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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

...a By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This bo... ...r dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retriev... ...stigations, 1835 Major General Sir William Henry (‘Thuggee’) Sleeman Sleeman: ‘Are you afraid of the spirits you murder?’ Thuggee: ‘Never, th... ...ugh, she had been trained by his friend, Count Kovrosky, an émigré Audrey Blankenhagen 16 from Poland, in the art of fencing and the use of firear... ... note was propped up against the box and it read, ‘ ‘My sleeping beauty, you looked so lovely and peaceful this morning that I did not have the hear... ...ning, in Calcutta, ‘Most of the royal princes realise that their own sovereignty depends on their treaties with the British, in the absence of which... ...n Lawrence, the powerful Administrator of the Punjab, assured Gavin that the Punjab would remain peaceful and that he could rely on his Sikh troops’... ...ry Word Afridis Meaning a race of Afghans on the N.W Frontier Word Alaikum Alsalãm Meaning Peace be with you (Muslim greeting) Word Angress...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machination...

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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... ...f 15 countries regarded the conduct of the USA in Iraq as a greater threat to world peace that Iran's nuclear ambitions. The distinction formerly ma... ...ideals, and causes. It was a dream in the throes of becoming, a vision of liberty, peace, justice, prosperity, and progress. Its system, though far... ...- or, more often, a travesty thereof - back home. Americans - officials, scholars, peacemakers, non- government organizations - maintain a colonial ... ...works. The GCC has recently established a customs union as well. A similar set of treaties may soon be inked with Iran with which the EU has a bal... ...debatable while customary law is only partially subsumed in the tradition (i.e., in treaties, conventions and other instruments, as well in the actu... ... ("peacekeeping operations") and enforce compliance with international or bilateral treaties between the aggressor and the attacked state or the a...

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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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... ...f Montaigne. Bookes the amasse of humors, swolne with ease, The Griefe of peace, the maladie of rest, So stuffe the world, falne into this disease, ... ...n told me of a kinsman of mine (a man very famous an d well known both in peace and warre), which is, that dying very aged in his court, being much ... ... more warie and circumspect to looke about him, than that of parlies, and treaties of accord: And therefore is it a common rule in the mouth of all ... ...d,' saith the ancient Greeke Comike: 'nor no Souldier is pleased with the peace of his citie, and so of the rest.' And which is worse, let every man... ...stitie more meritorious: Boleslaus and Kinge his wife, King and Queene of Poland, lying together, the first day of their mariage vowed it with mutua... ...ads of this realme assembled with great ceremony and publike charge about treaties and agreements, the true-deciding whereof depended in the meane w...

...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 Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

... palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/au... ...ide.html ISBN: 9989-929-27-0 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 100 articles and essays (microeconomics ... ...pod.com/internet.html http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Table of Contents I. Battling Unemployment II. The Labour Divide - I. Emp... ...f labour mobility, competitiveness, and globalization. Unemployment in Poland may well be over 18% - in Argentina, perhaps 25%. In many countries... ...nesses established between 1990-7 in Hungary and 38% of all businesses in Poland. Virtually all governments, east and west, support their "small bus... ...wnership of the means of production. It seems that to preserve industrial peace as well as to motivate one's workers - sharing of ownership and its ... ... contribute to growing mutual tolerance, pluralism, multiculturalism, and peace. But there is no definitive body of evidence that links it to econom... ...ent - and expensive - labor and environmental provisions in international treaties may well be a ploy to fend off imports based on cheap labor and t... ...A. 1990 to 1995 President of the Israel chapter of the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) and (briefly) Israel representative of the "Washingto...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

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... ...tml http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freed... ...donians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the Swastika V. KLA – The Army of Liberation VI. Appendix: Pathological Narcissism, Group Behav... ...he case in the bloodied geopolitical sandbox known as the Balkans, an international peacekeeping force intervened. Yet it was - again, habitually - ... ...me Port (the Turkish authorities) by the Great Powers of the day. We mentioned the peacekeeping force which replaced the local gendarmerie. But ref... ...utally deprived of their land and livelihood. All of them were enshrined in solemn treaties. The Treaty of Lausanne (1923) led to the expulsion of ... ... Tito, ordered Bulgaria to transfer them to Macedonia. Even in his death he knew no peace. Now he is buried in his final resting place, in the tranq... ...an League. To cleanse the Balkans of all Turks was the explicit goals of hush-hush treaties and clandestine encounters. The hidden agenda bespoke o... ...he shifting fortunes of a most bewildering battlefield. When the dust settled, two treaties later, Macedonia was dismembered by its neighbours, Bul...

...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to...

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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.... ... Press International (UPI) Conservative sociologists self-servingly marvel at the peaceful proximity of abject poverty and ostentatious affluence ... ...ive Justice of the Market Governments and Growth I. War and the Business Cycle Peace activists throughout the world accuse the American adminis... ...oday. Military buildups - with the exception of the Gulf War - mostly happen during peacetime. During the Unites States' recent spate of unpreceden... ...t clients of the state, its resources, offerings, laws, regulations, international treaties, and economic opportunities (e.g., state companies to b... ...ces, and capital (tax holidays, free processing zones, no red tape, double taxation treaties and free trade agreements with other countries, etc.) ... ...icts (political risk), the country's laws, regulations, and favorable international treaties, its credit history, insurance available to investors a...

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

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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 ... ...ua New Guinea 193 Paraguay 194 Peru 195 Philippines 197 Pitcairn Islands 198 Poland 199 Portugal 200 Qatar 202 Reunion 203 Romania 205 Rwanda 206 S St... ...Italy, Po- land, France; imports Yugoslavia, Czech- oslovakia, FRG, Romania, Poland, Italy, Greece, France Budget: revenues $2.24 billion, expendi- tu... ...tralian Democratic Labor Party (anti- Communist Labor Party splinter group); Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Action (Nuclear Disarmament Party splinter ... ...zations represent the cultural inter- ests of Flanders and Wallonia; various peace groups such as Flemish Action Committee Against Nuclear Weapons and... ...th Union, Central Council of Trade Unions, National Committee for Defense of Peace, Union of Fighters Against Fas- cism and Capitalism, Committee of B... ...embership; has consultative status in the EC; under several post-World War I treaties Switzerland handles Liechtenstein's customs and repre- sents the...

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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... ...and heavily armed neighbors. Israel did miss, though, quite a few chances to make peace, however intermittent and hesitant, with its erstwhile ene... ... The Jewish Response: Whether this Jewish state is doomed or not, time will tell. Peace with our Arab neighbors and equal treatment of our Arab ci... ...of its allies are out to further the causes of democracy, human rights, and global peace. The nations of the West have sown cynicism and they are r... ...debatable while customary law is only partially subsumed in the tradition (i.e., in treaties, conventions and other instruments, as well in the actu... ...("peacekeeping operations") and enforce compliance with international or bilateral treaties between the aggressor and the attacked state or the att... ...ded and abetted by the attacked state; 9. Honor one's obligations to frameworks and treaties of collective self-defense; 10. Protect one's citizens...

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... ...and heavily armed neighbors. Israel did miss, though, quite a few chances to make peace, however intermittent and hesitant, with its erstwhile ene... ... The Jewish Response: Whether this Jewish state is doomed or not, time will tell. Peace with our Arab neighbors and equal treatment of our Arab ci... ...of its allies are out to further the causes of democracy, human rights, and global peace. The nations of the West have sown cynicism and they are r... ...debatable while customary law is only partially subsumed in the tradition (i.e., in treaties, conventions and other instruments, as well in the actu... ...("peacekeeping operations") and enforce compliance with international or bilateral treaties between the aggressor and the attacked state or the att... ...ded and abetted by the attacked state; 9. Honor one's obligations to frameworks and treaties of collective self-defense; 10. Protect one's citizens...

...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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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 .................................................... ...out that Commander?‖ —―Whoa! That‘s not in my plans. I want it done peacefully. But I see what you mean. I would have to consider it immoral. ... ... has some strong reasons for doing it. But I‘m still casting my vote for a peaceful population downturn. But you certainly make me think doctor. Obvi... ...the imprisoned will get his just deserts sooner—heaven if he has made his peace with God, or hell if he hasn‘t. Why stop a physician-assisted suicid... ...has 31%. But some other countries are much higher, like Egypt with 60% and Poland with 40%, but these are developing economies. Other socialistically... ...batants‖ who are not protected by the Geneva Conventions or international treaties on the rights of prisoners of war. Utilitarianism would a... ...a whisk of nearly transparent smoke. 346 ‖Not long ago a man in Poland, who had been in a coma for many years, woke up. He said he could h...

