They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.

For although I had crossed a corner of the hall on my way to the toilet I still could not tell for sure how far to the rear the darkness extended.

This light did not penetrate very far back into the hall, and my eyes were hindered rather than aided by the dim daylight entering through the fan vents when I tried to pick out whatever might be lying, or squatting, on the floor below.

I said that it didn't make any difference to me either, as far as I knew.

How far I knew will shortly become apparent.

As far as I was concerned, she had already and had dandily shown what she could do.

Shortly before nine I drove my jalopy to the street facing the Lake and parked the car in shadows far enough away from the rendezvous corner but near enough to keep the corner in clear view.

I suspect that there are far more unreconstructed ones than the North likes to believe.

I was far from convinced of the truth of my statement, but could not think of anything that might evoke responses more quickly.

I think it is essential, however, to pinpoint here the difference between the two concepts of sovereignty that went to war in 1861 -- if only to see better how imperative is our need today to clarify completely our far worse confusion on this subject.

And I select this sentence as its pertinent summation: `` in essence the drama of his ( Eisenhower's ) Presidency can be described as the ordeal of a nation turned conservative and struggling -- thus far with but limited and precarious success -- to give effective voice and force to that conservatism ''.

The myth of the Southern plantation has had only a tangential relation with actuality, as Francis Pendleton Gaines showed forty years ago, and I suspect it has had a far narrower acceptance as something real than has generally been supposed.

From all reports so far received, its performance conformed to the high standards I have just described.

`` He's a wrong-o '', said Runyon, `` and I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw the Statue of Liberty ''.

`` Well, I might not get that far '', I told them, `` as actually I have no papers to enter Germany and, as a matter of fact, no permit to return to France once I leave ''.

I say the late seventeenth century because Racine ( whom Lessing did not really know ) stands on the far side of the chasm.

So far as I am concerned, the child is unmistakably father to the man, despite the obvious fact that child and father differ greatly -- sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.

But I will also remind them that I have always been inclined to skepticism, to a kind of Laodicean lack of commitment so far as public affairs are concerned ; ;

After Gagarin became the Greatest Man in the World, for a nation that does not believe in the cult of personality or in careerism, Moreland wrote me a letter in which he said: `` I am not interested in how long a bee can live in a vacuum, or how far it can fly.

I am glad that he has been courageous enough and logical enough to admit that his argument, if pushed as far as it must go, if worth anything, would prove that men may have come from the Ourang-Outang.

The evil actions motivated by his ambition seem to trap him in a cycle of increasing evil, as Macbeth himself recognises: " I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more ,/ Returning were as tedious as go o ' er.

The judgment of Severus himself is no doubt that which he puts in the mouth of his interlocutor Posthumianus: " I am astonished that one and the same man could have so far differed from himself that in the approved portion of his works he has no equal since the apostles, while in that portion for which he is justly blamed it is proved that no man has committed more unseemly errors.

" I, Themistocles, am come to you, who did your house more harm than any of the Hellenes, when I was compelled to defend myself against your father's invasion-harm, however, far surpassed by the good that I did him during his retreat, which brought no danger for me but much for him.

his being infinitely happy in himself from all eternity, and from his goodness manifested in his works, that he could have no other design in creating mankind than their happiness ; and therefore he wills their happiness ; therefore the means of their happiness: therefore that my behaviour, as far as it may be a means of the happiness of mankind, should be such … thus the will of God is the immediate criterion of Virtue, and the happiness of mankind the criterion of the wilt of God ; and therefore the happiness of mankind may be said to be the criterion of virtue, but once removed …( and )… I am to do whatever lies in my power towards promoting the happiness of mankind.

Sir, I am not going to criticise these proposals, and I am only referring to them as signs that there is much to be done — that their condition is far from satisfactory ; and it is eminently, as I think, our duty to develop in the first instance, every means that we may possibly devise whereby, if possible, the labourer may be able to make this provision for himself, or to approximate towards making such provision far more efficaciously and much more closely than he can now do.

So far as the public cause is concerned, I am well content and satisfied ; for I know that it is right and true, and, what is more, it is the cause of Christ and God himself.

where “ across the street ” is understood to mean “ across the street from where I am right now .” It is interesting to note that while “ here ” and “ there ” are often used to refer to locations near to and far from the speaker, respectively, “ there ” can also refer to the location of the addressee, if they are not in the same location as the speaker.

He stated " While there may very well be further episodes of republicanism in this country, I am far from certain that, at least in our lifetimes, there ’ s likely to be any significant change ".

I would say that I am exceptionally skeptical about the thing, but I wouldn ’ t discount it 100 % until I see the details, which haven ’ t been published as far as I know ... every few years we hear something like this from him ... And the fact that it ’ s on National Geographic doesn ’ t mean much.

" Other mottoes are more whimsical: " I count only the sunny hours ," and " I am a sundial and I make a botch / of what is done far better by a watch.

" Wise Diomedes said, " Such a one is at hand ; he is not far to seek, if you will listen to me and not resent my speaking though I am younger than any of you ...

