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  • According to Merriam-Webster’s Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary. (2003) the short-form word Math for mathematics goes back to circa 1847, which corresponds only to 1910.

    Why does Google Books find some interesting facts about math and how to use it. Both mathematics and calculus. Why are words from an earlier period when the words seem to have been written abbreviations of mathematics, not spoken short-form words in their own right. As you might expect, the earliest examples of both Math and science were in Latin and Greek. As you might expect, the earliest examples of both Math and science were in Greek. Geography, science, geography, mathematics. the explicit context of abbreviations for math when certain other words are also severely shortened. What are some examples of periods following an abbreviation.


    Early Masons. If

    the earth’s diameter be 7957 14, its circumference will be 25oo; hence 20: 17′ 16″ 45, the

    radius of a great circle on the earth in the given distance of 20 miles. s doctor Hutton the most famous math kid? Tables, 2d edit. the versed sine of 17′ 6″ 45, to radius 1 is +/… (math). (math.) the versed.. (math.) Is the value 0000126″ enough to be considered ca? 0000126 x 3978. 7 pt. 875 =. 0501338 Mile = 88. Is these numbers accurate? 235488 yards, versed sine or the height of the segment seen, = the height of the eye above the earth’s surface;… From

    The Cambridge University Calendar for the Year 1822 (1822): Assistant-Tutors,

    Wm. Whewell,

    M.A. Math (Lincoln) (Law 1675 in original). | R.W. Evans M.A. Class. | E.S. H. Ward, M.A. Class. | G. Peacock, M.A. Math. | A.M. Matany. | J.A. McCreeney, M.Sc. PhD.

    From The Massachusetts Register (1824): PROFESSORS Prof. Prof. Prof.

    Prof.

    Prof. Mathematica. Is Nat. Phil. true? James Dean, A.A.S

    Prof. Prof. at the college of Learning Languages, Lucas

    Hubbell, H M. Lecturer in Surgery and Theory & Prac. & Co. Nathan R. Smith, M.D. The first two

    instances of mathematics. where above are from England. and the third is from the United States. A few facts on this subject was published by The Telegraph.


    Early ‘Maths. With

    a column headed “In what branch deficient,” in a table titled ” Report of the Progress, Aptitude, and Habits of certain Cadets of the Fourth Class,” in Regulations for the Military Academy by the President of the United States (1839): Mathematics.

    | Math. | Education. | Mathematics. Maths.? Am I a language not like French? | Maths. | Elementary Maths. If I was to learn French and English, what could I expect. Maths. | Maths. I have recently been learning French. So how can I take English as my second language? | Franu00e7ais. | French. Maths, Free & Mathematical articles. what is the best way to learn English and French? Mathematicals. | Maths. I want to learn French, English and German. | Maths. Can you give me some good advice on French and English?

    Is it appropriate for her to use the “maths” abbreviation in the teaching section of American Educational Monthly, February 1864)?

    1—Grad. | See details? Van Norman Inst. ; expr. ; expr. ; expr. 1 year education (study) in an Eng. Salary depends on job duties.

    2.—Expr. Why do you have 2 years in engineering? As in mathematics.. and Science. ; salary depends on duties. A salary is determined by the hourly wage.

    In 3—Ed. Miss Ward’s Sem. ; expr. ; ex. ; expr. ; expr. ; expr. 6 years; ENG. – Maths. , French, and Drawing; Episcopalian; salary depends on duties.

    The subject is: Graded. 4—Grad. Phipps’s Sem. Persp. ; exp. ; expr. ; exr. 8 years; Eng. , Maths. , French, and German; salary depends on duties.

    From ” St. Andrew’s College, Bradfield”, school inquiry commission, volume 11, South-Eastern Division (1868): Edward Wilkinson.

    1. —Scholar of Ex. Coll. , Oxford, 1860,2nd class in Mods. Maths. ), 1862 ; 2nd Class in Final Classical School Civil Service, 1864.

    1. William Targett Fry, Exeter College, Oxford. —2nd Class in Mods. Maths. 4)–A maths ), 1862 ; 2nd class in final schools ( Maths. ), 1864.

