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...ince its appearance nearly 2,000 years ago, it has been the primary, and often only, source used by Kabbalists. For centuries, Kabbalah was hidden from the public, which was considered not yet ready to receive it. However, our generation has been designated by Kabbalists as the first generation that is ready to grasp the concepts in The Zohar. Now, we can put these prin...

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................................29 Literal Translation of the Aforecited Text from Aramaic into English ......... 36 The Rose .............................. .................................................365 Rabbi Shimon’s Departure from the Cave ...................................................375 The Fi... ... lives more difficult. Among these laws was a decree that prohibited Jews from studying the Torah (then synonymous with Kabbalah). 1 The article... ... the ruin of the Second Temple and the beginning of the last exile of the people of Israel from its land. But even prior to the exile, Rashbi predic... ...mprehensible to our generation without proper interpretation, millions of people diligently read it. RASHBI’S DEPARTURE According to tradition, Rabbi... ...highest level of bonding with the Upper Force, the Creator. We call those people “Kabbalists.” Through this bonding, they came to understand that the... ...NA-SABA YiBaneh (will be built),” where YiBaneh means Boneh (building) and HaVana (understanding). (In Hebrew, the letters Vav and Bet are denoted by...

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...art thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to ... ... or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right - prescribes... ...rights and duties as two sides of the same ethical coin - creates great confusion. People often and easily confuse rights and their attendant dutie... ...ight to have one's life terminated IA. The Right to be Brought to Life Only living people have rights. There is a debate whether an egg is a living... ...- but there can be no doubt that it exists. Its rights - whatever they are - derive from the fact that it exists and that it has the potential to de... ...'s right not to be killed include the right against third parties that they refrain from enforcing the rights of other people against A? Does A's ri... ...t serious attempt at international harmonization of national antitrust laws was the Havana Charter of 1947. It called for the creation of an umbrell... ...ewise the subject of such grants. GATT 1947 was a mere bridging agreement but the Havana Charter languished and died due to the objections of a pr...

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...on ceremonies or reading their mandates became irrelevant. Yang Lin, parting from their movement toward the steps that led toward the Royal Museum, be... ...tely something that was not wanted. It stayed with him on the bus. On a ride from the Nambu Bus Terminal to Chongju, Sang Huin's sleep was spastic lik... ...iguk." Sometimes at the primary school in Muguk he would ask, "Where are you from?" Then once, in a coaching effort for the pitch of a complete sente... ...ephone clicked off. Sang Huin felt hurt. He felt a morbid clarity behind how people always left his life. He thought about what he "knew" of this Chin... ...ing only in personal interactions? Was he nothing but the composite of other people's impressions of him? These impressions--these judgments-- could n... .... He locked the locker and felt "Honja" ("alone). Even among large groups of people he was alone. When he went to restaurants he was usually "honja," ... ...tten." "Oh, what an excellent idea," she would say. Senor Sanchez came from Havana. On that first day of their meeting she gave him clothes from the...

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...niel Hawthorne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne , the Pennsylvania State Universi... ...a State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Hawthorne Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne THE BIR THE BIR THE BIR THE BIR TH... ... least rumor of the sort would have driven them from New England. We are a people of prayer, and good works to boot, and abide no such wickedness.” “W... ...at he could distinguish the accents of towns 26 Mosses from an Old Manse people of his own, men and women, both pious and un godly, many of whom he... ...ard with the instinct that guides mortal man to evil. The whole forest was peopled with frightful sounds—the creaking of the trees, the howling of wil... ...another, “and hence his yellow complexion; or, most likely, he is from the Havana, or from some port on the Spanish main, and comes to make investigat...

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...Excerpt: One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace-- a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny. Is not Paris a vast field in perpetual turmoil from a storm of interests beneath which are whirled along a crop of human beings, who are, more often than not, reaped by death, o...

