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...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After... ...ml Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United S... ...ved as trying to impose its narcissistic pseudo-culture upon a world exhausted by wars hot and cold and corrupted by vacuous materialism. Recent a... ...d) Mahan doctrines. Wilson's Fourteen Points brought the USA nothing but two World Wars and a Cold War thereafter. It is time to disengage. Note -... ...sional conscience and one's propensity to live the good life. Only saints win such battles. Whatever UNMIK is - it is decidedly not saintly. But, a... ...ral resources of other polities and to benefit from them, and other eerie echoes of Napoleonic "Old Europe". But ideology does not consist merely o... ...ntury (following the 1815 Congress of Vienna) containing France. The trauma of the Napoleonic wars was the last in a medley of conflicts with an in...
The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.
...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... ...hasn‘t sent any messengers lately. But he listens to prayers, approves of wars, and allows natural disasters. ―How we define the Creator may h... ...ee the God-inspired wars of the Jews in the Old Testament and the unending battles in the name of God during the last two millennia by the Christians... ... departing moderates. ―By contrast in the countries that use the Napoleonic law approach, you merely look at the law and see if it has been... ...iversity or cohesiveness? The religious or the secular? The common law or Napoleonic law? 121 TYPE OF GOVERNMENT —―Who should lead the go... ...the more rational liberals dates from the 800s in Iraq. But inter-Islamic battles about who should lead the various sects also goes back to the begi...
...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...
...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...em unfavorably. The idea of the nation-state culminated in the Yugoslav succession wars. It is time to seriously consider a much-derided and decrie... ...e and intertwined mechanisms: The Malthusian Mechanism – Limited resources lead to wars, famine, diseases and to a decrease in the populace (and, t... ...ral resources of other polities and to benefit from them, and other eerie echoes of Napoleonic "Old Europe". But ideology does not consist merely o... ...nto decline. Instead of intelligently debating issues, they engaged in ideological battles, dogmatic quarrels, name-calling. The debate grew less p... ...ntury (following the 1815 Congress of Vienna) containing France. The trauma of the Napoleonic wars was the last in a medley of conflicts with an in...
Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.
...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....
... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ... how and why the battle for territory was born and developed into raiding and wars… Overpopulation and the urge to keep moving, the addiction to see... ...he culture of lions is based upon hatred, blood-letting and constant wars and battles against all other animal species in their territory. THE P... ...ion had ever enjoyed up to that time Napoleon enslaved all of Europe by his Napoleonic Code replacing the old traditional Common Law system. In t... ..., cunning reversal of interpreting what is legal and what is not. Before the Napoleonic code: anything that was not specifically stated as being il... ... Thomas Edison patented his ideas? He died a pauper because of all the legal battles over the ownership of his patents. And what has happened since...
...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...
...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...
...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... .../08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 372... ... www.caravanbooks.org. Copyright © 2008 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Crea... ...8 by James Boyle. All rights reserved. The author has made an online version of this work available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial... ...e things should be sacred.” This book is an attempt to tell the story of the battles over intellectual property, the range wars of the information age... ...tempt to tell the story of the battles over intellectual property, the range wars of the information age. I want to convince you that intellectual pro... ... of the argu- ments for the first enclosure movement. For example, during the Napoleonic Wars enclosure was defended as a necessary method of increasin... ...u- ments for the first enclosure movement. For example, during the Napoleonic Wars enclosure was defended as a necessary method of increasing the effici... ...e that Napster and Grokster—as individual companies—lost their specific legal battles. There are few heroes in this story. But if we had to rely on her...
... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...
...... ...... ...liographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serv... ...pedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid students and educ... ... he, Seattle, would buy time. He would be patient, and watch the outcome of the battles between the Great Sioux Nation and the blue coats. In his ni... ...e walls. Alana guided Richard closer. Aaron Matloch stood behind a 17th century Napoleonic desk, two men were standing on his left, and one on his r... ...e a true grass-roots move ment for product safety. I'm sure you're aware of his battles with General Motors." "I'm sorry. You're right. This is a g... ...strange game, it seemed to flourish in times of National disasters, and global wars. He thought of Bush's approval ratings after the Gulf War, almo...
...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connect...
...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...as surgeon in the 54th and 58th New Y'ork volun teers and took part in the battles of Cross Keys, Bull Run and Ohnncellorsville. For several years he ... ...stance ill a great drought, he won over the entire island to Christianity. Wars gave way to peace, resulting in increased prosperity, the intro- ducti... ...s are im- bued with a false idea of morals ; lying and deceit are rampant; wars, and especially brutality, abound. Most of this moral deg- radation is... ...ing interest in the effect of German literature upon German history in the Napoleonic^ period, held a meeting last Wed- nesday evening, Dutton '07 rea... ...f plan he was easily their superior. He always care- fully studied out his battles be fore he fought them, and in case nf defeat he could retreat to a...
