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Updated: October 24, 2025
In due course of time, Mrs Easy presented her husband with a fine boy, whom we present to the public as our hero. It was the fourth day after Mrs Easy's confinement that Mr Easy, who was sitting by her bedside in an easy-chair, commenced as follows: "I have been thinking, my dear Mrs Easy, about the name I shall give this child." "Name, Mr Easy! why, what name should you give it but your own?"
The modern jíbaro builds his "bohío," or hut, in any place without regard to hygienic conditions, and in its construction follows the same plan and uses the same materials employed in their day by the aboriginal inhabitants.
This is explained, however, by the fact that I spoke quite freely, and therefore prefaced my remarks with the words: "So far as I can remember, and so far as I am able to say, under oath, the conversation was more or less as follows," etc.
The military situation which finally resulted in the battle of the Metaurus and the triumph of Rome may be summed up as follows: To overthrow Rome it was necessary to attack her in Italy at the heart of her power, and shatter the strongly linked confederacy of which she was the head. This was the objective.
Unfortunately it was not M. Wilkie's noble father that arrived, but a letter from M. Patterson, which was couched as follows: "MY DEAR SIR, a considerable sum was placed in my hands to meet your unexpected requirements; and in compliance with your repeated appeals, I have remitted the entire amount to you. Not a penny remains in my possession so that my instructions have been fulfilled.
This society has several standing committees, as follows: on government, on education, on business, on housekeeping, on labor, and on farming. The chairman of these respective committees holds monthly meetings in the various communities, at which time various topics pertaining to the welfare and uplift of the people are discussed.
Merely to give and obey orders is nothing like sufficient. In most things a man follows some leader, but in each man there is one thing his own particular line in which he can lead. In that line he is expected to qualify himself for leadership, and be prepared to take the risks of high adventure.
If Carlyle had always been at his best he would have counted among the supreme geniuses of the world. But he was a mixture. His style is the expression of the mixture. The faults are only in the style because they are in the matter. You will find that, in classical literature, the style always follows the mood of the matter.
Stead then proceeds to quote the account which he had from Mr. Kendall, and which I append ad verbum from the Review of Reviews. It is as follows: "I was night watchman at the old Darlington and Stockton Station at the town of Darlington, a few yards from the first station that ever existed. I was there fifteen years. I used to go on duty about 8 p.m. and come off at 6 a.m.
I should like, therefore, to withdraw the opinion previously expressed that it is unimportant whence the dream-wish originates, and replace it by another, as follows: The wish manifested in the dream must be an infantile one.
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