Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he... Life - Página 141924Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Mark Twain - 1916 - 188 páginas
...consciencesoothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." CHAPTER X DAYS and days went by now, and no Satan. It was dull without him. But the astrologer, who... | |
| Algie Martin Simons, Charles H. Kerr - 1916 - 770 páginas
...conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them ; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." — From "The Mysterious Stranger." Women Workers of Porto Rico By NINA LANE McBRIDE WHEN the sugar... | |
| Mark Twain - 1916 - 182 páginas
...consciencesoothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...for the better sleep he enjoys after this process CHAPTER X DAYS and days went by now, and no Satan. It was dull without him. But the astrologer, who... | |
| 1917 - 546 páginas
...conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them ; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." AMONGST OURSELVES LOS ANGELES. — As we picked up our Messenger our eyes fell on the pleadings for... | |
| Norman Angell - 1919 - 60 páginas
...will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutation of them; and thus he will bye and bye convince himself that the war is just, and will thank...enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. United States Commission on Industrial Relations (1914) : In some cases this suppression of free speech... | |
| VICTOR L. BERGER - 1919 - 934 páginas
...conscience-soothing falsities and will diligently study them and refuse to examine any refutation of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." Does Twain speak truth or falsity? If true, does it merit condemnation as an act of disloyalty or does... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Victor L. Berger Investigation - 1919 - 692 páginas
...conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutation of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep enjoyed after this process of grotesque self-deception. That was written in 1875. Mr. WELTY. By whom... | |
| Mark Twain - 1922 - 342 páginas
...consciencesoothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the...enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." CHAPTER X ' "I AAYS and days went by now, and no Satan. It 1 J was dull without him. But the astrologer,... | |
| David Starr Jordan - 1922 - 918 páginas
...lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of these; and he will by and by convince himself that the war is...enjoys after this process of grotesque selfdeception." Salvation of South Africa then his colleagues, later his friends and even his family fall away, until... | |
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