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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot... ...tern Van (the Armenakans, in 1885) and in Russia. Radical nationalist parties were established by Russian-Armenian emigrants in 1887 (Hunchak or He... ...herto claimed to have been fighting for independence. When the war was over, he established a private militia, under his commend - the People's ... ... gasoline in 1893-4 in their bicycle workshop and a loft they rented. In 1895 they established the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. It produced a total ... ...954 and The Nobel prize for Peace in 1962. http://www.nobel.se/ Nokia Some companies have at least nine lives, it would seem. Nokia was fou... ...ing the presidency of Warren G. Harding. It involved the secret leasing to private companies of oil-containing tracts owned by the Navy, mainly in ... ... Tel- Aviv, Israel. 1982 to 1985 Senior positions with the Nessim D. Gaon Group of Companies in Geneva, Paris and New-York (NOGA and APROFIM SA): ...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...ndent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101. Between 1999-2002, he served as the Ec... ...tes to every information product, no matter how superior. Web based media companies (such as Salon and Britannica.com) have been experimenting with p... ... Sam Vaknin Are content brokers - publishers, distributors, and record companies - a thing of the past? In one word: disintermediation The... ...similar labour market trends. But distributors, publishers, and record companies are not going to vanish. They are going to metamorphose. This is... ...keting, branding and advertising once a product's first mover advantage is established. Economic laws of increasing, rather than diminishing, returns... ... BookCrossing.com. On the face of it, it presents no profound challenge to established publishing practices and to the modern concept of intellectual... ..., articles and news. Enter Scindex and its Academic Resource Channel. Established by academics and software experts from Bulgaria, it epitomizes...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania Stat... ...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... ...ssional declaration for limited and con- ditional pardon accords with well-established judicial exposi- tion of the pardoning power; and Whereas, with... ...long the Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. Such commu- nications, established with any reasonable outlay, would be economical as well as effe... ...y last and concluded its deliberations on the 8th of June. The principles established by the conference as best adapted to facilitate postal intercou... ...ir being reclaimed and rendered fit for cultivation; the grants to railway companies of alternate sections of land upon the contemplated lines of thei... ...he adjustment of the claims of the Hudson Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies, in Oregon, and are now proceeding to the execution of the trust ... ... they shall be pardoned on condition of returning to their regi- ments and companies, or to such other organizations as they may be assigned to, until...

...Excerpt: In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under General Milroy as immediate commander in the field, General Schenck as department commander at Baltimore, and General Halleck...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...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... ...fore, practical and thorough. When the Constitution was thus perfected and established, a new form of government was created, but it was neither specu... ...rchs in many contests, in many countries, and were grouped into creeds and established in ordinances sealed with blood, in many great struggles of the... ...e. They were consecrated theories, but no govern- ment had been previously established for the great purpose of their preservation and enforcement. Th... ...stantly form associations. They have not only commercial and manufacturing companies, in which all take part, but associations of a thousand other kin... ...t into an infinite number of parcels, so that it can only be cultivated by companies of husbandmen, will it be necessary that the head of the governme... ...d manufactures, if the government ever wholly usurped the place of private companies. Feelings and opinions are recruited, the heart is enlarged, and ...

...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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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...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... ...at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infan- try, two Companies cavalry, putting General Banks in some peril. The enemy’s forces ... ...er this date until further order, and directs that the respective railroad companies, their offic- ers and servants, shall hold themselves in readines... ..., the enemy can threaten us on the Potomac and elsewhere. Until we have re-established the national authority, all these places must be held, and we m... ... as a favor because they have marched from Cumberland Gap. The pre- cedent established by it would evidently break up the whole army. Buell’s old troo... ...ce as be- fore mentioned and such rules and regulations as may be made and established by said judge. These appointments are to con- tinue during the ... ...o raise, and have enlisted into the United States service, for the various companies and regiments in the field from their respective States, the quot...

...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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My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith

By: Frederick Douglas

...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 electronic trans- mission, in any way. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas, the Pennsylvani... ...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... ... The result of this visit was, that on his return to the United States, he established a newspaper. This proceeding was sorely against the wishes and ... ...phatically such, being but a boy seven or eight years old. He was too well established in his profession to per- mit questions as to his native skill,... ...ry are incompat- ible with each other. When this conviction was thoroughly established, I was most narrowly watched in all my move- ments. If I remain... ...nd published in the Liberator. It was written on the first day of January, 1846: MY DEAR FRIEND GARRISON: Up to this time, I have given no direct expr... ...n of the people, and the threatened enactment of a law compelling railroad companies to respect the rights of travel- ers. Hon. Charles Francis Adams ... ...fields, E fields, England, M ngland, M ngland, M ngland, M ngland, May 12, 1846 ay 12, 1846 ay 12, 1846 ay 12, 1846 ay 12, 1846 Mr. Douglass rose amid...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...OMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V VOL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. A PENN STA... ...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. Theological Essays and Other Papers: Volume Two by Thomas de Qu... ...de the ‘call’ illegal. The fact is, that no man can decide whether the act established a new law, or merely expounded an old one. And the reason why h... ...r Jacob Astley at 17 Thomas de Quincey Stow-in-the-walds in the spring of 1846. Any other fighting in that century belonged to mere insulated and dis... ...ected at any time, much more when contrasted with the deep slumbers of the Established Church. And another ground of prosper- ity soon arose out of th... ...whatever may have been the cause of this awakening from slumber in the two established churches of this island, the fact is so little to be denied, th... ...– V olume Two Free Church, is the appalling spirit of Jacobinism which ac- companies their whole conduct, and which latterly has avowed itself in thei...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 1 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...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... ...h the great- est crisis of the century. His time had not yet come when, in 1846, he was elected 16 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One to Congr... ...dly dis- avowed any wish on his part to have social and political equality established between whites and blacks. On this point he summed up his views... ...n which he was, if rightly controlled. He ig- nored the insult, but firmly established his superiority. In his reply, which he forthwith despatched, h... ...e to his character, and the thirty-five years that have since elapsed have established his place in history as one of the great benefactors not of his... ...lost his horse at Dixon’s ferry and having acquaintance in one of the foot companies who were going down the river was desirous to go with them, and o...

...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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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...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. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...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... ...depth and tenacity, and yet there is but one post-office. Nor is there any established system of letter-carriers. To those who desire it letters are b... ...d for sixty years Congress has fully answered the purpose for which it was established. With no antecedents of gran- deur, the nation, with its Congre... ...f any part of a nationality or empire ever rebelled against the government established on behalf of the whole, South Carolina so rebelled when, on the... ...t the colonels of regiments received large gratuities from certain railway companies for the regiments passing over their lines. Charges of a similar ... ...on of their coun- try, and have been willing to attach the stain which ac- companies the institution to the individual State which entertains it, and ... ...ncertainty of the post increases the habit, to the profit of course of the companies which own the wires, but to the manifest loss of the post-office....

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...arge 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 St... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) ,... ... ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them,... ...ese fellows grew dainty in their tastes, and only infested boats that had an established repu tation for setting good tables. All visiting pilots wer... ...f it, by calling their attention to the burdensome rate of wages about to be established. It was a rather slender argument, but the farmers did not se... ...by murdering him, and throwing his body into the Mississippi. Even if it was established that they had stolen a negro, before he was murdered, they we... ...ife I would have. Two miles away, several regi ments were in camp, and two companies of U.S. cavalry. When I learned that Captain Blakely, of Compan... ... teller. Not to seem partial, I made friends and told fortunes among all the companies garrisoned there; but I gave Company C the great bulk of my att... ...rm, and an admirable paid fire department, consisting of six hook and ladder companies, four steam fire engines, and thirty churches. Davenport is the...

...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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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...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. Cousin Betty by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring, the Penn... ...oing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...” Of your affectionate humble servant, De Balzac. Paris, August-September, 1846. 5 Balzac COUSIN BETTY PART I THE PRODIGAL FATHER ONE DAY, about the ... ...ed on monsters rending each other, among them the sym- bolical serpent. In 1846, now that such immense strides have been made in the art of which Benv... ...m of a hundred and fifty thousand francs, for three years, in two separate companies. Armed with the policies, of which he paid the premium, he had sp... ...; she is acquiring considerable influence; and now that she is about to be established in a charming house, with a carriage, she will be one of the oc... ...gain, in a weak voice, “Where is he?” Hector, under the name of Thoul, was established in the Rue Saint- Maur, at the head of a business as embroidere... ...the Rue Saint-Lazare, Italians, as such fitters always are, but long since established in Paris. These people had been saved from a bankruptcy, which ...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...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 docu- ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles C... ...o- ing 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... ...o. He arrived at the beginning of May 1581, at Bagno della Villa, where he established himself, order to try the waters. There, we find in the Journal... ...ship he 42 Essays: Book the First would have been so happy to see himself established, as in your own. But if any man is offended by the freedom whic... ...was first printed in the “Journal de l’Instruction Publique,” 4th November 1846.] Sire,—The letter which it pleased your majesty to write to me on the... ...alleys ready to descend on Brouage is confirmed as certain; they carry two companies of foot. M. de Mercure is at Nantes. The Sieur de la Courbe said ... ...ich, by necessity, all the rules and whole duty of mankind are founded and established: therefore Count Egmont, conceiving his soul and will indebted ... ... let a young man, in God’s name, be ren- dered fit for all nations and all companies, even to debauch- ery and excess, if need be; that is, where he s...

...NY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES ..................................................... 104 CHAPTER XIV THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED .......................................................................... 105 CHAPTER XV OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE .............................................

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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 NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...rk Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 67 Cutting In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 68 The Bla... ...nough. It touches one’s sense of honor, particularly if you come of an old established family in the land, the Van Rensselaers, or Randolphs, or Hardi... ...barks for the remotest Indies of this living earth; why the Life Insurance Companies pay death forfeitures upon immortals; in what eternal, unstirring... ... 120 Chapter 26 Knights and Squires Men may seem detestable as joint stock companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may h... ...orces to descend on the whales, these three headsmen were as cap tains of companies. Or, being armed with their long keen whaling spears, they were a... ...the plagues of Egypt. But fortunately the special point I here seek can be established upon testimony entirely independent of my own. That point is th... ...ures the fish, the creature’s future wake through the darkness is almost as established to the sagacious mind of the hunter, as the pilot’s coast is to...

...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, 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 dus...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Conan Doyle

...The Strand July 1891 through June 1892. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Contents A Scandal in Bohemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I . . ... ...nture of the Copper Beeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 I T O SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always... ...is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was ... ...is, the more difficult it is to bring it home. In this case, however, they have established a very serious case against the son of the murdered man.” “... ...he now has two children. He had no oc cupation, but was interested in several companies and went into town as a rule in the morning, returning by the... ...t to Calcutta, where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice. In a fit of anger, however, caused 134 Th... ...Balmoral. Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable. Born in 1846. He’s forty one years of age, which is mature for marriage. Was Un...

...Excerpt: A Scandal in Bohemia; TO SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to lov...

...Table of Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 9 -- III, 18 -- The Red-headed League, 21 -- A Case of Identity, 41 -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 56 -- The Five Orange Pips, 77 -- The Man with the Twisted Lip, 93 -- The Adventure of the Blue ...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...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. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania St... ...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... ... near! Call all hands.” —J. Ross Browne’ s Etch- ings of a Whaling Cruize. 1846. “The Whale-ship Globe, on board of which vessel occurred the horrid t... ...ough. It touches one’s sense of honour, particularly if you come of an old established family in the land, the V an Rensselaers, or 16 Moby Dick Rand... ...rks for the remotest Indies of this living earth; why the Life Insur- ance Companies pay death-forfeitures upon immortals; in what eternal, unstirring... ...ose the fall of valour in the soul. Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there may be; men may h... ... forces to descend on the whales, these three headsmen were as captains of companies. Or, being armed with their long keen whaling spears, they were a... ...res the fish, the creature’s future wake through the darkness is almost as established to the sagacious mind of the hunter, as the pilot’s coast is to...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...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. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...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... ...olution of the Penitent,’ with which, on the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany, 1846, Dr. Pusey broke his enforced silence of three years. The same evening... ... and the deep study and searchings of heart of the last few months. He was established in a small house at Alfington—the usual habitation of the Curat... ...the Bishop had acquired a knowledge of the language, and it was more- over established in the Bauro mind that a voyage in his ship was safe and desira... ... all day in the boat, he and Patteson touched at eleven in three days, and established the first steps to communication by obtaining 127 names of pers... ...he knowledge of the thought which, in the mind of an accurate thinker, ac- companies the utterance of the word. ‘I should think that three-fourths of ...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...

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The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Mai... ... . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the rai... ...he railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the ... ...lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about on... ...t one reason was, they could not buy the land, it belonged to individuals or companies who were afraid that their wild lands would be settled, and so ... ...ally emigrants from New Hampshire. . . . . In the summer they unite in small companies, and traverse these vast solitudes in every direction, to ascer... ...fornia unexplored behind us. Though the railroad and the telegraph have been established on the shores of Maine, the Indian still looks out from her i... ...most fresh and inspiring. There is no serenity so fair as that which is just established in a tearful eye. Jackson, in his Report on the Geology of Ma... ...of the neighborhood as the oldest clearings. They are forest schools already established, — great centres of light. Water is a pioneer which the settl...

...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west b...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...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. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...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... ...ainted with the Academy know that the corps of cadets is divided into four companies for the purpose of military exercises. These companies are office... ...t military post in the country at that time, be- ing garrisoned by sixteen companies of infantry, eight of the 3d regiment, the remainder of the 4th. ... ...her it consisted of seven com- panies of the 2d regiment of dragoons, four companies of light artillery, five regiments of infantry —the 3d, 4th, 5th,... ...n standing in it from the fire from the fort, was selected and the battery established on the crest nearest the enemy. The 4th infantry, then consisti... ...ove elements of weakness rather than strength. After the invading army had established their camps out of range of the fire from the city, batteries w... ...blished their camps out of range of the fire from the city, batteries were established, under cover of night, far to the front of the line where the t...

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Speeches: Literary and Social

By: Charles Dickens

...ge 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... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Speeches: Literary and Social by Charles Dickens , the Pennsyl... ...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... ........................................ ....... 147 SPEECH: LONDON, APRIL 6, 1846. ........................................................................ ...ness than we are for our public folly and failure, I take to be as clearly established as the sun, moon, and stars. T o set this right, and to clear t... ...much delight to honour. Elsewhere, through the agency of the great railway companies, some of which are bestirring themselves in this matter with a ga... ...ted, and half recognized profession, than when there is a public opin ion established in it, by the union of all classes of its mem bers for the com... ...ntial and benevolent considerations, there came Charles Dickens 118 to be established among railway officers and servants, nine years ago, the Railwa... ...y are bound to give a public and legal sanction.” SPEECH: LONDON, APRIL 6, 1846 . The first anniversary festival of the General Theatrical Fund Associ...

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Autobiography

By: John Stuart Mill

...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. Autobiography by John Stuart Mill , the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ...consequence, sent to the University of Edinburgh, at the expense of a fund established by Lady Jane Stuart (the wife of Sir John Stuart) and some othe... ...the appearance of a Radical Review, with pretensions equal to those of the established organs of parties, had excited much attention, there could be n... ...he protective system, which one of their colleagues virtually completed in 1846, though the last vestiges were only swept away by Mr. Gladstone in 186... ...upter general,” appeared necessarily very noxious. Next to aristocracy, an established church, or corporation of priests, as being by position the gre... ...o a renewed consciousness of the woful fact. I carried it with me into all companies, into all occupations. Hardly anything had power to cause me even... ... lands of Ireland. This was during the period of the Famine, the winter of 1846 47, when the stern necessities of the time seemed to afford a chance ...

...ine that any part of what I have to relate can be interesting to the public as a narrative or as being connected with myself. But I have thought that in an age in which education and its improvement are the subject of more, if not of profounder, study than at any former period of English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was u...

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