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...e encoun- tered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace— a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny. Is not Paris a vast field i... ...hold, gaunt, yellow, tawny. Is not Paris a vast field in perpetual turmoil from a storm of interests beneath which are whirled along a crop of human b... ... and colorless; decay, painted to seem young. In looking at this excavated people, foreigners, who are not prone to reflection, experience at first a ... ...a movement of disgust towards the capital, that vast workshop of delights, from 4 The Girl with the Golden Eyes which, in a short time, they cannot e... ...owers of a day—ephemeral trifles; and so, too, it throws up fire and flame from its eternal crater. Per- haps, before analyzing the causes which lend ... ...shameless of the daughters of Venus, in which the periodical money of this people, as ferocious in their plea- sures as they are calm at work, is squa... ... a young girl named 21 Balzac Euphemie, born of a Spanish lady, reared in Havana, and brought to Madrid with a young Creole woman of the Antilles, an... ...eceptions by which women seek to make themselves interesting. “She is from Havana—the most Spanish region to be found in the New World. So she preferr...

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...: Chapter 1. Marseilles -- The Arrival. On the 24th of February, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort ...

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...look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, an... ...- pearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger. “Ah, is it you, Dantes?” cried th... ...d Edmond seems to understand it thoroughly, and not to require instruction from any one.” “Yes,” said Danglars, darting at Edmond a look gleaming with... ...aderousse, beginning the con- versation, with that brutality of the common people in which curios- ity destroys all diplomacy, “you look uncommonly li... ...eking to rem- edy your condition; I did not think that was the way of your people.” “What would you have me do?” said Fernand. “How do I know? Is it m... ...le reigned that noisy hilarity which usually prevails at such a time among people sufficiently free from the demands of social position not to feel th... ...ined for the coast of the Duchy of Lucca, and consisted almost entirely of Havana cigars, sherry, and Malaga wines. There they had a bit of a skirmish... ... wood, were ranged, according to their size and quality, pueros, regalias, havanas, and manillas; and, in an open cabinet, a collection of German pipe...

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...rand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart. It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town at that season? If she had appeared to be catching a train, he might have inferred that he had come on her in the act of transition between one and ano...

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...Bart. It was a Monday in early September, and he was returning to his work from a hurried dip into the country; but what was Miss Bart doing in town a... ...f the Newport season; but her desultory air perplexed him. She stood apart from the crowd, letting it drift by her to the plat- form or the street, an... ... uglier.” She broke off, laughing, to explain that she had come up to town from Tux- edo, on her way to the Gus Trenors’ at Bellomont, and had missed ... ... of tea?” She smiled assentingly, and then made a slight grimace. “So many people come up to town on a Monday—one is sure to meet a lot of bores. I’m ... ...t she must have cost a great deal to make, that a great many dull and ugly people must, in some mysterious way, have been sacrificed to produce her. H... ...but they don’t care a straw what hap- pens to me. I’ve been about too long—people are getting tired of me; they are beginning to say I ought to marry.... ...: “Mr. Lawrence Selden was among the passengers sailing this afternoon for Havana and the W est Indies on the Windward Liner Antilles.” She laid down ... ...ht have been a mistake—it might be another Lawrence Selden who had gone to Havana—all these possi- bilities had time to flash through her mind, and bu...

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...cember, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list 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 recommenda...

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...h the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squad- rons and single... ...uch as you, than to me. It is upon the brave hearts and strong arms of the people of the country that our reliance has been placed in support of free ... ...o as to give the greatest protection to this capital which may be possible from that distance. [Indorsement.] TO THE SECRET ARY OF W AR: The President... ...ut consulting me. A. LINCOLN. 9 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. W ASHINGTON, May 18, 1862. GEN... ...e na- 12 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six tion to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter. To the people of ... ... war it is peculiarly the duty of the National Government to secure to the people a sound circulating medium. This duty has been, under existing circu... ...emnification due to the injured party. The United States consul-general at Havana was consequently instructed to confer with the consul of France on ... ... of the letter of Mr. Shufeldt, the consul-general of the United States at Havana, to the Secretary of State on the subject is herewith transmitted. A...

