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Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.

_Carlyle._

We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.

OLD TESTAMENT.     _Isaiah xxviii. 15._

_Prophecies._--If one man alone had made a book of predictions concerning Jesus Christ, both as to the time and the manner of his coming, and if Jesus Christ had come in agreement with these prophecies, the fact would have had infinite force.

Blaise Pascal     The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

An indifferent agreement is better than a good verdict.

Proverb.

Rahab knelt down and fed more twigs into the fire. She was thinking how to answer this man. “As I told you,” she said finally, “I did it because of your god. What is his name?” “He has many names. Jehovah is one of them.” “Jehovah. What does that mean?” “It’s an odd sort of name. It means, more or less, ‘one who keeps covenant with His people’” “And what is a covenant?” “It’s a promise, an agreement. Like if I promised you I would come on a certain day, say next week. That would be a covenant between us.” “And what promises has your god made you?” “Many,” Ardon said.

Gilbert Morris

Plus, you did sign a nondisclosure agreement. If you think regular lawyers will shut things down fast, imagine how the lawyers for a notorious criminal organization could keep people from spilling their guts. The world is afraid of supervillains, but even supervillains are afraid of lawyers.

Missy Meyer

It is not metre, but metre-making agreement that makes a poem, a thought so passionate and alive, that, like the spirit of a plant or an animal, it has an architect of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing.

_Emerson._

We are in agreement with the desire of workers to increase their income… [H]owever, we insist that most of this increased income should be derived from ownership of capital. Any other policy leads to the disorderly taking from the owners of capital the income which rightfully belongs to them. Our government increased this disorder by creating many economically unproductive jobs. Of course most of the funds for such jobs are derived from property and corporation profit taxes which further discourages ownership of capital by the majority of our people…. If property can confer dignity, material comfort, and security upon the few, it can do the same for the many…. We note the repeated affirmations by Popes Leo XIII, Pius XI, John XXIII, and Paul VI] of the natural right of all men to private property and their growing insistence upon the need for making ownership and its benefits serve the needs of all of God’s people…. We suggest that the perennial emphasis of the Church on the right of individuals to own [productive] property deserves reaffirmation at this time and that we should consider bold new steps to enable the vast majority of God’s people to become owners of property which will constitute for them a source of a second income. We maintain that this will help reduce poverty and to restore human rights and dignity to millions. [Des Moines, Iowa, June 19, 1968.]

Executive Committee of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference.

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. 1804-1879.     _Resolution adopted by the Antislavery Society, Jan. 27, 1843._

My inner goddess nods frantically in agreement.

E.L. James

No peace was ever won from fate by subterfuge or agreement; no peace is ever in store for any of us but that which we shall win by victory over shame or sin--victory over the sin that oppresses, as well as over that which corrupts.

_Ruskin._

Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race. Peace can be made tranquil and secure only by understanding and agreement fortified by sanctions. We must embrace international cooperation or international disintegration. Science has taught us how to put the atom to work. But to make it work for good instead of for evil lies in the domain dealing with the principles of human dignity. We are now facing a problem more of ethics than of physics.

Bernard Baruch

But it was not enough that the prophecies existed, they needed also distribution through all places, and preservation through all time. And in order that this agreement might not be taken as an effect of chance, it was necessary it should be foretold.

Blaise Pascal     The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal

Nudum pactum=--A mere agreement.

Law.

We are in agreement with the desire of workers to increase their income…. However, we insist that most of the increased income should be derived from ownership of capital.… If property can confer dignity, material comfort, and security upon the few, it can do the same for the many.… We suggest that the perennial emphasis of the Church on the right of individuals to own property deserves reaffirmation at this time and that we should consider bold new steps to enable the vast majority of God’s people to become owners of property which will constitute for them a source of a second income. We maintain that this will help reduce poverty and restore human rights and dignity to millions. [Statement by the Executive Committee of the National Catholic Rural Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, June 19, 1968.]

National Catholic Rural Conference.

Besser ein magrer Vergleich als ein fetter Prozess=--Better is a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit.

_Ger. Pr._

The opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason confirms or confutes; but the confirmation, where it is possible, consists, in the last analysis, of agreement with other beliefs no less instinctive. Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one. Even in the most purely logical realms, it is insight that first arrives at what is new.