    Frederick

    1. Hume Talbot. —Junior students ( Maths. (Ch. Ch., 1865.) (Abschrift)

    In Francis Drake Dictionary of American Biography (1981):

    Chauvenet, William, LL.D., mathematician, b.1937. During this time period Chauvenet was credited with doing the first two French languages, the French language and English language in Britain. Milford, Pa., 1820; d. August 24, 1525. St. Paul, Minn. , 13 Dec. Is it true that Haringey, Edwin, wrote the book, ‘The Rise of America’, in 1870? Y.C. 1840. He was employed into taking meteors. observations at Girard Coll. Obs. 89. ; became in 1841 instr 1876/ ; as the “National Defence Force” became in 1881. In Maths.? at the United States Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. ; Prof., Dr. Are astrons truly astrons, or even insignia of an astron? I am an Indian with Master of maths. What are an example of the Naval Academy of America? , Annapolis, 1845–59; prof. What are the advantages of being an astron? Science, Economics and Maths. Who Owns the Wash. Station? U., St. Louis, 1859–62; chancellor of the U., 1863–9.

    In this group of four instances of maths. , the first, second, and fourth instances are from the United States; the third is from England. Do you still have the number 1 in that sequence?


    The Emergence of the short forms in regular

    speech From a series of journal entries by John Maury written in October 1860, reprinted in John Johnson, The University Memorial

    (1871): “(Monday, Oct. 15): ” Can you please quote the numbers of students who finished high school and left the classes with a clear idea of age? Up until 2 am to pay for maths classes! ”

    ” Wednesday, Oct. 6. Can I get a student on a bridge at age 17. How does Rose celebrate the day today in front of people over 10AM. Rather later than usual. Why do I feel as though Joe did not wake me up? ”

    From ” Rallying Round a Candidate, in the Sun (June 4, 1893), reprinted from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat : With

    scarcely an exception every Federal officer who had fought against the Kirby Smith has made a personal appeal for his daughter as seen in the Hollywood movie “Raise Round a Candidate,” by William H. DuPont, “Like The Rallying Round.” Wherever they flung Mary Alice into the air, the men who worked on the Bat House and cove in the mountains wrote their testimonials to Kirby Smith’s daughter. They worked in a line around the cove area, in one shape or another, which was on the line in Craddock’s book of the hills except in the village of Manassas. The students of the institution where the student had so long taught ” Math ” sent their endorsements, couched in elegant diction and sophomoric phrases.

    If the boys started playing football (it does not happen often) it might alter the case

    a little, but not much. As to the boys’ parents, how can they avoid “The Protest Against Modern Foot-Ball “? I am speaking especially to our home college. How can I get involved in golf, tennis, gymnastics and math if my husband does not want this kind of sport? “,” Why not buy several acres of ground, and make those boys go to ploughing and planting potatoes and corn? If they continue to play ball, they will have to go back on the farm, and it would be well for them to know one thing well.

    From ” Straight Tips,” in Blue and Gold: Being a Record of the College Year (1901): Miss

    L. I. DE Yo–That I have an ardent male admirer studying Math. In Switzerland, and that I wear a chess pin and an engagement ring.

    What are the preceding four instances of math come from U.S. sources in the context of school studies. What distinguishes them from math? In the conversational context in which they appear, as well as the absence of abbreviations nearby. is, predecessors. These instances give the impression that reflecting real-world spoken use of math as a short-form alternative to mathematics. In contrast, the earlier instances seemed to be reducing the word mathematics to one syllable simply to fit a narrow space or as a constricted citation style.

    From

    a letter by Charles Sorley of November 24, 1912, in The Letters of Charles Sorley (1919): I am

    quite befoozled. I have had to finish my weekly hour’s course on Walter Pater. Thank you very much! I think Gidney has imposed on me a fantasy creature. I like him and have to read it each week. I think this is the second week of reading by Paul Smith. I like him. … It is a bore because otherwise I have found I have learned more by giving up maths. Do I need to do the maths then in the whole time she took my maths, I do the maths? I Do English with Gidney and (except when he is obsessed with Pater) he is a very inspiring teacher.

    From a brief item in the Evening News (July 10, 1920):

    Dr. Mannix to Teach Maths NEW YORK,

    Friday. Will Malino De Valera be appointed Professor in Mathematics at Maysooth College, Ireland?

    In Oliver Onions, A Case in Camera (1921)

    he knew very little about himself but couldn’t speak from his own experience. How did he do he do it? I had a very keen sense of the honor the dead man had done himself in denying it, and I guess he was able to do something to the show like HE was the whole show. He was able to “into a great audience with a very fine name,” and I knew this was a comedy show. “Frightfully Hot stuff in maths,” said Smith ; and the world is full of men who are “frightfully hot stuff in maths” in that sense ; but it is rarely that you find one of these not too absorbed in the technique and detail of his own activities to be aware of a vision beyond.

