...offensive to our taste, we might infer from such a fact, that in this -he did not design our enjoyment. But we know that this is not the case. We know that the sense of taste is a sense of pleasure, and that it is a medium of satisfaction. Our senses of feeling...

...foci, except behind the retina, on which therefore they would fall likewise in circles of dissipation. The result of this would be, that objects could be...outline, colour, and details of the object appear traced with the utmost accuracy, clearness, and strength ; and this we have only when the rays of light are...

...some inscrutable decree, the desires of the human heart were limited to the region of the possible. But we know that this is not the case. We know that all along the line of human endeavor, from the baby reaching out its hand for the moon to the most...

...the professions of the world's admiration of the Young Turks at something nearer to their face value. But we know that this is not the case. We know that all the subtleties of diplomatic intrigue only veil, but do not disguise, the primordial instinct of...

...position and claim will not bear study and thought we had better admit the fact and take the consequences. But we know that this is not the case. We know that our cause will stand the test of reason and the test of experience. We present, to our own minds and...