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of values a new

The modern theory of "ferment," that out of all the unrest and change and transvaluation of values a new and better mankind is to be evolved is not borne out by any fact on the horizon.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

of Venus Acræa not

The name of the promontory is Olympus, and upon it is a temple of Venus Acræa, not to be approached nor seen by women.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

of Vice and not

Stands to reason, though, that a fellow can't get away with all sorts of Vice and not get nicked for it, see how I mean?”
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

of virtue are not

Nor again is Pleasure therefore excluded from being good because it does not belong to the class of qualities: the acts of virtue are not qualities, neither is Happiness
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

of view Are not

Let us look at the question from another point of view: Are not the rulers in a State those to whom you would entrust the office of determining suits at law? Certainly.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

of view and not

What is functionless is so called for being worthless from some ideal point of view, and not conducing to the particu lar life considered.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

of values are not

The bare terms "useful labor" and "leisure" confirm the statement already made that the segregation and conflict of values are not self-inclosed, but reflect a division within social life.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

of virtue and nobility

O sacred receptacle of my joys, Sweet cell of virtue and nobility, How many sons hast thou of mine in store That thou wilt never render to me more!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

of view are not

But if the qualities appertaining to either point of view are not studied separately, the result is confusion and the "muddling through" method so common in our schools of art.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

our virtues although naturally

OUR Virtues?—It is probable that we, too, have still our virtues, although naturally they are not those sincere and massive virtues on account of which we hold our grandfathers in esteem and also at a little distance from us.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

of visiting a neighboring

My frugal meal over, I was in the habit of visiting a neighboring café, where I read the papers, drank my evening cup of coffee, and, as I smoked my cigar or pipe and twirled my posies in my fingers or held them to my nose, would wonder who she was who sold them to me, if she ever thought of those who bought them of her, and if she distinguished me above her other customers.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

own vessel after nine

[148] Many of the English inhabitants were imprisoned by him on the slightest pretence; and one of them, Robert Thou, was actually shot by a centinel, for attempting to go on board his own vessel after nine o’clock at night.
— from The History of the Island of Dominica Containing a Description of Its Situation, Extent, Climate, Mountains, Rivers, Natural Productions, &c. &c. by Thomas Atwood

of Virginia and North

The so-called State of Transylvania and State of Franklin had been attempted secessions of western counties of the original states of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively, and their abortive attempts at admission addressed to the Continental Congress, and not to the Congress of the United States.
— from California Romantic and Resourceful A plea for the Collection, Preservation and Diffusion of Information Relating to Pacific Coast History by John Francis Davis

of vice are not

These subordinate forms of vice are not met with so frequently in art as those of the opposite virtues, but in Spenser we find them all.
— from The Stones of Venice, Volume 2 (of 3), by John Ruskin

of Venus and narrows

Another important point to consider is, whether the Line of Life goes straight up to the side of the Mount of Venus and narrows that Mount (2-2, Plate IX .), or whether it forms a well-defined curve or semicircle out into the palm (3-3, Plate IX .).
— from Palmistry for All by Cheiro

of Venice A nd

They are as sick that surfeit with too much, As they that starve with nothing Merchant of Venice A nd now for a few days we struck a period of bad luck.
— from Two Dianas in Somaliland: The Record of a Shooting Trip by Agnes Herbert

or vindications answered no

67 80 These panegyrics, or vindications, answered no better to the Ministers than their severity.
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third, Volume 2 (of 4) by Horace Walpole

our voyage after noon

Resuming our voyage after noon we proceeded along the coast which is fringed by islands, and at five P.M. entered another bay where we were for some time involved in our late difficulties by the intricacy of the passages, but we cleared them in the afternoon and encamped near the northern entrance of the bay at a spot which had recently been visited by a small party of Esquimaux, as the remains of some eggs containing young were lying beside some half-burnt firewood.
— from The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin

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