...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...
...y Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...oleon’s Grand Army hav- ing fought a series of duels in the midst of great wars and on some futile pretext. The pretext was never disclosed. I had the... ... of historical fiction. I had heard in my boyhood a good deal of the great Napoleonic legend. I had a genuine feeling that I would find myself at home... ...pedition to Peru, and we only heard of Gaspar Ruiz’ doings in the midst of battles of our own. He had been appointed mili- tary guardian of our southe... ... eyes had grown a little hard as if from much peering through the smoke of battles. The ebony crop on Colonel Feraud’s head, coarse and crinkly like a... ...at- ing contacts and the perplexities of conduct which assailed the men of Napoleonic empire at the mo- ment of its downfall. Lying in his bed, with t...
Excerpt: A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad.
...Contents AUTHOR?S NOTE .........................................................................................4 A SET OF SIX ..................................................................................................8 GASPAR RUIZ .................................................................................................8 AN IRON...
...he Air by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ... national; all over the world his ruthless strength dominated minds as the Napoleonic legend had dominated minds. En- glishmen turned in disgust from ... ...hips—when the international situation became acute. It was made up of four battleships and five armoured cruisers ranking almost with battleships, not... ...claration of war—indeed,on Whit Monday— the whole German fleet of eighteen battleships, with a flo- tilla of fuel tenders and converted liners contain... ...…. This sort of thing has always been happening, I sup- pose—these things, wars and earthquakes, that sweep across all the decency of life. It’s just ... ... him unarmed they would leave him alone, but there was no knowing what the Napoleonic person might do if he saw Bert’s weapon. Also he did not go near...
Excerpt: The War in the Air by H. G. Wells.
...s by Honoré de Balzac A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Duchesse de Langeais by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsy... ...Publication The Duchesse de Langeais by Honoré de Balzac is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...destroyed or disorganised by the outbreak of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars; but as this island was protected through those times by th... ...r disorganised by the outbreak of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars; but as this island was protected through those times by the English f... ...been thrown, when little more than a boy, into the hurricane of Napoleon’s wars; his life had been spent on fields of battle. Of women he knew just so... ...gious scruples he could quite well understand. He even rejoiced over those battles. He mistook the Duchess’s heartless co- quetry for modesty; and he ...
...Excerpt: In a Spanish city on an island in the Mediterranean, there stands a convent of the Order of Barefoot Carmelites, where the rule instituted by St. Theresa is still preserved with all the first rigour of the reformation brought about by that illustrious woman. ...
... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevens... ... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson ... ... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and... ...t file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or he... ...hat our breakfasts all went wrong. Lafaele is absent at the death- bed of his fair spouse; fair she was, but not in deed, acting as harlot to the wrec... ...eard the chimes at midnight; now no more, I guess. But—Fanny and I, as soon as we can get coins for it, are coming to Europe, not to England: I am thi... ... degrees are united in heartfelt opposition to the Men of Mulinuu. The news of the fighting was of no concern to mortal man; it was made much of becau... ...I want a book about Paris, and the first return of the emigres and all up to the cent jours: d’ye ken anything in my way? I want in particular to know... ...ut it has always been a scourge in the islands. Witness the beginning of The Ebb Tide, which was observed long before the Iffle had distinguished hims...
...ms of George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith is a publication of the Pen... ...ge Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poems of George Meredith by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...As dreams of heaven to souls that sleep! And felt, despite earth’s jarring wars, When day is done And dead the sun, Still a voice divine can sing, 35... ...dn’t stomach. He can’t see their cunning to get Us Britons to fight their battles, while best half the win nings they net!’ XIV The old man sneered, ... ...to make him glad and young; She, O sweet as the dark sign Given him oft in battles gone, When the voice within said, Dare! And the trumpet-notes were ... ... lead, Drink they of thee, thee eyeing, they unaged Shall on through brave wars waged. XIV More gardens will they win than any lost; The vile plucked ... ...Fair Beats tempered music and its lead subserves. Washed from her eyes the Napoleonic glare, Divinely raised by that in her divine, Not the clear sigh...
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...Contents CHILLIANWALLAH..................................................................................................................... 14 THE DOE: A FRAGMENT........................................................................................................... 15 BEAUTY ROHTRAUT ..................................................................................