...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: ... ...ger/predator; they invented an artificial way to equalize the unfairness of a peaceful, harmless tree-dwelling ape forced to fight for survival again... ...o split even more things with. Instead of connecting the living world into a peaceful Garden of Eden where all living creatures lived together in p... ...surface of Africa to create the Rift Valley. War is created by breaking the peace. When was the first peace broken? When the first stones were b... ...ter military forts were built first in the middle of enemy territory… and then treaties were arranged to lull the Indians into false sense of securit... ...instead of by their ethnic cultural social connections and roots. All of the treaties and horse trading practiced for thousands of years between rul... ...on it. Their greed for land knew no bounds, and recognized no boundaries, no treaties, no agreements… Every new treaty they broke. Every word they...

...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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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... ...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicati... ... 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... ... Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...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... ...nic transmission, in any way. In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...ied against Germany were busily spinning a disastrous web of greedy secret treaties, were answering aggression by schemes 4 In the Fourth Year of agg... ...se opening days. The Russian revolution put a match to that pile of secret treaties and indeed to all the imperialist plans of the Allies; in the end ... ...to end war,” and we still did not know clearly how. We thought in terms of treaties and alliances. It is largely the detachment and practi- cal genius...

...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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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...COND EPILOGUE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsy... ...ion War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...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... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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... ...ia State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy FIRST EPILOGUE: 1813-20 CHAPTER I SEVEN YEARS HAD PASS... ... the restless movement by political and diplomatic combinations, laws, and treaties. The historians call this activity of the historical figures “the ... ... of his reign and during 1812, but acted badly by giving a constitution to Poland, forming the Holy Alliance, entrusting power to Arakcheev, favoring ... ...he actions for which they blame him (the Holy Alliance, the restoration of Poland, and the reaction of 1820 and later) also flowed? In what does the s...

Excerpt: War and Peace: Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy.

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

...s ies Publication Publication Publication Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State Universit... ...ion Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia 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... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classic... ...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... ...Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. War and Peace by Leo T olstoy/T olstoi BOOK ONE: 1805 CHAPTER I “WELL, PRINCE, so G... ...e, well educated, and good- natured, and the next he’s a wild beast.... In Poland, if 66 War & Peace you please, he nearly killed a Jew.” “Oh, well, ... ...lance were brighter and more attractive. Kutuzov, whom he had overtaken in Poland, had re- ceived him very kindly, promised not to forget him, dis- ti... ...he restless movement by political and diplomatic com- binations, laws, and treaties. The historians call this activity of the historical figures “the ...

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Why We Are at War

By: Woodrow Wilson

...s Series Publication Why We Are at War by Woodrow Wilson 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 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...tates. *Harper & Brothers’ note. 4 Why We Are at War I A WORLD LEAGUE FOR PEACE Message to the Senate January 22, 1917 GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE: On th... ... of belligerents, the terms upon which they would deem it possible to make peace. I spoke on behalf of humanity and of the rights of all neutral natio... ...hey were ready to meet their antagonists in conference to discuss terms of peace. ENTENTE REPLY WAS MORE DEFINITE The Entente Powers have replied much... ... great deal of difference in what way and upon what terms it is ended. The treaties and agree- ments which bring it to an end must embody terms which ... ...here are agreed that there should be a united, independent, and autonomous Poland, and that henceforth inviolable security of life, of worship, and of...

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What Is Coming a Forecast of Things after the War

By: H. G. Wells

...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERI... ...N STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ipatory Prince Karl, and in “The World Set Free” the last disturber of the peace is a certain “Balkan Fox.” In saying, however, here and there that “b... ...o. This question is the probability of the establish- ment of a long world peace. At the outset of the war there was a very widely felt hope among the... ... titles are eloquent of this feeling—“The War that will End War,” and “The Peace of the World.” Was the hope expressed in those phrases a dream? Is it... ... tar- iffs, like the strategic occupation of neutral countries or se- cret treaties; they are forms of the conflict between nations to oust and prevai... ...of rapid economic recu- peration and social reconstruction. The commercial treaties, the arrangements for future associated action, made by the great ... ...aw is a thin wash that we paint over the firm outlines of reality, and the treaties and agreements of emperors and kings and statesmen have little of ...

