As Mr. Gerard points out, "It is only by an evolution of Germany herself towards Liberalism that the world will be given such guarantees of future peace as will justify the termination of this War.
I was greatly flattered by Jean's wholly unwarranted confidence in my marksmanship and eager to justify it at the earliest moment.
If anything should occur in the meantime which would, in his opinion, justify him in again repudiating her, he would of course take advantage of such circumstance.
Unfortunately, he had been acquainted with the lady, and now was constrained to say that her conduct had been such as to justify the suspicions of the police.
Nothing had as yet been proved against her which could justify him in repudiating his engagement.
Unfortunately for Lord Fawn, he was not sure that he could justify himself.
I am bound to tell you," declared Lady Fawn, with much emphasis, "that nothing canjustify you in having accused Lord Fawn of telling an untruth.
She had brought him to succumb, because he could no longer justify his treatment of her by reference to the diamonds.
There was no chemistry on Mrs. Carbuncle's cheek; and yet it was a tint so brilliant and so little transparent, as almost to justify a conviction that it could not be genuine.
Lizzie was still standing, waiting for an answer to her question,--Can youjustify yourself in your own heart?
Did the events within and without the House justify that extreme measure?
However we may condemn the exclusiveness of the College, this was not the way to correct it; bigotry on the one hand, will not justify despotism on the other.
Though to my mind Leech is quite at his best in "Pictures of Life and Character," there are examples of his powers in all these books which quite justify my selection of some of them for the gratification of my readers.
In evidence of the latter, I put before my readers some letters written to his parents in his maturer years, which will amply justify what I say of him.
And since he had been quoted to justify anxiety, I made bold to go to him for cheer.
Instead of trying to justifyhimself Julien crossed his arms over his breast.
Distracted by love and unhappiness, as a result of this terrible blow, Julien tried to justify himself.
At this moment the old Baron Tolly became ill and fell down, as though to justify mademoiselle de la Mole's remark.
Does her note seem to you who may read these pages to justify such resentment?
Lloyd has taken Abbots' House; the rent would be too high for his means if the Hill did not feel bound in honour to justify the trust he has placed in its patronage.
And coming at last to a close, I said: "Such are the evidences that seem to me to justify abhorrence of the life that you ask me to aid in prolonging.
The son of a notorious usurer, heir to immense wealth, and endowed with the talents whichjustify ambition, he had entered upon life burdened with the odium of his father's name.
I imagined that I had learned enough to justify me in treating them as flagrant cheats, and himself as their egregious dupe.
You will not be surprised that before selecting you as my heir and executor, from a crowd of relations not more distant, I should have made inquiries in order to justify my selection.
It is not necessary to attempt to justify every word that may have been struck off in the heat of a great conflict.
And if we say that the confederation, in spite of these taints in its origin, has worked well and has solved the difficulties of Canada, we use an argument which might justify the forcible annexation of a country by a powerful neighbour.
This in itself would justify the transcribing and preservation of much good literature in this beautiful form (besides the preparation of "Illuminated Addresses," Service Books, Heraldic and other MSS.
A poem has a given number of lines of various lengths, and only very strong reason or necessity can justify our altering its proper form (e.
Whether it is expedient or not depends upon how it is done: to justify our work, it must succeed; it must be bright and splendid, and really gladden our eyes.
Analogy will only justify comparisons of like with like.
The novelty and originality of this theory will perhaps justify us in dwelling a little longer on what observation has detected.
We no longer flog our servants in the stables, but we give slavery more refined forms; at any rate, we are able to justify it in each separate case.
As a man without a care in the world, seeking somehow to justify his constant idleness, I have always found such festive mornings in a country house universally attractive.
But as no action in the world is so vile, but the actors can cover with some specious pretence, so the Scots now passing into England publish a declaration to justify their assisting the Parliament.
In the course of this development an ideology was built up and modified in such a way as to justify and strengthen the entire project.
But despite such local differences, all of the civilizations have had in common those characteristics which justify their inclusion in the family of civilizations.
In the 1970's western civilization retains the essential features which justify us in describing it as a civilization.
At the same time all of the civilizations have had certain common features that are the characteristic aspects which justify the general definition of civilization presented in the Introduction to this study.