...AVELLI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...CS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...an frontier beyond the worn places that were dismal swamps. And there were battles on the way. That great road is still clear in my memory. I was give... ...winter-grey streets, now the newspaper placards outside news-shops told of battles in strange places, now of amazing discoveries, now of sinister crim... ...r own times, we could suppose Brixton ravaged and Hampstead burnt in civil wars for the succession to the throne, or Cheapside a lane of death and the... ... “Discipline!” said the doctor. “Oh!” said Isabel. “At times one has to be—Napoleonic. They want to libel me, Mr. Remington. A political worker can’t ... ...political schemer. He had a vanity of sweeping actions, motor car pounces, Napoleonic rushes, that led to violent ineffectual changes in the policy of...
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...n by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...r admires; and the officers of the army might be called the stokers of the Napoleonic engine,—if, indeed, they were not its fuel. However, the Baron W... ...man wakings, in opposition to my Southern sunsets, full of he- roic deeds, battles, Roman fetes and ardent poems. Well, after reading your letter, so ... ... old fellow, I have never doubted you for a mo- ment. We have gone through wars and commerce together and now we will undertake agriculture; you shall... ...d of it?—I count for nothing. It was the triumph of ideas over facts. Your battles, my dear Mon- sieur Dumay, your heroic charges, Monsieur le comte, ...
...s by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...Series Publication When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...s; and financial convulsions, the scourge of currency manipulation, tariff wars, made more human misery during the twentieth century—because the wretc... ...know. We cater for them by the thou- sand. At this moment,” he said with a Napoleonic touch, “nearly five hundred phonographs are lecturing in differe... ... ended when marching infantry, when common men in masses ceased to win the battles of the world, when costly cannon, great ironclads, and strategic ra... ...avery; throughout the world we had spread the desire and anticipation that wars might cease, that all men and women might live nobly, in freedom and p... ... unprecedented contest it was, a battle that was a hundred thousand little battles, a battle in a sponge of ways and chan- nels, fought out of sight o...
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...rescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a pu... ...cott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publi... ...l by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... interest must be my excuse; it will prove, moreover, that descriptions of battles should be something more than the dry particulars of tech- nical wr... ...e half-killed each other, as in Brittany and in La Vendee during the civil wars, but you can no more reconcile the calumniators and the calum- niated ... ...ead. Therefore, when Montcornet was presented by Madame de Carigliano,—the Napoleonic duchess, who was now a most devoted adherent 105 Balzac of the ... ...irlwind of that storm, just as the wounded left behind to die in the great wars of the empire cried out, “Long live the Emperor!” This sublimity of so... ...he basket sucked up my blood than have it dribbled out drop by drop in the battles. I’ll deliver this country of at least one of those Arminacs that t...
Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.
...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley... ...t Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publi... ...s by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...s ignorance will seem natural when we mention that this noble relic of the Napoleonic legions went to bed at night and rose in the morning with the ch... ...the government that is blamed, the opposi- tion never; it may lose as many battles as it fights, but, like the allies in 1814, one victory suffices. W... ...uring the struggle of feudality against the royal power and the long civil wars which devastated France, the work was again suspended, and has never s...
...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no...
...Publication War and Peace – Book Fourteen by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...lication War and Peace – Book Fourteen by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ... of states and nations in their conflicts with one another is expressed in wars, and that as a direct result of greater or less success in war the pol... ...from the most an- cient times, and so it is to our own day. All Napoleon’s wars serve to confirm this rule. In proportion to the defeat of the Austria... ...ain a victory near Moscow. Moscow is taken and after that, with no further battles, it is not Russia that ceases to exist, but the French army of six ... ...hat ceases to exist, but the French army of six hundred thousand, and then Napoleonic France itself. To strain the facts to fit the rules of history: ... ...mained in the hands of the Russians, or that after Moscow there were other battles that destroyed Napoleon’s army, is impossible. After the French vic...
... Publication War and Peace: Book Thirteen by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is fur... ...blication War and Peace: Book Thirteen by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...he descriptions given by historians, especially French ones, we find their wars and battles carried out in accordance with previously formed plans, th... ...ptions given by historians, especially French ones, we find their wars and battles carried out in accordance with previously formed plans, the only co... ...st little Dokhturov whom no one had described to us as drawing up plans of battles, dashing about in front of regiments, showering crosses on batterie... ...ng wherever the posi- tion was most difficult all through the Russo-French wars from Austerlitz to the year 1813. At Austerlitz he remained last at th... ...tingencies presented themselves. He imagined all sorts of movements of the Napoleonic army as a whole or in sections—against Petersburg, or against hi...
...S PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...UBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... war hung in the balance for more than a fort- night. The famous three-day battles, for which his- tory has reserved the recognition of special pages,... ...y and the talents of men who have provided us with words to read about the battles in Manchuria. I only wished to suggest that in the nature of things... ...e, comes to us from the past, with solemn approval, after the close of the Napoleonic wars and before the series of sanguinary surprises held in reser... ... us from the past, with solemn approval, after the close of the Napoleonic wars and before the series of sanguinary surprises held in reserve by the n... ...uch resemble a corpse. The subtle and mani- fold influence for evil of the Napoleonic episode as a school of violence, as a sower of national hatreds,...
