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... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...ka Lidija Rangelovska A Narcissus Publications Imprint, Skopje 2005 Not for Sale! Non-commercial edition. © 2002, 2005... ...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... ...free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! ... ...cruise, two years later, unaccompanied by her husband. He tried to introduce her in court, but George V was outraged. Upon his death, the Prince of ... ...u (The Boat), hung upside down for 2 months in 1961 in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Not one of the art critics, journalists, 116,000 visit... ...to (428-347 BC). An Egyptian priest was supposed to have described it to the Greek statesman Solon (638-559 BC). The priest insisted that Atlanti... ... on to a bedsheet, securely fastened to tree trunks in his back yard in Camden, New Jersey. The sound was broadcast from a radio placed behind the ... ... Francisco, April 18, 1906, 05:12 AM Property damage: Fire destroyed the business district of San Francisco. Cities along the fault (e.g., San Jos...
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...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ... 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... ...ent of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 New State Washington, D.C. 20520 Tel: (202) 647-9673. Requesters outside ... .... The World Factbook 1987 The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before th... ...elow. The World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to me... ...he World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet thei... ...age 276) 120 Italy 122 Ivory Coast (Cote d'lvoire) 124 Jamaica 125 Japan 126 Jersey 128 Jordan (West Bank and Gaza Strip entry on page 276) 129 Kenya ... ...J jurisdiction Branches: Revolutionary Council acts as legislature and final court of appeal; Chairman of Council acts as chief of state; Cabinet and ... ... Type: Communist state Capital: Tirane Administrative divisions: 26 rrethet (districts) Legal system: based on constitution adopted in 1976; judicial ...
...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, ter...
...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...on itself wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the ... ...looked. One of the best a))prociatnd was " Hail to North Ad ! " No wonder, for oven the Hoosao Valley had to run an ex- tra car. Mud and Glory When th... ...Y A BLACK & WHITE CIGAR ArthurJohnson Athletic and Sporting Goods Sweaters Jerseys tllydi) M. Walters, College Agent R. E. LAMB Livery and Boarding St... ...g tho Civil War he was clerk in the otiico of the Provost Marsiial of Ilia district and from 1885 until the time of his death prijoticed law in Roches... ...ACHUSETTS 1 WILLIAMS ICBCOBD i Bowling and Billiards AT THE CASINO Hoosac Court MAIN ST., NORTH ADAMS The Hotel Lenox Back Bay, Boston L. D. WILLCUTT... ... to d«te Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH... ...e Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH si'lep...
...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...
...cott ISBN 10: 1-936000-02-4 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-02-9 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-I... ... ISBN 10: 1-936000-02-4 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-02-9 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Ch... ... 10: 1-936000-02-4 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-02-9 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: G... ...936000-02-4 ISBN 13: 978-1-936000-02-9 Published in the United States of America Publish Date: March 29, 2009 Editor-In-Chief: Gail R. ... ...author. Barbara Scott 4 Dedication In loving remembrance and gratitude for the Irish side of the family, especially William, Alice and Rosemar... ...nless you want to die right now. Don’t tell me it’s no use.” ***** New York Morgan had the papers spread all over the parlor floor.... ... Wind whips flames as homeless flee devastation. Riverside business district laid waste. 300 killed; 90,000 homeless. Morgan crawled... ...as well.” “How can I fight this? There has to be a way.” “We could go to court, if we had the time. We could pay off all the right people, if we ... ... Daniel chuckled. “Hardly. They grew up neighbors in Asbury Park.” “New Jersey? Rosalie?” “Surprised?” “I think I prefer to cast them as s...
...Morgan Gable first falls for Daniel Connolly, a popular Irish tenor, when she hears him sing. Starstruck, she is consumed by thoughts of love with the handsome troubadour. Real life intrudes and Morgan must put aside her own dreams for awhile. Five y...
...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ................................................................. 11 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS ................................................................ ...usinessman. He finds your country fascinating and wants to list it on the New York Stock Exchange. Lee isn‘t so sure he likes Kino. There‘s nobody t... ...y always opt for a vacation when they could otherwise work. People in the States still believe that money buys happiness. But when people are survey... ...s from acceptable to unacceptable depending on who is sitting on the high court. Gassing people in prisons is OK in one society but not in another. ... ...o most religions have had similar mystical experiences--the Hindu who has united with the Brahman through years of correct meditation. The holy Jew,... ...le state votes for its senators, but for the House of Representatives the districts can be skewed or gerrymandered so that some districts become ‗sa... ... illegal immigrant household in California was 289 $7,206, and in New Jersey it was $5,625. Meanwhile all other illegal immigrants, taken as a ...
...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, ...
