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... Pg 287 Freedom and Irresponsibility Pg 288 Ownership Pg 290 Law Pg 291 War Pg 296 Conclusion Chapter Six ‘A’: Civilization The Beginning... ... Pg 1843 Hitler and WW2 Pg 1844 One Example of Undead evil: Kaiser Wilhelm II and Hitler Pg 1860 The Links between the Living and the undead ... ...tion of light bending around the moon was discovered to be actually true, the world of Science swallowed his completely fallacious explanation for i... ...ts path, not attractive forces. What Einstein and the rest of the Scientific world did not realize was that in order to see any light rays coming f... ...astness of Space, just as there is almost nothing else in the vastness of the world’s oceans except water. Space is Formlessness; just as water is ... ...and attacked and killed by the pack animals that arrived in such numbers that war broke out. It saved them from the chaos of fighting over a kill. ... ...that slit finally reached the surface of Africa to create the Rift Valley. War is created by breaking the peace. When was the first peace broken?... ...f rulers inbreeding amongst themselves became genetically unhealthy. Charles II called Charles the Mad by his subjects is a perfect example of genet... ...the USA by making a secret pact with Hitler for his personal safety during WW II. But that is precisely what Italian rulers did during the lauded a...

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...War and the Future Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION War... ...SSICS SERIES PUBLICATION War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and the Future by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...d say that this war is Queer. It is not like any- thing in a really waking world, but like something in a dream. It hasn’t exactly that clearness of l... ...it has the quality of wholesome instinct struggling under a nightmare. The world is not really awake. This vague appeal for explanations to all sorts ... ...is my unshakeable belief that essentially the Allies fight for a permanent world peace, that primarily they do not make war but resist war, that has r... ... to pieces, or using Italians instead of Austrian soldiers to garrison it. II. II. II. II. II. THE MOUNT THE MOUNT THE MOUNT THE MOUNT THE MOUNTAIN AI... ...the roots of French life hold beneath the tramplings of war. 51 H G Wells II. II. II. II. II. THE GRADES OF THE GRADES OF THE GRADES OF THE GRADES OF... ...d uncontrolled as if it were the planet on which they lived. 99 H G Wells II. II. II. II. II. THE THE THE THE THE YIELDING P YIELDING P YIELDING P YI...

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...ir by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The War in the Air by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 H G Wells The War in the Air by H. G. Wells [Herbert George Wells] PREF PREF PREF PREF PR... ...tells us in this book, as he has told us in others, more especially in The World Set Free, and as he has been telling us this year in his War and the ... ...-up of civilization is inevitable. It is chaos or the United States of the World for mankind. There is no other choice. Ten years have but added an en... ...le wife Jessica saw to the shop, and Heaven had planned him for a peaceful world. Unfor- tunately Heaven had not planned a peaceful world for him. 5 ... ...on of the entire detestableness of Jessica. 24 The War in the Air CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HO CHAPTER II: HOW BER W B... ...inst which they were acting, fortified cen- tres from which flying-machine raids could be made. For a time they had everything their own way in this, ...

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...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What... ...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...c transmission, in any way. What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics ... ... who will.” It is surely as interesting that presently some founder of the World Republic, some obstinate opponent of militarism or legalism, or the m... ...nue to be a prelude. The prophetic type will steadfastly refuse to see the world as a museum; it will insist that here is a stage set for a drama that... ...f the decisive value of great battleships (see “An Englishman Looks at the World”); and he was sound in denying the decadence of France; in doubting (... ...f it were war of the modern mechanical type that was in question, with air raids, high explosives, poison gas and submarines, there could be no doubt ... ...a greater confidence and draw our net of prob- abilities a little tighter. II. II. II. II. II. THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF THE END OF ... ...trike through the air at their enemies beyond the war zone. Their Zeppelin raids upon England have shown a steadily increasing efficiency, and it is h...

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...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, essentially pacifists, towards taking an active part in the war ...

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...IN THE FOURTH YEAR Anticipations of a World Peace BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...tronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...lectronic transmission, in any way. In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cl... ... CE CE CE CE IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a “War of Ideas.” A phrase, “The War to end War,” got into circulat... ...ay many men, essen- tially pacifists, towards taking an active part in the war against German imperialism, but it was a phrase whose chief con- tent w... ...broken mass of mental habit and public tradition. While we talked of this “war to end war,” the diplomatists of the Powers al- lied against Germany we... ...n drawn plainly with the ap- proval of the mass of mankind. 15 H.G. Wells II II II II II THE LEA THE LEA THE LEA THE LEA THE LEAGUE MUST BE REPRESENT... ...er organization (Anarchy); (2) through a majority vote by delegates. CLASS II. It is supposed that the common man cannot gov- ern, and that government... ...y a special class of voter. Monarchy may be either a special case of Class II.(1), (2) or (3), in which the persons who rule have narrowed down in num...

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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 detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to th...

