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Presumably through a century-long contact with the races of the East, the English diplomat of the Sir Edward Grey type presents the bland, imperturbable, non-committal, almost inane expression of the Oriental that hardly gives one any criterion of the tremendous power of perception and concentration beneath the mask.
The criterion of character afforded by a man's manners and conversation is a safer guide than the presumption of inherited excellence, but is far inferior to that afforded by his actions; for until he has given actual proof of his worth, his credit is built on mere opinion, which may readily change.
They believe that the practice of general illuminations cannot be adopted consistently by persons, who are lovers of the truth. They consider it as no certain criterion of joy. For, in the first place, how many light up their houses, whose hearts are overwhelmed with sorrow? And, in the second place, the event which is celebrated, may not always be a matter of joy to good minds.
In determining whether we are concerned with a case of foot-fetichism or of masochism we must take into consideration the whole of the subject's mental and emotional attitude. An act, however definite, will not suffice as a criterion, for the same act in different persons may have altogether different implications.
He believes that one may only arrive at a diagnostic criterion of such affections through the sensations and emotions expressed by the patients. The somatic phenomena he regards as always subordinate and accessory.
Pete entrenched himself in the far corner of the room where Bill Haskins was reading a novel, exceedingly popular, if the debilitated condition of the pages and covers were any criterion, when Andy entered, holding one hand behind him in a suspicious manner. Pete wondered what was coming when it came.
But the criterion of pleasure and pain just suggested is not sufficient as a guide in conduct, for a great deal depends upon a man's temperament. What a hot-blooded man may commend and find pleasure in, the phlegmatic temperament will object to, and will feel discomfort in doing.
For, if the formation of the organs takes place in the order corresponding to their importance, this sequence must of itself be a criterion of their comparative value in classification. Wagner's notice of his 'Essay on Classification. Agassiz himself does not attempt any criticism of the above cited older views, which, however, are still widely diffused.
The lesson of the Tulse Hill ivy had been brought home to him in many ways: he had found it to be more and more true that Nature is, after all, the criterion of art, and that the greatest painters were always those whose aim, so far as they were conscious of an aim, was to take fact for their starting-point.
And until they drew up outside the Criterion Grill, she kept her spirits high, and gave herself to the joy of the hour. When they were half-way through dinner Hal asked, a trifle abruptly: "Now, what about this piece of news? What does it mean?" He looked away, unable to meet her candid eyes, and said: "I will tell you presently." "Where? Why not now? Why all this secrecy?"
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