I not follow it?
39551[ 72]= Plato''s Ideal State.=--How then is the State constituted and governed which is to provide for man''s full development, his complete good? 39551 ( 1) Does individualism provide for real as well as formal freedom? 39551 ( 1) What is the Good, the end in any voluntary act? 39551 ( 2) Does it distribute the benefits widely or to the few? 39551 ( 2) How is this good known? 39551 ( 3) When the good is known, how is it_ acknowledged_; how does it acquire authority? 39551 ( 4) What is the place of selfhood in the moral process? 39551 ( b) It emphasized the_ personal interest_, the affective or emotional side of conduct, and made the moral problem take the form,What is the good?"
39551( b) What is the difference between the morally good and the morally bad in the self?
39551376; ambiguity of term selfish, 377; are results selfish?
39551= Ambiguity in the Conception.=--Is self- realization the end?
39551= Why Obey Laws?=--And if laws and social codes are but class legislation, conventional, why obey them?
39551All men are equal before God; why should one man assume to command another because of birth?
39551An analogy with a political problem may aid: Has a nation the right to exclude( or tax heavily) goods or persons from other countries?
39551And if he sells his stock at the market price to invest the money elsewhere, is it not still the price of fraud or blood?
39551And if so, how?
39551And the lover of honor,--what will be his opinion?
39551And there are three kinds of pleasure, which are their several objects?
39551And this question assumes two forms:( a) What is the relation of the good of the self to the good of others?
39551And to the inevitable inquiry"What then is the law of reason?"
39551Are not other results, playing with other boys, convivial companionship, which are reached more easily and pleasantly, really more valuable?
39551Are our present rules adequate to such a situation as that of the present?
39551Are we not justified in suspecting a person''s good faith when his good intentions uniformly bring suffering to others?
39551But does it follow that such men are moved_ merely_ by the thought of gain to themselves?
39551But granting that nature is rightful master, is"nature"to be sought in the primitive beginnings, or in the fullest development?
39551But how do we know which faculty_ is_ higher, and hence what satisfaction is more valuable?
39551But people may ask, what is the motive in this?
39551But what are the consequences by which we determine anything to be good or bad?
39551But what if there are no gods?
39551But what is his due?
39551But where shall such adults be found, and where is the social order so good that it is capable of right training of its own immature members?
39551But who is now so simple as to suppose that the"shepherds"fatten or tend the sheep with a view to the good of the sheep, and not to their own good?
39551But why is it counterfeit?
39551Can material goods be so produced and distributed as to promote this democratic ideal?
39551Can the result, then, be just or fair?
39551Can we measure it by his past alone; or is it due every one to regard him as a man with a future as well?
39551Could it be imagined that man could know his own good and yet not seek it?
39551Do society''s present methods of industry, commerce, art, and education distribute these goods in a just manner?
39551Does a man, or even an institution, act morally if he invests in such corporations in which he finds himself helpless as an individual stockholder?
39551Does it distribute them justly or unjustly?
39551Does it make a difference whether the union is open to all, or whether the dues are fixed so high as to limit the membership?
39551Does the institution in its present form promote the good of those who have no property as well as of those who have it, or only of those who own?
39551Does the phrase refer to their conscious and express intent?
39551Does the process tend to a broad and general distribution of goods in return for services rendered, or to make"the rich richer and the poor poorer?"
39551First of all, we may fairly ask of a process, Does it give to each member the kind of service needed by him?
39551For example:"May I, when in distress, make a promise with the intention not to keep it?...
39551For on what principle of justice did Xerxes invade Hellas, or his father the Scythians?
39551He can hardly avoid admitting this,--can he now?
39551Hence, if this is the good, why should a man trouble himself about social standards or social obligations?
39551Hosea''s wife had forsaken him, and should not the love of people to Jehovah be as personal and sincere as that of wife to husband?
39551How are_ they_ affected by the way in which some one activity is exercised?
39551How can morality be expected to improve when the fundamental agency and method of business and industry is contradictory to morality?
39551How can such a thing as"duty"exist at all?
39551How can that which makes an intention make no difference to it, and to the act which proceeds from it?
39551How do we break out of this empty circle into specific knowledge of the specific right things to be done?
39551How far may one enjoy the goods of life in an exclusive way and how far is it his duty to share with others?
39551How far may the union combine with the capitalist to raise prices to the consumer?
39551How far shall it serve a limited group, the union, at the expense of other workers in the same trade-- non- unionists?
39551How many in the fulfillment of the intention to remain at home with one''s family and secure profitable contracts from the government?
39551How many units of pleasure are contained in the fulfillment of the intention to go to war for one''s country?
39551How shall one set be measured over against the other?
39551How shall the pains involved in each set be detected and have their exact numerical force assigned them?
39551How would such a rule apply itself to any particular case which needed to be judged?
39551If I go to the water fall, shall I go over the moor or take the path through the wood?
39551If all men are accounted equal in the State, why not in wealth?
39551If land is monopolized by a few who can levy a toll upon all the rest of society, how can justice obtain?
39551If pleasure is the good, and if all desire is naturally for the good, why should desire have to be constrained?
39551If so, is this fair to the boys or unskilled laborers who would like to enter?
39551If this was the result of"free contract,"what further proof was necessary that"freedom"was a mere empty term-- a name with no reality?
39551If we do not question his good faith, do we not regard him as needing moral enlightenment, and a change of disposition?
39551If wealth and gain were the criterion, then what the lover of gain praised and blamed would surely be the truest?
39551In economic terms, Does it produce the kinds of goods which society needs and desires?
39551Is any better than experience and wisdom and reason?
39551Is it because the moral law, the law of reason, requires it?
39551Is it directly perceived, and if so, how?
39551Is it for the sake of the resulting happiness?
39551Is it, after all, so important, so desirable?
39551Is the number of property- owners increasing or diminishing?
39551Is there any intrinsic moral connection between the_ mental_ and the_ overt_ in activity?
39551Is this an inevitable dilemma?
39551It Makes Morality Really Important.=--Would there be any use or sense in moral acts if they did not tend to promote welfare, individual and social?
39551It is not so much"How many goods can be produced?"
39551Just what is the process by which we judge of the worth of particular proposals, plans, courses of actions, desires?
39551Let this continue, and how long will the former stay in the field?
39551May it maintain a"closed shop"?
39551Micah''s"Shall I give my first- born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"
39551Must we either recognize no moral differences in men, or else be more merciless than the old orthodox doctrine of hereditary or imputed guilt?
39551Of if honor or victory or courage, in that case the ambitions or contentments would decide best?
39551On the other hand, indicating the supremacy of the voluntary attitude over consequences, we have,"What shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
39551Or is it worked out through inquiry and reflection?
39551Or shall there be other rules for division-- either made and enforced by society or made by the individual and enforced by his own conscience?
39551Or to put the same thing from another angle: if the family and the modern movement toward equality are at variance, which ought to give way?
39551Says James:[125]"What constitutes the difficulty for a man laboring under an unwise passion acting as if the passion were unwise?...
39551Shall I walk to the water fall today?
39551Shall all share alike?
39551Shall every one keep what he can get?
39551Shall he agree to a higher price at which all can do business, or insist on the lower which benefits the consumer and also himself?
39551Shall the apprentices be limited to keep up the wage by limiting the supply?
39551Shall the hours be reduced and wages raised as high as possible, or is there a"fair"standard-- fair to both consumer and laborer?
39551Shall the owner have it all, or shall the community have it all, or shall there be a division?
39551Should a man be allowed to transmit all his property to his heirs, or should it be in part reserved by society?
39551Should there be any limit to the amount of land or other property which an individual or corporation may own?
39551Suppose, then, the question is raised, How can we make a just distribution?
39551The Values of Art and Industry.=--Are all these wider interests and fuller powers good?
39551The appeal is to himself; what does_ he_ really think the desirable end?
39551The gods were supposed to reward the good and punish the evil,[64] but how could this be reconciled with their practices?
39551The question is then this: does the family necessarily involve inequality, or can it be maintained on a basis of equality?
39551The question rather is,_ How far are these very political, religious, and other aspects implicitly moral_?
39551The same final standard of value appears in the question of Jesus,"What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?"
39551They already make him wince: how long will he sit listening to the fairy- tales of his boyhood and shrink from manhood''s task?"
39551They were the challenge of the Adversary,"Doth Job fear God for naught?"
39551This change in apparent worth raises a new question: Is the aim first set up of the value it seemed to be?
39551This is the question finally at stake in any genuinely moral situation: What shall the agent_ be_?
39551Well, but what ought to be the criterion?
39551What are the distinctive problems which must be dealt with in the course of such a discussion?
39551What are their rational origin, place, and function?
39551What are virtues and vices as dispositions of the self?
39551What do good and bad mean as terms of voluntary behavior?
39551What does it mean to say that one pleasure, as an external and future fact, is equal to another?
39551What influence can the small shareholders in a railway company, or a great industrial corporation, or labor union, have?
39551What is that?
39551What is the essence of well- being?
39551What is the good which while good in direct enjoyment also brings with it fuller and more continuous life?
39551What is the nature of the genuine article?
39551What is the place of_ law_, of control, in the moral life?
39551What is the principle in this case?
39551What kind of public wealth should be given into absolute control of private individuals or impersonal corporations?
39551What makes the supreme appeal to him?
39551What principle can be employed to adjust such a question?
39551What relevancy has the quantitative comparison to a judgment of moral worth?
39551What sort of a character shall he assume?
39551What sort of an agent, of a person, shall he be?
39551What then are the differentiating traits, the special earmarks, presented by the situation which we identify as distinctively moral?
39551What was to be cleared up?
39551What, if anything, can justify a nation or smaller group from excluding others from its benefits?
39551What, then, are the virtues?
39551When do we assume that so far as the will was concerned it did aim at the result and aimed at it thoroughly, without evasion and without reservation?
39551Which shall he decide for, and why?
39551Why does the person aim at perfection?
39551Why?
39551[ 120]= Overt Action Proves Will.=--Again, under what circumstances do we actually"take the will for the deed"?
39551[ 89] Tolstoy,_ What is Art?_[ 90] P. 40.
39551_ Commercial and political individualism_:--Class interests, 119; why obey laws?
39551_ Self- love and benevolence; or egoism and altruism_:--The"crux"of ethical speculation, 375; are all motives selfish?
39551_ The Object of Desire_:--Is it pleasure?
39551as having possibilities for good as well as achievements in bad?
39551as"Who is to get them?"
39551i.e., shall reason form the standard as well as apply it?
39551in a life of isolation, or in a life of society?
39551in the desires and passions, or in reason and a harmonious life?
39551or is wisdom itself a good, and is it better to satisfy certain impulses rather than others?
39551or to their objective results when put into operation, irrespective of explicit desire and aim?
39551or, shall I ramble along the sea shore?
39551or, suppose them to have no care of human things, why in either case should we mind about concealment?
39551to the question, What is_ good_--good for_ me_?
39551v.; Harnack,_ What is Christianity?_ tr.
13588Is it not so?
13588& c. Are there many boys amongst us, of whom we can truly say so much to their advantage, as Quintillian says here of his son?
13588''Nor, yet, for the ravage of winter I mourn;''Kind nature the embryo blossom will save--''But, when shall spring visit the mould''ring urn?
13588''Why thus, lonely Philomel, flows thy sad strain?
13588--"What''s your opinion?"
13588--Let me think-- What can this mean-- Is it to me aversion?
1358810. Who then can bear the thought of being an outcast from his presence, that is, from the comforts of it, or of feeling it only in its terrors?
13588An old woman, of a proud and sour look, presented herself next at the bar, and being asked what she had been doing?
13588And as to the affairs of others, what are they to you?
13588And how would I do it, think you?
13588And of what use are ramparts in intestine divisions?
13588And press then, like a weight of waters, down?
13588And what colour of excuse can there be for the contempt with which we treat this part of our species?
13588And when can you hope for such another, if this be neglected?
13588And who shall plead against it?
13588And you, fair lady, says he, what have you been doing these five and thirty years?
13588And, if you wrong us-- shall we not revenge?
13588And, what can be more rude?
13588Are not the lives of those who draw the sword In Rome''s defence, entrusted to our care?
13588Are not the streets better paved?
13588Are not these, O Mirza, habitations worth contending for?
13588Are there in reality any walls too high to be scaled by a valiant enemy?
13588Are these acquisitions to brag of?
13588Are they still fix''d To hold it out and fight it to the last?
13588Are we in peace?
13588Are we in war, or under a necessity, as at this time, to enter into a war?
13588But are not all men of the same species?
13588But who are they that our dastardly enemies thus despise?
13588But will any of you return the richer from these assemblies?
13588But, where would be the wisdom of giving such a command to one of their honourable body?
13588Can he delight in the production of such abortive intelligences, such short- lived reasonable beings?
13588Can such a pattern be proposed to my imitation?"
13588Can you reflect on all these things, and not feel the most earnest longings after immortality?
13588Can you suppose a black gown can make any alteration in his nature?
13588Do they envy the honours bestowed upon me?
13588Do they not cover thee, like rising floods?
13588Does he not, at this instant, straiten and invade your confederates, whom you have solemnly sworn to protect?
13588Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward?
13588Does not his crown depend upon the deed?
13588Does not the hand of righteousness afflict thee?
13588Does your resolution fail you for this?
13588Fix''d to no spot is happiness sincere?
13588For, are not thy transgressions great and numberless?
13588Has not Philip, contrary to all treaties, insulted you in Thrace?
13588Hath not a Jew eyes?
13588Have not some of these upstarts built private houses and seats, vying with the most sumptuous of our public palaces?
13588Have we not now, a fresh provocation to war?
13588Have you any thing here to repair these damages?
13588Heav''n sends misfortunes; why should we repine?
13588How long, said he, with a deep sigh, have I been labouring in vain to amass wealth, which at last is useless?
13588How much nobler is the contemplation of beauty heightened by virtue, and commanding our esteem and love, while it draws our observation?
13588How often have we seen men governed by persons very much their inferiors in point of understanding, and even without their knowing it?
13588How shall we treat this bold aspiring man?
13588I am sensible it is difficult to accost a man with smiles whom we know to be our enemy: but what is to be done?
13588I was surprised to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, What they had been doing?
13588If disagreeable insinuations, open contradictions, or oblique sneers vex and anger you, would you use them where you wished to please?
13588If it be pronounced thus; Will_ you_ ride to town to- day?
13588If it be unhappy to have one patron, what is his misery who has so many?
13588If it should be asked, how men first came upon the continent of America?
13588If men would be content to graft upon nature, and assist her operations, what mighty effects might we expect?
13588If the female tongue will be in motion, why should it not be set to go right?
13588If you poison us, do we not die?
13588If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
13588In the name of the immortal gods, what is it, Romans, you would have?
13588Indeed what can we say?
13588Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence?
13588Is he not an implacable enemy?
13588Is it matter of more praise to disgrace one''s illustrious ancestors, than to become illustrious by one''s own good behaviour?
13588Is it not easily answered, that they were placed there by the same power who causes trees and grass to grow?
13588Is it thus that we improve the greatest talent human nature is endowed with?
13588Is it thus we are to understand you?"
13588Is man possessed of talents adequate to the great occasion?
13588Is not the city enlarged?
13588Is the goodness, or wisdom, of the Divine Being, more manifested in this his proceeding?
13588Is there no virtue extant?
13588It must be so-- Plato, thou reason''st well!-- Else, whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?
13588Lives there a man who has confidence enough to deny it?
13588Madam, says he to the first of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years: What have you been doing there all this while?
13588Must not he imagine that we were placed in this world to get riches and honours?
13588Nay, would not he believe we were forbidden poverty by threats of eternal punishment, and enjoined to pursue our pleasures under pain of damnation?
13588Next shou''d appear great_ Dryden''s_ lofty muse, For who would_ Dryden''s_ polish''d verse refuse?
13588Old gentlewoman, says he, I think you are fourscore?
13588One man affirms that he rode twenty miles within the hour:''tis probably a lie; but suppose he did, what then?
13588Or is it, as I feared, she loves another?
13588Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought?
13588Or,"_ He was an upright tall old gentleman, who wore his own long hair; do n''t you recollect him_?"
13588Relate, in what blest region can I find Such bright perfections in a female mind?
13588Shall I be paid with counters?
13588Shall it be by a select number of the wisest among us?
13588Shall it be by one man?
13588Since they have the same improveable minds as the male part of the species, why should they not be cultivated, by the same method?
13588Such as, should any one say"he was desired to present Mr. such- a- one''s respects to you,"to reply,"What the devil have I to do with his respects?"
13588That is well, says he, but what good have you been doing?
13588That make outrageous war upon the ocean: And then, old ocean?
13588The consuls, or you Romans?
13588The next was a plain country woman: Well, mistress, says_ Rhadamanthus_, and what have you been doing?
13588The question we are all concerned in is this, in which of these two lives is our chief interest to make ourselves happy?
13588They tell thee that thou art wise, but what does wisdom avail with poverty?
13588They told him any one could do that: How comes it then, replied Columbus, that not one among you thought of it?
13588They were bred up together-- surely that, That can not be-- Has he not given his hand, In the most solemn manner, to Constantia?
13588This lethargy that creeps through all my senses?
13588This short question,"Will you ride to town to- day?"
13588To what are we to impute these disorders?
13588True son_, said the hermit;_ but what is thy condition if there is_?
13588Twin''d with the wreaths Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap''d in iron harvests of the field?
13588Very well, says_ Rhadamanthus_, but did you keep the same watchful eye over your own actions?
13588Was the understanding, that divine part in our composition, given for such an use?
13588We know that a few strokes of the axe will lop a cedar; but what arts of cultivation can elevate a shrub?
13588What a figure is the young heir likely to make, who is a dunce both by father and mother''s side?
13588What a race of worthies, what patriots, what heroes must we expect from mothers of this make?
13588What are the clergy more than other men?
13588What can be more rude or ridiculous, than to interrupt persons at their meals with an unnecessary compliment?
13588What can be more strong and pointed than the following verse?
13588What can make a difference between one man and another but the endowments of the mind?
13588What can mortals hope or imagine, which the master of this palace has not obtained?
13588What charming bed fellows and companions for life are men likely to meet with, that chuse their wives out of such women of vogue and fashion?
13588What does it concern the company how many horses you keep in your stables?
13588What find I here?
13588What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?
13588What means this heaviness that hangs upon me?
13588What might not that savage greatness of soul which appears in these poor wretches on many occasions, be raised to, were it rightly cultivated?
13588What must be the architecture of infinite power under the direction of divine wisdom?
13588What occasion so happy?
13588What resemblance can we find in the present generation, of these great men?
13588What service would his long line of dead ancestors, or his multitude of motionless statues, do his country in the day of battle?
13588What thought can grasp thy boundless bliss, What tongue thy glories sing?
13588What unnatural motions and counter- ferments must such a medley of intemperance produce in the body?
13588What vanity can there be in saying, that it was a Genoese that first discovered America?
13588What would that philosopher have said, had he been present at the gluttony of a modern meal?
13588What_ Phoenix_-woman breathes the vital air, So greatly greatly good, and so divinely fair?
13588When I gave you a hint of it, you asked me whether a man is to be cold to what his friends think of him?
13588When an argument is over, how many weighty reasons does a man recollect, which his heat and violence made him utterly forget?
13588When shall we have one interest and one common country?
13588When shall we see an end of discord?
13588When the birth approaches, with how much nicety and attention does she help the chick to break its prison?
13588When_ Aristotle_ was once asked, what a man could gain by uttering falsehoods?
13588Where grows?
13588Who does not here see the main strokes and outlines of this great truth we are speaking of?
13588Who then would trust himself to the power of wine, without saying more against it, than, that it raises the imagination and depresses judgment?
13588Why should I mention Juba''s overthrow, And Scipio''s death?
13588Why should Rome fall a moment ere her time?
13588Why should reason be left to itself in one of the sexes, and be disciplined with so much care to the other?
13588Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
13588Will the tribunes make up your losses to you?
13588Will you ride to town_ to- day_?
13588Will you ride to_ town_ to- day?
13588With how much skill must the throne of God be erected?
13588With what caution does the hen provide herself a nest in places unfrequented, and free from noise and disturbances?
13588With what glorious designs is that habitation beautified, which is contrived and built by him who inspired_ Hiram_ with wisdom?
13588Would an infinitely wise Being make such glorious creatures for so mean a purpose?
13588Would he give us talents that are not to be exerted?
13588Would he not think that it was our duty to toil after wealth, and station, and title?
13588Would not he think that we were a species of beings made for quite different ends and purposes than what we really are?
13588You have heard the question, what have you been doing so long in the world?
13588You were telling of?
13588a faithless ally?
13588a greater face of plenty?
13588a stranger, a barbarian, a tyrant?
13588and indeed, what is he not?
13588are such abilities made for no purpose?
13588attempt ye still to rise, By mountains pil''d on, mountains, to the skies?
13588can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to chuse, slav''ry or death?
13588canst thou survey Yon globe of fire, that gives the golden day, Th''harmonious structure of this vast machine, And not confess its Architect divine?
13588capacities that are never to be gratified?
13588do n''t you take notice of a little white straw that he carries in his mouth?
13588hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
13588houses repaired and beautified?"
13588if you prick us do we not bleed?
13588or how is the honour of the Italian nation injured in owning, that it was to an Italian born in Genoa, that we are indebted for the new world?
13588or shall the legislative power be in the people?
13588or whether your servant is most knave or fool?
13588or who knows whether he is guilty of it or not?
13588said the other lady, whose visage glowed with a passion made up of scorn and pity, what are the pleasures you propose?
13588the usurper of provinces, to which he has no title nor pretence?
13588what art thou?
13588where grows it not?
13588why thus abandon''d to darkness and woe?
13588yes-- perhaps the king, the young count Tancred?
17201''How dieth the wise man?
17201''_ I should enquire after its shape_,''he says:--''_Has it legs or arms?
17201''_ If the materialist is confounded_,''he says,''_ and science rendered dumb_, who else is prepared with an answer?
17201''_ What shall we do to be saved?_''men are again crying.
17201''_ What then are the alternative pleasures that life offers_ me?
17201Am I guilty, and must I seek repentance?
17201And do not they check the latter by being thus bound up with it?_''But what really can be more misleading than this?
17201And do not they check the latter by being thus bound up with it?_''But what really can be more misleading than this?
17201And for what reason?
17201And has not it so been followed?
17201And have we still some right to that reverence that we have learnt to cherish for ourselves?
17201And if so, to what extent does it?
17201And is every hope that has hitherto nerved our lives, melting at last away from us, utterly and for ever?
17201And what is the result on Romanism?
17201And what, as a natural religion, is its working power in the world?
17201And what, let us again ask, will this worth, be?
17201And when it is got, what will it be like?
17201And when shall that be?
17201And will it, when we have found it, be found to merit all the praise that is bestowed upon it?
17201And will the''_ gladness of true heroism_''visit him if he proclaims it to everyone in his club?
17201And would not man''s history strike more clearly on us as the ghastly embodiment of a vast injustice?
17201Are our positive moralists prepared to admit this?
17201Are they the same or not the same, now the balls correspond to consciousness, as they were before, when the balls did not correspond to it?
17201Are we moral and spiritual beings, or are we not?
17201As we surveyed our race as a whole, would its brighter future ever do away with its past?
17201Because one undoubted fact is a mystery, is every mystery an undoubted fact?
17201But a denial of what?
17201But are these altogether so destructive as they seem?
17201But granting all this, what does this do for her?
17201But here comes the point at issue-- What is this general good, and what is included by it?
17201But how is he to do this?
17201But if not material, what are they, acting on matter, and yet distinct from matter?
17201But in what aspect of this does the real tragedy lie?
17201But that first decision-- how shall we make it?
17201But we might ask with exactly equal force, what is the good of true physical science, and why should we try to impress on the world its teachings?
17201But what do the individuals want?
17201But what do they mean by_ may be_?
17201But what is communion?
17201But what is it when approached from the other?
17201But what proof can he discover of this sacredness?
17201But when men choose vice instead of virtue, what is happening?
17201But why?
17201But why?
17201But why?
17201Can human life, cut off utterly from every hope beyond itself-- can human life supply it?
17201Can we still resolve to say,''I believe, although it is impossible''?
17201Do our exact thinkers in the least know what they are prophesying?
17201Do the''_ perceptions_,''which are for him the only valid guides, tell him so?
17201Do they mean that that''_ heathen_''and''_ gross_''conception of an immaterial soul is probably after all the true one?
17201Does any positive method of experience or observation so much as tend to suggest it?
17201Does it do more than present her to us as the toughest and most fortunate religion, out of many co- ordinate and competing ones?
17201Does it tend in any way to set her on a different platform from the others?
17201Does the general reverence with which life is at present regarded rest in any degree upon any similar misconception?
17201Does this logically go any way whatever towards discrediting its claims?
17201Does water think or feel when it runs into frost- ferns upon a window pane?
17201Has Professor Huxley, for instance, ever enjoyed it himself, or does he ever hope to do so?
17201Have the secrets of the prison- house really been revealed to Canon Farrar or Mr. Beresford Hope?...
17201Have we been hitherto deceived in ourselves, or have we not?
17201Have we indeed some aims that we may still call high and holy-- still some aims that are more than transitory?
17201Having made it, does he feel any consolation in the knowledge that it is the entire truth?
17201His main difficulty is nothing more than this: How can an infinite will that rules everywhere, find room for a finite will not in harmony with itself?
17201How far is the treasure incorruptible; and how far will our increasing knowledge act as moth and rust to it?
17201How shall he make it most joyful?
17201How shall we love?
17201How then has physical science in the same way failed to upset morality?
17201How will he make love?
17201How will he spend his days?
17201How, then, can an intimacy with this eternal criminal be an ennobling or a sacred thing?
17201I, however, reject neither, and thus stand in the presence of two Incomprehensibles, instead of one Incomprehensible._''Now what does all this mean?
17201IS LIFE WORTH LIVING?
17201If God would have all men do His will, why should He place the knowledge of it within reach of such a small minority of them?
17201If not, what is the meaning of their prophecy?
17201If so, when, where, and how?
17201If you can, you must trust me all in all; for the very first thing I declare to you is, I have never lied.__ Can you trust me thus far?
17201In the first place, then, what is art?
17201Indeed, does he not himself say so?
17201Is Life Worth Living?
17201Is it Human Nature as opposed to Nature?--Man as distinct from, and holier than, any individual men?
17201Is it Nature?
17201Is it Truth, then-- pure Truth for its own sake?
17201Is it in human nature to make this sacrifice?
17201Is it known only in brief moments of Neoplatonic ecstasy, to which all the acts of life should be stepping stones?
17201Is it simply because the fact in question is the truth?
17201Is it simply the product of the brain''s movement; or is the brain''s movement in any degree produced by it?
17201Is it something brief, rapturous, and intermittent, as the language often used about it might seem to suggest to one?
17201Is that solemn value a fact or fancy?
17201Is the will strong enough to hold on through this baffling and monstrous world, and not to shrink back and bid the vision vanish?
17201Is the will to assert our own moral nature-- our own birthright in eternity, strong enough to bear us on?
17201Is there anything very high or very sacred in that discovery?
17201Is this machinery self- moving, or is it, at least, modulated, if not moved, by some force other than itself?
17201Is this majestic conception a true one, or is it a dream only, with no abiding substance?
17201Is truth to be sought only because it conduces to happiness, or is happiness only to be sought for when it is based on truth?
17201It comes long before, How much shall we love?
17201Let us suspend this judgment for a moment, and what will become of these two dramas?
17201Let us then make it quite plain, at starting, that when we ask''Is life worth living?''
17201Mallock''s"Is Life Worth Living?"
17201May my body be likened to the temple of the Holy Ghost defiled?
17201Need the answer we are speaking of be definite and universal?
17201Now is such a happiness a reality or is it a myth?
17201Now tell me, I beseech you tell me, is mine really the desperate state I have been taught to think it is?
17201Now what is a code of morals, and why has the world any need of one?
17201Now what is the cause and what the conditions of this change?
17201Now what is there in common between Dr. Tyndall and the starry heavens, or that''_ power_''of which the starry heavens are the embodiment?
17201Now what is this treasure-- this inward state of the heart?
17201Now what on positive principles is the groundwork of this teaching?
17201Now what shall we say to this?
17201Now why is this?
17201Now why should this be?
17201Now, in producing this estimate, what is the chief faculty in us that they appeal to?
17201Or are we indeed what we have been taught to think we are?
17201Or supposing Mr. Stephen does love them, why is that love''_ lofty_''?
17201Or, if they are, why is that any condemnation of them?
17201Or, if we do condemn them, what else are we to praise?
17201Our question is, What is the true happiness?
17201Should the intellect of the world return to theism, will it ever again acknowledge a special revelation?
17201Supposing science not to be inconsistent with theism, may not theism be inconsistent with morality?
17201That as to whether consciousness is wholly a material thing or no, they_ will_ give no answer 237 But why are they in this state of suspense?
17201The end had ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means?
17201The first is, Why, when the air goes through them, are the organ- pipes resonant?
17201The first question is,--How are these kindled, and what are they all about?
17201The great question is, what shape finally will this dawning self- consciousness take?
17201The only question for us is, is it curable or incurable?
17201The question is what laws and what impetus are these?
17201The question that I have to ask is, are they?
17201The second is, What controls the mechanism by which the air is regulated-- a musician, or a revolving barrel?
17201The second question is, What is it when connected?
17201There are many practical rules for which it no doubt can do so; but will these rules correspond with what we mean by morals?
17201They are asked, have we a soul, a will, and consequently any moral responsibility?
17201This figure of human dreams has grown and grown in stature: does anything divine descend to it, and so much as touch its lips or its lifted hands?
17201This first question is, Why should consciousness be connected with the brain at all?
17201Was the discovery of the truth of his danger very glorious for the patient?
17201What are we?
17201What can obscure intellectual propositions,_''it is asked,''_ have to do with a religion of the heart?
17201What do you offer me?
17201What is its analysis, and why is it so precious?
17201What is the use of bidding us?
17201What is this free- will when it comes to use its tools?
17201What must be done to get it, and what must be left undone?
17201What shall I get?
17201What shall it say, then, when assailed by the rational moralist?
17201What shall we say of him, then, when he applies the argument in his own way?
17201What sort of happiness shall I secure for others?
17201What sort of morality do they find in it?
17201What then has modern criticism accomplished on the Bible?
17201What then will this change be?
17201What then, let us ask the enthusiasts of humanity, will humanity be like in its ideally perfect state?
17201What will he be like?
17201What will he laugh at?
17201What will he long for?
17201What will he take pleasure in?
17201What will it be like?
17201What wonder then that they should have kept their condition to themselves?
17201What, then, let us ask, is the nature of the belief?
17201Where, then, is it?
17201Who or what shall help us, or give us counsel?
17201Why are they in this state of suspense?
17201Why are they rank and steaming?
17201Why should it be?
17201Why should phenomena have two sides?
17201Why should''_ harsh_''things be loveable?
17201Why then should our positivists treat in this way the alleged immaterial part of consciousness?
17201Why, let me ask him, should the truth be loved?
17201Will it be worth having?
17201Will it contain in it that negation of the supernatural which our positive assertions are at present supposed to necessitate?
17201Will it fall to pieces before the breath of a larger knowledge?
17201Will it incite men to virtues to which heaven could not incite them?
17201Will not the dreams continue, when the reality has passed away?
17201Would not the depth and the darkness of the shadow grow more portentous as the light grew brighter?
17201_ In how many ways am_ I_ capable of feeling_ my_ existence a blessing?
17201_ Low_ and_ lofty_--what has Mr. Stephen to do with words like these?
17201_ Why so can I, or so can any man, But will they come when you do call for them?_ Henry IV.
17201and I?
17201and I?
17201and I?
17201and how joyful will it be when he has done his utmost for it?
17201and in what way shall_ I_ feel the blessing of it most keenly_?''
17201and is not the positivist position, to a large extent at any rate, proved?
17201and me?
17201and me?
17201and what is the reason that it pleases us?
17201and what sort of happiness will others secure for me?
17201and why should he so brusquely command all other men to share it?
17201or am I not guilty, and may I go on just as I please?''
17201or can we look forward to its remaining undecided till the end of time?
17201or do I owe it no more reverence than I owe the Alhambra Theatre?
17201or lure them away from vices from which hell- fire would not scare them?
17201or was its publication very sacred in the nurse?
39005''And you feel dis_ fauteuil_, really ver''_ com- for- ta- ble_?'' 39005 ''You find yourself now much improved, madame?''
39005A good deal is left for the imagination,I replied,"regrets what?"
39005And how is it in modern times?
39005And the bill, sir?
39005And what became of the barbarian in the large chair?
39005And what said Uncle Hal?
39005Are the ladies of our country, then, so remiss in politeness?
39005At what hour do you propose going, ladies?
39005Before I leave you, my dear Miss Peters, will you allow me to make a prophecy?
39005But who is this formidable youth, Miss Campbell?
39005But why, brother? 39005 But, Charley, dear, what about the horse?
39005But, Colonel, do tell me, have you read Macaulay''s second volume?
39005But, pa, I ought to answer the note to- night or very early to- morrow morning-- it would not be polite to keep Mr. Blakeman----"A note, eh?"
39005Certainly, my dear; but tell me what you are thinking of; what troubles you my child?
39005Come in, my daughter, come-- what will you have?
39005Dear brother,expostulated his companion,"do n''t you know that Mrs. R---- is not well?
39005Did Mr. B---- come out in a carriage?
39005Do be quiet, children,interrupted Ida, reprovingly;"now, uncle dear, wo n''t you take us?
39005Do n''t be wrathy, Smith-- what''s your tipple, old fellow?
39005Do tell, Jul,exclaimed a young lady,"where_ have_ you been marvelling to?
39005Do you know what she said to that poor woman?