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...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 ... ...he dullness that cannot be interested in anything beyond its own immediate world, nor care for what it neither sees, touches, tastes, nor puts to any ... ... savage plun- derer of a besieged town up to the reckless monarch mak- ing war to feed his own ambition. There is a courage that breaks out in bravado... ...ely devoted to the holy work of softening the after sufferings that render war so hideous; whose very step and shadow car- ried gladness and healing t... ...eek peace and ensue it.’ With such strains as these, sung to his harp, the war- 17 Yo n g e rior gained the hearts of his men to enthusiastic love, a... ...nquered, had such wide and comprehensive views for the amelioration of the world, or rose so superior to the preju- dice of race; nor have any ten yea... ... citizens of Calais guarded their walls. England was invaded by King David II. of Scotland, with a great army, and the good Queen Philippa, who was le... ...ed from one, which had, in the year 1000, been presented by Pope Sylvester II. to Stephen, the second Christian Duke, and first King of Hungary. A cro... ... The massive walls protect the halls, Thy children safely sleep.’ II. ‘T is night’s full noon, fair shines the moon On Altenburg’s old halls...

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...more fully soon. Will say now that all your despatches to the Secretary of War have been promptly shown to me. Have done and shall do all I could and ... ...coln: V ol Six By order of the President: EDWIN M. STANTON, Secre- tary of War. MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Com- manding Army of the Potomac, b... ...he Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TELEGRAM TO GENERAL RUFUS SAXTON. WAR DEPARTMENT, May, 24 1862. 2 P.M. GENERAL SAXTON: Geary reports Jackson ... ...everal of the Southern States, thus practically restoring to the civilized world our great and good government. All believe that the decisive moment i... ...e. As you would perpetuate popular govern- ment for the best people in the world, I beseech you that you do in nowise omit this. Our common country is... ...ing a speedy relief. Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world; its beloved history and cherished memories are vindicated, and its h... ... is to occupy the enemy to prevent his making large detachments or distant raids, and to injure him all you can with the least injury to yourself. If ... ...of the Army of the Potomac. 237 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six II. The officers relieved as above will report in person to the adjutant-ge... ...e enemy at bay and out of other mischief by menaces and occasional cavalry raids, if practicable, and to put your own army in good condition again. St...

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...f up in a corner and gone to sleep. 8 The Herd Boy and His Hermit CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE SNO THE SNO THE SNO THE ... ...ress may bestow on him, for a find that your poor servant would have given worlds to make.’ ‘Hearest thou, Hob?’ said Anne. ‘Come with us to the con- ... ...ted to meet him there, came in sight through the trees, riding an old grey war-horse, much resembling himself in the battered and yet strong and effec... ...h as oc- curred during his visits. He also told much of the history of the world, as he knew it, and of the Church and the saints, to the eager mind t... ... roughness and uncouthness, and rever- ence him as something from a holier world. ‘Nurse, I do think he is a saint,’ one day said Hal. ‘Nay, nay, my l... ...l, well-made, strong youth, and his stepfather spoke of his going to learn war in Burgundy; but not only was his mother afraid to venture him there, b... ...They had sometimes at- tacked Yorkist parties, sometimes resisted Scottish raids, or even made a foray in return, and they were well used to arms. The... ... a thirsty warrior might be refreshed, where tales and ballads of Bor- der raids were welcome, and where good hawk or hound was not despised. It had o... ...ttle of Barnet Queen Margaret had landed at Weymouth with her son, and the war would be renewed in Somersetshire. Search for prisoners being over at B...

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...ff “ appears in place of clift,, to the manifest injury of the passage. In ii. 685, every edition that I have seen since that of 1821 has “ I meant no... ...ious misprints in the first edition which Scott himself overlooked (see on ii. 115, 217,, Vi. 527, etc.), and it is sometimes difficult to de- cide wh... ...distance borne, Were heard the clanging hoof and horn. 7 Sir Walter Scott II. As Chief, who hears his warder call, ‘To arms! the foemen storm the wal... ...ill, On the lone wood and mighty hill. IV . Less loud the sounds of sylvan war Disturbed the heights of Uam-Var, And roused the cavern where, ‘t is to... ... Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurled, The fragments of an earlier world; A wildering forest feathered o’er His ruined sides and summit hoar, ... ... bank my couch must be, Some rustling oak my canopy. Yet pass we that; the war and chase Give little choice of resting-place;— A summer night in green... ...night of waking. ‘No rude sound shall reach shine ear, Armor’s clang or war-steed champing T rump nor pibroch summon here Mustering clan or squa... ...ress in Maronnan’s cell; Rather through realms beyond the sea, Seeking the world’s cold charity Where ne’er was spoke a Scottish word, 29 Sir Walter ... ...death: Thus the lone Seer, from mankind hurled, Shaped forth a disembodied world. One lingering sympathy of mind Still bound him to the mortal kind; T...