Excerpt: What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells.

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War and the Future; Italy, France and Britain at War

By: H. G. Wells

...e Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...i- fists of allied nationality to save the face of Germany by ini- tiating peace negotiations. But apart from their steady record and reminder of Germ... ...bour Leader, whose conception of foreign policy is to give Ger- many now a peace that would be no more than a breathing time for a fresh outrage upon ... ...unshakeable belief that essentially the Allies fight for a permanent world peace, that primarily they do not make war but resist war, that has reconci... ...e mountain chains while Italy has the steep side, and the foresight of old treaties has given her deep bites into what is naturally Italian terri- tor... ...ers, the freedom of seas and land alike from piracy, the evacuation of all Poland including Posen and Cracow, and the guarantees for the future peace ... ...evotion to a firm, or to class soli- darity, or La Republique Francais, or Poland, or Albania, or such love and loyalty as people profess for King Geo...

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Catherine de Medici

By: Honoré de Balzac

...i by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katherine Prescott Wormeley 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... ...eenth century, when the grand-dukes of Tuscany began to succeed each other peace- fully. Alessandro dé Medici, he to whom the title of Duke della citt... ...s books for the day, spoke to him, no doubt, of the joys of family and the peaceful existence which he now renounced. The vision was rapid, but comple... ... no one exactly knowing how it came about that he was found se- curely and peacefully seated at last where no man, even the boldest, would have had th... ...ing was merely primus inter pares (to use the fine expression of a king of Poland), the counts of Champagne, the counts of Blois, those of Anjou, the ... ...rce Italy to support your interests; they will guarantee you advantages by treaties of commerce and 240 Catherine dé Medici alliance which shall reco... ...net, have you writ- ten it?” “Dearest, verses are as difficult to write as treaties of peace; but you shall have them soon. Ah, me! life is so easy he...

...Excerpt: When we think of the enormous number of volumes that have been published on the question as to where Hannibal crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the ...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...ublication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope 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... ...n a vast obelisk to the memory of Washington—the first in war and first in peace, as the country is proud to call him. This obelisk is a fair type of ... ...ade on his behalf by his countrymen, that he was first in war and first in peace? Washington was a great man, and I believe a good man. I, at any rate... ...e. Ladies even have not been able to profess themselves simply anxious for peace and good-will, and so to remain tranquil. They who are not for me are... ...rk; but it is closed to the public when en- gaged in executive session. No treaties can be made by the President, and no appointments to high offices ... ... the Senate the power of debating with closed doors upon the nature of all treaties, and upon the conduct of the government as evinced in the nominati... ... Congress shall coin money. Congress, by one of its bodies, shall sanction treaties. Congress shall establish such law courts as are not established b...

............................................................................................................................. 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS .......................................................................

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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... ...tieth century, he would have cast away his fears of our ability to restore peace, order, and prosperity, in 7 Tocqueville the face of any difficultie... ... may confer. While the power of the Crown, supported by the aristoc- racy, peaceably governed the nations of Europe, society pos- sessed, in the midst... ...d; the State becomes democratic, and the empire of democracy is slowly and peaceably introduced into the institutions and the manners of the nation. I... ...Govern- ment. The exclusive right of making peace and war, of con- cluding treaties of commerce, of raising armies, and equip- ping fleets, was grante... ...s decision. It also acts as the great executive council of the nation; the treaties which are con- cluded by the President must be ratified by the Sen... ...l of the nation. Its power extends to all the cases arising under laws and treaties made by the executive and legislative authorities, to all cases of...