39005Do you mean that he_ lives by his wits_, as the phrase is?
39005Do you never smoke?
39005Do you wonder now at my manner at the dinner? 39005 Does he_ sleep in them_?"
39005Does your anxious mother know you''re out?
39005For what word are you looking, so early?
39005Have you ever chanced to remark this picture?
39005How are you, Fred, how are you? 39005 How did that get into the card- basket?"
39005How''s the old lady?
39005How''s your ma, Mr. John Smith?
39005I am not surprised,exclaimed Dr. de H----,"my friend Sir C---- G----, who saw you this morning, asked me afterwards what country was you of?"
39005I do n''t mean to be, mother; but--"From what do you draw such a sweeping inference, my child?"
39005I say, what''s the name of that gentleman who has just gone off in that carriage there?
39005I think I am not mistaken, sir; have we not met before?
39005I would like the drive-- but, Charley, had we not better put it off until to- morrow morning? 39005 If you are a prophet of_ good_, sir"----"Can you doubt it, when your future fate is the subject?"
39005In a whisper?
39005Is he a_ Filibuster_?
39005Is n''t that sufficient to condemn the perpetrator to''durance vile''in the_ paradise of fools_?
39005Is not an_ engraver_ an artist?
39005Is that all, Miss----?
39005Know him? 39005 May I ask the honor of a presentation to my sometime prisoner?"
39005May we be permitted to inquire what those are?
39005Miss----,I asked, advancing towards my fair friend,"will you let me invite your attention to this new study?
39005Mother, my revered maternal primitive, may I read you this anecdote? 39005 My_ loving spou_,"as Bessie says, when she recites John Gilpin,"may I trouble you to tie my cravat?"
39005Never heard that of him,answered the other youth,"how the deuce could he?
39005No?
39005O, I mean when the_ speaking- trumpet_, as Governor S---- called him, shouted out--''_fricandeau de veau!_--What''s he, Fred? 39005 Pleasant morning, Judge!--if I do n''t intrude"( a glance at me, and no introduction by the chief- justice),"is this seat unoccupied?"
39005Should you know him again?
39005Sir- r- r?
39005Some chicken fixins and pie doins would n''t be so bad-- would they, though?
39005Then you did not think me careless, and were not vexed?
39005There is the first dinner- gong,said she, to herself, starting up,"what shall I do?
39005Uncle Hal, is n''t an artist_ a gentleman_?
39005V----? 39005 We would have waited for you,"interposed Ida;"why did n''t you tell us?"
39005Well, but, do you know it''s twelve o''clock? 39005 Well, we''ll see about it-- when is the concert?"
39005Well, well; what has that to do with her treatment of me? 39005 Well, what was the answer?"
39005What are Mr. Waldo''s politics?
39005What are you all so busy about?
39005What does Miss Ida mean?
39005What has become of the Governor?
39005What in thunder do you know about horses, Isabella?
39005What is it, Betty? 39005 What is that?"
39005What is the fare from here to O----?
39005What is the price of that candelabra, in the window?
39005What kind of traps?--mouse traps?
39005What name, sir?
39005What shall I pay you?
39005What the devil, then, does she make her appearance for, if she ca n''t observe the common proprieties of life?
39005What''s in the wind-- who''s to stand the shot?
39005What, Hal-- jealous?
39005What, in particular, do you refer to, my dear? 39005 What?"
39005Where''re you going, Fred? 39005 Wherefore_ Colonel_, and of what?"
39005Which is your favorite picture here, Miss Lunettes?
39005Which one,--where?
39005While we are so literary, mother-- what is it about the dolphin? 39005 Who is that fine- looking young man, Colonel Lunettes?"
39005Who is that polite old man?
39005Who is that young man, sir?
39005Who the d---- is that fellow?
39005Why, Blanche, what''s the trouble? 39005 Why, how was that?"
39005Will you just take it into the hall, and take off the paper, Biddy? 39005 Will you not come in a moment?"
39005Will you tell me why, pa?
39005Wo n''t you join us, sir?
39005You''re E Pluribus-- you''re a brick,returned Mr. Smith, softening,"but where in thunder are those female women?
39005Your_ mother_,--is she well this morning?
39005_ Eat?_thundered the disciple of Galen,"the poker and tongs, if you will_ chew them well_!"
39005''I fear, madame,''said she,''that you suffare ver''much:--vat can I do for you?''
39005''What is Dr. J---- like?''
39005''_ Apres vous, madame, je vous prie_,''[3] said he, with the most courtly air;--so that was Sir C---- G----?"
39005***** But now for an exemplary anecdote or two:--"Colonel Lunettes, do you know some gentleman going to U---- in this train?"
39005***** Will that do for this time, boys?
39005*****"Doctor, what may I eat?"
39005*****"Husband, do you know a young Mr. V----, in society here-- a lawyer, I think?"
39005*****"What are you doing there, sir?"
39005*****"What, coz, still sitting with your things on, waiting?
39005*****"Where and how is the most charming of Jewesses?"
39005--"Is my band- box put on?"
39005----?"
39005--stretching his ungainly limbs upon the porch of the house--"won''t some tipple be fine?
39005After a scarce perceptible pause, the lovely narrator proceeded:"There was that huge moon- struck face--["_sun- struck_, perhaps?"
39005After an exchange of civilities, turning respectfully to the governor, he said:"Governor T----, can I be of any service?
39005After sitting a moment beside the lady, Mr. Clay said, abruptly:--"''Miss----, what is your definition of true politeness?''
39005Ai n''t you a pretty fellow?
39005And you, sir, will you hear them?"
39005As a contrast to these anecdotes, how does the following incident impress you?
39005Be careful not to let it get dirty and wet, inside, will you?"
39005Blakeman?"
39005But what are you doing with that huge, bearish- looking coat?
39005But, Corné, what happened to the senator?"
39005But, come, cozzy dear, will you go now, or is your patience all gone?"
39005Ca n''t one have a''charming adventure,''and yet have nothing to tell?"
39005Can we, then, learn nothing from the matured civilization of the Old World in regard to the_ Art of Living_?
39005Can you make only a lesson in elocution out of this; or will it also illustrate our present theme?
39005Colonel, will you allow me?"
39005Could n''t she trust him with the rest of the family for a few minutes?
39005Did she remain during the whole time of your call?"
39005Do n''t I surpass all other asses at a bray?''"
39005Does he like milk?
39005Get up, now, you rascal, will you?"
39005Had we not better return?"
39005Has he really troubled you?
39005Have n''t you been impatient?"
39005Have you remarked the magnificent head of the gentleman with her?
39005Have you seen the last''Harper,''Colonel?"
39005How can you allow such a thing to distress you in this way?"
39005How few, for instance, would have responded as readily, in an emergency, as did the half- drunk servant of Swift:"Is my fellow here?"
39005How would you feel disposed to treat a gentleman who had encroached upon your rights in this way?''
39005How would you like to go with me to look after my Western investments next month?"
39005I bowed slightly, and hurried on:--but was n''t it beautiful?
39005I remember, at this moment no better illustration of ready repartee:"How are you this morning, sir?"
39005Is it all over with him?"
39005Is it not suggestive?
39005Is it possible that you do not feel that it is so?
39005Jerome?"
39005Ladies, it is said, are the_ readers_ of America, but who ever sees the dear creatures donning spectacles in youth?
39005Left all the folks well?"
39005Lunettes?"
39005May I get out for them?
39005Miss Ida, will you let a lonely old fellow join your party?
39005Mr. Y---- will walk over and accompany you-- you are at the Hotel?
39005Mrs. and the Misses Simpson?"
39005Now, here is this person, Colonel C----, I think, if I heard the name?"
39005Sacredly are they cherished among the hoarded memories of youthful friendship?
39005Shall I read them, mamma?
39005Shall we defy the race to which we belong, on this point alone?
39005Should we not hesitate by exhibitions of such qualities of our nature as are happily still dormant in them, to force them into precocious development?
39005Take this to mammy will you, Biddy?
39005They are easily amused, easily gratified-- shall I add, easily_ satisfied_, mentally?
39005Upon this, some member, upon the_ opposition benches_, as the English say, called out:"What are his claims?
39005V---- was one of the_ aids- de- camp_, on the occasion, as I knew by the white love- knot( what is the fashionable name, wife?)
39005Was this most gallant knight of yours a_ young_ gentleman, may I ask?"
39005What a brilliant color!--You were driving this morning, were you not?
39005What did you think of me for delaying so long?"
39005What do you think of such examples of industry and perseverance as these, young gentlemen?
39005What''s your name, dear?
39005What_ could_ be the matter?
39005When''d you get in?
39005Where do you sit, Colonel?"
39005While yet unstained by the pollutions of the world, should we not render a certain homage to their pristine purity and innocence?
39005Who, pray?"
39005Why are you so superior to the rest of your sex?"
39005Why seek in the frailty and fallibility of human nature a justification of personal distrust and indifference?
39005Will you permit me to attend them?"
39005Will you permit me to leave you, after requesting the honor of attending you?''
39005Willie?"
39005Would a man imbued with"The fair humanities of old religion"have needed such a rebuke, from such a source, think you?
39005Would you have thought it so late?"
39005Would you like a velvet jacket, eh, my fine fellow?"
39005Y----?"
39005You will thus learn not only to pity the erring, but, perchance, sometimes to ask yourselves in profound humility--"_who hath made me to differ_?"
39005and a right clever fellow he is:--why, my dear?"
39005and spoken text placed within single quotes on Page 90- Quote removed after"you?"
39005another new hat?"
39005changed to single quotes on Page 90- Double quote added before"And"and double quotes before"And"and after"com- for- ta- ble?"
39005chimed in the flute notes of another of the gay junto,"what can equal the General''s_ verdancy_?"
39005cried Mr.----, in a voice trembling with ill- suppressed fury,''do you know that you are trespassing,--that these are_ my_ grounds?''
39005cried a smooth- browed Englishman--"not re- cooked, I hope?"
39005cried she, in tones, mirth- engendering as the silvery call of Dian, goddess of the dewy morn,( is that poetry, I wonder?)
39005exclaimed her father, laughing--"do you fear the flight of our gazelle, here?"
39005inquired another lady,"does wisdom keep pace, in exact proportion with length of beard?"
39005interrupted the irritable man, rudely,"what do you call_ polished manners_?
39005on Page 105-"nur sery"changed to"nursery"on Page 114- Single quote added before"cause"on Page 117- Double quote added after"minister?''"
39005poo''man?"
39005retorted the father,"and is that a sufficient excuse?
39005retorted the interlocutor, tartly,"do you think I do n''t know tother from which?"
39005said Ernest, at last,''is n''t the bed ready yet?''
39005so that''s his name?"
39005that to me, my dear?
39005what is the matter with you, that you do not speak to me?"
39005where did he serve?"
39005will you have time, this morning, to look over these papers, in the case of Smith against Brown?''
39005you ai n''t done?"
29917''All- strengthening, all- sustaining Deity, Diffused throughout the infinite, abides, Dwells and upholds:--then, haply, dwells in thee?
29917''And do n''t I care for your soul, James?''
29917''And doth this sadden only, or dismay?
29917''Has the word Duty no meaning?
29917''If the whole body were an eye, where,''asks St. Paul,''were the hearing?
29917''What art thou?
29917''What better philosophical status has vitality than aquosity?''
29917''What,''he asks,''does this fact imply?''
29917''What,''he asks,''is the foundation of all conclusions from experience?''
29917''Wouldst thou, if haply so thou mayst, advance That blessed consummation?
29917''Yet since all good is fruit of love, and love Worketh no ill, how still doth ill abound?
29917A volition is an operation of the mind, is it not?
29917And from thy native slough of sensual mire, Is''t to the mark of thine own purity Thy loftier aims and holier hopes aspire?
29917And is it not evident that non- existent ideas can not have called real ideas into existence?
29917And may we not with good reason congratulate ourselves on this result of our investigations?
29917And what are myriads of lives in comparison with a regenerate-- what violation of the most solemn engagements in comparison with a united, people?
29917And what though it be only the most thorough- paced Utilitarians who go these extreme lengths?
29917And when by harrowing pang thine heart is wrung, Is''t for self- aid thy wandering eyes inquire, Heavenward, at length, in fervid suppliance flung?
29917And wherefore yet delayeth the reprieve Of Love, that doth not willingly afflict Its children, neither wantonly aggrieve?
29917And wherefore?
29917And why should not the power in question be so credited?
29917And yet what poet would change conditions with the lark?
29917And, if credited so far, why not still further?
29917Are any worthier?
29917Are grapes upon the bramble borne, or doth The fig bear olive berries?
29917Besides, does man, in order to believe himself free, require more freedom than his Maker?
29917Bethink thee-- is''t self- reverence that o''erawes Thy prostrate soul, and from thy faltering tongue, Subdued, involuntary homage draws?
29917But can there be a better proof that utilitarian principles are unsound than that this should be a legitimate deduction from them?
29917But how can we pretend to know for how long a season such may continue to be the divine pleasure?
29917But how, being so admirable, can it be immoral?
29917But how, by goodness so transcending, conjoined with immeasurable might, can the co- existence of evil be tolerated?
29917But if so, what else is Positivism than another form of that very metaphysicism which it condemns?
29917But is this inability a matter to lament over?
29917But of that which is not due, how can payment be rightfully insisted upon?
29917But on such conditions, how can human volitions really be free?
29917But this once lost, how recoverable?
29917But to what purport could premonished Love A system twined with mutual suffering weave, When but a word all suffering would remove?
29917But what if there be no such laws?
29917But what shadow of pretext is there for treating an hitherto unvaried course of events as necessarily invariable?
29917But whence and why these divergencies?
29917But which are the ideas whereof this can be said?
29917But why are they so prized?
29917But, indeed, is there any one conceivable situation in life in which a positive rule can be laid down as to the course which men will follow?
29917By what law?
29917By what possibility, then, can it suddenly produce modifications sufficiently conspicuous to mark off a new species?
29917Can a hybrid growth Arise spontaneous from unmingled seed?
29917Can aught the gracious purpose interdict Of Him, whose piercing eye, whose boundless sway, No cloud can dim, no barrier restrict?
29917Can finite bonds confine the Infinite?
29917Can it have been seriously said that it is impossible for us to think of the sky without thinking simultaneously of the sun which illuminates the sky?
29917Can means impure Omnipotence befit, And clog the range of its solicitude?
29917Can there be better proof that utility and morality are not identical, but two absolutely distinct things?
29917Canst thou show Twin waters, sweet and bitter, issuing both From the same fountain?
29917Did the fact of its being for their advantage to do this warrant their doing it?
29917Does he mean that a train of thought can not commence with place without terminating with weight?
29917Doth not the sun outshine the satellite?
29917For how can there be perception without a percipient?
29917For to take redness as an example; how does the sensation of it or of any other colour arise?
29917For what, after all, does it imply?
29917For whence was Vice derived?
29917For why do we ever believe anything that anyone says?
29917Freewill, then, being an indisputable reality, how can it be reconciled with foreknowledge?
29917Grieves it that He, whose follower thou art, Rules not supreme with unresisted sway?
29917Has it been observed, then, that suicides bear, we will not say an invariable, but anything like a definite proportion to population?
29917Hast thou the art to add, by taking thought, One cubit to thy stature?
29917Have, then, individuals incurred any such obligation?
29917How are we to account for such amazing inconsistencies in an exposition of one of the greatest of philosophers?
29917How can his will be free, if that will be moulded and shaped by circumstances over which he has no control?
29917How can it be, when, as frequently happens, you have not the smallest idea of what it is you are saying or playing?
29917How, consistently with the theory, is it possible they should?
29917How, they may naturally ask, is it to be expected that sickness should be cured unless properly treated?
29917How, when the creature of His wrath replies With feeble wail and inarticulate moan, The sighing of that contrite heart despise?
29917How-- for it is merely the old puzzle over again-- how can foreknowledge be reconciled with freewill?
29917If not, what is the bondage under which we groan?
29917If so, on what was that right founded?
29917If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?''
29917If there be certain determinate lines of conduct which men will infallibly pursue throughout all succeeding generations, how can men be free agents?
29917Improbable as these suppositions may be, who that has not been taken into counsel by his Creator can presume to say that they may not be correct?
29917In that''Logic- mill of thine''hast thou''an earthly mechanism for the Godlike itself, and for grinding out Virtue from the husks of Pleasure?
29917In these circumstances, had her countrymen a right to insist on her immolation?
29917In this was tutelar prevision shown?
29917In what, then, does the compensation consist?
29917Is any object, however worthy, to be pursued regardless of all collateral considerations?
29917Is not Germany likely to turn Kiel to far better account than Denmark ever did or could have done?
29917Is not faith in such a providence not simply not irrational, but the direct result of a strictly inductive process?
29917Is not such a being worthy to be looked up to, and confided in, and adored and loved as a superintending providence?
29917Is what we call Duty no divine messenger and guide, but a false, earthly fantasm, made up of Desire and Fear?''
29917Is''t haply that with love a rival strove?
29917May I, without presumption, hazard a conjecture as to the sort of fabric that might have arisen, if he had steadily prosecuted his original design?
29917May naught else serve to fan the stagnant air?
29917Must captive flame earth''s quaking surface rend, Or seek escape in lava flood?
29917Must havoc''s mad typhoon perforce descend?
29917Nay, what student or philosopher would?
29917Need was there, by austere experiment, To test the frailty and the fall foreknown Of man, beneath o''erwhelming burthen bent?
29917Of how much else,''for a pure moral nature, is not the loss of Religious Belief the loss?''
29917Of the recited enormities, were not some, steps to the regeneration of France-- others, to the unifaction of Germany?
29917Or is it not, at all events, open to their divine promulgator to suspend their operation at his pleasure?
29917Or that, the progress of His grace to thwart, Satanic might the host of hell arrays?
29917Or,''is there no God?
29917Our idea of idea itself, from what sensible impression is that derived?
29917Shall coward lips the word of life suppress?
29917Should He not restore A cleansed heart within them, and renew An upright spirit?
29917Should not all Freely, alike, his nurturing guidance share?
29917Should we like the chances to be equal whether we should desire distress to be alleviated or aggravated?
29917Should we then prefer that there were no such reasons?
29917Simply because it was their interest, was it also their right?
29917The oracle vouchsafed from Heaven disguise?
29917The question, Why are not new species continually produced?
29917Though man, by choice of ill, must needs offend, Need God do ill that good may come of it?
29917Thus is it that a parent''s care purveys His bounty, and, exacting rigorously The price in tears, each boon''s full cost defrays?
29917Thus, with vain thrift withholding the decree, That from his treasury''s exhaustless store To all could grant unbought felicity?
29917Was there then need that prescience should try, By ordeal pitiless, assured event, Disclosed beforehand to prophetic eye?
29917Was this then her duty?
29917What but that strength is wanting to fulfil His scheme of mercy?
29917What censures, then, can I have in reserve to countervail such praises?
29917What if, on the showing of Mr. Buckle himself and of his associates, there neither are nor can be?
29917What is it that here imparts the impulse and exercises the control?
29917What man amongst thy fellows hast thou known Who, if his son ask fish, will jeeringly Give him a serpent, or for bread a stone?
29917What possibility is there of constructing a science of history, when history supplies no materials for either foundation or superstructure?
29917What smallest evidence have we of any connection between the volitions and the other acts?
29917What the liberty wherewith we long to be made free?
29917What then is the cause?
29917What would be the good of the doctor''s coming unless he prescribed judiciously?
29917What, then, is the connexion between them which causes one to be inferred from the other?
29917Whence derived?
29917Where, then, is the boast of virtue?
29917Why but because we have learnt by experience that, when people have no apparent motive for lying, they commonly do speak the truth?
29917Why imagine that into the newly formed hydro- nitrogenised oxide of carbon a something called vitality entered and took possession?
29917Why is it, then, that every one has a right to fulfilment of engagements, to have faith kept with him, to have promises observed?
29917Why would he not?
29917Will not the effects of any given cause vary with the changes in the circumstances in which the cause acts?
29917With unloaded dice there would be nothing strange in double- six being thrown once; but, if once, why not twice running?
29917With what intent Placed where perpetual hindrances exhaust Thy wasted strength, in baffled effort spent?
29917Would it be well for us that our being starved or surfeited should make no difference in our wish to feed, or our willingness to fast?
29917Would there be a chorus of applause from the Institute of Architects, and favourable notices in the newspapers of this profound wisdom?
29917Would we have all these things reversed?
29917Would we have our wishes to be independent of reason, and adrift before irrational caprice?
29917Wouldst thou speed The lingering hour of Earth''s deliverance?
29917Yet, if in His despite creation still In thraldom groan and travail-- what remains?
29917_ King Henry._ Are these things, then, necessities?
29917and body is matter, is it not?
29917and ere Effete society new structure raise, Must dearth or pestilence the ground prepare?
29917and hast thou, Or such as thou, Nature''s whole fabric wrought?
29917and how can a doctor be expected to attend unless he be asked?
29917and how can it be properly treated without a doctor?
29917and if twice, why not three, four, or a million times running, provided that the thrower''s strength held out so long?
29917and will he not more certainly prescribe judiciously if his judgment be guided by special interposition of divine grace?
29917and will not German ascendency be abundant compensation for Danish decadence?
29917how other than virtuous?
29917how, rather, ever acquirable?
29917not, what they implore Reversing, and restraining, lest they do The good they would,--constraining them withal To do the evil they would fain eschew?
29917or how consciousness without a conscious entity?
29917or, at best, an absentee God, sitting idle ever since the first Sabbath, at the outside of His universe, and_ seeing_ it go?''
29917why not with competence to form a man''s or an eagle''s eye?
39155If the question as to what moral sanction is means,''What reason is there why morality exists?'' 39155 [ 116] But is this true?
39155( 2) Can any life be said to have a real value; is any life subjectively, is any objectively, preferable?
39155( 2) Why is it good?
39155( 3) How does goodness come into being; how is it maintained; how does it advance?
39155A good shot may be a good one in that it hits the mark; but what if it kill a man?
39155All individuals?
39155And how is self- sacrifice possible?
39155And the moral question as to mortality or immortality is not:"What is the pleasanter to believe?"
39155And what is to be said of the new- born infant, which sucks when the breast is placed between its lips?
39155And what right have they, on their own showing, to administer this chastisement to the lazy man?
39155And why stop, in this case, exactly with the cells of animal life; why not apply our question to those of plant life also?
39155And will he, as such, decide on a division of these means to happiness with B, C, and D, who have not labored to produce them?
39155Are the characteristics of one chemical compound the same as those of another because both compounds are matter and motion?
39155Are we to believe that any property or accident of a thing may change, and the thing remain yet actually the same thing?
39155Are we to look upon the conditions involved in the environment as mere negatives and simply developing the positive potentialities of the germ- plasm?
39155Are we to regard the Creator''s work as like that of a child, who builds houses out of blocks just for the pleasure of knocking them down again?
39155Are we to suppose it, too, as preëxistent,"in a weaker form,"or in any form, in the inorganic?
39155Are we to suppose that the possession of still greater power and so still larger opportunities for fraud would afford the people greater security?
39155Are we to suppose the color blue to be present in certain chemical elements because their chemical compound is blue?
39155As to the belief in immortality, can not the human being do right without the thought of the reward and punishment of another life?
39155Assuming that, by religion, is meant the belief in a personal God and in the immortality of the soul, is this true?
39155Bain, in an essay entitled"Is there Such a Thing as Pure Malevolence?"
39155But how is the individual to be sure as to what, in the single case, is God''s will?
39155But if the eye gives us the truth, then why do we, in the case of color, correct it again by another phase of our experience?
39155But is this, in fact, all we meant by cause?
39155But the question,''Why should I be moral?''
39155But what do we mean by end?
39155But what is in man artificial and what is natural?
39155But what is the degree of relinquishment which will suffice to raise all the poor to a plane of comfort?
39155But what is there in Fechner''s remarks that stands in need of such a reference?
39155But what_ is_ an object, as present to me, beyond what it is to my consciousness?
39155But who shall decide what part or form of force, what factors of the universe are accidental and what essential?
39155But yet, which is, in the last analysis, the more important to the explosion of the magazine-- spark or powder?
39155By the inward testimony?
39155By what right do these determinists make use of the expression"can but will not"?
39155Can any one contest this?
39155Can one do more than one''s duty?
39155Do we find anything here except blind law?
39155Do we love father and mother, brother or sister, wife or child, or our friends, for God''s sake?
39155Does good action, then, depend on the bad man as well as on the good?
39155Does only one of our senses give us truth?
39155Exactly what is it that is meant by the alteration of organization which is pronounced unnecessary to the"virtual"alteration of human faculties?
39155For if two pleasures or pains be equal, what does it matter where they came from?
39155Has this evolution been a mistake?
39155Have we any direct knowledge of consciousness except in connection with certain normal conditions of our own brain?
39155Heat may exist without light, but is light therefore less essential than heat, where it arises?
39155How are such judgments as these possible?
39155How are we to define"the good man of former days"?
39155How do we know even whether the impaled butterfly is endeavoring to escape pain or merely attempting to continue its flight?
39155How far are the moral qualities acquired in one generation inherited by the next?
39155How have we such an intimate acquaintance with the nature of matter and motion that we can assert this?
39155How is any solution to be arrived at?
39155How is he to distinguish certainly between such and his own natural thoughts and feelings; what means of distinction can be applied?
39155How is the forgiveness of sins by God to be justified?
39155How is the general rule, as distinguished from other rules, deduced from the general principle of social vitality?
39155How shall I order my life?
39155How should we understand other species?
39155How, then, did this sense arise, and what is its nature and composition?
39155If pleasure is but a part of the standard of morality, is it, then, the object of conduct?
39155If so, how is it chosen?
39155If so, what physiological function can we call inherent and essential, since these all also arise with evolution?
39155If so, why not substitute for the term"cause of motion,""component factors of motion"?
39155If the solution is impossible, however, why attempt it?
39155If we ask for the ground of the greatest happiness principle, we come to an_ a priori_ belief also; for whence is the postulate?
39155Is feeling the result of thought, or thought the result of feeling?
39155Is it admitted?
39155Is it denied that acts classed as good and bad differ in their effects?
39155Is it selfish to renounce one''s greatest happiness in order to attain only peace of conscience?
39155Is it the length of the wave which causes the color, or the color which causes the particular wave- length?
39155Is it well to examine the principles of such a system from a scientific standpoint?
39155Is social development the cause of an increase in sympathy, or is the increase of sympathy the cause of social progress and prosperity?
39155Is the bell the less silver to my eye because it appeals to my ear with sound, or the ball the less round to touch because my field of vision is flat?
39155Is the connection of these two general?
39155Is the principle of Authority to decide this?
39155Is the sacrifice worth making?
39155Is the_ intelligibile_ character born?
39155Is there anything further to prove?
39155It does not suffice to answer that God''s justice is not our justice; for in that case, what right have we to apply the word to him at all?
39155Its practical task is to answer the important question: How am I to act?
39155May it not also be the physical cause?
39155May not one human being''s capacity for happiness be greater than another''s, and his happiness, therefore, more to be considered?
39155May not the seeming dimness, however, be due to the incomplete function of memory when turned to events that transpired under its influence?
39155Of the fact that Lange"feels the lack of the proof of this''Tendency to Stability,''"Dr. Petzoldt says:"But how is there a need of proof here?
39155Of what nature were the motives of our ape- like progenitors, and of what nature the first motive that appeared in the universe?
39155On what grounds is this claim based?
39155Or are we to believe that the sense- function alone is essential and not also some actuality in its object, as of this or that color?
39155Or how could the responsibility of the legislative and administrative functions to the people be still better secured than it is anywhere at present?
39155Or how do we know in any case, from an origin, what might evolve with time?
39155Or how is it that even isomeric compounds may exhibit different qualities?
39155Or how, then, are we to distinguish which of other wishes and needs of our nature should, and which should not, be gratified?
39155Or is a minimum of interference the cause of pleasure and of function in a particular direction?
39155Or is function the cause of pleasure?
39155Or is habit the cause of function?
39155Or is increase of population the cause of both by forcing men to companionship?
39155Or is not, rather, continued exercise of function the cause of the absence of interference wherever and as far as it exists?
39155Or is not, rather, increase of population the effect of prosperity?
39155Or is pleasure the cause of continued exercise of function?
39155Or to what length must we go, to what grade of luxury must we descend in our reforms, in order to secure this?
39155Or why should we draw a line here between the movements of animals and all other movements?
39155Or will the perfect kingdom of righteousness one day prevail?
39155Or, conversely: Is lack of sympathy and altruism in general a sign of mental incapacity, of the power of comprehension for another''s suffering?
39155Or, if we are to return, who shall tell us at just what point we leave the"artificial"and arrive at the"natural"?
39155Seldom reflecting that still the new question comes upon us: What is Madness, what are Nerves?
39155Shall we regard the color as not essentially connected with the chemical constitution of the supposed compound?
39155So far as human development supposes an organic change in the individual[?
39155The answer depends upon the answer to the previous question: What is it to be virtuous?
39155The answer to the question: What would happen if every one were to act thus?
39155The first question which presents itself in Individual Ethics is: How is the individual to educate himself to an ethical personality?
39155The method which explains life by the assumption of sensible atoms is a much shorter and easier one; but is it not likewise a method of greater risk?
39155The question is not: Are the extremes of criminality connected with mental incapacity?
39155The question is: What end shall human perfection realize?
39155The question may be asked: Should one, in case of doubt, follow one''s own conviction, or join the side it is thought will prevail?
39155The question of science is not: Wherefore is any creature in the world?
39155The question, Is life worth living?
39155The question: Why shall I act in accordance with the general welfare?
39155These three parts are represented by the questions:( 1) What is it that is good?
39155They act in accordance with the law, without being in possession of the law, and what objection can Ethics have to offer to this?
39155To what are the terms good and bad applied?
39155W. H. ROLPH"BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS"("Biologische Probleme,"1884) For what purpose are we in the world?
39155Was Luther''s Picture of the Devil less a Reality, whether it were formed within the bodily eye or without it?"
39155Was it not from conviction that Aristotle asserted the right of slavery, and Calvin, with Melancthon''s approval, sent Servetus to the stake?
39155We may argue that mere matter and motion can not have produced such results as these; but how do we know this?
39155We may still ask: How is the relation between the different instincts, the influence exerted by each member of the federation, determined?
39155What are our essences as separated from their properties and accidents?
39155What do we mean by cause?
39155What do we mean here by"altruism,"and what by"beginning"?
39155What does its goodness mean?
39155What ethical significance could it have that here a feeling of pain or pleasure not arising from the action itself, is added to it?
39155What grounds have we for assuming the existence of consciousness where the analogy of our own organization does not furnish us with an argument?
39155What individual?
39155What is his actual aim, that is, his endeavor?
39155What is the ideal?
39155What is the sanction of morality?
39155What manner of obliteration is this?
39155What, then, is the relative value of different kinds of efficiency?
39155Whence have we any grounds for assuming that that which we know only in connection with a certain peculiar organization exists elsewhere?
39155Where is the beginning of feeling and what was feeling in the beginning?
39155Where is there, on closer analysis, passivity as distinguished from activity?
39155Where were we at the origin of the universe( if we suppose such) or where were we at the origin of life, that we should be able to be assured of this?
39155Where, then, is the justice of his punishment?
39155Which is most truly an element in the desired felicity, content or aspiration?
39155Which one of these myriad material parts interacting at any moment shall we single out as the cause of the succeeding state?
39155Which, for instance, shall we regard as the cause of an evil act-- the character of a man or the temptation offered by circumstances?
39155Why can not we accept the simple fact of concomitance in this case also?
39155Why is it represented as wrong to follow Satan''s commands and right to follow God''s will?
39155Why may it not arise, as do sight and hearing, by gradual evolution, as a function of special organisms?
39155Why may not nearly all, if not all of them, be thus explained, and consciousness be regarded as the exclusive property of man?
39155Why may we not love all men, as we love our friends and children, for their own sake?
39155Why should a man be virtuous?
39155Why, indeed, should the patient scream if not in pain?
39155Why, then, do I find such great difficulty in reconciling the simple facts of consciousness and brain- activity?
39155Will this war of the good with the evil always continue?
39155With all these facts before us, how are we to decide as to the end in view in any non- human act?
39155[ 194] Cause or effect, which?
39155and how have we ever arrived at the possession of other motives than these?
39155and what is the significance of feeling as pleasure and of feeling as pain with respect to the will?
39155but"What is the truth?"
39155but, Is the power of intellectual comprehension, is intelligence, always associated with sympathy and altruism?
39155but: What is he?
39155involves two:( 1) Is it actually preferable to the creature who lives it?
39155means, most naturally and usually, What inducements are there to me to do right?"
39155what is the end which it has in view in taking nourishment?
39155which of the two is to be accorded the greater importance with regard to the will?
13104Did you see her in such and such apparel?
13104Good fellows,are they?
13104Paid your money?
13104Who cares,say they,"if we only come out ahead?"
13104Why do n''t you go?
13104XXX:What does that mark mean?
13104--not,"Who wears it?"
13104A lady sitting at his side said,"Certainly you will not refuse to take a glass with me?"
13104A new tankard of wine to rekindle the mirth of the lords?
13104After a while, when the mother kindly asks,"What kept you out so late?"
13104All the kings from the time of Pharaoh had celebrated such days; and why not Herod?
13104And am I wrong in disclosing a peril which threatens not only your well- being here, but your throne in heaven?
13104And shall a man possessed of everlasting fortunes wear himself out with grief because he has lost worldly treasure?
13104And what are china- asters good for if style and color are of no importance?
13104Anything appealing to the Almighty?
13104Anything solemn?
13104Anything stupendous in man''s history?
13104Are not women as sharp as men on washerwomen, and milliners, and mantua- makers?
13104Are there stories told unworthy a man who venerates the name of his mother?
13104Are we to stand idly by, and let the work go on, lest in the rebuke we tread upon the long trail of some popular vanity?
13104Are you sure you could?
13104Because they are poor must they be denied this one luxury?
13104But did that thing cost you less than what you ask for it?
13104But do gamblers come to weep at the agonies of the gambler?
13104But how are we to contend?
13104But was it partly cotton?
13104But what of the destroyer?
13104By what principle of justice is it that women in many of our cities get only two- thirds as much pay as men, and in many cases only half?
13104Can I, then, pass this subject by without exposition of the monstrous evil?
13104Can you make an estimate of how many blasphemies will roll up from the streets and saloons of our cities to- night?
13104Can you not deny yourself insignificant indulgences for the good of others?
13104Can you not make a sacrifice for the good of others?
13104Did I call him man the second?
13104Did I call this house the second?
13104Did a volley of oaths ever start a heavy load?
13104Did curses ever unravel a tangled skein?
13104Did it?
13104Did not the law right the injured man?
13104Did they ever collect a bad debt?
13104Did they ever cure a toothache?
13104Did they ever extirpate the meanness of a customer?
13104Did they ever save you a dollar, or put you a step forward in any great enterprise?
13104Did they ever stop a twinge of the gout?
13104Do I address one whose regular work in life is to administer to this appetite?
13104Do not women, as much as men, beat down to the lowest figure the woman who sews for them?
13104Do they ever swear?
13104Do they get it easy?
13104Do we not read in our Bibles that the ancient flood covered all the earth?
13104Do you call this a game of chance?
13104Do you cry out against it?
13104Do you ever hear from the old folks?"
13104Do you know who it is?
13104Do you not remember it altogether?
13104Do you say six hundred?
13104Do you smite him in the face?
13104Do you tell me it is none of my business what street profanity shall curse my boy''s ear, on his way to school?
13104Do you tell me that the authorities do not know it?
13104Do you thrust him back by your imprecations?
13104Do you trifle with his name?
13104Do you wonder that churches built, lighted, or upholstered by such processes as that come to great financial and spiritual decrepitude?
13104Does it not cock the highwayman''s pistol?
13104Does it not wave the incendiary''s torch?
13104Does it not whet the assassin''s knife?
13104Drunkenness: Does it not jingle the burglar''s key?
13104Fifty thousand subtracted from a good man leaves how much?
13104From the product of the wells?
13104From the table spread at the close of that excited and besweated scene, who went home to say his prayers?
13104From what tree of the forest oozes there a balm that can soothe the gamester''s heart?
13104God does not see, does he?
13104Had they suddenly reformed from evil habits?
13104Has he been haunting you, starving you, or freezing you all your life?
13104Has it not sent the physician reeling into the sick- room; and the minister, with his tongue thick, into the pulpit?
13104Have the white, polished, glistening boards ever been the road to heaven?
13104Have you fulfilled all your vows?
13104Have you never heard the bitter cry of the man or of the child when told that he must go to the almshouse?
13104Have you nothing better than money to leave your children?
13104He was a great man: Shall not chariots of salvation come down to the other side of the Jordan, and escort him up to the palace?
13104He will rise up in bewilderment and look about him, crying:"Who is there?"
13104He will say,"What is the use of trying to make these fifty dollars in my store when I can get five times that in half an hour down at''Billy''s''?"
13104His old comrades came in and said, as they bent over his corpse:"What is the matter with you, Boggsey?"
13104How about home duties?
13104How are these evils to be eradicated?
13104How can he take care of another?
13104How dare you talk such blasphemy?
13104How dare you, the father of a household, trifle with the appetites of our young people?
13104How far down need a man go before he becomes an inebriate?
13104How is it, men and brothers, at half- past eleven o''clock, when the tankards are well emptied, and the smoke curls up from every lip?
13104How many acts are there in a tragedy?
13104How many elaborate poems or books of travel?
13104How many gamblers felt sorry for Mr. Porter?
13104How many men are there who can rise above the feelings of partisanship, and demand that our officials shall be sober men?
13104How many of these men and women of the ball- room visit the poor, or help dress the wounds of a returned soldier in the hospital?
13104How many treatises on constitutional law, or political economy, or works of science?
13104How much did you ever make by swearing?
13104How much of Boyle, or De Tocqueville, Xenophon, or Herodotus, or Percival?
13104How to get them?
13104How, then?
13104I can not afford it by a great deal; but who cares for that?
13104I open to you a door, through which you see-- what?
13104I wish he had been dead; for what is life worth to a father after his son is destroyed?
13104If a millionnaire should lose a penny out of his pocket, would he sit down on a curb- stone and cry?
13104If a woman asks a dollar for her work, does not her female employer ask her if she will not take ninety cents?
13104If men fail in lawful business, God pities, and society commiserates; but where in the Bible, or in society, is there any consolation for the gambler?
13104In that bottle where God keeps the tears of his children, are there any tears of the gambler?
13104In what city is there a mayoralty that dare do it?
13104Is it to pass the hours in revelry, wassail, blasphemy, and obscene talk, or to plot trouble to the State, or to debauch the innocent?
13104Is it worth no more than four dollars?
13104Is sin to be excused because it is as high as heaven, or deep as hell?
13104Is there a hand that will ever again be lifted to wound him?
13104It is not praying, is it?
13104It is, therefore, no abstract question that you ask me-- Is it right to dance?
13104It thrilled through me, as at the gate of an arsenal in Charleston, the question once smote me,"Who comes there?"
13104Judgment will never come, will it?
13104Many of you have the means: why do you not buy them a violin or a picture?
13104Monday night?
13104Must he be senseless in the street?
13104Must he fall into the ditch?
13104Must he get into a porter- house fight?
13104Must he have the delirium tremens?
13104Nay, have not some of you, in your own bodies, felt the power of this habit?
13104Out of twelve hundred petroleum companies, how many do you suppose were honestly formed and rightfully conducted?
13104Perhaps you can hardly admit it; but where was your son last night?
13104Pictures and fountains, and mirrors and flowers?
13104Proclamation has gone forth:"Velvets must go up, and homespun must come down;"and the question is"How does the coat fit?"
13104Shall I sketch the history of the gambler?
13104Shall we who have enlisted in the cause of God and humanity expose our plans to the enemy?
13104She said:"Are you not going to pay me?"
13104So and So, one of the first merchants on Wall, or Third, or State street, had got swindled?
13104Some destroyer, that they so treat his name?
13104Some one asks,"For what purpose are these people gone into that side- room?"
13104Some one may say,"What is the use of such an exposure as you propose to make?
13104Take this audience, or any other promiscuous assemblage, and how many histories have they read?
13104The employer says:"I hear you are going to leave me?"
13104The great question, in regard to the execution of the law, now is:"What is popular?"
13104The men said:"Is it possible that we have uttered so many profanities in the course of two days?"
13104The only question is:"Will it pay?"
13104They will be locked up in jail; but what will be done with the groggeries that made them drunk?
13104Think you such enterprises are forever passed away?
13104Tuesday night?
13104Was it all silk?
13104Was it right to expose the plot of Guy Fawkes, by which he would have destroyed the Parliament of England?
13104Wednesday night?
13104Were the thirty pieces of silver that Judas received denounced as unfit, and shall the Church of God have nothing to say about this price of blood?
13104What could be more innocent than a birthday festival?
13104What do you see?
13104What dull work is ploughing to the farmer, when in the village saloon, in one night, he makes and loses the value of a summer harvest?
13104What effect such ballot might have on other questions I am not here to discuss; but what would be the effect of female suffrage upon woman''s wages?
13104What foul sprite turned the sweet rhythm of Robert Burns into a tuneless ballad?
13104What foul thing hath he done, that our great cities speak his name in thousand- voiced jeer and contempt?
13104What gambler subscribed to put a stone over the poor man''s grave?
13104What hand fastens to all of our great industries this tremendous load?
13104What has made the change?
13104What have you to answer, you who sell coats, and have shoes made, and contract for the Southern and Western markets?
13104What help is there, what panacea, what redemption?
13104What is an oath?
13104What is it?
13104What is that on the platter?
13104What is the matter with that woman-- wrought up into the agony of despair?
13104What is the matter?
13104What makes necessary hospitals, houses of refuge, police- stations, and alms- houses, the Tombs, Sing Sing, and Moyamensing?
13104What now?
13104What power could that have over the waters?
13104What room for elevating themes in a heart filled with the trivial and unreal?
13104What to him is commercial integrity, or professional reputation, or woman''s honor, or home''s sanctity?
13104What to it are the hard- earned laurels of the soldier or the exalted reputation of the statesman?
13104What was it that silenced Sheridan''s voice and shattered the golden sceptre with which he swayed parliaments and courts?
13104What was the end of this chapter of English enterprise?
13104What was the matter with him?
13104What will become of this godless disciple of fashion?
13104What will become of those who work all day and dance all night?
13104What would be the use of the Maine Law in New York?
13104What, in all the round of a lifetime of profanity, did you ever_ gain_ by the habit?
13104When did the world ever see a perpetual dancer distributing tracts?
13104When the day comes that I have shown will come, suppose you that there will be any midnight brawls?
13104When these fancy starveling songs get up to the gate of heaven, how do you suppose they look, standing beside the great doxologies of the glorified?
13104Whence do these dividends come?
13104Where does all the money come from?
13104Where have they gone to?
13104Where is the Church of God, that she allows in her membership such gigantic abominations?
13104Where was he Friday night?
13104Where was he Thursday night?
13104Which one of my readers will ever again utter his sacred name in imprecation?
13104Which will have the most effect: the missionaries, or the rum?
13104Who are these men in the city- prison?
13104Who are those wretched women sent up in the city van to the police- court, apprehended for drunkenness?
13104Who at the flash of those chandeliers hath kindled a torch for eternity?
13104Who blasted that home?
13104Who can wonder that in this haste for sun- gilded bawbles and winged thistle- down, men should tumble into ruin?
13104Who consoled him on the loss of his estate?
13104Who is he?
13104Who is he?
13104Who is that man fallen against the curbstone, covered with bruises and beastliness?
13104Who is the battered and bruised wretch that was picked up by the police and carried in drunk, and foul, and bleeding?
13104Who is this God that you should maltreat his name?
13104Who is this Jesus Christ that I hear men swearing by?
13104Who made that life a wreck, and filled eternity with the uproar of a doomed spirit?
13104Who slew that man?
13104Who will ever again malign his name?
13104Who would think that that uncombed hair was once toyed with by a father''s fingers?
13104Who would think that those bloated cheeks were ever kissed by a mother''s lips?
13104Whose elegant watch was that?
13104Whose flute?
13104Whose furs?
13104Whose scarf?
13104Whose shoes?
13104Why be troubled with any land at all?
13104Why did God put spots on the pansy, or etch the fern leaf?
13104Why do n''t you swear?
13104Why do they not take the city- cars on their way up?
13104Why walk in the ditch, when right beside the ditch is the solid flagging?
13104Will the bells chime?
13104Will the time never come when this nation shall rise up higher than partisanship, and cast its suffrage for sober men?
13104Will there be a judgment?
13104Will there be harpers with their harps, and trumpeters with their trumpets?
13104Will this great inrush come from personal presence of missionary or philanthropist?
13104Would you guess that that thick tongue once made a household glad with its innocent prattle?
13104Would you not like to bring back joy to your wife''s heart, and have your children come out to meet you with as much confidence as once they showed?
13104Would you not like to rekindle the home lights that long ago were extinguished?
13104Would your wife ever have married you with such a prospect?
13104You know how some of you go around the building, and, when the work of your journeyman and subordinates does not please you, what do you say?
13104You say to some one--"How is your friend----?"
13104You say:"Why do n''t they beg?"
13104You think that you could stop?
13104Your customer asks,"Is that all silk?
13104_ Easy!_ is it?
13104_ Will_ tracts do it?
13104any blasphemers in the street?
13104any droves of unwashed, uncombed, unfed children?
13104any shivering mendicants, kicked off from the marble steps?
13104any staggering past of inebriates?
13104have you not learned that, like vultures, like hawks, like eagles, riches have wings and fly away?
13104no cotton in it?"
13104or achieved some good work for society?
13104or enable you to gain a position, or to accomplish anything that you ever wanted to do?
13104or graduated in a science?
13104or have your daughter cultured in music until she can help to make home attractive?
14314And etiquette?
14314Did Madame like her white velvet?
14314Grape fruit cup, madam?
14314Match backgrounds, like charming little animals?
14314The sixteenth? 14314 Was it not most useful?
14314Which team are you for in the series?
14314Why in the name of goodness did n''t you tell me the truth about these people?
14314Why is it, do you suppose, that young wives always dislike their mothers- in- law?
14314Will Mrs. Smith play bridge with Mrs. Grantham Jones this afternoon at the Country Club, at four o''clock?
14314Will you permit me to recall myself to you?
14314Will you take the 3:20 train? 14314 You an American?
14314''Borrowed,''and''blue''?"
14314( on no account say"Do you not?"
14314....................... Or, will you ring?
14314................................ Or down?
14314.......................................... Will you breakfast up- stairs?
14314= ASKING FOR A DANCE= When a gentleman is introduced to a lady he says,"May I have some of this?"
14314= ETIQUETTE= CHAPTER I WHAT IS BEST SOCIETY?
14314= HOW MANY BRIDESMAIDS?= This question is answered by: How many friends has she whom she has"always promised"to have with her on that day?
14314= INFORMAL GREETINGS= Informal greetings are almost as limited as formal, but not quite; for besides saying"How do you do?"
14314= THE MAIDS''MEN FRIENDS= Are maids allowed to receive men friends?
14314= TO DETERMINE AN OBJECT''S WORTH= In buying an article for a house one might formulate for oneself a few test questions: First, is it useful?
14314= WHAT TO SAY WHEN INTRODUCED= Best Society has only one phrase in acknowledgment of an introduction:"How do you do?"
14314A friend would probably know the daughter; in any event the mother''s introduction would be,"You remember Cynthia, do n''t you?"
14314A hostess says,"Mrs. Jones, may I present the Duke of Overthere?"
14314All children should say,"What did you say, mother?"
14314And Mrs. Norman, who very much likes Celia Lovejoy, says cordially,"I am so glad you spoke to me, do sit down, wo n''t you?"
14314And all this means?
14314And do they presume because of her"familiarity"when she remembers to ask after the parlor- maid''s mother and the butler''s baby?
14314And the bisque cloth-- surely Madame had found great satisfaction in wearing the bisque cloth?"
14314And the highest of us"servants"of the people and the State?
14314And then saying quickly and quietly whatever it was he came to say, as quickly and quietly make his way out again?
14314And was it Monday for lower Fifth Avenue?
14314And what is the result?
14314And when someone says"How are you?"
14314And you must be----?"
14314Another is the expounder of the obvious:"Have you ever noticed,"says he, deeply thinking,"how people''s tastes differ?"
14314As Mrs. Toplofty said at the end of a bewilderingly lavish party:"How are any of us ever going to amuse any one after_ this_?
14314As for a nurse, is there any vocation more honorable?
14314At bedtime she always asks:"Would you like to come down to breakfast, or will you have it in your room?"
14314At present we are admiring plain silver and are perhaps exacting that it be too plain?
14314Bachelor on Wednesday?"
14314Besides, what is the matter with trying to be agreeable yourself?
14314Best Society always says"do n''t you?")
14314Black crêpe de chine?
14314But countless persons with perfectly good hearing say"What?"
14314But do these things merely seem so to us because young men of fashion do not pay party calls nowadays and the young woman of fashion is informal?
14314But it is astonishing, is n''t it, how many people who are depositing nothing whatever, expect to be paid in admiration and respect?
14314But may I be permitted to ask why you wear their uniform?"
14314But since it is more prudent for young women to arrive under her care, why run the unnecessary risk of meeting Mrs. Grundy''s jackal on the doorstep?
14314But why go on?
14314But why, when their house looks out upon a garden that has charming vistas, must she insist on his looking into the clothes- yard and the ash- can?
14314CHAPTER III GREETINGS= WHAT TO SAY WHEN INTRODUCED= As explained in the foregoing chapter, the correct formal greeting is:"How do you do?"
14314Do come in and see him, wo n''t you?
14314Do not repeat"Mrs. Jones?
14314Do you ever see a man go through his mail and see him suddenly droop-- as, though a fog had fallen upon his spirits?
14314Do you see him reluctantly pick out a letter, start to open it, hesitate and then push it aside?
14314Do you think I am light enough to wear gray?
14314Does anyone living buy anything because someone, who knows nothing, tells another, who is often an expert, what an indiscriminating"They"may be doing?
14314Does n''t it?
14314Does that sort of saleswoman ever succeed in selling anything?
14314Does this false idea of dignity-- since it_ is_ false-- go so far as that?
14314Example: Dear Mrs. Smith: Will you and Mr. Smith dine with us on Thursday, the seventh of January, at eight o''clock?
14314Finally, he was asked point blank:"Do n''t you think the wedding was too lovely?
14314Finding yourself next to one of these, you venture:"Have you seen any good plays lately?"
14314For instance, suppose you say,"Are you there?"
14314For instance: Dear Mrs. Kindhart( or Martha): Will you lunch with me on Monday the tenth at half after one o''clock?
14314Fourth, if it were eliminated would it be missed?
14314Gradually you are becoming nervous-- what can have happened?
14314Has she a large circle of intimates or only one or two?
14314He might even stagger under bags and suitcases, or a small trunk-- but carry a"bundle"?
14314He should never say,"Have you a partner?"
14314How could they be?
14314How do you like it?
14314How does Mrs. Oldname walk?
14314How many have noticed that Southern women always bow with the grace of a flower bending in the breeze and a smile like sudden sunshine?
14314I can put in the black lace day dress; perhaps I had better put in my cerise satin----""The cerise?"
14314I know he would not like you to be kept waiting; can I be of any service to you?
14314I think gray looks well on fair- haired people-- I do n''t know whether you would call my hair fair or not?
14314If Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones are themselves telephoning there is no long conversation, but merely: Mrs. Jones:"Is that you Mrs. Smith( or Sarah)?
14314If a dinner is given by a hostess who has no car of her own, a guest will sometimes ask:"Do n''t you want me to have the car come back for us?"
14314If he does not know them by sight he asks whichever is nearest to him,"What name, please?"
14314If not, will you ring?"
14314If she is sitting in a group, he can go up and ask her,"Do n''t you want to dance some of this?"
14314If the Ambassador of France is presented to her, she says"How do you do?"
14314If the car is very crowded when he wishes to leave it and a lady is directly in his way, he asks:"May I get through, please?"
14314If the hostess"forgets,"the guests always ask before trooping down the aisle"How do you want us to sit?"
14314If the usher thinks a guest belongs in front of the ribbons though she fails to present her card, he always asks at once"Have you a pew number?"
14314If you are much stared at, what_ sort_ of a stare do you usually meet?
14314If you doubt it, put the question to yourself:"Who could possibly have the manners of a queen in a gray flannel wrapper?"
14314In all monosyllabic replies a child must not say"Yes"or"No"or"What?"
14314In answering a bell, she asks"Did you ring, sir?"
14314In asking a lady to go to supper, a gentleman should say"Will you go to supper with me?"
14314In asking to be received, her query at the door should be"Are any of the ladies at home?"
14314In the same way he asks later before pouring wine:"Cider, sir?"
14314In the same way young Struthers calls up Millicent Gilding,"Are you going to be in this afternoon?"
14314Invitation to a house party at a camp: Dear Miss Strange: Will you come up here on the sixth of September and stay until the sixteenth?
14314Invitations to a house party are often as not telephoned:"Hello, Ethel?
14314Is a zebra even seen in patches of sun and shade?
14314Is an emerald lizard conspicuous in the tropics?
14314Is dinner never going to be served?
14314Is it bold, or mocking, or is it merely that people look at you wistfully?
14314Is not that delicious?
14314Is not that thought exquisite?
14314Is she a lady?
14314Is she going to travel, or live quietly in the country?
14314It all depends-- is she to be in a big city for the winter season, or at a watering place for the summer?
14314It is perfectly correct for a stranger to say"May I have a cup of tea?"
14314It is still more likely that the suggestion to join comes from a friend, who says one day,"Why do n''t you join the Nearby Club?
14314It sounds improbable, does n''t it?
14314Jones?"
14314Jones?"
14314Jones?"
14314May Pauline take him to your dance on Friday?
14314Maybe she thinks they do not go together?
14314Mentally, he seems to say:"Well, here I am-- and now what?"
14314Mrs. Oldname, somewhat taken back, answered rather wonderingly:"Is it dreadful?--Really?
14314Mrs. Smith?
14314Neighbor, you know Jim, do n''t you?"
14314Norman?"
14314Older people, on the other hand, very often go for a supper to one of the cabarets for which New York is famous( or infamous?
14314On the other hand, neighbors who are continually meeting, gradually become accustomed to say"How do you do?"
14314One naturally exclaims,"But how stupid of her, why did n''t she go up- stairs?
14314Or do they not know, whether their inflection is right or wrong?
14314Or formally,"Mrs. Faraway, may I present my husband?"
14314Or in a house which has the remains of a cellar,"Champagne?"
14314Or is it merely striking, or amusing?
14314Or the one her husband bought and had marked for her?
14314Or usually, whom?
14314Or would its place look as well empty?
14314Or would she prefer not to have a substitute ring and have the whole wedding party on their knees searching?
14314Or"Is n''t it lucky they have such a beautiful day?"
14314Or"May I take you to supper?"
14314Or"Will Mr. and Mrs. Oldname dine with Mr. Clubwin Doe on Saturday at the Toit d''Or and go to the play?"
14314Or, an elder lady asks:"Are n''t you Mary Smith?
14314Or,"Mrs. Denver, do you know Mary?"
14314Or--"Wouldn''t it be easier if you took my arm along here?
14314Otherwise, why so eagerly boast of the achievement?
14314Perhaps some one asks about Ernest?
14314Second, has it_ really_ beauty of form and line and color?
14314Shall I introduce him?"
14314Shall she play the phonograph to you?
14314She smiles and perhaps says,"I hear that you are going to be in New York all winter?"
14314Smith?"
14314Sounds impossible?
14314Strong or weak?"
14314Struthers?"
14314Struthers?"
14314Such messages, however, follow a prescribed form:"Is this Lenox 0000?
14314The Frenchman replied:"Well, we are making war for civilization, are we not?
14314The bride''s lament after this was--"Why had she not worn her prettiest things?"
14314The first thing to ask in engaging a waitress is,"Can you clean silver?"
14314The guest card mentioned above is as follows:= PLEASE FILL THIS OUT BEFORE GOING DOWN TO DINNER:=_ What time do you want to be awakened?
14314The question is, what?
14314Their chief concern is whether this is correct, or whether that is properly done, or is this person or that such an one as they care to know?
14314Then there is the vulgarian of fulsome compliment:"Why are you so beautiful?
14314They seem, like_ Hermione_( Don Marquis''s heroine), to be anxiously asking themselves,"Have I failed to- day, or have I not?"
14314Third, is it entirely suitable for the position it occupies?
14314Those who intend giving tickets should remember that a message,"Can you use two tickets for the Russian ballet to- night?"
14314To a friend of one''s daughter: Dear Mary: Will you and Jim come on Friday the first for the Worldly dance, and stay over Sunday?
14314To a young man, however, she should say,"Mr. Struthers, have you met my daughter?"
14314To say"What is your name?"
14314To- day their attitude is:"Is he good enough for Mary?"
14314Under any of these circumstances when he proffers his assistance, he might say:"Do n''t you think you had better take my arm?
14314Vulgar annexes him by saying, casually,"Have you a seat at table?
14314WHAT IS BEST SOCIETY?
14314Was not her black lace charming?
14314Were n''t the bridesmaids beautiful?"
14314What business has he to teach me my job?"
14314What can she do with all of us?"
14314What makes a brilliant party?
14314What woman does not wince at the viselike grasp that cuts her rings into her flesh and temporarily paralyzes every finger?
14314What would Madame wear in a flower garden?
14314Whatever possessed you to ask these people to your horrible house?
14314When did you get back?"
14314When he says"Who giveth this woman to be married?"
14314When he turns away, the man at the lathe says,"Who was that guy anyway?
14314When some one is talking to you, it is inconsiderate to keep repeating"What did you say?"
14314When the servant returning says either"Will you come this way, please?"
14314Where do all bachelors get those nice and so very respectable elderly maid servants?
14314Who does not dislike a"boneless"hand extended as though it were a spray of sea- weed, or a miniature boiled pudding?
14314Why did n''t her son send for her?"
14314Why not shut your front door tight and pull down the blinds and, sitting before a mirror in your own drawing- room, order tea for two?
14314Why should I call them at all?"
14314Why should n''t he?
14314Why should they?
14314Why would he think he had ability?
14314Will he be so pleased with himself then?
14314Will you accord me permission?
14314Will you and Arthur come on the sixteenth for over Sunday?"
14314Will you and your husband( or John) dine with us to- morrow at eight o''clock?"
14314Will you be godfather?
14314Will you let me?
14314Will you please ask Mr. and Mrs. Smith if they will dine with Mrs. Grantham Jones next Tuesday the tenth at eight o''clock?
14314Worldly remarked:"What would be the use of Celia Lovejoy''s beauty if it depended upon continual variation in clothes?"
14314Worldly says"How do you do?"
14314Worldly says,"How do you do?"
14314Worldly,"My cousin is staying with us, may I bring him to your dance?"
14314Worldly?
14314Worldly?"
14314Would she prefer the substitute ring that was actually the one she was married with?
14314Would something else look as well or better, in its place?
14314Would you know the secret of popularity?
14314Would you like her to telephone to a friend who sings too wonderfully?
14314Would you like to look at a portfolio of pictures?
14314Yet are not the best of us"servants"in the Church?
14314You ask your husband what is the matter with the forks?
14314You have scarcely found your own stateroom and had your deck chair placed, when one of them swoops upon you:"I do n''t know whether you remember me?
14314You need them all for the dinner you ordered, how can there be less?
14314You remember, Uncle Bob sang out it was good I was already married, or I would n''t be this year?
14314Young?"
14314Younger and the Ambassador likewise say"How do you do?"
14314_ Personal Trousseau_ How many dresses can a bride wear?
14314and where is her loveliness then?
14314and worst of all to add"Where did you get it?"
14314are these people never going home?"
14314asked her husband,"Is that the red you had on the other night?
14314have him put out his hand in frank and easy and yet deferential friendliness?
14314is there anything more typical of the average spare room than the clock that is at a standstill?
14314or May I?
14314or if especially well- mannered she asks"Did Madam ring?"
14314or"Do you care for whiskey and soda, sir?"
14314or"Horrid weather, is n''t it?"
14314or"Lord Blank?
14314or"What have you been doing lately?"
14314or"What is the news with you?"
14314or"Would you care to dance?"
14314or,"Mrs. Jones, do you know my mother?"
14314or,"Mrs. Jones, you know Mrs. Robinson, do n''t you?"
14314or,"On the sixteenth?"
14314with a rising inflection on"--thers?"
14314you can say"Good morning"and on occasions"How are you?"
15510''But,''said he,''how could that little boy''s father feed_ his flocks_ there, then?''
15510''Did you ever hear,''said I,''of one PARSON MALTHUS?''
15510''My husband thinks so and so, and I think so and so; now, Mr. Tomkins, do n''t you think_ I am right_?''
15510''Well,''said he,''and what of that?
15510''What is that?''
15510''When will you come again?
15510''Why,''said I,''how many children do you reckon to have at last?''
15510''You did not expect him?''
15510241. Who knows, I say, in what degree the employment of_ men_-operators may have tended to produce this change, so injurious to the female sex?
15510A loose woman is a disagreeable_ acquaintance_: what must she be, then, as a_ wife_?
15510After this, where is the person of sense who will be guided in these matters by_ fashion_?
15510Am I recommending a_ reserve_ towards her that would seem to say that she was not trust- worthy, or not a party interested in her husband''s affairs?
15510Am I recommending_ disregard_ of the wife''s opinions and wishes?
15510Am I recommending_ tyranny_?
15510Am I told, that_ property_ ought to confer this right?
15510And as to_ efficiency_ in life, how is the bachelor to equal the married man?
15510And besides all these considerations, is there no crime in robbing the child of the nurse, and in exposing it to perish?
15510And does the husband who thus abandons his wife and children imagine that she will not, in some degree at least, follow his example?
15510And how is she to do these things, unless she have been_ brought up_ to understand domestic affairs?
15510And how should I have been without this wife and these children?
15510And if we admit the validity of such apologies, are we far from apologising for the kept- mistress, and even the prostitute?
15510And is there any want of matter for conversation between a man and his wife?
15510And the_ noise_: after all, why should it_ disturb_ a man?
15510And what are the_ consequences_?
15510And what could induce him to submit to this?
15510And what do this reading and writing require as to time?
15510And what father, thus blessed, is there who does not feel, in this sort of support, a_ reliance_ which he feels in no other?
15510And what is the risk( if such there be) of exchanging a life of bodily ease for a life of labour?
15510And what was now said?
15510And whence this neglect, this disregard, this frosty indifference; whence this foul example?
15510And who can perform this office like_ women_?
15510And why is the disgrace_ deeper_?
15510And why not?
15510And why?
15510And yet, what would this be_ more_ than taxes imposed on those who have no voice in choosing the persons who impose them?
15510And, how is it_ now_?
15510And, is it just to strip such men of their rights, merely because they are thus brought down?
15510And, is that circumstance alone to deprive him of his right, a right of which he stands more in need than any other man?
15510And, is this being_ rigid_?
15510And, what can be more just than that signal punishment should follow such a crime; a crime directly against the voice of nature itself?
15510And, what could have equalled the reward that we have received for our care and for our unshaken resolution in this respect?
15510And, what does_ my own experience_ say on the other side?
15510And, what is the labour?
15510And, why this species of falsehood?
15510Are these all the things that a man wishes to live for?
15510Aye, but what_ is_ peace, and what_ is_ competence?
15510Before you go to law consider well the_ cost_; for if you win your suit and are poorer than you were before, what do you accomplish?
15510Besides this, there is the_ falsehood_; and the falsehoods contained in these histories, where shall we find any thing to surpass?
15510Besides, are we to overlook the great and wonderful effect that this has on the minds of children?
15510Besides, if he quit her to seek company more agreeable, is not she set at large by that act of his?
15510Besides, is the money_ all_?
15510Besides, what is the labour in such a case?
15510But did I_ practise_ what I am here preaching?
15510But does she_ not help to acquire the money_?
15510But is the positive_ cost_ nothing?
15510But is there, after all, any thing_ real_ in this_ greater security_ for the life of either mother or child?
15510But is this way of thinking_ just_?
15510But these were paltry excuses; the mere shuffles of quackery; for what do we know now?
15510But, can this be the case with the farmer or the tradesman''s wife?
15510But, the PAUPERS?
15510But, there are_ children_, and what are to become of these?
15510But,_ who is to tell_ whether a girl will make an industrious woman?
15510Can you open an English poet, without, in some part or other of his works, finding the grossest flatteries of royal and noble persons?
15510Could he be so callous as not to feel a pang upon seeing his own name placed before his own degrading definition?
15510Did not this tend to rivet her to my heart?
15510Did these miserable people build 74 churches out of 731, each of which 74 had not a hundred souls belonging to it?
15510Do the histories of England which we have, answer this description?
15510Has it not always been, and must it not always be, true, that, if your property be at the absolute disposal of others, your ruin is certain?
15510Has this_ refinement_ made them more_ continent_ than those_ rude_ mothers?
15510He has broken his vow; and by what rule of right has she to be bound to hers?
15510How are young people not to think that the praises bestowed on these persons are just?
15510How could we_ visit_ then?
15510How is it possible for young people to read such a book, and to look upon orderliness, sobriety, obedience, and frugality, as_ virtues_?
15510How is it when the_ sixty- fourth year_ has come?
15510How is she to do these things, if she have been taught to think these matters beneath her study?
15510I am to forgive, am I, injuries like this; and that, too, without any_ atonement_?
15510I_ might_ have amassed a tolerable heap of_ money_; but what would that have done for me?
15510If a man owe you money which he can not pay, why add to his distress without the chance of benefit to yourself?
15510Is a promise solemnly made before God, and in the face of the world, nothing?
15510Is a violation of a contract, and that, too, with a feebler party, nothing of which a man ought to be ashamed?
15510Is it a sign of an augmented population, that 22 churches out of 731 have tumbled down and been effaced?
15510Is it any wonder that they are clad in rags, that they are skin and bone, and that their children are covered with filth?
15510Is it being_ harsh_; is it being_ hard_ upon women?
15510Is it the offspring of the frigid severity of age?
15510Is not this wrong?
15510Is there any man so barbarous as to say, that these men ought, merely on account of their misfortunes, to be deprived of their political rights?
15510Is this thing indispensable; am I compelled to have it, or suffer a loss or injury greater in amount than the cost of the thing?
15510Late hours, cards and dice, are amongst the consequences of the master''s absence; and why not, seeing that he is setting the example?
15510Looked at in its true light, what is there in poverty to make a man take away his own life?
15510Many times I put to myself the questions:''What am I at?
15510Merely to comply with corrupt fashion; merely from false shame, and false and contemptible pride?
15510My answer at last was, as to the boys, I want them to be_ like me_; and as to the girls, In whose hands can they be so safe as in_ yours_?
15510Need I attempt to describe what effect this example ought to have on every young woman who shall do me the honour to read this book?
15510Need I tell kind- hearted English parents what effect this anecdote_ must_ have produced on the minds of our children?
15510Need I tell the reader what my feelings were?
15510Not_ able_ to do this?
15510Of what use her music, her drawing, and her romantic epistles?
15510Of what_ use_ are her accomplishments?
15510Of what_ use_, then, all the restraints, all the privations, all the pain, that you have inflicted upon him?