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...rn land which report and youth- ful imagination made them believe an ideal world of peace, of poetry, and of chivalry, and the loving elder sister who... ...woman of the Royal House, Lilias Stewart, a grand- daughter of King Robert II., and thus first cousin to the late King. Her brother, Malcolm Stewart, ... ...served, to the Sisterhood at Edinburgh. The fresh morning breezes over the world of heather bright- ened the cheeks and the spirits of the two sisters... ... seen in Edinburgh, and who wished to join them, go to France, and see the world under Sir Patrick’s guidance, and that he would be at his own charges... ... being ignorant of the character of the Duke of York, except as one of the war party against France and Scot- land, whereas the Beauforts were for pea... ...he midst of the rangers. It was so many years since there had been serious war in England, that the castles of the interior were far less of for- tres... ...re spread with more richness and refinement than ever the sisters of James II had known in their native land. In a gallery above, the Duke’s musicians... ...d mentioned it. ‘Peace at home! Ay, but peace at home is only to be had by war abroad. Peace abroad without honour only leaves these fiery spirits to ... ...ible were not Alsatian, but Lorrainers, and to exasperate their masters by raids would bring fresh danger. Indeed, the two nearest castles were on Lor...

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... be mistrusting my imagination are referred to that printed document, Vol. II, I forget the page, but it is somewhere not far from the end. Another do... ... J. C. 8 A Set of Six A SET OF SIX GASPAR RUIZ I A REVOLUTIONARY WAR raises many strange characters out of the obscurity which is the common... ...ssion disap- peared in the growth of political hatred. And, as is usual in war, the mass of the people, who had the least to gain by the issue, suffer... ...ng horses and cattle, and having thus deprived the old people of all their worldly possessions, left them sitting under a bush in the 11 Joseph Conra... ...a bush in the 11 Joseph Conrad enjoyment of the inestimable boon of life. II GASPAR RUIZ, condemned to death as a deserter, was not thinking either o... ...the time, and unused as yet to the sanguinary imbecili- ties of a state of war, had lingered near by, as if fasci- nated by the sight of these men who... ...o his guests, “what would you have? A youth of seventeen summers, without worldly experience, and owing my rank only to the glorious patriotism of my... ... neck with a sword. He had done this, he said, to make sure of ridding the world of a dangerous traitor. “I confess to you, señores, that I thought of... ...inute—right in the middle of a tune—trying to form a plausible conjecture. II HE SUCCEEDED in this object no better than the rest of the garrison and ...

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...have to laud for the truth of his dealings towards me. Now, therefore, the world may see the injustice that charges me with incapacity to write these ... ...der which, the materials thereof were collected. Jedediah Cleishbotham. 9 II. INTRODUCTION to THE BLACK DWARF . T he ideal being who is here presente... ... wilderness, where he might have the least possible communication with the world which scoffed at him. He settled himself, with this view, upon a patc... ...nished to find him- self close to a being who seemed not to belong to this world, as he was the most hideous dwarf that the sun had ever shone on. His... ...nd most authentic account of the appari- tion of the Black Dwarf.] CHAPTER II. Will none but Hearne the Hunter serve your turn? —Merry Wives of Windso... ...that there was no other mode of avoiding the probable extremity of a civil war, but by carry- ing through an incorporating union. How that treaty was ... ... 22 under the act of security, they were not indifferently pre- pared for war, and waited but the declaration of some of the nobility to break out in... ...” “Many thanks, Hobbie,” answered Earnscliff; “but I hope we shall have no war of so unnatural and unchristian a kind in our time.” “Hout, sir, hout,”... ...ub the elbow at the news Of hurlyburly innovation. —Henry the Fourth, Part II. T here had been great preparations made at Ellieslaw Castle for the ent...

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...se gems of women,’ instead of Sister Katherine and Sister Frances. CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II Good words are silver, but g... ...on, was, though perfectly lady like, always re- garded by the Stoneborough world as something on the borders of presumption on the part of the entire ... ...w he won’t let me go back to Leonard.’ ‘But, Averil, the best nurse in the world can’t hold out for ever. People must sleep, and make themselves fit t... ...hat poor girl,’ were Ethel’s first words outside. ‘Am I? I wouldn’t be for worlds, Ethel. But somehow she always puts me in a rage. I wish I knew she ... ... proceeded. ‘Well, she is descended from a real King Charles, that Charles II. brought from France, and gave to Mrs. Jane Lane; and they have kept up ... ...d cherries. Fortunately the fruit suggested Dr. May’s reminiscences of old raids on cherry orchards now a mere name, and he thus engrossed all the you... ...rvid heat of the first commencements of disunion and threatenings of civil war. After the ladies had repaired to their saloon, with its grand ottomans... ...f it were safe to invest money in a country apparently on the eve of civil war? He laughed the idea to scorn. How could the rebel states make war, wit... ... contin- ued, with anxiety that he could not suppress, ‘what is this about war in America?’ ‘Not near Indiana; no fear of that, I trust. But how did y...

