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Early in his scientific career Priestley began investigations upon the "fixed air" of Dr. Black, and, oddly enough, he was stimulated to this by the same thing that had influenced Black that is, his residence in the immediate neighborhood of a brewery.
One may believe that these two souls were finally united when the same knife fell sullenly upon his neck and when his life-blood sprinkled the altar that was still stained with hers. There are four women who may be said to have deeply influenced the life of Napoleon. These four are the only ones who need to be taken into account by the student of his imperial career.
"There are associations in my mind with those two eminent and beloved names which appeal too strongly to me to be resisted. Now I have a favor to ask which I hope will not be denied. It is that I may be allowed to present to the Academy that portrait in my own name. You can appreciate the arguments which have influenced my wishes in this respect.
'If your more important avocations should admit of your ever tracing these imperfect characters thus far which may be, or may not be, as circumstances arise you will naturally inquire by what object am I influenced, then, in inditing the present missive?
It is mere delusion and prejudice, therefore, to speak of Louisiana as acquisition in the special interest of the South. The patriotic and just men who participated in the act were influenced by motives far above all sectional jealousies.
It was to those who raised this cry, and to those who were likely to be influenced by it, that Butler's famous argument was primarily addressed.
While the Seer was too careful an engineer to take quickly the suggestion of Abe, he had seen too many tests of the desert-bred surveyor's genius not to consider his proposition seriously. He was also too much of a dreamer not to be influenced by thoughts of Barbara and her association in his mind with this particular project.
The earl of Dublin, no less. They ought to have stuck up all the women he rode himself, says little Alf. And says J. J.: Considerations of space influenced their lordships' decision. Will you try another, citizen? says Joe. Yes, sir, says he. I will. You? says Joe. Beholden to you, Joe, says I. May your shadow never grow less. Repeat that dose, says Joe.
And yet, if influenced by this good intention, he deprived her of the seeming advantages that active life in society affords, and if in later years she would reproach him as the cause of some misfortune or other, what would these probably groundless fears avail him in his defence?
In its final analysis it is not certain, but doubtful and improbable, and is influenced by the most futile reasons. It is lawful, it is even necessary, to refuse assent to the dictates of such a conscience. To persons thus afflicted the authoritative need of a prudent adviser must serve as a rule until the conscience is cured of its morbid and erratic tendencies.
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