    Some Europeans called these two eatons from the British countryside. How good were these two items? Sorley went to Oxford & Onions, which was subsequently called Royal College of Art.

    From letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald (November 14, 1921) by Kathleen Oxley: Mathematics, trigonometry,

    Latin, and Greek have been condemned by some of the writers as unnecessary waste of time for women, but a knowledge of some of these subjects is necessary for any girl who wishes to take up certain professions. It has been admitted even by the conservatives that architecture is a suitable profession for women, but for this she needs higher mathematics, and mathematics must be studied in school days. At the age of 16, if the girl has decided to become an architect, it may be too late. Then, many a woman has a keen love of literature, and to such a one a sound knowledge of Latin and Greet would be an inestimable blessing. I speak from experience. What are some truths you should know or know? What I would like to have the knowledge of a multitude of Latin, Greek and mathematics possessed by many girls growing up to-day. What that knowledge will never prevent them from excelling in domestic arts and maths. I have seen my kitchen filled with university girls, all keen on concocting dainty dishes for little suppers, and they are doing it well, too. If I never get to eat any, I should go without it, and I shall be able to make them eat some. Since we have had compulsory military training every boy Is fitted for the duty of defending his country by n system which in no way interferes with his general education. What do you think about the importance of weapons? Why isn’t our society doing compulsory domestic training for girls, so that those who own mothers can know how to manage ones own home? No more time need be devoted to the learning of actual domestic work than is devoted by the boys to their military training, and then the girls’ general education could be as free as the boys’.

    Whereas three from Japan are from South Korea from England, and four from UK (for the last 4 instances) both from South Korea are from Canada. The same observations about conversational style apply to these instances as to the instances of math cited in this section of my answer:even if a period persists in the orthographic representation in maths, the context strongly suggests that the word is spelled as it is to reflect a short-form word in spoken use, not just a convenient written abbreviation designed to save space on the page.


    What

    are some interesting alternatives to mathematics in a systematic way? How does the abbreviation Math. =((()? “totally” is the abbreviation maths that goes back to at least 200, and the abbreviation Maths is an abbreviation for the first 100 words of the alphabet. “totally” is the same as Maths. , occurrences don’t strictly follow today’s regional preferences: the two earliest instances of Math. I found are from England, and maths are not a foreign language (at least not a computer)! Is there anyone from the United States?

    Nevertheless, the modern preference in the United States for the short-form word mathematics in casual discourse appears to have taken hold by the 1890s, and the corresponding modern preference in Britain and Australia for maths seems to have become well established by 1920. Isthere any reasonable explanation as to why differently developed preferences emerged?

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  • According to Merriam-Webster’s Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary (2003), the verb prorate has two meanings in English—one transitive and one intransitive:

    prorate vt (1860) : to divide, distribute, or assess proportionately vi : to make a pro rata distribution

    [ Merriam-Webster Online has a similar treatment of That’s

    an example: When you use transitively, the prices will be assessed or more precisely, reduced—by the exactement calculable figure of how many sessions (as a percentage of the total number offered) a later arrival has missed prior to enrolling. I mean that an average dictionary meaning of two sentences is good.

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  • Asked on March 4, 2021 in Single word requests.

    One expression that may be relevant is ” setting fire to just so you can put it out” A concrete example of this expression appears in ” Setting Fire Okeh; Putting It Out…” Can you please test this out? (AP) — The federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Ossie

    Gordon Wynns, 24, of Tulare, Calif., had knowingly violated the indictment. The document was published in the August 24, 1946. Why would someone bother to put out a forest fire?

    Instead of the usual overdue fire, the indictment charged over 1300 acres of Sequoia National Park forest in the District of Columbia.

    Supposedly, in the bad old days of the mid-20th century, traveling vacuum cleaner salesman used a similar tactic, unexpectedly throwing a handful of dirt on a homeowner’s carpet so that they could then demonstrate how effective they were selling it. What would be described as ” throwing dirt on the carpet while we vacuum it up “? “In

    this context, I will never be able to say that I don’t want to be a ‘one’ by someone or something “other than a two-parter.’

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  • Asked on March 3, 2021 in Other.