15510Ought not a man to die, rather than save his life by the prostitution of his wife to a tyrant, who insists upon the one or the other?
15510Ought not a man to prefer death to the commission of treason against his country?
15510Ought_ they_ to share in the making of the laws?
15510Put to a thousand persons who have read what is called the history of England; put to them the question, how the poor- rates came?
15510Such, then, being the nature of the duty,_ how_ are we to go to work in the performance of it, and what are our_ means_?
15510That is, if love has_ wings_, is it not_ to flutter about_ with?
15510The practice has been ascribed to a desire to leave them to themselves; but why should they be left to themselves?
15510The wife is young, and why is she not to work as well as the husband?
15510The_ cares_ and_ troubles_ of the married life are many; but, are those of the single life few?
15510Then as to gratifications, from which you will hardly abstain altogether, are they generally of little expense?
15510This, then, being so well known, is it not the first duty of a father to secure to his children, if possible, sound and strong bodies?
15510To be sure they will, if she be young and pretty; and would you go and pull her away from them?
15510To be sure, infidelity in a man is less heinous than infidelity in the wife; but still, is the marriage vow nothing?
15510To be sure; for why should I not?
15510To help them to eat and drink and sleep?
15510To say no more of the injustice and the cruelty, is there reason, is there common sense in this?
15510Upon what principle are you to contend for_ equality_ here, while you deny its existence as to the right of sharing in the making of the laws?
15510Was the quackery exploded, and were the granters of the twenty thousand pounds ashamed of what they had done?
15510Were we, then, tied constantly to the house with them?
15510What are these, and numerous other ills( if they happen) superadded?
15510What can be more pernicious than the teachings of this celebrated romance?
15510What company can a young man and woman want more than their two selves, and their children, if they have any?
15510What girl is not in love with the_ wild_ youth, and what boy does not find a justification for his wildness?
15510What have I had worthy of the name of''_ cares_''?
15510What is a young person to imbibe from a history of England, as it is called, like that of Goldsmith?
15510What is a_ pauper_; what is one of the men to whom this degrading appellation is applied?
15510What justice is there in confining her at home without any company at all, while he rambles forth in search of company more gay than he finds at home?
15510What justice is there in wanting you to keep two women instead of one?
15510What man ever did so much?
15510What must that sight be, then, to the_ father_ of the child?
15510What need had we of_ schools_?
15510What need of_ scolding_ and_ force_, to induce children to read, write, and love books?
15510What need of_ teachers_?
15510What so amiable as a steady, trust- worthy boy?
15510What''_ cares_''have I had, then?
15510What, then, did I fall in love at once with this bouquet of lilies and roses?
15510What, then, was the_ great cause_ of this result, which filled us with shame and the world with astonishment?
15510What_ other company_ ought he to deem so good and so fitting as this?
15510Where ought he to be, but with the person whom he himself hath chosen to be his partner for life, and the mother of his children?
15510Who can look at the two_ royal youths_ in CYMBELINE, or at the_ noble youth_ in DOUGLAS, without detesting the base parasites who wrote those plays?
15510Who lets another man put his hand into his purse when he pleases?
15510Who, amongst all the classes of men, experience, on an average, so little of_ real_ pleasure, and so much of_ real_ pain as the rich and the lofty?
15510Who, that has the power to help himself, surrenders his goods or his money to the will of another?
15510Who, then, is there left to_ take care of the houses_ of farmers and traders?
15510Who, what man, ever performed a greater quantity of labour than I have performed?
15510Why are abstinence and fasting enjoined by the Catholic Church?
15510Why are they to risk their lives here?
15510Why not talk of the daily occurrences to her, as well as to any body else; and especially to a company of tippling and noisy men?
15510Why should there be drink for the purpose of carrying on conversation?
15510Why should you do this foolish thing?
15510Why, now, did I not love her_ the more_ for this?
15510Why, then, deprive him of his right; why put him out of the pale of the law, on account of his poverty?
15510Why_ all_ of them?
15510Will a servant, will any hireling, do this?
15510Will she do the things that a wife will do?
15510Will she use the urgent persuasions so often necessary to save life in such cases?
15510Will she watch your looks and your half- uttered wishes?
15510Will she, by her acts, convince you that it is not a toil, but a delight, to break her rest for your sake?
15510With whom else can he so pleasantly spend his hours of leisure and relaxation?
15510Yet, how are you to maintain that this is the duty of_ every man_, if you deny to_ some_ men the enjoyment of a share in making the laws?
15510You get your dinner, perhaps, near to the scene of your work; but how are you to have the_ breakfast slops_ without_ a servant_?
15510Your own heart will suggest the answer; and, if there were no motive but this, what need I say more in the advice which I have here tendered to you?
15510_ Property_, of which they are said to possess none?
15510_ The temptation is great_; and is not the temptation great when men thieve or rob?
15510_ What is a slave_?
15510_ Why do I go?_''But still I went.
15510_ laws_, in the making of, or assenting to, which they have been allowed to have no share?
15510and are they attended with no trouble, no vexation, no disappointment, no_ jealousy_ even, and are they never followed by shame or remorse?
15510can I plead_ example_, then, in support of this rigid precept?
15510exclaimed he;''do you know what you have done?''
15510what is a nurse to do for you?
15510where is the man, who wishes not to be deluded, who will not, when he has read a book,_ judge for himself_?
52106And what does it say to them?
52106Do you not know,he exclaims,"that you are each an Eve?
52106How do you do?
52106If you ask a Kaffir why he does so and so, he will answer--''How can I tell? 52106 If you were to say to an Ainu,''You are old, are you not?''
52106Was''t Hamlet wrong''d Laertes? 52106 What do you call sin?"
52106Why,says the Stoic,"do you bear with the delirium of a sick man, or the ravings of a madman, or the impudent blows of a child?
52106Why,they would ask,"should a person not be{ 241} allowed to die, when he no longer desires to live?"
52106[ 107] St. Paul asks with scorn,Doth God take care for oxen?
52106[ 113] The Jain regards pleasure in itself as sinful:--What is discontent, and what is pleasure?
52106[ 151] But why should the stranger have been more willing than the bridegroom to expose himself to this danger? 52106 [ 34] When St. Peter asked,"Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?
52106[ 4] Tertullian asks,Can it be lawful to{ 346} handle the sword, when the Lord Himself has declared that he who uses the sword shall perish by it?
52106[ 72] I often found the Beduins of Morocco extremely curious, but their curiosity consisted in the question, What? 52106 [ 89] The Moors ask,"What is your news?"
52106''Or savage, like wolves?''
52106----''Besitzen die Naturvölker ein persönliches Ehrgefühl?''
521067:"Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"]
52106A fellow- countryman, a savage, a criminal, a bird, a fish-- all without distinction?
52106Among the Burmese two relatives or friends who meet begin a conversation by the expressions,"Are you well?
52106Among the Californian Miwok, when anybody meets a stranger he generally salutes him,"Whence do you come?
52106An English sportsman, after firing at an antelope, inquired of his dark attendant,"Is it wounded?"
52106And all the mourning customs, what are they if not tokens of grief?
52106And does not this indicate that they have been neglectful of their duties to him?
52106And for those who refuse to accept the gift of grace offered to them, could there be a juster punishment than death?
52106And if it is a duty to recognise certain actions as indifferent how could it possibly at the same time be held a duty to perform them?
52106And is there any reason to suppose that the unsuccessful offender is less dangerous to society than he who succeeds?
52106And what is the cause of its original narrowness and of its subsequent extension?
52106And why did he give the young men his_ daughters_?
52106And why might not the{ 378} same law be applied to other relationships also, such as those constituted by a common descent or a common name?
52106And yet is eating and drinking too much, is spending too much time in outdoor exercise, is lounging idly about, morally indifferent?
52106And, if the theory referred to were correct, how could we explain the fact that the right of asylum is particularly attached to sanctuaries?
52106And, on the other hand, why is there in many cases such a wide agreement?
52106Are these phenomena less necessary or less powerful in their consequences, because they fall within the subjective sphere of experience?
52106Are they not much more harmful to the human race than self- murder, which nature prevents from ever being practised by any large number of men?
52106But an important question still calls for an answer, the question, Why is this so?
52106But how shall we explain those elements in the moral emotions by which they are distinguished from other, non- moral retributive emotions?
52106But how to account for this disposition?
52106But then, shall we reckon each tribe as one{ 656} unit by itself, or, if not, into how many groups shall we divide them?
52106But who does admit this?
52106But why should it not, in conformity with other practices, be regarded as a means of purifying the air?
52106But why the offender only?
52106Can a man do more than his duty, or, in other words, is there anything good which is not at the same time a duty?
52106Can we help feeling pain when the fire burns us?
52106Can we help sympathising with our friends?
52106Come, then, who would obey you if he saw his little child fall on the ground and cry?
52106Could the moral consciousness approve of this?
52106Delitzsch( Friedrich),_ Wo lag das Paradies?_ Leipzig, 1881.
52106Delitzsch,_ Wo lag das Paradies?_ p.
52106Did not Paley expressly define virtue as"the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness"?
52106Do they faithfully represent ideas of moral responsibility?
52106Do you like it not?
52106Do you like to be wretched?
52106Does not experience show that those whose thoughts are constantly occupied with the prescriptions of duty are apt to become hard and intolerant?
52106Does not public opinion in the midst of civilisation turn against the dishonoured rather than the dishonourer?
52106Even suppose, however, that group marriage really was once common in Australia, would that prove that it was once common among mankind at large?
52106First, how shall we explain their disinterestedness?
52106First, why do men recognise proprietary rights at all?
52106For when was the time that men were not used to act in this manner?
52106Have the most draconic codes ever been able to suppress, say, homosexual love?
52106Hence if you ask a Vaedda,''Do you marry your sisters?''
52106How can we get an insight into the moral ideas of mankind at large?
52106How does Professor Durkheim know that totem clans once prevailed among all peoples who now prohibit the intermarriage of near relatives?
52106How shall we explain all these facts?
52106How then shall we explain this analogy?
52106I am well,"if they have been some time separated; whereas those who are daily accustomed to meet say,"Where are you going?
52106I ask: Is it reasonable to think that there is no causal connection between these three groups of facts?
52106If it is the duty of animals to take vengeance upon men, is it not equally the duty of men to take vengeance upon animals?
52106If urged to work, they have been heard to say:''Why should we resemble the worms of the ground?
52106If war was allowed by God, could there be a more proper object for it than the salvation of souls otherwise lost?
52106If you endeavour to shew them the folly of this conduct, they say,''Why should we hurt them?
52106In Morocco, if a son or a daughter dies, it is customary to say to the afflicted parents,"Why are you sorry?
52106In an infuriated crowd the one gets angry because the other is angry, and very often the question, Why?
52106Is it due to defective knowledge, or has it a merely sentimental origin?
52106Is it right to ignore the second group altogether, as does Frazer, and to look upon the coincidence of the first and the third as accidental?
52106It may be an inquiry about the other person''s health or welfare, as the English"How are you?"
52106It may be asked, why should{ 581} he be received at all?
52106It seemed strange that the disagreement should be so radical, and the question arose, Whence this diversity of opinion?
52106Lasch,''Besitzen die Naturvölker ein persönliches Ehrgefühl?''
52106Londini,[ 1555?].
52106Moreover, had not the Israelites fought great battles"for the laws and the sanctuary"?
52106Mürdter- Delitzsch,_ Geschichte Babyloniens und Assyriens_, p. 38_ sq._ Delitzsch,_ Wo lag das Paradies?_ p. 86.
52106Nay, why are there any moral ideas at all?
52106Of course, he stands in need of protection and support, but why should those who do not know him care for that?
52106Parkyns asks,"Who is more trustworthy than the desert Arab?
52106Plato asks in his''Laws'':--"What ought he to suffer who murders his nearest and so- called dearest friend?
52106Professor Ziegler ironically asks:--"Such outward matters as eating and drinking are surely morally indifferent?
52106Selenoburgi,[ 1663?].
52106So, also, the Hebrew psalmist cries out,"Who can understand his errors?
52106So, too, why should the moral law command less obedience because it forms part of our own nature?
52106Stockholm,[ 1745?].
52106The best man even refuses to be called good by others:--"Why callest thou me good?
52106The ordinary salutation of the Zulus is,"I see you, are you well?"
52106The people, he argued, do not fear death; to what purpose, then, is it to try to frighten them with death?
52106The question is, what evidence can Dr. Steinmetz adduce to support his theory?
52106The single question asked is, Did the man kill the other?
52106What are you at?
52106What else could these mean but visits of their souls?
52106What good man would hesitate to die for her if he could do her service?
52106What happens?
52106What have I done to incur so severe an accusation?
52106What have you taken which belongs to him?
52106What is here the"ought"that forms the totality of the indifferent?
52106What is the source of the moral commandment,"Thou shalt not kill"?
52106What more legal book than Chronicles?
52106What?
52106When he then asked of his Druids,"Whence this evil?"
52106When the vassal objected that he could not subsist on such a soil, the archbishop answered,"Why do you complain?
52106When was it not permitted?
52106When was such conduct found fault with?
52106When, in short, was the time when that which is lawful was not lawful?
52106Who could affirm that every temperate, or charitable, or just man has acquired the virtue only as a result of inward struggle?
52106Who does it, then?
52106Who is that"Another"to whose greater good I ought not to prefer my own lesser good?
52106Why are the blessings and curses of parents supposed to possess such an extraordinary power?
52106Why are the moral opinions relating to it subject to so great variations?
52106Why do the moral ideas in general differ so greatly?
52106Why do they not deliver them up to justice through their earthly representatives?
52106Why has sexual intercourse between unmarried people, if both parties consent, come to be regarded as wrong?
52106Why is the standard commonly so different for man and woman?
52106Why not?
52106Why should I go shivering through all the ages and the distances of the next world?
52106Why should not the indifferent be allowed to do the same?
52106Why should the feeling against incest have survived in this case but not in others, if it had a purely conventional origin?
52106Why should the gods or saints themselves be so anxious to protect criminals who have sought refuge in their sanctuaries?
52106Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?
52106Why were suicides buried at cross- roads?
52106Why, then, could not the same have been the case with the aversion to incest and the prohibitory rules resulting from it?
52106Why?
52106Would anyone think himself to be in his perfect mind if he were to return kicks to a mule or bites to a dog?
52106Would there be any sense in saying that you ought either to speak or not to speak?
52106You say then,''What?
52106Zoroaster asked,"What is the food that fills the Religion of Mazda?"
52106[ 100] How, then, does the fact that two persons belong to the same totem influence their social relationships?
52106[ 104] Is not this, in all probability, an instance of acquired inversion?
52106[ 132] When their chief god"played"by thundering, the Amazulu said to him who was frightened,"Why do you start, because the lord plays?
52106[ 142] And would it not, in many cases, be impossible to find impartial arbiters?
52106[ 195] Indeed, had not God shown{ 280} indulgence for the offence committed by Lot when drunk?
52106[ 208] How, for instance, are we to deal with the various tribes of Australia?
52106[ 21] The question, however, is, Why was not his death avenged upon the actual culprit?
52106[ 286] Jeremy Taylor asks,"Who will not tell a harmless lie to save the life of his friend, of his child, of himself, of a good and brave man?
52106[ 30] Had not the Lord Himself commissioned them to attack, subdue, and destroy his enemies?
52106[ 47] How shall we explain this connection between religious beliefs and the duties of veracity and fidelity to promises?
52106[ 51] Is it not natural, then, that the savage should give like for like?
52106[ 66] During my wanderings in the remote forests of Northern Finland I was constantly welcomed with the phrase,"What news?"
52106[ 71] When Mungo Park asked some negroes, what became of the sun during the night?
52106[ 9] Porphyry asks,"Who does not know that to this day, in the great city of Rome, at the festival of Jupiter Latiaris, they cut the throat of a man?
52106[ Footnote 15: See_ infra_, on Suicide; Lasch,''Besitzen die Naturvölker ein persönliches Ehrgefühl?''
52106[ Footnote 165: Demosthenes(?
52106[ Footnote 39:_ Ibid._ p. 147_ sqq._''Why is Single Life becoming more General?''
52106[ Westminster, 1484?]
52106_ S.l._,[ 1834?].
52106and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?
52106are we not your children, do you not see our hunger?
52106dost thou see, O Sky?
52106he would answer{ 87}''Yes''; but if you asked the same man,''You are not old, are you?''
52106marry your own- sister- nagâ?''
52106or,"Is nothing wrong?"
52106rather than in the question, Why?
52106the Sinhalese interpreter is apt to say,''Do you marry your nagâ?''
52106they ask you,''to suffer either man or woman to languish any considerable{ 389} time under a heavy, motionless old age?
52106till seven times?"
52106will you have us to be silly creatures, like the sheep?''
9054For who hath despised the day of small things?
9054Is there not something connected with the idea of economy, which tends, necessarily, to narrow the mind and contract the heart?
9054The woman who deliberates, is lost,we are told: and is it not so?
9054What can I do?
9054All persons, places and things, which affect us( and what does not affect us?)
9054Am I to be told that this is not only spending two pence to save one, but that it is actually wicked?
9054And are you the reverse of all this?
9054And can I set myself, with impunity, against that which my Saviour has encouraged, and yet pretend to be one of his followers?
9054And can we doubt that these young females were influential, in a great many respects, in the education of these conquerors?
9054And does there remain no room for industry when personal ornaments are excluded?
9054And have you a different taste-- entirely so?
9054And if so, shall not his social nature and social powers be early and successfully developed and cultivated?
9054And if the mother employs her daughters in assisting her, is it not apt to be just so far as is_ convenient to herself_, and no farther?
9054And is any thing more entitled to the name of virtue, than its opposite?
9054And is it not so understood?
9054And is not mental or spiritual labor at least as valuable as bodily?
9054And is not that which is the cause of so much evil, nearly akin to vice?
9054And is such an expenditure right?
9054And ought they not to be thus fitted?
9054And to do so day after day and year after year, is it not to make myself exceedingly guilty in his sight?
9054And whence came it?
9054And will any one presume to regard his operations as narrow, or mean, or stingy?
9054And would not every element which should go to make up the sum total of the excellences of each individual, be a part of this mighty treasure?
9054Are daughters, as daughters merely-- to say nothing, as yet, of maternal influence-- are daughters thus influential?
9054Are not all these things done, to a vast extent, either by servants, hired girls, or the mother?
9054Are not, then, home, and the domestic concerns of home, desirable?
9054Are the affections, and passions, and knowledge, and excellence, of less value than the rewards of manual labor, in money or property?
9054Are they not a mirror which often does, and always should, reflect the soul?
9054Are they not agreeable?
9054Are they not as much so, to say the least, as males?
9054Are they not the sign of inward qualities-- a fitting expression of the social virtues?
9054Are we desirous of forming our character upon the model of heaven?
9054Are we fretful?
9054Are we grateful enough for the gift?
9054Are we over- fond of excitement?
9054Are we the slaves of appetite?
9054Are we to belong to their society hereafter, and yet not be their_ associates?_ Are we to associate with them, and yet remain solitaries?
9054Are we to belong to their society hereafter, and yet not be their_ associates?_ Are we to associate with them, and yet remain solitaries?
9054But are not females fully competent to all this?
9054But can that be a duty which it is not in our power to perform?
9054But how and when is she to get home?
9054But how can she do it, if she is ignorant of the situation and functions of the cerebral and nervous system-- that wonderful organ of the intellect?
9054But how much more to be desired is it, that we could see ourselves as_ God_ sees us?
9054But if this is the case, what are we to think of the importance of light to the eye, sound to the ear, employment to the hands,& c.?
9054But is a young woman to be always actively employed?
9054But is it not proper that the truth should be told?
9054But is it so?
9054But is it so?
9054But is it so?
9054But is it sufficiently known that every act which can possibly be regarded as fraudulent in the smallest degree, has the same tendency?
9054But is that which is so destructive to the character of young men-- I mean the want of proper employment-- entirely harmless to young women?
9054But is_ all_ time wasted that is not spent in action, as some of my remarks might seem to imply?
9054But ought not all this, and much more, to be done?
9054But setting aside occasions of this kind, is there not a demand on our whole nature, for general cheerfulness?
9054But shall not a young woman be governed by her taste?
9054But the question recurs-- How can these evils be prevented?
9054But what if it happen to be otherwise?
9054But what is the condition of that family?
9054But what is their labor, generally speaking?
9054But what, in that case, is to become of the injunction of a distinguished apostle, when he says, WHATEVER you do, do all to the glory of God?
9054But would not such a habit be exceedingly useful?
9054Can it be that I waste, in sleep, in fifteen or sixteen years, a whole year of time?
9054Can such people expect to make advances in holiness-- to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ-- and yet not act like him, or follow him?
9054Can two walk together, says the Scripture, unless they are agreed-- that is, agreed as to the main points and purposes of life?
9054Celestial spirits, for aught we know, are much employed in visiting-- and shall not man be so?
9054Cheerfulness.--Is cheerfulness within our power?
9054Could such a thing be?
9054Do not many who say_ no_ with hesitancy, still retain the power and the disposition to deliberate?
9054Do they not generally bow to the tribunal of a fashionable world?
9054Do we think enough of the privilege of conversing in this way with friends in every quarter of the globe?
9054Do you ask how item be done?
9054Do you ask what the domestic of whom I have spoken has to do with all this?
9054Do you dread, above almost all things in the world, excitement and parade?
9054Do you love most the quiet and retirement of home-- and to be surrounded by infancy and childhood?
9054Do you not desire likeness in opinion, taste, purpose,& c.?
9054Do you think I esteemed her the less, because-- exclusive of the common school-- she had no seminary of instruction?
9054Do you think I respected or loved this young woman the less, because she was thus early a house-- keeper, a matron, and a mother?
9054Does any one ask, of what possible service it can be to know these facts, when it is too late to make use of them?
9054Does any one doubt that the dress will receive the desired attention, and that the closet will be neglected?
9054Does any one doubt which it will be?
9054Does he dread, also, like the cholera or the plague, all efforts at mental or moral improvement?
9054Does he find his happiness in going abroad, or in lounging?
9054Does he not thus, in learning his occupation or trade-- especially during the first years-- spend two pence to save one?
9054Does not all preparation for the future, obviously involve the same necessity?
9054Does your friend hate nothing so much as his own thoughts and reflections?
9054Even if it were spent to procure good attendance, are we quite sure our own attendance would not be still more useful?
9054For are there not many of the most excellent persons in the world, whom you would not willingly take for a daily companion?
9054For if to educate, is to form character, what young woman can be found, of any age or in any family, who is not a teacher?
9054For instance, is not a person of mild temper, gentle in manners?
9054For is there not too much foundation for such a conclusion?
9054Granting, as we sometimes do, that this is the fault of their education, is it therefore the less pitiable?
9054Has not another a bold and independent disposition, a forward and fearless manner?
9054Has not the young woman, when she begins the world, the same mental faculties, in number and kind, with the young man?
9054Has she done much to advance the important art of bread- making towards perfection?
9054Has she invented many special improvements in the art of house- keeping?
9054Has she not rendered to the teacher in whose employ she has been, that kind of services, without which he could not have followed his occupation?
9054Have I a right to waste it?
9054Have not their closets, and houses, and the neighboring livery stable, been well furnished and supplied, notwithstanding?
9054Have they not given, in this respect, wholly of their abundance-- and not, like the good woman mentioned in the gospel, of their penury?
9054Have they not had time enough left for their own purposes?
9054Have they not, in this respect, given of their abundance?
9054How can she do so, till she understands, intimately, the relation of the human system to air, heat, the various kinds of food, drink,& c.?
9054How can she, then, waste time- a single moment of it?
9054How can such persons be suitable companions for each other?
9054How can young women be trained to these services?
9054How can young women be trained to these services?
9054How could I be so late?
9054How could I run the risk of being thus left?
9054How happens it, then, that the world is filled with inventions, and so few of them originated by woman?
9054How interesting-- how exceedingly so-- the relation between a mother and a daughter?
9054How then does it happen that an idea of meanness is attached to them?
9054How, then, can they be so very poor?
9054If so, by what art shall a wasteful young woman be taught good habits?
9054In return, I may ask, what lessons of instruction are there which may_ not,_ be learned there, and what moral virtues may not there be cultivated?
9054Is genius confined to our sex?
9054Is he a great friend of parade and excitement?
9054Is he impatient in the society of children?
9054Is it asked what moral lessons, so mightily important, can be learned in the nursery and in the kitchen?
9054Is it not a sin?
9054Is it not expended for mere ornament?
9054Is it not more charitable to conclude they do not know the fact?
9054Is it not obvious that there may be mistake here?
9054Is it not so?
9054Is it not, in effect, just what is actually taking place around us in the world continually?
9054Is it said that every person knows this?
9054Is it too much to say, that decision of character is more important to young women than to any other class of persons whatever?
9054Is it too much to say, that half the world are miserable on this account,--miserable themselves, and a source of misery to others?
9054Is it true that the destiny of millions is thus committed to their keeping?
9054Is not man, here and hereafter-- as I have already insisted-- a social being?
9054Is not such a daughter a teacher?
9054Is not such a victory worth securing?
9054Is not that a duty which is productive of so much happiness?
9054Is not the life of young women in the great mass of our New England families, very far removed from any feeling of want or suffering?
9054Is not time to be allotted her for mere passive enjoyments?
9054Is she to yield to that current of the world which every where sets downward?
9054Is that proved to be a just taste, to which the views here presented seem to be opposed?
9054Is that to be turned wholly out of doors?
9054Is there any conscientiousness in the world?
9054Is there any conscientiousness in the world?
9054Is there any end, at least till the world comes to an end, of the good influence which a good Sabbath school pupil_ may_ thus exert?
9054Is there any moral character in such things?
9054Is there any moral character in such things?
9054Is there no time for relaxation?
9054Is there no time for relaxation?
9054Is there nothing for people to do, in this world, I again ask, but to make ornaments?
9054Is there nothing left for people to do, because you take away ornament?
9054Is there one particle more than is just necessary to render the earth what it was designed to be?
9054It is God''s gift; is it not slighting his gift, to spend it in sleep?
9054May she never lay herself, as it were, on the bosom of her family and friends?
9054May she never unbend her mind from what is called duty?
9054May she never view the silver fish as he leaps up, and"dumbly speaks the praise of God?"
9054May there not be passive enjoyments?
9054May there not be passive enjoyments?
9054Might not the two very best persons in the world be unhappy in each other''s constant society, if they were exceedingly unlike each other?
9054Must it not impede the motion of the venous blood in its return to the heart?
9054Must not even light boots, garters, stockings,& c., do this?
9054Nay, is there even no common ingenuity out of the range of our own walks?
9054Need I present these facts?
9054Need I urge the necessity of the case?
9054Nor is there less of truth in what the evangelist says, that"whoso hateth his brother"( and does not a slanderer_ hate_?)
9054Now which shall we believe-- the human teacher or the divine?
9054Now, are there not a great number of articles of clothing worn, whose use can not be justified on these principles?
9054Or if not, should not every young woman strive to make them so?
9054Perhaps they have clothed the poor, to some extent; but have they denied themselves to do it?
9054Presuming that by school- masters he meant teachers of both sexes, will any one doubt the truth of his assertion?
9054Running, to those who have passed into their teens, would be unfashionable; and who could endure the charge of disregarding the fashions?
9054Rush be right; and why should not good feelings and good affections change the countenance, in a greater or less degree, as well as bad ones?
9054She has patience, and perseverance, and fortitude-- why then may she not add to these, moral courage?
9054She would educate, properly, all her senses; but how can she do it, without a knowledge of their structure, functions and relations?
9054Still it may be said-- If our intellectual tastes are perverted, how are they to be set right?
9054The question is-- How well can I perform this particular act now?
9054They have visited the sick: but when has the time they have given, seriously incommoded them?
9054To say of such or such a young woman, She is a bold and powerful reasoner-- would it not be a little uncommon?
9054True, these tender consciences are rather_ troublesome_; but is it not better that they should torture us a little now, than a great deal hereafter?
9054What can be more abundant, for example, than air and water?
9054What can she do?
9054What could the latter have done, but for the assistance and influence of mothers and sisters?
9054What does true politeness require of them, but to give the stranger, in a gentle and affectionate manner, the necessary information?
9054What have the inventive powers of woman accomplished, even within what have been usually regarded as her own precincts?
9054What have they to do with economy?
9054What is she to do?
9054What ordinary virtue is there more commendable in the young, than industry?
9054What then?
9054What will my husband think-- especially as I came off without saying any thing to him about coming?
9054What would be more presumptuous?
9054What would we not then give for them?
9054What, then, is to become of her?
9054When and where have they cut themselves short of any thing to which they were lawfully entitled, for the sake of doing good to others?
9054When will man return to his native sphere, and the moral and intellectual world move in due harmony and happiness, like the physical?
9054Where is the proof, and by whom has it been adduced?
9054Where, in his domain, is any thing wasted?
9054Where, indeed, is not every thing saved and appropriated to the best possible purpose?
9054Who can say that Benjamin Franklin would ever have been what Benjamin Franklin was, without their aid, joined to the efforts of their mother?
9054Who could risk the danger of being regarded as a romp?
9054Who does not know the power of habit?
9054Who will show us any good thing?
9054Who will show us ourselves?
9054Why has she not done more?
9054Why not, I ask, in the same way that our moral taste is-- by the word and truth of God?
9054Why was I not in season?
9054Will her actual sleep be abridged one third?
9054Will you not, then, hail with joy, every effort of every being who would assist your spirit in its upward flight?
9054Would it be received as a compliment?
9054Would it not be regarded as a little out of the way-- and, to coin a term, as rather unfeminine?
9054Yet is there one particle too much of either of them?
9054and yet for some time not freeze?
9054what will become of that?
19432As long as I steer clear of the law and avoid breaking my neck, what other consequences are there that I need to keep worrying about? 19432 But the first one of these seeds, or the first one of these trees-- who conceived and executed that?"
19432But who conceived the plan of the trees and plants?
19432But,say I,"are you sure you are not trying to befuddle me and befuddle yourself by the use of obscure words?
19432But,say I,"what sublime intelligence conceived the plan of those machines, and what kind of sublimely skilful craftsman was able to fashion them?"
19432But,some one objects,"how about your obligations to others?
19432If this is the palpable intention and design of an all- wise Creator, how does it happen that so many human beings fail to carry out the purpose? 19432 Is that what is meant by soul and conscience and honor?
19432Mother, where did I come from? 19432 What kind of punishment shall it be-- the fairest we can think of?
19432What of that? 19432 Why should n''t I be a pleasure- seeker and a pleasure- lover?
19432Why should n''t I go ahead and gratify all my impulses?
19432A bird?
19432A flower?
19432A germ?
19432A little scolding, perhaps, and a repetition of the warning and the promise?
19432A spider?
19432After all, looking at it from their point- of- view, and bearing in mind the freedom of the individual, why should n''t they?
19432And after all, suppose he does happen to"get pinched,"what of it?
19432And how do they do it?
19432And what of the rôle of a father in this most vital of responsibilities?
19432And who made all these other people?
19432And who''s really to blame?
19432Are n''t you just a little bit ashamed of what you did to Delia?"
19432Are these other things more important than the welfare of their children?
19432Are they exercised to the same extent?
19432Are things going on indefinitely, this way,--or more so?
19432As I was not concerned in it, I can not be held accountable, so what difference does it make to me?
19432As a matter of fact, how severe and accurate a test have either of those devotions been submitted to?
19432As far as his own experience is concerned, where is the reason for him to deny his impulse?
19432As for the danger, who''s afraid of that?
19432Because I happen to know that he was innocent, does that make the occurrence any less reasonable?
19432Because certain individuals are born blind or deaf, does that imply that mankind was not designed to see or hear?
19432Because certain individuals, through the effects of disease or abuse, lose their sight, does that disprove a purpose for the eye?
19432Between these two contradictory principles, even if she has the best intentions in the world, what is she to do?
19432But as this also is no haven of refuge for the vague feelings of faith and aspiration, where are they to go?
19432But even so, and admitting what is apparently obvious, how could any amount of reasoning arrive at a decision in the matter?
19432But even so, how could they come to do such a thing?
19432But how about the feelings of admiration and enthusiasm which works of such great beauty were intended to inspire?
19432But if you believe in doing what you feel like and the doctor is out of the way, why not have your beef- steak?
19432But might n''t it be counted in your favor-- over there?
19432But suppose it might be that after death their spirits could live on, in an unknown world?
19432But what of the Jake, in this case-- the prime factor of the problem?
19432But what of the children?
19432Do n''t modern mothers love their children?
19432Do n''t you know in your heart that this would be wrong-- very wrong?
19432Do not the divorce courts and remarriages and scattered children and the talk and acts of emancipated women give ample evidence of it?
19432Do we measure the achievements of a Napoleon, an Alexander, a Washington, by the manner of their decline and death?
19432Does any one claim, or imagine, that school- books contain much nourishment for the heart and soul, or the moral feelings, or love of beauty?
19432Does father have to know about that, yet?"
19432Does he work any harder than I do?
19432Does it make any difference to him whether he breaks a promise-- to his mother and father?
19432Does not each individual feel moved to accomplish something beyond the mere continuation of life?
19432Does not that same observation apply to the general and to all other individuals, high or low?
19432Does she wish them to be liars and cheats and ingrates, dissipated and corrupt, if by so doing they can have most pleasure and satisfy themselves?
19432Even if she has a little pinch of the heart at the thought of subjecting her sensitive boy to such an ordeal, how can she dare to do otherwise?
19432For her sake?
19432Has man really a soul, at all?
19432Has my life any purpose in the great, everlasting scheme of things?
19432Has not this sentiment something in it which is quite apart from self- interest, or reason, or the impulses of affection?
19432Has scientific thought discovered, or devised, any means of increasing the warmth and tenderness of the human heart?
19432Has the rule of reason made husbands and wives any more devoted to each other, or to their friends?
19432Has your wife''s devotion been subjected to a corresponding test?
19432How are they going?
19432How are you going to make people less selfish and more considerate of others?
19432How could he be bringing so many presents to so many people, all over the world, and delivering them personally, on the same Christmas eve?
19432How could they get it?
19432How do the roots and the leaves and the sap ever contrive to convert these into perfume and blossoms and pulp and pigment?
19432How does it always manage to get the necessary raw materials from the earth and the air?
19432How does it happen that so many are relatively deficient, or totally unconscious of the feelings themselves?
19432How does it operate?
19432How does it work?
19432How far will you get by telling them that the way they are going is immoral and sinful?
19432How is he to do that, unless he is sent to school in time to be prepared?
19432How many mothers are consistently striving to watch over every tender requirement of the heart feelings and soul feelings of their children?
19432How much of a mother''s time is required for the right kind of care for her children?
19432How will you pass through them?
19432If I do n''t bring you up right-- isn''t it my fault?
19432If not, who, or what, is to stop the movement and turn it in another direction?
19432If other people are affected by what we do, and they have feelings of the same sort as ours, are not they, too, entitled to some consideration?
19432If self- determination is the proper thing for each nation, should it not be an equally proper thing for each individual?
19432If that is the way of love, why does n''t it apply to one, as well as the other?
19432If the present condition is indeed an effect of modern science, either directly or indirectly, how can it fail to continue?
19432If the world is supposed to be run by reason, and reason says the majority ought to rule, why should n''t each one of us have an equal share with him?
19432If there is no other end in view for each and every one, but to live and die, what boots it?
19432If there were no purpose at all to an individual life, what difference would it make whether he had a conscience or not?
19432If we consider the results, where is the evidence of a constant betterment in man''s spiritual nature?
19432If you are a boy and feel like it, why should n''t you?
19432If you liked each other, why should n''t you?
19432In all sorts of new experiences and questions of conduct, the thought comes spontaneously:"What will mother think about this?"
19432In early childhood, where is it to get that tender, devoted love, if not from its mother?
19432In such a case, when an order comes, what is, and ought to be, the purpose of each individual soldier composing the brigade?
19432In the advanced stage of enlightenment at which we have arrived can any reasonable person fail to recognize this palpable truth?
19432In the average family of to- day, how much thought, or time, is devoted to the observance of this essential principle?
19432In this age of enlightenment, with all sorts of theories in the air, how is she to know the proper way of forming a fine character?
19432In what part of his body is it located?
19432Is he any better man?
19432Is he not entitled to make all the money he can, in accordance with the laws?
19432Is it good for the children?
19432Is it possible that right here may be the main and underlying cause of the so- called"demoralization"of the present generation?
19432Is it possible that you are still under the influence of an out- grown mediaeval superstition?
19432Is it possible to doubt what sort of a legislature will be chosen?
19432Is it simply that one breaks the law, while the other does not?
19432Is it to be wondered at, if many a modern mother, in this predicament, vacillates between the two?
19432Is n''t it?"
19432Is n''t that about as much as Enlightened Reason could expect of me?
19432Is n''t that right?...
19432Is not Jones perfectly honest?
19432Is our civilization, like that of the Roman Empire, destined to decline and decay?
19432Is that reasonable?
19432Is the effect of it to- day on the forming character any different from what it has been, in the past?
19432Is there any reason for him to be living in a big house with eight servants, and riding around in a limousine car, when all I can afford is a flivver?
19432Is there no such thing as right and wrong?
19432Is there not every reason for his intellect to approve of his shrewdness in taking advantage of his opportunity?
19432Is there not within us a vague aspiration to do well and be something good and fine, according to our means and tastes?
19432Is there really an all- wise Lord, looking on and listening when you say your evening prayers?
19432Is this equally true of the heart and the soul, the development of character, so vitally important in the life and worth of every human being?
19432It is one very solid answer to the second part of the great question: What is the purpose of my life?
19432Less immoral, or unmoral, and more virtuous?
19432Less mercenary and more honorable?
19432Must there be a return to the old- fashioned methods and beliefs?
19432Of cheerfulness and sympathy and consideration for others?
19432Of sincerity, honor, fidelity,--conscience, aspiration, and faith in a mysterious, all- wise destiny?
19432On what does it depend?
19432Or at the hair- dresser''s and manicure''s?
19432Or attending a meeting at the woman''s club?
19432Or better literature than Moliere or Shakespeare?
19432Or better music than Chopin or Wagner?
19432Or better statues than Michael Angelo?
19432Or by the rise and fall of a human individual?
19432Or gossiping at an afternoon tea?
19432Or in intellectual pursuits of any kind?
19432Or is the tendency rather to trammel and divert them by so much laborious and irrelevant interference?
19432Or suppose he has disobeyed the nurse, and she comes and tells you?
19432Or suppose you are on top of a tall building and feel a strong impulse to jump out and go sailing through the air?
19432Perhaps it would help, if we could find the right kind of punishment?"
19432Perhaps mother, for reasons of her own, does n''t wish him to know yet, and would blame the nurse for telling him?
19432Should anything different be expected?
19432Suppose a commanding general, in the midst of a campaign, gives orders for a brigade to occupy a certain ridge and defend it at all costs?
19432Suppose a loving mother belongs to this class-- what is best and wisest for her to do with her son?
19432Suppose a normal mother is on her death- bed, with but an hour to live?
19432Suppose by doing the thing you wish, you will harm them?"
19432Suppose he is forced by experience to realize that you ca n''t be trusted with money, any more than you can be trusted with an automobile?
19432Suppose it could be proved that this were the true purpose of life-- to win benefit and glory for your spirit in the world beyond?
19432Suppose it turns out that clear, cool water may be polluted with cholera, or yellow fever, or other deadly germs?
19432Suppose on account of his affections and sympathies for other individuals, the idea occurs to him that he was meant to serve them, also?
19432Suppose these orders are carried out and, after a heroic defence lasting several days, the entire brigade is wiped out by the enemy?
19432Suppose we start with that and agree on it-- two whole days?"
19432Suppose your own father, as a result of your irresponsibility, refuses to let you have an automobile to break the speed laws with?
19432Suppose your son disobeys you, what then?
19432The forgeries in each case were repeated-- why should n''t they be?
19432Then that long motor ride through deserted country-- suppose it should be raining and the roads slippery and they should try to make it too fast?
19432Then why is it modern children do n''t receive proper training by their modern mothers?
19432Then, why--?
19432They can answer by saying"If I choose to be immoral and satisfy myself, why should n''t I?
19432Thousands upon thousands of other women are doing it, and no up- to- date enlightened person thinks any the worse of them-- so why should n''t I?
19432Was it to enable those individual soldiers to win victory and gain promotion?
19432We all want the good things of life, as much as he does, and if we''re in the majority, why should n''t we have our share?
19432Were the motives and behavior of the average man ever more corrupt, immoral and baser than they are to- day-- all over the world?
19432What about all the miracles so devoutly recorded in the Bible?
19432What about religion?
19432What all- wise intention is fulfilled in the deterioration and decay of any thing which has once seemed admirable and worthy?
19432What causes it to come to life in the human soul?
19432What do they do?
19432What do they imply?
19432What does the question of experience lead to and imply?
19432What for?"
19432What good is accomplished by the rise and fall of an empire?
19432What good is it, when it does come?
19432What ground is there for imagining that it is any more immortal than his heart or his eye?
19432What grounds are there for imagining such an absurdity?
19432What harm to the boy?
19432What in the world are we going to do about it?"
19432What influence has developed the sentiment in one, and retarded or eliminated it in the other?
19432What is she to do?
19432What is that purpose?"
19432What is the essence of her feelings?
19432What is the meaning of it all?
19432What is the underlying difference between him and a worthy citizen?
19432What is the world coming to?
19432What is to be done about it?
19432What is to be done to stem this tide of youthful depravity?
19432What is to be mother''s answer?
19432What kind of things?
19432What method is she to follow?
19432What must you do?
19432What next?
19432What real difference would that make if their lives had no other purpose, either?
19432What reason is there for my brother to dote on fried onions, while I can not endure them?
19432What sublime intelligence conceived the plan of that bit of protoplasm-- and what kind of sublimely skilful craftsman was able to fashion it?"
19432What would you suggest?"
19432What, in this case, were some of the results?
19432What, now, of the new?
19432What, now, was the purpose of the general, in issuing the orders?
19432What, then, of the future?
19432When a dog dies, does the spirit of him do the same thing?
19432When we turn to the more personal feelings of the individual, in his intimate relations with other beings, is not the situation much the same?
19432Whence do they come-- and what are they good for?
19432Where are the prizes and marks to stimulate endeavor in these?
19432Where are the teachers of modesty and self- denial?
19432Where can it end, except in utter degradation, not only for their own sex, but for their husbands and their sons?
19432Where does it come from?
19432Wherein, then, lay that genius which makes him the outstanding Frenchman and one of the supreme personages of history?
19432Which of the two candidates are likely to be preferred by a workingman who hears his children cry for more bread?
19432Who can judge of each case, but the right kind of mother?
19432Who''s afraid of breaking the law-- if you have the nerve?"
19432Who, or what, is going to stop it?
19432Why did the same thing happen in Rome?
19432Why do they do it?
19432Why do this, that, or the other?
19432Why does he have to do this?
19432Why does my uncle like pig''s feet and eels and snails, while my wife is made almost ill at the sight of them?
19432Why not follow the lead of our instincts, accept all opportunities as they come, and make the most of them?
19432Why not?
19432Why not?
19432Why not?
19432Why not?
19432Why not?
19432Why should an emancipated ego, brought up in the modern way, be constantly bothered by the thought of others?
19432Why should n''t I follow my inclinations and do what I like, whenever and wherever I get the chance?"
19432Why should there be?
19432Why should this not apply as well to the soul, if there is a function in man which goes by that name?
19432Why were exquisite flowers and fruit- bearing trees allowed to be overcome by foul fungus and poisonous weeds?
19432Why were wolves permitted and urged by their instincts to devour innocent lambs?
19432Why, when these feelings reached so high a standard in the classic days of Greece, did they decline and shrivel and give way to barbarism?
19432Why?
19432Why?
19432Why?
19432Will it get it from a well- paid nurse or governess, whether Swede or Irish, French or English?
19432Would any business man of the present day blame him?
19432You ca n''t deny that the wish was there-- without lying to yourself-- so what''s the use?
19432You wish to be intelligent and reasonable, do n''t you?
19432_ Boy gives her a glance, looks down, thinking-- begins to smile, hesitates.__ Mother:_"What are you thinking?
19432_ Boy( delighted):_"Really?"
19432_ Boy( looking down, thinking, very nervous):_"If you could n''t go riding, either-- why should you be punished?"
19432_ Boy( quickly):_"Father?"
19432_ Boy( troubled, thinking, giving her a look):_"Two whole days?"
19432_ Boy:_"But if I do n''t do it again----?"
19432_ Boy:_"Have you got a temper, too?"
19432_ Boy:_"You might n''t know anything about it-- if it was to the cook, or Delia, or Vincent-- or somebody else?"
19432_ Mother( smiling, thinking):_"Well, well-- here''s a pretty kettle of fish-- isn''t it?
19432_ Mother:_"How would it be if, the next time you told a lie, you and mother could n''t, either of you, go riding in the automobile for two days?"
19432or any smarter?
31143''Have you ever seen any card- playing among the students?'' 31143 ''My dear, how could you be so----''"''Why, mamma, what else_ could_ I say?
31143''Pears to be a little huffy?
31143''Pray, my dear,''said a mamma to her daughter of eighteen,''what was your cousin saying to you when I met you blushing so in the garden?'' 31143 ''Was Brown there?''
31143''You are ignorant of any card- playing in the college building, Brown?'' 31143 And may I inquire what your great- grandfather was?"
31143And where is the proof of this thing?
31143And who is Gashmu?
31143And your father?
31143And your grandfather?
31143Are they not fine?
31143Are they, Arthur?
31143Are you at all acquainted with Milton''s''Paradise Lost''?
31143Are you at all acquainted with music, Professor Sweet?
31143Are you sure that the quotation is from Milton?
31143At what is it your turn?
31143But did you not enjoy the walk in the fields, Annie?
31143But have you not a few lines, Mr. Smythe, on marriage, although you have not as yet entered into that happy state?
31143But have you not heard what is afloat about him?
31143But might you not have effected your purpose better by presenting examples of talkers without fault? 31143 Can you tell me the best way of managing the case?"
31143Caroline,said the mother of the two young girls,"why do you not wait to see whether your sister is willing for you to open her package?
31143Child, perhaps?--a boy or a girl?
31143Did I promise to buy you Noah''s ark? 31143 Did I understand you to say, sir, that you had a wife and six children living in New York, and had never seen one of them?"
31143Did not Mr. Shakleton call at your house the other day? 31143 Did not he come from Stukely to your place?"
31143Did you ever hear anything like it?
31143Did you hear Mr. Bowles lecture the other night? 31143 Did you marry a widow, sir?"
31143Did you not hear those beautiful lines, Arthur, which Sidney has just quoted from Milton?
31143Did you want me to pull the door bell for you?
31143Do n''t you think that you have great cause to be thankful that he was a pious man, and saved his_ chist_?
31143Do you know I met a little girl of the Sunday- school in the street?
31143Do you not think, Mr. Long, that the scepticism of the age is very subtle, powerful, and dangerous?
31143From what stand- point( as the Germans would call it) do you gain that view of transcendentalism?
31143Has not Mrs. Mount recently joined your church? 31143 Have you been to the City lately?"
31143Have you heard that young Dumas has entered the ministry?
31143Have you not noticed,said the neighbour,"that your husband has a bunch of long coarse hair growing on a mole on one side of his neck?"
31143He seems to be a good man,says the detractor,"I must admit; but what are his reasons?
31143How can that be?
31143How did you leave Mrs. Hill and family?
31143How do I know it? 31143 How do you know that?"
31143How is he liked?
31143How is your son John, the little fellow with whom I was so much pleased when I was at your house last?
31143Husband, then, I expect?
31143I was there only last week; and whom do you think I travelled with in the train? 31143 I_ wonder_ why?"
31143I_ wonder_, does this train stop at Reading?
31143In affliction?
31143In what respects do you think he is changed?
31143Is Round gone, then?
31143Is it a passion, or an appetite, or an instinct? 31143 Is that really your experience?"
31143It is not so, Fanny; you know it is not, and why do you say so?
31143O, drowned, eh?
31143O, why, he has been playing the same games with you as he did with the Church at Stukely, has n''t he?
31143Oh what are we, Frail creatures as we are, that we should sit In judgment man on man? 31143 Or shall we conclude that it is entirely the work of art?
31143Parent?--father or mother?
31143Pay for what?
31143Save his_ chist_?
31143Then if the tongue_ can not_ be tamed, why attempt the task?
31143Then you do n''t like it?
31143Those are very beautiful lines, Mr. Smythe,I observed;"can you tell me whose they are?"
31143True, it was; but what were his motives in its bestowment? 31143 Was it not beautiful?"
31143What are you laughing at?
31143What do you mean by''fine times''?
31143What do you mean?
31143What do you think of so and so?
31143What does the gentleman mean?
31143What has he gone there for?
31143What have you got? 31143 What horse?
31143What is a greater pedant than a mere man of the town? 31143 What is his name?"
31143What is it, Mr. Eadie? 31143 What is that to me?
31143What is your view,he asked again,"of the Hegelian''Absolute''?"
31143What present, my boy?
31143What shall be given unto, or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 31143 What''s that Bonner laughing at?"
31143Where have you been all this time? 31143 Which of you,"he inquired,"can tell me in what part of Horace the following line occurs:--''Amor improbe non quid pectora mortalia cogis''?"
31143Which question shall I answer first?
31143Who ruined me? 31143 Who said he did?"
31143Whose are they, then?
31143Why did n''t you say, If you please? 31143 Why you fool,"at last said the exasperated cardinal,"you do n''t imagine I mean all this to the letter?"
31143Why, Brother Robson, what is the matter?
31143Why, he''s not dead, is he?
31143Why,said he,"was not this ointment sold, and given to the poor?"
31143Will you have a little tongue?
31143Will you have the propitiousness, the kindness to stay and communicate unto me whether Squire Foster is in his residence?
31143Yes, and what for? 31143 You accuse me of dogmatism, do you?"
31143You have had fine times,he said,"in your Church with Mr. Good, have n''t you?"
31143_ Pious_ man?
31143_ Was_ they?
31143''Is there no hope?''
31143''What,''said the hero, in reply,''have you, too, something to say about war, who are like the fish that has a sword, but no heart?''
31143''_ From whose, I pray?_''So having nam''d the man, Straight to enquire his curious comrade ran.
31143*****"Where have you been, Helen?"
31143--"Why, how can you live so?"
31143--''And, pray, sir, what was''t?''
31143--''Where may I find him?''
31143A friend of mine asked,''Is it not deep?''
31143A table well spread with fine- looking artificial flowers and viands may be nice for the eye, but who can satisfy his hunger and thirst with them?
31143A tradin''man may be?"
31143After this reply the couple sat a few moments in silence; then the interrogator again commenced,--"Was you ever blind, sir?"
31143And do not the"small beginnings"of instruction lay the foundation of man''s or woman''s character?
31143And do you expect that this will continue to the end?"
31143And how is he to bridle his tongue?
31143And then, what effect will it have upon the Church?"
31143And what did this Reverend brother know of the other Reverend brother to justify him in speaking thus?
31143And what did you say to_ him_, my dear?''
31143And who does not sympathise with this feeling when any one who has in a way been a friend is ever and anon boasting of it in conversation?
31143And who has blamed them for it?
31143Are you not mistaken?"
31143As Mr. Long walked down the street, who should meet him but Mr. Stearns?
31143But what did he care for hints?
31143But where have you been, pray?
31143But who is the man that offends not in word?
31143Can faith save him?"
31143Can he be guilty of a more heinous motive and aim?
31143Can he commit a greater offence against his brother?
31143Can the blind be made to see, or the deaf to hear?
31143Content,"how it is that people talk so much about the superior abilities of our town councillor, Mr. Workman?
31143Crump?"
31143Did any excuse my lie-- any talk of my honour then?
31143Did any say,''We can believe_ you_, Brown,''after that?
31143Did he not expect to gain more than its value in certain ways that I need not mention?"
31143Did not that show they were unable to resist the soothing influence of your long- continued and thoughtless words?
31143Did you ever see a better likeness of the glorious hero of Waterloo than that?
31143Did you not know that I and the Duke were old cronies?
31143Did you say_ nothing_ of a crow at_ all_?''
31143Didst thou not fall out with a man for wearing his new doublet before Easter?
31143Do n''t you know Mrs. Mount is a widow, and there is in our church that Squire Nance, a bachelor?
31143Do n''t you think so?"
31143Do not I know it?
31143Do they not rather result in mutual ill- humour and enmity?
31143Does he not seek applause or preferment thereby?
31143Does it not too widely prevail in circles of Christian professors?
31143Does it sound truthful?
31143Dredge?"
31143Dumas?"
31143Eadie?"
31143Everybody, in fact, was crowded out by his incessant talking; and, after all, what did it amount to?
31143Good?"
31143Good?"
31143Goose, in his method of talk?
31143Has he done you a charitable deed?
31143Has not this taught you that you have been a drag upon their mental powers?
31143Have I not had my brain seared, my heart riven, Hopes sapped, name blighted, life''s life lied away?
31143Have n''t I said it is so?
31143Have not I read it?
31143Have they not said in the words of Job,"O that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom"?
31143Have you been round by Netley Hall?
31143Have you not perceived that these words are quite as necessary to my tale as the_ oaths_ and_ imprecations_ with which you seasoned yours?
31143Have you not sometimes seen one or more go to sleep in company while you have been talking?
31143Have you?"
31143He has a way sometimes of ending his whispering revelations with a loud,"Do not you think so?"
31143He may injure the feelings of some; he may offend the modesty of others, and break all the rules of decorum; but what does he care?
31143He never asks,"Will it be wise to speak thus at this time?
31143He spoke in such a rapid manner that all I could say was"Yes,""No,""Ah,""Eh,""Indeed,""Is it possible?"
31143How can any one admit him to have real worth who will not admit another to have any?
31143How can any one so insult the Holy, the All- Excellent, our Father, and best friend?
31143How could he, when his character for probity was implicated, and his business was likely to suffer?
31143How many a pretty gentleman''s knowledge lies all within the verge of the court?
31143How shall I meet the Superintendent again?
31143How soon might I not fail?
31143How would you like another to impose his talk upon you to the extent you impose your talk upon him?
31143I have thought, Whence this failing?
31143I should like to know what right you have to say it is gratuitous?
31143I think so because I have frequently noticed him saying as soon as he has begun,"Have not I told you this before?"
31143If I do not argue, who does?
31143If he has in him that which appears laudable, how can he expect commendation for it, when he refuses it to others with similar claims?
31143If he want knowledge, has he not funds yet untouched, or powers equal to any discovery?
31143In fact, was not he_ the_ wise man from the East?
31143Is Tittle- Tattle, or Rumour, or Mischief Maker, or Slanderer, or Blabber in this company, who will make capital out of what I say?"
31143Is any one the better?
31143Is he not rather an ideal being than a_ real_ one?
31143Is it a habit to be encouraged or connived at?
31143Is it not fine?
31143Is it not grand?"
31143Is it not his interest to be so?
31143Is there a remedy for this talker?
31143Is there not too much of this kind of talk in the companies of ministers of religion?
31143Is this the proper person to whom I should say it?
31143It is not said that moral guilt may be its immediate consequence; but is it a kind of talk altogether innocent?
31143Lie to them to conceal myself or my acts?
31143Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?
31143Mr. Monopolist, can you refrain a little longer while I say a few more words?
31143My reader, do you see and approve the ideal?
31143No one could, for who knew whether my integrity might not again fail?
31143O do let us pray for him, Mr. Smith, lest the flattering lips prove his ruin?"
31143O how shall I, most gracious Lord, This mark of true perfection find?
31143Of course he tells as a secret what you tell him as a secret; but if he can not retain it, how can he expect others?
31143One could hear the responses at intervals to his statements,--"Oh"--"Ah"--"A pity you are so sick"--"Why, I never"--"Dear me"--"Is it possible?"
31143Pepper?"
31143Proctor?"
31143Round, accompanied by Mrs. Blunt?
31143Shall I give offence or deceive by speaking in this way?
31143Slack of K---- had said, the answer was,"_ O, Mr. Great I said it, did he?_"and so it passed away as vapour.
31143Slack, who gave him one of his egotistic shakes of the hand, and said,"How are you this morning?"
31143Smith?"
31143Smith?"
31143Solomon says of the egotist,"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
31143The next day I met Mr. Hungerford, and almost the first thing he said was,--"What is the name of that individual who called upon you last night?"
31143The swearer may ask,"Where is the evil of an oath when it is used for the support of truth?"
31143The time of the"singing of birds"and the efflorescence of trees is very welcome; but who does not equally welcome the time of fruit- bearing also?
31143Then the interrogator again inquired,--"How can it be, sir, that you never saw one of them?"
31143This is a small affair at best, some may say; but do not"Large streams from little fountains flow-- Tall oaks from little acorns grow?"
31143This statement excited curiosity at once, and the question was immediately put,"What does he say?"
31143To which Falsehood replies:--"What have I done?
31143Turning to our narrator behind him,"What did they make you pay for that umbrella you''ve got in your hand?"
31143Was it not a grand piece of eloquence, of originality, and of literary power?
31143Was it not magnificent?"
31143Was it not rather the benevolence of Mr. Lord and his friend Squance?"
31143Was not he a philosopher?
31143Watson?"
31143Watson?"
31143We want the reality, and where can he be found?"
31143Webster?"
31143What advantage comes of the uncharitable criticisms and judgments which are passed one upon the other?
31143What are these but rank pedants?
31143What authority has he for his intrusions?
31143What did Nehemiah know about Gashmu?
31143What did any one know?
31143What did those young people care to know about his health, excepting the usual compliments at such times?
31143What do you think, Arthur?"
31143What eye but such eye would spy out such a quarrel?
31143What had he not read?
31143What is it?"
31143What is it?"
31143What is its just measure, its proper object, its ultimate end?
31143What is to be done?
31143What man ever involved himself in difficulties through silence?
31143What say you, my lads, will you grant me this favour?"
31143What will be the consequence to the absent of my making this statement concerning them?
31143Where had he not been?
31143Where is boasting then?
31143Where is he to be found?
31143Where is the salve that would give him this power of vision?
31143Where was my honour_ then_--my manliness?
31143Who are you, to be so bold?
31143Who but a Cowper could have written that admirable extract just given to us by Mr. Burr, and which was read with such elegance?"
31143Who is at the head of it?"
31143Who is so wise as he?
31143Who likes to have himself, in his motives and deeds, put through the crucible of his narrow, prickly, stingy soul?
31143Who likes to have his motives called in question?
31143Who thinks another a fool because he does not talk?
31143Why does he receive the secret with the strong promise,"I will tell no one, upon my honour,"if he can not retain it in his own bosom?
31143Why should I shrink before my fellows for anything I had done?
31143Why should feeling ever speak When thou canst breathe her soul so well?
31143Why so?"
31143Will you walk in?"
31143Will you, Squire, give me the pleasure and allow me the happiness of introducing and bringing to your acquaintance my friend Mr. Pope?
31143Would not old and young more readily have been corrected and improved?"
31143Would you believe it, sir, that I stood first in the last grand oratorio which took place in the great metropolis?
31143Would you believe me, sir, that I have the entire list of the classics in my library?"
31143Yet where would be the harm in wishing him in heaven, where none shall ever say they are sick?"
31143You affirm it to be gratuitous, do you?
31143_ Doth Job serve God for nought?_"So said the father of detractors more than two thousand years ago.
31143_ THE EGOTIST._"What cracker is this same, that deafs our ears With this abundance of superfluous breath?"
31143a physician?
31143a theologian?
31143a vice which men have invented for themselves without prospect of pleasure or profit, and to which there is no imaginable temptation in nature?
31143an historian?
31143and do you mean to insult me by saying it is only gratuitous?"
31143and were you not pleased to see him?"
31143and what have you in that bundle?"
31143and when he died, would not wisdom die with him?
31143and where the trust reposed in me?
31143cholery?
31143for who should be ushered into the room by the servant but an unexpected caller?
31143has he been heroic in an act of mercy?
31143has he given a contribution to an object of beneficence?
31143has he made a good bargain in business?
31143has he performed some feat of gymnastics?
31143how do you do, Mr. Hill?
31143is n''t there enough to excite me?
31143mother, have n''t I a right to ask my sister all the questions I please?
31143never speak one evil word, Or rash, or idle, or unkind?
31143or who knows whether he is guilty of it or not?
31143replied Jones, with a dogmatic sneer;"how can I forget what he never had, and underrate powers which he never possessed?
31143said one who was listening;"and do you intend that as a caution to us against seeking happiness in the same way?"
31143said the monk,"so you have been a_ liar_ too have you?"
31143what hast thou done To compare, in thy tumid pride, with me?
31143what is the appearance of anything?
31143what''s to pay?"
31143with another, for tying his new shoes with old ribbons?
37016Certainly he would do wrong,says Antipater;"is it not, in fact, leading a man into error knowingly?"
37016Do we not see,he says,"that the external worship follows necessarily the internal worship of love?
37016How much in adversity do we not wish for a friend, especially an effective friend, one finding in his own resources abundant means for helping us? 37016 Now, is prayer sufficient?
37016To this, my wife replied:''In what can I assist thee? 37016 What is a benefaction?"
37016What is after all the wrong the ingrate does you? 37016 Which, according to you, is the most culpable, he who feels no gratitude for a kindness, or he who does not even keep it in mind?...
37016Who would,says Bossuet,"dare think of other excesses which reveal themselves in a still more dangerous manner?
37016Will the setting one''s foot,says J. J. Rousseau,"on a piece of common ground be sufficient to declare one''s self at once the master of it?
37016_ Socrates_: One should then commit no injustice whatsoever?
37016''And do you not tell them,''said Socrates,''the fable of the dog?
37016''Then,''added Socrates,''because they are free and related to you, do you think that they ought to do nothing else but eat and sleep?
37016''What do you mean, sir?
37016--"And did you observe what is written somewhere on the temple- wall: Know Thyself?"
37016--"Think you that to know one''s self it is enough to know one''s own name?
37016--"When have I said to thee that I was immortal?"
37016--''Well; but what is your motive?
37016--''What do you mean, sir?
37016--Good Socrates, what sayest thou?
37016= The absence of a profession-- Leisure.=--Is it a duty to have a profession?
37016And again, wherein is the public functionary superior to this or that merchant, this or that big farmer, this or that great builder or contractor?
37016And are there none at Olympia?
37016And can the honor of a sensible man be at the mercy of the first ruffian he meets?
37016And how could they know each other if they did not talk to each other?
37016And if this be so, thinkest thou thy rights equal to ours; and that thou art permitted to make us suffer for what we make thee suffer?
37016And must they not learn the use of arms in order to be efficient on the day when the country shall need them?
37016And shouldst thou refuse to attend thy functions as man?
37016And think you that one alone is enough to condemn a man to death?
37016And why should I hesitate to look at any of my faults when I can say to myself: Take care not to do so again: for to- day I forgive thee?
37016And, finally, is it really true that we have only duties towards those that have duties towards us?
37016Are the two contracting parties here I and myself?
37016Are there duties toward God?
37016Are these always in an exact proportion to merit?
37016Are these suicides?
37016Are we not permitted, then, to change the nature of any thing because all that is, is as he wished it?
37016Are you not crowded?
37016Are you not heated?
37016Are you not wet through, when it happens to rain?
37016Are you not without good conveniences for bathing?
37016As for those who do not reach the spot, think you they will escape the consequences of the battle?
37016Beyond a certain limit, will not the interest become what we call_ usury_?
37016But are there, indeed, in man naturally malevolent inclinations?
37016But by what right should work be prohibited to woman more than to man?
37016But for a falsehood to be harmless, does it follow that it is not bad?
37016But how, in what manner, and to what degree must we be modest?
37016But if it be true, why should we not say so?
37016But if one were sure not to become cruel towards men, would it follow therefrom that it is permitted to be so towards animals?
37016But in case of loss or deterioration of the thing loaned, resulting from the use made of it, on whom is to fall the loss?
37016But what is to be understood by the terms_ recompense_ and_ punishment_?
37016But what is to determine the extent of this territory?
37016But what more vague than such terms?
37016But what remedy?
37016But when in a society all legal inequalities have been suppressed, does it necessarily follow that an absolute equality will be the final result?
37016But who does not know that to make a good use of a fortune is more profitable to society than dissipation?
37016But who in these days troubles himself about aristocratic names?
37016But who will defend the country in case of attack if it be not its young and robust men?
37016But why could we not also suppose a third duty, commanding us to observe the former, and so_ ad infinitum_?
37016But, it may be asked, suppose the parents command their children to do an immoral thing?
37016But, it may be asked, why all these inequalities?
37016But, strictly speaking, can a being endowed with sensibility be called a thing?
37016CLEANTE: Denier eighteen?
37016CLEANTE: Is there anything more?
37016Can he who makes himself a worm complain if he be crushed?
37016Can it, for example, go so far as the taking of life even?
37016Can sentiment become a duty?
37016Canius wondered:"What means this, Pythius?
37016Certainly, but why might not the minority be also mistaken?
37016Did Cæsar send a challenge to Cato, or Pompey to Cæsar?
37016Diogenes, on the contrary, replies:"Were you obliged to buy?
37016Do the insults of a drunkard prove that one deserves them?
37016Do you not have uproar and noise, and other disagreeable circumstances?
37016Does he not give the same signs of impressions received?
37016Does he not then take the place of him who knows and might save the patient?
37016Does it follow, however, that there can never be any injustice in sale or purchase?
37016Does one no longer belong to God when dead?
37016Does this solitary expression of my faith, my love, my ignorance, suffice the wants of my heart and my duties toward God?
37016Dost thou not, in the first place, owe us thy life?
37016Duty of silence: in what cases?
37016Even though you had not taught us any of these things, should we be less numerous, less flourishing, more depraved?"
37016For how can malefactors be prosecuted without employing force?
37016For when does rest, leisure, recreation give us most pleasure?
37016Free in the innermost of my thought, shall I be confined to a silent worship?
37016Has he not the same senses, the same nervous system?
37016Hast thou ceased to exist?
37016Have you not received a manly spirit?
37016Have you not received greatness of soul?
37016Have you not received patience?
37016He has, it is true, the resource of doing nothing; but might not this also be manslaughter?
37016How are we to know them?
37016How can I vote?
37016How can a lawyer defend as innocent one who is guilty?
37016How can any one attend the sick if he knows nothing of the human body; if he is ignorant of the symptoms of a disease?
37016How can we educate ourselves without eating?
37016How can we improve the heart and soul when want impels us to all sorts of temptations?
37016How could a society as complicated as ours dare to trust its security to so hazardous an experiment?
37016How could justice be rendered, instruction be given, the territory be defended, the roads kept up, without money?
37016How could men get to love each other if they did not know each other?
37016How could this philosopher be sure that_ these things_ did not feel?
37016How could you determine the amount of property requisite to belong to either of these categories-- the rich or the poor?
37016How do we call such a state?
37016How do we extend this primitive right over things which are outside of ourselves?
37016How do we go beyond that?
37016How far can this right of force go?
37016How is this to be remedied?
37016How many men are there who, in possession of a sum of one hundred francs, would not rather spend it than place it on interest?
37016How much more difficult when it comes to risking a popularity already acquired?
37016How often does it not, on the contrary, happen that the idleness of his youth determines the whole course of the man''s life?
37016How shall we conciliate, however, the just severity which vice deserves, with the spirit of kindness which charity and brotherly love demand of us?
