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[ AMERICAN]
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| ... his eyes keenly on the other as if to read his thoughts; then, with a readiness peculiar to himself, he continued, as if assenting to the truth of an enumeration which quite doubled his army: It is a poor compliment to the vigilance of us soldiers, monsieur, that, do what ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... take another line of reasoning. When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth. We will start now, not from the lady but from the coffin and argue backward. That incident proves, I fear, beyond all doubt ... |
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[ ENGLISH ESSAYS]
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| ... we have and not according to what we have not. It is to be feared, however, that in these days many shut their eyes to the truth. To do this is to take a terrible responsibility. To tamper with our convictions, our consciences, is the high road to strong and ... |
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[ POETRY]
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| ... The gay companion and the fav'rite guest; Lov'd without awe, and without views caress'd; His cheerful smile, and open honest look, Added new graces to the truth he spoke. Then ev'ry man found something to commend, The pleasant neighbour and the worthy friend; The gen'rous master of a private house, ... |
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[ IN SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES]
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| ... but by his very aspect inspired terror in the enemy; and gave a clear demonstration that Homer was in the right, and pronounced according to the truth of fact, that fortitude alone, of all the virtues, is wont to display itself in divine transports and frenzies. The being taken, he ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... one only, and that if I could read the Musgrave Ritual aright I should hold in my hand the clue which would lead me to the truth concerning both the butler Brunton and the maid Howells. To that then I turned all my energies. Why should this servant be so ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... other side, and his eagerness to tell of his experience is also a factor which will appeal to those who are already satisfied as to the truth of the communications. For all these reasons it is a most important document--indeed it would be no exaggeration to say that it ... |
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[ FICTION]
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| ... make in a few seconds--the lofty point of departure was visible from the village below in the valley. The prediction cut curiously close to the truth; forty-one years after the catastrophe, the remains were cast forth at the foot of the glacier. I find an interesting account of ... |
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[ IN SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES]
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| ... potentates and public men, for they are the authors of the greatest and most impious crimes, because they have the power. And Homer witnesses to the truth of this; for they are always kings and potentates whom he has described as suffering everlasting punishment in the world below: such were ... |
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[ IN SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES]
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| ... Certainly. And each kind of absolute knowledge will answer to each kind of absolute being? Yes. But the knowledge which we have, will answer to the truth which we have; and again, each kind of knowledge which we have, will be a knowledge of each kind of being which we ... |
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[ ENGLISH FICTION]
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| ... an account of the proceedings of yesterday, and I have come this morning as fast as an express train could bring me to testify to the truth." Such was the remarkable statement of Dr. Aloysius Lana which brought the trial to a sudden termination. A subsequent investigation corroborated it to ... |




