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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty: Volume II

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

...VII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM THE COMING OF MESSIAH IN GLORY AND MAJESTY. PART II. (CONTINUED) PHENOME... ...s which we now proceed to examine, viz. the Christian church, and the captivity of Babylon, do not deserve so much the name of Phenomena, as of Anti... ...ena, as of Antiphenomena, or veils, clouds, and impediments, to the observation of the true Phenomena. They are those two great and ancient fortress... ...to the house of Jacob, scattered to all the winds, and made the derision of all nations: which promises we know with all certainty have never yet bee... ...nifies the present Christian church; —Jerusalem, re-edified and honoured of all nations, means the present Christian church; —and the house of Israe... ...nt Christian church; —and the house of Israel, or of Jacob, gathered out of all nations by the omnipotent hand of their God, in the multitude of his... ....” Fourthly. —“And as you “sometime were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise [...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...e put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though constantly brushed away from a man's skin, sti... ...ushed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer Book I: P... ...ey, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their aloneness. It was ... ...ld and a vulture awaiting on a rock, the fight for dominion of species and nations, and the sexual aggression of making love among mankind. He felt l... ...ngs now?" "Well, Canadians do have the British monarchy. Canada is a commonwealth." He didn't go further because she sighed from intellectu... ...ent in a famished world, controlling world policies without giving smaller nations a voice, cuddling the Zionist entity of these self-professed "Chose...

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Essays

By: Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...10. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The University of Oregon. For nonprofit and educational uses only. Send comments and corr... ... hath permitted me. For if my fortune had beene to have lived among those nations which yet are said to live under the sweet liberty of Nature's fir... ... before our liv es. It is a custome brings many singular commodities unto nations that observe it, and to be desired of all good Princes: who have c... ... of the good successe hee had, whilest hee lived, against them: And other nations of that new-found world, doe likewise carry the bodies of such wor... ...is originall and fruitfull source, the images and patterns to trouble our commonwealth. We may reade in our very lawes, made for the remedie of the ... ... doe it,' replied he, 'is it because thou wouldest be Emperour? Truly the commonwealth is but in hard condition, if none but myselfe hinder thee fro... ...knowledge, but makes no use of it. The chiefest ordinance of Plato in his Commonwealth is to give unto his Citizens their charge according to their ...

...no other than a familiar and private end: I have no respect or consideration at all, either to thy service, or to my glory: my forces are not capable of any such desseigne. I have vowed the same to the particular commodity of my kinsfolk and friends: to the end, that losing me (which they are likely to do ere long), they may therein find some lineaments of my conditions a...

...They have a secret, unperceived and delicate beauty; he had neede of a cleere, farreseeing and true-discerning sight that should rightly discover this secret light. Is not ingenuity (according to us) cosin germaine unto sottishnesse, and a quality of reproach? Socrates maketh his soule ...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...40-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 ... ...3 Taiwan 274 West Bank and Gaza Strip 276 vii Page Appendixes A. The United Nations System 278 B. International Organizations 279 C. Country Membersh... ...ength: ANA, 4 seats; APP, 2 seats; 1 independent Communists: none Member of: Commonwealth Economy GDP: $6 million, $6,000 per capita (1983 est.) Agric... ...ll leftist nationalist group led by Leonard (Tim) Hector Member of: CARICOM, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ILO, IMF, ISO, OAS, UN, UNESCO, WHO,... ...87) Organized labor: 62% of total employees (1986) Government Official name: Commonwealth of Austra- lia Type: federal parliamentary state recog- nizi... ... metric tons of phosphate exported to Australia, New Zealand, and some Asian nations Major trade partners: Australia, New Zealand Monetary conversion ... ... by President); legislative (Federal Assem- bly; elected directly Chamber of Nations, Chamber of the People), Czech and Slovak National Councils (also...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...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... ...e Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam... ...omacy V. Losing the Iraq War VI. Germany’s Rebellious Colonies VII. The Disunited Nations The War in Iraq – Coalition Building I. The Economie... ...oundswell everywhere: among America's NATO allies, in developing countries, Muslim nations and even in eastern Europe where Americans, only a decad... ...ime, decry U.S. influence on their societies. Similarly, pluralities in most of the nations surveyed complain about American unilateralism."- expoun... ...slavia, the Czech Republic, the EU (European Union, then European Community), the Commonwealth led by the United Kingdom, and the prominent USA ep... ...itute immigrants and their adopted homeland. Many emigrate from Israel back to the Commonwealth of Independent States, to Germany, Australia and Ne...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...ty of Chicago Manual Style by University of Chicago Classic Literature Collection World Public Library.org... ...World Public Library.org Title: Chicago Style Manal Author: University of Chicago Language: English Subject: NonFiction, Reference Publisher: W... ...ww.WorldLibrary.net is an effort to preserve and disseminate classic works of literature, serials, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and... ... Stone Age, Middle Ages, Crusades, Renaissance, Reforma- tion, Inquisition, Commonwealth (Cromwell's), Commune (Paris); Old English (OE-see IIO), Mi... ...a (see 132) : Matcual of Style: Punctuatiotc 43 "This is true of only two nations-the wealthiest, though not the largest, in Europe: Great Britain... ...gest, in Europe: Great Britain and France.;" but: "This is true of only two nations-the wealthiest, though not the largest, in Europe-viz., Great Br... ... in tho world's history. Them was no longer any doubt that all the clvilimd nations hitherto at variance, or at war, dirtracted by reslon of con- - ...

