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Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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...roduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vakn... ...Even as she was being wooed by her regal paramour - and while still being married to Ernest Aldrich Simpson, who knew of the Prince's attentions a... ..., on the current border between Turkey and Syria. He spent the next 60 years of his life there. Harran is 1200 kilometers off the beaten path to Ca... ...unity of luminescent bacteria called Vibrio fischeri. From the first moments of its life, the squid circulates bacteria-infested seawater through a ... ...e caught by the squid's tiny cilia. Henceforth, the squid provides his microscopic "prisoners" with oxygen and amino acids - and they reciprocate wi... ... Philadelphia for carrying concealed deadly weapons. Within 16 hours they had been sentenced to terms of one year each. Capone served his time and ... ..., Capone was found guilty in Federal Court on the Contempt of Court charge and was sentenced to six months in Cook County Jail. His appeal on that ... ...But the patent is registered to one, Edwin Davis, who used it to kill more than 300 prisoners. Due to the body's high resistance, an alternating c... ...Act in 1932. The Encarta: "The statute made it a federal crime, punishable by life imprisonment, to kidnap a person and transport that person to an...

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...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highe...

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...CONTENTS DEDICATION...1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE BY THE TRANSLATOR.....3 PART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE......

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...Y...................................................................................113 TO THE READER. ................................................. .............................................................383 -1- DEDICATION. To the C HURCH OF C HRIST of all denominations who Worship Go... ...g those who sleep in Jesus, and changing those of the Gentile church who still abide in life; and preserving the mourning Jewish church, as Goshen w... ...try was known to be free. But if it should appear that from any cause, a portion of the life-blood of this master spirit should have been drained off... ...ts by which he takes possession of the purchased inheritance of this earth and sets the prisoners free; which arc given under the emblem of seals ope... ...promised possession; that the captivity of Babylon was prophetical of her captivity and imprisonment for so long, and dreary, and dark a period, und... ...enemies under the dominion of the second death. That there shall be a period of Satan’s imprisonment and of death’s subjection, and of Coming of Me... ...s and settlements of the blessed. Therefore, if ye will turn unto your strong holds, ye prisoners of hope, and by faith lay hold of the hope set bef... ... that all the good on the one hand, and all the wicked on the other, will be judged and sentenced simply for the reason which is there pointed out; ...

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...ins: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect o...

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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 Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development ...

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...right 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 an... ...nd in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentary, simultaneous conditions: Connection, an... ...se came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural Dynamics of the Universe and... ............................................................. 104 Chapter Two: Life The basic structural dynamics of the Universe. Pg 113 The Tr... ...ones who didn’t survive. The kinder, more loving, more giving, more generous prisoners perished, while the more ruthless managed to survive. What... ...ou do not want to be attacked, vilified, ostracized, hated, outlawed, judged, sentenced, jailed, imprisoned, shot, or hung; you obey its external law... ...burned down, rebuilt and restocked with new indentured servants and political prisoners over and over. Its survival was constantly being threatened ... ... actually did. If any of them had done that today: they would be in jail, and sentenced to death. The basic grudge Americans were in fury over a... ...in power: should be marked for life with their crimes. This does not involve imprisonment of any kind whatsoever. Instead: there is a much simpler ...

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...nty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourteen book series and invites you to read them....

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...a-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art Work by Susie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0... ............................................... 130 THE WELFARE STATE—CRADLE TO GRAVE BENEFITS ........................................... 133 RETIREME... ........................................................ 325 Torture to Gain Life Saving Information from Enemies ......................................... ........................................................................ 332 LIFE AND DEATH ISSUES--WHAT IS THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE? ...................... ...e of unprecedented magnitude and extraordinary audacity.‘ For this he was sentenced to several years in prison. He lamented his actions once he was ... ...that ‗Nobody takes any joy in carrying out these strict punishments, be it imprisonment, caning or execution, but it has to be done. It must be done.... ... equally to the full-bellied well adjusted people with good jobs! And the prisoners get three square meals, while the honest homeless don‘t! ... ... less Central Americans. ―When Fidel Castro allowed his ‗political‘ prisoners to come to the US, we gladly took them. But we didn‘t know that ... ...ontrol the population explosion. Is it OK to allow civil wars in Africa, imprisonments of dissidents in the U.S., guerrilla warfare in South America...

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...group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable people: Sappho of Lesbos, the famous Greek poet; Jesus; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety ...

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...PREFACE by Steven James Bartlett xiii SAPPHO’S JOURNAL FOREWORD by Willis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 62...

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...t accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five remarkable pe... ... in Harper’s Bazaar: “He tells a haunting and beautiful story and manages to telescope, in a brilliantly leisurely way, a lifetime, a full and event... ...autiful story and manages to telescope, in a brilliantly leisurely way, a lifetime, a full and eventful lifetime.” RUSSELL KIRK, novelist: “The scen... ...ls set during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and descrip- tive of hacienda life, Forward, Children!, a powerful antiwar novel, and numerous short sto... ... below, a cold floor, a little food...what could I do? “Are there other prisoners on this floor, John?” “I never see them... I’m not allowed outsi... ...en John’s cousin, Elihu, came, distortion returned as we talked of John’s imprisonment, torture, death. Elihu is a frail soul, so unlike John. He is... ...re necessary. That evening, as we ate together, Mother described Father’s imprisonment. He had sold the gifts of the Magi to obtain bribe money: he ... ... on trial re- cently. Because he fell asleep while on picket duty the boys sentenced him to death, and he was to be buried under a bush in the garden... ...eonholes of my desk contain reports of disgraced militiamen, unfor- tunate prisoners of war, civilian and military spies, reports that demand that ul-...

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...nty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourteen book series and invites you to read them....

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...LLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Se... ... RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 1 TOUCH DOWN--RETURN TO EARTH by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Ar... ...Search of Utopia-- BOOK 1 TOUCH DOWN--RETURN TO EARTH by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art work by Susie ... ................................................................... 4 THE GOOD LIFE ....................................................................... ............................................................ 8 THE NOT SO GOOD LIFE FOR TOO MANY CHILDREN.................................................. ... might also be financial, educational and vocational and might also include imprisonment. “H.G. Wells in Modern Utopia rightly said that the u... ... “Following the subway bombings in London, Muslim cleric Hamza al-Masri was sentenced to seven years in prison for inciting the killing of non-belie... ... activities is more important than parenting? 72 “We are so often prisoners of our times. A woman who wanted an abortion in 1850 was impri... ...gs must execute them or be guilty of insubordination, which might result in imprisonment or execution. “Certainly a totalitarian regime is mor...

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...roduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Philosophi... ...VII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories tha... .... S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that ... ... fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of ... ... one even half accurately communicate one's anguish, love, fear, or desire? We are prisoners in the universe of our emotions, never to emerge and t... ...onsensual consumption of human flesh post- mortem For example, when the corpses of prisoners of war are devoured by their captors. This used to be ... ...plete with physical and emotional sanctions: stigmatization, revulsion and horror, imprisonment, the demolition of the errant and socially mutant f... ...nsive, inefficient and technologically unreliable personal computers - CD-ROMs have sentenced themselves to oblivion (with the possible exception of... ... really a death ward, a cosmic death row: we are all trapped here and all of us are sentenced to die. Today's telecommunications, transportation, i...

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...roduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Philosophi... ...VII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories tha... .... S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that ... ... fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of ... ... one even half accurately communicate one's anguish, love, fear, or desire? We are prisoners in the universe of our emotions, never to emerge and t... ...onsensual consumption of human flesh post- mortem For example, when the corpses of prisoners of war are devoured by their captors. This used to be ... ...plete with physical and emotional sanctions: stigmatization, revulsion and horror, imprisonment, the demolition of the errant and socially mutant f... ...nsive, inefficient and technologically unreliable personal computers - CD-ROMs have sentenced themselves to oblivion (with the possible exception of... ... really a death ward, a cosmic death row: we are all trapped here and all of us are sentenced to die. Today's telecommunications, transportation, i...