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...Excerpt: Your name, dear George, while casting a reflected radiance on my book, can gain no new glory from this page. And yet it is neither self-interest nor diffidence which has led me to place it there, but only the wish that it should bear witness to the solid friendship between us, which has survived our wanderings and se...

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...ge, while casting a reflected radi- ance on my book, can gain no new glory from this page. And yet it is neither self-interest nor diffidence which ha... ...ed at my too prolific pen, as though it could rival in fertility the world from which I draw my models! Would it not be a fine thing, George, if the f... ...ng on like this, you will say, but tell me rather how you made your escape from the convent where you were to take your vows. Well, dear, I don’t know... ...ht to have been removed. Their presence showed the carelessness with which people, busy with the affairs of state, may treat their own, and also the l... ...d me on the forehead most affectionately. “Dear child,” she said, “we have people coming to dinner to-day. Perhaps you will agree with me that it is b... ...have shown to me. In Paris, my dear, it is a miracle of virtue to love the people who live with you, for you see little enough of them; as for the abs... ...ncreased our family by the addition of a Spaniard with the complexion of a Havana cigar, and your congratulations still tarry. Seriously, my sweet Ren...

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...to Vettori, and it seems to me, now that I have released myself altogether from his literary precedent, that he still has his use for me. In spite of ... ...red, happier, finer, securer. They imagined cities grown more powerful and peoples made rich and mul- titudinous by their efforts, they thought in ter... ...s unfair. The old sort of Prince, the old little principality has vanished from the world. The commonweal is one man’s absolute es- tate and responsib... ...the interest of womanhood was in a region of life almost infinitely remote from his statecraft. They were the vehicle of children, but only Imperial R... ... Natural History, a brand-new illustrated Green’s His- tory of the English People, Irving’s Companions of Columbus, a great number of unbound parts of... ...The Science and Art Department has vanished altogether from the world, and people are forgetting it now with the utmost readiness and generosity. Part... ...t’s some confounded local bacillus. Like the thing that gives a flavour to Havana cigars. He comes up here to be made into a man and a ruler of the pe...

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...f water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the sea-board as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might... ... into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any ... ...ng to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of access by railways from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as w... ...er mouth! Life in Alexan- dria at this time must have been sad enough. The people were all secessionists, but the town was held by the North- 25 Trol... ...iefly to the excel- lence of his cause, and the blood and character of the people who put him forward as their right arm in their contest; but that he... ...ilections and sympathies of his life. Here has been the hardship. For such people there has been no neutrality possible. Ladies even have not been abl... ...s as a city can be no more attributed to Louisianians than can that of the Havana to the men of Cuba, or of Calcutta to the natives of India. It has b... ... them in London and took them with you. The worst hotels I know are in the Havana. Of course I do not speak here of chance mountain huts, or small, fa... ...ith reference to places of wide resort, nothing can beat the hotels of the Havana in filth, discomfort, habits of abomination, and absence of everythi...

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.... Not that I demur. In the presence of my betters, I hope I know my place. From this habitual precedence of my chimney over me, some even think that I... ...e even think that I have got into a sad rearward way altogether; in short, from standing behind my old- fashioned chimney so much, I have got to be qu... ...n, almost every modem fireplace has its separate flue—separate throughout, from hearth to chimney-top. At least such an arrangement is deemed desirabl... ...r the grass, every spring it is like Kossuth’s rising of what he calls the peoples. Mountains, too, a regular camp-meeting of them. For the same reaso... ...the roof, like an anvil- headed whale, through the crest of a billow. Most people, 7 Melville though, liken it, in that part, to a razed observatory,... ...ee citizen of this free land, stands upon an independent basis of its own, people passing it, wonder how such a brick- kiln, as they call it, is suppo... ...be sure; having inadvertently thrust his white kids into an open drawer of Havana sugar, under the impression, probably, that being what they call “a ...

