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My Hand Moves Because Certain Forces--electric, Magnetic, Or Whatever 'nerve-force' May Prove To Be--are Impressed On It By My Brain. This Nerve-force, Stored In The Brain, Would Probably Be Traceable, If Science Were Complete, To Chemical Forces Supplied To The Brain By The Blood, And Ultimately Derived From The Food I Eat And The Air I Breathe.

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My Hand Moves Because

Lewis Carroll

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My Hand Moves Because Certain Forces--electric, Magnetic, Or Whatever 'nerve-force' May Prove To Be--are Impressed On It By My Brain. This Nerve-force, Stored In The Brain, Would Probably Be Traceable, If Science Were Complete, To Chemical Forces Supplied To The Brain By The Blood, And Ultimately Derived From The Food I Eat And The Air I Breathe.

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She's In That State Of Mind That She Wants To Deny Something Only She Doesn't Know What To Deny!

When All Has Been Considered, It Seems To Me To Be The Irresistible Intuition That Infinite Punishment For Finite Sin Would Be Unjust, And Therefore Wrong. We Feel That Even Weak And Erring Man Would Shrink From Such An Act. And We Cannot Conceive Of God As Acting On A Lower Standard Of Right And Wrong.

"write That Down," The King Said To The Jury, And The Jury Eagerly Wrote Down All Three Dates On Their Slates, And Then Added Them Up, And Reduced The Answer To Shillings And Pence.

Why Is It That People With The Most Narrow Of Minds Seem To Have The Widest Of Mouths?

We're All Mad Here.

Rule Forty-two. All Persons More Than A Mile High To Leave The Court.

Alice In Wonderland Book

And Ever, As The Story Drained The Wells Of Fancy Dry, And Faintly Strove That Weary One To Put The Subject By, "the Rest Next Time--" "it Is Next Time!" The Happy Voice Cry. Thus Grew The Tale Of Wonderland

Come, My Child," I Said, Trying To Lead Her Away. "wish Good-bye To The Poor Hare, And Come And Look For Blackberries." "good-bye, Poor Hare!" Sylvie Obediently Repeated, Looking Over Her Shoulder At It As We Turned Away. And Then, All In A Moment, Her Self-command Gave Way. Pulling Her Hand Out Of Mine, She Ran Back To Where The Dead Hare Was Lying, And Flung Herself Down At Its Side In Such An Agony Of Grief As I Could Hardly Have Believed Possible In So Young A Child. "oh, My Darling, My Darling!" She Moaned, Over And Over Again. "and God Meant Your Life To Be So Beautiful!

People Who Don't Think Shouldn't Talk.

Fury Said To A Mousethat He Met In The Houselet Us Both Go To Law; I Will Prosecute Youlet There Be No Denial; Come, We Must Have A Trialfor Really, This Morning, I've Nothing To Dosuch A Trial, Dear Sir, Said The Mouse To The Curwithout Jury Or Judge Would Be Wasting Our Breathi'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jurysaid Cunning Old Furyi'll Try The Whole Cause And Condemn Youto Death

Where Do You Come From? And Where Are You Going? Look Up, Speak Nicely, And Don't Twiddle Your Fingers All The Time.

It Takes All The Running You Can Do Just To Keep In The Same Place.

In Another Moment Down Went Alice After It, Never Once Considering How In The World She Was To Get Out Again.

Alice: This Is Impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only If You Believe It Is.

She Was A Little Startled By Seeing The Cheshire Cat Sitting On A Bough Of A Tree A Few Yards Off. The Cat Only Grinned When It Saw Alice.

"she Can't Do Sums A Bit!" The Queens Said Together, With Great Emphasis. "can You Do Sums?" Alice Said, Turning Suddenly On The White Queen, For She Didn't Like Being Found Fault With So Much. The Queen Gasped And Shut Her Eyes. "i Can Do Addition, If You Give Me Time-but I Can Do Subtraction, Under Any Circumstances!"

Here Is A Golden Rule.... Write Legibly. The Average Temper Of The Human Race Would Be Perceptibly Sweetened, If Everybody Obeyedthis Rule!

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