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... earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish main and for centuries bid defiance to the armed fle...

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...ip -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding a...

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...E FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING ... ... OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE CORACLE TO THE CHRISTIANIZING OF THE GLOBE. DESCRIBING SUPERSTITIONS APPERTAIN... ...mpire 33-44 CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthage -- Venice the mistress of the... ...sands of years in the form of a fish -- The contrary Bishop of Malta whom Paul sentenced to do penance in the sea -- Apparitions and Phantoms -- A gho... ... King's horoscope -- Preparations for a dangerous voyage -- Eighteen murderers sentenced to death accompany the expedition -- Appointment of Vasco da ... ...sights in the far east -- An exciting race after native swimmers -- Torture of prisoners -- Powder pots used by da Gama -- A massacre of the natives -... ... -- A desperate battle -- Horrible butcheries -- Da Gama encloses his helpless prisoners of men, women and children in the ship and sets fire to it --... ...Prevented by fears of his personal safety -- Description of the King -- Animal life on Crab island -- An accident to the ship -- A pleasant visit to t... ... declared between the two republics, in July of the following year. During his imprisonment, he was persuaded by a fellow captive, Rusticiano, to dict...

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Excerpt: Scenes from a Courtesan?s Life by Honore de Balzac, translated by James Waring.

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...Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by James Waring A Penn State Electroni... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Waring is a publication of the Penns... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...he word ac- cepted constitutes a bill of exchange, and makes you liable to imprisonment. The word entails, on the person who is so im- prudent as to s... ...and the terror inspired by the law, her evidence led to the prisoner being sentenced to twenty years of hard labor. The convict, one of those men who ... ...there can be no doubt that an imitation of this vehicle would be a boon to prisoners. This ignominious conveyance, yellow-bodied, on high wheels, and ... ...ere are two wooden seats placed side- ways, as in an omnibus, on which the prisoners sit. They get in by a step behind and a door, with no window. The... ...ation.” Then the accused are again conveyed from prison to the Court to be sentenced when their case is only a misdemeanor; or if, in legal parlance, ...

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...sin of the Mississippi is the body of the nation. All the other parts are but members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of t...

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...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsyl... ...ble Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy acce... ...al works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and as such is a part of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clem... ...esently thrown aside and the officers fell to with axes and tried to cut the prisoners out. A Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 125 striker was ... ...it, Go here, or Go there, and make it obey; cannot save a shore which it has sentenced; can not bar its path with an obstruction which it will not te... ...Murel, to procure his conviction and sentence to the Penitentiary (Murel was sentenced to four teen years’ imprisonment); so many people who were sup... ...n and sentence to the Penitentiary (Murel was sentenced to four teen years’ imprisonment); so many people who were sup posed to be honest, and bore ... .... The letter got no further than the office of the prison warden, of course; prisoners are not often allowed to receive letters from outside. The pris...

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

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

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Excerpt: Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency by The Duke of Saint-Simon.

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...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detai...

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... 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 Saint- Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the...

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...836, a man about thirty years of age was leaning on the parapet of that quay from which a spectator can look up the Seine from the Jardin des Plantes to Notre-Dame, and down, along the vast perspective of the river, to the Louvre. There is not another point of view to compare with it in the capital of ideas. We feel ourselves on the quarter-deck, as it were, of a gigantic ...

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... and Scotland form the greater part of these Islands. Ireland is the next in size. The little neighboring islands, which are so small upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of Scotland, -- broken off, I dare say, in the course of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water....

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.......................................................................................... 46 CHAPTER VII ENGLAND UNDER HAROLD THE SECOND, AND CONQUERED BY THE NORMANS ........................................................................................................................ 55 CHAPTER VIII ENGLAND UNDER WILLIAM THE FIRST, THE NORMAN CONQUEROR.......................