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... 6 sulphur and stone and other obstructing inborn heredities, brought down from the old geologic ages—prejudices, let us call them. Prejudices which n... ...trong ones. In each case, to get the best results, you must free the metal from its obstructing prejudicial ones by education— smelting, refining, and... ...e odds and ends of thoughts, impressions, feelings, gathered unconsciously from a thou sand books, a thousand conversations, and from streams of thou... ...g. He correctly observed, and he marvelously painted. He exactly portrayed people whom God had cre ated; but he created none himself. Let us spare h... ...orm it. Mark T wain 19 O.M. But there is here and there a man who would. People, for instance, like the man who lost his life trying to save the chi... ...h I have been insisting upon. You must remember and always distinguish the people who can ’t bear things from people who can. It will throw light up... ...in Spain almost broken hearted. His remains were taken to the cathedral in Havana. Gorilla warfare was where men rode on gorillas. What Is Man and Ot... ...bad that other people consider good. Nearly any cigar will do me, except a Havana. People think they hurt my feelings when then come to my house with ...

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...; they are forbidden certain reading, just as they are carefully prevented from seeing social life as it is. Must it not therefore be a source of prid... ...st master’s name) was obliged to shade his eyes with one hand to keep them from being dazzled. With the air of a man who was tired of waiting, he look... ..., then to the hill-slopes covered with copses which ex- tend, on the left, from Nemours to Bouron. He could hear in the valley of the Loing, where the... ...is shrill voice grew sibilant, and his face took on the appearance of what people oddly enough call a sunstroke. 9 Balzac “Is that true?” he asked, a... ...-heir, Massin, with the words:— 14 Ursula “Didn’t I tell you so?” T ricky people always attribute trickiness to others. Massin therefore looked askan... ...ois, Levrault-Jacques, Jean-Minoret— enough to drive a Pere Anselme of the People frantic,—if the people should ever want a genealogist. The variation... ...d vase, of coarse workmanship but worth three thousand francs, a gift from Havana, which city, at the time of the American War of Independence, he had...

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..., darling?” she said. Her voice was so weak that it seemed to come already from a great distance. The child did not answer, but smiled comfortably. He... ...him, poor child?” The monthly nurse tried to quiet her , and pres- ently , from exhaustion, the crying ceased. The doctor walked to a table on the oth... ... body of a still-born child. He lifted the towel and looked. He was hidden from the bed by a screen, but the woman guessed what he was doing. “ Was it... ... be fortified for the evening service. V PHILIP CAME gradually to know the people he was to live with, and by fragments of conversation, some of it no... ...nd the little harbor were shabby streets in which lived fishermen and poor people; but since they went to chapel they were of no account. When Mrs. Ca... ...ften sang still when there was a tea-party at the vicarage. There were few people whom the Careys cared to ask there, and their parties consisted alwa... ...n to end their days on.” Philip lit his pipe. Athelny smoked cigarettes of Havana tobacco, which he rolled himself. Sally cleared away . Philip was re...

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...cefully seated at the edge of the forest of Ile-Adam, who was finishing an Havana cigar while waiting for his companion, who had lost his way in the t... ...vapors were advancing with great rapidity and drawing a light gray curtain from east to west. As the wind was acting only on the upper region of the a... ... his mock- ing friend. The latter, while smoking his cigar, had calculated from the position of the sun that it must be about five in the afternoon. “... ...o his friend, pointing to a broad paved path and reading aloud the sign: “‘From Baillet to Ile- Adam.’ We shall certainly find the path to Cassan, whi... ...ttempting a method which can only be employed, unfortunately, by very rich people.” Then, like all persons living in solitude who are afflicted with a...