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... and right one. Thus it is written in the Holy Book, “God will deliver the world over to divisions.” I must con- fess that this passage of Scripture a... ...e present time at the head of one of the most important departments of the War Office, Councillor of State, officer of the Legion of Honor, and so for... ...very luxury of the day; happiness—he was devoted to her in the face of the world; a title, for she was a Baroness; fame, for she was spoken of as the ... ...instated in the Commissariat till 1823, when he was needed for the Spanish war. In 1830 he took office as the fourth wheel of the coach, at the time o... ...n with the grasp- ing Jewess; and, above all, she hoped that no one in the world knew anything of her troubles. Now, if Crevel went about so ready to ... ...omance; she supposed that Lisbeth had had a passion- ate attachment, and a war of banter was the result. Hortense would talk of “We young girls!” when... ...w the prices at which you can credit us.” “How shall we get them?” “Oh, by raids, by taxes in kind, and the Khaliphat.—The country is little known, th... ... grand-niece happily married. She is to be a Countess.” But even taxes and raids and the money paid by the War Office clerk for Fischer’s business cou... ...partment The Member for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. The Unconscious Humorists Cousin Pons Braulard A Distinguished Pr...

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...as he lacked introspection he projected the associated discomfort upon the world. Every afternoon he discovered afresh that life as a whole and every ... ...stile, and looked with eyes that seemed blurred with impalpable flaws at a world in which even the spring buds were wilted, the sunlight metallic and ... ...n his life Mr. Polly fell into a violent rage and hatred against the outer world in the afternoon, and never suspected that it was this inner world to... ...uld have glimpsed, that indeed he was not so much a human being as a civil war. Wonderful things must have been going on inside Mr. Polly . Oh! wonder... ...down the projecting tails with an urgent hand. 6 The History of Mr. Polly II II II II II MR. POLLY’S AGE was exactly thirty-five years and a half. He... ...l that’s over now.” “Over,” gulped Polly. “Over for good and all, O’ Man.” II II II II II PLATT CAME TO POLLY, who was sorting up collar boxes. “O’ Ma... ...satisfactory,” said the prospective employer. 34 The History of Mr. Polly II II II II II A MAN whose brain devotes its hinterland to making odd phras... ... enchanted!” “And here am I—clad in steel. Well, not exactly, but my fiery war horse is anyhow. Ready to absquatulate all the drag- ons and rescue you... ...vinegar and the crackling on pork, and now vindictive external expression, war and bloodshed through- out the world. So that Mr. Polly had been led in...

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...rous visitors who were spending the night in their guest chambers. CHAPTER II A t Vozvizhensk, the advanced fort situated some ten miles from the aoul... ...making himself comfortable. And the soldiers were silent again. CHAPTER II T he windows of the barracks and the soldiers’ houses had long been dark... ...ey in it came back with the announcement that Peter had been killed in the war, “defending his Tsar, his Fatherland, and the Orthodox Faith.” That is ... ... truth to the last drop of my blood, and I hope to be useful to you in the war with Shamil who is my enemy and yours.” Having the interpreter out, ... ... His eyes said, “That old man ought to be thinking of his death and not of war, 52 Hadji Murad but though he is old he is cunning, and I must be care... ...me of which were already familiar to Loris-Melikov . all his campaigns and raids had been remarkable for the extraordinary rapid- ity of his movements... ...roying the dwell- ings and food supplies in Chechnya and to harass them by raids.” answered Nicholas. “ And what are your Majesty’ s commands with ... ...od, through His servants the priests, greeted and praised Nicholas just as worldly people did; and weary as he was of these greetings and praises Nich... ...l this was as it should be, because the welfare and happiness of the whole world depended on him, and wearied though he was he would still not refuse ...

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...e week that followed, or at the desolate home coming. 13 Yo n g e CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE MERRIFIELDS THE MERRIFIE... ... it; and she lay a little while hearing sounds that made it clear that the world was astir, and she could see that preparations had been made for her ... ...elf would take charge of the chil- dren. Whereupon there was a whoop and a war-dance of jubilee, quite overwhelming to Dolores, who could not but priv... ...in the centre so as to form a gradual ascent with the tops and not for the world letting a second volume stand before its elder brother, but she soon ... ...cut short by the growls of Mrs. Halfpenny. Ev- erything then subsided. The world was dressing; Dolores dressed too, feeling hurt and forlorn at no one... ...it!’ ‘They can’t mend,’ said Mysie. ‘Besides, do you know, in the American war, all the sewing-machines in the Southern States got out of order, and a... ...cent invention,’ said Dolores. ‘Oh! you didn’t think I meant the great old War of Inde- pendence. No, I meant the war about the slaves—secession they ... ...om other associates. All the vases, great and small, were brought out, and raids were made on the flower garden to fill them. Little scarlet flags, wi...