Bertrand Russell

One of the oldest and most important elements in such systems is the conception of justice. Society is impossible unless those who are associated agree to observe certain rules of conduct towards one another; its stability depends on the steadiness with which they abide by that agreement; and, so far as they waver, that mutual trust which is the bond of society is weakened or destroyed. Wolves could not hunt in packs except for the real, though unexpressed, understanding that they should not attack one another during the chase. The most rudimentary polity is a pack of men living under the like tacit, or expressed, understanding; and having made the very important advance upon wolf society, that they agree to use the force of the whole body against individuals who violate it and in favour of those who observe it. This observance of a common understanding, with the consequent distribution of punishments and rewards according to accepted rules, received the name of justice, while the contrary was called injustice. Early ethics did not take much note of the animus of the violator of the rules. But civilization could not advance far without the establishment of a capital distinction between the case of involuntary and that of wilful misdeed; between a merely wrong action and a guilty one.

T. H. Huxley     Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley

'Tis always a delightful thing to see the human understanding following its imprescriptible rights in spite of all hindrances, and hurrying eagerly towards the utmost possible agreement between ideas and objects.

_Goethe._

To be entirely just in our estimate of other ages is not only difficult,--it is impossible. Even what is passing in our presence we see but through a glass darkly. The mind as well as the eye adds something of its own before an image, even of the clearest object, can be painted upon it; and in historical inquiries the most instructed thinkers have but a limited advantage over the most illiterate. Those who know the most approach least to agreement.--_Froude._

Maturin M. Ballou     Pearls of Thought

This product is meant for educational purposes only.  Any resemblance to real

persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.  Void where prohibited.  Some

assembly may be required.  Batteries not included.  Contents may settle during

shipment.  Use only as directed.  May be too intense for some viewers.  If

condition persists, consult your physician.  No user-serviceable parts inside.

Breaking seal constitutes acceptance of agreement.  Not responsible for direct,

indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect, error

or failure to perform.  Slippery when wet.  For office use only.  Substantial

penalty for early withdrawal.  Do not write below this line.  Your cancelled

check is your receipt.  Avoid contact with skin.  Employees and their families

are not eligible.  Beware of dog.  Driver does not carry cash.  Limited time

offer, call now to insure prompt delivery.  Use only in well-ventilated area.

Keep away from fire or flame.  Some equipment shown is optional.  Price does

not include taxes, dealer prep, or delivery.  Penalty for private use.  Call

toll free before digging.  Some of the trademarks mentioned in this product

appear for identification purposes only.  All models over 18 years of age.  Do

not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment.  Postage will be

paid by addressee.  Apply only to affected area.  One size fits all.  Many

suitcases look alike.  Edited for television.  No solicitors.  Reproduction

strictly prohibited.  Restaurant package, not for resale.  Objects in mirror

are closer than they appear.  Decision of judges is final.  This supersedes

all previous notices.  No other warranty expressed or implied.

Fortune Cookie

    NEW YORK-- Kraft Foods, Inc. announced today that its board of

directors unanimously rejected the $11 billion takeover bid by Philip

Morris and Co. A Kraft spokesman stated in a press conference that the

offer was rejected because the $90-per-share bid did not reflect the

true value of the company.

    Wall Street insiders, however, tell quite a different story.

Apparently, the Kraft board of directors had all but signed the takeover

>agreement when they learned of Philip Morris' marketing plans for one of

their major Middle East subsidiaries.  To a person, the board voted to

reject the bid when they discovered that the tobacco giant intended to

reorganize Israeli Cheddar, Ltd., and name the new company Cheeses of Nazareth.

Fortune Cookie

Breaking seal constitutes acceptance of agreement.

Fortune Cookie

    This is where the bloodthirsty license agreement is supposed to go,

explaining that Interactive Easyflow is a copyrighted package licensed for

use by a single person, and sternly warning you not to pirate copies of it

and explaining, in detail, the gory consequences if you do.

    We know that you are an honest person, and are not going to go around

pirating copies of Interactive Easyflow; this is just as well with us since

we worked hard to perfect it and selling copies of it is our only method of

making anything out of all the hard work.

    If, on the other hand, you are one of those few people who do go

around pirating copies of software you probably aren't going to pay much

attention to a license agreement, bloodthirsty or not.  Just keep your doors

locked and look out for the HavenTree attack shark.

        -- License Agreement for Interactive Easyflow

Fortune Cookie

Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in accordance with the

License Agreement is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe

civil and criminal penalties.

Fortune Cookie

Use of software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement.

Fortune Cookie

"In corporate life, I think there are three important areas which contracts

can't deal with, the area of conflict, the area of change and area of reaching

potential.  To me a covenant is a relationship that is based on such things

as shared ideals and shared value systems and shared ideas and shared

>agreement as to the processes we are going to use for working together.  In

many cases they develop into real love relationships."

