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" Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which you are looking forward to could be completely effected at this very instant; would this be a great joy and happiness to you? "
Contributions to Natural History and Papers on Other Subjects - Page 92
by James Simson - 1875 - 182 pages
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The Culture of the Market: Historical Essays

Thomas L. Haskell, Richard F. Teichgraeber, III - 1996 - 564 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered...ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means? I seemed to have nothing left to live for. 57 No longer inspired by visions...
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Versions of Deconversion: Autobiography and the Loss of Faith

John D. Barbour - 1994 - 264 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?' And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered,...foundation on which my life was constructed fell down" (94). Mill realized that much of his distress could be attributed to his education, which had precociously...
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John Stuart Mill and India

1994 - 294 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered,...whole foundation on which my life was constructed fell down.6 To remedy this loss of faith in his vocation, JS Mill turned first to the romantic poets and...
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Virtuous Giving: Philanthropy, Voluntary Service, and Caring

Mike W. Martin - 1994 - 252 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No!" At this my heart sank within me. . . . ^ His commitment to the philanthropic ideal was too intellectual, too independent of emotions...
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Wrongness, Wisdom, and Wilderness: Toward a Libertarian Theory of Ethics and ...

Tal Scriven - 1997 - 232 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered,...ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means? I seemed to have nothing left to live for.' As Mill tells it, the only thing...
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Cognition and Emotion: From Order to Disorder

Michael J. Power, Tim Dalgleish - 1997 - 514 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered,...foundation on which my life was constructed fell down. In Mill's case therefore merely imagining the successful completion of his goals and plans was sufficient...
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Twelve Great Philosophers: An Historical Introduction to Human Nature

Wayne P. Pomerleau - 1997 - 566 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No!" At this my heart sank within me. His profound disillusionment at this realization could not be reasoned away. Nor was there anyone to...
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Seeing Into the Life of Things: Essays on Literature and Religious Experience

John L. Mahoney - 1998 - 388 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible self-consciousness distinctly answered,...ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means? I seemed to have nothing left to live for. (81) Juxtapose this, for example,...
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On Liberty – Ed. Alexander

John Stuart Mill - 1999 - 298 pages
...could be completely effected at this very instant: would this be a great joy and happiness to you?" And an irrepressible selfconsciousness distinctly answered,...ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means? I seemed to have nothing left to live for.9 Mill goes on to affix blame...
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Victorian Prose: An Anthology

Rosemary J. Mundhenk, LuAnn McCracken Fletcher - 1999 - 502 pages
...self-consciousness distinctly answered, "No!" At this mv heart sank within me: the whole foundation on which mv life was constructed fell down. All my happiness was...ceased to charm, and how could there ever again be any interest in the means? I seemed to have nothing left to live for. At first I hoped that the cloud...
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