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...Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad From the 1914 Methuen & Co. edition. A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...y university. 3 Joseph Conrad Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad From the 1914 Methuen & Co. edition. PART I—THE DAMSEL CHAPTER ONE: YOUNG P... ...nd then turned to us. “If we at sea,” he declared, “went about our work as people ashore high and low go about theirs we should never make a living. N... .... And moreover no ship navi- gated and sailed in the happy-go-lucky manner people con- duct their business on shore would ever arrive into port.” Sinc... ...their business on shore would ever arrive into port.” Since he had retired from the sea he had been astonished to discover that the educated people we... ... retired from the sea he had been astonished to discover that the educated people were not much better than the others. No one seemed to take any prop... ... upholstered in faded tapestry; and these objects made of the costly black Havana cigar, which he rolled incessantly from the middle to the left corne...

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...glass door behind the painted deal counter, Mr V erloc would issue hastily from the parlour at the back. His eyes were naturally heavy; he had an air ... ...ery apparent reason. He generally arrived in London (like the in- fluenza) from the Continent, only he arrived unheralded by the Press; and his visita... ...banter. In Winnie’s mother’s opinion Mr V erloc was a very nice gentleman. From her life’s experience gathered in various “busi- ness houses” the good... ...idences of the town’s opulence and luxury with an approving eye. All these people had to be protected. Protection is the first necessity of opulence a... ...unities. In the time of Baron Stott-Wartenheim we had a lot of soft-headed people running this Embassy. They caused fellows of your sort to form a fal... ...le bourgeoisie of this country make themselves the accomplices of the very people whose aim is to drive them out of their houses to starve in ditches.... ...t out; the footman then closed the door, and Mr Vladimir lighted his large Havana with leisurely care. When at last he got out of the house, he saw wi...

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... use it more often, it was only indifference and ennui which prevented him from so doing. He therefore allowed Valentine to go into the garden, sent a... ... invalid still retained that vacancy of expression which prevented his son from obtaining any knowledge of the feelings which were passing in his mind... ...t, not to live in this house, for that might not be pleasant for the young people, but that you should 6 The Count of Monte Cristo live with them; so... ...ave recourse to another.” She then recited all the letters of the alphabet from A down to N. When she arrived at that letter the paralytic made her un... ...he home depart- ment, or of the observatory?” “Oh, no; I should find there people who would force me to under- stand things of which I would prefer to... ...to tell you. Ah, really this is magnificent! But tell me, count, will your people take care of my horse?” “Do not alarm yourself, my dear Maximilian —... ...d the count; “Haidee is almost as civilized as a Parisian; the smell of an Havana is disagreeable to her, but the tobacco of the East is a most delici... ... bottom of his heart. But Andrea drew a cigar-case from his pocket, took a havana, quietly lit it, and began smoking. “When do you want your twelve hu...

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...Estate by Merchandise, and leaving off his Trade, lived afterward at York, from whence he had married my Mother, whose Relations were named Robinson, ... ...ose Relations were named Robinson, a very good Family in that Country, and from whom I was called RobinsonKreutznaer; but by the usual Corruption of W... ...e, by this one thing, viz. That this was the State of Life which all other People envied, that Kings have frequently lamented the miserable Consequenc... ...r an Example, to whom he had used the same earnest Perswasions to keep him from going into the Low Country Wars, but could not prevail, his young Desi... ...n our Boat mounting the Waves, we were able to see the Shore, a great many People running along the Shore to assist 10 ROBINSON CRUSOE us when we sho... ...orocco’s Dominions, or indeed of any other King thereabouts, for we saw no People. Yet such was the Fright I had taken at the Moors, and the dreadful ... ..., and found they were a Spanish Ship bound from the Rio de la Plata to the Havana, being directed to leave their Loading there, which was chiefly Hides...

