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...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings amo...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- T...

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... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ...The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by ... ...onderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among ... ... large as an island -- Settlement of Iceland -- Discoveries of Erik the Red -- On Greenland's frigid shores -- The Sagas of old Icelandic history -- D... ...n scarcely think of an epitaph, to place upon the grave-stones that mark their places of sepulture. And if so many cities and nations have perished wi... ...and if he cannot, will bemoan the fate that lies before him. He considers many places ill-omened; Eddystone Rock, the Straits of Messina, where in anc... ...ion of the coast where there were several inlets and river mouths, possibly in Chesapeake Bay, and each ship, in the hope of discovering the wrecked m... ... or to perform any other labors which he might desire. The country was densely populated, and Cortez was offered such aid that in a short while a suff... ...pulation was not less than 500,000 souls, the adjacent district was numerously populated, and every advantage was upon the side of the Mexicans for an...

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...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 ...

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...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 ...

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...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...ally comparing things to each other, continually gaining a better perspective on the larger context, continually understanding things better. It is... ...ings of Civilization Pgs 704-1469 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1470-1868 Chapter 7: Entities an... ...ynamics of how and why the Universe actually works. This chapter explanation places the Duality of Daoism into its proper context. It explains wher... ...sery and unhappiness: by literally choosing to live in the ugliest, filthiest places possible, and never moving away from that filth. What happe... ... are some of the factors involved in why we first packed ourselves into denser populated areas; rather than spreading out. THE PATH OF SPLITNESS ... ...ame from. The coast of the Namib-Bi-man Desert is called the Skeleton Coast: populated by ships wrecked by the fogs, treacherous currents, and weste... ... Later, the Jamestown inhabitants treacherously poisoned a local King of the Chesapeake Tribe, and killed all of his family. 200 American Natives ...

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...cation My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyo... ...is not a fictitious name nor place in the whole volume; but that names and places are literally given, and that every transaction therein described ac... ...seemed absolutely to require. I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructi... ...iography, in preference to employing another to do it. Not only is slavery on trial, but unfortunately, the en- slaved people are also on trial. It is... ...rism—if slavery can be honored with such a distinction—vault into the high places of the most advanced and painfully acquired civilization. Ward and G... ...county town of that county, there is a small district of coun- try, thinly populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn... ...in Anthony”—a title which he probably acquired by sail- ing a craft in the Chesapeake Bay. Col. Lloyd’s slaves never called Capt. Anthony “old master,... ...uality, roll bounteously to this grand consumer. The teeming riches of the Chesapeake bay, its rock, perch, drums, crocus, trout, oysters, crabs, and ...

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...y received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legislature? It seems to me he would be hard to beat. What objection could be made to hi...

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...olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publica... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...nclosing a draft of two hundred dollars, was duly received. I have paid it on the judg- ment, and herewith you have the receipt. I do not wish to say ... ...1858. A. CAMPBELL, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—In 1856 you gave me authority to draw on you for any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. I see clearly that s... ...ing through more than three hours, if you undertake to read it, he at last places the whole matter under the control of that power which he has been c... ... in such slow degrees as that the evil will wear off insensibly, and their places be, pari passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrar... ... own country is extensive and new, and the countries of Europe are densely populated, if there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of thei... .... This leaves no armed insurrectionist north of the Potomac or east of the Chesapeake. Also we have obtained a footing at each of the isolated points ... ...erent plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac—yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus ...

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...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any existenc...

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...an Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a stronger faith in the Republic than I had, when I l... ...he one fourth serious and three fourths comical astonishment, with which, on the morn ing of the third of January eighteen hundred and forty two, I... ...this time it had expanded into something quite bulky, and almost boasted a bay window to view the sea from. So we went upon deck again in high spirits... ...ng locked doors, and on forcing a passage into all kinds of out of the way places where there is no thor oughfare; sending wild stewards, with elfin ... ...ce of things left far away; put on the well remembered aspect of favourite places dearly loved; and even people them with shadows. Streets, houses, ro... ...ful operation among us for some years past. America, as a new and not over populated country, has in all her prisons, the one great advantage, of bein... ...lave rocked cradle. It had been my intention to proceed by James River and Chesapeake Bay to Baltimore; but one of the steam boats being absent from ...

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...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have th...

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...olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publicat... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...endered such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occa... ...ebel gunboats, rams, etc., in April 1862. For their services and gallantry on those occasions I cordially rec- ommend that they should, by name, recei... ...day morning, the 26th. We have so thinned our line to get troops for other places that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to... ...ell to aid you at Richmond, and the rest of his force scattered at various places. On the 23d a rebel force of 7000 to 10,000 fell upon one regiment a... ...ttle more than one third of its length are rivers, easy to be crossed, and populated, or soon to be populated, thickly upon both sides; while nearly a... ...n the Union lines, by means of our armed gunboats on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, you are hereby requested to hear and con- sider all such ap... ... lines, by means of our armed gunboats on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay, you are hereby requested to hear and con- sider all such applications,...

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...ication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ... that it did so. But she did not regard it as a part of her work to dilate on the nature and operation of those political arrangements which had pro- ... ...shmen with Americans. The writings which have been most popular in England on the subject of the United States have hitherto dealt chiefly with social... ...inst 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 judgment, as ba... ...uch of the way in which men are settling themselves in this still sparsely-populated country. Here young farmers go into the woods as they are doing f... ...rably bad. They are full of holes. The boards are rotten, and worn in some places to dirt. The nails have gone, and the broken planks go up and down u... ...ery general purpose, if I were to attempt to marshal these huge but thinly-populated re- gions in either rank. Of California and Oregon it may prob- a... ...ricans. Without Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky, without the Potomac, the Chesapeake, and Mount Vernon, the North would in- deed be shorn of its glor...

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...cation Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice o... ...children were all born in this country. His eldest son, Samuel, took lands on the east side of the Connecticut River, opposite Windsor, which have bee... ... out bright scholars from his school, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who... ...of the continent, Phila- delphia and New York. This was enough. When these places were visited I would have been glad to have had a steamboat or railr... ... been driven out long before I left. Benjamin was from Indiana, still less populated, where the wolf yet roamed over the prairies. He understood the n... ... Each plan presented advantages. 25 If by his right—my left—the Potomac, Chesapeake Bay and tribu- taries would furnish us an easy hauling distance ... ...ch moved up the south bank of the James River. His steamers moved first up Chesapeake Bay and York River as if threatening the rear of Lee’s army. At ...