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24 for all, brought the United States into immediate prominence in the council of nations and proclaimed a new order of diplomacy. The successful termination of the negotiations was formally announced by President McKinley on the twentieth of March, 1900, thus placing another wreath of fame on the brow of the secretary who had been the means of introducing so large a measure of justice and common sense into the world's diplomacy.

It soon became evident, however, that the Government of China would be unable to carry out its agreement with the powers, and the memorable "Boxer War" resulted. For a brief period the United States was forced into concurrent action with the other powers in a common effort to protect the lives and rights of all foreigners within the limits of the Empire, but the idea of making war on China was not entertained for a moment by our Government. On the third of July, 1900, Mr. Hay addressed a note to the powers, declaring that the United States did not propose to make war against the Chinese nation, but was determined to rescue our legation from the perils by which it was menaced at Peking, to secure the safety of American life and property, and to prevent the spread or recurrence of the disorders. As a result of this declaration and a strict adherence to the policy which it outlined, the imperial Government disavowed all responsibility for the outrages of the Boxer uprising and solicited the good offices of President McKinley in restoring peace. The final result is a part of the history of our country and need not be repeated here; but the course of the secretary in planning and executing the policy of our Government has elicited the warmest praise from all sources.

During the war between England and the Boer Republics of South Africa, the United States, by proclamation of the President, assumed a strictly neutral position. The policy of the Government in this episode was severely criticized by many of our people, irrespective of party affiliations, for the sympathies of the nation were practically unanimous in behalf of the struggling republics; but the wisdom and patriotism of the secretary in maintaining a neutral policy have been amply vindicated by events.

The Samoan question, which had caused a great deal of friction, was brought to a satisfactory settlement by Mr. Hay in 1899. Under the agreement then made. Great Britain withdrew from the islands, leaving Germany and the United States in possession. Without


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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 53 of title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the chapter analysis preceding section 1151 of such title the following new item:

 * "1162. State jurisdiction over offenses by or against Indians in the Indian country."

SEC. 2. Title 18, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting in chapter 53 thereof immediately after section 1161, a new section, to be designated as section 1162, as follows:

"§ 1162. State jurisdiction over offenses by or against Indians in the Indian country.
 * "(a) Each of the States listed in the following table shall have jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the areas of Indian country listed opposite the name of the State to the same extent that such State has jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere in the State, and the criminal laws of such State shall have the same force and effect within such Indian country as they have elsewhere within the State:

! State of !! Indian country affected
 * California|| All Indian country within the state
 * Minnesota|| All Indian country within the state, except the Red Lake Reservation
 * Nebraska|| All Indian country within the state
 * Oregon|| All Indian country within the state, except the Warm Springs Reservation
 * Wisconsin|| All Indian country within the state, except the Meonimee Reservation
 * }
 * "(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encumbrance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water rights, belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner inconsistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall deprive any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community of any right, privilege, or immunity afforded under Federal treaty, agreement, or statute with respect to hunting, trapping, or fishing or the control, licensing, or regulation thereof.
 * "(c) The provisions of section 1152 and 1153 of this chapter shall not be applicable within the areas of Indian country listed in subsection (a) of this section."
 * Wisconsin|| All Indian country within the state, except the Meonimee Reservation
 * }
 * "(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encumbrance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water rights, belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner inconsistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall deprive any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community of any right, privilege, or immunity afforded under Federal treaty, agreement, or statute with respect to hunting, trapping, or fishing or the control, licensing, or regulation thereof.
 * "(c) The provisions of section 1152 and 1153 of this chapter shall not be applicable within the areas of Indian country listed in subsection (a) of this section."
 * "(c) The provisions of section 1152 and 1153 of this chapter shall not be applicable within the areas of Indian country listed in subsection (a) of this section."

SEC. 3. Chapter 85 of title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the chapter analysis preceding section 1131 of such title the following new item:

 * "1360. State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties."

SEC. 4. Title 28, United States Code, is hereby amended by inserting in chapter 85 thereof immediately after section 1359 a new section, to be designated as section 1360, as follows:

"§ 1360. State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties.
 * "(a) Each of the States listed in the following table shall have jurisdiction over civil causes of action between Indians or to which Indians are parties which arise in the areas of Indian country listed opposite the name of the State to the same extent that such State has jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere in the State, and those civil laws of such State that are of general application to private persons or private property shall have the same force and effect within such Indian country as they have elsewhere within the State:

! State of !! Indian country affected
 * California|| All Indian country within the state
 * Minnesota|| All Indian country within the state, except the Red Lake Reservation
 * Nebraska|| All Indian country within the state
 * Oregon|| All Indian country within the state, except the Warm Springs Reservation
 * Wisconsin|| All Indian country within the state, except the Meonimee Reservation
 * }
 * "(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encumbrance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water rights, belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner inconsistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall confer jurisdiction upon the State to adjudicate, in probate proceedings or otherwise, the ownership or right to possession of such property or any interest therein.
 * "(c) Any tribal ordinance or custom heretofore or hereafter adopted by an Indian tribe, band, or community in the exercise of any authority which it may possess shall, if not inconsistent with any applicable civil law of the State, be given full force and effect in the determination of civil causes of action pursuant to this section."
 * Wisconsin|| All Indian country within the state, except the Meonimee Reservation
 * }
 * "(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the alienation, encumbrance, or taxation of any real or personal property, including water rights, belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, band, or community that is held in trust by the United States or is subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; or shall authorize regulation of the use of such property in a manner inconsistent with any Federal treaty, agreement, or statute or with any regulation made pursuant thereto; or shall confer jurisdiction upon the State to adjudicate, in probate proceedings or otherwise, the ownership or right to possession of such property or any interest therein.
 * "(c) Any tribal ordinance or custom heretofore or hereafter adopted by an Indian tribe, band, or community in the exercise of any authority which it may possess shall, if not inconsistent with any applicable civil law of the State, be given full force and effect in the determination of civil causes of action pursuant to this section."
 * "(c) Any tribal ordinance or custom heretofore or hereafter adopted by an Indian tribe, band, or community in the exercise of any authority which it may possess shall, if not inconsistent with any applicable civil law of the State, be given full force and effect in the determination of civil causes of action pursuant to this section."

SEC. 5. Section 1 of the Act of October 5, 1949 (63 Stat. 705, ch. 604), is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect any proceedings heretofore instituted under that section.

SEC. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Enabling Act for the admission of a State, the consent of the United States is hereby given to the people of any State to amend, where necessary, their State constitution or existing statutes, as the case may be, to remove any legal impediment to the assumption of civil and criminal jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall not become effective with respect to such assumption of jurisdiction by any such State until the people thereof have appropriately amended their State constitution or statutes as the case may be.

SEC. 7. The consent of the United States is hereby given to any other State not having jurisdiction with respect to criminal offenses or civil causes of action, or with respect to both, as provided for in this Act, to assume jurisdiction at such time and in such manner as the people of the State shall, by affirmative legislative action, obligate and bind the State to assumption thereof.

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KENT, Charles Foster, American Biblical scholar: b. Palmyra, N. Y., 13 Aug. 1867. He was graduated at the universities of Yale (1889) and Berlin (1892), and the following year became an instructor in the University of Chicago. In 1895 he was elected professor of Biblical literature and history at Brown University, a position which he held until 1901. He is at present Woolsey professor of Biblical literature at Yale University. Among his writings are ‘Outlines of Hebrew History’ (1895); ‘The Wise Men of Ancient Israel and Their Proverbs’ (1895); ‘History of the Hebrew People, the United Kingdom’ (1896); ‘History of the Hebrew People, the Divided Kingdom’ (1899); ‘Messages of the Earlier Prophets’ (1899); ‘Messages of the Later Prophets’ (1900); ‘Israel's Historical and Biographical Narratives’ (1905); ‘Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament’ (1906; 1912); ‘Israel's Laws and Traditional Precedents’ (1907); ‘The Heroes and Crises of Early Hebrew History’ (1908; 1912); ‘The Kings and Prophets of Israel and Judah’ (1912); ‘The Makers and Teachers of Judaism’ (1911); ‘Biblical Geography and History’ (1911); ‘Life and Teachings of Jesus According to the Earliest Records’ (1913); ‘The Songs, Hymns and Prayers of the Old Testament’ (1914); ‘Testing of a Nation's Ideals,’ with J. W. Jenks (1915).


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 Rh the loss of any of our commercial rights and privileges in the islands we secured the finest harbor in the South Seas.

During the same period Mr. Hay was actively engaged in efforts to induce the various powers to adopt the commercial policy of reciprocity. His influence upon the Universal Peace Congress at the Hague in 1899, through the delegates from this country, was so pronounced as to secure in its permanent records an emphatic statement of the Monroe Doctrine as it is held in the United States.