...In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a book--the first edition of the Manual of Sty...

...Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had i...

...Preface Table of Contents Rules for Composition Capitalization The Use of Italics Quotations Spelling Punctuation Divisions Footnotes Tabular Work Technical Terms Appendix Hints to Authors and Editors Hints to Proofr...

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Fixing Global Finance

By: Kavaljit Singh

...oduce it provided the source is acknowledged. We will appreciate if a copy of reproduced materials is sent to us. 4 Fixing Global Finance Contents Ac... ... Fixing Global Finance Contents Acronyms 6-7 Data Notes 8 1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing ... ...nds in International Finance and Developmental Implications 30 4. The Rise of New Global Players 36 5. Financial Derivatives and the Globalization of ... ... 6 Fixing Global Finance Acronyms ASEAN The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ATMs Automated Teller Machines BCBS Basel Committee on Banking Supe... ... Credit Default Swap CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement CIS Commonwealth of Independent States CRAs Credit Rating Agencies ECA Europe a... ...n Wealth Funds TNCs Transnational Corporations UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development US United... ... Actis (which was spun off as a management buyout from the UK government’s Commonwealth Development Corporation [CDC] in 2004, with CDC remaining its ... ...ers became an important pillar of dominant economic thinking among Western nations, IFIs and mainstream academia. In particular, the IMF became a voca...

...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic a...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. ...

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Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in Apec Economies

By: Apec Finance Minister Process

...nancial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of ... ...t is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyan... ...d Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyanto, who is also the Project Overseer of FMP 02/2009. Our gratitude also goes to Mr. Yoopi Abimanyu, ... ...tion, The Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT University, Reserve Bank of Australia, Commonwealth Bank Australia, Australian Securities Exchange (AS... ...o gradually living to its commitment of opening up its economy for imports from other nations as well as exports of goods and services to other econ... ...e of the largest financial institutions in United States and the some of the European nations are still dependent on capital injections that have ... ...ws with the addition of reserve assets. US does not receive reserve assets from other nations (Table 3.20). United stated continues to be a net impo... ..., to make provision for the Protection of the Currency and of the Public Credit of the Commonwealth, and for other purposes. Contributing to Ef... ...wn as The Wallis since it was chaired by Stan Wallis. The Wallis was appointed by the Commonwealth Treasurer in May 1996. What has emerged from Wal...

...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions that foster...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...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 ... ...r © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................... ...he causes a great flood, sends fire on Sodom, orders the killing of whole nations, or lets the Red Sea engulf the pursing Egyptians after Moses had c... ...em should include elements of the welfare state. Europeans in the welfare nations love their way of life. Welfare states allow nearly free medical c... ...ght piracy. ―The best countries to live in, according to the United Nations Human Development Index are: Norway, Iceland, Australia, Ireland a... ...owing many Turks to immigrate. England opened its doors to those in their Commonwealth, consequently many Indians and Africans came to the UK, but t... ... can request citizenship when you are an adult. It was only in the British Commonwealth and the U.S. that your accidental place of birth made you a c... ...ow the British have changed their rules. While the members of the British Commonwealth were subjects of the United Kingdom until 1981, they don‘t nec...

...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 ...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...not? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ...pulation to accumulate from small bands into affiliated tribes or clans called Nations. Most of the last 10,000 years of human history has to do wit... ...ensifying human misery and suffering. Settled civilizations expanded, became Nations, then Empires. Nomadic tribal civilizations expanded, became ... ...form it took: whether it was practiced by Individuals, Groups, Tribes, Clans, Nations, or Empires: they all practiced this same dynamic, this same p... ... has since descended into a black racist supremacist Nation. How many former commonwealth colonies are now wallowing today in poverty, disease and s...

...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 aspects a...

...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 Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

... write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...et http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neg... ...O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – On Volatility IV.... ...th East Asia, less than 2 in East Europe and India each, about 1 in Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) each. Vaccines, contra... ... "global tiered pricing". In its 2001 Human Development Report (HDR), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) called to introduce different... ...h "higher levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs ... Individuals in less advantaged nations .. are too busy trying (to survive) ... to be arrogant a... ...trait. Yet, can families, organizations, ethnic groups, churches, and even whole nations be safely described as "narcissistic" or "pathologically...

Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... 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... ... 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... ...le of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties toward... ...age for a minute, what group does not behave this way? Harvard alumni, the British Commonwealth, the European Union, the Irish or the Italians in t... ...y one viable solution: a Jewish state as a member of the international community of nations. The Six Days War was, indeed, a classic example of p... ...utions - for instance, a confederacy of two national states, or one state with two nations. But, I agree, this is a serious problem further compoun... ...nd coordination of international antitrust/competition regulation among its member nations ("The Revised Recommendation of the OECD Council Concern...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... 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... ... 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... ...le of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties toward... ...age for a minute, what group does not behave this way? Harvard alumni, the British Commonwealth, the European Union, the Irish or the Italians in t... ...y one viable solution: a Jewish state as a member of the international community of nations. The Six Days War was, indeed, a classic example of p... ...utions - for instance, a confederacy of two national states, or one state with two nations. But, I agree, this is a serious problem further compoun... ...nd coordination of international antitrust/competition regulation among its member nations ("The Revised Recommendation of the OECD Council Concern...

...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....

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Areopagitica

By: John Milton

... DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Milton Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Areopagitica - i - ... ... . . . . . . . 1 Areopagitica - i - Areopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England (1644) THEY, who... ..., to the Parliament of England (1644) THEY, who to states and governors of the Commonwealth direct their speech, High Court of Parliament, or, ... ... Parliament of England (1644) THEY, who to states and governors of the Commonwealth direct their speech, High Court of Parliament, or, wanting ... ...t the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth that let no man in this world expect; but when complaints ar... ... by argument, that it would fare better with truth, with learning and the Commonwealth, if one of your published Orders, which I should name, were ... ...do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse. We should be wary therefore what persecuti... ...l yoke, nevertheless I took it as a pledge of future happiness, that other nations were so persuaded of her liberty. Yet was it beyond my hope that ... ... confessed, we are to send our thanks and vows to Heaven louder than most of nations, for that great measure of truth which we enjoy, especially in t...

...Excerpt: Areopagitica; A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England () -- THEY, who to states and governors of the Commonwealth direct their speech, High Court of Parliament, or, wanting such access in a private condition, write that which ...

Table of Contents: Areopagitica, 1

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANIEL HAWTHO... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 42 The Whiteness of the Whale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 43 Hark! . . . . .... ... 54 The Town Ho’s Story(As told at the Golden Inn.) . . . . . . . . 237 55 Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 56 Of... ...handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly ... ... been promiscuously said, thought, fancied, and sung of Leviathan, by many nations and generations, including our own. So fare thee well, poor devil o... ...e of the Summer Islands. “By art is created that great Leviathan, called a Commonwealth or State — (in Latin, Civitas) which is but an artificial man.”... ...6 Knights and Squires Men may seem detestable as joint stock companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may have mean and m... ...rocks with the noble brawn of the old English emigrants in the time of the Commonwealth. Thus, some of the best and furthest descended English words —...

... and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dust his old grammars; it somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality....

...Table of Contents: Etymology, 1 -- Extracts, 3 -- 1 Loomings, 15 -- 2 The Carpet-Bag, 20 -- 3 The Spouter-Inn, 24 -- 4 The Counterpane, 36 -- 5 Breakfast, 40 -- 6 The Street, 42 -- 7 The Chapel, 45 -- 8 The Pulpit, 48 -- 9 The Serm...

