It's a very remarkable story.Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.
If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet.
It was not a friendly picture, but to Conway, as he surveyed, there came a queer perception of fineness in it, of something that had no romantic appeal at all, but a steely, almost an intellectual qua...
Then, my son, when the strong have devoured each other, the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall inherit the earth.
It seemed to him that the little Manchu had never looked so radiant. She gave him a most charming smile, but her eyes were all for the boy.
For London, Blampied claimed, was of all cities in the world the most autumnal —its mellow brickwork harmonizing with fallen leaves and October sunsets, just as the etched grays of November composed t...
My goodness, if you think of all the folks in the world who'd give all they've got to be out of the racket and in a place like this, only they can't out! Are in the prison or are ?
During a subsequent visit, however, Chang told him that there were other books published up to about the middle of 1930 which would doubtless be added to the shelves eventually; they had already arriv...
They didn’t think there was anything very odd in anyone being a little odd.
Tribesmen came forward from all directions, surrounding the machine and effectively preventing any one from getting out of it except the pilot. The latter clambered to earth and held excited colloquy...
Explained Conway, is a slang word meaning a lazy fellow, a good-for-nothing.
We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.
Chang bowed his thanks for the information. He took a keen interest in languages and liked to weigh a new word philosophically. It is significant, he said after a pause, that the English regard slackn...
People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.
There came a time, he realized, when the strangeness of everything made it increasingly difficult to realize the strangeness of anything;
No ambitions? And how have you contrived to escape those widespread maladies?
You’re certain, then, that no human affection can outlast a five-year absence? It can, undoubtedly, replied the Chinese, but only as a fragrance whose melancholy we may enjoy.
And then, in the midst of the still-encompassing dream, he felt himself master of Shangri-La. These were his beloved things, all around him, the things of that inner mind in which he lived increasingl...
And, most precious of all, you will have Time—that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.
He was, and he knew it, very quietly in love with the little Manchu. His love demanded nothing, not even reply; it was a tribute of the mind, to which his senses added only a flavor.
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