...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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Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency

By: The Duke of Saint Simon

...Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency By The Duke of Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ...f Saint-Simon A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is... ...d His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...of the summer and the commencement of the winter of 1695, negotiations for peace were set on foot by the King. Harlay, son-in-law of our enemy, was se... ..., was sent to Maestricht to sound the Dutch. But in proportion as they saw peace desired were they less inclined to listen to terms. They had even the... ...ory was attached the fate of the Low Countries, and very likely a glorious peace, with all the per- sonal results of such an event. He took his measur... ...ore the signing of peace, the Prince de Conti, having been elected King of Poland, set out to take posses- sion of his throne. The King, ravished with... ..., were suffi- cient; the English replying by reference to the fate of past treaties. Peace meanwhile was arranged with the English, and much beyond ou... ...lf and his coun- try from barbarism, and extend his power by conquests and treaties, had felt the necessity of marriages, in order to ally himself wit...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne Book the Third

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the Third T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt i... ...taigne, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ... Russia, tampered with a gentleman of Hungary to betray Boleslaus, king of Poland, either by killing him, or by giving the Russians opportunity to do ... ... taken his money, and have lived upon what is my own, in war as well as in peace; neither have I set any man to work without paying him his hire.” The... ...anks to his trade, which he openly confesses to every one. And to make his peace with God, he says, that he is daily ready by good offices to make sat... ...ied with this right of possession. I never travel without books, either in peace or war; and yet sometimes I pass over several days, and sometimes mon... ...rance does not offend me, but the foppery of it. I have broken off several treaties that would have been of advantage to me, by reason of the impertin... ...is kingdom assembled with great ceremony, and at the public expense, about treaties and agreements, of which the true decision, in the meantime, absol...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

...Contents CHAPTER I OF PROFIT AND HONESTY................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II OF REPENTANCE ................................................................................................

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The Deputy of Arcis

By: Honoré de Balzac

...t Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Deputy of Arcis by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publi... ...s by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...ubstitute, three; Monsieur Martener, examining-judge, four; the justice of peace—” “But I am not so silly,” said the old lady, interrupting her brothe... ..., Achille Pigoult, grandson of an old man who had continued justice of the peace in Arcis during the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration. Achi... ...no means of becoming himself a no- tary. His father, son of the justice of peace, had died of a so- called apoplexy, having gone wrong in business. Th... ...tion of the civil list. In short, it meant pronouncing himself against the treaties of 1815, against the Eldest Branch, against the colossus of the No... ...f the Rhine for France,” put in the colo- nel, “and the destruction of the treaties of 1815.” “It is selling wheat dear and keeping bread cheap,” crie... ... rights of humanity, the flock of the immortal priest who pleads for dying Poland, the daring pamphleteers, the scrutinizers of the civil test, the ph...

...Excerpt: All elections begin with a bustle before beginning to describe an election in the provinces, it is proper to state that the town of Arcis-sur-Aube was not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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The Two Brothers Tranlated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

By: Honoré de Balzac

...s by Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley 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 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...hereas Joseph, puny and sickly, with unkempt hair and absent mind, seeking peace, loving quiet, and dreaming of an artist’s glory, would only bring he... ...putes at the ecarte table resounded more than once in the ears of the more peaceful boston players, who were watching Philippe surreptitiously. The ex... ...lts of criminal actions, pro- vided they were done without discovery. When peace was proclaimed, in April, 1814, he left the island, depraved though s... ... cook in a good family. The suburb of Rome still continues, like Italy and Poland, to follow the Latin custom 111 Balzac of putting a feminine termin... ...g the frontier were to be captured at a blow. If success had followed, the treaties of 1815 would have been broken by a federation with Belgium, which...

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Kenilworth

By: Sir Walter Scott

...assics Series Publication Kenilworth by Sir Walter Scott 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... ... Earl! can I enjoy The humble charms of solitude; Your minions proud my peace destroy, By sullen frowns or pratings rude. 10 Kenilworth “Last n... ... his latest words; and he just added, ‘my last verb is conjugated.” “Well, peace be with him,” said Mike, “he owes me noth- ing.” “No, truly,” replied... ... by the con- duct of an honourable person present, meaning me.” “I prithee peace, Foster,” said Lambourne, “for I know not how it is, I have a sort of... ... in London was necessary; and it was somewhat prolonged by the earnest en- treaties of Wayland Smith, who desired permission to take a walk through th... ...y received it; if I have been accepted wherever I travelled in Germany, in Poland, in Italy, and in the farther T artary, as one to whom nature has un... ...he skill she was mistress of, she trusted chiefly to the warmth of the en- treaties with which she urged them. Sometimes she even ven- tured to mingle...