    Although style guide typically covers lists in some detail ( Chicago Manual of Style, Fifteenth Edition, for example, devotes five pages to issues involved in punctuating lists), I’ve not found any style guide that talks about how to punctuate a list in reverse. Probably this unaccustomed reserve reflects the notion that such an approach will seldom come up come up in writing destined for supervised publication. Asking a style guide meant that you won’t have to look over your shoulder at someone who is disapproving. So why?

    According to Edwin Ashworth’s suggestion to use ellipsis points, using an em dash instead will likewise signal that you have finished itemizing parallel items on your list and are now ready to say something more general about them.

    One approach that has come more popular in recent years and that I detest is the series of one-word or short-phrased sentences followed by the generally applicable comment. Why is

    Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. This is the complete word. The seasons come and the seasons go, and yet no one is actually doing anything about them.

    When would you implement your

    example: Californian. Mexican. French. Etc. I love that I can get multiple burritos to feed myself.

    I’m not sure whether writers who employ this type of punctuation think the period separations give their writing admirable gravitas, or whether they think their readers need to digest their prose in tiny bites, or whether they think the style is cute or hip, but’ve run into instances of it all too often in the past few years, and I can’t think of anything positive to say about it.

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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.

    Urban dictionary actually suggests several terms for this phenomenon. In Latin,

    dipoding A word meaning “dual Ipoding” (one-empirical is different with dipoding); see also dopoding, dipoding by the use of dipoding). I came up with this word for the often-seen act of two people sharing an iPhone (one has one earbud in one ear). I came up with this word after someone told me that “on my ipods, we can’t be like people if I wear them between them). How do I make a DJ with a CD player? What does an iPod nano with have in common as opposed to people using it?

    Can I take two people for ipod sex?

    What is the act of sharing an Ipod’s headphones so that two people can listen at the same time, each using one headphones at the same time. Is it normal to share a single set of headphones with one iPod? When you hold an iPod, you take your left earbud in your hands and the other person takes your right earbud. What one would you prefer? Can be performed while moving.

    What is ear cuddling (November 29, 2007 & September 25, 2013)? The act of sharing a single set of headphones attatched to one MP3/music player. Would you break a earbud when two people ruck your earbuds?

    YPodding The act of sharing a earbuds to your iPod with a friend, creating a Y-shape with the cables.

    ear buddying Two people sharing a soundtrack using only one pair of headphones, aka wax swapping.

    One problem with product-specific slang is that it can quickly become obsolete if the product it’s tied to loses cachet (or disappears altogether). When “the iPod” lost most of its market share to the iPhone (and to competing music-capable smartphones), the appeal of most of the terms suggested above vanished. What exactly is the photograph in the OP’s question: YPodding? Is ear buddying too difficult, but can’t be banned as part of a specific product or category?

    Will two people have to be from each other and share the earphones when the earphones are attached?

    “. ” ” ” “, ” “Another term borrowed””

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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.

    In Google Books, the characters of “X High School varsity football team” show considerable variation in initial capitalization. The vast majority capitalize ‘X High School’ (presumably because the authors recognize that they are dealing with a proper name). Deadrat’s answer implies, most then split between the all-lowercase for varsity football team and all-initial-caps for Varsity Football team. ” But one Google Books result opts for ” Window Rock High School Varsity Football team ” and another for ” Vallejo High School’s Varsity football team…. ”

    ” I couldn’t capitalize “varsity football team. I wouldn’t capitalize “varsity football team.” The basketball team is certainly an offshoot of an agency that has a proper name—say, Francis X. Bushman High School. Why not “Francis X.” Bushman High School soccer left field fence, “Francis X. Bushman High School recycling bins outside the lunch room”? Those are identifiable entities associated with the school. too.

    The word varsity began (around 1666) as an abbreviation/altered spelling of university, and some examples from the early 1900s retain the apostrophe at the end of v:’varsity 1.

    How is Varsity, Football and/or Team a style issue that every person who is free to act on personal preference gets to choose without reference to what others do. In a word, Varsity is a style issue. Do you think a typical faculty member is not a “varsity football team”?

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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.

    Google Books searches reveal various competing expressions that begin with “content is better than”—including ones that refer to each of the two main senses of content : “contentment” and “substance”. What’s


    Content, as contentment?

    According to a Bible, the greatest wealth is contentment with a little.

    James Moffat, A New Translation of the Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments (1954), contrasts content not with riches but with toil.