" Rear Admiral Richard R. Black, USN, who was in administrative charge of the Howland Island airstrip and was present in the radio room on the Itasca, asserted in 1982 that " the Electra went into the sea about 10 am, July 2, 1937 not far from Howland ".

Adjacent to the former Ioway-Sac reservation and the present-day Ioway Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Hiawatha is called Hári Wáta in Ioway, meaning " I am looking far away ".

* " Into the world of Alice in Wonderland now and you can almost visualise John crouching on a deserted shore singing " I am the Walrus " to some beautiful strings from far away on the horizon and a whole bagful of Beatle sounds, like a ringing doorbell and someone sawing a plank of wood.

" In response to ctiticism from the far left, Passolini admitted that in his opinion " there are some horrible moments I am ashamed of ... The Miracle of the loaves and the fishes and Christ walking on water are disgusting pietism.

:... the true role of infantry was not to expend itself upon heroic physical effort, not to wither away under merciless machine-gun fire, not to impale itself on hostile bayonets, nor to tear itself to pieces in hostile entanglements —( I am thinking of Pozières and Stormy Trench and Bullecourt, and other bloody fields )— but on the contrary, to advance under the maximum possible protection of the maximum possible array of mechanical resources, in the form of guns, machine-guns, tanks, mortars and aeroplanes ; to advance with as little impediment as possible ; to be relieved as far as possible of the obligation to fight their way forward ; to march, resolutely, regardless of the din and tumult of battle, to the appointed goal ; and there to hold and defend the territory gained ; and to gather in the form of prisoners, guns and stores, the fruits of victory.

All who see me, laugh me to scorn, they draw apart their lips, and wag their heads: ‘ He trusts in the Lord: let him free him, let him deliver him if he loves him .’ Stand not far from me, for I am troubled ; be thou near at hand: for I have no helper … Yea, dogs are round about me ; a company of evildoers encircle me ; they have pierced my hands and feet – I can count all my bones – they stare and gloat over me ; they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots " ().

Jews are currently fighting with all forces to maintain their positions, expecting a future offensive — and, as far as I am concerned, I understand their fight and admire their vitality, tenacity, genius.

As a Humanist, Dr. Huxley interests himself in the possibilities of human development, and one thing we can say about this suggestion, which comes from a leading zoologist, is that, so far as he is concerned, the scientific outlook places no rigid limitation upon the idea of future human evolution.

As far as I'm concerned, it was a separate matter from the general Committee study of Bang-Jensen's conduct.

The favorite guest of the house, as far as the staff was concerned, was Mr. Wrigley, the chewing gum king.

So far as the existing body of formal principle and procedure is concerned, categorical novelties are not to be anticipated in Jewish-Gentile relationships ; ;

But, so far as its territorial objectives were concerned, the campaign was successful.

Again omitting recent developments, E.T. Leeds' dictum of 1913 has stood unchallenged: `` So far as archaeology is concerned, there is not the least warrant for the second ( shore occupied by ) of these theories ''.

So far as the record is concerned, the Western powers have not acquiesced and should not do so.

But far from being concerned about whether or not Russia will have achieved Utopia by 1980, the world is watching Moscow today primarily for clues as to whether or not there will be nuclear Armageddon in the immediate future.

I would like to see you devote some space in an early issue to the news blackout concerning President Kennedy's activities, so far as Southern California is concerned.

( Note: So far as State Police cars are concerned, only their replacement is under this division ).

Though far from completion, these studies indicated beyond a doubt that savings would result which would be of unprecedented benefit to the railroads concerned, their investors, their customers, their users, and to the public at large.

This temperature was taken as environmental temperature to which the anode holder was exposed as far as radiation is concerned.

It seems to follow that by and large an antagonism exists between the paleo- and the neocortex as far as emotional reactivity is concerned, and that the balance between the two systems determines the emotional responsiveness of the organism.

There is far too much at stake for all of the parties concerned to leave the matter hanging in midair.

Image intensifiers based upon the multipactor principle appear to hold promise as far as obtainable resolution is concerned.

All the officials on the case seem to have been afflicted with a similar myopia as far as Bridget was concerned, although records in police files contain many reports of servants who have murdered their employers.

`` It is a much easier course to agree to let one another alone so far as ordinary patents are concerned '', said a trade authority, `` than to continue the costly effort of straightening the tangle in the courts or seeking to reform the patent system, which appears to be getting into deeper confusion every day ''.

As far as the color problem is concerned, there is but one great difference between the Southern white and the Northerner: the Southerner remembers, historically and in his own psyche, a kind of Eden in which he loved black people and they loved him.

But, obviously, at least some things have changed for the better in Russia so far as the ballet is concerned.

As far as atoms and their electron shells were concerned, not only did this yield a better overall description, i. e. the atomic orbital model, but it also provided a new theoretical basis for chemistry

One common replacement for LocalTalk was PhoneNet, a 3rd party solution ( from a company called Farallon, now called Netopia ) that also used the RS-422 port and was indistinguishable from LocalTalk as far as Apple's LocalTalk port drivers were concerned, but ran over the two unused wires in standard four-wire phone cabling.