37016How shall we proceed to substitute a good habit for a bad one?
37016I have certainly a right to the place my own body would occupy, but no further: for where would my right then stop?
37016I have deceived thee, oh thou rash one?
37016If I am willing to have recourse to law in a case of robbery, why should I not appeal to this same law when my honor is attacked?
37016If the return of the funds appears more or less doubtful, why should he not have the right to protect himself?"
37016If there is no being to love me and my fellow- men, why should I be held to love them?
37016If this is so, should we wish to do to others as we wish in similar circumstances, namely, in the gratification of passions, to be done by?
37016If thou owest us thy birth and education, canst thou deny that thou art our child and servant?
37016If we consider the will of God, what evil is there for us to combat, that he has not himself sent us?
37016If, for instance, we have done wrong, do we generally wish to be corrected and punished?
37016In one word, and to conclude, if God were an illusion, why could not virtue be an illusion also?
37016In short, man belongs to himself: is not that the first of ownerships, and the basis of all the others?
37016In thus busying themselves with the welfare of the people, could these holy men find leisure to engage in agriculture?"
37016In what hast thou become better?
37016In which condition will men be more temperate, living in idleness or attending to useful employments?
37016In which condition will they be more honest, if they work, or if they sit in idleness meditating how to procure necessaries?''
37016Instead of allowing itself to be overcome by hunger, by cold, by all sorts of ill- treatments, does it not overcome them?
37016Inward lying.--Can one lie to himself?
37016Is it necessary, in order that the duty of work be truly accomplished, that it be both painful and useless?
37016Is it not because others have been there before us that we have been enabled to grow up peacefully and happy to the age of manhood?
37016Is it not clear that one can be under no obligation towards him of whom one has a right to demand everything?
37016Is it not just that we should take their place and in our turn watch over the country?
37016Is it not that each sees above him a position he covets, and which he seeks to secure?
37016Is it the same with the destruction of animals intended for our nourishment?
37016Is it true again that an animal has no kind of rights?
37016Is it true, moreover, that an animal has no intelligence, no will-- that consequently it has not any vestige of personality?
37016Is not nature herself adorned?
37016Is not the animal organized in the same manner as man?
37016Is not the being born of the same parents, the having been brought up together, very strong reasons to love one another?
37016Is not this generally what we all wish, when the voice of duty is mute and does not silence our passionate feelings?
37016Is one obliged to keep his promise when the fulfillment of it is injurious to those to whom it was made?
37016Is our conscience satisfied if we can assure ourselves that we have not contributed to his sufferings?
37016Is the growing crop my property?
37016Is the respect I have for myself founded on one of those arbitrary agreements which cease to be when the two parties freely renounce it?
37016Is there nothing more needed?
37016Is this destruction innocent, or must we, as did the Pythagoreans or Brahmins of old( for superstitious reasons, however), interdict all animal food?
37016Is this duty the only one?
37016Is thy soul annihilated?
37016It will, perhaps, be said that_ sentiments_ can not be erected into_ duties_: for how can I force myself to feel what I do not feel?
37016May that be considered a cause of irresponsibility?
37016May we not say the same of the one Theseus claimed of Neptune?
37016Must we count among the number of voluntary mutilations, the religious mortifications or macerations by which the devout manifest their piety?
37016Now, if thou hadst in thy hands all possible earthly happiness, wouldst thou keep it wholly to thyself, or share it with thy fellow- beings?
37016Now, what are the titles to this superior authority?
37016Now, what is_ honesty_?
37016Now, who will furnish the rule for sacrifice, the formula for self- renunciation?
37016Of prudence or practical wisdom.--Can it be called a virtue?
37016On the contrary, do we not rather wish to be allowed to enjoy it, and have the free range of our vices?
37016On the professions?
37016On those who exercise public functions and those who do not?
37016On whom is it incumbent to do away with such inequalities?
37016Or do you suppose your mother meditates evil toward you?"
37016Ought we not, whether we dig, or plough, or eat, to sing this hymn to God?
37016Our duties in regard to animals, are they, however, of a kind to make us doubt our right to destroy or reduce them to servitude?
37016Pleasure and the good.=--Morality being, as we have said, the science of the_ good_, the first question that presents itself is: What is_ good_?
37016Property.=--What is property?
37016Rights and duties of the creditor.--Money interest.--Usury.=--And first, is it a duty to loan to any that ask you?
37016Say, for example, homicide: is it not evident that the murder of a benefactor is the most abominable of all?
37016Shall I not be allowed to express what I think?
37016Shall I not use my powers to that purpose for which I received them; but lament and groan at every casualty?
37016Shall we put the one kind and the other on the same level?
37016Shall we sacrifice life- long pleasures to pleasures that last but an hour?
37016Shall we still say that each of these groups forms a class?
37016Shall we take material work-- work of hand, as a class distinction among men?
37016Shall we, in order to avoid cupidity and avarice, run into dissipation and prodigality?
37016Shall you say that the rich man is he who has any capital, and the poor, he who has not any?
37016Should we not rather do to them what we should not like them do to us, that is, punish and correct them?
37016Shouldst thou not follow the biddings of nature?
37016Suicide, it is said again, is rebellion against Providence.--But how?
37016Suppose, by any means, it should ever come into your head to kill me; must you keep to such a determination?''
37016Suppose, then, these public functionaries should seek the death of him who has committed all these crimes, how would they proceed?
37016The child, we have said, needs protection for a long time: does the mother''s protection suffice?
37016The duel.=--Does the duel come under the head of legitimate self- defense?
37016The rights of man.=--What are the principal rights of man?
37016The second question is: How long does the duty of obedience last?
37016There remains then to know what is to be done in cases of conflict between our duties, and if moral law does not in certain cases relent?
37016Therefore must the family have a protector; and who should be the natural protector of the child, if not the father?
37016This is Socrates''own interpretation of it in his conversations with his disciples:"Tell me, Euthydemus, have you ever gone to Delphi?"
37016This is a remarkably striking argument:[19] Did ever the valiant men of antiquity think of avenging their personal insults by single combats?
37016This picture being an image of both lives, canst thou say that that of the libertine is happier than that of the temperate man?"
37016This principle of the right of the majorities has often been questioned: for, it is said, why might not the majority be mistaken?
37016Thus did Sextius; when his daily work was done, he questioned his soul: Of what defect hast thou cured thyself to- day?
37016To whom belongs this_ rôle_ of educator, protector, sustainer?
37016Upon what, then, shall we base class differences?
37016Was I born to remain warmly in bed under my cover?--But it is so pleasant.--Wert thou born for pleasure, then?
37016Was it not for action, for work?
37016Was it not under our auspices that thy father took to himself the companion that gave thee birth?
37016We hear often the term_ laboring classes_--men, namely, who live by work of hand; but are not those who work with their brains, workers also?
37016Well, and have you not received faculties by which you may support every event?
37016Were it not an actual lie?
37016What am I able to do?
37016What are the respective duties of these two classes?
37016What cause of complaint hast thou against us that thou shouldst try to destroy us?
37016What do you call external worship if this be not it?
37016What else then dost thou do?"
37016What hold can the vain opinion of others have upon true honor, the roots of which are in the depths of the heart?
37016What is avarice?
37016What is it marks in society the rich and the poor?
37016What is its origin and principle?
37016What is morality?
37016What is now the principle of this authority?
37016What is prodigality?
37016What is the law which is to regulate the relations between words and thoughts?
37016What moral and social reasons justify it, rendering its maintenance both sacred and necessary?
37016What more different than a physician, a man of letters, a soldier, a merchant?
37016What more just, also, than to love perfect goodness and the source of all love?
37016What now are the principal causes of these inequalities, which I call individual inequalities?
37016What objections has it raised?
37016What passion hast thou combated?
37016What shall I say of his moral education and intellectual development?
37016What shall disconcert or trouble or appear grievous to me?
37016What shall we say of Agamemnon?
37016What signifies to me anything that happens, while my soul is above it?
37016What use would it be to men to be all equal if they were all miserable?
37016What will be the natural result?
37016What would be more ridiculous than a seller who would make known the defects of the thing he puts up for sale?
37016What would be the result if the human race were deprived of half its means of subsistence?
37016What, then, are the ties to determine the existence of a country?
37016When we are yielding to a passion, do we wish to be repressed in it, have it repelled?
37016Where does barren enjoyment begin?
37016Where does legitimate need end?
37016Where does poverty stop?
37016Where would it be without me?
37016Wherein is the man who works mentally more idle than he who works with his hands?
37016Which of us has the better part, you or I?
37016Who can deny it?...
37016Who has told thee so?
37016Who is to decide that it shall go so far and no farther?
37016Who would reproach a man for being born blind, or because he became so in consequence of sickness or a blow?
37016Who, then, will assure us that it is different with us, and that we are the only ones free from this illusion?
37016Who, without the hope of gaining paradise, would think of God?
37016Why are some happy and others unhappy?
37016Why are the idle and prodigal sometimes rich?
37016Why are the poor overwhelmed by both work and poverty?
37016Why does every one work?
37016Why is there any inequality at all?
37016Why not look at the thing from the lender''s standpoint?
37016Why sayest thou: Virtue is nothing when thou art now about entering into the enjoyment of thine?
37016Why should I take so much trouble to so little purpose?
37016Why should it be allowable to get cured of the gout and not of life?
37016Why should not the cry of the animal express pain as does the cry of a child?
37016Why some rich, fortunate, powerful, intelligent, virtuous even?
37016Why the rich and the poor?
37016Why, for instance, is there in general very little merit in respecting other people''s property and abstaining from theft?
37016Why, on the other hand, is there great merit in sacrificing one''s life to the happiness of others?
37016Why, supposing this inequality must exist, has it no connection with merit or the work of the individual?
37016Why?
37016Will you never perceive what you are, or for what you were born, or for what purpose you are admitted to behold this spectacle?
37016Would it not also occur to thee to ask thyself whether thou art thyself worthy of happiness?
37016Would it not be to say at the same time give and not give, feed and not feed, share and not share?"
37016Would it really be doing good to these men to grant them the object of their desires, what may satisfy their passions?
37016Would they plunge the dagger in his breast at once?
37016Yet, is it always doing good to a person to procure him pleasure?
37016[ 121] In fact, what is temperance, if it is not a certain kind of courage before the pleasures of the senses?
37016[ 138] And shall I speak of Iris, loved and praised by all?
37016[ 173]_ Teacher._--What is thy greatest and even thy only wish on earth?
37016[ 174]_ Teacher._--Is it not always to succeed in everything according to thy wishes and will?
37016[ 82]"Another question presents itself now: How far, in its relation to its parents, should the child''s absolute obedience go?
37016_ Pretended Exceptions._--The duty of obedience to the laws must then be admitted as a principle; but is this duty absolute?
37016_ Teacher._--What do we call this necessity of acting conformably to the law of reason?
37016and does not this single condition, without equivalent, without exchange, carry with it the nullity of the act?
37016and if inequality must exist, why is it not in proportion to inequality of merit and individual work?
37016and is it always doing him harm, to cause him pain?
37016is it not susceptible of some exceptions?
37016of the wife, if not the husband?
37016said father Malebranche, coolly,"do you not know that these things do not feel?"
37016that the slander of a benefactor is the most criminal of slanders?
37016that to rob a benefactor is the most horrible of robberies?
37016the lies of a slanderer can destroy real virtues?
37016they would proceed to say,"than violate the treaty that binds thee to us, and trample under foot thy agreement?...
37016what economy, if not courage before the temptations of fortune?
37016what justice and benevolence, if not the courage to sacrifice self- interest to the interest of others?
37016what veracity, if not the courage to tell the truth under all circumstances?
37016who will deliver me from the body of this death?
6463( 1) Shall we aim directly at the happiness of all men now living?
6463( 1) Should everybody count as one, and nobody as more than one?
6463( 1) To whom shall the State grant a share in the formulation and execution of its laws?
6463( 2) Are some pleasures actually regarded as more desirable than others, solely through the application of the standard given above?
6463( 2) Shall we admit to the circle generations yet unborn?
6463( 2) Why not follow the analogy suggested by duties to the family, the neighborhood, the state?
6463( 3) Can a man do more than his duty?
6463( 3) Can the pleasure of a malignant act properly be called_ morally_ good at all?
6463( 4) Shall we enlarge the circle so as to include the lower animals?
6463( c) Who shall decide for us whether life is-- not desired, it is admittedly that, as a rule,--but, also,_ desirable_?
6463A fellow- countryman, a savage, a criminal, a bird, a fish-- all without distinction?"
6463ARGUMENTS AGAINST INTUITIONISM.--What may be urged against Intuitionism?
6463ARGUMENTS FOR INTUITIONISM.--What may be said in favor of intuitionism?
6463Absorbing as it may be to him, how can the philologist prove that his science is useful to humanity either present or prospective?
6463And art thou unwilling to do the work of a human being?
6463And dost thou not make haste to do that which is according to thy nature?"
6463And how many individuals shall we include in our reckoning?
6463And if so, on what ground?
6463And what is the natural and proper measure of punishment?
6463And what shall we say of such things as religious duties, of cheerfulness, of good manners, of personal cleanliness?
6463And where can a man seek ends of any sort beyond this broad field?
6463Are not religions, rationally compared, of different values?
6463Are pleasures, as pleasures, alike?
6463Are punishments to be"deterrent"?
6463Are the eldest sons of a few families peculiarly fitted by nature to be governors of the State?
6463Are the enlightened adherents of a given sect wholly ignorant of the tenets and of the arguments of another?
6463Are there not as many prizes as there are competitors?
6463Are we to regard him as a mere lawless egoist, or as something more?
6463Are, however, pleasures and pains strictly commensurable?
6463As Bentham expressed it: The question is not,"Can they_ reason_?
6463At what point does deception blossom out into the unmistakable lie?
6463Besides, is there any reason why the social will should be blind to the fact that men generally do desire to gain pleasure and to avoid pain?
6463But do men live well who leave morals out of the question?
6463But how decide who is the wise and good man?
6463But how discover what demands are just?
6463But how do things look when we turn our attention to the relations between states?
6463But is the-- we must admit, somewhat more disinterested-- resentment of the community a rational thing?
6463But to what law shall we have recourse?
6463But what degree of intensity will overbalance what period of duration?
6463But what shall be accounted guilt?
6463But what shall be done to the man who steals half of a ham or a third of a watermelon?]
6463But what shall we say of resolves which can not at once be carried out in action?
6463But who are the moralists?
6463But why does anyone object to his being a dirty fellow?
6463But why should this pattern man be assumed to be better or worthier than a man of a different sort?
6463But why should we limit ourselves to the standpoint of the individual, in judging of the rationality of ends?
6463But why?
6463But, it may be asked, how shall this end be defined in detail?
6463But_ how_ clean should he be?
6463By intuition?
6463By what means?
6463Can Moral Self- sacrifice be a Duty?
6463Can a man who listens to these three counsellors be sure that he is right in a given decision?
6463Can anything be said in favor of this impulse?
6463Can he be sure that the two are necessarily in accord?
6463Can it, then, be called self- realization?
6463Can it_ be approved?_ No reflective moralist would maintain that it can.
6463Can such, by any human ingenuity, be moulded into anything resembling an orderly community?
6463Can the Social Will object to a man''s striving to Realize his Capacities-- under proper control, and with a regard to others?
6463Can there be a rational adjustment of the claims of each?
6463Can we describe in the same terms what is natural to man everywhere and always?
6463Can we do away with the special claims of family, of neighborhood, of the state?
6463Can we put into one class those who preach a short- sighted selfishness or a calculating egoism and those who urge upon us the law of love?
6463Can we use the expression without going on to ask: Accepted where, when, and by whom?
6463Could a human society of any sort exist if there were no sympathy or tender feeling, no impulse to seek the company of other men?
6463Could there be a development of knowledge in the absence of curiosity?
6463Could there be a more striking contrast than that between the mediaeval code and those of the great Greek thinkers?
6463Did not a critical utilitarianism resolve itself into the doctrine of the Rational Social Will?
6463Do I perceive the man whom I see, when I look into a mirror, to be behind the mirror or in front of it?
6463Do I perceive the whereabouts of the coach which I hear rattling by my window, or does reasoning play its part in giving me information?
6463Do men really hold this, if they are thoughtful?
6463Do virtuous men, in so far as they are virtuous, stand in each other''s light?
6463Does any state actually make it a practice to treat its neighbor as itself?
6463Does he dishonor them who so views them?
6463Does he, as an individualist, stand within hail of Kant?
6463Does humanity, on the whole, gain or lose by a given degree of conservatism?
6463Does it not appear self- evident that a man should be law- abiding, honest, industrious, truthful, and capable of unselfishness?
6463Does it seem self- evident that it is reasonable, in general, to multiply desires with no guarantee of their satisfaction?
6463Does it, in dealing with other nations, civilized or backward, propose what is palpably to its own advantage, or is it evidently disinterested?
6463Does, then, anything seem more natural than egoism?
6463Equivocal Egoism?
6463Finally, as men are by nature social creatures, how can a man fully realize his capacities without becoming a truly unselfish being?
6463HUMAN NATURE AND THE OBJECTS CHOSEN.--What objects do men actually desire and will to attain?
6463Has it not dissolved into the doctrine of the Real Social Will?
6463Have men, collectively, no whims, no prejudices?
6463Have the animals rights?
6463Have there not been religions indisputably on a moral level lower than that of the community which they represent?
6463Have those who have had their share in oligarchies been peculiarly wise and peculiarly devoted to the common good?
6463Have we any other guarantee that we can make it, in the long run, rational, than a many- sided development of man''s capacities?
6463Have we been moving in the right direction, as judged by the standard of the Rational Social Will?
6463He who finds in him a greater exhibition of activity may with equal justice address to himself the question: Why is activity, in itself, of value?
6463How Can One Know the Moral Law?
6463How Discover Man''s Nature?
6463How are delights and miseries to be weighed, and reasonably balanced?
6463How are we to distinguish those that are always valid from others?
6463How can I here speak of the beginning of action?
6463How can it concern him to learn how the self came to be what it is, or what it will be in the distant future?
6463How can there be cooperation if there are no social habits upon which men may count in their dealings with one another?
6463How can we know that three pleasures counterbalance a pain?
6463How do we discover that, in an isosceles triangle, the sides which subtend the equal angles are equal?
6463How does it happen that their intelligence does not help them?
6463How far do the cases differ in principle?
6463How impartial and how ready to introduce innovations should men be in any field?
6463How is this seeming miracle accomplished?
6463How long would the race endure if the parental instinct were wholly lacking?
6463How much admixture of pain is called for to reduce the value of a pleasure to zero?
6463How much of the ballast of conservatism and of loyalty to tradition is it well to throw overboard in the interest of accelerated motion?
6463How shall we be benevolent?
6463How shall we judge of the blow that takes away human life?
6463How shall we persuade men that it is their duty to make this good their end?
6463How should one dress?
6463How should the individual choose his satisfactions?
6463How should the"lots"of happiness be measured?
6463How would it affect their standards of right and wrong were evolution expressly taken into account?
6463How"backward"must a nation be to give us the right to rule over it by force?
6463How, it has been asked, can an end, which does not, as yet, exist, be a cause which sets in motion the apparatus that brings about its own existence?
6463IS THERE AN ACCEPTED CONTENT?
6463If God is not going to repay him with interest for the pains which he gives himself, does he not play the part of a dupe in being good?
6463If a man has injured another unintentionally, shall he be held to make amends?
6463If a society can not be happy without cleanliness, for whatever reason, is it not the duty of the individual to be clean?
6463If a thing is_ proved_, how can a man_ help_ believing it?
6463If error is possible there, why not here?
6463If it is useful to go so far, may it not be much more useful to go still farther?
6463If my aim is unselfish devotion to humanity, how can I lose if my neighbor attains in the same running?
6463If the body and mind of man are products of evolution, must we not admit as much of man''s moral intuitions?
6463In answer to the question: Why should I act thus?
6463In answer to the question: Why should I say this or that?
6463In this case, may not the transaction properly be called self- sacrifice?
6463Is courage a virtue?
6463Is it a check to the action of the individual?
6463Is it by the mere fact that we_ will_ as we do, in a given instance?
6463Is it certain that its satisfaction does not imply self- denial?
6463Is it egoism that leads the young mother to give herself the exquisite pleasure of feeding and caring for her babes?
6463Is it irrational for the larger group to set such influences to work by holding the lesser group responsible in its collective capacity?
6463Is it not enough to set him thinking about it?
6463Is it not inevitable that reflective men, who cherish beliefs, should endeavor to give a more or less clear and reasoned account of them?
6463Is it not the duty of the nations to combine and to relieve suffering humanity?
6463Is it possible that I liked to do what I might not, simply and for no other reason than because I might not?"
6463Is it rational to be patriotic, even when one''s state is not much of a state?
6463Is it rational to favor one''s neighbor, to be proud of one''s native town, which may be a poor sort of a town?
6463Is it surprising that it should be difficult for men to determine just what one country, or what one race, owes to another?
6463Is justice a virtue?
6463Is no distinction to be made in the intensity of desires?
6463Is not the desirable what is desired by the rational will?
6463Is perseverance a virtue?
6463Is reason, then, synonymous with intelligence?
6463Is the Doctrine More Egoistic?
6463Is the conviction that one''s country is in the right a mere matter of scientific evidence?
6463Is the infant that stretches out its hands toward a bright object conscious of a desire to possess it?
6463Is the man who wants a short life and a merry one an"undesirable"from the standpoint of the Rational Social Will?
6463Is the reasoning unassailable?
6463Is the social will meant to be chiefly inhibitory?
6463Is there any measure of the degree of rationality of the social will itself?
6463Is there any scientific evidence open to the parallelist in psychology which is not also open to the interactionist?
6463Is there not a danger that an interest in these may hamper freedom of thought and encourage an undue conservatism?
6463Is, in such a case, the pleasure one to be called a"good"?
6463Is, then, the man who is willing to take the risk of breaking a bank, or holding up a stage- coach, in so far virtuous?
6463Is, then, the woman, who holds out to the bitter end in her desire to have the last word, in so far virtuous?
6463It is appealed to as rational; but how indicate clearly the end which it sets before itself and the obligations which it lays upon mankind?
6463May I, should I, on occasion, sacrifice myself?
6463May any and every method be embraced which seems adapted to avert a given evil or to attain to a desired end?
6463May it not, theoretically, include as much of the universe as is known to man?
6463May not the intense thrill of a moment more than counterbalance"four lukewarm hours?"
6463May one not say much the same of a community?
6463May this fairly be called egoistic doctrine?
6463May we apply the word in speaking of the single steps made by the traveler as he advances?
6463Merely from the standpoint of the individual?
6463Moreover, if the question may be raised: what constitutes justice?
6463Must the man who foresees this end approaching strive to hasten its arrival, or should he oppose it?
6463NOTES INDEX PART I THE ACCEPTED CONTENT OF MORALS CHAPTER I IS THERE AN ACCEPTED CONTENT?
6463Not_ desired_, by this man or by that, but_ desirable, reasonable_?
6463Of decisions the realization of which is deferred?
6463One truth has been seen, but has not another been treated with some injustice?
6463Or does the motion made follow the visual sensation as the wail follows the wound made by the pin?
6463Or is it something more-- the source of an ultimate standard of action, intuitively known, and by which all man''s actions must be judged?
6463Or shall we say that the vote was in pursuance of a multitude of minor ends, many of which had but an accidental connection with the ultimate end?
6463Or shall we say that they are in harmony with the apparent social will only, and really stand condemned?
6463Or would the men, as broader men, merely have to revise some of their moral judgments?
6463SELF- SACRIFICE AND THE IDENTITY OF SELVES.--Can it be maintained upon any other grounds than those adduced above?
6463Settlers eager to cultivate the land and to make it support many, where before it supported few, and supported those few miserably?
6463Shall a curiosity, which seems to lead nowhere, be satisfied?
6463Shall a similar end be pursued for the ethical purpose of widening the circle of those who shall live and be happy?
6463Shall he remain unprejudiced-- a floating mine, ready to explode at any accidental contact?
6463Shall his intuitions be those recommending a rational self- interest and a rational benevolence?
6463Shall the State only strive to repress grave disorders?
6463Shall they be permitted to keep back settlers from more or less civilized and densely populated countries?
6463Shall we class all those who frankly accept it as man''s only ultimate motive with Aristippus and Epicurus and Hobbes?
6463Shall we follow Cicero, and give only that which costs us nothing?
6463Shall we have them sit up to the table and serve them with the complete dinner, enlivening it with intellectual conversation?
6463Shall we merely draw up a list of the instincts and impulses which may be observable in all men?
6463Shall we say no more than that man is gifted with an intelligence superior to that of the brutes?
6463Shall we say that they represent the actual social will of the community until such time as they are done away with by a successful revolution?
6463Shall we say, in such a case, that the will of the majority was for the ultimate end?
6463Shall we say, without hedging, that a man has a right to the fruits of his labor, or that first occupation gives a right to the soil?
6463Shall we, then, regard a hearty appetite as a curse, to be mitigated but not wholly neutralized by a series of good dinners?
6463Shall we, when in doubt as to human behavior, copy that of the brutes?
6463Shall we_ believe_ and join ourselves with other_ believers_, for no better reason than that something happens to tempt our will?
6463Should every desire or group of desires receive recognition?
6463Should everybody count for one?
6463Should he hasten the decline of the community?
6463Should he not aim to develop his capacities, and in so far to diminish the dead mass of ignorance and bad taste which weighs down society?
6463Should he not have a regard for his health and efficiency?
6463Should the aim of punishment be the reformation of the criminal?
6463Should we punish merely that"justice"be done?
6463Should we visit pain upon him for the theft, merely because it is a theft, and without looking abroad for any other reason?
6463Should we, in punishing, aim at the prevention of crime?
6463Such advice takes cognizance of the self- love of the individual, and is not self- love reasonable?
6463Suppose I do not want to be happy, what is the source of the obligation?
6463Suppose an act appears to be commanded by one rule and forbidden by another?
6463THE ARGUMENT AGAINST EGOISM.--What may be said against egoism?
6463THE NECESSITY FOR CAUTION.--Shall a man, then, eschew patriotism, and become a citizen of the world, as though he were a Stoic philosopher?
6463THE NEGATIVE ASPECT OF THE MORAL LAW.--Why does the Moral Law, on the surface at least, appear to be so largely negative?
6463THE POINT IN DISPUTE.--Is there an accepted content of morals?
6463THE VIRTUES OF THE INDIVIDUAL.--What moral traits have we a right to look for in the individual man?
6463That prudence is not the only fundamental virtue, most men would be ready enough to admit; but is it properly speaking, a virtue at all?
6463That the present can not be cut wholly loose from it is manifest, but how far should its dependence be accepted?
6463The act is a heroic one, but is it clear that it conduces to the self- realization, not of the sister, but of the agent herself?
6463The question suggests itself, may there not be present, even in blindly impulsive action, something faintly corresponding to desire and will?
6463Then how prove that we will as we do, because of the equivalence of the pleasure to the pain?
6463Then why not admit that these may be replaced some day by other moral intuitions to be evolved in an unknown future?
6463Then why not be virtuous in demanding the pound of flesh, if it is the law-- as it once was?
6463Then, shall the man who is too weak to work be refused a right to the ownership of a coat?
6463Those who recommend a contempt of mankind, and those who inculcate a reverence for humanity?
6463To what court of appeal can we refer the conflicts which may arise when ultimate authorities disagree?
6463Was Hobbes really self- seeking when he gave the sixpence to the old beggar?
6463Was either group walled in hopelessly by sheer ignorance?
6463Was not Bentham quite right in maintaining that if all A''s interests were committed to B, and all B''s to A, the world would get on very badly?
6463Was not the turpitude, that excluded the Chinaman from Australia, traced to the two deadly sins of undue diligence and sobriety?
6463We may begin by pointing out that the question"apparent to whom?"
6463We treat the individual as a robber; why not admit that there are robber nations?
6463Were Socrates, St. Francis, Abraham Lincoln, Wilberforce, Thomas Hill Green, the slaves of their passions?
6463What Constitutes Substantial Agreement?
6463What and how should one eat?
6463What can be said in their defense?
6463What degree of recognition should be given to the will of each individual, or to the separate volitions and desires in the life of the individual?
6463What does it mean for the self to"identify"itself with a desire?
6463What happens in a typical case of deliberation and decision?
6463What has become of the Greatest Happiness Principle?
6463What is Egoism?
6463What is Meant by the Self?
6463What is Meant by the Term?
6463What is Utilitarianism?
6463What is best for the State, and, hence, for those who compose it?
6463What is it?
6463What is practicable in the actual condition in which a given state finds itself at a given time?
6463What is properly understood by"the greatest number"?
6463What is the Social Will?
6463What is the actual social will of a community during the interval?
6463What is the self?
6463What is, in its essence, this excellence or perfection of which we have more shining evidence as we go up in the scale?
6463What is_ desirable_?
6463What problems will face the Rational Social Will in the none too distant future?
6463What purpose do such habits serve?
6463What shall be the measure of retribution?
6463What sort of a man is it his duty to be?
6463What would become of a man who never desired food?
6463What would the life of a man be if he could feel no fear or repulsion?
6463When is one pleasure twice as great as another?
6463When should one rise in the morning?
6463When we seek, then, to"give pleasure,"are we doing nothing else than giving recognition to the desire and will of our neighbor?
6463When?
6463Where does the silence of indifference shade into purposed concealment, and the latter into what is unequivocally deception?
6463Where shall we look for a limit to the authority of the State?
6463Which was the greater offense?
6463Whither, then, shall we turn for our conception of man''s nature?
6463Who can mind his manners without being mannerly in accordance with the usages of some race or people?
6463Who can walk, without walking in some particular way, in some direction, at some time?
6463Who can wax eloquent in his condemnation of freedom?
6463Who finds the Christian Church on his side, when he advocates rapacity and the oppression of the helpless, without entering into details?
6463Who is that''Another''to whose greater good I ought not to prefer my own lesser good?
6463Who may dogmatize in matters so involved?
6463Who objects to Perfection as a"counsel of perfection?"
6463Who shakes the hand of the Sunday- school teacher and congratulates him upon having stolen nothing for a week?
6463Who shall be fixed upon as guilty?
6463Who shall decide between them?
6463Who shall furnish him with a new basis for his special science?
6463Who should be considered in the Distribution?
6463Who thinks of praising the young mother for feeding and washing her first- born?
6463Who wishes to have the inveterate habit of cracking the joints of his fingers or of biting his finger- nails?
6463Who, by an examination of the brain of a bee or of an ant, could foresee the intricate organized industry of the hive or the anthill?
6463Who, condemns justice and humanity in the abstract?
6463Who, save the Chinaman himself, thinks it as important that a Chinaman should have enough to eat as that an American or an Englishman should?
6463Why Aim to Realize Capacities?
6463Why did they insist so strenuously upon this, and incorporate it into their philosophy?
6463Why dilate upon what everybody knows?
6463Why kill a good man, when it is wrong to kill a bad one?
6463Why should it strive to attain to new conquests, to awaken in its members new wants and strain to satisfy them?
6463Why should society work out an extraordinary system of rewards for those whom it is already rewarding automatically?
6463Why should we refuse to learn from anyone?
6463Why should we, in the sphere of morals, lay claim to the possession of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
6463Why strive to rise above the average-- and fall into a divine discontent?
6463Why take less critical utilitarians as the only exponents of the school?
6463Why, for example, should the king of a primitive community be prohibited from sleeping lying down?
6463Why?
6463With what degree of impartiality?
6463Would its citizens approve of its doing so?
6463Would the discovery not facilitate immensely our dealings with our fellows, suggesting new possibilities of control?
6463Would the standards have to be abandoned?
6463Would this be justifiable?
6463[ Footnote: See the volume,_ Beyond Good and Evil,_"What is Noble?"
6463[ Footnote:_ Ibid_., Sec Sec 145- 149] But what is a man''s duty?
6463_ Ought_ I, for example, to try to make myself happy?
6463and are pains, as pains, alike?
6463and how much pleasure, added to a pain, will make the whole emotional state predominantly a pleasurable one?
6463and upon what principle shall"lots"of happiness be assigned to each?
6463and what can be said in, at least, partial defence of the actual historical procedure of the nations?
6463and, if natural, may it not be assumed to be proper and right?
6463and, if so, how far into the future should we look?
6463and, when we wish to rid the mind of any emotion, our_ motive_ may not be the avoidance of pain?
6463but, Can they_ suffer_?"
6463in other words, should strict impartiality be aimed at?
6463is not a far- sighted consistency the very mark of rational choice?
6463is there any standard to which its different expressions may be referred?
6463it may be exclaimed; how can that be?
6463may one not equally well ask: what constitutes veracity or its opposite?
6463nor, Can they_ talk_?
6463or shall it take a paternal interest in its citizens, making them virtuous and happy in spite of themselves?
6463or shall we content ourselves with a smaller number?
6463or shall we emulate St. Francis?
6463or that induces the patriot to die for his country?
6463or why should it be forbidden that he gaze upon the sea?
6463the doubter may reply: Desirable to whom?
6463to him or to me?
5775Is such a life eligible?
5775It is luxury which upholds states?
5775What is meant by''rationally''?
5775[ Footnote: Tolstoy, What Shall We Do Then? 5775 ''Happy,''my brother? 5775 ( 1) How can we know what is the will of God except by considering what makes for human welfare? 5775 ( 2) And what criterion should we have to judge what is virtuous? 5775 ( 6) Finally, we may ask of every proposed line of conduct, what will be its worth to us in memory? 5775 ( or What to Do?)] 5775 ( or, What To Do?) 5775 1Is divorce morally justifiable? 5775 ?
5775ALTEBNATIVE THEORIES... Is morality"categorical,"beyond need of justification?
5775ARE votes for women worth the similar evils which British suffragettes are drifting into?
