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// Copyright 1997 Trendtech Corporation, All Rights Reserved
@TEXT@
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as
well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have
just addressed the House.öö But different men often see the
same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it
will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if,
entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite
to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and
without reserve.öö This is no time for ceremony.öö The
questing before the House is one of awful moment to this
country.öö For my own part, I consider it as nothing less
than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to
the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the
debate.öö It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive
at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold
to God and our country.öö Should I keep back my opinions at
such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should
consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and
of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which
I revere above all earthly kings.öö
-- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.
@TEXT@
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the
illusions of hope.öö We are apt to shut our eyes against a
painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she
transforms us into beasts.öö Is this the part of wise men,
engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?öö Are we
disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see
not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly
concern their temporal salvation?öö For my part, whatever
anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the
whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.öö
-- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.
@TEXT@
A committee is a miniature assembly of one or more persons
that must meet together in order to transact business
and usually one of its members should be appointed its clerk.öö
Whatever is not agreed to by the majority of the members present
and voting at a meeting (at which a quorum consisting of a
majority of the members of the committee shall be present)
cannot form a part of its report.öö The minority may be permitted
to submit their views in writing also, either together
or each member separately, but their report can be presented
only with general consent or by an incidental motion to receive it.öö
The motion takes a second is undebatable, is amendable, requires a
majority, and is reconsiderable.öö The rules of the assembly,
as far as possible, shall apply in committee; but a
reconsideration of a vote shall be allowed, regardless of the time
elapsed, only when every member who voted with the majority is
present when the reconsideration is moved.öö A committee (except a
committee of the whole)) may appoint a subcommittee of its own
members, unless the assembly determines otherwise.öö When the
committee is through with the business assigned, a motion is made
for the committee to "rise" (which is equivalent to the motion
to adjourn).öö The chairman (or some member who is more familiar
with the subject) will make its report to the assembly, as the
committee decides.öö The committee ceases to exist as soon
as the assembly receives the report, if it is not a standing committee.öö
@TEXT@
The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my
length.ööI saw that the crescent was designed to cross the region
of the heart.öö It would fray the serge of my robe-it would
return and repeat its operations-again-and again.ööNotwithstanding
its terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more),
and the hissing vigor of its descent, sufficient to sunder these
very walls of iron, still the fraying of my robe would be all that,
for several minutes, it would accomplish.ööAnd at this
thought I paused.öö I dared not go further than this reflection.öö
I dwelt upon it with a pertinacity of attention-as if, in so
myself to ponder upon the sound of the crescent as it should
which the friction of cloth produces on the nerves.öö I pondered upon
all this frivolity until my teeth were on edge.
- passage from "The Pit and the Pendulum", Edgar Allan Poe