-- Max DePree, chairman and CEO of Herman Miller Inc., "Herman Miller's

   Secrets of Corporate Creativity", The Wall Street Journal, May 3, 1988

Fortune Cookie

Q:    How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A:    Whereas the party of the first part, also known as "Lawyer", and the

party of the second part, also known as "Light Bulb", do hereby and forthwith

agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part shall be removed

from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed

upon duties, i.e., the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise illumination of

the area ranging from the front (north) door, through the entryway, terminating

at an area just inside the primary living area, demarcated by the beginning of

the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option of the party of the

second part and not required by the aforementioned agreement between the

parties.

    The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be

limited to, the following.  The party of the first part shall, with or without

elevation at his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder or any other

means of elevation, grasp the party of the second part and rotate the party

of the second part in a counter-clockwise direction, this point being tendered

non-negotiable.  Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part

becomes fully detached from the receptacle, the party of the first part shall

have the option of disposing of the party of the second part in a manner

consistent with all relevant and applicable local, state and federal statutes.

Once separation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part

shall have the option of beginning installation.  Aforesaid installation shall

occur in a manner consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in

step one of this self-same document, being careful to note that the rotation

should occur in a clockwise direction, this point also being non-negotiable.

The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the

first part, by any or all agents authorized by him, the objective being to

produce the most possible revenue for the Partnership.

Fortune Cookie

I guess what I'm saying is that the croak in question is requiring

>agreement (in the linguistic sense) that isn't buying us anything.

        -- Larry Wall in <199709241628.JAA08908@wall.org>

Fortune Cookie

HR 3128.  Omnibus Budget Reconciliation, Fiscal 1986.  Martin, R-Ill., motion

that the House recede from its disagreement to the Senate amendment making

changes in the bill to reduce fiscal 1986 deficits.  The Senate amendment

was an amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the House

amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill.  The original Senate amendment

was the conference agreement on the bill.  Agreed to.

        -- Albuquerque Journal

Fortune Cookie

`Lasu' Releases SAG 0.3 -- Freeware Book Takes Paves For New World Order

by staff writers

    ...

    The SAG is one of the major products developed via the Information

Superhighway, the brain child of Al Gore, US Vice President.  The ISHW

is being developed with massive govenment funding, since studies show

that it already has more than four hundred users, three years before

the first prototypes are ready.  Asked whether he was worried about the

foreign influence in an expensive American Dream, the vice president

said, ``Finland?  Oh, we've already bought them, but we haven't told

anyone yet.  They're great at building model airplanes as well.  And _I

can spell potato.''  House representatives are not mollified, however,

wanting to see the terms of the deal first, fearing another Alaska.

    Rumors about the SAG release have imbalanced the American stock

market for weeks.  Several major publishing houses reached an all time

low in the New York Stock Exchange, while publicly competing for the

publishing agreement with Mr. Wirzenius.  The negotiations did not work

out, tough.  ``Not enough dough,'' says the author, although spokesmen

at both Prentice-Hall and Playboy, Inc., claim the author was incapable

of expressing his wishes in a coherent form during face to face talks,

preferring to communicate via e-mail.  ``He kept muttering something

about jiffies and pegs,'' they say.

    ...

        -- Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cs.helsinki.fi>

           [comp.os.linux.announce]

Fortune Cookie

" 'Quite so,' some astute people will tell me, 'but what if they were in agreement? What if they murdered him together and shared the money--what then?' A weighty question, truly! And the facts to confirm it are astounding. One commits the murder and takes all the trouble while his accomplice lies on one side shamming a fit, apparently to arouse suspicion in every one, alarm in his master and alarm in Grigory. It would be interesting to know what motives could have induced the two accomplices to form such an insane plan.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky     The Brothers Karamazov

The election of the presidium took place amid stir and moving about. Avanessov announced that by agreement of the Bolsheviki, Left Socialist Revolutionaries and Mensheviki Internationalists, it was decided to base the presidium upon proportionality. Several Mensheviki leaped to their feet protesting. A bearded soldier shouted at them, “Remember what you did to us Bolsheviki when _we_ were the minority!” Result--14 Bolsheviki, 7 Socialist Revolutionaries, 3 Mensheviki and 1 Internationalist (Gorky’s group). Hendelmann, for the right and centre Socialist Revolutionaries, said that they refused to take part in the presidium; the same from Kintchuk, for the Mensheviki; and from the Mensheviki Internationalists, that until the verification of certain circumstances, they too could not enter the presidium. Scattering applause and hoots. One voice, “Renegades, you call yourselves Socialists!” A representative of the Ukrainean delegates demanded, and received, a place. Then the old _Tsay-ee-kah_ stepped down, and in their places appeared Trotzky, Kameniev, Lunatcharsky, Madame Kollentai, Nogin.... The hall rose, thundering. How far they had soared, these Bolsheviki, from a despised and hunted sect less than four months ago, to this supreme place, the helm of great Russia in full tide of insurrection!