...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have ap...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the First T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited ... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William ... ... First, trans. Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ration. He applied himself, in an especial manner, to the mainte- nance of peace between the two religious factions which at that time divided the tow... ..., he continued: “And art thou, my brother, likewise unwilling to see me at peace? O, how thou robbest me of my repose!” 33 Montaigne After a while, h... ...of a gentle- man of mark,—[Meaning Xenophon.]—a man illustrious in war and peace, as because it has taken its second shape from a personage whom I kno... ...rst put on, into another of fear and amazement, filling his voice with en- treaties and his eyes with tears, and, endeavouring so to with- draw and se... ...rofess; of which our king, relates notable examples of what he has seen in Poland and done towards himself.— [Henry III.]—But besides this, which I kn...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel De Montaigne, Book the First, translated by Charles Cotton, Ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

............................................................................................................................................. 6 THE LIFE OF MONTAIGNE ...................................................................................................................................... 9 THE LETTERS OF MONTAIGNE .....................................................

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The Essays or Counsels, Civil

By: Viscount St. Albans

...his publication of Francis Bacon’s THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS is a publication of the Penns... ...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... ...ission, in any way. Francis Bacon’s THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS, CIVIL AND MORAL, OF FRANCIS Ld. VERULAM VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS , the Pennsyl vania State Uni... ...ontemn holy things. As for the fruit towards those that are within; it is peace; which containeth infinite blessings. It establisheth faith; it 9 ... ...finite blessings. It establisheth faith; it 9 kindleth charity; the outward peace of the church, distilleth into peace of conscience; and it turneth ... ...; and it turneth the labors of writ ing, and reading of controversies, into treaties of mortifica tion and devotion. Concerning the bounds of uni... ...remes. For to certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious. Is it peace, Jehu,? What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. Peac... ...ar to England, and hardly to be found anywhere else, except it be perhaps in Poland) to be passed over; I mean the state of free servants, and attenda...

...eritie. For your Fortune, and Merit both, have been Eminent. And you have planted Things, that are like to last. I doe now publish my Essayes; which, of all my other workes, have beene most Currant: For that, as it seemes, they come home, to Mens Businesse, and Bosomes....

...THE ESSAYS 5 ?Of Truth 7 ?Of Death 9 ?Of Unity in Religion 12 ?Of Revenge 13 ?Of Adversity 14 ?Of Simulation and Dissimulation 17 ?Of Parents and Children 18 ?Of Marriage and Single Life 20 ?Of Envy 24 ?Of Love 25 ?Of Great Place 28 ?Of Bo...

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

...S PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...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... ...rtain South Ameri- can general who used to say that no emergency of war or peace had ever found him “with his boots off”; but I may say that whenever ... ...may be the loftiness of his character, the purity of his mo- tives and the peace of his conscience—no man, I say, likes to be beaten with sticks durin... ...ating the sweep of a vast horizon. They embrace the colours of sunset, the peace of starlight, the aspects of calm and storm, the great loneliness of ... ... of growth and development was, later, modified and confirmed by two other treaties, which guaranteed to all the parties in a just and eternal union a... ...story shows that such an arrangement, however hedged in by the most solemn treaties and declarations, cannot last. In this case it would lead to a tra... ...menace of such a specially dangerous situation the paper and ink of public Treaties can- not be an effective defence. Nothing but the actual, living, ...

.......... 32 STEPHEN CRANE?A NOTE WITHOUT DATES?1919 ......................................................................................... 46 TALES OF THE SEA?1898 ....................................................................................................................................... 49 AN OBSERVER IN MALAYA?1898...............................................

