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And so their acts done in relation to the Church of their day may be dwelt upon, while the further question whether the Church of our day is capable of eliciting such acts may be left to the judgment of the reader. I am not sure that I have made myself intelligible in this, and still less whether it is worth your reading, but I fancied that you wished an opinion, and I give it, valeat quantum....
The literary body in all countries, and for reasons which rest upon a sounder basis than that of private jealousies, have always been disposed to a republican simplicity in all that regards the assumption of rank and personal pretensions. Valeat quantum valere potest, is the form of license to every man's ambition, coupled with its caution.
Sir Walter met him in the French metropolis in 1826; and in his diary of November 3, after recording a morning visit to 'Cooper the American novelist, adds: 'this man, who has shewn so much genius, has a good deal of the manners or want of manners peculiar to his countrymen. Three days later we find the following entry: 'Cooper came to breakfast, but we were obsédes partout. Valeat signum!
Fenton writes: 'December 18, 1883. 'I knew all the parties concerned well, and it is quite true, valeat quantum, as the lawyers say. Incidents of this sort are not infrequent among the Maoris. 'F.D. FENTON, 'Late Chief Judge, Native Law-Court of N.Z. 'While at sea, on board the "Beagle," he said one morning to Mr.
Then the evidence of savages as to hallucinations of their own, coincident with the death of their absent friends, will confirm, quantum valeat, the evidence of many modern observers in all ranks of life, and all degrees of culture, from Lord Brougham to an old nurse. As to hallucinations coincident with the death of the person apparently seen, Mr.
In his heart he suspected that she came to bear false witness in her sister's cause. "But that is her own affair," thought Fairbrother; "and it is my business to see that she has plenty of time to regain composure, and to deliver her evidence, be it true, or be it false valeat quantum." Accordingly, he commenced his interrogatories with uninteresting questions, which admitted of instant reply.
We thought, and still think, for reasons which our readers will soon understand, that we represented Mr Mill's principle quite fairly, and according to the rule of law and common sense, ut res magis valeat quam pereat. Let us, however, give him all the advantage of the explanation tendered by his advocate, and see what he will gain by it.
Esgar was one of those who wear their honesty long but loose: it was his first disloyal act in business. "Dishonesty made me dishonest," was his excuse. Valeat quantum. John Shaw, a steady footman, had saved and saved, from twenty-one years old to thirty-eight, for "Footman's Paradise," a public-house.
He was a man with strong passions and strong prejudices, but with generous and manly sentiments at the same time. I am afraid he is going into the burlesque line, to which sculpture is peculiarly ill adapted. So I have expressed my veto to his patron, valeat quantum. Also a letter to Mrs. Professor Sandford at Glasgow about reprinting Macaulay's History of St.
In his heart he suspected that she came to bear false witness in her sister's cause. "But that is her own affair," thought Fairbrother; "and it is my business to see that she has plenty of time to regain composure, and to deliver her evidence, be it true, or be it false valeat quantum." Accordingly, he commenced his interrogatories with uninteresting questions, which admitted of instant reply.
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