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With a bound M. d'Escorval reached his son's chamber, looked at him and dashed out again, summoned a servant, and ordered him to gallop to Montaignac and bring a physician without a moment's delay. There was, indeed, a doctor at Sairmeuse, but he was the most stupid of men a former surgeon in the army, who had been dismissed for incompetency.
It is a mere flabby exhibition of incompetency much as if a jelly-fish should try to fight a sea-gull! Now you, if you criticise me, your criticism will be valuable, because it will be quite honest there will be no 'personal' feeling in it " She raised her eyes to his and smiled. "No?" Something warm and radiant in her glance flashed into his soul and thrilled it strangely.
In other words, we ought to accept these speeches charging incompetency and inefficiency as a challenge, and call the attention of the country to the fact that the leadership of the Republican party is still reactionary and standpat, laying particular emphasis on what the effect in Europe would be of a divided leadership at this time.
"Hard words break no bones, guv'ner," came from the gruff-voiced man, who was none other than Joey Eccles, disguised with a big beard. The man who had escorted Roy into the trap was, in truth, a former workman at the Mortlake factory, who had been discharged for incompetency.
Even I had heard of the amazing jealousies and intrigues which had made Schuyler's life miserable charges of incompetency, of indifference, of corruption nay, some wretched creatures who sought to push Gates into Schuyler's command even hinted at cowardice and treason.
"I can't say that I've known the sort of doctors who figure in malpractice suits, but since I think of it I don't believe I ever read or heard of one who ever did." "And you won't," she said tersely. "Why not? The rest of the world must pay for the mistakes of incompetency." "'The ethics of the profession," she quoted mockingly. "We protect each other.
Thorpe to tell him what to do? Here was he, sixty-five years old, without a purpose in life. Beginning life at sixty-five! Of course, young Mrs. Thorpe would have no use for a valet. No doubt she would marry again,—Wade had his notions!—but he couldn't think of subjecting himself to the incompetency of a new master, even though his old place were held open for him.
But these lofty notions soon melted down beneath the searching glances of forty pairs of eyes. A sense of my incompetency came over me, and I felt like saying, "Young people, little children, what can I do for you, and how shall I show you any good?" The first thing I did was to take the names. Ah! in what school-record of modern times could be found such a catalogue of the Christian virtues?
And the suddenness and the audacious spirit with which it was done really pleased a people wearied by incompetency in their rulers; and so, just one year later, in 1852, the nation ratified the coup d'état by voluntarily offering to Louis Napoleon the title, Napoleon III., Emperor of the French.
In "Roughing It" the author tells us how he finally was dismissed from the "Call" for general incompetency, and presently found himself in the depths of hard luck, debt, and poverty. But this is only his old habit of making a story on himself sound as uncomplimentary as possible.
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