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If and man
If you were a
man '' --
If love reflects
the nature of
man, as Ortega Y Gasset believes
, if
the person in love betrays decisively what he
is by his behavior in love
, then
the writers of
the beat generation are creating a new literary genre
.
If we were creating a wholly new society
, we could insist that our social
, political
, economic and philosophic institutions foster rather than hamper
man ; ;
If man is actually
the product of his environment and if science can discover
the laws of human nature and
the ways in which environment determines what people do
, then someone -- a someone probably standing outside traditional systems of values -- can turn around and develop completely efficient means for controlling people
.
If this practice should take root and spread
, the man who submits a manuscript to a publisher will find himself reviewed before he
is accepted and publication will become a sort of post-mortem formality
.
If so
, I would lean to Sir Charles' conception of
the man.
If a branch extended out too far
, each
man held
it back for
the next
, and if they met a low overhang
, each warned
the other
.
If Mr. Skyros had dreamed of all
the trouble that young
man would eventually cause --
If there had been
, he would have found a loophole
, because Arnold
is one golfer who knows
the code
as thoroughly
as the man who wrote
the book
.

There are some passages in
the writings of Irenaeus where
the image of God and
the similitude are sharply distinguished
, so most notably in
the statement: ``
If the ( Holy ) Spirit
is absent from
the soul
, such a
man is indeed of
an animal nature ; ;
If this aspect of death
as punishment
is not distinguished from
the idea of death
as natural termination
, the conclusion seems inevitable that temporal existence itself
is a form of punishment rather than
the state into which
man is put by
the will of
the Creator
.

The next traditional step then was to accept
it as the authoritative textbook of
the Christian faith just
as one would accept a treatise
on any earthly `` science ''
, and I submitted to its conditions according to Christ's invitation and promise that
, ``
If any
man will do his will
, he shall know of
the doctrine
, whether
it be of God
, or whether I speak of myself '' ( John 7: 17 )
.
If a
man lived a classical life
, he need not fear
the spirits -- for only lack of virtue gave
the spirits power over him
.
If then any
man is in Christ
, he
is a new creature ( literally
, `` He
is a new creation )
, the former things have passed away ; ;
If a
man totally ignorant of America were to judge our land and its civilization based
on Hollywood alone
, what conclusions do you think he might come to??
If a
man was good
, if he was going to be governor
, you felt
it and you wanted him to go
on forever
.

According to adventurer André Malraux
, in his La Condition Humaine ( 1933 ), "
If a
man is not ready to risk his life
, where
is his dignity ?".
If a
man dies
, shall he live again?

Immanuel Kant
, writing in 1790
, observes of a
man "
If he says that canary wine
is agreeable he
is quite content if someone else corrects his terms and reminds him to say instead: It
is agreeable to me ," because " Everyone
has his own ( sense of ) taste ".
If a
man owed and he could not pay
, he and his wife
, children or servants were forced into " debt slavery ", until
the creditor recouped losses via their physical labour
.
If a rich
man wants to help
the poor
, he should pay his taxes gladly
, not dole out money
at a whim
.

"
If psychiatry
is the medical technique that aims to enable
man no longer to be a stranger to his environment
, I owe
it to myself to affirm that
the Arab
, permanently
an alien in his own country
, lives in a state of absolute depersonalization .” ( 2 )
If the rich
man is to be saved
, all he must do
is to follow
the two commandments
, and while material wealth
is of no value to God
, it can be used to alleviate
the suffering of our neighbor
.
If a
man put out
the eye of another
man, his eye shall be put out
.
If and on

He said: ``
If it's all right with you
, Mr. Morgan
, I'll sleep out here
on the couch
.
If she sensed any unusual preoccupation
on the part of her mother
, she did not comment upon
it.
If he spun out now
, he would join his opponent
on the ground
.
If it were not for
an old professor who made me read
the classics I would have been stymied
on what to do
, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

``
If you want to see something
, he's back
on the other side by
the trunk of
the car ''
.
If `` Jack
the Courtier ''
is really to be taken
as Swift
, the following remark
is obviously Steele's comment
on Swift's change of parties and its effect
on their friendship: `` I assure you
, dear Jack
, when I first found out such
an Allay in you
, as makes you of so malleable a Constitution
, that you may be worked into any Form
an Artificer pleases
, I foresaw I should not enjoy your Favour much longer ''
.
If his circumspection in regard to Philip's sensibilities went so far that he even refused to grant a dispensation for
the marriage of Amadee's daughter
, Agnes
, to
the son of
the dauphin of Vienne -- a truly peacemaking move according to thirteenth-century ideas
, for Savoy and Dauphine were
as usual fighting
on opposite sides -- for fear that he might seem to be favoring
the anti-French coalition
, he would certainly never take
the far more drastic step of ordering
the return of Gascony to Edward
, even though
, as he admitted to
the English ambassadors
, he had been advised that
the original cession was invalid
.
If it proclaims that
the best
is yet to be
, it always arouses
, at least in
the young
, either a suspicious
question or perhaps
the exclamation of
the Negro youth who saw
on a tombstone
the inscription
, `` I am not dead but sleeping ''
.
If the would-be joiner asks these questions he
is not likely to be duped by extremists who are seeking to capitalize
on the confusions and
the patriotic apprehensions of Americans in a troubled time
.
If the decision goes wrong
, it may be --
as Mr. Stevenson fears -- ``
the first step
on the slippery path downhill '' to a U.N. without operational responsibilities and without effective meaning
.
If you're lyin' out in
the hammock
at night
, and
it gets kinda cool -- you know -- you just take these sides with
the fringe
on -- see -- and wrap 'em right over you
.
If the record buyer's tastes are somewhat eclectic or even
the slightest bit esoteric
, he will find them satisfied
on educational records
.
If it will simply delay
the debates until
the qualifications are closed next spring
, and then carry all
the candidates
on a tour of debates
, it can provide a service to
the state
.

Mr. Richard Preston
, executive director of
the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission
, in his remarks to
the Governors Conference
on Industrial Development
at Providence
on October 8
, 1960
, warned against
the fallacy of attempting to attract industry solely to reduce
the tax rate or to underwrite municipal services such
as schools when he said: ``
If this is the fundamental reason for a community's interest or if
this is the basic approach
, success if any will be difficult to obtain ''
.

``
If the day should ever come that foreign invaders swarm ashore along
the Gulf Coast ''
, the account reads
, `` they can count
on heavy opposition from a group of commando-trained telephone employees -- all girls
.
If we make
it established custom that whenever butchery
on the highways grows excessive
, say beyond 25,000 per annum
, then somebody
is going to hang
, it follows that
the more eminent
the victim
, the more impressive
the lesson
.
If it comes down too hard
on the potential dangers of fallout
, it will box
the President
on resuming atmospheric tests
.

``
If William agrees
, we should insist
on a public debate ''
, he said
at length
.
If you want to fight
, go down
on the sidewalk ''
.
If there
is anything which we can do in
the executive branch of
the Government to speed up
the processes by which we come to decisions
on matters
on which we must act promptly
, that in itself would be a major contribution to
the conduct of our affairs
.
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