item: #1 of 10 id: 10591 author: Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay) title: A Lie Never Justifiable: A Study in Ethics date: None words: 44978 flesch: 62 summary: Dyaks; their truthfulness Earl, G.W.: cited Early Christians, temptations of East Africans, estimate of truth by Egyptian idea of deity synonymous with truth Elisha and Syrians Enemy, duty of truthfulness to Esau, deceit practiced on Eunomius: cited Evil as a means of good Exigency, lie of (see _Lie of Necessity_) False impressions, limit of responsibility for Falsehood: estimate of, in India; in Ceylon; in Persia; in Egypt; Punic faith, synonym of; in medical profession; its use as means of good; spoken in love; in legal profession. Family troubles, concealment of Fichte: cited Firmus, Bishop: cited Flag of truce, sending of Flatt: cited Forsyth, Capt. J.: cited Fowler, Professor: cited Frankness, brutal Fridthjof and Ingeborg, story of Fürstenthal, R.J.: cited German ideal of truth Glasfurd: cited God: killing, but not lying, a possibility with; cannot lie; his concealments from man; is truth; called to witness lie; Greeks, ancient: their estimate of truth Gregory of Nyssa: cited Hall of two truths Hamburger, Dr. I.: cited Hannibal: cited Harischandra, story of Harkness, Capt. Henry: cited Harless: cited Hartenstein: cited Heber, Bishop: cited Hebrew midwives Hebrew spies Hegel: cited Heralds' law Herbart: cited Hennas, Shepherd of: cited Herodotus: cited Hill Tribes of India: their estimate of truth Hindoo; estimate of truth; passion-play. Hodge, Dr. Charles; cited Home of Song Home of the Lie Hottentot, estimate of truth Hugo, Victor: cited Hunter, W.W.: cited Ilai, Rabbi: cited Iliad, estimate of truth in Indians, American, influence of civilization on Ingeborg and Fridthjof of, story of Innocent III.: cited Insane: lying to their right to truth Inscription of Darius Intoxicated, the: their right to truth Isaac: his deceiving Isaac, Jacob, and Esau Ishmael, Rabbi: cited Jackson, Prof. A.V.W.: cited Jacob: his deceiving his lie to Isaac Jacobi, F.H.: cited Javanese: their truthfulness Jehoshaphat and Ahab Jehuda, Rabbi: cited Jerome: cited Jesuits, teaching of Jewish Talmudists, discussions of Johnson's Cyclopaedia: cited Judith and Holofernes Justin Martyr: cited Juvenal: cited Kant, Immanuel: cited Keating, W.H.: cited Kent, Chancellor: cited Khonds of Central India, truthfulness among Killing an enemy or lying to him Kirkbride, Dr. Thomas S., testimony of Kolben, P.: cited Krause: cited Kurtz, Prof. J.H.: cited Lamberton, Prof. W.A.: cited Lecky, W.E.H.: cited Legal profession, ethics of Legends, Scandinavian Liar: an enemy of righteousness form of prayer for Liars, place of Libby Prison, incident of Lichtenberger, F.: cited Life, losing of truth to save Life insurance, truthfulness in Lightfoot, Bishop: cited Liguori: cited Livingstone, David: cited Logic swayed by feeling Loyola, Ignatius: cited Luther, Martin: cited MA, symbol of Truth Macaulay, Lord, on Lord Clive's treachery Macpherson, Lieutenant: cited Mahabharata on lying Mahaffy, Prof. J.P.: cited Mandingoes: their estimate of truth Marcus Aurelius, quotation from Marheineke: cited Marriage, duty of truthfulness in connection with Marshman, Joshua: cited Martensen, Hans Lassen: cited Martineau, Dr. James, quotations from Martyrdom price of truth-telling Mead, Professor: cited Medical profession, no justifiable falsehood in Melanchthon: cited _Menorath Hammaor_, reference to Merrill, J.H.: cited Meyer, Dr. H.A.W.: cited Meyrick, Rev. F.: cited Micaiah, story of Midwives, Hebrew, lies of Mithra, god of truth Moore, William: cited Moral sense of man against lying Morgan: cited Müller, Julius: cited Müller, Prof. Max: cited Murderer, concealment from would-be Nathan, Rabbi: cited Neander: cited Nitzsch: cited Oath of witness in court Omichund, deceit practiced on One all-dividing line Origen: cited Ormuzd, Zoroastrian god of truth Paley, Dr.: definition of lie Palgrave, W.G.: cited Paradise, two pictures of Park, Mungo: cited Pascal: cited Passion-play, Hindoo Patagonians: their view of lying Patient, deception of, by physician Paul and Peter: suggestion of their deceiving Perjury justifiable, if lying be Persian ideals Peter and Paul: suggestion of their deceiving Phillips, Charles, misrepresented Philoctetes, tragedy of Phoenicians: their untruthfulness Physician, lying by Pindar: cited Place of liars