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Now all action , says Aristotle , is necessarily a means to some end . Thus the labour of boat - building has for its end a boat . A boat , however , is not an end in itself . It is but an implement for transporting goods or passengers ...
Now all action , says Aristotle , is necessarily a means to some end . Thus the labour of boat - building has for its end a boat . A boat , however , is not an end in itself . It is but an implement for transporting goods or passengers ...
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If the world move and we stand still , we none the less , by our action , take the responsibility of a decisive course . ' These last words contain the whole argument for action . If the world move and we stand still , our inaction ...
If the world move and we stand still , we none the less , by our action , take the responsibility of a decisive course . ' These last words contain the whole argument for action . If the world move and we stand still , our inaction ...
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The use of destroyers by both sides so soon ( in a daylight action ) as 27 minutes after its commencement is a noticeable feature . The attack of the British destroyers frustrated a similar attempt by the Germans , while our own was ...
The use of destroyers by both sides so soon ( in a daylight action ) as 27 minutes after its commencement is a noticeable feature . The attack of the British destroyers frustrated a similar attempt by the Germans , while our own was ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 226 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1916 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2005 |
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