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" As to the hope that it may ... induce England to treat us better ," wrote Gallatin to Jefferson shortly after the bill had become law, " I think is entirely groundless ... government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated ; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the concerns of individuals as if he could do it better than themselves.
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The reason is, I think, my awareness that my remarks last quarter on pacifism may well have served to confirm the opinion of some that my tendency to skepticism and dissent gets us nowhere, and that I am simply too old to hope.
But by comparison with the railroad, the motor car is a relatively new object of popular worship, so it is too much to hope that it may be brought within the bounds of civilized usage quickly and easily.
So our innate generosity of spirit prompts us to share our trials, errors and solutions with any who are taking the pool plunge for the first time -- in the pious hope that some may profit from our experience.
Another factor that may hold hope is for parallel recognition is, as one man says it: `` that the fad for educating top people along managerial lines is yielding to the technically trained approach ''.
Since writing was practiced in the Aegean before the end of the century, we may hope that the details of tradition will now be occasionally useful.
The Kennedy hope is that, at the conference or through bilateral talks, the low-wage textile-producing countries in Asia and Europe will see that `` dumping '' practices cause friction all around and may result in import quotas.
She begins to hope, however, that Hapgood may be the one who can help her learn to be free.
In some cases, the pitcher may hold the runner on by throwing to the base several times before pitching, in the hope of dissuading the runner from too big a lead-off.
Scramuzza, in his biography, suggests that Silius may have convinced Messalina that Claudius was doomed, and the union was her only hope of retaining rank and protecting her children.
Cryonics ( from Greek κρύος kryos-meaning icy cold ) is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future.
Judaism is more focused on the practicalities of understanding how one may live a sacred life in the world according to God's will, rather than a hope of a future one.
Eritrea exports fish and sea cucumbers from the Red Sea to markets in Europe and Asia, and there is hope that the construction of a new, jet-capable airport in Massawa, as well as rehabilitation of the port there, may support increased exports of high-value seafood.
Petroleum found close to the Faroese area gives hope for deposits in the immediate area, which may lay the basis to sustained economic prosperity.
For example, many Orthodox Jewish leaders have suggested that the devastation among Jews wrought by the Holocaust may represent a sign of hope for the Messiah's present imminent arrival.
Recent Catholic theological speculation tends to stress the hope that these infants may attain heaven instead of the supposed state of Limbo.
I hope it may come to pass ... He told me He loved Mason Remey so much ,” Thompson writes, “ and He loved me so much that he wished us to marry.
* The first Law of nature is that every man ought to endeavour peace, as far as he has hope of obtaining it ; and when he cannot obtain it, that he may seek and use all helps and advantages of war.
A lower court may not rule against a binding precedent, even if it feels that it is unjust ; it may only express the hope that a higher court or the legislature will reform the rule in question.
Messages from Runciter indicate that Ubik may be their only hope of survival.
However, this lends hope to Darcy that Elizabeth's opinion of him may have changed.
In this approximately 800-word document about methods of franking letters he states, " Therefore, of Mr Hill ’ s plan of a uniform rate of postage … I conceive that the most simple and economical mode … would be by Slips … in the hope that Mr Hill ’ s plan may soon be carried into operation I would suggest that sheets of Stamped Slips should be prepared … then be rubbed over on the back with a strong solution of gum …".
In anguish, Novinha calls for a Speaker for the Dead, hoping beyond hope that perhaps the original Speaker may arrive, to make sense of Pipo's death — and maybe of her life.
Although I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink ; instead I hope to come to you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
Since Mexican laws establish that an individual may take legal possession of a property after five to twenty years of peaceful occupation, many paracaidistas establish themselves with the hope that the legal owner will not discover them and expel them before five years.
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In the Antiphoner of Inchcolm Abbey, the " Iona of the East " ( situated on an island in the Firth of Forth ), a 13th century prayer begins O Columba spes Scotorum ... " O Columba, hope of the Scots ".
Katz's Deli still hangs a sign above the table that says, " Where Harry met Sally ... hope you have what she had!
" The group's manifesto, which Yeats wrote, declared, " We hope to find in Ireland an uncorrupted & imaginative audience trained to listen by its passion for oratory ... & that freedom to experiment which is not found in the theatres of England, & without which no new movement in art or literature can succeed.
It was his way of communicating with me, saying " I hope you like me ," ...
Of the film, Hanks has remarked: " When I read the script for Gump, I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and their position in life ...
" As to the hope that it may ... induce England to treat us better ," wrote Gallatin to Jefferson shortly after the bill had become law, " I think is entirely groundless ... government prohibitions do always more mischief than had been calculated ; and it is not without much hesitation that a statesman should hazard to regulate the concerns of individuals as if he could do it better than themselves.
She passed a message to Napoleon's private secretary, Claude François de Méneval, who was about to return to France: " I hope he will understand the misery of my position ...
" Bacon wrote ( In the Novum Organum ) that, " Our only hope, then is in genuine Induction ...
Suetonius adds the macabre detail that " when she died ... after a delay of several days, during which he held out hope of his coming, was at last buried because the condition of the corpse made it necessary ...".
And so it is with the story " The Diary of Sophronia Winters " and the performances of Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins, we again hope to keep you in ...
It's something that fits the song rather than trying to create a song around a riff or guitar figure ... What I think comes through this album is that sense of longing, of love, of suffering and in all of this there can be hope.
With tireless charity and operative hope he guided the development of Opus Dei throughout the world, activating a vast mobilization of lay people ...
Their hope for an early return led to General Pershing's slogan, " Heaven, Hell or Hoboken ... by Christmas.
Kung said, " China considers Germany its best friend ... I hope and wish that Germany will participate in supporting the further development of China, the opening up of its sources of raw materials, the upbuilding of its industries and means of transportation.
For as she can never hope to be looked on kindly here, and must always expect to be sent back whence she came, so will she always seek to win the King by other than natural means ; she will struggle for position and power by intrigue and the sowing of discord, to the mischief of the King, the nation, and the Empire ...
While Paret was lying on the floor being attended to Griffith told a television interviewer " I'm very proud to be the welterweight champion again ... and I hope Paret is feeling very good.
Writing in the United Irishman, on 12 February, Mitchel anticipated the Government's response to his open letter to Lord Clarendon: " Yes, of course you will prosecute before long ; in self-defence, I hope, you must ...
Rockingham's mother wrote to his father: " Though I hope you won't tell it him, never any thing met with such general applause, in short he is the hero of these times, and his Majesty talks of this young Subject, in such terms, as must please you to hear ... in the Drawing Room no two people talk together, but he makes part of the discourse ".
Sacks himself has stated " I would hope that a reading of what I write shows respect and appreciation, not any wish to expose or exhibit for the thrill ... but it's a delicate business.
They were even eaten by royalty, as a letter from a baker to Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour ( 1508 – 1537 ) confirms: "... hope this pasty reaches you in better condition than the last one ..." In his diaries written in the mid 17th century, Samuel Pepys makes several references to his consumption of pasties, for instance " dined at Sir W. Pen ’ s ... on a damned venison pasty, that stunk like a devil.
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