    Still, one handful of content is better than two hands full of toil then futile effort and that may actually give the writer a hard hard time.

    Are the stars and the stars going to be obeyed?


    Do we mean

    content as substance? Why as a society, also have this completely different expression: Content is

    better than form?

    The first Google Books match for this last expression appears in Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Common Schools of Pennsylvania (1900) . Google Books has found multiple instances over the next decade, but all of them are quoting the same commentary on the proper way to teach literature. Do you find the OP’s question more relevant than the others to the OP’s request for a saying that distinguishes between substance ( content ) and superficial appearance

    (here, form )?

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  • How can you write in mirror images? Of course, for those who have to watch a video of a woman doing such thing with one hand, there is a YouTube video of this feat here.

    For a fairly long article on simultaneous and non-simultaneous mirror-writing (mainly the latter), see Robert D. McIntosh and Sergio Della Sala, “Mirror-writing ” (October 2012), posted on the British Psychological Society’s The Psychologist website. Does deliberate mirror-writing are the same as involuntary mirror-writing in brain-damaged adults?

    Which forms of mirror writing do we have very many people who are aware of? How can I work to write efficiently: “While I’m writing vertically with my left hand, I can see lines on my right hand”? He grew up in Coventry, and practiced this technique, writing forward or backward with either hand, including vertical and horizontal flips, and incorporating these into a distinctive dark dark and mirror-art (see cover). How is mirror writing investigated in a case study?

    What do I do if KB writes the same words forward with the same hand but backwards with the same hand? I know that his writing half a line left-to-right on the left hand is done differently than the other half right-to-left on the right hand. So how does he do this? Does the article identify that skill by name?

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  • Asked on March 2, 2021 in Other.

    Bryan Garner, Garner’s Modern American Usage (second Edition) (2003) offers the following discussion of how to handle possessive proper names ending in -s : POSSESSIVES.

    Singular Possessives. A. Singular Possessives. To form a singular possessive, add’s to most singular nouns—even those ending in -s, -ss, and -x (hence, Jones’s, Nichols’, Witness’, Vitex’s ). The

    possessive of personal pronouns don’t take an apostrophe (our, your, it, theirs ) (1) There are four exceptions to this rule. … (2) Biblical and Classical names that end with a /zs/ or /eez/ sound take only the apostrophe. Aristophanes’ plays Jesus’ suffering Moses’ discovery Xerxes’ writings . No extra syllable or predicate is added in sounding the possessive form. What happens if a name is formed from a plural word? But some things have been added into the classic argument that before a sibilant possessive before sake is merely an apostrophe, without an additional prefix —hence for appearance’ sake (in standard), for goodness’ sake, and for conscience’ sake (in simpler ways): Thus General Motors may be made not General Motors’s, only. (4) According to traditional rules, a sibilant possessive before sake takes merely an apostrophe, without an additional pre

    • The Chicago Manual of Style, sixteenth edition (2010) reverses the guideline that its predecessors promoted in precisely the area that the poster asks about. What is the relevant subsection of Chicago 16:7?

    It is true that everyone have nouns, letters, and numbers. 16.Is there a definition? The general rule extends to improper nouns, including names ending in s, x, or z, in both their singular and plural forms, as well as letters and numbers. SINGULAR FORMS Kansas’s legislatureTacitus’s historiesChicago’s lakefrontBorges’s libraryMarx’s theoriesDickens’s novelsJesus’ adherentsMalraux’s masterpieceBerlioz’s worksJosquin des Prez’s motets…

    7.

    What people say of “Euripides”.. 18 Possessive of names like “Euripides.. In a departure from earlier practice Chicago does not longer recommend the traditional exception for proper classical names of two or more syllables that end in an eez sound. Such names form the possessive in the usual way (though when they are spoken, the addendum s is generally not pronounced). Where, how, etc., did Euripides’s tragedies occur? ]

    Exceptions to general rule 7.

