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...y before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the subl...

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...e gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his ... ...e Vatican, the spiritual responsibility of guiding over one-billion Catholics in the area of faith and morals. This was his time to commune with his... ... with his own spirituality, to harmonize his soul with the peace of his Father in Heaven. He rolled the rosary beads, one by one, through his finge... ...y he was at Walter Reed. You're the connection." "Michael Brand is a special human being, he has sacrificed a great deal, and now his own son." Rad... ...onal spiritual qualities?" "They are, Senator. But tonight you will meet the human side." "Forgive me for saying, but it seems, somehow, disrespec... ...usely. "It's good to see you. It's been awhile. I've missed you." Jose was a Cuban refugee, and owner of the club. "We need a meeting room," Brand ... ... best to cajole Madero. "I'm glad you did, my friend. Would you like a nice Cuban cigar and a glass of Brandy?" Alvarez began to feel uneasy. Ma... ...l is a quiet war?” Gonzales slammed his fist on the table. “The Commission on Human Rights, the U.S., the United Nations will not stand idly by. They... ... quiet war?” Gonzales slammed his fist on the table. “The Commission on Human Rights, the U.S., the United Nations will not stand idly by. They don'...

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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... ...e im- portance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming def- erence to the bes... ...eavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL ... ...rked with a jealous respect for the authority of the United States and the rights of their moral and loyal citizens. The convention with Hanover for t... ...am Lincoln: V ol Six ries, upon conditions which shall be equal, just, and humane. Liberia and Haiti are as yet the only countries to which colo- nist... ...tempt to overthrow this government, which was built upon the foundation of human rights, and to substitute for it one which should rest exclusively on... ...and to substitute for it one which should rest exclusively on the basis of human slavery, was likely to obtain the favor of Europe. Through the action...

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...urs of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or...

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...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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...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 in Folkestone and Dover and London call to one another and are submerged by buzzings and t...

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...eads without bursting. The fear has not been realized, that the only two first-rate Powers who are also free nations would take to tearing each other in pieces, both the one and the other in a bad and odious cause. For while, on the American side, the war would have been one of reckless persistency in wrong, on ours it would have been a war in alliance with, and, to practi...

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...ILL A P ENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION The Contest in America by John Stuart Mill is a publication of the Pennsylvania 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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Contest in America by John Stuart Mill , the Pennsylvania ... ...orn; who would then have remembered that England raised up this scourge to humanity not for the evil’s sake, but because some body had offered an ins... ...by one person over others; which has no moral repugnance to the thought of human beings born to the penal servitude for life, to which for the term of... ...ricultural system; which cannot be done without treat ing the slaves like human beings, nor without so large an employment of skilled, that is, of fr... ...aration. Remember, we consider them to be human beings, entitled to human rights. Nor can it be doubted that the mere fact of belonging to a Union in... ...co and Central America? Shall we submit to see fire and sword carried over Cuba and Porto Rico, and Hayti and Liberia conquered and brought back to sl...