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But the moment you begin inquiries into subjects which people prefer to conceal, the weakness of statistics becomes obvious. All figures which touch upon sexual subjects are nothing but the roughest guesses. No one would take a census of prostitution, illegitimacy, adultery, or venereal disease for a statement of reliable facts.
After his departure I took my young disciple into my study, and endeavoured to bring him forward by inquiries as to his former amusements, employments, and associates, but with little or no effect, and I soon found that a wild mountain colt had been submitted to my management. But there was mind in his eye.
BOSANQUET: The Family, pages 299-314. GODDARD: The Kallikak Family. EAMES: Principles of Eugenics. SALEEBY: Parenthood and Race Culture, pages 213-236. MCKEEVER: Farm Boys and Girls, pages 171-196. GALTON: Inquiries into Human Faculty. 55. =Child Labor and Its Effects.= Excessive child labor away from home is one of the evils that has called for reform more than the lack of employment.
A six-days' reconnaissance discovered not the slightest signs of disaffection; but the thoroughness of his inquiries was such that the completion of his mission found him with just one thousand francs in pocket.
Philosophy remained the handmaid of religion and Arab influence first served only to complete the ecclesiastical philosophy of life. Eventually, however, the methods of interpretation and criticism, peculiar to the Arabs when dealing with Aristotle became of no less importance than the subject matter of their inquiries.
The authorities at the Treasury offered a reward of a hundred pounds for the necessary information. And the weeks passed and nobody claimed the reward. Our Inspector was not a man to be easily beaten. More inquiries and examinations followed. It is needless to say anything about them. We were defeated and there, so far as the police and the public were concerned, was an end of it.
Mary began eagerly detailing to her all that had interested her since they last met: the party, her acquaintance with Burr, his visit to the cottage, his inquiries into her education and reading, and, finally, the proposal, that they should study French together. "My dear," said Mrs. Marvyn, "let us begin at once; such an opportunity is not to be lost.
Rothwell came hurrying on to the stage from the opposite wings. He hastened across to Stafford and drew him and Copplestone a little aside. "I've heard from Northborough," he said. "I 'phoned Waters, the manager there, to run across to the 'Golden Apple' and make inquiries. The 'Golden Apple' people say that Oliver left there at eleven o'clock yesterday morning. He was alone.
She did not dare venture into the next door to make inquiries, not knowing how much they might be blaming her for Hugh's sudden illness; and the added trouble and anxiety his sickness necessarily caused, left no time for the Gurney girls to run in with a report of his condition.
We must treat such letters as we would treat a spy. Keep the young man out of the house, and let us make inquiries "I know how to do it. Your lawyer is Derville, a man in whom we have perfect confidence; he knows the secrets of many families, and can certainly be trusted with this.
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