A country which has always had an exceptionally good turnout for its elections to the European Parliament is Belgium. Every single election has had a turnout of over 90 per cent. The reason for this is that there is compulsory voting in Belgium.

His sureness was born of having looked it up in a reputable reference book.

Those who have not watched the united operation of vanity and feeling on a youthful mind, will not conceive how much less formidable the ridicule of all his own sex will be to a very young man, than that of those women to whom he has been taught to look up as the arbitresses of elegance.

*And yes, I'm aware of Conrad's decidedly unatheistic afterthought, in the very next sentence from this quote: “Or else decoyed.” It's from The Shadow Line. You ought to read it. No need to see the Andrzej Wajda movie. 171 SILVER SCREEN ...