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"I certainly do suppose it," said Bates. "But, man! I can give you positive facts that prove they are." "For every fact that you bring," laughed the other, "I can bring half a dozen to show you they are not." "But that is perfectly absurd!" began Montague. "Hush," said Bates, and he waited while the string jerked. "I-c-e," spelled Rodney. "That's Cummings another dead one," said Bates.
But they were all positive, and I might as well have held my tongue; so I submitted, and told them I would keep to our first law, to be governed by the majority, and we resolved upon our journey. The first thing we did was to take an observation, and see whereabouts in the world we were, which we did, and found we were in the latitude of 12 degrees 35 minutes south of the line.
If only I could be certain positive convinced sure that Allan is the funniest thing in all the world " "It never occurred to me that Allan is funny." Aunt Bell paused for an instant's retrospect. "Now, he doesn't joke much." "One doesn't have to joke to be a joke, Aunt Bell." "But what if he were funny? Why is that so important?"
I say the second, because the first had been the recent dawning belief that Ethel thought about me when I was not there to remind her of myself. This idea had stirred but you will understand. And now, what was my proper, my honourable course? It was a positive relief that at this crisis she went to Florida. I could think more quietly.
The combined experience of humanity, so far as its earliest records go, has been limited by laws, the nature of which have been ascertained: it is impossible that it should be transcended without violation of the conclusions arrived at by positive science. Drygull.
Absolute denial when skilfully used has in its favor its positive simplicity, and sufficiently defends the criminal; but it is, in a way, a coat of mail which becomes crushing as soon as the stiletto of cross-examination finds a joint to it. As soon as mere denial is ineffectual in face of certain proven facts, the examinee is entirely at the judge's mercy.
Let us rather rise high above symbols, high above negations, to the positive truth, and not contented with saying 'We shall be full of blessedness; we shall be full of purity; we shall be full of knowledge, let us rather think of that which embraces them all we shall be full of God. So much, then, for the one object of Christian hope. We have here II. The double source of that hope.
The test should be made by a specialist of recognized standing, and this term does not include many of the commercial laboratories which spring up like mushrooms in these days of laboratory methods. +The Recognition of Syphilis by the Blood Test.+ When the Wassermann test shows the presence of syphilis, we speak of it as "positive."
Now and then he heard of Gowan dropping in to spend a few hours at Brabazon Lodge, and now and then he heard of his good fortune in having found in Miss MacDowlas a positive champion. He was even a favorite with her, just as he was a favorite with many other people.
There are many ways in which one can manifest hatred of his brother, and it must be remembered that hatred is a sin that is proven by acts rather than admitted. First, there is indifference a wide-spread sin and it is to be found inside the church as well as outside. As love is a positive virtue, a failure to love is a violation of obligations.
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