Among other creditable achievements of Mr. Hay was the settlement, in 1901, of the troubles with Turkey which had grown out of the Armenian riots. He secured a payment by the Turkish Government of $95,000 for injuries received and losses sustained by the American missionaries and citizens, together with the restoration of the devastated mission and the enlargement of Robert college at Constantinople.

At the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan, in the early part of 1904, the American secretary again manifested his genius for high diplomacy by securing an agreement from the powers to confine the area of hostilities to the territory of the belligerents, thus preventing what threatened to be a general European war, which might have involved the United States.

Mr. Hay was married February 4, 1874, to Clara L., daughter of Amasa and Julia A. (Gleason) Stone. They have had two sons and two daughters. The elder son, Adelbert Stone, born in 1876, was graduated from Yale in 1898. He became secretary of legation under his father in London, and continued to act as his father's secretary for some time after their return to America. Subsequently he made a trip around the world in an official capacity, and afterward participated in the Philippine campaign, displaying great courage in several hotly-contested engagements. In December, 1899, he became United States Consul at Pretoria, South Africa, which position he held until the spring of 1901, and in which, although the youngest of the resident consuls, he manifested so high an order of diplomatic talent as to make him practically their leader and to justify the confident expectation of a distinguished career. When he returned to this country he became the private secretary of President McKinley. In June, 1901, while attending a reunion of his class at Yale he lost his life as the result of an accidental fall. Helen, the elder of the two daughters, has manifested poetic talent,


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26 her published works being "Verses" (1898); "The Little Boy Book" (1899), and the "Rose of Dawn," a poem of the South Seas (1901).

Aside from his fame as a diplomat, Mr. Hay is well known as an author. His first published work was "Castilian Days," studies of Spanish life and character (1871); this was followed the same year by "Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces"; and in 1875 he published a translation of Emilio Castelar's treatise on "The Republican Movement in Europe." His greatest literary work was a "Life of Abraham Lincoln," written in collaboration with John G. Nicolay. It appeared first as a serial in the "Century Magazine" (1887-89), and was afterward republished in book form, in ten volumes, immediately taking its place as one of the masterpieces of biography. In 1890 Mr. Hay published a volume of poems. He has been credited with the authorship of a remarkably strong novel entitled "The Bread Winners," dealing with the problem of labor, capital and strikes. Some of the "Ballads " which appeared in his second published work were written during his college days and attained great popularity. The best known among the collection are "Jim Bludso" and "Little Breeches," which, owing to their pathos and their local color, must long retain their place in the affections of the American people.

As may be inferred from the mark that he has made in our national history, Mr. Hay is a man of strong and earnest convictions. He is also deeply religious, exemplifying his faith by his daily life, though he never makes a display of his sentiments or attempts to impose upon others his own standard of faith and code of morals. He is a member of the American Institute of Arts and Letters, is a Republican in politics, and he finds his chief recreation in walking and riding and in shooting wild fowl. In referring to his own life he declares that he has succeeded beyond his hopes and enjoyed more happiness than he deserved, for which he " thanks Providence and his family."

On account of impaired health Secretary Hay went abroad in the spring of 1905. On July 1, of the same year, he died at his summer residence, Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire. The expressions of appreciation for the man, his work and his character, which came from statesmen, rulers and diplomats of all lands were most noteworthy, and are hardly to be paralleled.


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 ненормальный abnormal. Она выросла в ненормальных условиях. She grew up under abnormal conditions. • cracked. Он какой-то ненормальный. He's somewhat cracked. □ ненормально abnormally. Цены ненормально высоки. Prices are abnormally high.

ненужный (sh -жна) unnecessary. Положите ненужные вещи в шкаф. Put everything unnecessary in the closet. □ Вы мне сегодня больше ненужны. I don't need you any more today.

необразованный uneducated.

необходимость (F) need. В этом нет никакой необходимости. There's no need for it.

необходимый indispensable. Переводчик нам необходим. An interpreter is indispensable to us. • obvious. Я сделал все необходимые выводы. I came to the obvious conclusion. □ необходимое necessary. Возьмите о собой только самое необходимое. Take along only what's absolutely necessary. необходимо it's necessary. Необходимо срочно снестись с ним по телефону. It's necessary that we contact him by phone immediately. □ Мне совершенно необходимо с вами поговорить. I've just got to talk to you.

необыкновенный unusual. Со мной случилось необыкновенное происшествие. Something unusual happened to me. □ необыкновенно unusually. Эта книга необыкновенно хорошо написана. This book is unusually well written.

неожиданность (F) surprise. Вот приятная неожиданность! What a pleasant surprise!

неожиданный unexpected. Его неожиданный приезд переменил все мой планы. His unexpected arrival changed all my plans. □ неожиданно unexpectedly. Мы вчера неожиданно попали в театр. We went to the theater yesterday quite unexpectedly. • suddenly. Неожиданно разразилась гроза. The thunderstorm broke suddenly. □ Вот неожиданный гость! Милости просим! I'm surprised to see you. Come in.

неопределённый indefinite. Он уехал на неопределённое время. He left for an indefinite time.

неопрятный sloppy. Неприятно работать с неопрятным человеком. It's unpleasant to work with a sloppy person.

неопытный inexperienced. Видно, что это сделано неопытной рукой. You can see that this was done by an inexperienced hand. □ Хоть он и неопытен, но смётка у него поразительная. He may not have a lot of experience, but he grasps things very quickly.

неосторожный careless. Из-за ваших неосторожных слов могут произойти большие неприятности. Your careless talk can cause a lot of trouble. • reckless. Нельзя быть таким неосторожным. You mustn't be so reckless. □ неосторожно without caution. Вы поступили неосторожно. You acted without caution.

неотложный urgent. У меня к вам неотложное дело. I have an urgent matter to take up with you.

неохотно reluctantly. Она неохотно согласилась петь. She reluctantly agreed to sing. □ Он работает неохотно и без интереса. He shows no interest in or real desire for the work.

непогода bad weather. В такую непогоду лучше не выходить. It's better not to go out in such bad weather.

непонятный. □ Они говорили на каком-то непонятном языке. They spoke in some language I couldn't understand. • В конце его письма есть какое то непонятное слово. There's a word I can't make out at the end of his letter. • Новая учительница непонятно объясняет. The new teacher doesn't explain things clearly. • Непонятно, почему он не пишет. I just can't see why he doesn't write.

непосредственный immediate. Кто ваш непосредственный начальник? Who's your immediate boss? • natural. Она очень мила и непосредственна. She's very sweet and natural. □ непосредственно direct. Вам надо обратиться непосредственно к директору завода. You must go direct to the head of the factory.

неправда it's not true. Неправда, я никогда этого не говорил. It's not true; I never said it. • lie. Она сказала явную неправду, я вам докажу это. She told an obvious lie and I'll prove it to you. □ *Он добивался своего всеми правдами и неправдами. He used to try to get what he wanted by hook or by crook.

неправильный wrong. Вы сделали неправильный вывод из его слов. You drew a wrong conclusion from what he said. • irregular. У неё неправильные черты лица. She has irregular features. • incorrect. Счёт, кажется, неправильный. It seems that the bill is incorrect. □ неправильно incorrectly. Вы неправильно произносите это слово. You pronounce this word incorrectly. • wrong. Она поступила неправильно. She acted wrong. □ Это слово неправильно написано. This word is misspelled.

неправый (sh -ва) wrong. Я думаю, что вы неправы. I think you're wrong.

непременно without fail. Я непременно это сделаю. I'll do this without fail. • surely. Вы увидите, он непременно опоздает. You'll see, he'll surely be late. • be sure to. Непременно отправьте это письмо сегодня вечером. Be sure to mail the letter this evening. □ Приходите непременно. Don't fail to come.

непрерывный continual. Тут идут непрерывные дожди. There are continual downpours here. • endless. Целый день мимо нас шёл непрерывный поток демонстрантов. All day long an endless parade of demonstrators filed past us. □ непрерывно continually. Телефон звонил сегодня непрерывно. The phone was ringing continually today. □ У нас на заводе непрерывная неделя (непрерывка). Our factory operates on a seven-day week.

неприличный obscene. Он не употребляет неприличных слов. He doesn't use obscene language. • off-color. Она не любит неприличных анекдотов. She doesn't care for off-color stories. □ неприлично indecently. Он ведёт себя крайне неприлично. He acts very indecently.

неприятель (M) enemy. Неприятель начал отступать на всех фронтах. The enemy began to retreat on all fronts.

неприятность (F) trouble. У меня масса неприятностей. I have a lot of troubles. • bad luck. С ним случилась большая неприятность. He had quite a bit of bad luck. □ Он любит говорить неприятности. He likes to say things that will hurt you. • Смотрите, чтобы не вышло неприятности. See that nothing unpleasant comes of it.


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Volumes

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 * Volume 37 (1926)

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HAW, LESLIE MORTIMER.The entire range of American biography contains few more inspiring examples of the development of sturdy, self-reliant American manhood than the history of Leslie M. Shaw, twice governor of the state of Iowa and now secretary of the treasury of the United States.

He was born at Morristown, Vermont, November 2, 1848. His parents were Boardman Oscar Shaw and Louisa (Spalding) Shaw. Among his father's ancestors, Ebenezer Shaw was a pioneer and early selectman of Morristown. His mother, Louisa Spalding, a woman of strong character and enduringly beneficent influence, was the daughter of Jason Spalding, an educator of note in Vermont and eastern New York in the early part of the last century.

Leslie M. Shaw spent his minority in his native state, most of the time in the town of Stowe, on a farm where he performed his full part of the burden of rugged farm work. His early education was such as the common schools of the county afforded, supplemented by a term or two at an academy at Morrisville. By working as a farm hand and by teaching school he secured income enough to meet the expenses of his tuition at the academy and to have something left over. With this equipment in health, education and habits of industry, the young man started for the West on attaining his majority in 1869. He had long entertained the desire to own a farm in the Northwest, and he directed his steps toward the state of Iowa. Drawn to Mt. Vernon in that state by the fact that an aunt had made her home at that place, and finding Mt. Vernon the seat of Cornell college, an institution of excellent repute in Iowa, he determined to obtain a collegiate education. As before, he supported himself by his own exertions, working at anything that offered—teaching, selling fruit trees, and toiling at farm work—until he had completed the full four years' course, graduating in 1874. He at once entered the Iowa law school, and was graduated from that institution in 1876. He then settled at the town of Denison and there began the practice of his profession, devoting his time and


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 28 energies exclusively to the law, and permitting nothing to interfere with the work to be done, until he had built up a practice among the most extensive and important in Western Iowa.

His public spirit served to multiply his interests. He was the largest contributor toward the establishment of an academy and normal school at Denison, and he held the position of President of the Board of Trustees from the outset. At about the same time Mr. Shaw went into the banking business. He was impelled to take this step through noting the difficulty experienced by the Iowa farmers in obtaining loans for the legitimate extension of their operations, although the security afforded was of the very best to be found in the country. He became the president of banks at Denison and Manila, Iowa, and the success of these institutions eloquently attested the soundness of his theories with reference to financial matters.

Ever since he became a voter, Leslie M. Shaw has been identified with the Republican party, and with each recurring campaign he rendered aid in so far as opportunity offered. It was not, however, until the campaign of 1896 that his work began to attract attention outside of his own county. That memorable year found the state of Iowa one of the scenes of fiercest conflict between the advocates of free silver and of the gold standard, respectively, and Mr. Shaw's opportunity came when he was asked to reply to an address delivered by William J. Bryan. His grasp of the whole financial subject, his resistless arguments, and his convincing manner of presenting them caused him to be in great demand for public addresses all over the state.

When in 1897 Governor Drake declined a renomination because of ill health, Mr. Shaw was given the Republican nomination for governor of the state. He made a most remarkable canvass, based almost solely on his championship of the gold standard, and he was elected by a plurality of 29,975 votes. His first election as governor was in 1897, and he was reelected in 1899.

In 1898 Governor Shaw was selected by the Sound Money Commission to preside at the International Monetary Convention at Indianapolis, and his address on that occasion attracted wide attention. In 1900 upon the death of United States Senator John H. Gear, Governor Shaw unhesitatingly appointed Representative Dolliver to the position thus made vacant, although the governor's friends


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 неприятный unpleasant. У неё неприятный голос. She has an unpleasant voice. — Со мной произошла неприятная история. An unpleasant thing happened to me. • unfavorable. Он произвёл на нас неприятное впечатление. He made an unfavorable impression on us. • disagreeable. Его брат очень неприятный человек. His brother is a very disagreeable person. □ неприятно unpleasant. Что это тут так неприятно пахнет? What smells so unpleasant here? □ Мне очень неприятно, что я заставил вас ждать. I feel very bad about making you wait for me. • Мне было очень неприятно сообщить ему эту новость. I didn't like breaking the news to him at all.

непромокаемый waterproof. Ваши сапоги непромокаемые? Are your boots waterproof? □ непромокаемое пальто raincoat. Вам надо будет купить непромокаемое пальто. You'll have to buy a raincoat.

непрочь not to mind. Я непрочь снять эту комнату. I wouldn't mind renting this room. — Она непрочь пококетничать. She doesn't mind flirting a little. • to have no objection. "Пойдём, выпьем!" "Что ж, я непрочь". "Come, let's go have a drink." "Sure, I have no objection." □ Я непрочь позавтракать. I could go for some lunch.

нераз (/also written не раз/cf раз) more than once. Ему нераз советовали обратиться к этому хирургу. He was advised more than once to go to this surgeon.

неразборчивый illegible. У нёе неразборчивый почерк. Her handwriting is illegible. • easy to please. Я человек неразборчивый, всё ем. I'm easy to please as far as food is concerned. □ Он неразборчив в средствах. He hasn't any scruples.

нерв nerve. Придётся убить нерв в этом зубе. I'll have to kill the nerve in this tooth. — Этот шум мне действует на нервы. That noise gets on my nerves. □ Нужно было иметь железные нервы, чтоб всё это выдержать. You had to be made of iron to stand it. • У меня сегодня что-то нервы расходились. Somehow, I'm all on edge today.

нервный nervous. Он очень нервный человек. He's a very nervous man. • nerve. Кто у вас в городе лучший специалист по нервным болезням? Who's the best nerve specialist in this city? □ нервно nervously. Он нервно шагал из угла в угол. He nervously paced the floor.

нерешительный □ нерешительно hesitantly. Она это сказала очень нерешительно. She said it hesitantly. • timidly. Он нерешительно постучал в дверь. He knocked at the door timidly. □ С такими нерешительными людьми трудно иметь дело. It's difficult to deal with people who can't make up their mind. • Он говорил нерешительным тоном. He spoke as though he weren't sure.

неряха (M, F) sloppy (person). Он большой неряха. He's very sloppy. — Она отчаянная неряха. She's terribly sloppy.

неряшливый sloppy. Как вам не стыдно, у вас такой неряшливый вид. You're so sloppy-looking you ought to be ashamed of yourself. • untidy. Он очень неряшливо работает. He's very untidy in his work.

несвоевременный not on time. Выполнение заказа задержалось из-за несвоевременного получения сырья. The completion of the order was delayed because the raw material was not delivered on time. • inopportune. Мой поздравления оказались несвоевременными. My congratulations turned out to be inopportune.

несколько (§2S) several. Мне о вас несколько человек говорили. Several people have already spoken to me about you. • a few. Вы можете сдать багаж за несколько минут до отхода поезда. You can check your luggage a few minutes before train time. — Я хочу здесь остаться на несколько дней. I want to stop here for a few days. • somewhat. Я это понял несколько иначе, I understood this somewhat differently. • a little. Я был несколько разочарован его новой книгой. I was a little disappointed in his new book.

неслыханный unheard-of. Актёр имел неслыханный успех. The actor had an unheard-of success. — Это неслыханная наглость. That's unheard-of impudence. • unimaginable. Они перенесли неслыханные мучения. They went through unimaginable suffering.

несмотря in spite of. Несмотря на все мой протесты, он всё-таки уехал. He left in spite of all my protests. — Несмотря ни на что, она ему верит. She still believes him in spite of everything.

несовместимый □ Это занятие несовместимо с моей основной работой. This activity conflicts with my main work.

несомненно no doubt. Доктор, несомненно, прав. No doubt the doctor is right. • decidedly. Он, несомненно, превосходный человек, но мне с ним смертельно скучно. He's decidedly a fine fellow, but he bores me to death. • without a doubt. Это, несомненно, подлинник, а не копия. This is without a doubt the original and not a copy. • without any question. Это, несомненно, лучшая картина на выставке. This is without any question the best picture at the exhibition.

неспособный not gifted. Она неспособна к математике. She has no gift for mathematics. • not capable. Я думаю, что он неспособен на такую подлость. I don't think he is capable of doing a thing as mean as that. • slow. Он очень неспособный, хотя и усердный ученик. He's a very slow but hard-working student.

несправедливый unjust. Это было очень несправедливое решение. That was a very unjust decision. □ несправедливо unfairly. Вы поступили несправедливо. You acted unfairly.

нести (несу, -сёт; p нёс, несла, -о, -и; prap -нёсший; /iter: носить/) to carry. Что вы несёте в этой корзине? What are you carrying in that basket? — Смотрите, как течение их несёт. Look at the way they're being carried away by the current. • to bear. Вы готовы нести ответственность за это решение? Are you prepared to bear the responsibility for this decision? • to lay eggs. (no iter) Эта курица несёт каждый день по яйцу. This hen lays an egg a day, • to smell of. (no iter) От него несло водкой. He smelled of vodka. □ Ну, что он за чепуху несёт! What kind of nonsense is he talking! • (no iter) Она несёт заслуженное наказание. She deserves just what she gets.

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 Rh were anxious that he himself should occupy a seat in the upper house of congress, and it would be strange had he not in consequence fostered an ambition which was, of course, made unattainable by his unselfish adherence to the strictest interpretation of duty. Governor Shaw's hold upon the people of Iowa may well be appreciated from the fact that his reelection as governor in 1899 was by nearly twice the plurality and by four times the majority which he had enjoyed when first chosen, being the largest majority ever received, up to that time, by any candidate for governor. He peremptorily declined renomination for a third term, and was planning to return to his law practice and his business interests when, on December 25, 1901, without solicitation or suggestion from himself or his friends, he was tendered by President Roosevelt the position of secretary of the treasury, succeeding Lyman J. Gage, resigned; and he assumed the duties of that office on February 1, 1902.

Secretary Shaw's administration of the affairs of the treasury department has been masterly in many respects, and several of his official acts have been of historic significance, as, for instance, the manner of the payment of the sum of $40,000,000 in consummation of the transfer to the United States Government of the property of the Panama Canal Company.

Mr. Shaw has long been an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and was a prominent lay delegate to the general conferences of the church in 1888, 1892, 1896 and 1900. He often addresses audiences in the interest of Christian truth, of the church, and of the Y.M.C.A.

Mr. Shaw has given no attention to athletics or to any modern system of physical culture, and he is not and never has been devoted to any sport or amusement as a mode of relaxation. He has received the honorary degree of LL.D. from three institutions.

Mr. Shaw was married in the year 1877 to Miss Alice Crawshaw, daughter of James Crawshaw, an early settler of Clinton county, Iowa, who came from England while Iowa was yet a territory. They have three children, two daughters and a son, Enid, Earl and Erma, and the home life of the family is ideal.


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AFT, WILLIAM HOWARD, LL.D., United States secretary of war, is a man of character and achievement, and a worthy example for imitation by the young. In youth, and especially during his college days, he laid broad and deep the foundation upon which he has built with remarkable success. The keynote of his life may be stated in one word, fidelity. Wherever he has been, whatever the position he has held, he has always placed principle before preference, and devotion to duty before either pleasure or gain. However exalted the stations he has filled it is unquestionably true that his influence has been due in much larger measure to his personal character than to his official position.

He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857. His parents were Alphonso and Louise M. (Torrey) Taft, His father was a lawyer whose high attainments and character had secured him a large and profitable practice. He was a man of strong purpose, and in a remarkable degree had the power of concentrating his energies upon the work in hand. Liberality and kindness of disposition were among his marked characteristics, and he took a broad view of men and events. For six years he was judge of the Superior Court in Cincinnati. Although he found his chief pleasure in the development of his own intellectual life and the practice of his profession, yet he held it to be the duty of every American to set aside personal preferences and, when needed, to give his services to his country in public life. He was secretary of war 1875-76, attorney-general 1876-77, and United States minister to Austria 1883-85, and to Russia 1885-87.

Mr. Taft's earliest known ancestor in this country on his father's side was Robert Taft, who landed at Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1679, and settled at Mendon. One of his descendants, Edward Rawson Taft, was secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The ancestors of the mother of Mr. Taft came over at a still earlier date than those of his father. William Torrey, a representative of her family, held the office of clerk of the General Court of Massachusetts—the state legislature.


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Works

 * A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life (1728)
 * Remarks upon a Late Book, Entituled, The Fable of the Bees (1724)
 * A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection (1726)
 * (tr.) Of True Repentance by Jakob Böhme

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 such a hurry? • to lay eggs. Эта курица совсем перестала нестись. This hen no longer lays any eggs. □ Всадники неслись во весь опор. The horsemen rode hell-bent for election.

несчастный ([-sn-]) unhappy. Он очень несчастен. He's very unhappy. — Он страдает из-за несчастной любви. He's miserable over an unhappy love affair. • unfortunate. Это просто несчастное совпадение. It's just an unfortunate coincidence. • measly. Не стоит волноваться из-за этих несчастных пяти рублей! It doesn't pay to worry about five measly rubles. □ несчастный случай accident. На этой дороге пока ещё не бывало несчастных случаев. There have never been any accidents on this road.

несчастье calamity. У нас в городе произошло ужасное несчастье. An awful calamity hit our city. • bad luck. Он мужественно перенёс своё несчастье. He took the bad luck in his stride. • trouble. В несчастьи узнаёшь истинных друзей. You first learn the value of true friendship when you're in trouble. □ к несчастью unfortunately. К несчастью, у нас не осталось больше ни одного экземпляра этого путеводителя. Unfortunately we haven't a single copy of that guide book left. □ У них вчера случилось ужасное несчастье. A terrible thing happened to them yesterday. • *Не бывать бы счастью, да несчастье помогло. It's an ill wind that blows no good.

нет no. "Хотите чаю?" "Нет, не хочу". "Would you like some tea?" "No, I don't care for any." — Нет, вы меня не понимаете. No, you don't understand me. — Он жил тогда в Москве — нет, ошибся — в Ленинграде. At that time he lived in Moscow. No, I'm wrong; it was Leningrad. □ *Он нет, нет, да и вставит словечко. Every once in a while he'd put his two cents in. • *Она нет, нет, да и бросит взгляд в его сторону. She'd steal a glance at him from time to time.

нет (/negative form of есть/) not. Тут его нет. He isn't here. — Мы ждём уже давно, а его нет как нет. We've been waiting for him a long time now, but he hasn't shown up. □ Мы ждём уже две недели, а писем от него всё нет. We've been waiting for two weeks now, and still no news from him. • Никого нет дома. There's no one at home. • Нет ли у вас папирос? Do you have any cigarettes? • Опять на дерево полез. Нет, чтобы спокойно постоять. He won't be still a minute. Now he's climbing that tree again. • *Наша работа, как видно, сходит на нет. Evidently our work is petering out. • *На нет и суда нет. If you haven't got it, you just haven't got it.

нетерпеливый impatient. Если вы такая нетерпеливая, не ходите за больными. If you're so impatient, don't go in for nursing. □ нетерпеливо impatiently. Машина позади нас нетерпеливо гудела. The car behind us honked its horn impatiently.

нетерпение impatience. Его нетерпение всё погубило. His impatience spoiled everything. — Что за нетерпение! Don't be so impatient! □ ждать с нетерпением to look forward. Я с нетерпением ожидаю отпуска. I'm looking forward to my vacation. □ Я просто сгорал от нетерпения услышать что он скажет. I was dying to hear what he had to say.

нетерпимость (F) intolerance.

неудача hard luck. Его преследуют неудачи. He's having a streak of hard luck. • failure. Мы потерпели неудачу с нашим проектом. Our project was a failure.

неудачный unsuccessful. После трёх неудачных попыток мы, наконец, застали его дома. We finally found him home after three unsuccessful tries. • unlucky. У меня сегодня неудачный день. This is my unlucky day. • unfortunate. Это был неудачный ответ. That was an unfortunate answer.

неудобный inconvenient. Беда, в том, что отсюда очень неудобное сообщение с городом. The trouble here is that transportation to the city is inconvenient. • uncomfortable. Это очень неудобная квартира. This is a very uncomfortable apartment. • embarrassing. Я боюсь вас поставить в неудобное положение. I'm afraid to put you in an embarrassing position. □ неудобно awkward. Сейчас с ним неудобно об этом говорить. It's a little awkward talking to him about it now.

неужели really. Неужели вы не можете приехать хоть на один день? Can't you really come, even for one day? • does that mean. Неужели я вас больше не увижу? Does that mean I won't see you any more? □ Неужели? You don't say!

неурожай poor crop. У нас в этом году неурожай овса. This year we have a poor crop of oats.

неутомимый tireless. Он у нас неутомимый пловец. He's a tireless swimmer. □ С ней не будет скучно, она неутомима на всякие выдумки. You won't have a dull moment with her. She's always thinking up something new.

нефть (F) oil. Эта область очень богата нефтью. This region is very rich in oil.

нефтяной oil. Тут на многих судах установлены нефтяные двигатели. Many ships are equipped with oil engines here.

нехватать (dur of нехватить) to be short. У нас нехватает учителей английского языка. We are short of English teachers. — Тут пяти рублей нехватает! This is five rubles short! □ Этого ещё нехватало! Теперь они начали по ночам на рояле играть! That's the limit! Now they're playing the piano nights!

нехватить (/no pr S1/, -хватит; pct of нехватать) not to have enough. На поездку в Крым у меня денег нехватало. I didn't have enough money for a trip to the Crimea. — У меня нехватало духа отказаться. I didn't have enough courage to refuse.

нехороший (sh -ша, -о, и) bad. Он нехороший человек. He's a bad man. □ нехорошо not well. Я что-то нехорошо себя чувствую. I don't feel so well. — Он нехорошо себя вёл. He didn't behave well.

нехотя (cf хотеть) reluctantly. Он нехотя согласился. He agreed reluctantly. • unintentionally. Я нехотя его оскорбил. I insulted him unintentionally.

нечаянный accidental. Эта нечаянная встреча многое изменила. This accidental meeting changed things a great deal. □ нечаянно accidentally, by mistake, Я нечаянно опро-


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 Rh William Howard Taft was graduated from the Woodward high school at Cincinnati in 1874 and from Yale college in 1878. Although strong and fearless he was not prominent in athletic sports and games during his college career, but when he took part in them he proved a formidable antagonist. His college work was done with systematic faithfulness. He won the second place in a class of one hundred and twenty members, and was class orator at graduation.

After completing his studies at Yale he entered the Cincinnati law school, from which he was graduated with high honors in 1880. Admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio in the same year he became connected with the law firm of Taft and Lloyd, of which his father was the senior partner, and also reported court proceedings, first for the Cincinnati "Times," and afterwards for the Cincinnati "Commercial." As a law reporter his work was noticeably good. One of the leading editors in the West, impressed by the character of Mr, Taft's work in reporting, recommended journalism as a profession; but fortunately for the country as well as for himself his inclinations held him to the practice of law. In January, 1881, he became assistant prosecuting attorney, but he resigned in March of the following year to take the office of collector of internal revenue for the first Ohio district, to which he had been appointed by President Arthur. A year later he resigned and resumed the practice of law. From January, 1885, he was assistant county solicitor for Hamilton county until March, 1887, when he was appointed, by Governor Foraker, Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. At the expiration of the term, in April, 1888, he was elected to this office for five years, but in February, 1890, he resigned to become, by appointment of President Harrison, solicitor-general of the United States. While holding this position he represented the Government before the Supreme Court of the United States in several most important cases, including the Bering Sea controversy, and he was uniformly successful. In March, 1892, he resigned in order to accept the position of United States Circuit Judge for the sixth judicial circuit. While acceptance of the position last named was under consideration a prominent legal friend advised that it be declined. This advice was based on the ground that the remarkable success of Mr. Taft, especially with the cases which he had argued before the United States Supreme court, would enable him to earn in private practice probably six times the six thousand dollars per year which he would receive


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 32 as judge. To this Mr. Taft replied, "There are bigger things in this world than money." The reply reveals the standard of the man who made it. In 1896 Mr. Taft became dean of the law department of the University of Cincinnati, but in March, 1900, he resigned this position, and his office as Judge of the Circuit Court, to accept the appointment of President of the United States Philippine Commission urged upon him by President McKinley. As a judge Mr. Taft had proved remarkably efficient in the transaction of business. His impartial consideration of all cases which came before him, his candid consideration of claims which were made against powerful money interests, his kindly treatment of young lawyers who, with little experience to aid them, appeared in his court, gave him the respect and confidence of the bar and of the pubhc. His personal preferences were strongly for continuing in his office as judge, and his professional ambition pointed in the same direction. But affairs in the Philippines were in a serious condition, and believing that he could serve his country better there than at home, he sailed for the islands, and with characteristic earnestness and energy entered upon the extremely difficult task of planning and founding a form of government which should be adapted to the needs of the islanders.

On July 4, 1901, he became the first Civil Governor of the Philippines. In the following November ill health compelled him temporarily to turn over the duties of his office to Vice-Governor Wright. In December, 1901, by command of the secretary of war, he came to Washington to testify before committees of the senate and the house committee on Insular Affairs regarding conditions in the Philippines. At the close of this hearing, in which Governor Taft gave testimony almost daily for six weeks, he was ordered to Rome, Italy, by President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, to consult with Pope Leo XIII. concerning the purchase by the United States of certain agricultural lands in the Philippines which were occupied by religious orders. On May 17, 1902, he sailed for Rome. After prolonged conferences with the committee of cardinals named for the purpose a satisfactory basis of agreement was reached, and on July 10 Governor Taft sailed from Naples to the Philippines. He reached his destination on August 22, and at once resumed the duties of his office.

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 Rh succeed Justice Shiras. Governor Taft declined because of the peculiar condition of affairs in the Philippines. President Roosevelt acquiesced at that time, but in January, 1903, he cabled again, insisting that he could not again permit a declination. But a great meeting was held by the leading Filipinos to protest against Governor Taft's resigning the governorship, and he declined a second time an appointment to the highest position in his profession of the law.

His administration of affairs in the Philippines continued until December 23, 1903, when he sailed for the United States, and on February 1, 1904, he succeeded Mr. Root as secretary of war. On April 30, of the same year, he was the official representative of President Roosevelt at the elaborate ceremonies of the opening of the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis.

During four years of his close connection with affairs in the Philippines, Governor Taft secured remarkable results. He soon gained the confidence of the natives, and later he accomplished the extremely difficult task of convincing them that our home Government really and earnestly desired their welfare. In the establishment of a suitable form of government he planned wisely, and throughout his official course he administered affairs judiciously. He gave to the people his very best efforts. The vast improvement in their condition, the safety of life and property, the establishment of courts and schools, the building of roads, the improved sanitary conditions and financial affairs of the island, are most convincing evidence of his skill and efficiency. Here as elsewhere he put character into his work. He was faithful to the trust reposed in him.

While very hopeful as to the future of the Philippines, Secretary Taft holds that it is now too early for our Government to make definite promises regarding their independence. He holds that the natives should be taught that "liberty is a God-given boon to those who seek it and deserve it, and that only experience and effort can prepare a people to enjoy it." But he has no doubt that our Government will treat the natives of the islands with the highest degree of fairness and consideration. In a recent address he said: "I have an abiding confidence in the power of the American people to reach a right conclusion and put it into effect against the selfish purposes of special interests. It takes time, but the people always win in the end."


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 34 Although already a man of large achievement, not wanting in personal dignity, Secretary Taft is a truly modest man, and is more easily approached by "the common people" than are most men in high official station. He dislikes needless ceremony, and is averse to military display in his honor.

In childhood and youth he had the best of health. He was unusually large and strong, weighing one hundred and eighty-five pounds when he was but sixteen years old. Most of his boyhood was passed in the city of his birth, but for several years he spent the summer, once in two years, at the home of his maternal grandfather in Millbury, Massachusetts. His tastes and interests were those of the average American boy. He had no special difficulties to encounter in acquiring an education. His father regarded an education and the spirit of unselfish pubHc service as far more desirable than the acquisition of wealth, and instead of attempting to amass a fortune for his children he sent his five sons to Yale college, at which institution he himself had been graduated. His first strong inclination to strive for distinction Secretary Taft traces to a desire to please his parents. The influence which has been most potent in his efforts to win success he names as that of the home. Home standards have been the controlling power in his life. He says: "Home first. My father created a quasi-pubhc opinion of the family that was controlling with all its members." What was the "pubhc opinion" created in the family by such a father, the life of the son and of the father himself well exemplify. " Every son of America owes a duty to his country." Close after home influence in its effect upon his life Mr. Taft puts the stimulus of his college course. "Then the spirit of Yale, which was strong because my father and my four brothers and I were all graduates." In his reading he has found historical works, particularly those relating to America and England, of the greatest practical value.

Mr. Taft was married June 19, 1886, to Helen Herron, They have had three children, all of whom are now living. He received the degree of LL.D. from Yale college in 1893, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. He is a member of the Queen City club, of Cincinnati, of the Cosmos and the University clubs of Washington, and of the University club of Manila. He has not given special attention to athletics or to systematic physical culture. His principal relaxations are found in golf, walking, and horseback


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 кинул чернильницу. I accidentally upset the inkwell. — Я нечаянно захлопнул дверь. I locked the door by mistake. • through accident. Он нечаянно набрёл на важное открытие. He made an important discovery through sheer accident. □ Не сердитесь на него, он сделал это нечаянно. Don't be angry with him; he didn't mean to do it. • Вот я нечаянно-негаданно попал в герои. I suddenly found myself a hero.

нечего (g -чего, d -чему, i -чем, l - не о чём, §25) nothing. Мне тут больше нечего делать. There's nothing more for me to do here. — Делать нечего, придётся нам самим взяться за работу. Well, I guess there's nothing else to do but get down to work ourselves. — На это мне нечего ответить. I have nothing to say to that. — Тут нечему удивляться. There's nothing surprising in that. — Тут нечего рассуждать, едем да и всё тут. There'll be nothing more said about it; we're going, and that's that. □ Откройте окно, здесь дышать нечем. Open the window; you can't breathe in here. • Он вам так и не вернул долга — нечего сказать, хорош! So he didn't pay off his debt; what a fine boy he turned out to be! • *Заварили же вы кашу, нечего сказать. I must say, you've certainly made a mess of things! • Нечего и пытаться. There's no point in even trying.

нечётный odd. Нечётные номера на той стороне улицы. The odd numbers are on the other side of the street.

нечто (§2S) something. Я только что узнал от него нечто новое. I just learned something new from him.

ни not. Помните, ни слова об этом! Remember now, not a word about it. — Сегодня тут ни души. There's not a soul here today. — Ни в одном словаре нет этого слова. This word isn't in any dictionary. □ ни … ни neither … nor. Ни я, ни он так не были. Neither he nor I was there. — Ни в лодке, ни в телеге туда нельзя попасть. You can get there neither by boat nor by cart. что бы ни no matter what. Что бы он ни говорил, я ему всё равно не поверю. I won't believe him, no matter what he says. □ Они так шумели, что нельзя было разобрать ни слов, ни голосов. They made so much noise you couldn't make out what was said or who was talking. • "Можно это сделать?" "Ни-ни! И думать не смей". "Is it all right to do it?" "Not on your life! Don't even think of it." • Смотри, об этом никому ни-ни. Now remember, don't even breathe a word about it. • Ни о чём я не знаю и знать не хочу. I don't know a thing about it and I don't want to. • *Ну что за человек — ни рыба, ни мясо. He's a wishy-washy sort of a guy! • *Куда ни кинь, всё клин. You're blocked at every turn.

ни (prefixed to question words, §2S).

нигде (§2S) nowhere. Лучшего вина вы нигде не найдёте. Nowhere will you find a better wine. — Боюсь, что вы нигде этого не найдёте. I'm afraid you'll find it nowhere.

ниже (/cp of низкий/).

нижний lower. В нижнем течении река очень расширяется. The river broadens out very much at the lower end. □ нижнее бельё underwear. Нижнее бельё в этом ящике. The underwear is in this drawer. нижний этаж ground floor. Кто живёт в нижнем этаже? Who lives on the ground floor? нижняя челюсть lower jaw. нижняя юбка petticoat.

низ (P низы/g снизу; внизу/) bottom. Как же можно было класть башмаки в самый низ? How could you put the shoes at the very bottom? • lower part. Весь низ дома занят складами. The whole lower part of the house is used for storage.

низачто (cf что) under no conditions. Он низачто не согласится. He won't agree under any conditions. □ Не уговаривайте, я низачто не поеду. Don't try to talk me into it. I'm not going. • "Прошу вас, пойдёмте с нами". "Низачто!" "I beg you, come with us." "Not a chance!"

низкий (sh -зка; cp ниже; низший, нижайший) low. Этот стол слишком низкий. The table is too low. — У него низкий лоб. He has a low forehead. — Здесь у нас ток низкого напряжения. We use low-voltage current here. — Я от него не ожидал такого низкого поступка. I never expected him to do anything as low as that. • short. Я слишком низкого роста, мне не достать до этой полки. I'm too short to reach the shelf. • inferior. Это мыло более низкого качества. This is inferior soap. □ ниже below. Смотри ниже. See below. — Они живут в этом же доме, этажом ниже. They live in the same house but on the floor below. — Сегодня пять градусов ниже нуля. It's five degrees below zero today. • beneath. Его поступок ниже всякой критики. His act was so low it was beneath criticism. низко low. Самолёт летел низко над городом. The plane flew low over the city. • down. Быть дождю, барометр стоит низко. The barometer is down; it'll probably rain.

низменность (F) lowland.

никак (§23) by no means. Его никак нельзя назвать лодырем. By no means can you call him a loafer. • absolutely. "Можно его видеть?" "Нет, никак нельзя". "May I see him?" "No, it's absolutely impossible." • it seems. Я тут, никак, заблудился. It seems I've gotten lost here. • looks as if. Да, никак, сам хозяин идёт. Well, it looks as if the boss himself is coming. □ Я никак не могу уехать, не простившись с ними. I just can't go without saying good-by to them. • Никак не могу понять, почему он не пришёл. I just can't understand why he didn't come. • Этого я уже никак не ожидал. This was something I least expected.

никакой (§25) none at all. "Есть у вас возражения?" "Никаких". "Have you any objections?" "None at all." • not any, none. Я уверен, что вы не встретите никаких затруднений. I'm sure you won't have any difficulties. • not much. Художник он никакой, а картины всё-же продаёт. He's not much of an artist, but he sells his paintings. □ Никакой он не инженер, он экономист. But he's not an engineer, he's an economist. • Его нельзя убедить никакими доводами. There's nothing you can say to convince him.

никелевый nickel. Это монета не никелевая, а серебряная. This isn't a nickel coin; it's made of silver.

никелированный (ppp of никелировать) nickel-plated. Я хочу купить никелированный самовар. I want to buy a nickel-plated samovar.

никелировать (both dur and pct) to plate with nickel.

никель (M) nickel (metal).

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For the purpose of aiding young people who may read this biography, Secretary Taft expresses regret that he has neglected the study of modern languages, and emphasizes the fact that in the enlargement of our national life, the extension of our territorial area, and the increasing closeness of our relations with other peoples, a knowledge of French, German and Spanish is becoming absolutely essential to a liberal education and to the highest usefulness. He utters a clear warning against undue absorption in mere money making as the object of effort. He holds that the pursuit of riches for their own sake is not to be commended, and that the father who accumulates millions thereby does much to endanger the welfare of his children. His views regarding patriotism are equally decided. In his opinion every man is in duty bound to serve his country to the best of his ability and in the direction in which he can do most for the public good. The man who refuses to accept the responsibilities and neglects to perform the duties of citizenship has no right to criticize the motives or actions of the men who are conducting public affairs.


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OODY, WILLIAM HENRY, secretary of the navy in the cabinet of President Roosevelt from May 1, 1902, and attorney-general from July 1, 1904, and representative from the sixth district of Massachusetts in the fifty-fourth, fifty-fifth, fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh Congresses, was born in Newbury, Essex county, Massachusetts, December 23, 1853. He is the son of Henry Lord and Melissa Augusta (Emerson) Moody.

William Moody, his first ancestor in America, a native of Yorkshire, England, immigrated to the American colonies in 1634 and settled in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay colony. Henry Lord Moody was a well-to-do farmer who cultivated farms near Newburyport, Salem and Danvers, and William Henry Moody received all the advantages afforded by the excellent public school system of his native commonwealth, attending the primary and grammar schools of Newbury, Salem and Danvers, and spent his vacations at home, where he became accustomed to farm work which ministered to the development and benefit of his physical condition. He was fond of outdoor sports, but gave much of his leisure time to reading. His parents made provision for him to obtain a classical education and to that end, while residing in Danvers, they entered him at Phillips academy, the celebrated preparatory school at Andover, Massachusetts, and he was graduated in 1872. He then matriculated at Harvard university and was graduated A.B. 1876. After spending some months at the Harvard law school he left before graduating to enter the law office of R. H. Dana in Boston and he was admitted to the Essex bar in 1878. He at once began the practice of his profession at Haverhill, Massachusetts, extending his practice to the higher courts of Massachusetts, and he became known as an eloquent, able and painstaking laTyer. He was city solicitor for Haverhill, 1880-90, and district attorney for the Eastern district of Massachusetts, 1890-95. As district attorney he carried through the prosecution of boodling alderman of the city of Haverhill successfully and also assisted Attorney-General Knowlton in the celebrated


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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 At one point, Fall reports, the President offered General de Gaulle Filipino advisers to help France establish a "more progressive policy in Indochina" — which offer the General received in "pensive silence."

Ultimately, U.S. policy was governed neither by the principles of the Atlantic Charter, nor by the President's anti-colonialism, but by the dictates of military strategy, and by British intransigence on the colonial issue. The United States, concentrating its forces against Japan, accepted British military primacy in Southeast Asia, and divided Indochina at 16th parallel between the British and the Chinese for the purposes of occupation. U.S. commanders serving with the British and Chinese, while instructed to avoid ostensible alignment with the French, were permitted to conduct operations in Indochina which did not detract from the campaign against Japan. Consistent with F.D.R.'s guidance, the U.S. did provide modest aid to French—and Viet Minh—resistance forces in Vietnam after March, 1945, but refused to provide shipping to move Free French troops there. Pressed by both the British and the French for clarification of U.S. intentions regarding the political status of Indochina, F.D.R. maintained that "it is a matter for postwar."

The President's trusteeship concept foundered as early as March 1943, when the U.S. discovered that the British, concerned over possible prejudice to Commonwealth policy, proved to be unwilling to join in any declaration on trusteeships, and indeed any statement endorsing national independence which went beyond the Atlantic Charter's vague "respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live." So sensitive were the British on this point that the Dumbarton Oaks Conference of 1944, at which the blueprint for the postwar international system was negotiated, skirted the colonial issue, and avoided trusteeships altogether. At each key decisional point at which the President could have influenced the course of events toward trusteeship — in relations with the U.K., in casting the United Nations Charter, in instructions to allied commanders — he declined to do so; hence, despite his lip service to trusteeship and anti-colonialism, F.D.R. in fact assigned to Indochina a status correlative to Burma, Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia: free territory to be reconquered and returned to its former owners. Non-intervention by the U.S. on behalf of the Vietnamese was tantamount to acceptance of the French return. On April 3, 1945, with President Roosevelt's approval, Secretary of State Stettinius issued a statement that, as a result of the Yalta talks, the U.S. would look to trusteeship as a postwar arrangement only for "territories taken from the enemy," and for "territories as might voluntarily be placed under trusteeship." By context, and by the Secretary of State's subsequent interpretation, Indochina fell into the latter category. Trusteeship status for Indochina became, then, a matter for French determination. Rh

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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 Shortly following President Truman's entry into office, the U.S. assured France that it had never questioned, "even by implication, French sovereignty over Indo-China." The U.S. policy was to press France for progressive measures in Indochina, but to expect France to decide when its peoples would be ready for independence; "such decisions would preclude the establishment of a trusteeship in Indochina except with the consent of the French Government." These guidelines, established by June, 1945 — before the end of the war — remained fundamental to U.S. policy.

With British cooperation, French military forces were reestablished in South Vietnam in September, 1945. The U.S. expressed dismay at the outbreak of guerrilla warfare which followed, and pointed out that while it had no intention of opposing the reestablishment of French control, "it is not the policy of this government to assist the French to reestablish their control over Indochina by force, and the willingess of the U.S. to see French control reestablished assumes that [the] French claim to have the support of the population in Indochina is borne out by future events." Through the fall and winter of 1945–1946, the U.S. received a series of requests fro Ho Chi Minh for intervention in Vietnam; these were, on the record, unanswered. However, the U.S. steadfastly refused to assist the French military effort, e.g., forbidding American flag vessels to carry troops or war materiel to Vietnam. On March 6, 1946, the French and Ho signed an Accord in which Ho acceded to French re-entry into North Vietnam in return for recognition of the DRV as a "Free State," part of the French Union. As of April 1946, allied occupation of Indochina was officially terminated, and the U.S. acknowledged to France that all of Indochina had reverted to French control. Thereafter, the problems of U.S. policy toward Vietnam were dealt with in the context of the U.S. relationship with France. (Tab 1)

In late 1946, the Franco–Viet Minh War began in earnest. A chart (pp.A37 ff) summarizes the principal events in the relations between France and Vietnam, 1946–1949, describing the milestones along the route by which France, on the one hand, failed to reach any lasting accommodation with Ho Chi Minh, and, on the other hand, erected the "Bao Dai solution" in its stead. The U.S. during these years continued to regard the conflict as fundamentally a matter for French resolution. The U.S. in its representations to France deplored the prospect of protracted war and urged meaningful concessions to Vietnamese nationalism. However, the U.S., deterred by the history of Ho's communist affiliation, always stopped short of endorsing Ho Chi Minh or the Viet Minh. Accordingly, U.S. policy gravitated with that of France toward the Bao Dai solution. At no point was the U.S. prepared to adopt an openly interventionist course. To have done so would have clashed with the expressed British view that Indochina was an exclusively French concern, and played into the hands of France's extremist political parties of both the Right and the Left. The U.S. was particularly apprehensive lest by intervening it strengthen the political position of French Communists. Moreover, Rh

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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 in 1946 and 1947, France and Britain were moving toward an anti-Soviet alliance in Europe, and the U.S. was reluctant to press a potentially divisive policy. The U.S. considered the fate of Vietnamese nationalism relatively insignificant compared with European economic recovery and collective security from communist domination.

It is not as though the U.S. was not prepared to act in circumstances such as these. For example, in the 1945–1946 dispute over Dutch possessions in Indonesia, the U.S. actively intervened against its Dutch ally. In this case, however, the intervention was in concert with the U.K. (which steadfastly refused similar action in Indochina) and against the Netherlands, a much less significant ally in Europe than France. In wider company and at projected lower cost, the U.S. could and did show a determination to act against colonialism.

The resultant U.S. policy has most often been termed "neutrality." It was, however, also consistent with the policy of deferring to French volition announced by President Roosevelt's Secretary of State on 3 April 1945. It was a policy characterized by the same indecision that had marked U.S. wartime policy. Moreover, at the time, Indochina appeared to many to be one region in the troubled postwar world in which the U.S. might enjoy the luxury of abstention.

In February, 1947, early in the war, the U.S. Ambassador in Paris was instructed to reassure Premier Ramadier of the "very friendliest feelings" of the U.S. toward France and its interest in supporting France in recovering its economic, political and military strength:

 * "In spite any misunderstanding which might have arisen in minds French in regard to our position concerning Indochina they must appreciate that we have fully recognized France's sovereign position in that area and we do not wish to have it appear that we are in any way endeavoring undermine that position, and French should know it is our desire to be helpful and we stand ready assist any appropriate way we can to find solution for Indochinese-problem. At same time we cannot shut our eyes to fact that there are two sides this problem and that our reports indicate both a lack French understanding of other side (more in Saigon than in Paris) and continued existence dangerously outmoded colonial outlook and methods in area. Furthermore, there is no escape from fact that trend of times is to effect that colonial empires in XIX Century sense are rapidly becoming thing of past. Action Brit in India and Burma and Dutch in Indonesia are outstanding examples this trend, and French themselves took cognizance of it both in new Constitution and in their agreements with Vietnam. On other hand we do not lose sight fact that Ho Chi Minh has direct Communist connections and it should be obvious that we are not interested in seeing colonial empire administrations supplanted by philosophy and political organizations emanating from and controlled by Kremlin....

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CLEMENS, Author:Mark Twain (1835—). An American novelist and humorist, better known as ‘Mark Twain’ — a name derived from calls used in taking soundings on the Mississippi, and first employed by Mr. Clemens in newspaper work in 1863. It had previously been taken as a pen-name by Capt. Isaiah Sellers, in the New Orleans Picayune. Mr. Clemens was born at Florida, Mo., November 30, 1835. He received the common-school education of a frontier town, entered a printing-ofiice in 1848, and, becoming an expert compositor, worked at this trade in Saint Louis, New York, and other cities. In 1851 he gave up printing, and became a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi, accumulating a fund of experience that he was later to turn to unique literary account. The Civil War closed this livelihood to him. He joined a volunteer squad of Confederate sympathizers, remaining with the command for a few weeks, but seeing no active service. Then he went to Nevada with his brother, who had been appointed Territorial

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Translation:Thai Bar Association Act, BE 2507 (1964)

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paraminthra Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej is graciously pleased to proclaim that: Whereas it is desirable to bring into existence a law on Thai bar association; Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Constituent Assembly, in its capacity as the National Assembly, as follows:

This Act shall be cited as the "Thai Bar Association Act, BE 2507 (1964)".

This Act shall come into force as from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

The Thai Bar Association established by His Majesty King Vajiravudh and invested with the authority under the law on attorneys shall enjoy legal personality.

The Thai Bar Association shall be of the following objectives:

(1)	 to promote the legal education and legal professions, and to provide the funds therefor;

(2)	 to supervise the legal etiquette under the law on attorneys;

(3)	 to promote the harmony amongst its fellows and to maintain their dignity.

Revenues of the Thai Bar Association may include the following:

(1)	 financial supports paid out of the public account;

(2)	 registration fees, maintenance allowances and other costs;

(3)	 interests accruing from investments and other activities;

(4)	 donations;

(5)	 incomes pursuant to other laws.

The Minister of Justice shall hold the office of Honorary President of the Thai Bar Association and shall have the authority to supervise its business under this Act.

There shall be a council, called Thai Bar Association Council, consisting of the President of the Supreme Court of Justice as President, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal and the Director General of the Department of Public Prosecution as Vice Presidents, and not more than sixteen other Councillors elected from amongst the ordinary fellows of the Thai Bar Association. The Council shall be given the authority to administer the business of the Thai Bar Association pursuant to the laws and the regulations of the Thai Bar Association.

The Thai Bar Association Council shall be empowered to lay down the regulations of the Thai Bar Association governing:

(1)	 the types of fellowships, the qualifications of the fellowship applicants, the making of applications for fellowship and the termination of fellowships;

(2)	 the registration fees, maintenance allowances and other costs;

(3)	 the number of its Concillors, the qualifications and types of the persons to become its Councillors, the electoral procedure and the termination of Councillorships;

(4)	 the conduct of the meetings of the Council and other meetings;

(5)	 other matters subject to the objectives of the Thai Bar Association or to its authority under other laws.

Subject to section 11, the regulations of the Thai Bar Association shall take effect upon their publication in the Government Gazette.

In the activities involving third persons, the President or Vice Present designated by the President shall represent the Thai Bar Association.

The Honorary President may attend the meetings of the Thai Bar Association Council and may express whatever opinions amongst those meetings or may submit his opinions in writing to the Thai Bar Association.

The execution of a resolution of the Thai Bar Association Council requires prior approval of the Honorary President, save where the legal provisions otherwise permit.

The President shall refer to the Honorary President without delay a resolution of the Thai Bar Association Council which requires the approval of the latter. The Honorary President may veto such resolution. Failing to so do within fifteen days from his receipt of the resolution, the Honorary President shall be deemed to have approved the resolution.