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...clared that he had been worn against that rock—Rupt is obviously de- rived from rupes. Scientific students of social phenomena will not fail to have o... ...n, would say of Monsieur de Watteville, “He has a noble soul! He perceived from the first days of his married life that he would never be his wife’s m... ...ey all cried. “Won!” replied the Vicar-General. “The verdict of the Court, from which we had no hope, you know why—” This was an allusion to the membe... ...ikeness to them. 11 Balzac All this hidden labor, all this dust thrown in people’s eyes, this display of folly and latent prudence, had an object, or... ...he physicians having recommended him the air of Lucerne. These two English people had arrived with no other servant than a little girl of fourteen, a ... ...or at least of Sicilian, origin. The child had the golden-brown color of a Havana cigar, eyes of fire, Armenian eyelids with lashes of very un-British... ...rved this touching care. At about eight o’clock the old man left the young people without any sign of uneasiness, and went to his room. When Francesca...

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...HAPTER VIII: NORTH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................. 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................

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............................................................. 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI............................................... ............................................................. 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON .................................................... ...en the North and South; but I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried o... ...e those against whom a writer does not intend to give a favorable verdict; people and places whom he desires to describe, on the peril of his own judg... ...general feelings of England to have been be- fore I found myself among the people by whom it was being waged. It is very difficult for the people of a... ... high ground, and to say that we, the older and therefore more experienced people as regards the United States, and the better gov- erned as regards F... ...is mean. Cuba is a colony, and putting aside the cities of the States, the Havana is the richest town on the other side of the Atlan- tic, and commerc... ...ch the deficiency means. In London, in Paris, in Florence, in Rome, in the Havana, or at Grand Cairo, the cab-driver or attendant does not merely driv...

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...Excerpt: CHAPTER I; DEPARTURE -- The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfi...

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...ING?SAN DIEGO AGAIN, 67 -- CHAPTER XIX ? THE SANDWICH -- ISLANDERS?HIDE-CURING?WOOD-CUTTING? RATTLE-SNAKES?NEW-COMERS 74 -- CHAPTER XX ? LEISURE?NEWS FROM HOME???BURNING THE WATER??, 82 -- CHAPTER XXI ? CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS, 87 -- CHAPTER XXII ? LIFE ON SHORE?THE ALERT, 90 -- CHAPTER XXIII ? NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES?MY WATCHMATE, 94 -- CHAPTER XXIV ? SAN DIEGO AGAI...

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...ING—WOOD CUTTING— RATTLE SNAKES—NEW COMERS . . 82 CHAPTER XX — LEISURE—NEWS FROM HOME—’’BURNING THE WATER’’ . . . . . . . 87 CHAPTER XXI — CALIFORN... ...VIII — AN OLD FRIEND—A VICTIM—CALIFORNIA . . . . . . . . . 128 RANGERS—NEWS FROM HOME—LAST LOOKS CHAPTER XXIX — LOADING FOR HOME—A SURPRISE—LAST OF ... ...3 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER XXXVI — SOUNDINGS—SIGHTS FROM HOME—BOSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 HARBOR—LEAVING THE SHIP -... ...e no one cares for; so that when ‘‘the mate’’ thinks fit to entertain ‘‘the people’’ with a coarse joke or a little practical wit, every one feels b... ...t among landsmen about a sailor’s life. Nothing is more common than to hear people say—‘‘Are not sailors very idle at sea?—what can they find to do?’... ...o the forecastle, filled our jacket pockets with tobacco to barter with the people ashore, and - 21 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana w... ...radually to the conviction that rum had been his worst enemy. One night, in Havana, a young shipmate of his was brought aboard drunk, with a danger...

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...ore unfortunate sections of the population have been igno- rant, apathetic from excess of toil and weariness, timorous through the imminent danger of ... ... power, and morally unreliable owing to the loss of self-respect resulting from their degradation. T o create among such classes any conscious, delibe... ...ore advanced French T rade Unions. But the ideas are, in the main, derived from Anar- chism, and the men who gained acceptance for them were, for the ... ...lasses, and goes through life believing that he and his friends are kindly people, because they have no wish to injure those toward whom they enter- t... ...e certain of him. The last part of this statute provides that certain poor people may be employed by a place or by persons, who are willing to give th... ...means of production of combined, socialized labor, the entanglement of all peoples in the net of the world-market, and with this, the international ch... ... he will take his share: one man will prefer good wine, another the finest Havana cigars, another pictures or beautiful furniture. Presumably, every m...