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The History of the Thirty Years' War in Germany

By: Friedrich Schiller

...son, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of the Thirty Years’ War by Friedrich Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J.... ...h Schiller Translated by the Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...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... ...ermany Book I F ROM THE BEGINNING of the religious wars in Germany, to the peace of Munster, scarcely any thing great or remarkable occurred in the po... ...of the troubles in Bohemia, is our guar- antee for the continuance of that peace which was the result of the war. As the sparks of de- struction found... ...l and religious oppression terminated in the con- cessions of an equitable peace. The diet of Augsburg divided Germany into two religious and two poli... ... subterfuge to limit a newly spreading religion by the terms of obso- lete treaties? The Bohemian Protestants ap- pealed to the verbal guarantee of Ma... ... this territory, the indivisibility of which had been guaranteed by solemn treaties; and the Emperor, who seemed disposed to enter upon it as a vacant... ...n Bavaria threatened Aus- tria itself, that he yielded to the pressing en- treaties of the Elector and the Emperor, and determined to effect the long-...

...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; a...

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The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

...tronic Classics Series Publication The Federalist Papers 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 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...me national rights, privi- leges, and protection. As a nation we have made peace and war; as a nation we have vanquished our common enemies; as a nati... ...quished our common enemies; as a nation we have formed alliances, and made treaties, and en- tered into various compacts and conventions with foreign ... ...nds and hearts of men, undertook the ar- duous task. In the mild season of peace, with minds unoccu- pied by other subjects, they passed many months i... ...I mean only to consider it as it respects security for the preservation of peace and tranquillity, as well as against dangers from foreign arms and in... ... The just causes of war, for the most part, arise either from violation of treaties or from direct violence. America has al- ready formed treaties wit... ...l as more safe with respect to us. Because, under the national government, treaties and ar- ticles of treaties, as well as the laws of nations, will a...

...Excerpt: To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks it...

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

...AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SER... ...CTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ........................................................... 405 CHAPTER VI OF TREATIES OF COMMERCE ......................................................... ...ces which affect the demand in the countries where they are consumed; upon peace or war, upon the prosperity or declension of other rival manufactures... ...e port of Leith, and the difference is frequently not so great. In time of peace, and in the merchant- service, the London price is from a guinea to a... ...ish; but that within that time it should be lawful for two justices of the peace, upon complaint made by the church-wardens or overseers of the poor, ... ...sometimes by drawbacks, some- times by bounties, sometimes by advantageous treaties of com- merce with foreign states, and sometimes by the establishm... ...other kinds as were supposed to deserve particular favour. By advantageous treaties of commerce, particular privileges were procured in some foreign s...

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...Contents INTRODUCTION AND PLAN OF THE WORK .......................................................................... 8 BOOK I OF THE CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS OF LABOUR, AND OF THE ORDER ACCORDING TO WHICH ITS PRODUCE IS NATURALLY DIS...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...ublication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope 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 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...d to make these two antagonists 10 North America V ol. 1 live together in peace and unity under the same roof; but, as we have long expected, they ha... ... said that the Danube has in fact been closed against Austria, in spite of treaties to the contrary. But the faults of bad and weak govern- ments are ... ... two nations is an affair for treaty; and it has not yet come to that that treaties must necessarily be null and void through the falseness of politic... ...world, must of course guarantee her security. Such guarantees are given by treaties; and, in the wording of them, it is presumed that such treaties wi... ...i- ness, when the passing events are producing noise and storm rather than peace and sunshine. I must protest that American babies are an unhappy race... ... the North might win, and ending with some good general ad- vice proposing peace. It was such a message as strong nations send to those which are weak...

....................................................................................................................... 212 CHAPTER XV: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ................................................................. 243 CHAPTER XVI: BOSTON..................................................................................................................

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

By: Gilfillan

...AN A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...ect in their age: For foreign glory, foreign joy, they roam; No thought of peace or happiness at home. But wisdom’s triumph is well-timed retreat, As ... ...ll thy store, And be what Rome’s great Didius 35 was before. The crown of Poland, venal twice an age, T o just three millions stinted modest Gage. Bu... ...obly wishing party-rage to cease, T o buy both sides, and give thy country peace. 150 ‘All this is madness,’ cries a sober sage: But who... ...all her rays from sense. 180 His father’s acres who enjoys in peace, 55 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 Or makes his neigh... ...d, to plant, judge paintings, what you will? Then why not Kent as well our treaties draw, Bridginan explain the gospel, Gibs the law? 56 The Poetical... ... nodded at the helm: The vapour mild o’er each committee crept; Unfinish’d treaties in each office slept; And chiefless armies dozed out the campaign;...