5775And how shall we decide what is the best way?
5775And how shall we define virtue?
5775And how shall we define virtue?
5775And if a man feels no such"categorical imperative,"how can you prove to him it is there?
5775And may not he be justly deemed a fool who says that these pairs of pleasures are respectively alike?"
5775And that, therefore, morality itself would be the danger of dangers?"
5775And the problem, Which solutionis better?
5775And what else can welfare ultimately be but happiness?
5775And why?
5775And will those irritating acts actually forward their cause, or tend to bring about a revulsion of feeling?
5775Are altruistic impulses always right?
5775Are altruistic impulses always right?
5775Are competitive athletics desirable?
5775Are competitive athletics desirable?
5775Are n''t you?"
5775Are pleasures and pains incommensurable?
5775Are pleasures and pains incommensurable?
5775Are some pleasures worthier than others?
5775Are some pleasures worthier than others?
5775Are the rich justified in living in luxury?
5775Are the rich justified in living in luxury?
5775Are their fears well founded?
5775Are there not other things to be considered besides happiness?
5775BUT YOU HAVE NONE TO SHOW... And have you not a similar way of speaking about pain?
5775Because he is stronger, and can reward or punish?
5775But how do we know that it is good unless we have some deeper criterion to judge it by?
5775But how should we WISH others to act in the given situation?
5775But if that enthusiasm be challenged, how shall we justify it?
5775But if the deliverances of different men''s consciences conflict, how shall we know which to trust?
5775But is it necessary to destroy this splendidly efficient concentration of industry in order to avoid its evils?
5775But is it, any more than that, the ULTIMATE JUSTIFICATION of morality?
5775But is that connection a mere accident?
5775But is this so?
5775But perhaps some of thy active powers will be hindered?
5775But something external will stand in the way?
5775But the question"Why not?"
5775But what makes it the best way?
5775But what will be his comparative worth as a human being?
5775But why?
5775By what means was social morality produced?
5775By what means was social morality produced?
5775C. J. Hawkins, Will the Home Survive?
5775CAN WE BASE MORALITY UPON CONSCIENCE... What is the meaning of"moral intuitionism"?
5775CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF SOCIAL MORALITY How early was social morality developed?
5775CHAPTER III OUTWARD DEVELOPMENT-- MORALS What is the difference between morals and non- moral customs?
5775CHAPTER IV INWARD DEVELOPMENT-- CONSCIENCE What are the stages in the history of moral guidance?
5775CHAPTER IX THE JUDGMENT OF CHARACTER Wherein consists goodness of character?
5775CHAPTER V. THE INDIVIDUALIZING OF CONSCIENCE... Why did not the individualizing of conscience occur earlier?
5775CHAPTER VI CAN WE BASE MORALITY UPON CONSCIENCE?
5775CHAPTER VIII THE MEANING OF DUTY Why are there conflicts between duty and inclination?
5775CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE... What are the reasons for chastity before and fidelity after marriage?
5775COMMERCIALIZED VICE?
5775CULTURE AND ART... What is the value of culture and art?
5775Can we attain to greater health and efficiency?
5775Can we attain to greater health and efficiency?
5775Can we lay down any useful rules in the matter, indicating what types of cases require untruthfulness?
5775Can we maintain a steady under glow of happiness?
5775Can we maintain a steady under glow of happiness?
5775Can we say, with Kant, that the only good is the Good Will?
5775Can we say, with Kant, that the only good is the Good Will?
5775Commercialized vice?
5775Crime?
5775Crime?
5775Did he live up to his conscience?
5775Did the crimes of the Jesuits make the Church triumphant?
5775Do men always act for pleasure or to avoid pain?
5775Do moral acts always bring happiness somewhere?
5775Do moral acts always bring happiness somewhere?
5775Do the deliverances of different people''s consciences agree?
5775Do the deliverances of different people''s consciences agree?
5775Do we say, because conscience makes for our best welfare?
5775Does the end justify the means?
5775Does the end justify the means?
5775Does the proposition that it is my pecuniary interest to choose the most valuable, therefore, become doubtful?
5775EQUALITY AND PRIVILEGE... What flagrant forms of inequality exist in our society?
5775Even if we grant the superior authority of the Hebrew- Christian Bible, can we rely on its teachings implicitly?
5775Even, however, if conscience led us all in the same direction, would that prove its authority?
5775Every choice involves rejection; infinite possibilities diverge before us; which among the myriad impulses that call upon us shall we follow?
5775Expediency asks,"How shall I do this?"
5775FELLOWSHIP, LOYALTY, AND LUXURY... what social relationships impose claims upon us?
5775First, did he do the best he knew?
5775Free trade and protection?
5775Free trade and protection?
5775From the same lips came the final answer to the question,"Who is my neighbour?"
5775Government regulation of prices, profits, and wages?
5775Government regulation of prices, profits, and wages?
5775HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY... What is the moral importance of health?
5775How can we decide between them?
5775How can we have enjoyment without being wrecked by it; how can we make life rich and yet keep it pure?
5775How can we judge impartially between our standards and those of the Fiji Islanders?
5775How can we justify that judgment?
5775How can we reconcile egoism and altruism?
5775How can we reconcile egoism and altruism?
5775How did these germinal forms of courage, prudence, industriousness, etc, first come into existence?
5775How do we actually decide in such cases?
5775How do we know that God is not an arbitrary tyrant?
5775How do we know that good will is good, unless we can see WHY it is good?
5775How do we know that it is a revelation of God except by our experience of the beneficence of its teachings?
5775How early in the evolutionary process did personal morality of some sort emerge?
5775How far has the moralizing process been blind and how far conscious?
5775How far has the moralizing process been blind and how far conscious?
5775How has morality been fostered by the tribe?
5775How has morality been fostered by the tribe?
5775How many"greatest American newspapers"are there?
5775How much of the public moneys should be put into this and how much into that undertaking?
5775How shall we feel assured that we are following a real duty, pursuing an actual good, and not being led astray by a mere prejudice or convention?
5775How should patriotism be directed and qualified?
5775How should patriotism be directed and qualified?
5775How, for example, shall we ascertain from the Bible the will of God with respect to the trust problem, or currency reform, or penal legislation?
5775How, then, can we decide between conflicting ideals and estimate their relative value?
5775IF virtue is simply conduct that makes most truly for happiness, why are not all but fools virtuous?
5775INTRINSICALLY they may be equally desirable, or the latter may even be keener pleasures?
5775INWARD DEVELOPMENT- CONSCIENCE... What are the stages in the history of moral guidance?
5775If Benedict Arnold was a sincere convert to the British cause, did he do right in trying to deliver West Point into their hands?
5775If any particular command of the inner voice may be morally wrong, how can we trust it at all?
5775If conscience everywhere agreed in its dictates, could we base morality upon it?
5775If conscience everywhere agreed in its dictates, could we base morality upon it?
5775If morality does not exist for human welfare, what is it good for?
5775If we mean by the question,"Wherein is happiness to be found, by doing what can we attain it?"
5775In every case, then, the question must arise: Is the end to be attained worth the cost?
5775In the case of the intuition- theory it is easy to discern the reasons that have kept it alive?
5775In what directions are our standards of truthfulness low?
5775In what directions are our standards of truthfulness low?
5775In what ways should the State seek to better human environment?
5775In what ways should the State seek to better human environment?
5775In which of these ways shall we"realize"ourselves?
5775Instead of these endless attempts to cure the natural results of the system, is there not need of a radical reconstruction?
5775Is continued idleness ever justifiable?
5775Is continued idleness ever justifiable?
5775Is divorce morally justifiable?
5775Is it an adequate justification to say that morality is what makes for self- development or self- realization?
5775Is it expedient to allow this accumulated wealth to bring an income to its possessors?
5775Is it not likely that the usefulness of virtue has something to do with its origin and existence?
5775Is it not the height of irrationality to bow down before an unexplained and mysterious impulse and allow it to sway our conduct without knowing why?
5775Is it wrong to gamble, bet, or speculate?
5775Is it wrong to gamble, bet, or speculate?
5775Is it wrong to smoke?
5775Is it wrong to smoke?
5775Is moral progress certain?
5775Is moral progress certain?
5775Is morality merely subjective and relative?
5775Is morality merely subjective and relative?
5775Is morality"categorical,"beyond need of justification?
5775Is not reason, as it has been recently called,"the ultimate conscience"?
5775Is not, perhaps, the whole system morally wrong?
5775Is self- development or self- realization the ultimate end?
5775Is self- development, or self- realization, the ultimate end?
5775Is the heroic inspiration we name Virtue but some Passion, some bubble of the blood, bubbling in the direction others PROFIT by?
5775Is the source of duty the will of God?
5775Is the source of duty the will of God?
5775Is the will of God the SOURCE of morality?
5775Is there any way of reconciling these opposing interests except by an unhappy and regrettable sacrifice?
5775Is there anything better than morality?
5775Is there anything better than morality?
5775Is there no other way of securing votes for women than by the hysterical and criminal pranks our British sisters have been playing?
5775Is this act not only a good one, is it the best one for that moment of our lives?
5775Is this irrational, or can it be shown to be teleologically justifiable?
5775It asks,"What shall I do to be saved?"
5775It is but one specific type of impulse among many; why should it be given the reins, the control over all?
5775It is reassuring to divide the world into the sheep and the goats?
5775LIBERTY AND LAW... What are the essential aspects of the ideal of liberty?
5775Let us ask in every case, Does this expenditure bring use, health, joy commensurate with the labor it represents?
5775May he by use of the argumentum ad populum, by his eloquence and skill, win a case which he does not believe in at heart?
5775May he so manipulate the facts in his plea as to convince a jury of what he is himself not convinced?
5775May it not even be better drastically to choke our natures, better to get a new nature than to realize the old?
5775May not a man have good will and yet do much mischief?
5775May we attempt to stifle the utterance of( c) such other untruths as are inexcusable in the light of our common knowledge?
5775Moral philosophy asks the deeper and more significant question, What SHALL we do?
5775Morality is made for man, for his use and guidance; what could possibly have greater sanctity or authority for him?
5775Moreover, there are those who feel no call to follow conscience; how could we prove to them that they ought?
5775Must I not choose as well as I can, and if I choose wrongly, must I give up my ground of choice?
5775Must it not show its credentials before it can legitimately command our allegiance?
5775Must this conflict be eternal?
5775Must we deny that duty is the servant of happiness?
5775Must we deny that duty is the servant of happiness?
5775OBJECTIONS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS... Do men always act for pleasure or to avoid pain?
5775OUTWARD DEVELOPMENT- MORALS... What is the difference between morals and non- moral customs?
5775Observation can teach us, slowly, what conduct makes for happiness; but what conduct makes for"self- development"?
5775On what grounds shall we decide?
5775One may well say,"Who are we of the upper classes to throw the first stone?"
5775Or are we right in execrating him for his attempted breach of trust?
5775Or how do we know that the whole thing is not superstition?
5775Or if we mean,"What is the psychology of happiness?"
5775Or who in anger, grief, or fear is actuated to the movements which he makes by the pleasures which they yield?
5775Ought the trusts to be broken up or regulated?
5775Ought the trusts to be broken up, or regulated?
5775Ought we to do this?
5775Ought we to slacken our process of lawmaking lest we make the yoke too hard to bear?
5775Out of what has conscience developed?
5775Out of what has conscience developed?
5775PATRIOTISM AND WORLD- PEACE... What is the meaning and value of patriotism?
5775POLITICAL PURITY AND EFFICIENCY... What are the forces making for corruption in politics?
5775PROBLEMS OF CONDUCT INTRODUCTORY What is the field of ethics?
5775PROFIT SHARING, COOPERATION, AND CONSUMERS''LEAGUES?
5775Perhaps more comfortably, less dangerously, but also in humbler style- more meanly?
5775Poverty and inadequate living conditions?
5775Poverty and inadequate living conditions?
5775Problems would arise on all hands: On what basis should the wage- rate in this industry and in that be determined?
5775Profit- sharing, cooperation, consumers''leagues?
5775SICKNESS AND PREVENTABLE DEATH?
5775SOCIALISM?
5775Secondly, did he do what was really best?
5775Shall a man who is needed by his family risk his life to save a ne''er- do- well?
5775Should art be censored in the interests of morality?
5775Should art be censored in the interests of morality?
5775Should existing laws always be obeyed?
5775Should existing laws always be obeyed?
5775Should we live"according to nature,"and adjust ourselves to the evolutionary process?
5775Should we live"according to nature,"and adjust ourselves to the evolutionary process?
5775Should we not praise only the man who fights his inclinations, does right when he does not want to, and without foresight of ultimate gain?
5775Sickness and preventable death?
5775So that just morality were to blame, if a HIGHEST MIGHTINESS AND SPLENDOR of type of man- possible in itself were never attained?
5775Socialism?
5775THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM... What are the causes of the use of alcoholic drinks?
5775THE BASIS OF RIGHT AND WRONG... What is the nature of that intrinsic goodness upon which ultimately all valuations rest?
5775THE JUDGMENT OF CHARACTER... Wherein consists goodness of character?
5775THE MEANING OF DUTY... Why are there conflicts between duty and inclination?
5775THE MECHANISM OF SELF- CONTROL... What are our potentialities of greater self- control?
5775THE ORIGIN OF PERSONAL MORALITY... How early in the evolutionary process did personal morality of some sort emerge?
5775THE ORIGIN OF SOCIAL MORALITY... How early was social morality developed?
5775THE SOLUTION OF PERSONAL PROBLEMS... What are the inadequacies of instinct and impulse that necessitate morality?
5775THE SOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS... Why should we be altruistic?
5775TO COMPETITORS?
5775TO EMPLOYEES?
5775TO INVENTORS?
5775TRADE UNIONS AND STRIKES?
5775TRUTHFULNESS AND ITS PROBLEMS... What are the reasons for the obligation of truthfulness?
5775The actual question is, Is the happiness of a fool, or of an oyster( if happiness it has) as worthy, as objectively desirable, as that of a wise man?
5775The air is full of proposals, invectives, causes, movements; how shall we know which to espouse and which to reject, or where best to lend a hand?
5775The answer to the Epicurean''s heedlessness is expressed in such lines as"What is this world''s delight?
5775The control of immigration?
5775The control of immigration?
5775The general point of view may be found, more temperately stated, in F. H. Bradley''s Ethical Studies, the chapter entitled"Why Should I be Moral?"
5775The question, however, persistently recurs, Why should the INDIVIDUAL be altruistic?
5775The single tax?
5775The single tax?
5775The woman''s movement?
5775The woman- movement?
5775To all this organizing activity we might say, Cui bono, for what good?
5775To competitors?
5775To employees?
5775To investors?
5775To the public?
5775To the public?
5775To what aims shall we give our allegiance?
5775Tolstoy, What Shall We Do Then?
5775Tolstoy, What is Art?
5775Virtue asks,"Shall I do this or that?"
5775WAS the advancement of the Church worth the cost in human suffering, estrangement, and bitterness that the Jesuits exacted?
5775WHY should we organize our interests; why not deny them like the ascetics?
5775Was his conscience properly developed and directed?
5775Was this department head fair in discharging this man and promoting that man?
5775We OUGHT, we OUGHT- but what?
5775We have in mind the concrete virtues which have been developed; but what common function have these habits of conduct, so produced, had in human life?
5775We have"harnessed heredity"to produce better types of wheat and roses and cattle and horses and dogs; why not produce better types of men?
5775Were not the French army officers sane in preferring to make Dreyfus their scapegoat rather than bring dishonor and shame upon their army?
5775What are our potentialities of greater self- control?
5775What are the causes of the use of alcoholic drinks?
5775What are the dangers of conventional morality?
5775What are the dangers of conventional morality?
5775What are the essential aspects of the ideal of liberty?
5775What are the ethics of the following schemes: I. Trade- unions and strikes?
5775What are the evil results of political corruption?
5775What are the evil results of political corruption?
5775What are the evils in undue self- indulgence?
5775What are the evils in undue self- indulgence?
5775What are the evils in undue self- repression?
5775What are the evils in undue self- repression?
5775What are the evils of war?
5775What are the evils of war?
5775What are the evils that result from alcoholic liquors?
5775What are the evils that result from alcoholic liquors?
5775What are the factors in an ideal marriage?
5775What are the factors in an ideal marriage?
5775What are the forces making for corruption in politics?
5775What are the gravest moral dangers of our times?
5775What are the gravest moral dangers of our times?
5775What are the inadequacies of instinct and impulse that necessitate morality?
5775What are the reasons for chastity before and fidelity after marriage?
5775What are the reasons for the obligation of truthfulness?
5775What can be done by eugenics?
5775What can we do to hasten world- peace?
5775What can we do to hasten world- peace?
5775What dangers are there in culture and art for life?
5775What dangers are there in culture and art for life?
5775What definition of morality emerges from this?
5775What definition of morality emerges from this?
5775What does HE get out of it?
5775What evils may go with conscientiousness?
5775What evils may go with conscientiousness?
5775What exceptions are allowable to the duty of truthfulness?
5775What exceptions are allowable to the duty of truthfulness?
5775What factors are to be considered in estimating the worth of personal moral ideals?
5775What factors are to be considered in estimating the worth of personal moral ideals?
5775What flagrant forms of inequality exist in our society?
5775What forces made against custom- morality?
5775What forces made against custom- morality?
5775What general duties do we owe our fellows?
5775What general duties do we owe our fellows?
5775What general remedies for industrial wrongs are feasible?
5775What general remedies for industrial wrongs are feasible?
5775What harm can be done thereby, and why cause her useless embarrassment?
5775What has been the net result of the process?
5775What have been the benefits of war?
5775What have been the benefits of war?
5775What if the reverse were true?
5775What is being done to abolish this ghastliest of evils?
5775What is conscience now?
5775What is conscience now?
5775What is extrinsic goodness?
5775What is extrinsic goodness?
5775What is most important in cultural education?
5775What is most important in cultural education?
5775What is responsibility?
5775What is responsibility?
5775What is the exact meaning of selfishness and unselfishness?
5775What is the exact meaning of selfishness and unselfishness?
5775What is the field of ethics?
5775What is the justification of justice and chivalry?
5775What is the justification of justice and chivalry?
5775What is the justification of praise and blame?
5775What is the justification of praise and blame?
5775What is the meaning and value of patriotism?
5775What is the meaning of"moral intuitionism"?
5775What is the moral importance of health?
5775What is the nature of that intrinsic goodness upon which ultimately all valuations rest?
5775What is the plausibility of moral intuitionism?
5775What is the plausibility of moral intuitionism?
5775What is the political duty of the citizen?
5775What is the political duty of the citizen?
5775What is the value of conscience?
5775What is the value of conscience?
5775What is the value of culture and art?
5775What is this ideal of liberty, and how should it affect our efforts at industrial regeneration?
5775What legislative checks to corruption are possible?
5775What legislative checks to corruption are possible?
5775What mental and moral obstacles hinder altruistic action?
5775What mental and moral obstacles hinder altruistic action?
5775What methods of equalizing opportunity are possible?
5775What methods of equalizing opportunity are possible?
5775What might we have been doing with our time and strength or money?
5775What now is the price that must be paid for its use?
5775What safeguards against unchastity are necessary?
5775What safeguards against unchastity are necessary?
5775What self- respecting man can eat"caviar on principle"when another has not even bread?
5775What shall we choose and from what refrain?
5775What shall we fight for and what against?
5775What shall we say to this plea?
5775What shall we say to this?
5775What should be done in the way of public education?
5775What should be done in the way of public education?
5775What should be our attitude toward the use of alcoholic liquors by others?
5775What should be our attitude toward the use of alcoholic liquors by others?
5775What should be the attitude of the individual toward alcoholic liquors?
5775What should be the attitude of the individual toward alcoholic liquors?
5775What social relationships impose claims upon us?
5775What sort of conduct, then, is good?
5775What sort of conduct, then, is good?
5775What warrant have we for saying that our code is a better one than theirs?
5775What were the main causes that produced personal morality?
5775What were the main causes that produced personal morality?
5775What, in general, has been the direction of moral progress?
5775What, in general, has been the direction of moral progress?
5775What, then, is the rationale of these emotion- reactions?
5775Which shall a man obey?
5775Who are the happiest people in the world?
5775Who blushes to escape the discomfort of not blushing?
5775Who smiles for the pleasure of smiling, or frowns for the pleasure of the frown?
5775Why did not the individualizing of conscience occur earlier?
5775Why is any one better than another?
5775Why not train men to supplant a blind sense of duty by a conscious insight, a rational valuation of ends and means?
5775Why should we be altruistic?
5775Why should we bow down to a command shot at us out of the air, a command irrelevant to our actual interests?
5775Why should we imitate such ruthless ways?
5775Why should we study ethics?
5775Why should we study ethics?
5775Why, however, do we rate the pleasures of temperance and wisdom above those of intemperance and folly?
5775Will the spirit of lawlessness spread?
5775Would not the ACT OF MEASURING be the saving principle?"]
5775Year by year we are extending our network of laws over human conduct; more and more pertinent becomes the them?
5775[ Footnote: For an arraignment of the money thrown away on modern decadent art, see Tolstoy''s What is Art?
5775[ Footnote: See his What Shall We Do Then?
5775[ Footnote: Tolstoy also hit the nail on the head in his little essay, Why do Men Stupefy Themselves?]
5775also Tolstoy, in What to Do?
5775and Who is my neighbor?
5775and the further question, Are there times when the law may be rightly disobeyed?
5775hat can be done by eugenics?
5775how many have been repealed because they were mischievous?
5775rather than"What shall I do to serve?"
5775says Bradley,"the one question which no one can answer is, what is happiness?"
5775though it has never been at all widespread among thinking men?
12508''A method independent of experience,''he cried,"why, what kind of a method would that be?"
12508''Quelle perte irréparable?'' 12508 A kind of instinct?
12508A what?
12508And after that?
12508And also the faculty of seeking Bad?
12508And can you conceive yourself doing that? 12508 And do you think,"I replied,"that there is not more truth in poetry than in philosophy or science?"
12508And going round to the side facing the river, I saw there inscribed:''_ Turris Artis_?''
12508And have you found a way?
12508And how do you define it?
12508And how does that come about?
12508And how is that?
12508And how, may I ask,said Wilson, after a pause,"in your conception, is Good related to Happiness?"
12508And in the one case we say that the man does right, when he stays and fights; and in the other that he does wrong, when he runs away?
12508And is that your idea of Good?
12508And it is something, as I said, that lies in the future? 12508 And so it is really true that every soldier who dies on the field of battle does so only by virtue of a miscalculation?
12508And sometimes one prevails and sometimes the other?
12508And such a knowledge, if we could attain it, you would call the Good?
12508And that you can not conceive yourself as choosing otherwise? 12508 And that, you think, would not be the case with a true and perfect Good?"
12508And there can be no knowledge of Good independent of experience?
12508And these conditions, you think, are fulfilled by the objects of thought as you defined them? 12508 And this war, I presume, you believe to be a good thing?"
12508And this, which is the end of Nature, according to you, is also the Good?
12508And what do you say to that?
12508And what is common sense?
12508And what is that?
12508And what is that?
12508And what may that be?
12508And what''s the difference?
12508And which is that?
12508Are they?
12508As it really is to whom, or in whom?
12508Besides, have we ended?
12508Besides,cried Leslie,"even if there were anything finally established, what right have we to judge that the established is the Good?"
12508But I was thinking of the kind of method, for example, that is worked out by Hegel in his_ Logic_?
12508But are there any such Goods?
12508But are there no people of whose existence you approve?
12508But are there not men who deliberately choose what they think bad, like Milton''s Satan--''Evil be thou my Good''?
12508But at least you will admit that there is more pleasure in some physical experiences? 12508 But at the same time the Good, whatever it be, ought to be intelligible in the sense you have explained?"
12508But believing, surely, that these things are good?
12508But could we?
12508But did n''t we?
12508But do you really think,I urged,"that everything in the world is good?"
12508But do you reduce our passion for Good to this passion for Love?
12508But do you think there is any knowledge of Good at all, even by that method? 12508 But even if it were perfect,"cried Ellis,"would it be any the better?
12508But good for whom, if not for them? 12508 But how can we believe what we do n''t know?"
12508But how is that? 12508 But how should it be necessary?
12508But how would you define it?
12508But how''practically bound''?
12508But if we can judge of Good at all, why do we not judge rightly? 12508 But in what sense do you understand the word community?"
12508But in what sense? 12508 But is Nature, then, a conscious being?"
12508But is each good in itself? 12508 But is it because of that Good which he realizes for himself that his life has significance?
12508But is n''t it rather odd,said Ellis,"that we should be able to resist Nature?"
12508But is n''t it yours?
12508But is that the function of the community?
12508But is the difference really so radical as all that?
12508But is the life the better for the law, in the sense, I mean, in which law involves constraint? 12508 But is there any activity,"objected Leslie,"which is not merely a means?"
12508But might there not be some way of judging between opinions?
12508But similar in what respect,he asked,"if they are not to have similar defects?"
12508But suppose they did? 12508 But surely you will admit that opinions do differ?"
12508But surely,I said,"you must see that any discussion about Good must turn somehow upon our perception of it?
12508But the question is, to which of them do you swear allegiance? 12508 But then, I ask in my turn, in what sense_ is_ it?"
12508But then, in what sense_ is_ it?
12508But then,objected Wilson,"what method is left you?
12508But wait how? 12508 But what do you mean by the soul?"
12508But what do you mean by''validity''?
12508But what persons? 12508 But what right have we, then, to make such assumptions?"
12508But what sort of people? 12508 But what, then, would you call the Good itself?"
12508But where,argued Wilson,"do you find your necessity?
12508But who are''we''?
12508But why consider such a hypothetical case?
12508But why not?
12508But why not?
12508But why should we choose to do either? 12508 But why strange?"
12508ButI said,"how can that be?
12508But, Parry,I interposed,"are you a Utilitarian?"
12508But, at any rate, do you abandon the position that we can take the ideas of our time as a final criterion?
12508But,I objected,"is it so certain that it is well- being that is kept in view?
12508But,I protested,"who said anything about boys and girls and kisses and village greens?"
12508But,I replied,"_is_ the body alien?
12508But,I said,"do you not think the same about personal immortality?"
12508But,I said,"putting the sufferer out of the question, what would really be the opinion of the people for whom he was to suffer?
12508But,I said,"what do you mean by intelligible?"
12508But,I said,"when you say that you trust the instinct, do you mean that you judge it to be good?"
12508But,I urged,"do you really think we ought?
12508But,broke in Leslie,"what does it matter whether it be true or no?
12508But,cried Leslie, who during this speech had found obvious difficulty in containing himself,"what is this instinct which you bid us follow?
12508But,he objected,"apart from other difficulties, in your method of discovering the Good is there no place for Reason at all?"
12508But,objected Dennis,"do you think that it is in the moment of suffering that one is most competent to judge about the reality of pain?"
12508But,objected Parry,"what proof is there that there is any standard at all in such matters?"
12508But,said Dennis,"to return to the other point, on your view is our knowledge of Good altogether subsequent to experience?"
12508Ca n''t you?
12508Ca n''t you?
12508Can you not?
12508Conclusions about what?
12508Did n''t you?
12508Do n''t you like it?
12508Do you believe then that there is nothing which is good for people in general?
12508Do you mean logically necessary?
12508Do you mean that it is self- contradictory?
12508Do you mean that we must believe that our opinions are right?
12508Do you mean to say that you really agree with Bentham that, quantity of pleasure being equal, pushpin is as good as poetry?
12508Do you mean to say, then,said Leslie,"that because this instinct is so strong therefore it is always good to follow it?"
12508Do you mean to say,said Parry,"that moral action has no Good in itself but is only a means to some other Good?"
12508Do you not? 12508 Does Good then hang, as it were, in the air, being Good for nobody at all?"
12508Does that apply to Nero, for example?
12508Good, that is, not merely for yourself but for the world at large? 12508 Have they any?"
12508He means he wo n''t,said Ellis, breaking in with his usual air of an unprejudiced outsider,"But after all, what does it really matter?
12508How can I?
12508How do you mean''practically bound?''
12508How do you mean?
12508How do you mean?
12508How do you mean?
12508How do you mean?
12508How do you mean?
12508How do you mean?
12508How do you mean?
12508How is it, then, that you consider it disgraceful that a man should run away in battle?
12508How represents?
12508How should I? 12508 How should there be, in the absence of any external objective test?"
12508How so?
12508I do n''t ask''why not''?
12508I do n''t say it may not be so; but does one believe it to be so? 12508 I do,"I replied,"but how about the others?"
12508I doubt it"But how then do you account for what you call bad men?
12508I suppose it must be,I said,"but once more, could you say more precisely wherein the satisfaction consists?
12508I''ve been trying in vain to make head or tail of it"Why should I take a position at all?
12508I? 12508 In what respect?"
12508In what then?
12508In what way do I not?
12508In whose experience?
12508Is it then,I asked,"a defect in content that you are driving at?
12508Is it your idea then,I continued,"that this Good so discovered, would be out of all relation to what we call goods?
12508Is it?
12508Is that really what you think?
12508My dear Ellis,protested Wilson,"what''s the use of talking like that?
12508Necessary, why?
12508No doubt, if you choose to look at it; but why should you? 12508 No doubt; but would he?
12508No one, I suppose, would identify that with Good?
12508No, I think not"How, then, should we feel towards such a Good?
12508No, it is n''t"But why not?
12508No,I said,"but they would have been sacrificed; and surely it comes to the same thing?"
12508No,I said,"but why ca n''t you help it?"
12508Nor do you feel sure that anyone else has?
12508Now,he said, as he finished,"is that, may I ask, the kind of thing that it amuses you to call mere illusion?"
12508Of course,said Leslie,"their Beauty is their only_ raison d''être_?"
12508Oh well, if you deny that--"Well, if I deny that?
12508Or the liver?
12508Or the vermiform appendix?
12508Perhaps it is,I said,"but surely not of perception, as you said, simple and infallible?"
12508Perhaps the faculty that judges is itself an instinct?
12508Perhapssaid Leslie,"but what then?
12508Perhaps,I replied,"but the question I wished to raise was the more modest one, whether we can help it?
12508Perhaps,I said,"but surely not to the work of Art as Good?
12508Perhaps; but in what respect inferior?
12508Really,cried Audubon,"really?
12508Should you say, then,I asked,"that we are nearer to knowing whether or no the soul is immortal?"
12508So that knowledge, to be perfect, must not be of sense, but only of pure thought, as Plato suggested long ago?
12508Supposing,I said,"that we grant the whole of your position, how does it help us to judge what is good?"
12508That aim, then, is your Good?
12508That may be sound enough,I said,"but will you not describe more in detail the kind of life which you consider to be good?"
12508That, you find, is the effect of travel?
12508The ideal of our own time?
12508Then does nothing exist except my states?
12508Then is it a good thing to earn your living?
12508Then it is a good thing to live?
12508Then what about the world before I existed, and after I cease to exist?
12508Then your hypothesis is that Good has to be brought about, even while you admit that in some sense it is?
12508This activity itself of inventing brief formulæ to resume the routine of our perceptions?
12508Very well, then, what activity?
12508Well then,I continued,"how is it with all our social and other ideals?
12508Well then,he said, impatiently,"what is the good of all this discussion?"
12508Well, I suppose that is love, of a sort?
12508Well, and if so?
12508Well, anyhow, do you admit the existence of Bad?
12508Well, but what about it?
12508Well, but what does he say?
12508Well, but what is the relation of the pain as it is in God to the pain that appears to us?
12508Well, but what_ is_ the Good of it? 12508 Well, but,"Leslie protested,"how can we?"
12508Well, then, how does your theory of instincts help us to know what is Good? 12508 Well, then,"said Ellis,"what''s the good of talking?"
12508Well, what then?
12508Well, what?
12508Well,I said,"but what in particular?"
12508Well,I said,"we shall not, I suppose, just now, come to a closer agreement But is there anyone else who shares your view?
12508Well,I said,"what is it?
12508Well,he proceeded,"biology, as you know, starts with the single cell----""How do you spell it?"
12508Well,he said,"and what greater Good could there be?"
12508Well,he said,"and why not?"
12508Well,he said,"but what of that?
12508Well,he said,"granting, for the moment, that you are right-- what follows?"
12508Well,he said,"if you like-- what then?"
12508Well,he said,"you fire- eater, and why not?
12508Well,said Ellis,"what is it, you man of forlorn hopes?"
12508Well,said Wilson,"but you will admit at least the paramount importance of the study of Nature, if we are ever to form a right judgment?"
12508Well?
12508Well?
12508Well?
12508What are they? 12508 What are we then,"asked Bartlett,"you and I?"
12508What are you not?
12508What basis?
12508What characteristic is that?
12508What difficulties?
12508What do you do, then, if you do not read books?
12508What do you mean by that?
12508What do you mean by that?
12508What do you mean?
12508What do you mean?
12508What do you say to works of Art? 12508 What do you say, Parry?"
12508What does he deny, then?
12508What does that mean?
12508What has science to do with it?
12508What has_ not_ science to do with?
12508What have you been thinking then?
12508What is it?
12508What is it?
12508What is real? 12508 What is that?"
12508What is the question?
12508What kind of thing?
12508What ought to be done, then?
12508What point?
12508What then is your idea?
12508What then? 12508 What was that?"
12508What, thenI said,"do you suggest?"
12508What,I asked,"is the point of disagreement?"
12508What? 12508 What_ is_ your position, Ellis?"
12508Where?
12508Whereas a true Good, you think, must be good in essence and substance?
12508Whereas in the case of Goods of sense----?
12508Which do you call the important facts?
12508Which means-- to drop the metaphor----?
12508Which one?
12508Who is he?
12508Why do you keep saying''_ Our_ Good''?
12508Why do you live, then?
12508Why do you not say_ the_ Good? 12508 Why not?"