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

The meeting was called upon the initiative of the Preobrazhensky and Semionovsky Regiments, for the discussion of the question as to which Socialist parties are for the power of the Soviets, which are against, which are for the people, which against, and if an agreement between them is possible.

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

"I'll do the business with you at a notary's, or whatever it is ... in fact, I'm ready to do anything.... I'll hand over all the deeds ... whatever you want, sign anything ... and we could draw up the agreement at once ... and if it were possible, if it were only possible, that very morning.... You could pay me that three thousand, for there isn't a capitalist in this town to compare with you, and so would save me from ... would save me, in fact ... for a good, I might say an honorable action.... For I cherish the most honorable feelings for a certain person, whom you know well, and care for as a father. I would not have come, indeed, if it had not been as a father. And, indeed, it's a struggle of three in this business, for it's fate--that's a fearful thing, Kuzma Kuzmitch! A tragedy, Kuzma Kuzmitch, a tragedy! And as you've dropped out long ago, it's a tug- of-war between two. I'm expressing it awkwardly, perhaps, but I'm not a literary man. You see, I'm on the one side, and that monster on the other. So you must choose. It's either I or the monster. It all lies in your hands--the fate of three lives, and the happiness of two.... Excuse me, I'm making a mess of it, but you understand ... I see from your venerable eyes that you understand ... and if you don't understand, I'm done for ... so you see!"

Fyodor Dostoyevsky     The Brothers Karamazov

The emigration shall be carried out in the following order: first, the peasants without land who express their wish to emigrate; then the undesirable members of the community, deserters, etc., and finally, by drawing lots on agreement.

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

Said a representative of the Railway Workers: “Yesterday we sent a telegram all over Russia demanding that war between the political parties cease at once, and insisting on the formation of a coalition Socialist Government. Otherwise we shall call a strike to-morrow night.... In the morning there will be a meeting of all factions to consider the question. The Bolsheviki seem anxious for an agreement....”

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

The order of the day, said Kameniev, was first, Organisation of Power; second, War and Peace; and third, the Constituent Assembly. Lozovsky, rising, announced that upon agreement of the bureau of all factions, it was proposed to hear and discuss the report of the Petrograd Soviet, then to give the floor to members of the _Tsay-ee-kah_ and the different parties, and finally to pass to the order of the day.

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

It was so clearly beyond hope to reason with him, or try to restore him, that--as if by agreement--they each put a hand upon his shoulder, and soothed him to sit down before the fire, with a promise that he should have his work presently. He sank into the chair, and brooded over the embers, and shed tears. As if all that had happened since the garret time were a momentary fancy, or a dream, Mr. Lorry saw him shrink into the exact figure that Defarge had had in keeping.

Charles Dickens     A Tale of Two Cities

Two men who have a secret in common, and who, by a sort of tacit agreement, exchange not a word on the subject, are less rare than is commonly supposed.

Victor Hugo     Les Miserables

“The Military Revolutionary Committee, by agreement with the majority of the workers, soldiers, and peasants, has decreed that General Kornilov and all the accomplices of his conspiracy shall be brought immediately to Petrograd, for incarceration in Peter-Paul Fortress and arraignment before a military revolutionary court-martial....

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky     The Brothers Karamazov

"Never mind that, Maximilian," said Monte Cristo, smiling. "I have made an agreement with the navy, that the access to my island shall be free of all charge. I have made a bargain." Morrel looked at the count with surprise. "Count," he said, "you are not the same here as in Paris."

Alexandre Dumas, Pere     The Count of Monte Cristo

Conforming to the agreement between the Cossacks, _yunkers,_ soldiers, sailors and workers, it has been decided to arraign Alexander Feodorvitch Kerensky before a tribunal of the people. We demand that Kerensky be arrested, and that he be ordered, in the name of the organisations hereinafter mentioned, to come immediately to Petrograd and present himself to the tribunal.

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky     The Brothers Karamazov

5:25. Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW     NEW TESTAMENT

Wednesday morning, November 28th, after a terrible all-night struggle, an agreement was reached. The _Tsay-ee-kah,_composed of 108 members, was to be augumented by 108 members elected proportionally from the Peasants’ Congress; by 100 delegates elected directly from the Army and the Fleet; and by 50 representatives of the Trade Unions (35 from the general Unions, 10 Railway Workers, and 5 from the Post and Telegraph Workers). The Dumas and Zemstvos were dropped. Lenin and Trotzky remained in the Government, and the Military Revolutionary Committee continued to function.

John Reed     Ten Days That Shook the World

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