At the end of four months passed in the capital of Languedoc, in the depth of a retreat enlivened by an assiduous correspondence with the two courts, Madame des Ursins received permission to appear at Versailles and there to justify herself.
Anne, who dreaded her furious violence, replied that she could justify herself by letter, and to avoid the chance of an interview, left London for Kensington Palace.
Nor does he foresee its being ended by the victory of the coalition, and events appear to justifyhis opinion; for, as you are aware, sir, for some time past tidings from the front have been bad.
My poor child, you have no need to justify yourself in my eyes, whether in this or any other thing.
You must know them exceedingly well," added Lady Mabel, in innocent surprise, "to justify your abusing them so roundly.
I shall not here repeat the separate points in his conduct which justifythis view, and which have been set forth as they have occurred, in the preceding pages.
Is it not just to yourself that you should, in a few public speeches, state your reasons, and thus justify yourself?
I say I believe it will take a far better argument than a mere sneer to show to the minds of intelligent men that whoever has so said is not prepared, whenever public sentiment is so far advanced as to justify it, to say the other.
What he did in the Senate he had to justify before the people of Illinois, in order to maintain himself in place; and in Illinois all eyes turned to Lincoln as Douglas's natural antagonist.
And now it seems to me that the response you give to that remark ought to justify me in closing just here.
If you could know the full pressure of the case, I am confident that you would justify it, even beyond a mere acknowledgment that the commander-in-chief may order what he pleases.
The troops are kept in readiness to move at the shortest notice if occasion should justify it.
And true or not in the instance, nothing but the sternest necessity can justify the making and maintaining of a system so liable to such abuses.
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution--certainly would if such a right were a vital one.
If he uses the power justly, the same people will probably justify him; if he abuses it, he is in their hands to be dealt with by all the modes they have reserved to themselves in the Constitution.
Take even their own view of the questions involved, and there is nothing to justify the course they are pursuing.
In the view of the United States, no condition any longer exists which can be claimed to justify the denial to them by any one of such nations of customary naval rights as has heretofore been so unnecessarily persisted in.
Allow me but a little while to state to you what facts there are to justify him in saying that Illinois came into the Union as a slave State.
There are names enough on the petition, I think, to justify the members from our county in going for it; but if the members from Morgan oppose it, which they say they will, the chance will be bad.
Your people would ye justify in their reverence: that called ye "Will to Truth," ye famous wise ones!
Let your sorrow be love to the Superman: thus will ye justify your own survival!
Your slaying, ye judges, shall be pity, and not revenge; and in that ye slay, see to it that ye yourselves justify life!
After the victory was decided in favour of Gonzalo, Bachicao, imagining that his conduct had not been observed, and would remain unknown, or that he would be able to justify himself under some colourable pretence, returned to his post.
Carvajal, without searching for any pretext to justify his cruelty, cut off many more.
To justify their conduct on this occasion, they caused the act which they had drawn up to be publickly read; but so great was the noise and confusion, that very few of those present were able to hear its tenor.
Gonzalo, by the advice of his lieutenant-general and other confidential officers, took additional measures to justify their conduct, and to satisfy the soldiers and inhabitants in the goodness of their cause.
I know of nothing to justify me in not sending him to hospital.
All these crimes were charged upon our society, in the public proceedings of the several counties, and were deemed sufficient to justify their unlawful proceedings against us.
The two last positive orders are preceded by the supposition of an inquiry which was to justify him either in the acts he had done or to justify him in making restitution.
Upon this, my Lords, I shall only observe, that this plea of an inward intention in his own mind may, if admitted, justify any evil act whatever of this kind.
I shall now pass on to another article connected with, though not making a direct part of, that of corrupt bribery: I mean the swindling subterfuges by which he has attempted to justify his corrupt practices.
It is a shame (and I will venture to say, that these gentlemen, upon recollection, will feel ashamed) to see the bar justify what the sword is ashamed of.
If your Lordships, in your sacred character of the first tribunal in the world, should by your judgment justify those proceedings, you will sanction the greatest wrongs that have been ever known in history.
To justify openly and directly a cheat, to justify a fraud upon an individual, is reserved for our times.
But possibly some peculiarity in the circumstances of the case rendered such a proceeding necessary, and may justify it.
