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We and can

He swung round to
the other men -- ``
We can catch him easy!!
We can soon tell ''
.

``
We can get it if we dig ''
, he said patiently
.

``
We can boil it ''
, he said
.
We have staved off
a war
and, since our behavior has involved all these elements
, we
can only keep adding to our ritual without daring to abandon any part
of it
, since we have not
the slightest notion which parts are effective
.
We assume
for this illustration that
the size
of the land plots is so great that
the distance between dwellings is greater than
the voice
can carry
and that most
of the communication is between nearest neighbors only
, as shown
in Figure 2
.
We hear equally fervent concern
over the belief that we have not enough generalists who
can see
the over-all picture
and combine our national skills
and knowledge
for useful purposes
.
We can also argue that
the three brothers Karamazov
and Smerdyakov were
the external representatives
of an internal conflict within one man
, Dostoevsky
, a conflict having to
do with father-murder
and the wish to possess
the father's woman
.
We feel uncomfortable at being bossed by
a corporation or
a union or
a television set
, but until we have some knowledge about these phenomena
and what they are doing to us
, we
can hardly learn to control them
.
We must avoid
the notion
, suggested to some people by examples such as those just mentioned
, that ideas are `` units ''
in some way comparable to coins or counters that
can be passed intact from one group
of people to another or even
, for that matter
, from one individual to another
.
We can conceive
of no alternatives
.
We can be virtuous only if we control our lower natures
, the passions
in this case
, and strengthen our rational side ; ;
We must
, first
of all
, be willing to forgive others before we
can secure God's forgiveness
.
We don't think she
can make her child defective
, emotionally disturbed or autistic
.
We can attack Tshombe
, but not Gigenza
.
We can force Britain
and France out
of the Suez
, but we cannot so much as try to force
the Russian tanks back from Budapest
.
We can mass our fleet against
the Trujillos
, but not against
the Castros
.
We can vote
in the UN against South African apartheid or Portuguese rule
in Angola
, but we cannot even introduce
a motion on
the Berlin Wall -- much less
, give
the simple order to push
the Wall down
.
We can expect more
of the same
.
We can help
in the planning process
We can no longer rely on interdepartmental machinery `` somewhere upstairs '' to resolve differences between
this and other departments
.
We must determine whether missiles
can win
a war all by themselves
.
We have developed an ingenious method
of interlocking these so that you
can make
the major part
of your house
in your own workshop
, panel by panel
, according to plan
.
We gently usher them to an island
of tables
and chairs strategically placed on
the far side
of the pool where they
can amuse each other until we get ready to merge sides
.
We found that three men -- two carpenters
and a helper --
can put up wall panels or trusses more economically than four men -- because four men don't make two teams ; ;
We and do

``
We had to
do something ''
.
We would like to
do that too ''
.

``
We the people
of the Confederate States
, each state acting
in its sovereign
and independent character
, in order to form
a permanent federal government
, establish justice
, insure domestic tranquility
, and secure
the blessings
of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity -- invoking
the favor
and the guidance
of Almighty God --
do ordain
and establish
this Constitution
for the Confederate States
of America ''
.
We are worried about what people may
do with them -- that some crazy fool may `` push
the button ''
.
We are learning how to
do these things
in some
of the vast organized structures
of modern society ; ;
We find
, in the first place
, that
the students overwhelmingly approve
of higher education
, positively evaluate
the job their own institution is doing
, do not accept most
of the criticisms levelled against higher education
in the public prints
, and, on
the whole
, approve
of the way their university deals with value-problems
and value inculcation
.
We do not defeat
the good ones with
this cruelty
, but we add to their burden
, while expecting them to bestow saintliness upon us
in return
for ostentatious church attendance
and a few bucks
a week
, American cash
.
We do not want policy officers below
the level
of Presidential appointees to concern themselves too much with problems
of domestic politics
in recommending foreign policy action
.
We do not favor one
field over another: we think that all inquiry
, all scholarly
and artistic creation
, is good -- provided only that it contributes to
a sense
and understanding
of the true ends
of life
, as all first-rate scholarship
and artistic creation does
.

``
We, the Subscribers
, do agree
, that as soon as
a convenient Number
of Persons have subscribed to
this, or
a similar Writing
, We will present
a petition to
the Hon'ble General Court
of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts
, praying
for an Act incorporating
into a Body politic
the subscribers to such Writing with Liberty to build such
a Bridge
, and a Right to demand
a Toll equal to that received at Malden Bridge
, and on like Terms
, and if such an Act shall be obtained
, then we severally agree each with
the others
, that we will hold
in the said Bridge
the several shares set against our respective Names
, the whole
into two hundred shares being divided
, and that we will pay such sums
of Money at such Times
and in such Manners
, as by
the said proposed Corporation
, shall be directed
and required ''
.

(
We do, however
, recommend those patented covers to prevent both people
and junk -- flora
and fauna generally -- from accidentally wintering
in the pool
.

)
We do, however
, provide
a limited number
of extra suits
, mainly
for children
, and we stock extra towels
and a few inexpensive bathing conveniences
.

``
We do not have people
in our organization termed ' consultants ' or ' fellows '
, who are specialists
in one particular technical subject
.

``
We also
do a number
of things to build up
the prestige
of the engineer as
a ' professional '
and also to give public recognition to individual technical competence
.

Says Clarence Thompson: ``
We dealers must earn our mark-up by performing
a service
for the builder cheaper than he could
do it himself ''
.
We should
do what we
can to discourage
this conclusion
, both by offering assistance
for their domestic needs
and by reacting firmly to irresponsible actions on
the world scene
.
We do not arrive at spatial images by means
of the sense
of touch by itself
.
We do not deny originality to
the Agamemnon because Aeschylus found
the tales
of the house
of Atreus among
the folk lore
of the Greeks
.
We do know that Morse left
the house before nine o'clock
.

``
We must persuade them to enjoy
a way
of life which
, if not identical
, is congenial with ours ''
, he said but adding that if they
do not develop
the kind
of society they themselves want it will lack ritiuality
and loyalty
.
We cannot consider ourselves educated if we
do not read ; ;
We are left helpless to cope with it because we
do not dare speak
of it as anything real
for fear that to
do so would imply
a commitment to that which has already been discredited
and proved false
.
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