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...Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE........................................................................................ 7 MORAL ESSAYS .....................................................................................................................

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An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters

By: H. G. Wells

...AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters By H.G. WELLS 1914 A Penn... ...lication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ... impe- rial Navy, and so far, no doubt, as the guaranteeing of a gen- eral peace goes, we may develop a sense of participation in that way. But it is ... ...bstinacy and trickery on the other, it may be impossible to restore social peace in any form, and industrialism may degenerate into a wasteful and inc... ...king it. Versatility, alert adaptability, these are our ur- gent needs. In peace and war alike the unimaginative, unin- ventive man is a burthen and a... ...g troops to fight side by side with French and Germans on the frontiers of Poland. And the justification of that prophecy is a perfectly plain one. Th... ...groups each pledged to specific measures and making the most extraordinary treaties and sacrifices of the public inter- est in order to secure the pas... ... came the Irish and Germans, then Central Europeans of various types, then Poland and Western Russia began to pour out their teeming peoples, and more...

...Contents THE COMING OF BLRIOT ......................................................................................................... 5 MY FIRST FLIGHT..............................................................................................

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The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

... Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, trans. Constance Garnett is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any pur- pose, and in... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publica- tion project to bring classical works of lit... ...ising his hands to Heaven: “Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant de- part in peace,” but others say he wept without restraint like a little child, so mu... ...that purifies the heart and delivers it from sin. And I shall pray for the peace of your child’ s soul. What was his name?” “ Alexey , Father.” “A swe... ...a, and put your son’s name down for prayer in the church, and pray for the peace of his soul as though he were dead. His soul will be troubled,’ she s... ... Grushenka, suddenly vexed. “Pani Agrippina, what the gentleman saw in Poland were servant girls, and not ladies of good birth,” the Pole with the... ...ed again, as though it were a question of vast import. “He’s never been in Poland, so how can he talk about it? I suppose you weren’t married in Polan... ...a. Why! You were meaning to go to Moscow and refused all your father’s en- treaties to go to Tchermashnya—and simply at a foolish word from me you con...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov. Alexy Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a landowner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us owing to his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its p...

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Considerations on Representative Government

By: John Stuart Mill

...ations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill 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... ...ty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18202 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...sive. In a sense somewhat more enlarged, Order means the pres ervation of peace by the cessation of private violence. Order is said to exist where th... ...nchise, and is the means by which, when the time is ripe, the extension is peacefully brought about. But there is an other and a still deeper conside... ...ocal representative institutions, the Boards of Guardians, the justices of peace of the district sit ex officio along with the elected members, in nu... ...nsibility below the highest, 191 J S Mill there is nothing except war and treaties which requires a gen eral government at all. Whatever are the bes... ...rman colony of East Prussia is cut off from Germany by part of the ancient Poland, and being too weak to maintain separate indepen dence, must, if ge...

...Preface: Those who have done me the honor of reading my previous writings will probably receive no strong impression of novelty from the present volume; for the principles are those to which I have been working up during the greater part of my life, and most of the p...

....................................................................................................................... 4 Chapter I To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice ............................................................. 5 Chapter II The Criterion of a Good Form of Government .........................................................................

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne Book the Second

By: William Carew Hazilitt

...es Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the Second T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited... ...es P P P P Publication ublication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William ... ... Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Docu- ment file is furn... ... 30 Book the Second war to very little purpose who can have no fruition of peace; and as little to the purpose does he avoid trouble who can- not enjo... ...phews”; which having said, with some exhortations to her family to live in peace, she divided amongst them her goods, and rec- ommending her domestic ... ...in some words and private actions of the princes of their time, and in the treaties and negotiations carried on by the Seigneur de Langey, where there... ...its strength might turn against myself; to which we are to consider that a peaceable time would require it should be dismantled. There is danger never... ...hat trade, till he died. George Sechel, chief commander of the peasants of Poland, who committed so many mischiefs under the title of the Crusade, bei...

Excerpt: Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second translated by Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

...Contents CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS ...................................................... 5 CHAPTER II OF DRUNKENNESS .............................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER II...

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