12508Why should I not? 12508 Why, then, we return, do we not, to the position of Parry, that the Good is that of some particular generation?
12508Why, what is your difficulty?
12508Why, what''s the matter?
12508Why, you Methuselah, what has age got to do with it?
12508Why,I said,"suppose the very object we are in search of should be found just there?"
12508Why,continued Dennis,"should there not be a method of discovering Good independently of all experience?"
12508Why,he said,"what is your idea of Knowledge?"
12508Why? 12508 Why?"
12508Yes,he replied,"why not?
12508Yes,he said,"I remember":"Is it wonderful that I should be immortal?
12508Yes; but how do we define pleasure?
12508Yes; do n''t you think so too?
12508You are thinking, then, of a special kind of love?
12508You do n''t repudiate such activities then?
12508You do not profess then,I said,"to have discovered any such method yourself?"
12508You mean that no one could be serious in such a denial?
12508You mean, I suppose, war and politics, and such things as that? 12508 You mean,"interposed Ellis,"that there is more pleasure in scratching?"
12508You say, then, that we have to accept in practice what we deny in theory?
12508You say,I began,"that by Good we mean the Good of the community?"
12508You simply lie down and block the road?
12508You suggest, then, that Beauty is akin to something in us, in a way analogous to that in which, according to me, ideas are akin to thought?
12508You think, in fact, with the poet, that''all that is, is good''?
12508( 2) In pursuing Good, for whom do we pursue it?
12508( b) Whether a belief in it is essential to a reasonable pursuit of Good?
12508After some talk about their expedition, he turned to me and said,"We ought to apologise, I suppose, for interrupting a discussion?"
12508And I suppose you would hardly maintain, any more than Wilson did, that the Good may consist in knowledge of Bad?"
12508And as to the Good that is in God, who knows or cares about it?
12508And does every instinct require another to justify it, and so_ ad infinitum_?"
12508And how does it bear upon Art?"
12508And now, have they any other defects?"
12508And now, what has Dennis to say?"
12508And our problem still remains, how can we do this?
12508And so far as we could talk of Good at all, we could not apply it to them?"
12508And such love, I suppose you will admit, does exist, however rarely?"
12508And the next question would seem to be, activity of whom?"
12508And why be so disturbed about it?
12508And would a life without conscious and felt obligation be a life specifically ethical, in the sense in which you seemed to be using the word?"
12508And, seriously, do n''t you think it is conceivable that that may be, after all, the true meaning of the discipline of life?"
12508Any, every, all?"
12508Are they transparent, to use your phrase, to that which apprehends them?"
12508At present, we will admit, I think the war a good thing( whatever that may mean); but what of that?
12508But does not the fact of this incompatibility make one suspect that perhaps the things in question are not really good?"
12508But he only smiled at me rather ironically and said,"Is that meant, may I ask, for an account of everyday experience?"
12508But how do you know that?
12508But how is it with the other?
12508But in this quest has he been, should you say, successful?"
12508But is that also good for the individual in question?"
12508But is there, then, nothing but symbols?
12508But may we retain, perhaps, the all- comprehensiveness?"
12508But now, what about all the other generations, from the beginning of the world onward?
12508But perhaps that is not what you really meant?"
12508But the question I really want to ask is, What particular advantage Wilson gets from the biological method?
12508But this time I ventured to ignore him, and merely said, in answer to Leslie,"The question, then, will be, what persons?"
12508But this, at any rate, you think, on grounds of positive science, that it might be possible to realize?"
12508But we can surely conceive that of which we have no experience?
12508But what I should like to know is, what do you think?"
12508But what are we to do then?
12508But what do the others think?"
12508But what does Leslie say?"
12508But what, I should like to know, is the species?
12508But you have surely forgotten the basis of our whole argument?"
12508But, after all, the real question is, Can we get it?
12508But, it appears, such proof has not yet been given,--or do you think it has?"
12508Do not you, as a matter of fact, believe it?"
12508Do we, and really ought we to, do anything except with some reference to consciousness?"
12508Do you admit that?"
12508Do you believe yourself that they have no import for us?"
12508Do you mean that their consciousness somehow persists into it, so that they actually enjoy its Good?"
12508Do you mean that they satisfy only a part of our nature, not the whole?
12508Do you not recognize a process of deterioration as well as of improvement?
12508Do you suppose he cared even whether he ruined his country, except so far as such ruin might interfere with his own profit?
12508Do you suppose he cared how many people he ruined?
12508Do you suppose that he, in his business operations, ever had any regard for anything except his own personal advantage?
12508Do you suppose that we could, even if we would, continue to lend ourselves to the imposition?
12508Do you think that he could or ought to consider such production as a Good?
12508Do you think they would believe they ought to accept the sacrifice?
12508Does anyone else share it?"
12508Does it consist in the discovery of Reality?
12508Does it mean one in a million, should you say?
12508Does n''t one believe that what is really good for one must somehow be compatible with what is really good for others?"
12508Does not the''Society for Psychical Research''deal with such questions?"
12508Each generation comes into being, passes, and disappears; but how, or in what, are they summed up?"
12508Every man, I think, would repudiate it with horror for himself; and what right has he to accept it for other people?"
12508For otherwise do you think we should trouble to pursue it?"
12508For the individuals who are eliminated?
12508For what, in fact, in our experience comes nearest to what you describe?
12508For you do not, I suppose, count yourself to have attained, or at least to have attained as perfectly as you hope to?"
12508For you will hardly maintain, I suppose,"I continued, turning to him,"that Knowledge, as you define it, could be identified with Good?"
12508Good and Evil, in our sense, are mere appearances; and Good, in the absolute sense, is identical with the Absolute or with God?"
12508Have we in fact any knowledge of that kind, that might serve as a kind of type of what you mean?"
12508Have you nothing to contribute to your own theme?"
12508How are you going to answer Leslie?"
12508How do you know that its reality does n''t consist precisely in the Ideal, as all poets and philosophers have thought?
12508How is it with the elements themselves?
12508How many are there then?
12508I cried,"do you really think we do know?
12508I cried,"is even that to go?
12508I exclaimed, rather taken aback,"all at once do you mean?
12508I looked at Wilson; and"Well,"I said,"what are we to say?"
12508I mean that if you had to abandon as a principle of choice your opinion about Good, you would have nothing else to fall back upon?"
12508I mean what sort of life would it be?"
12508I rejoined,"but what is Reality?
12508I replied,"I ask merely whether it would be so?
12508I replied;"but, as you are here, perhaps you will be willing to help us?"
12508I said, turning to him,"then you do not agree with this estimate?"
12508I said,"but which of them?
12508I suppose it''s a perception of something?"
12508I suppose the movement of a logic like Hegel''s?"
12508I will put it like this: Good, if it is to be conceived as an object of human action, must be conceived, must it not, as an object of consciousness?
12508If it does, as you rightly inquired( though with a suicidal audacity), conscious activity in whom?
12508If we really have a perception, how is it that it is confused, not clear?"
12508In what sense is Art not real?"
12508Instead of replying Ellis began to whistle; so I took up Parry''s point and said,"Yes, but what is the connection?
12508Is it just what we see and touch and handle?"
12508Is it necessary to include also the postulate that Good can be realized?"
12508Is it not rather an expression of the person?
12508Is it possible that we are all anarchists in disguise?"
12508Is it possible to wait without adopting an attitude?
12508Is it somehow an entity, or being, that it has a Good?"
12508Is it sufficient to believe in what you call the''progress of the race''?
12508Is it your view that an instinct is its own sufficient justification, or does it require justification by something else?"
12508Is it, perhaps, in the discovery of necessary connections?"
12508Is not that so, Parry?"
12508Is not this a fair account of the condition to which men would be reduced who really did accept and believe your hypothesis?"
12508Is not this a possible conception?"
12508Is not waiting itself an attitude, an acting on the assumption that it is good to wait?"
12508Is nothing at all to be left of my poor conception?"
12508Is there an end to their perpetual haste, Their iterated round of low and high, Or is it one monotony of waste Under the vision of the vacant sky?
12508Is there any institution or law or opinion you could name which is not open to obvious criticism?
12508Is there anything in all this which we could call good?"
12508Is there nothing in our experience to suggest the kind of object we seem to want?"
12508Is there then, under the circumstances, any distinction of validity between his judgment that what is, is, and his judgment that what is, is good?"
12508It is indifferent to all the rest""Then by the Good of the species you mean the good of the selected individuals?"
12508Must not our aims and purposes cease to have any interest for us, once we are clear that they are not true ends?
12508Or because of the future Good of the race?"
12508Or do n''t you think that this happens sometimes, for instance in married life?"
12508Or do you not agree with me that the true Good must be such purely of its own nature?"
12508Or do you not think so?"
12508Or do you think we shall?"
12508Or for you who look on?
12508Or how else do you account for the curious, almost physical, sinking and disquiet we are apt to experience in the presence of a bold denier?"
12508Or must we also believe in the progress of the individual, involving, as it does, personal immortality?"
12508Or perhaps that is too large a proportion?
12508Or perhaps, for God?"
12508Or shall I, in one of these towers, shall I perhaps find the thing that is symbolized?''
12508Or should you say that there is Good in the scientific activity itself, quite apart from any practical results to which it may lead?"
12508Or would it be merely the total reality of which they are imperfect and inadequate expressions?"
12508Or would it not be better still if the same life were pursued freely for its own sake?"
12508Or would you say that 2+ 2= 4 is only true when someone is thinking of it?"
12508Our desire to make our own lives and other people''s lives happier?
12508Our efforts to subdue nature, to conquer disease, to introduce order and harmony where there appears to be discord and confusion?
12508Perhaps even Audubon will agree with me there?"
12508Perhaps in the regulating of expectation?"
12508Shall we say that if the Good is to be realized the individuals then alive, so long as they are alive, will be bound together in this relation?"
12508Similarly, in sociology----""Dear Wilson,"cried Ellis, unable any longer to contain himself,"might n''t we take all this for granted?"
12508Simply a state in me?"
12508So that_ their_ souls at least would have to be immortal; and if theirs, why not ours?"
12508Some people say, do they not, that there never was a normal man?"
12508Souls are indeed immortal-- why should we ever have imagined otherwise?
12508Suppose I believe nothing of the kind?
12508Suppose I deny altogether a general Good?"
12508That being so, what is the use of discussing Good in itself?
12508That we are better artists than the Greeks?
12508That we are bound to believe in Good?"
12508The following points are therefore discussed:( a) Whether personal immortality is conceivable?
12508The question is now raised: if''the Good''be so conceived, is it not clearly unattainable?
12508There is a passage somewhere, I remember-- perhaps you can quote it-- it begins,''Is it wonderful that I should be immortal?''"
12508There is, in fact, no social evil?"
12508There was silence for a few moments, and then Wilson said:"Do you mean to imply, on your hypothesis, that we all are always seeking Good?"
12508These are:( 1) Can any Good be an end for us unless it is conceived to be an object of consciousness?
12508These instincts of yours, it seems, conflict; in battle, for example, the instinct to run away conflicts with the instinct to stay and fight?"
12508These, are they not, are direct presentations to sense?
12508They are immortal, and what of it?
12508Well then, what is to be done?
12508What are we trying to get, when we try to get Good?
12508What authority has it?
12508What blurt is this about virtue and about vice?
12508What consolation is it to me when I am suffering from the toothache, to be told that God is enjoying the pain that tortures me?
12508What do you suppose it mattered to him that he might be starving half the world, and imperilling the governments of Europe?
12508What do you think the crossing- sweeper would say?
12508What does the soldier and adventurer think of the life of a studious recluse?
12508What else should it be when you get together?"
12508What follows then?"
12508What has all this to do with the question?
12508What have you been doing in all these years since we met?"
12508What is it that experience has done for you?
12508What is it you are trying to say?"
12508What is it you have in your mind?"
12508What is its content?
12508What is the minimum we must believe if we are to make life significant?
12508What is the use of saying that appearance is neither good nor bad, when we are feeling it as the one or the other every moment of our lives?
12508What kind of life will they live?
12508What lover ever saw his mistress as she really is?"
12508What should we say of such a society?
12508What standard are you applying?
12508What then?"
12508What validity?
12508What_ is_ it, anyhow, that it should be set up in this way above reason?"
12508Where are we to turn?
12508Where do you get it from?"
12508Why not just as much the devil?
12508Why not make an end of the worry at once by admitting frankly that Good is a chimæra, and that we get on very well without it?"
12508Why should not we simply wait?"
12508Would you agree with that, Parry, or no?"
12508Would you say, perhaps, that pain is good?"
12508You know, for instance, that I am something of an economist?"
12508active or passive?
12508and vice versa?
12508as essential, somehow or other, as the soul?"
12508better citizens than the Romans?
12508cried Leslie, indignantly,"do you mean to say that everything that is later in time is also better?
12508cried Parry, eagerly,"and what are they?"
12508he replied;"you do n''t suppose I would do it if I could help it?"
12508how can we get any certainty of standard?"
12508more spiritual than the men of the Middle Ages?
12508more vigorous than those of the Renaissance?"
12508or at least for the English or the Boers, or one or other of them?
12508or that there is nothing but erroneous opinions?"
12508or the city man of that of the artist?
12508or, at least, is it more good than bad?
12508replied Wilson,"but have you really indicated a method at all?"
12508retorted Wilson,"if it comes to that, which of us is the heretic?"
12508said Ellis, with shameless frivolity,"with a C or with an S?"
12508wait affirming or denying?
12508what is it?
12508whether they be good or whether they be bad, all alike indifferently?"
12508whether you do, as a matter of fact, conceive it possible that you should ever adopt such an attitude?"
12508why not?"
57260130 But who can all their frauds repeat?
57260A single lion bears some sway in the creation, but what is single man?
57260All this is reasoning, and you know the thing will not bear it: how can you be so cruel?
57260Always in haste, Horatio?
57260And every body else, I should think, that understands it, and has any taste: do not you think it to be very engaging?
57260And if that be impossible, Whether it is not the duty of all sovereigns to reduce their subjects, as to wealth and numbers, as much as they can?
57260And if the gods have given you a superiority over all creatures, then why beg you of an inferior?
57260And that as soon as they were made, they could speak, reason, and were endued with knowledge?
57260And what good these notions will produce?
57260And what say you of Lord Shaftsbury?
57260And why will you choose to call it pride rather than honour?
57260Are provisions dear?
57260Are these things real?
57260Are they not beneficial to mankind, and of use to the public?
57260Are you in earnest?
57260At this rate, men could never be formed into an aggregate body: How came society into the world?
57260Besides, we have time enough.----Do you want to go out?
57260But above all, what is it that buoys up and supports him against the fear of death?
57260But after all this quiet easy temper, this indolence you talk of, is it not what, in plain English, we call laziness?
57260But are there no persons in the world that are good by choice?
57260But do not we move our bodies as we list; and is not every action determined by the will?
57260But do not you think there is a difference in souls; and are they all equally good or equally bad?
57260But have you read it through yet?
57260But how came you to think of mechanic motion, in the pleasure of a free agent?
57260But how comes the practice of scolding and calling names to be so common among the vulgar all the world over?
57260But how do you know a foundation to be rotten that supports the building, and is wholly concealed from you?
57260But if it had not been revealed, or you had been a Chinese, or a Mexican, what would you answer me as a philosopher?
57260But if it is a good book, why then are so many of the clergy so much against it as they are?
57260But if the earth had been too full of inhabitants, might not Providence have sent pestilences and diseases oftener?
57260But if, without any regard to the interest or happiness of the city, the question was put, What place I thought most pleasant to walk in?
57260But is it not true?
57260But is not a man''s knowledge a real part of himself?
57260But is not every man of sense capable of knowing this from his reason?
57260But is not that provoking?
57260But is not the sociableness of man the work of nature, or rather of the author of nature, Divine Providence?
57260But is not thinking the business of the soul?
57260But is the desire of meliorating our condition which you named, so general, that no man is without it?
57260But might not religion, the fear of an invisible cause, be made serviceable to them, as to the keeping of their contracts?
57260But pray come to the point: which of the two do you take to be the finest language?
57260But to keep both to their respective duties, why must a lady have more pride than a gentleman?
57260But was not man by nature designed for society?
57260But what have the aldermen, the common council, or indeed all people of any substance to do with the war, but to pay taxes?
57260But what is it at last, that raises opulent cities and powerful nations from the smallest beginnings?
57260But what is it, pray, that so suddenly disposes a courteous sweet- tempered man, for so small an evil, to seek a remedy of that extreme violence?
57260But what is that to us who labour under a contrary disease?
57260But what makes so just and prudent a man, that has the good of society so much at heart, act knowingly against the laws of his country?
57260But what relation has all this to religion or infidelity, more than it has to navigation or the peace in the north?
57260But what will you say to tickling, which will make an infant laugh that is deaf and blind?
57260But when I asked you that general question, why did you confine yourself to revealed religion?
57260But when shall we come to the origin of politeness?
57260But which way can you prove this miraculous assistance?
57260But who can blame them?
57260But who knows, what to make of a man, who recommends a thing very seriously in one page, and ridicules it in the next?
57260But who must give orders and instructions to admirals, generals, governors, and all our ministers in foreign courts?
57260But why do you imagine that people would continue to make use of signs and gestures, after they could sufficiently express themselves in words?
57260But why do you say of the first, that it is commonly imagined; is it not true then?
57260But why is it impossible for human nature ever to be good?
57260But why may not the love of our species be named, as one of these properties?
57260But why pretended believers?
57260But why should a sober young man, who is guilty of no vice, be debarred from lawful enjoyments?
57260But why should pride be more encouraged in women than in men?
57260But why should you believe miracles at all?
57260But why will you prevaricate with me after this manner?
57260But without banter, do not you think that the French tongue is more proper, more fit to persuade in, than ours?
57260But would it not be a greater security to have men of honour, of sense and knowledge, of application and frugality, preferred to public employments?
57260But would lions and tigers in hot countries keep so close within their bounds, and bears in cold ones, as never to straggle or stray beyond them?
57260But would not the wildest man you can imagine, have from nature some thoughts of justice and injustice?
57260But would religion have no influence upon them?
57260But you are partial: what odds is there between a stone and a lump of earth, for either of them to become a human creature?
57260But your reason?
57260But( says a charitable young gentlewoman) though you have the heart to starve your parson, have you no bowels of compassion for his wife and children?
57260By things acquired, I thought you meant learning and virtue; how come you to talk of birth and descent?
57260Can any one doubt but these are the great nursery of thieves and pickpockets?
57260Can any one in his senses imagine, that an indigent thoughtless wretch, without sense or education, should ever act from such generous principles?
57260Can you account for that by your system?
57260Can you find no delicacy at all in the thought?
57260Can you think a man serious on a subject, when he leaves it in the manner he does?
57260Can you think of any thing belonging to literature, of less importance, or more useless?
57260Could you submit to be the jest and scorn of public- houses, stage- coaches, and market- places?
57260Daniel, indeed, was saved by miracle; but what is that to the rest of mankind?
57260Did ever any man, since the blessed revelation of the gospel, run riot upon Christianity, as some men, nay, and some few women too, have lately done?
57260Did this man spring out of the earth, I wonder, or did he drop from the sky?
57260Do not you believe that dogs and horses think?
57260Do not you fall into the same error, which, you say, Hobbes has been guilty of, when you talk of man''s necessitous and helpless condition?
57260Do not you see the irony there?
57260Do not you think, that many eminent men in the learned professions would dissent from you in this?
57260Do not you think, then, that there are men in laborious offices, who, for a fixed salary, discharge their duties with diligence and assiduity?
57260Do we not owe the growth of wine To the dry shabby crooked vine?
57260Do you argue, or pretend to prove any thing from those conjectures?
57260Do you believe Hesiod?
57260Do you believe there ever was a man who had made himself?
57260Do you lay any stress upon sphinxes, basilisks, flying dragons, and bulls that spit fire?
57260Do you remember the six lines in the Cid, which Corneille is said to have had a present of six thousand livres for?
57260Do you remember the storm upon the coast of Genoa?
57260Do you remember what your concern was chiefly about?
57260Do you remember where we left off?
57260Do you take yourself to be entirely impartial now?
57260Do you think it more probable, that men of parts and learning should be preferred, than others of less capacity?
57260Do you think that the lowest of the mob, and the scum of the people, are possessed of any part of this principle?
57260Do you think women have more pride from nature than men?
57260Do you understand how something can come from nothing?
57260Does not man love company, as he does every thing else, for his own sake?
57260Does not the history tell us, that the child was laid in the manger?
57260For not daring to violate all human and divine laws?
57260For what?
57260Fraud, luxury, and pride must live, 415 While we the benefits receive: Hunger''s a dreadful plague, no doubt, Yet who digests or thrives without?
57260Going to Naples?
57260Had you any thing to add?
57260Has not my poor woman, in what I have related of her, acted in conformity to this social system?
57260Have you considered the things we discoursed of yesterday?
57260Have you found any such thing in it?
57260Have you heard any thing from Gibraltar?
57260Have you no taste for music, Madam?
57260Have you not owned, that you have thought worse of me, than now you find me to deserve?
57260Have you paper?
57260Have you thought on the novelty I started?
57260How can any thing be said not to clash with virtue or religion, that has nothing to do with either, and consequently disclaims both?
57260How can you ask?
57260How come you now to have such an anxious regard for what may be the opinion of the vulgar, whom at other times you so heartily despise?
57260How come you to know my thoughts better than I do myself?
57260How comes it, then, that a man of honour should so easily accept of a challenge, though at thirty and in perfect health?
57260How could these things exist, if there had not been men of very bright parts and uncommon talents?
57260How does it appear that the author addresses himself to such?
57260How does it begin?
57260How famous have the Cynic philosophers made themselves, only by refusing to dissimulate and make use of superfluities?
57260How is that demonstrable?
57260How is that possible, when it must cost them trouble, and there is a palpable self- denial to be seen in the restraint they put upon themselves?
57260How is that, pray?
57260How is that?
57260How long is it ago that mathematics were brought into physic?
57260How must these people be disposed of?
57260I am pleased with your observations, and the knowledge you display of mankind; but pray, is not the frugality you now speak of a virtue?
57260I desire to touch nothing of you but what is good to eat; but why do you value yourself so much upon that part which is invisible?
57260I do not care to enter into these abstruse matters; what have you further to say in praise of money?
57260I have not observed that: Which way has he done it indirectly?
57260I know better than to rob you of such an opportunity for speculation?
57260I thought what a convert you was: but what new madness has seized you now?
57260I wonder at that: why so, pray?
57260If we can not alter their resolution, why should we applaud the justness of their sentiments against the common interest?
57260If you are but serious, whence comes this change?
57260If you ask me, why I have done all this, cui bono?
57260If you tell me the gods made man master over all other creatures, what tyranny was it then to destroy them out of wantonness?
57260Is he not still more extravagant in those things he makes use of?
57260Is it a thought to be born with patience?
57260Is it a wonder, that people, under such circumstances, and loaden with greater taxes, besides, than any other nation, should be obliged to be saving?
57260Is it not strange that nature should send us all into the world with a visible desire after government, and no capacity for it at all?
57260Is it not very reasonable he should marry?
57260Is it probable, that amongst the bees, there has ever been any other form of government than what every swarm submits to now?
57260Is it such a mortification not to desire a greater share of worldly blessings, than what every reasonable man ought to be satisfied with?
57260Is not a vast deal owing, in the raising of a nation, to the difference there is in the spirit and genius of people?
57260Is not that a horrid thing?
57260Is not the king''s warrant their discharge?
57260Is not this the certain fate of a man, who should refuse to fight, or bear an affront without resentment?
57260Is there a trade or handicraft but what supplies us with something we wanted?
57260Is there ever a meeting- house or barn to be compared to a fine cathedral, for this purpose?
57260Is this otherwise than standing up for the goodness of a design, at the same time you confess, that it never was, or ever can be executed?
57260Is this owing to the charity schools?
57260It certainly once was new: which pray do you believe more ancient, pulling off the hat, or saying, your humble servant?
57260Just eight days?
57260Languid I say; for what is man''s hunger, if compared to the lion''s?
57260Man never acknowledged superiority without power, and why should I?
57260Might I not justly say then, that this is quite contrary and destructive to the scheme on which it is plain this earth was built?
57260Nay, what could any body think to hear me making the kindest interpretations of things that can be imagined, and yourself doing quite the reverse?
57260No: Who affirms there can?
57260Now surely, you have overshot the mark; nothing?
57260Of Marlborough?
57260Or that among the highest quality, infants can be affected with it before they are two years old?
57260Or( what still seems the greater paradox) that incontinence should be made serviceable to the preservation of chastity?
57260Ovid''s Metamorphosis?
57260Perhaps not: but what say you to renouncing the world, and the solemn promise we have made of it?
57260Pray cousin, has good sense ever any share in the judgment which your men of true taste form about pictures?
57260Pray pardon my rudeness for once: What is it that hinders you now from keeping me company for an hour or two?
57260Pray, Horatio, can there be honour without justice?
57260Pray, how came that into the world?
57260Pray, is it good manners to tell a man that he is meanly born, or to hint at his descent, when it is known to be vulgar?
57260Pray, says he, friend, will you step for me with this letter as far as Bow- church, and I will give you a penny?
57260Primus in orbe Deos fecit timor; Are you of that opinion?
57260Right; marriage is lawful, and so is a coach; but what is that to people that have not money enough to keep one?
57260Shall I allow all this?
57260Shall we sit down in it?
57260Since we are such odd creatures, why should we not make the most of it?
57260Strictly speaking you are in the right, it is unanswerable; but who will consider things in that light?
57260Such a petition would certainly be a very unconscionable one; yet where is the man who imagines not that he has a right to make it?
57260That is a pretty question: do you think a young fellow of six- and- twenty, as I was then, and in my circumstances, had a great mind to be drowned?
57260That is absolutely impossible, at least in such a nation as ours: for what would you do for judges and chancellors?
57260That is the child, I suppose: why it should be in the manger; should it not?
57260That they were produced at once, I mean at their full growth; he from a lump of earth, and she from one of his ribs?
57260The bambino?
57260The most favourable constructions with all my heart: But what is that to the purpose, when all the straining in the world can not make it a good one?
57260Then why do you fear death, if you think the gods as just as you have been?
57260Then you think children reap great benefit from the nonsensical chat of nurses?
57260Then, what is the reason that the same Dutch, in the two latter provinces, though poorer than the first, are yet less stingy and more hospitable?
57260There is fine architecture, there is a colonnade; can any thing be thought of more magnificent?
57260This is more unintelligible than any thing you have said yet; why will you heap difficulties upon one another, without solving any?
57260This is not the only thing which, though it be true, we are not able to conceive: How came the first man to exist?
57260This is worth consideration, and requires time to be examined into; but where is your fine gentleman, the picture you promised?
57260To be wished for, perhaps, it may be, but what probability is there that this ever will come to pass?
57260Truly, besides the reader''s diversion, I believe none at all; but if I was asked, what naturally ought to be expected from them?
57260Was ever I a Roman Catholic?
57260Was it never published?
57260Was you afraid?
57260We are now come to a short question: God or the devil?
57260We have strange accounts of his generosity and gratitude; but do you believe them?
57260What actions are they which you judge this from?
57260What answer is all this to my objection?
57260What changes have ever bees made in their furniture or architecture?
57260What do you think is the reason, that there is but one way for us to come into the world?
57260What evil is it?
57260What fault do you find with these kind constructions; do they detract from the dignity of our species?
57260What fine amends has this good Christian made for his crime, and what an honest man was the priest who directed his conscience?
57260What frailty or defect is it in our nature, that the two first commandments have a regard to, or, as you call it, tally with?
57260What has an oil shop to do with silks; or who would look for hams and pickles at a mercers?
57260What has mechanism to do with that?
57260What hurt do I do to man, if I make him more known to himself than he was before?
57260What is all this but the old story over again, that every thing is pride, and all we see hypocrisy, without proof or argument?
57260What is it that induces you to believe this, besides the possibility of his forgetfulness?
57260What is it that superintends thought in them?
57260What is it upon an hypocrite that dares to be perjured?
57260What is life?
57260What is that, pray?
57260What is that?
57260What is the matter?
57260What is the next?
57260What is your client to do?
57260What life have you led?
57260What makes you couple together two things so diametrically opposite?
57260What makes you smile?
57260What mortal can decide which is the handsomest, abstract from the mode in being, to wear great buttons or small ones?
57260What motive could the frequent repetitions of the same solemnities spring from, whenever it was suspected that the least holy trifle had been omitted?
57260What must we do in this dilemma?
57260What objection have you against it?
57260What occasion has the dolphin for a ship, or what carriage would an eagle ask to travel in?
57260What of all this?
57260What say you now, Cleomenes; is it not this without ceremony?
57260What say you now, Fulvia, of nature and good sense, are they not quite beat out of doors?
57260What say you to the prime minister who governs all, and acts immediately under the king?
57260What signifies a theory, which a man destroys by his practice?
57260What signifies that, where there is a passion that manifestly sways, and with a strict hand governs that will?
57260What sort of people are they, and where must we look for them, whom you will own to act from those principles of virtue?
57260What stupendous cunning, I pray?
57260What time, how many ages do you think it would require to have a well- civilized nation from such a savage pair as yours?
57260What to do with?
57260What to do?
57260What virtue is it the exercise of which requires so much pomp and superfluity, as are to be seen by all men in power?
57260What was the quarrel?
57260What was you afraid of?
57260What will you then say to, video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor?
57260What would you infer from this?
57260What would you infer from this?
57260What would, at this rate, become of our manufactures?
57260What, because he would have the laws against it as severe as possible, and nobody pardoned, without exception, that offends that way?
57260What, is it impossible to wish it?
57260When people scold, call names, and pelt one another with scurrilities, what design is that done with?
57260When things are set in this light, I confess it is very unaccountable: but will your system explain this; can you make it clear yourself?
57260When things have a handsome appearance every way, what reason have you to suspect them still to be bad?
57260When you talk of flattery and impudence, what do you think of the first man that had the face to tell his equal, that he was his humble servant?
57260When?
57260Whence came the Dryades and Hama- Dryades?
57260Whence does that ever appear?
57260Where are they then?
57260Where is there such a landlord in the world?
57260Where would have been the inconveniency of that?
57260Where would you look for the excellency of a statue, but in that part which you see of it?
57260Which are they?
57260Which is the best religion?
57260Which part of the brain do you think the soul to be more immediately lodged in; or do you take it to be diffused through the whole?
57260Which way can you give me this assurance; how can you prove it?
57260Which way shall I persuade a man to serve me, when the service I can repay him in, is such as he does not want or care for?
57260Who can despise riches more, or show himself less avaricious than he, who will not so much as touch gold or silver, no not with his feet?
57260Who is that, pray?
57260Who is to take care of the king''s interest throughout the kingdom, and of his safety?
57260Who would imagine, that virtuous women, unknowingly, should be instrumental in promoting the advantage of prostitutes?
57260Who would so much as surmise, that this is the fault of the virtuous women?
57260Whose fault is that, as long as you have ground untilled and hands unemployed?
57260Whose fault is that?
57260Whose is that, pray?
57260Why can not you believe this?
57260Why do not you speak more openly, and say that there is no virtue or probity in the world?
57260Why do they?
57260Why do you so much insist upon it, that this principle, this value men set upon themselves, is a passion?
57260Why do you think so?
57260Why should Mr. Hall''s conviction and execution be any more an objection against the clergy, than Mr. Layer''s against the gentlemen of the long robe?
57260Why should we be neglectful of it in the most important point, when they make their boast that they will not live as the poor of other nations?
57260Why so?
57260Why so?
57260Why so?
57260Why so?
57260Why so?
57260Why so?
57260Why then is it pretended that painting is an imitation of nature?
57260Why, pray?
57260Will you suffer me to ask you some questions, and will you answer them directly and in good humour?
57260With all my heart: But may there not be an hundred such savages in the world with large families, that might never meet, nor ever hear of one another?
57260Without doubt: For, if judgment and reason were given him, what could hinder him from making use of those faculties, as well as others do?
57260Wolves and wild boars?
57260Would not this follow from your system?
57260Would not you do it yourself?
57260Would you add any more?
57260Would you be posted for a coward?
57260Would you become a town and table- talk?
57260Yes, if it really was obtained: but how shall we be sure of this, and what reason have we to believe that it ever was?
57260You do not believe that the stars have any love for one another, I am sure: Then why more reason?
57260You have made the most of it indeed, but are you not tired yet with these fooleries yourself?
57260You have strange notions of our species: But has not a man, by the time that he comes to maturity, some notions of right and wrong, that are natural?
57260You have, without doubt, thought on this subject before now; would you communicate to me some of your guesses?
57260You make stocks and stones of us; is it not in our choice to act, or not to act?
57260You take great delight in dwelling on the behaviour of savages; what relation has this to politeness?
57260You will give me leave to wait upon you to your coach, Madam.----Pray, Cleomenes, what is it you have got in your head?
57260[ 8] Quis est tam vecors qui non intelligat, numine hoc tantum imperium esse natum, actum, et retentum?
57260and what good these notions will produce?
57260be just, Cleomenes; is it to be avoided?
57260but what need we go so far off?
57260do not men speak to be understood?
57260has God never punished and destroyed great nations for their sins?
57260have they ever made cells that were not sexangular, or added any tools to those which nature furnished them with at the beginning?
57260must the devil grow rampant at this rate, and not to be called coram nobis?
57260must they not have others at home, that are likewise able to treat with foreign ministers?
57260on what, pray?
57260or shall we be so silly, as relying on what they say, to think them sincere in their sentiments, and so not believe our own eyes?
57260pray what must remain of forty pounds a year, after it has been twice so unmercifully split?
57260what moralist or politician was it, that could teach men to be proud of hiding their pride?
57260what view is it done with?
57260where must we look for it?
57260which is the main spring?