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...Introduction: Homer?s ?Iliad? begins towards the close of the last of the ten years of the Trojan War: its incidents extend over some fifty days only, and it ends with the burial of Hector. The things which came before and after were told by other bards, who between them narrated the whole ?cycle? of the events of the war...

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... “Iliad” begins towards the close of the last of the ten years of the Trojan War: its incidents extend over some fifty days only, and it ends with th... ...her bards, who between them narrated the whole “cycle” of the events of the war, and so were called the Cyclic Poets. Of their works none have surviv... ...Goddesses. And with her followed twelve beside, each one A princess, hot for war and battle grim, Far famous each, yet handmaids unto her: Penthesilei... ...hall be Athene, or the mighty souled Enyo — haply Eris, or the Child Of Leto world renowned. O yea, I look To see her hurl amid yon Argive men Mad sh... ...hose other mighty ones All through the dark, till rose the dawn divine. BOOK II How Memnon, Son of the Dawn, for Troy’s sake fell in the Battle. When ... ...then his last sleep Unclasped the warrior son of her who brings Light to the world, the Child of Mists of Night. Now swelled his mighty heart with eag... ...rom utmost bounds Of earth encompassing ocean comes, and brings Light to the world, and flings his splendour wide Through heaven, and earth and air la... ...dening his soul with taleshis sire’s mighty deeds — of all he wrought In sea raids, and in valiant Telephus’ land, And how he smote round Priam’s burg... ...how the invincible strength Of Peleus’ son smote fenced cities twelve In sea raids, how he marched o’er leagues on leagues Of land, and spoiled eleven...

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... the forty miles between Edinburgh and Glasgow, or of dialect as in the hundred miles between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Book English has gone round the world, but at home we still preserve the racy idioms of our fathers, and every county, in some parts every dale, has its own quality of speech, vocal or verbal. In like manner, local custom and prejudice, even local religion ...

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................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES..................................................... ...dred miles between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Book English has gone round the world, but at home we still preserve the racy idioms of our fathers, and ev... ...tory. A passing enthusiasm for some foreign art or fashion may deceive the world, it cannot impose upon his intimates. He may be amused by a foreigner... ...e express. The English lad goes to Oxford or Cambridge; there, in an ideal world of gardens, to lead a semi-scenic life, costumed, disci- plined and d... ...hern knack, he will still have a strong Scotch accent of the mind. CHAPTER II SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES* I AM ASKED TO WRITE something (it is not specific... ... And that same night he was tossing in a brain fever. People are afraid of war and wounds and dentists, all with excellent reason; but these are not t... ...art to play; and the time had come when others were to gird and carry him. II I WOULD FAIN STRIKE a note that should be more heroical; but the ground ... ...to civilities; his hail at sight of me began to have less of the ring of a war- slogan; soon, we never met but he produced his snuff-box, which was wi... ...it in my isle (I call it mine, after the use of lovers) and think upon the war, and the loudness of these far-away battles, and the pain of the men’s ...

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...Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland 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 the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al 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...

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...ment 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B... ...M 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Buil... ...adin and al 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 Afghani... ...TERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the... ...10. WARTIME 325 10.1 Immediate Responses at Home 326 10.2 Planning for War 330 10.3 “Phase Two” and the Question of Iraq 334 11. FORESIGHT—AND... ...tan p. 148 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed p. 238–239 The 9/11 hijackers p. 279 The World Trade Center Complex as of 9/11 p. 284 The World Trade Center radio r... ...nsel & Team Leader Karen Heitkotter Executive Secretary W alter T . Hempel II Professional Staff Member C. Michael Hurley Senior Counsel & Team Leader... ...ogress. After gaining independence from Western powers following World War II, the Arab Middle East followed an arc from initial pride and optimism to... ...BI’s domestic intelligence gathering dates from the 1930s.With W orld W ar II looming, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered FBI Director J. Edgar H...

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...Excerpt: Heartbreak house is not merely the name of the play which follows this preface. It is cultured, leisured Europe before the war. When the play was begun not a shot had been fired; and only the professional diplomatists and the very few amateurs whose hobby is foreign policy even knew that the guns were loaded. A Russian playwright, Tchekov, had pr...

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...lay which follows this preface. It is cultured, leisured Europe before the war. When the play was begun not a shot had been fired; and only the profes... ... futilization in that overheated drawingroom atmosphere was delivering the world over to the control of ignorant and soulless cunning and energy, with... ... came upon horsebreakers and heartbreakers who could make the best of both worlds. As a rule, however, the two were apart and knew little of one anoth... ...y because they had not been prevented. They were not undone by winning the war. The earth is still bursting with the dead bodies of the victors. The W... ...eback Hall unfortunately suffered from both. For half a century before the war civilization had been going to the devil very precipitately under the i... ...he middle of the nineteenth century naturalists and physicists assured the world, in the name of Science, that salvation and dam- nation are all nonse... ...papers were seized and their printing machinery destroyed by simple police raids a la Russe, and persons arrested and shot without any pre- tence of t... .... Give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light. 75 GB Shaw ACT II The same room, with the lights turned up and the curtains drawn. Ellie c...

