Rostov contemplating his beloved Emperor Alexander when he chances on him alone after the defeat:
"Why, it's as though I were glad to take advantage of his being alone and despondent! It might be disagreeable or painful for him to see a strange face at this moment of sorrow. Besides, what could I say to him now, when my heart fails me and my mouth feels dry at the mere sight of him? Not one of the innumerable speeches he had addressed to the Tsar in his imagination could he recall now. Those speeches were for the most part framed for quite different conditions: to be spoken pre-eminently at moments of victory and triumph, above all, on his death-bed, as he lay dying of wounds and the Sovereign thanked him for his heroic exploits, while he gave expression as he died to the love he had proved by his conduct."
Bolonsky, close to death on the battle field after being wounded in a heroic act, who dreams and has dreamed only of greatness in war, of immortal prestige earned by bravery, and now contemplating the approach of death, slipping out of consciousness:
"Lord have mercy on me! ... But to whom am I to say that? Is it to the great Power, indefinable, incomprehensible, which I not only cannot turn to but which I cannot even express in words - the great All or Nothing,' said he to himself, 'or is it to that God who has been sewn into this amulet by Marie? Nothing, nothing is certain, except the unimportance of everything within my comprehension and the grandeur of something incomprehensible but all-important."
how's this for a quote:
ReplyDelete"Sampling Frame Accessibility. Once the type of element has been identified, the next question that presents itself is whether a sampling frame exists (or can be created). A sampling frame can be loosely defined as an exhaustive list of elements. The word exhuastive is critical here because the list must represent every element in the population. For example, imagine that the research question is, Are unemployed men residing in rural counties more likely to be heavy somkers than unemployed men residing in urban communities? At first, the existence of a sampling frame seems intuitive-- unemployed men are "listed" by offices that provide government assistance. Ignoring for a moment whether such lists would even be made available, the researcher needs to ask the question, Is this frame exhuastive of the population?
Well, an exhaustive list of elements is a valuable thing .... some people I know enjoy making these type of lists. However, I get the point, and I'm sorry you have to read such dry material. Don't worry, you'll be done with school before you know it. That's how it always goes.
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