.......... 32 STEPHEN CRANE?A NOTE WITHOUT DATES?1919 ......................................................................................... 46 TALES OF THE SEA?1898 ....................................................................................................................................... 49 AN OBSERVER IN MALAYA?1898...............................................
...ion War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ... War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...d of armies, who formerly reflected the movement of the masses by ordering wars, campaigns, and battles, now reflected the restless movement by politi... ...erly reflected the movement of the masses by ordering wars, campaigns, and battles, now reflected the restless movement by political and diplomatic co... ...troducing the conceptions of chance and genius. If the aim of the European wars at the beginning of the nine- teenth century had been the aggrandizeme... ...- ited rulers of the world can oppose no reasonable ideal to the insensate Napoleonic ideal of glory and grandeur. One after another they hasten to di... ...idity as the goal is approached. Paris, the ultimate goal, is reached. The Napoleonic govern- ment and army are destroyed. Napoleon himself is no long...
...Bernard Shaw A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...ries Publication Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...the drama- tist is not so much the destruction as the explana- tion of the Napoleonic tradition, which has so pow- erfully influenced generation after... ...o be very good to poor old papa just for one day after his return from the wars, eh? RAINA (with solemn reproach). Ah, how can you say that to me, fat... ...who hardly knows what a decent life is after fifteen years of barracks and battles—a vaga- bond—a man who has spoiled all his chances in life through ...
...Introduction: To the irreverent--and which of us will claim entire exemption from that comfortable classification?-- there is something very amusing in the attitude of the orthodox criticism toward Bernard Shaw. He so obviously disregards all...
...eries Publication War and Peace: Book Ten by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...es Publication War and Peace: Book Ten by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... door to see her. Of the war Princess Mary thought as women do think about wars. She feared for her brother who was in it, was horrified by and amazed... ...rstand the significance of this war, which seemed to her like all previous wars. She did not realize the significance of this war, though Dessalles wi... ...wenty-sixth the battle of Borodino itself took place. Why and how were the battles of Shevardino and Borodino given and accepted? Why was the battle o... ...s rep- resentative of authority as well as, and even better than, at other battles. He did nothing harmful to the progress of the battle; he inclined ... ...ion of the invading army of five hundred thousand men, and the downfall of Napoleonic France, on which at Borodino for the first time the hand of an o...
...ion Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ... Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...uestion. “If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars,” he said. “And that would be splendid,” said Pierre. Prince Andrew sm... ...lish him up as they do the guns.” “I say, Fedeshon!... Did he say when the battles are to begin? You were near him. Everybody said that Buonaparte him... ...their commander of the laurels they have been ac- customed to win in their battles,” he concluded his evi- dently prearranged sentence. Kutuzov bowed ... ...its own particular tone. The largest of these was the French circle of the Napoleonic alli- ance, the circle of Count Rumyantsev and Caulaincourt. In ... ...ng of the Emperors and had brought from there these con- nections with the Napoleonic notabilities. At Erfurt her success had been brilliant. Napoleon...
...CATION Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ION Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Clarence Darrow is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...urned into ravenous beasts, hunting for their prey. The world war, and all wars, show cases of mob psychology that have led large masses of men to tak... ...se who were the most expert at the game. The newspapers carried stories of battles every day, the dead and wounded often running into the tens of thou... ...orld. Everyone in- terested has noted it before. It has followed all great wars. War means the breaking up of old habits, the destruction of many inhi... ...st. It means the return to the primitive feelings that once ruled man. The Napoleonic Wars left a long heritage of crime. Every nation in Europe was a...
...Preface: This book comes from the reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, the topics I have treated are such as have always held my interest and inspired a taste for books that discuss ...
...AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters By H.G. WELLS 1914 A Penn... ... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...lication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyo... ...f farms and peasant villages, and little towns among the farms. There were wars, crusades, barbarous invasions, set-backs, but to that state all Asia,... ...World sented a united and resistant front. Our Empire, for all its roll of battles, was not created by force; colonisation and diplomacy have played a... ...wn ends. There is no hope for us outside ourselves. No violent changes, no Napoleonic saviours can carry on the task of building the Great State, the ... ...estern Europe in the nineteenth century. Or again one opens at destructive wars. One sees these surplus forces over and above the Normal Social Life w... ...ng ahead and being thoroughly safe. This confidence in big, very expensive battleships is, I be- lieve and hope, shared by the German Government and b...
...Excerpt: The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices i...
...Contents THE COMING OF BLRIOT ......................................................................................................... 5 MY FIRST FLIGHT...................................................................................