And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat no...t of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One can prove or refute anything at all with words. Soon people will perfect language technology to such an extent that they'll be... proving with mathematical precision that twice two is seven.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He had a gentleman-like frankness in his behaviour, and as a great point of honour as a minister can have, especially a minister a...t the head of the treasury, where numberless sturdy and insatiable beggars of condition apply, who cannot all be gratified, nor all with safety be refused.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one's physical powers and the characte...r of the country; one is compelled to see it as its natives do. Then every man one meets is an individual. One is no longer regarded by the whole population as an unapproachable and uninteresting animal to be cheated and robbed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I never went near the Wellesley College chapel in my four years there, but I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity th...at school stuck us all with, a kind of glazed politeness in the face of boredom and stupidity. Tolerance, in the worst sense of the word.... How marvelous it would have been to go to a women's college that encouraged impoliteness, that rewarded aggression, that encouraged argument.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My self ... is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here an alcoholic b...on vivant argues with a learned professor. Here a lyric muse, chronically love-struck, raises her eyes to heaven. Her papa steps forward, uttering pedantic protests. Here the indulgent uncle intercedes. Here the aunt babbles gossip. Here the maid giggles lasciviously. And I look upon it all with amazement, the sharpened pen in my left hand.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to f...inish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore,... Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee,--are all with thee!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I'll make thee glorious by my pen And famous by my sword;... I'll serve thee in such noble ways Was never heard before; I'll crown and deck thee all with bays, And love thee more and more.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It's the boxers who attract the real women, after all, with their raw primeval strength, beautifully toned bodies and just a touch... of vulnerability.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »