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So far there had been no real fear of encountering a hostile alien power out among the stars, but that confidence was groundless, based on the presumption that any civilization capable of space flight would broadcast signals that human science could detect
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correct in the presumption that this woman killed
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(which is called presumption) and say, “It must not be His will
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Their absurd presumption
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It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries
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and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it
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Instead of piddling for the little prizes which are to be found in what may be called the paltry raffle of colony faction, they might then hope, from the presumption which men naturally have in their own ability and good fortune, to draw some of the great prizes which sometimes come from the wheel of the great state lottery of British politics
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Then: ‘You expect me to believe that? Roidon Chanley sacrificing himself for a woman – out of love?’ The voice reeked with cynicism, and the presumption clearly intended to be antagonising
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„The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be entrusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself to exercise it
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An individual may be aware of having achieved some contingent level of (material) competence in whatever manner, although an awareness of such competence oftentimes implies a presumption of knowledge based on reasonable evidence or what is otherwise assumed to be conditional knowledge because of the (existing) possibility of (potential) misunderstanding(s) or other faulty premise(s) that would otherwise call its absolute certainty into question
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If they do not, there is a presumption that something must be wrong
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2 After that I became Lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my
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It was late morning when we arrived and I had barely debarked from the ship when I was met by a lone Kashik who ordered me to follow him with the usual presumption of complete unquestioning obedience
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presumption; the Lord then gave Josiah the winning tactic of using a trap, so that the
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wrapped in many sins, this man, as soon as he had come, had immediately been scourged, and put back from his presumption, as
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My non-lawyer (USDA entomologist) wife begged me not to quit Jenkins the day following his arrest, asking me what had become of the presumption of innocence
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Given the certitude of their understanding of the fundamental, unalterable course of history, they, and they alone, are privileged to operate under the presumption that the ends justify the means
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The presumption is that no just society can be said to exist in the absence of “economic justice,” that is, Communism
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18 For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins this man as soon as he had come had immediately been scourged and put back from his presumption as Heliodorus was whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury
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The presumption is that a succession of questions will enable the
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presumption of “good faith” then time must be devoted to trying to answer the question
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presumption that, at least for some considerations, focusing on the attributes that make
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It's the complete opposite of the basic presumption our
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The magician’s fiancée was looking at me from a small theater box with more presumption and pride that a princess in a plebeian party
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Would he know anything of my inclinations? The light presumption of which the Magician could know about my fidelities, embarrass me enormously
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" Would this sort of presumption, this defiance of his Father's laws of gravity, be justified in order to protect himself from possible harm or, perchance, to win the confidence of his mistaught and distracted people? But such a course, however gratifying to the sign-seeking Jews, would be, not a revelation of his Father, but a questionable trifling with the established laws of the universe of universes
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4 And then Jesus discoursed on the dangers of courage and faith, how they sometimes lead unthinking souls on to recklessness and presumption
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Conflict between presumption and reality
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Nathaniel and the others looked on in amazement; they were all aghast at the sudden boldness, if not presumption, of Simon and Judas
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Lack of this authority in pretentious public teaching was looked upon as indicating either ignorant presumption or open rebellion
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To ascertain my presumption, and though where he had been was not really my path, I purposely passed by him to give a going over his sullied face
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My question to you is: how will education survive if this motivation is removed? My simulation and all of real life is based on the presumption that each of us has abilities and skills that can be marketed for profit in such a way that we can be self-sufficient and a productive member of society
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The most logical presumption is that He has it all under control
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There was, however, still a considerable lapse between the comments made over lunch and the accusations she was making that would need to be clarified in order to proceed under this presumption
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uninhibited will, that presumption being born far more of
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They based that presumption on the fact that he fled like he did—in a
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Why was he in such a hurry to purchase the others and not this one? It seemed to run counter to Barron’s presumption that Van Thorn had had some
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This presumption that capital is set at
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your presumption that you know me or my intent, or what I may or may not be
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Then he thought about dispatching a messenger to the Military Zone for help, though it would be hours before they could arrive, and he wondered if they would commend his alertness or reprimand his presumption
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An unfounded presumption, it turned out
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The presumption was that it was Amar Singh he was referring to
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· Habits and routines are good but can lead us to familiarity and presumption
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Venues were chosen based on accessibility to the community, the availability of ICTs at the locations, and the presumption that there would be more than 20 users per day
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This presumption was enforced by a booming announcement over the P
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The trust-eroding habit of the gossipy nosey neighbor has evolved into the usurping voyeuristic presumption of a right to virtual investigation and invasion of privacy, because of the surveillance culture that invites everyone to participate in the potentially lucrative hobby of scrap-face-booking, as websited on People Chronicling – a wiki-gathered Rogue's gallery of imagemation
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The presumption of innocence is no longer the State's attitude towards the individual, but now the expected behavior of all citizens
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Therefore, there is no reason to prove guilt, since we are all presumed innocent, and it is that presumption that has now become the warrant for saying “You must have nothing to hide and we just want to confirm that
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Despite this presumption to unfitness and impropriety with
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I now recognize that the presumption that the Almighty Thou intermittently intervenes to
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sentence, only that it was of the classic presumption that the Almighty Thou sometimes
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It would be presumption on my part, and not, if you did, very modest on yours
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"True, it might raise a presumption that it was from the same machine
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Now, if the same defects are found in another piece of writing, that makes the presumption all the stronger, and when you have massed together a number of such characteristics it raises the presumption to a mathematical certainty, does it not?"