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...4 -- South of the Slot, 274 -- The Chinago, 295 -- A Piece of Steak, 313 -- Mauki, 336 -- Koolau the Leper, 354 -- The Strength of the Strong, 373 -- War, 391 -- The Mexican, 398 -- Told in the Drooling Ward, 428...

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.... . . . . 354 The Strength of the Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 The M... ...e Englishman, Prince, who pledged “Uncle Sam, the precocious infant of the New World;” the Yankee, Bettles, who drank to “The Queen, God bless her;” a... ...s own voice. Sole speck of life journeying across the ghostly wastes of a dead world, he trembles at his audacity, realizes that his is a maggot’s lif... ...ously from man to man. But Malemute Kid restrained himself, though there was a world of reproach in his eyes, and bending over the dog, cut the traces... ...hern vernacular, as he raved of swimming holes and coon hunts and wa termelon raids. It was as Greek to Ruth, but the Kid understood and felt, — felt... ...ent away on the wind. “The people said it was good, for there would be no more war of the bloods in Akatan; but I said never a word, waiting till the ... ...n us a schooner, with close in her wake the cloudy funnels of a Russian man of war. We fled away on the beam of the wind, with the schooner jamming sti... ...oss the sun washed clearing, and passed into the shelter of the woods beyond. II Another day, hot and breathless. A deserted farmhouse, large, War 3... ...uckles, or mayhap it was his lip, new split, that still bled. 404 JACK LONDON II The time of the crisis approached. Whether or not the Revolution wou...

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...id, and the coachman had given warning. Three days after the quarrel, Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky--Stiva, as he was called in the fashionable world--woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o?clock in the morning, not in his wife?s bedroom, but on the leather-covered sofa in his study. He turned over his stout, well-cared-for person on the springy sofa, as thou...

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...4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Part II 111 Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...ince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky—Stiva, as he was called in the fashionable world—woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o’clock in the morning... ...what was the object of all the terrible and high flown language about another world when life might be so very amusing in this world. And with all this... ...on. “I think of the children, and for that reason I would do anything in the world to save them, but I don’t myself know how to save them, by taking t... ... in Petersburg, he left home not meaning to return till late at night. Part II Chapter 1 A T THE end of the winter, in the Shtcherbatskys’ house, a c... ...s process, of which we cannot be certain, a foreign tour will be of no Part II — Chapter 1 113 use. What is wanted is means of improving nutrition, a... ...ish Lady Somebody, and of a German countess and her son, wounded in the last war, and of a learned Swede, and of M. Canut and his sister. But yet in ... ...he higher functionaries. “If only Countess Marya Borissovna were Minister of War, and Princess Vatkovskaya were Commander in Chief,” said a gray heade... ...ked Levin. Katavasov in a few words told him the last piece of news from the war, and going into his study, introduced Levin to a short, thick set man...

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...or leader so long a while; the Lord endowed him, the Wielder of Wonder, with world’s renown. Famed was this Beowulf: 1 far flew the boast of him, son... ...nd gift, that to aid him, aged, in after days, come warriors willing, should war draw nigh, liegemen loyal: by lauded deeds shall an earl have honor i... ... was freighted with him. No ship have I known so nobly dight with weapons of war and weeds of battle, with breastplate and blade: on his bosom lay a h... ...long he ruled in fame with all folk, since his father had gone away from the world, till awoke an heir, haughty Healfdene, who held through life, sage... ...een, the Heathoscylfing’s helpmate dear. To Hrothgar was given such glory of war, such honor of combat, that all his kin obeyed him gladly till great ... ...ut him. “Grendel” may mean one who grinds and crushes. 6 Cain’s. 7 Giants. II Went he forth to find at fall of night that haughty house, and heed wh... ...m clansmen here, my folk’s agreement. — A greater ne’er saw I of warriors in world than is one of you, — yon hero in harness! No henchman he worthied ... ...: chose help eternal. Hygelac Geat, grandson of Swerting, on the last of his raids this ring bore with him, Beowulf 34 under his banner the booty def... ...ulf 43 to the warrior now. He wished with speed Grendel to guerdon for grim raids many, for the war he waged on Western Danes oftener far than an onl...