...er Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF ... ...riginally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 F... ...S IN SOCIAL MARKETING 46 PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 46 What is a Product? 46 Other Names for Products. 46 MARKET SEGMENTATION 47 How Many Segments? 47 C... ...52 Product Form 52 The Product Life Cycle (PLC) 53 The Concept Of A Product Mix: New Product Development 56 PROBLEMS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR SOC... ...d order, in other words, brainwashing. Webster's New World Dictionary , in fact , states that the word is "now often used disparagingly to connote d... ...ory when restrictions on the spread of ideas have been so relaxed, at least in the United States. Government, church and family are as liberal as th... ...veryone else. Last year they scored a major victory when the United States Supreme Court ruled that companies could campaign for or against state re... ...ed John Adams won the Republican nomination in New Hampshire's First Congressional District. Mr. Adams was an unemployed taxi driver who did almost ... ...ign A questionnaire was administered to 247 students at Rutgers University in New Jersey so that respondents constitute a "convenience," nonrandom ...
...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of ...
... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...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 ... ...es a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand about an orange by looking at it ... ...ngs out, continually wondering about things, continually looking at things in new ways, continually experiencing new things, continually comparing t... .... Cause and Effect can also be defined by Newton’s Third Law of Motion which states: “For every action: there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ... ...hese two sources. If Russia had not bankrupted itself by trying to match the United States in its atomic nuclear capabilities for global destruction... ...ave no interest in the rest of the world. This book will return them the same courtesy. The main story of this book concerns the later waves of mod... ...o get to that topmost level of security and safety. Managers fire employees. District managers fire lower level managers. And the lower down you go... ...heads, and decapitated heads on coins. Emblems. Decapitated heads on football jerseys. Representing all the red-skinned warriors that tried to kill...
...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 ...
...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 ...
...AVELLI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...LI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...CS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...ing play of instinctive passion and desire against too abstract a dream of statesmanship. But things that seemed to lie very far apart in Machiavelli’... ...he dust and dirt of that immediate life, washed himself, put on his “noble court dress,” closed the door on the world of toiling and getting, private ... ...oks, material, according to the conceptions of efficiency prevalent in the district. Private enterprise made a particu- larly good thing of the books.... ...the slightest modifications in the Pas de Calais or Rhenish Prussia or New Jersey or North Italy. No doubt you would find it in New Japan. These men h... ...o Republican and Democrat, for example, and you have the conditions in the United States. The Crown or a dethroned dynasty, the Estab- lished Church o...
Excerpt: The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells.
...THE WHOLE HISTORY OF GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR or TRUE STORIES FROM NEW ENGLAND HISTORY, 1620 1808 by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electron... ...y NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England H... ...RNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620 1808 ... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...habitants must all have felt like brethren. They were fitted to become one united People at a future period. Perhaps their feelings of brother hood w... ...ld gentleman really seemed to suppose that the whole surface of the United States was not too broad a foundation to place the four legs of his chair u... ...still 25 Hawthorne more sensibly felt. T o supply the demand, the General Court passed a law for establishing a coinage of shillings, sixpences, and ... ...Province House. In 1760 Sir Francis Bernard, who had been’ governor of New Jersey, was appointed to the same office in Massachusetts. He looked at the... ...n the limits of King’s County, was as follows:— “To the inhabitants of the District of Grand Pre, Minas, River Canard, &c.; as well ancient, as young ...
...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. For this purpose, while ostensib...
...THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED S... ...THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED ST T... ...ITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED ST THE UNITED ST THE UNITED ST THE UNITED ST THE UNITED STA A A A AT... ...TH THE 26 AMENDMENTS This publication of “The Constitution of The United States of America, 1787 with the 27 Amend ments” is part of The Pennsylvan... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hamp shire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhod... ...Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Penn sylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten... ...; 7 The U.S. Constitution To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Sea... ...ss; To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatso ever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular ...
Excerpt: This publication of ?The Constitution of the United States?.
...ublication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ .............................. 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ....................................................................... .................................................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ..................................... ...makes great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great a... ...e names of the respective States. At the Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Delaware Avenue, and Maryland Av- enue converge. They come f... ...d to be ten miles square, was cut out of the two States and was called the District of Columbia. The greater portion of this district was taken from M...
........................................................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ............................................................
...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ... Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in ... ... Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...ugust 1998 115 4.3 Diplomacy 121 4.4 Covert Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1... ...for United 93 At 8:42, United Airlines Flight 93 took off from Newark (New Jersey) Liberty International Airport bound for San Francisco.The aircraft ... ...Control Centers Reporting structure, Northeast Air Defense Sector Graphics courtesy of ESRI Final1-4.4pp 7/17/04 9:12 AM Page 15 Virginia, which o... ...ifferent rules of engagement.These fighters, part of the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, launched out of Andrews Air Force ...
...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...
...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...
... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State Univer... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State Universit... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. T... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. This Por... ...ee and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither ... ...TON TO BILL CLINTON George Washington FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1789 The Nation’s first chief executive took... ...ore an assembly of Congressmen, Cabinet officers, j udges of the federal and district courts, foreign officials, and a small gathering of Philadelphia... ...sembly of Congressmen, Cabinet officers, j udges of the federal and district courts, foreign officials, and a small gathering of Philadelphians, the P... ...lican ticket and Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Party. The Governor of New Jersey and former Princeton University president was accompanied by Presi...
Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.
...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...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... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...vy,” 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 ... ...proved 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 aut... ...Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occasion could arise which would more fully ... ... fought and driven 13,000 of the enemy, under General Branch, from Hanover Court-House, and was driving them from a stand they had made on the rail- r... ... circulation of bank-notes of a less denomination than five dollars in the District of Colum- bia,” has received my attentive consideration, and I now... ...s. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 56 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six SPEECH AT JERSEY CITY , JUNE 24, 1862. When birds and animals are looked at through a...
...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...
...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a public... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...eral Milroy, as immediate commander, was put in arrest, and subsequently a court of inquiry examined chiefly with refer- ence to disobedience of order... ...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...all. He has in no form announced anything recently in regard to troops in New York, except in his letter to Governor Seymour of October 21, which has... ...evolent institutions established or patron- ized by the Government in this District to your generous and fostering care. The attention of Congress dur... ...ryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New Y ork, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, V ermont, West...
...Excerpt: In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under General Milroy as immediate commander in the field, General Schenck as department commander at Baltimore, and General Halleck as general- in-chief at Washington. General Milroy, as immediate commander, ...
... One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...e eleven years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our writ... ...n years that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Con... ... and thorough. When the Constitution was thus perfected and established, a new form of government was created, but it was neither speculative nor expe... ...ion formed in the independent expres- sions of towns and other small civil districts that is the real conservatism of free government. It is equally t... ...ion to the duties of good citizenship are ignored in the laws, because the courts can seldom deal with such questions in a uniform and satis- factory ... ...in the State of New York. **Maryland, the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were in this situation. See “Pitkin’s History,” vol. i. pp. 11-31. *...
...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 th...
...fe on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...ee and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei the... ...o 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... ...er has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and f... ...had curious effects: they have thrown several river towns out into the rural districts, and built up sand bars and forests in front of them. The town ... ...indelicacy being sometimes better litera ture preservers than holiness; lax court morals and the ab surd chivalry business were in full feather, and... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ...cattle, except what I was able to pick up in a week’s apprenticeship over in Jersey just before we sailed. My cattle culture and cattle enthusiasm hav...
...Excerpt: The ?Body Of The Nation? But the basin 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...
...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publicat... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ... yet it is in a peculiar degree both illustrative and typical of the great statesman who made it, alike in its strong com- 4 The Writings of Abraham ... ...tland, Me., and to General Tho- mas J. Henderson, of Illinois. For various courtesies received, the editor is furthermore indebted to the Librarian of... ...pleton & Co., Macmillan & Co., Dodd, Mead & Co., and Harper Broth- ers, of New Y ork; to Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Dana, Estes & Co., and L. C. Page & ... ...s; he read Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim’s Progress, a short history of the United States, and Weems’s Life of Washington. To the town constable’s he w... ...opularity, although great in New Salem, had not spread far enough over the district, and he was defeated. Then the wretched hand-to-mouth struggle beg... ...tes carried by Fremont in 1856, those that were classed as “doubtful,”—New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Indiana, or Illinois in the place of either New J...
...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too st...
...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...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... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...ng as to who shall be the Republican candidate for the Legislature in your district, further than that I have full confi- dence in Dr. Hull. Have you ... ...d cannot authorize them to prohibit slavery. That is one of the things the court can decide, but can never give an intel- 5 The Writings of Abraham L... ... any Buchanan, or Fremonters, have shifted ground, and how the majority of new votes will go, you can judge better than I. Of course you, on the groun... ...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...ome to a close. 182 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five ADDRESS AT JERSEY CITY , NEW JERSEY , FEBRUARY 21, 1860. MR. DAYTON AND GENTLEMEN OF T...
...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly 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 elec...
... E DITH WHARTON A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...CS SERIES PUBLICATION House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ... some one, but he hardly knew why the idea arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of... ...ening in the street. Mrs. Peniston was the owner of a country-place in New Jersey, but she had never lived there since her husband’s death—a remote ev... ...ious intimacy. The surrounding atmosphere was propitious to this scheme of courtship. Mrs. Trenor, true to her word, had shown no signs of expecting L... ... rose with a start. She had an appointment early the next morn- ing with a district visitor on the East side. She put out her lamp, covered the fire, ... ...nd less clear than any natural affinities would warrant; and both appeared united in the effort to cultivate Freddy V an Osburgh’s growing taste for M... ...best; but he was as incapable as herself of an uncritical return to former states of feeling. There remained to her, as she had told him, the upliftin...
...Excerpt: Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand 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 wa...