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The latter policy is often argued to be a human rights violation since it works contrary to the presumption of innocence by exposing people to discrimination on the basis of unproven allegations
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‘‘It is the highest impertinence and presumption,
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This was actually standard procedure here, and since there was reasonable presumption here that Linda and him, were potential witnesses, it was inevitable that this was going to happen
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basically knew too little about the Boss, his ideas and mannerisms to create any presumption and
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this a presumption that the original name of the Lord of
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The presumption is that the Universe has mass that is pulling mass
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Think how scandalously farfetched the presumption goes
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Although it is presumed that the Universe was small at the dawn of the Big Bang, such presumption will
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put validity to another presumption that the gravity the mass charged at the time was enormous because
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From since the time that man discovered intelligence (if he ever did) man has been with the presumption that the sun is the hottest centre in the solar system
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decide to build a boat on the presumption that God
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For to say a person dies, and then assert the “real person’ does not die, as is urged, if fallacious reasoning, and he who can establish such a presumption could draw water with a sieve, call up the “spirit” of “Samuel
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It was traced to the purpose of God in redemption, and not once in any Old Testament writing is reasoned out on the lines of Plato’s argument from pre-existence, or from any Pharisaic presumption of natural eternity
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To assert, therefore, that in the Greek gospel of John, written in the clear sunshine of Ionian Greece itself, the language is probably metaphorical at every turn, that we shall most likely err in taking two to mean life, and qa>natov to mean death, and shall more likely reach the truth by supposing that ajpoqnh>skein signifies to be banished from God, or to live forever in misery, is to offer a violent contradiction to one of the most obvious facts in philology,—namely, that the use of Greek in the New Testament is in itself a presumption that its ordinary terms are taken in their natural signification
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But some special and detailed arguments may be added which confirm the presumption raised on grounds such as we have discussed
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They would point to the oft-recurring qualifying proviso, and to the evidence of the criminality of the offenders; and they would dismiss the plaintiffs to a criminal court with a deserved rebuke for their presumption
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The presumption of guilt involved here is what they are most concerned about
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every cut of meat for reasons of added price and the presumption of "quality
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There were also several surgeons under the presumption that Jackson had undergone more cosmetic surgery than he was admitting to
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I well understand that, even if Miss Manette held me at this moment in her innocent heart--do not think I have the presumption to assume so much--
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That constitutes a strong presumption, but
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The glitter of his showy attire took her fancy, his ballads bewitched her (for he gave away twenty copies of every one he made), the tales of his exploits which he told about himself came to her ears; and in short, as the devil no doubt had arranged it, she fell in love with him before the presumption of making love to her had suggested itself to him; and as in love-affairs none are more easily brought to an issue than those which have the inclination of the lady for an ally, Leandra and Vicente came to an understanding without any difficulty; and before any of her numerous suitors had any suspicion of her design, she had already carried it into effect, having left the house of her dearly beloved father (for mother she had none), and disappeared from the village with the soldier, who came more triumphantly out of this enterprise than out of any of the large number he laid claim to
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"I believe it," said Don Juan; "and were it possible, an order should be issued that no one should have the presumption to deal with anything relating to Don Quixote, save his original author Cide Hamete; just as Alexander commanded that no one should presume to paint his portrait save Apelles
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I hope that someone will point out, gently but firmly, that the American system gives every man the benefit of the presumption of innocence in the face of any charge and that everyone should suspend judgment
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But whatever differences existed amongst them regarding each other's social standing they were unanimous on one point at least: they were indignant at Owen's presumption in coming to live in such a refined locality
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Franz added that his companion, deeply grieved at having been prevented the honor of being presented to the countess during her sojourn in Paris, was most anxious to make up for it, and had requested him (Franz) to remedy the past misfortune by conducting him to her box, and concluded by asking pardon for his presumption in having taken it upon himself to do so
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An act of so much precipitancy and presumption would seal the downfall of precocious intellect forever
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The presumption in those practice sessions was that he’d be rescuing a crewmate whose tether had broken, but the principle was the same
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The name of the one was Simple, another Sloth, and the third Presumption
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The things that I have told you were the best; yet some other matters I saw, as, namely--I saw three men, Simple, Sloth, and Presumption, lie asleep a little out of the way, as I came, with irons upon their heels; but do you think I could awake them? I also saw Formality and Hypocrisy come tumbling over the wall, to go, as they pretended, to Zion, but they were quickly lost, even as I myself did tell them; but they would not believe
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Then I said it was presumption; but he said, No, for I was invited to come
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This presumption her conduct afterwards verified: for presently meeting with a match, that was ready cut and dry for her, with a neighbour's son of her own rank, and a young man of sense and order, who took as the widow of one lost at sea (for so it seems one of her gallants, whose name she had made free with, really was), she naturally struck into all the duties of her domestic life, with as much simplicity of affection, with as much constancy and regularity, as if she had never swerved from a state of undebauched innocence from her youth
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Seven long years, before a legal presumption
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I have been cured of the presumption of thinking otherwise
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At all events, it is certain that if any medical man had come to Middlemarch with the reputation of having very definite religious views, of being given to prayer, and of otherwise showing an active piety, there would have been a general presumption against his medical skill
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He had formerly observed with approbation her capacity for worshipping the right object; he now foresaw with sudden terror that this capacity might be replaced by presumption, this worship by the most exasperating of all criticism,—that which sees vaguely a great many fine ends, and has not the least notion what it costs to reach them
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No sooner did Naumann mention any detail of Dorothea's beauty, than Will got exasperated at his presumption: there was grossness in his choice of the most ordinary words, and what business had he to talk of her lips? She was not a woman to be spoken of as other women were
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If this were my wedding, I should have had him whipped for his presumption
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In short Bilbo was "Presumed Dead," and not everybody that said so was sorry to find the presumption wrong
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Whenever this is true, the presumption is that the average will fall under the lowest level of the trading range as soon as the last important bearish count expires—even though the exact day of the break may be determined by a minor count