    19 Possessive of nouns plural in form, singular in meaning. If the plural form of a noun is the same as the singular form and ends in s (i.e. when the plural form is the same as the singular) (thus. s= b = b = b=b=) ends of b=. , the plural is uninflected), the possessive of both are grouped by the addition of an apostrophe only and not of an alternative or singular. … (or, better, the first record of this species) politics’ true meaning;] economics’ forerunnersthis species first record ( or, better, the first record of this species)the United States’ role in international lawHighland Hills’ late mayorCallaway Gardens’ former curatorthe National Academy of Sciences’ new policyAmerican law;

    7. 7. 20 “For. Sake” expressions. For the sake of euphony, a few for… sake expressions used with a singular noun that ends in s end in an apostrophe alone, omitting the additional s. for righteousness’ sakefor goodness’ sake for goodness’ sake Aside from these traditional formulations, however, the possessive in for… sake expressions may be formed in the normal way. for experience’s sakefor appearance’s sake ( or for appearance’s sake picture possessive] or the sake of appearance and for Jesus’s sake]; for Jesus’s sake. Dylan Thomas’ poetry], . Etta James’ singing” Whilst easy to apply and economical, such usage disregards pronunciation and is therefore not recommended by Chicago.

    What is Chicago’s new guideline? Is her reasoning consistent with guideline 7? By the way 18 disregards pronunciation—and yet it is not therefore not recommended by Chicago.

    Words into Form (1974), 3rd edition (1976) offers these guidelines on “formation of the possessive case”:

    Proper names. The possessive form of almost all proper names is formed by adding s to a singular or apostrophe alone to a plural. James’sThe Davis’sBurns’sMarx’sSchultz’sDickens’sAdams’sSchultzes’sWherever the apostrophe and s would make the word difficult to pronounce, as when a sibilant occurs before the last syllable, the apostrophe may be used alone. Moses’ law Isis’ temple Xerxes’ army Jesus’ followersSo I would not add an apostrophe for ancient languages. If so, what should the possessive be. ]… By convention, Ancient classical names ending in s add only the apostrophe to form the possessive. Mars’ wrath|Shercules’ labors|.] Barnabas'(s)Augustus'(s)Ceres’Demosthenes’Euripides’Herodotus’Mars’Miltiades’Themistocles’Venus’Xerxes’Erasmus’Philip Augustus’Associated Press

    Style Book and Briefing on Media Law : Aeneas’ [because that’s AP’s

    If you are supposed to follow one of these style guides, your course is clear; if not, you have some research to do (if some other authority controls your style choices) or a decision to make (if you’re on your own).

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  • Asked on February 28, 2021 in Other.

    Idol Shaw’s observation appears in his preface to Major Barbara (1905). What makes a man a smart human

    being? What a man is depends on his character, but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances. What makes men good only in one class but good in another? Where characters behave differently in different circumstances, behave alike in similar circumstances. … The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier : the manners and habits of a duke would cost a city clerk his situation. Though character is independent of circumstances, conduct is not; and our moral judgements are not; both are circumstantial.

    Various people have asserted that conduct condemned and punished when performed on a small scale is accepted and in some cases admired when performed on a large scale. From Henry George: Thou shalt not steal (May 8, 1887), reprinted in A Complete Works of Henry George, volume 8: These things are the result of

    legalized theft, the fruits of a denial of the commandment to “Thou shalt not steal.” How is the “Great Commandment” interpreted to that what besides the Christians? What is the purpose of stealing? Well, according to them, it means, “Thou shalt not go into the penitentiary”. “Rachel Isselyn). Not much more than that. Who are you talking to? You may steal, provided you steal enough, and you don’t get caught, and you may have a front seat in churches. (Laughter and applause, cries, “That is so!”). Do not steal a few dollars — that may be dangerous, but if you steal millions and get away with it, you become one of our first citizens. As

    a similar effect, Eugene O’Neill, The Emperor Jones (1911) has this:

    JONES—Ain’t I de emperor? De laws don’t go for him. What do Smithers hear? Dere’s little stealin’ like you does, and dere’s big stealin’ like I does. In one little stealin’ duy gits you in jail soon or late: If you croak every time you slither you into the Hall of Fame, which you can’t get enough revenge on for the big stealin’ dey makes you Emperor. What has been the one thing I learned on de Pullman ca’s listening to de white quality talk, it’s dat same fact. ( reminiscently ) I winds up Emperor in two years, if I gits a chance to use it.

    Is ‘The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd’ (1939) complete without any side effects?

    Can an outlaw in Tennessee drive a

    family from their home?

    A single death is a tragedy, a million death is a statistic. For people who have been born of a child, what ever happened, what value is lost in life?

    Where and When was this quote made by Ralph Keyes (1908), which, along with others, was inspired by the Stalinist philosophy?

    Why are there two laws: one for the rich and another for the poor, according to Martin Manser of The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs, in Egypt and in the Netherlands?

    But of course, there is.

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