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...civilization after living under such horrible conditions. Even if a few do not succumb before the end of their term to the many tropical fevers that infest the colony, when released, they are obliged to pass under parole a corresponding number of years. Thus, in whatever way, the primary object of the colony is accomplished: that no convict should come back alive to tell the tale...
...object of the Academy, according to Article 24 of its charter, is stated thus: "The principal function of the Academy shall be to labor with all care and diligence and give certain rules to our language, and to render it pure, eloquent and capable of treating the Arts and Sciences." And, in the famed Letter of the Academy to Cardinal Richelieu, the members proposed "to cleanse the language from the impurities it has contracted in the mouths of the common people, from the jargon of the lawyers, from the misusages of ignorant courtiers and the abuses of the pulpit...
...next hour, the Europeans had the air and the Americans were supposed to do nothing but listen. The experiment was hardest on the Europeans because it was held from 3 to 5 A. M. London time, which in the U. S. are respectable hours of the previous evening. The object of choosing such inconvenient hours for the Europeans was, of course, to have the favorable atmospheric conditions which night affords...
...Since 1611, the Old Testament has been translated by Protestants into many languages (Spanish, Italian) which previously had had only the Vulgate or other Roman Catholic translations. Also, English divines in 1882-84 and U. S. divines in 1901 made a complete revision of the King James version. Their object was to keep the King James version intact except where it palpably mistranslated the original tongues...
Nationalists in other quarters may well take Egypt as an object lesson. The gentle hint has been given that the idealism endorsed at Versailles, like that of Alexander I at Vienna, must not be taken too literally. England's will...