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...ear bawlin’ at the picture of the feller leavin’ his girl to go off to the war,” said Fuselli. “Did yer?” “It was just like it was with me. Ever been ... ...akes off water, and went back to sleep again, snuggling into his blankets. II II II II II John Andrews stood naked in the center of a large bare room,... ...o himself. It was in this that he would take refuge from the horror of the world that had fallen upon him. He was sick of revolt, of thought, of carry... ... scorn. Scorn—that was the quality he needed. It was such a raw, fantastic world he had suddenly fallen into. His life before this week seemed a dream... ... seen in a shop window—it was so different. Could it have been in the same world at all? He must have died without knowing it and been born again into... ... do things, to show what he was good for. “Gee,” he said to himself, “this war’s a lucky thing for me. I might have been in the R.C. Vicker Company’s ... ... Did you get rid o’ any of it, Meadville?” “Why don’t they fight their ole war somewhere a man can get to on a horse? … Say that’s my seat.” “The p... ...gan to take on a silvery gleam. They sat in a row on their packs, waiting. II II II II II The company stood at attention lined up outside of their bar... ...n the other slope of the hill towards the farms where they were quartered. II II II II II As far as he could see in every direction were the grey trun...

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...ndpoint of meta- physics. Man has slowly banished chance from the material world and left behavior alone outside the realm of cause and effect. It has... ...- man behavior are as fixed and certain as those that control the physical world. In fact, that the manifestations of the mind and the actions of men ... ...nifestations of the mind and the actions of men are a part of the physical world. I am fully aware that this book will be regarded as a plea or an apo... ...tian state makes it apply to men convicted of crime, or against killing in war, and yet a considerable minority has always held that both forms of kil... ...t would mean that society was stratified and all hope of improvement dead. II II II II II PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENT PURPOSE OF PUNIS... ... crime will affect the mind as much as sugges- tions of adventure, love or war. Does it then follow that no one shall be restrained from freedom on ac... ...led “crimes.” When the accident is in- ternational or world-wide, it means war. Those who believe that there is any power to stop all the harmful mani... ... grown to be almost a pastime, and often one or more participants in these raids is a re- turned soldier. What should be done to meet these new condit...

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...strength to settle accounts with—but also to release his affection for—the world of small-town America. The dream of an uncondi-tional personal freedo... ...tried to talk but could say nothing”; Enoch Robinson retreats to a fantasy world, inventing “his own people to whom he could really talk and to whom h... ...made about the matter. The car-penter, who had been a soldier in the Civil War, came into the writer’s room and sat down to talk of building a platfor... ...nd then they talked of other things. The soldier got on the subject of the war. The writer, 15 Winesburg, Ohio in fact, led him to that subject. The ... ... writer, was thinking about. The old writer, like all of the people in the world, had got, during his long fife, a great many notions in his head. He ... ... himself, the owner and overlord of it all. By the time the American Civil War had been over for twenty years, that part of Northern Ohio where the Be... ...and turn them to Thy service and to the building of Thy kingdom on earth.” II II II II II DAVID HARDY OF Winesburg, Ohio, was the grand- son of Jesse ... ...out the stations of the towns through which the train passed. They planned raids upon the baskets of farmers who had come with their families to the f...

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...at gossip, for example, which avers that Maupassant was a high liver and a worldling. The very number of his volumes is a protest to the contrary. One... ...er of these great romances had no love for pleasure and had not tasted the world, but that for him these were secondary things. The psychology of his ... ... indulgent mas- ters, and both were idolized by their inferiors. Both were worldly, yet still loved a wanderer’s life; both joined to a constant taste... ...d their impulses: Stendhal, so alert, so mo- bile, after a youth passed in war and a ripe age spent in vagabond journeys, rich in experiences, immedia... ...le, blue eyes, and the scar from a sword-cut, which he had received in the war with Austria; he was said to be an honorable man, as well as a brave of... ... in turn punished his inferiors. The general had said: “One does not go to war in order to amuse oneself, and to caress prostitutes.” And Graf von Far... ...n what passes in the solitary souls of those wandering old, English dames. II. “We became acquainted in a rather singular man- ner. I had just finishe... ...that awful night. They advised me to travel, and I followed their counsel. II. I began by making an excursion into Italy. The sunshine did me much goo... ... three of my tapestry cov- ered chairs; and farther on still, my two Henry II. tables, such rare treasures that people came all the way from Paris to ...

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... brother, Solomon, held com- missions in the English army, in 1756, in the war against the French and Indians. Both were killed that year. My grandfat... ..., also named Noah, was then but nine years old. At the breaking out of the war of the Revolution, after the battles of Concord and Lexington, he went ... ...He served until the fall of Y orktown, or through the entire Revolutionary war. He must, however, have been on furlough part of the time—as I believe ... ...hat under which he had received his own education. 13 U. S. Grant CHAPTER II WEST POINT—GRADUATION IN THE WINTER OF 1838-9 I was attending school at ... ...ndependence, after many years of war, it was the most natural thing in the world that they should adopt as their own the laws then in exist- ence. The... ...ed the only means of communication between Humboldt and the balance of the world. I was obliged to remain in San Francisco for several days before I f... ...cting its candidate 114 Personal Memoirs to the Presidency. The civilized world has learned the conse- quence. Four millions of human beings held as ... ...” END OF VOLUME I. 317 U. S. Grant PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT VOLUME II CHAPTER XL FIRST MEETING WITH SECRETARY STANTON—GENERAL ROSECRANS— COMMA... ...d Alexander’s name not on the original. 28 Headquarters Armies U. S., May II, 1864.—3 P .M. Major-General Meade, Commanding Army of the Potomac. Move...