Plato: cited Pliny the younger: cited Pope Innocent III.: cited Prayer, form of, for liar Principles, not rules, Bible standard Priscillianists, sect of Prophets, lying Plan, lord of truth Punic faith, synonym of falsehood Pylades and Orestes Quaker and salesman Quaker guns, concealment by means of Ra, symbol of light Raba: cited Raffles, Sir T.S.: cited Rahab the harlot, lying of Rawlinson, Prof. George: cited Reinhard: cited Responsibility, limit of Robber: concealment from lying to Roberts, Joseph, quotation from Rock of Behistun, inscription on Roman Catholic writers, views of Roman matron, story of: cited by Pliny Roman standard of truthfulness Rothe, Richard: cited St. John, Sir Spencer: cited Samuel at Bethlehem Sapphira: her deceiving Satan, father of lies Sayce, Prof. A.H.: cited Scandinavian legends Schaff, Dr. Philip: cited Schaff-Hertzog: cited Schleiermacher: cited Schoolcraft, H.R.: cited Schwartz: cited Scott Sir Walter: cited Self-deception in others, limit of responsibility for Semple, J.W.: cited Sharswood, Chief-Justice: cited Shepherd of Hermas, quotation from Sherwill: cited Shorn, Dr. J.: cited Sick: their right to truth Simplice, Sister, story of Sin _per se_, lying Smith and Cheetham: cited Smith and Wace: cited Smyth, Dr. Newman: cited Sonthals, truthfulness among South, Dr. Robert: cited Sowrahs, truthfulness among Speech and act, lying in Spencer, Herbert: cited Spies, Hebrew, Rahab and Spy denied soldier's death Stephen, Leslie: cited Story, Justice: cited Surgeon's responsibility for his action testimony as to deceiving patient Symonds J.A.: cited Syrians, Elisha and Talmud, teachings of Talmudists, discussion among Taylor, Jeremy; cited Teaching of Jesuits Temptations influencing decision Tertullian: cited Theognis: cited Thornwell, Dr. James H.: cited Tipperahs: their habit of lying Todas, truthfulness among Tragedy of Philoctetes Truce, flag of, use of Truth: universal duty of telling God is not every one entitled to full dearer than life justifiable concealment of unjustifiable concealment of Truth, estimate of: among Hindoos among Scandinavians in ancient Persia in ancient Egypt among Romans among ancient Greeks among ancient Germans among Hill Tribes of India among Arabs among American Indians among Patagonians among Africans among Dyaks among Veddahs among Javanese Ueberweg, F.: cited Ulysses, reference to Urim and Thummim Veddahs of Ceylon: their truthfulness Veracity: duty of of Greeks of Persians of primitive and civilized peoples compared of Hill Tribes of India of Arabs of American Indians of Africans of Dyaks of Veddahs of Javanese Viswamitra and Indra, story of Von Ammon: cited Von Hirscher: cited Walker, Helen, example of War: justifiable concealment in duty of veracity in Westcott, Bishop: cited Wheeler, J. Talboys; cited Whewell, Dr. William: cited White lie Wig, concealment by Wilkinson, Sir J.G.: cited Witness, oath of, in court Woolsey, President: cited Wuttke, Dr. Adolf: cited Yudhishthira and Drona, mythical story of Zoroastrian designation of heaven and hell _SCRIPTURAL INDEX_. GENESIS. keywords: bible; case; christian; claim; concealment; deception; duty; enemy; ethics; fact; falsehood; footnote; god; good; lie; lies; life; lord; love; lying; man; matter; means; moral; nature; necessity; principles; purpose; question; right; rothe; sense; sin; time; truth; truthfulness; veracity cache: 10591.txt plain text: 10591.txt item: #2 of 10 id: 15002 author: Optic, Oliver title: All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake A Sequel to "The Boat Club" date: None words: 41768 flesch: 85 summary: Commodore Frank Sedley VIII. Frank Sedley is the only son of Captain Sedley, a retired shipmaster, of lofty and liberal views, and of the most estimable character. keywords: boat; boys; bunker; butterfly; captain; charles; club; coxswain; crew; father; fleet; frank; good; hardy; house; island; lake; money; paul; pull; race; sedley; tim; time; tony; zephyr cache: 15002.txt plain text: 15002.txt item: #3 of 10 id: 21636 author: Cupples, George, Mrs. title: Bluff Crag; or, A Good Word Costs Nothing date: None words: 11482 flesch: 85 summary: 'And what do you do when you are alone?' said Uncle John, evidently amused with the precise though sweet tone of voice of little Vea. 