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...erself, as she takes off her hat and coat. She takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket and eats one or two; then goes cautiously to her husband’s ... ...in. (Still humming, she goes to the table on the right.) Helmer (calls out from his room). Is that my little lark twittering out there? Nora (busy ope... ...I should care whether I owed money or not. Helmer. Yes, but what about the people who had lent it? Nora. They? Who would bother about them? I should n... ...ng it on the Christmas Tree. Wouldn’t that be fun? Helmer. What are little people called that are always wast- ing money? Nora. Spendthrifts—I know. L... ...at it is lucky to have the money. Nora. I ought to tell you that we had it from papa. Mrs. Linde. Oh, I see. It was just about that time that he died,... ...now whether you find also in your part of the world that there are certain people who go zealously snuffing about to smell out moral corruption, and, ... ...hat I came for. Helmer, 70 A Doll’s House give me a cigar—one of the dark Havanas. Helmer. With the greatest pleasure. (Offers him his case.) Rank (t...

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... that his mind was yet untainted; and the little old man, who had wallowed from his youth up in the furious pleasures of a gambler’s life, cast a dull... ... full mea- 5 Balzac sure, but the great number of the actors prevents you from seeing the gambling-demon face to face. The evening is a harmony or ch... ...rchestra contributes his share. Y ou would see there plenty of respectable people who have come in search of diversion, for which they pay as they pay... ...s a great man- sion for his son to inherit prematurely, only to be ejected from it by law proceedings at his own brother’s instance. After all, is the... ...here since 1793. There is something great and terrible about suicide. Most people’s downfalls are not dangerous; they are like children who have not f... ..., lictors, togas with purple fringes; the fighting in the Forum, the angry people, passed in review before him like the cloudy faces of a dream. Then ... ...el. “Back to your kennels, you dogs! Emile, I have riches, I will give you Havana cigars!” “I am listening,” the poet replied. “Death or Foedora! On w... ..., for my sake. Have you no regard for me?” “Regard for you! You shall have Havana cigars, with this bit of shagreen: always with this skin, this supre...

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... that led to the river. The interior was so unevenly graded that it caused people to stumble. A narrow hall separated the kitchen from the parlour, wh... ...aded that it caused people to stumble. A narrow hall separated the kitchen from the parlour, where Madame Aubain sat all day in a straw armchair near ... ...an affair of the heart. Her father, who was a mason, was killed by falling from a scaffolding. Then her mother died and her sisters went their differe... ...he brightness of the dresses, the laces and gold crosses, and the crowd of people all hopping at the same time. She was standing modestly at a distanc... ...by four horses whose ponderous hoofs raised clouds of dust. Without a word from their driver they turned to the right. He kissed her again and she wen... ...d abruptly . He waited patiently till she started again, and talked of the people whose estates bordered the road, adding his own moral reflections to... ...to be the same. The chemist informed her that Victor’ s vessel had reached Havana. He had read the information in a newspaper. Felicite imagined that ...

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...wn tresses played; there was a glow in its white and red, partly reflected from the rose-colored satin lining of her fashionable bonnet, partly due to... ..., yet even at that early hour several women in gala dress were coming away from the T uileries, not without backward glances at the gates and pouting ... ...ody is coming away,” she answered in childish vexation, which drew a smile from her father. “The review only begins at half-past twelve,” he said; he ... ...tricolor flag was still waving; but as they passed under the arch by which people came and went between the Gardens of the T uileries and the Place du... ...behind his daughter. He looked grave. He seemed to have left the two young people together for some purpose of his own, and now he furtively watched t... ...at his rider was all but thrown off. Julie cried out, her face grew white, people looked at her curiously, but she saw no one, her eyes were fixed upo... ... his family, he had followed the ex- ample set by some French merchants in Havana, and em- barked with them on a Spanish vessel with a cargo for Bor- ...