:: " The origin of the Irish Volunteers, which, as an organized national military association, may be dated from 1777, ceased to exist as such in 1793 & "'It is not inconsistent with truth, though it may be with the military glory of this institution of the Volunteers, to say that it combined "'in one great national phalanx the talent, the intolerance, the chivalry, the extravagance, the prodigality, the embarrassment, the republicanism, and patriotism, for one brief epoch, of all ranks and classes.
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Quine first observes that Carnap's starting point was not the strictest possible, as his " sense-datum language " included not only sense-events but also " the notations of logic, up through higher set theory . . . Empiricists there are who would boggle at such prodigality . " Nonetheless, says Quine, Carnap showed great ingenuity in defining sensory concepts " which, but for his constructions, one would not have dreamed were definable on so slender a basis . " However, even such admirable efforts left Carnap, by his own admission, far short of completing the whole project.
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A 1681 pamphlet describes his character : " Necessity first prompted him to evil courses and success hardened him in them; he did not rob to maintain his own prodigality, but to gratify his spies and pensioners : Temperance, Liberality, and Reservedness were the three qualities that perserved him; none but they of the House where he was knew till the next morning where he lay all night; he allowed his followers to stuff themselves with meat and good liquor, but confined himself to milk and water; he thought it better thrift to disperse his money among his Receivers and Intelligencers, than to carry it in a purse, or hide it in a hole; he prolonged his life by a general distrust ."
