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This Life of Mortal Breath

2015· article· en· W4379806150 sur OpenAlexaboutno aff
Joyce H. Munro

Notice bibliographique

RevueCrossCurrents · 2015
Typearticle
Langueen
DomaineArts and Humanities
ThématiqueShort Stories in Global Literature
Établissements canadiensnon disponible
Organismes subventionnairesnon disponible
Mots-clésNephew and nieceWifeFeelingChinaAlice (programming language)Art historyArtHistoryPhilosophyPsychoanalysisTheologyClassicsPsychologyArchaeology

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This Life of Mortal Breath Joyce H. Munro Alice didn't go with him to China that spring, though she wasn't against his going. In fact, some afternoons she was the one to bring it up, as they sipped tea on the veranda at La Paisible or walked the hill to Maison de Pomme. After all, his wife was gone now, her spirit freed from earth's binding chains. His grief was ebbing. And in its place, concern, profound and ardent, for China. Only the fragile state of his health had kept him from returning. Now that he was feeling so much stronger, why remain in Switzerland? When Alice nudged him like this, she always called him “my dear,” never by his first name. A great man, revered around the world, in his seventies. It would be unseemly. Alice Thomson was so very kind and bright, so good for him during those days. Even Mary, Hudson's niece, had to admit it—Alice never seemed to vex him. “Here, my dear, let me take your muddy boots off.” “Time for a nap, let me cover you up.” “Let's get you out of that wet coat.” She could handle him better than Mary. Alice had never been to China. He had been ten times. Pardon the interjection: These three—the elderly mourner and his caregivers—are not at Audrey Hepburn's La Paisible. But at a pension in the hills above Vevey. It is important to clarify this, for Vevey figures in Alice's life later. Paisible = peace. Peace, according to the dictionarians at Oxford University, means freedom from disturbance. Those who christen their homes La Paisible are looking for a place to while away distress and anxiety. A haven, sanctuary. In such a place, the presence of the eternal can break through the walls, Paul Tillich wrote. Walls of pinkish stucco, windows with fretwork balconies, cloistered verandas. All designed for curing what ails you, for meeting the eternal. Breakthroughs can happen here. Alice was part of the cure. I want to see kind and bright and good in Alice. I look for it in her face, her eyes. In a photograph I love, there sits a young woman at her mother's feet. She sprawls on the grass in a dressy dress, lavish ruffles at her wrists and neck. A healthy woman. Big‐boned, like her Sinclair ancestors from the north‐most Highlands. Elbow on her mother's knee, she props her head up with her fist. Other relatives in the photo are dour‐faced, stiff, although I can't figure out why—this is going to be a lovely tea party. Maybe it's because they're Scots Baptists and merriment is not in their religious genes. They sit properly in bent‐willow chairs or stand by the tea table. Obviously a nice day, cause for celebration, with Alice's half sister visiting from Lausanne. Alice alone is relaxed. Her coy smile a magnet, pulling my gaze, telling me she's someone worth knowing. What's her secret? What has she done to put that smile on her face? Certainly not told a joke because the rest of them aren't laughing. Only she knows. The title below the photo is not instructive: Picture taken in the garden of the T.M. Thomson home at Jarvis and Bloor streets in Toronto. About 1903. Which turns out to be incorrect. It was earlier. And this is important because Alice's mother, second wife of Thomas McLerie Thomson, merchant, money manager, immigrant, died in 1902. After that, Alice went to Switzerland. Something tells me Alice was a groupie, the kind who's devoted to someone in the limelight, gets his autograph, follows him everywhere. In Alice's case, he was a band leader, but not that kind. James Hudson Taylor, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S., surgeon, missionary, Bible translator, founder of China Inland Mission. One of the most beloved, quoted individuals of all time—among evangelical Christians, that is. Bible colleges and institutes have been established as a result of Taylor's influence, where students learn things vital to missionaries. Taylor's vision and dedication have...

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Comment cette classification a été obtenuedéplier

Prédiction distillée sur la base complète

Imitation des enseignants

Ni prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.

score de la tête « metaresearch » (Codex)0,000
score de la tête « metaresearch » (Gemma)0,000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aStatut de validation: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Catégories candidatesCharge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger)
Catégories consensuellesaucune
DomaineSignal candidat: aucune · Signal consensuel: aucune
Devis d'étudeSignal candidat: Sans objet · Signal consensuel: Sans objet
GenreSignal candidat: Empirique · Signal consensuel: aucune
Score de désaccord entre enseignants0,760
Score d'incertitude au seuil0,998

Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie

CatégorieCodexGemma
Métarecherche0,0000,000
Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict)0,0000,000
Méta-épidémiologie (sens large)0,0000,000
Bibliométrie0,0000,000
Études des sciences et des technologies0,0000,000
Communication savante0,0000,000
Science ouverte0,0000,000
Intégrité de la recherche0,0000,000
Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger)0,0030,000

Scores machine (provisoires)

Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.

Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.

Tête enseignante Opus0,056
Tête enseignante GPT0,288
Écart entre enseignants0,232 · la distance entre les deux têtes enseignantes sur ce seul travail
Statut de validationscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découle

Classification

machine, non validée

Prédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.

Devis d'étudeSans objet
Domainenon disponible
GenreEmpirique

Le détail, modèle par modèle et score par score, se trouve en fin de page sous « Comment cette classification a été obtenue ».

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