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...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF G...

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... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...ychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...UERING .............................................................................................................................. 45 POWER IN SPO... ...werful example of animal instincts was shown in the work of Eugene Marais. I‘m sure you have seen examples of the nests of the weaver birds in Africa... ...genes. There is also a great deal of animal research that points to the existence of instincts. ―We mentioned Robert Ardrey‘s book ‗Africa... ...d meaning. The humanist Abraham Maslow had similar ideas. Then there are the perceptions of our society, especially our neighborhoods and the commun... ...need for this vitamin. ―If people got 10 to 15 minutes of sunlight a day they could get all the D they need. This may be easy in the southe... ...mentioned Helen Keller who, deaf and blind, graduated from college and became a famous author and lecturer. Then there is Oscar Pistorius, the South ... ... without feet. Or there is Cato Zahl Pederson who won 13 gold medals in the summer and winter Para-Olympics and skied across Antarctica to the South ...

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...Excerpt: The Champion Of His Country. When young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...cer, one of his heroes, and of Lancashire origin, strangely!), flew to the South American station, in and about Lord Cochrane’s waters; then as swiftl... ...n the open sea,’ Roland ad- dressed the valet. ‘Monsieur has cut loose his communications with land,’ Francois responded, and bowed from the landing. ... ... ting courage. In fine, Rosamund abandoned her task of plead- ing. Nevil’s communications gave the case a worse and worse aspect: Renee was prepared t... ...r from her lips. She held out a bunch to him. ‘Grapes take one back to the South,’ said he. ‘How do you bear compliments? You have been in Italy some ... ...ou bear compliments? You have been in Italy some years, and it must be the South that has worked the miracle.’ ‘In my growth?’ said Cecilia, smiling. ... ...ncle to withdraw with him, and Mr. Romfrey had bidden him postpone private communications. 298 Beauchamp’s Career Rosamund gathered from one or two w...

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...ond Edition. The first edition of this tale was put forth without explaining the old fable on which it was founded--a fable recurring again and again in fairy myths, though not traceable in the classic world till a very late period, when it appeared among the tales of Apuleius, of the province of Africa, sometimes called the earliest novelist. There are, however, fragments...

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...LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Love and Life by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...e period, when it appeared among the tales of Apuleius, of the province of Africa, sometimes called the earliest novelist. There are, however, fragmen... ...girl, saying, “You will excuse the having supper here to-night, madam; the south parlour will be ready for you to-morrow.” “Is not Mrs. Dove coming?” ... ...f salutation. “If you are ready, madam,” she said, “I will show you to the south parlour, where the children will eat with you.” Aurelia ventured to a... ...er had had much ado to bring him away. Betty had scarcely hushed his eager communications and repaired his toilette for dinner before Sir Amyas came i... ... women were sometimes thus deported to become wives to the planters in the southern colonies or the West Indies, but that such a destiny should be int...

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...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, es...

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...e BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publi... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Well... ...ve the British arrived at common views with France, Belgium, Portugal, and South Africa about the administration of Cen- tral Africa? Suppose Germany ... ... British arrived at common views with France, Belgium, Portugal, and South Africa about the administration of Cen- tral Africa? Suppose Germany makes ... ...our position. Our 28 In the Fourth Year argument is that in India, Egypt, Africa and elsewhere, we stand for order and civilization, we are the trust... ...he New Statesman. Then a kind of illustrative gesture would be made to the South American republics, although the in- ternal disturbances of the South... ...every side. Consider, moreover, that there are long sweeps of coast north, south, and west of the Rock, from which torpe- does could be discharged at ... ...rcely more than what we English might call sovereign urban districts. Fast communications were made by runners; even the policeman with a bicycle of t...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wel... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...th the present United States. The thing has been ably advocated already in South America. Whatever appearances of separate sovereignties are kept up a... ...r getting round; and so too the losses of the German colonies and the East African War are scarcely to be reckoned with in the main war. They have no ... ...It is not a deliberate State act, but a consequence of the interruption of communications, the diversion of productive energy, the increased demand fo... ...e the traffic across. Beyond that point one is struck by the fact that the south side is considerably higher than the north, that storm water must run... ... is considerably higher than the north, that storm water must run from the south side to the north and lie there. It does, and the north side has rece... ...to disband this great system of national facto- ries and nationally worked communications? Moreover, we have already risked the prophecy that this war...

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...ist of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to t...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...lieved that this communication can be safely estab- lished either north or south of the Pamunkey River. In any event, you will be able to prevent the ... ...ollowing, to wit: (General Orders No. 11) HEADQUARTERS DEPART- MENT OF THE SOUTH, HIL TON HEAD, PORT ROY AL, S. C., May 9, 1862. “The three States of ... ...ORT ROY AL, S. C., May 9, 1862. “The three States of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, comprising the military department of the South, having del... ...f the standard maxims of war, as you know, is “to operate upon the enemy’s communications as much as pos- sible, without exposing your own.” Y ou seem... ... going into Pennsylvania. But if he does so in full force, he gives up his communications to you absolutely, and you have nothing to do but to follow ... ...ah and Blue Ridge. My idea was, that this would at once menace the enemy’s communications, which I would seize if he would permit. If he should move n...

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...phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several Sta...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ecome alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes use of the above quotation, and finds a great d... ...ixty thousand mulattoes —and a large number of them were imported from the South. 17 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five FRAGMENT OF SPEECH A ... ...d lose the whole North, while the common enemy would still carry the whole South. The question of men is a different one. There are good, patriotic me... ...eadquarters of the army will be established in the city of Washington. All communications intended for the com- manding general will hereafter be addr... ...s must be on the express and explicit understanding that the fact of these communications coming from me shall be absolutely confiden- tial,—not to be... ...be less valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy’s communications, while mine would? Fifth. In case of disaster, would not a r...

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Excerpt: The War in the Air by H. G. Wells.

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...y 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 State Univer... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...and bigger and rounder and rounder—balloons in course of inflation for the South of England Aero Club’s Saturday-afternoon ascent. “They goes up every... ... and left it a dreadful ditch, and then a second railway station, Bun Hill South, and more houses and more, more shops, more competition, plate-glass ... ...iar nuts, grape fruits, mangoes. The motor-cars that went by northward and southward grew more and more powerful and efficient, whizzed faster and sme... ...e came an end at last to that pause. Some wireless 124 The War in the Air communications had failed of a satisfactory ending, and fleet and city reme... ...sing side was speedily unable to raid its antagonist’s terri- tory and the communications. One fought on a “front,” and behind that front the winner’s... ...nce against Asiatic raiders swooping for petrol or to de- stroy weapons or communications. Everywhere levies were being formed at that time to defend ...

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...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...

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...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocquevi... ...nglish Colonies were founded -Difference in the appearance of North and of South America at the time of their Discovery – Forests of North America – P... ...and by the two great oceans on the east and west. It stretches towards the south, forming a triangle whose irregular sides meet at length below the gr... ...r having been delayed in lakes and marshes, it flows slowly onwards to the south. Sometimes quietly glid- ing along the argillaceous bed which nature ... ...oys them. Oppression has, at one stroke, deprived the de- scendants of the Africans of almost all the privileges of hu- manity. The negro of the Unite... ...bjured their religion and forgot their customs when he ceased to belong to Africa, without acquiring any claim to European privileges. But he remains ... ...ic conveyances, ready to serve all the producers of the world, and to open communications between all peoples. The maritime genius of the Americans pr...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The World Set Free by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ors, wise women, soldiers and sail- ors in Egypt and China and Assyria and south-eastern Eu- rope at the beginning of that period, and they were doing... ...nise the prices cur- rent of his geographically distributed investments in South Africa, Japan, and Egypt, and tell the two children he had begotten (... ...he prices cur- rent of his geographically distributed investments in South Africa, Japan, and Egypt, and tell the two children he had begotten (in the... ...tellectual routine and the habitual life, in Europe, in America, North and South, in Japan, in China, and all about the world. It was in 1910 that the... ...epopulation was to be avoided, and their transportation and the revival of communications generally absorbed a certain proportion of the soldiery and ... ... institutional precautions, freedom of inquiry, freedom of criticism, free communications, a common basis of education and understanding, and freedom ...

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...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the lib...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...of a few barren acres in a dreary neighborhood; his father a typical “poor Southern white,” shiftless and with- out ambition for himself or his childr... ...n: V ol One Territories to the ingress of slavery, Douglas had pleased the South, but greatly alarmed the North. He had sought to conciliate Northern ... ...ecome alike lawful in all the States,—old as well as new, North as well as South.” Then he proceeded to point out that the Ne- braska doctrine combine... ...Pilgrim Fathers upon Plymouth Rock, a Dutch ship had discharged a cargo of African slaves at Jamestown in Virginia: All through the colonial period th... ...e ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in t... ... and absolute retraction of all of- fensive allusions used by you in these communications, in relation to my private character and standing as a man, ...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...n 1868, when nine years old or thereabouts, that while looking at a map of Africa of the time and putting my finger on the blank space then represent-... ... cabin door rattled slightly in the gusts of wind. It was in lati- tude 40 south, and nearly in the longitude of Green- wich, as far as I can remember... ...s in- 27 Joseph Conrad separable companion went on rolling with me in the south-east direction towards the Government of Kiev. At that time there was... ...e had been guardian of many orphans of land-owning families from the three southern provinces—ever since the year 1860. Some of them had been my schoo... ... could be, that is, very bad for the Poles. Mr. Nicholas B. received these communications with outward phlegm, but the Russian showed a warm sympathy ... ...ing as a pony on board?” I told him almost in a whisper, for he attuned my communications to his minor key, that we had such a thing as a pony, and I ...

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...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Record by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...n 1868, when nine years old or thereabouts, that while looking at a map of Africa of the time and putting my finger on the blank space then representi... ...he cabin door rattled slightly in the gusts of wind. It was in latitude 40 south, and nearly in the longitude of Greenwich, as far as I can remember, ... ...mated and embraced most subjects un- der heaven, from big-game shooting in Africa to the last poem published in a very modernist review, edited by the... ...upted obscurity, this inseparable companion went on rolling with me in the south- east direction toward the government of Kiev. At that time there was... ...e had been guardian of many orphans of land-owning families from the three south- ern provinces—ever since the year 1860. Some of them had been my sch... ...t could be—that is, very bad for the Poles. Mr. Nicholas B. received these communications with outward phlegm, but the Russian showed a warm sympathy ...

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...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total o...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania S... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...e or bigger hills, in the pleasant plain of Glamorgan; a short mile to the south of Cowbridge, to which smart little town it is properly a kind of sub... ...ually rise, in a miscellaneous manner, on the north side of it; but on the south are no mountains, not even land, only the Bristol Channel, and far of... ...reet: his Father’s house, now a flourishing and stirring establishment, in South Place, Knightsbridge, where, under the warmth of increasing revenue a... ...lpool of the days he strives assiduously to snatch what he can. Sterling’s communications with Blackwood’s Magazine had now issued in some open sancti... ...action of the young folk, when the humor took him. Besides these plentiful communications still left, I re- member long Letters, not now extant, princ... ... best of it, and have gained both health and pleasure. “In spite of scanty communications from England (ow- ing to the uncertainty of my position), a ...

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...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 squar...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plutarch’s Lives – Volume Two trans. Arthur Hugh Clough, the Pe... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...terly lose their force before they reach the islands. The soft western and southerly winds which breathe upon them sometimes produce gentle sprinkling... ...ephaestion. Afterwards, when Nearchus, with a fleet, was to be sent to the Southern Sea, Alexander bor- rowed money of his friends, his own treasury b... ...with their great numbers might be able to surround them, and cut off their communications by entrenchments, and anticipate them in many matters of adv... ...t liking to him, and offered him his daughter in marriage, having had some communications with his friends about it. Pompey accepted the proposal, and... ...ays none could be obtained; and, sec- 198 V olume Two ondly, if a violent south wind should rise upon them, while they were traveling through the wid... ... marsh by which they were encamped, across the plain, to cut off Cassius’s communications with the sea. Caesar was to be at hand with his troops to su...