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The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces

By: Jonathan Swift

...A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift is a publication o... ...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... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift , the Pennsylvania S... ...o delicate a case), jealousies and suspicions do so abound, that the whole commonwealth of that street is reduced to a manifest state of war, of every... ...ake this scheme, and either reduce or adapt it to an intellectual state or commonwealth of learning, will soon discover the first ground of disagree ... ...nowy mountains of RhÆtia. There came a vast body of dragoons, of different nations, under the lead ing of Harvey, their great aga: part armed with sc... ...tars can have any influence at all upon human actions, thoughts, or incli nations; and whoever has not bent his studies that way may be excused for t... ...rejudices, eradicate virtue, honesty, and religion. In all well instituted commonwealths, care has been taken to limit men’s possessions; which is don...

...Excerpt: Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody?s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should happe...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume One

By: Hugh Clough

... Plutarch’s Lives – Volume One trans. Arthur Hugh Clough is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...hey were a warlike people, and used to close fighting, and above all other nations accustomed to engage hand to hand; as Archilochus testifies in thes... ...dily embrac- ing such good advice, to those of greater power he promised a commonwealth without monarchy , a democracy, or people’s government in whic... ...s he had prom- ised, he laid down his regal power and proceeded to order a commonwealth, entering upon this great work not without advice from the god... ...all ye people, was the words that Theseus proclaimed when he thus set up a commonwealth, in a manner, for all nations. Yet he did not suffer his state... ...heseus proclaimed when he thus set up a commonwealth, in a manner, for all nations. Yet he did not suffer his state, by the promiscuous multitude that... ...dering over the greater part of the habitable world, and subduing numerous nations, fixed them- selves here, and, from their own great strength in war...

.... 5 ROMULUS ........................................................................................................................... 34 COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS .............................................................. 64 LYCURGUS .......................................................................................................................... 68 ...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...s great commentary, like those of Paul, was written for the benefit of all nations and people and in vin- dication of truths that will stand for their... ...the New World to ascertain its natural consequences, and to learn what the nations of Europe had to hope or fear from its final supremacy. That a yout... ...o check democracy would be in that case to resist the will of God; and the nations would then be constrained to make the best of the social lot awarde... ...of an ardent faith, great sacrifices may be obtained from the members of a commonwealth by an appeal to their un- derstandings and their experience; e... ...arn- ing may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeav- ors. . . .”* Here follow claus... ...he citizens of the surest pledge of the prosperity and the security of the commonwealth; and, by a singular incon- sistency, a man would be excluded f...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential t...

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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ... Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...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... ...the world on beyond and replaced that phrase by the phrase, “The League of Nations,” a phrase sug- gesting plainly the organization of a sufficient in... ...ment by which war may be ended for ever. In 1913 talk of a World League of Nations would have seemed, to the extremest pitch, “Utopian.” T o-day the p... ...is not to express oneself but to swell a chorus. The idea of the League of Nations is so great a one that it may well over- ride the pretensions and c... ...e world understand that we do not put our nation nor our Empire before the commonwealth of man. Unless presently we are to follow Germany along the tr...

...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essentially pacifists...

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Across the Plains

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

... Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...ersity. 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... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit... ... Across the Plains from my unfamiliarity with the language. For although two nations use the same words and read the same books, inter- course is not ... ...s had made common cause to prevent a cruel pleas- antry. It would be well if nations and races could communi- cate their qualities; but in practice wh... ...Olivier de Penne. Only Barbizon, since the death of Millet, was a head- less commonwealth. Even its secondary lights, and those who in my day made the... ...en the more ardent friendships of the Anglo-Saxon, speedily dismember such a commonwealth. But this random gathering of young French painters, with ne... ...s with his nasal song. Here is a remarkable state of things in our Christian commonwealths, that the poor only should be asked to give. IV THERE IS A ...

... CHAPTER I - ACROSS THE PLAIN........................3 CHAPTER II - THE OLD PACIFIC CAPITAL........38 CHAPTER III - FONTAINEBLEAU VILLAGE COMMUNITIES OF PAINTERS...............................52 CHAPTER IV - EPILOGUE TO ?AN INLAND VOYAGE?................................................................. 68 CHAPTER V - RANDOM MEMORIES.................79 CHAPTER VI - RANDOM M...

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