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...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1999 The Pennsylvania State University The... ..., there was peace in Britain. The Britons improved their towns and mode of life: became more civilised, travelled, and learnt a great deal from the Ga... ...ns lost the day. The wife and daughter of the brave Caractacus were taken prisoners; his brothers delivered themselves up; he himself was betrayed in... ...with him; they killed their very wives and children, to prevent his making prisoners of them; they fell, fighting, in such great numbers that certain ... ...en for more booty and more slaughter, that the unfortunate Britons lived a life of terror. As if the Picts and Scots were not bad enough on land, the ... ...ve trusted Robert to the death. But the King was not a magnanimous man. He sentenced his brother to be confined for life in one of the Royal Castles. ... ... be confined for life in one of the Royal Castles. In the beginning of his imprisonment, he was allowed to ride out, guarded; but he one day broke awa... ...uch time as that Jew should produce a certain large sum of money, the King sentenced him to be impris oned, and, every day, to have one tooth violent...

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Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part One by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

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Excerpt: Plutarch?s Lives -- Volume Two. translated by Arthur Hugh Clough.

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Excerpt: Plutarch?s Lives -- Volume One. translated by Arthur Hugh Clough.

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Excerpt: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby (1922 ed.).

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...E.......................................................................................................................................... 7 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839. ......................... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE ...

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Excerpt: The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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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 the authority to detail from the retired...

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...Excerpt: Introduction to Chronicles of the Canongate. The preceding volume of this Collection concluded the last of the pieces originally published under the Nominis umbra of The Author of Waverley; and the circumstances which rendered it impossib...

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...Contents INTRODUCTION TO CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE. .......................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................

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...crackled on the polished brass andirons whose flicker shone upon the superb habiliments of the lonely tenant of the room, which was illumined grandly by twin candelabra rich with wax-lights....

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Excerpt: The Tragedy of Pudd?nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...Preface: It is the fashion to call every story controversial that deals with times when controversy or a war of religion was raging; but it should be remembered that there are some which only attempt to portray human feelings as affected by the events ...

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Excerpt: Sons of the Soil by Honore de Balzac, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley.

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Excerpt: A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

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...Excerpt: I mentioned to Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I ...

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Excerpt: Don Quixote. Part Two by Miquel de Cervantes, translated by John Ormsby, 1922 ed.

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...n the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroic labors and sacrifices. Their studies were conducted in view of the imperfections that experience had developed in the government of the Con...

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...Excerpt: The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family by Charles Dickens....

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...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 outfit for a two or three years? ...

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...N?A VISIT, 13 -- CHAPTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE???GOING AFT???CALIFORNIA -- ., 25 -- CHAPTER IX ? CALIFORNIA?A SOUTH-EASTER, 28 -- CHAPTER X ? A SOUTH-EASTER?PASSAGE UP THE COAST, 32 -- CHAPTER XI ? PASSAGE UP THE COAST?MONTEREY, 35 -- CHAPTER XII ? LIFE AT MONTEREY, ...

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...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, for freest...

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...ne?s-Self I Sing...................................9 As I Ponder?d in Silence.....................10 In Cabin?d Ships at Sea.......................11 To Foreign Lands................................12 To a Historian.....................................12 To Thee Old Cause..............................13 Eidolons................................................14 For Him I S...

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.... James II, the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies, and sent a harsh and unprincipled soldier to take away our liberties and endanger our religion. The administration of Sir Edmund Andros lacked scarcely a single characteristic of tyranny: a Governor and Council, holding office from the King, and wholly independent of...

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... into seven parts. First we have Tales for Children, published about the year 1872, and reminding us of the time when Tolstoy was absorbed in efforts to educate the peasant children. This section of the book contains the two stories which of all that he has written Tolstoy likes best. In What is Art? he claims no place among examples of good art for any of his own producti...

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................................. 140 Volume Two ................................................................. 189 SYSTEM OF THE HEAVENS AS REVEALED BY LORD ROSSE?S TELESCOPES......... 189 MODERN SUPERSTITION ........................................................................................................ 224 COLERIDGE AND OPIUM-EATING ................................

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