The Thai Bar Association Council shall reconsider a resolution vetoed by the Honorary President. Should the resolution be reaffirmed by more than three fourth of the total number of the present Councillors, it can then be executed.

Pending enactment of the new regulations of the Thai Bar Association pursuant to section 8, the regulations of the Thai Bar Association in force on the day before the date of coming into force of this Act shall remain effective to the extent not contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

The Thai Bar Association Council under the regulations of the Thai Bar Association mentioned in paragraph 1 shall remain in existence, and shall be empowered to enact the new regulations of the Thai Bar Association within ninety days from the coming into force of this Act and to organise an election of the Councillors in accordance with the new regulation concerned within ninety days from its entry into operation.

Upon election of the new Councillors, the Council which remains in existence by operation of paragraph 2 shall come to an end.

The Minister of Justice shall be in charge of this Act.

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The grounds for promulgation of this Act are as follows: Since there is still no any specific law governing the Thai Bar Association, it is therefore necessary to enact this Act.


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32 believing all the while that they are going to do the thing they first intended; or who, setting out to walk for the benefit of their health, drop in upon a pleasant acquaintance by the way, still thinking they are going to walk, until the time for doing so has expired, when they return home, with cold feet and aching heads, half fancying that they have really walked, and disappointed that exercise has produced no better effect.

Now, in these two cases, there may be as little harm in reading the book as in calling upon the acquaintance, and nothing wrong in either: but the habit of doing habitually what we had not intended to do, and leaving undone what we had intended, has so injurious an effect in weakening our resolutions, and impairing our capacity for making exact calculations upon time and means, that one might pronounce, without much hesitation, upon a person accustomed to this mode of action, the sentence of utter inability to fill any situation of usefulness or importance amongst mankind.

I am inclined to think we should all be sufficiently astonished, if we would try the experiment through a single day, of passing quickly and promptly from one occupation to another. It is, in fact, these 'goings to do,' which constitute so large an amount of wasted time, for which we are all accountable. Few persons deliberately intend to be idle; few will allow that they have been so from choice; yet how vast a proportion of the human race are living in a state of self-deception, by persuading themselves they are not idle, when they are merely going to act. Promptness in doing whatever it is right to do now, is one of the great secrets of living. By this means, we find our capabilities increased to an amazing amount; nor can we ever know what they really are, until this plan of conduct has been folly tried.

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Rh, that there is a time for everything. Let it be observed, however, that he has not, amongst his royal maxims, spoken of a time for doing nothing; and it is fearful to think how large a portion of the season of youth is spent in this manner.

Nor is it absolute idleness alone which claims our attention. The idleness of self-delusion has already been described. But there is. besides this, a busy idleness, which operates with equal force against the right economy of time. Busy idleness arises chiefly from a restlessness of feeling, which, without any calculation as to the fitness of time or place, or the ultimate utility of what is done, hurries its possessor into a succession of trifling or ill-timed occupations, frequently as annoying to others, as they are unproductive of any beneficial result. Busy idleness is also a disease most difficult to cure, because it satisfies for thee moment that thirst for occupation, with which every human being is more or less affected, and which has been implanted in our nature for the wisest of purposes. It is under the influence of this propensity to busy idleness, that, with multitudes who have no extraordinary capability for receiving pleasure, amusement is made to supply the place of occupation, and childish trifling that of intellectual pursuit.

It may be asked, how does the law of love operate here? I answer; precisely in this way—We are never so capable of being useful to others, as when we have learned to economize our own time; to make exact calculations as to what we are able, or not able, to do in any given period; and so to employ ourselves as to make the trifles of the moment give place to more important avocations. Without having cultivated such habits, our intentions, nay, our promises, must often fall short of what we actually perform; so that in time, and after many painful disappointments, our

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Rh gorgeous toothache), her waist being encircled by another, and each of her arms by another, so that she was openly mentioned as "the kettle-drum." The noble boy in the ancestral boots, was inconsistent; representing himself, as it were in one breath, as an able seaman, a strolling actor, a gravedigger, a clergyman, and a person of the utmost importance at a Court fencing-match, on the authority of whose practised eye and nice discrimination the finest strokes were judged. This gradually led to a want of toleration for him, and even—on his being detected in holy orders, and declining to perform the funeral service—to the general indignation taking the form of nuts. Lastly, Ophelia was a prey to such slow musical madness, that when, in course of time, she had taken off her white muslin scarf, folded it up, and buried it, a sulky man who had been long cooling his impatient nose against an iron bar in the front row of the gallery, growled, "Now the baby's put to bed, let's have supper!" Which, to say the least of it, was out of keeping.

Upon my unfortunate townsman all these incidents accumulated with playful effect. Whenever that undecided Prince had to ask a question or state a doubt, the public helped him out with it. As for example; on the question whether 'twas nobler in the mind to suffer, some roared yes, and some no, and some inclining to both opinions said "toss up for it;" and quite a Debating Society arose. When he asked what should such fellows as he do crawling between earth and heaven, he was encouraged with loud cries of "Hear, hear!" When he appeared with his stocking disordered (its disorder expressed, according to usage, by one very neat fold in the top, which I suppose to be always got up with a flat iron), a conversation took place in the gallery respecting the paleness of his leg, and whether it was occasioned by the turn the ghost had given him. On his taking the recorders—very like a little black flute that had just been played in the orchestra and handed out at the door—he was called upon unanimously for Rule Britannia. When he recommended the player not to saw the air thus, the sulky man said, "And don't you do it, neither;

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266 you're a deal worse than him!" And I grieve to add that peals of laughter greeted Mr. Wopsle on every one of these occasions.

But his greatest trials were in the churchyard: which had the appearance of a primeval forest, with a kind of small ecclesiastical wash-house on one side, and a turnpike gate on the other. Mr. Wopsle, in a comprehensive black cloak, being descried entering at the turnpike, the gravedigger was admonished in a friendly way, "Look out! Here's the undertaker a coming, to see how you're getting on with your work!" I believe it is well known in a constitutional country that Mr. Wopsle could not possibly have returned the skull, after moralising over it, without dusting his fingers on a white napkin taken from his breast; but even that innocent and indispensable action did not pass without the comment "Wai-ter!" The arrival of the body for interment (in an empty black box with the lid tumbling open), was the signal for a general joy which was much enhanced by the discovery, among the bearers, of an individual obnoxious to identification. The joy attended Mr. Wopsle through his struggle with Laertes on the brink of the orchestra and the grave, and slackened no more until he had tumbled the king off the kitchen-table, and had died by inches from the ankles upward.

We had made some pale efforts in the beginning to applaud Mr. Wopsle; but they were too hopeless to be persisted in. Therefore we had sat, feeling keenly for him, but laughing, nevertheless, from ear to ear. I laughed in spite of myself all the time, the whole thing was so droll; and yet I had a latent impression that there was something decidedly fine in Mr. Wopsle's elocution—not for old associations' sake, I am afraid, but because it was very slow, very dreary, very up-hill and down-hill, and very unlike any way in which any man in any natural circumstances of life or death ever expressed himself about anything. When the tragedy was over, and he had been called for and hooted, I said to Herbert, "Let us go at once, or perhaps we shall meet him."

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Rh not quick enough either. Standing at the door was a Jewish man with an unnatural heavy smear of eyebrow, who caught my eyes as we advanced, and said, when we came up with him:

"Mr. Pip and friend?"

Identity of Mr. Pip and friend confessed.

"Mr. Waldengarver," said the man, "would be glad to have the honour."

"Waldengarver?" I repeated—when Herbert murmured in my ear, "Probably Wopsle."

"Oh!" said I. "Yes. Shall we follow you?"

"A few steps, please." When we were in a side alley, he turned and asked, "How do you think he looked?—I dressed him."

I don't know what he had looked like, except a funeral; with the addition of a large Danish sun or star hanging round his neck by a blue ribbon, that had given him the appearance of being insured in some extraordinary Fire Office. But I said he had looked very nice.

"When he come to the grave," said our conductor, "he showed his cloak beautiful. But, judging from the wing, it looked to me that when he see the ghost in the queen's apartment, he might have made more of his stockings."

I modestly assented, and we all fell through a little dirty swing door, into a sort of hot packing-case immediately behind it. Here Mr. Wopsle was divesting himself of his Danish garments, and here there was just room for us to look at him over one another's shoulders by keeping the packing-case door, or lid, wide open.

"Gentlemen," said Mr. Wopsle, "I am proud to see you. I hope, Mr. Pip, you will excuse my sending round. I had the happiness to know you in former times, and the Drama has ever had a claim which has ever been acknowledged, on the noble and the affluent."

Meanwhile, Mr. Waldengarver, in a frightful perspiration, was trying to get himself out of his princely sables.

"Skin the stockings off, Mr. Waldengarver," said the owner of that property, "or you'll bust 'em. Bust 'em and you'll bust five-and-thirty shillings. Shakspeare never

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