'Oh dear, who has done this?' cried little Vea, while Patrick turned away with blushing face. keywords: aunt; dick; good; john; patrick; polly; uncle; vea cache: 21636.txt plain text: 21636.txt item: #4 of 10 id: 2572 author: Twain, Mark title: On the Decay of the Art of Lying date: None words: 2286 flesch: 73 summary: Among other common lies, we have the _silent_ lie--the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Just so--you have told a _silent_ lie; you have left it to be inferred that you had no fault to find in that matter. keywords: lie; lying; nurse; truth cache: 2572.txt plain text: 2572.txt item: #5 of 10 id: 33432 author: Bangs, John Kendrick title: Mr. Munchausen  Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures beyond the Styx of the Late Hieronymus Carl Friedrich, Sometime Baron Munchausen of Bodenwerder date: None words: 35126 flesch: 82 summary: In common with a large number of other great men in history Baron Munchausen has suffered because he is not understood. II THE SPORTING TOUR OF MR. MUNCHAUSEN Good morning, Mr. Munchausen, said the interviewer of the _Gehenna Gazette_ entering the apartment of the famous traveller at the Hotel Deville, where the late Baron had just arrived from his sporting tour in the Blue Hills of Cimmeria and elsewhere. keywords: ananias; angelica; baron; baron munchausen; beelzy; course; day; diavolo; fact; feet; good; house; jang; left; life; lion; man; miles; minutes; munchausen; people; right; sapphira; story; thing; thought; time; twins; uncle; water; way; wriggletto cache: 33432.txt plain text: 33432.txt item: #6 of 10 id: 33522 author: Leslie, Madeline title: Little Frankie and His Cousin date: None words: 8544 flesch: 97 summary: WHEN little girls or boys try to do right, every body loves to help them. Moses!' Presently Moses came, and his father took him in his lap, and said, 'Tell me, my dear, have you taken an orange from the basket? keywords: aunt; frankie; good; mamma; moses; mother; nelly cache: 33522.txt plain text: 33522.txt item: #7 of 10 id: 34860 author: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) title: East of Suez: A Play in Seven Scenes date: None words: 34303 flesch: 103 summary: [_Holding out his hand to_ DAISY.] DAISY _pulls herself together_. HARRY. keywords: amah; chinese; daisy; day; george; god; going; good; hands; harry; knox; lee; look; love; man; sylvia; tai; think; thought; velly cache: 34860.txt plain text: 34860.txt item: #8 of 10 id: 43918 author: None title: The Penitent Boy; or, Sin Brings Sorrow date: None words: 3899 flesch: 84 summary: Now do not you think, aunt, Alfred ought to lend me his knife, just for a minute, to cut a Robinson Crusoe stick? No doubt he will, replied Miss Woodford; I never knew Alfred cross or unkind: he does not mean that he will not lend it; he is only joking, I am sure. Taking a seat by her side in the dining-room, she asked Mrs. Sinclair if she knew anything of the knife she had given to Alfred. keywords: alfred; boy; knife cache: 43918.txt plain text: 43918.txt item: #9 of 10 id: 50651 author: Drake, Samuel Adams title: The Young Vigilantes: A Story of California Life in the Fifties date: None words: 45461 flesch: 87 summary: This was the last straw for poor Walter. After a hearty greeting all round, though poor Walter turned all colors at the remembrance of how and where they had last met, Mr. Bright began by explaining that he had found them out through the consignee of the _Southern Cross_. keywords: bill; boat; bright; charley; day; dollars; door; eyes; face; friends; good; half; hand; head; home; house; know; life; little; look; man; men; merchant; mind; moment; money; morning; new; night; place; ramon; room; run; set; ship; story; street; thing; time; walter; want; way; word; work cache: 50651.txt plain text: 50651.txt item: #10 of 10 id: 56602 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: Frank Hunter's Peril date: None words: 52355 flesch: 90 summary: Mr. Sharpley was a man not overburdened--in fact, not burdened at all--with principle, but he could make himself personally more agreeable than Mr. Craven, nor did Frank feel for him the instinctive aversion which he entertained for his step-father. I thought you would like to see the last companion of poor Frank, returned Mr. Craven, surprised. keywords: ben; boy; colonel; craven; day; father; frank; friend; good; home; hope; hotel; hunter; katy; little; look; man; money; mother; mrs; sharpley; sir; step; tarbox; thought; time; want; way cache: 56602.txt plain text: 56602.txt