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...lost the power to know. O Death! thou awe-inspiring prince That keepst the world in fear, Why dost thou tear more blest ones hence, And leave him ling... ...And again, in his message of December 8, 1846, that “we had ample cause of war against Mexico long before the breaking out of hostilities; but even th... ...ally, under wholly unjustifi- able pretexts, involved the two countries in war, by invad- ing the territory of the State of Texas, striking the first ... ...ettlement by the military order of the President, through the Secretary of War. Eighth. Whether the military force of the United States was or was not... ...a most sacred right—a right which we hope and be- lieve is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an ... ...st the people of Texas during the present war of independence. “Article II. All hostilities between the Mexican and 36 The Writings of Abraham Lin... ...n to the present President when I say there are few stronger cases in this world of “burden to the many and benefit to the few,” of “inequality,” than... ...ory, in his Commentaries on the Consti- tution of the United States, V ol. II., pp. 429-440, and again pp. 519-538, has stated at large the arguments ... ...can 215 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two accomplish in all their raids on Kansas. There is both a power and a magic in popular opinion. To t...

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...h of a placid temper in ordinary circumstances, and accustomed to take the world with as much philoso- phy as any ploughman, the Prince of Bohemia was... ...xercise.” “You touch me,” said the Prince, “and I have all the will in the world to rescue you from this dilemma, but upon one condition. If my friend... ...ience,” said the President at last, “I should turn you off. But I know the world; and this much any way, that the most frivolous excuses for a sui- ci... ... each intent upon some unknown interest, criminal or kindly. “They talk of war,” he thought, “but this is the great battle- field of mankind.” And the... ...ing manners. But when all is said, he was not the man to lead armaments of war, or direct the councils of a State. A fortunate chance and some influen... ... For Harry, in a double capacity, was heart and soul upon that side of the war: not only did he adore Lady V andeleur and fear and dislike her husband... ...e vessel’s head was set the other way. 150 Robert Louis Stevenson CHAPTER II – TELLS OF THE NOCTURNAL LANDING FROM THE YACHT I RETURNED TO THE DEN to... ...gh, warfaring epoch; and when one has been in a pitched battle and a dozen raids, has killed one’s man in an honourable fashion, and knows a thing or ... ...ertainment.” And he hurried on. “Fichu Commissaire!” thought Leon. CHAPTER II THE AUDIENCE WA S PRETTY LARGE; and the proprietor of the cafe made a go...

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...h a view to establishing, as far as may be gathered, Little Russia and the world in proper relation, connecting the two; a quixotic task, surely. A po... ...barriers against sudden attack. The openness of the steppe made the people war-like. But this very open- ness made it possible later for Guedimin’s pa... ..., a people whose whole existence was bound to be trained and con- fined to war.” This constant menace, this perpetual pressure of foes on all sides, a... ...ngth, the struggle began to partake something of the nature of a religious war, not alone defensive but aggressive also, against the unbeliever. While... ...h they lived, and in their furious feasts and revels they forgot the whole world. That same intimate brotherhood, maintained 9 Taras Bulba & Other Ta... ... of life, customs, and dress quite Asi- atic. It was a nation in which the world’s two extremes came in contact; European caution and Asiatic indiffer... ...l has disappeared. Farewell, childhood, games, all, all, farewell! CHAPTER II All three horsemen rode in silence. Old Taras’s thoughts were far away: ... ...Ivan Ivanovitch and Ivan Nikiforovitch are both very fine fellows. CHAPTER II FROM WHICH MAY BE SEEN WHENCE AROSE THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN IVAN IVANOVIT... ...hey understood the terrible use which had been made of it. 254 Gogol PART II A throng of carriages and other vehicles stood at the en- trance of a ho...

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... so, brother, for your sake. You’ve had a gay time, haven’t you? with your raids on the temples. I can’t help thinking that heaven will be very dull f... ...great wooden cage and the lion in it, arrive through the central arch. ACT II Behind the Emperor’s box at the Coliseum, where the per- formers assembl... ...ROVIUS. Say your prayers, brother; and have no fear of the princes of this world. THE EDITOR. Tsha! You obstinate fool! (He bites his lips irresolutel... ...Tommy: the nice Emperor is the dearest friend Andy W andy has in the whole world: he loves him like a brother. THE EMPEROR. Y ou little brute, you dam... ... Pretorian Guard now? FERROVIUS. In my youth I worshipped Mars, the God of War. I turned from him to serve the Christian god; but today the Christian ... ...s. People who are shown by their inner light the possibil- ity of a better world based on the demand of the spirit for a nobler and more abundant life... ...d profess exactly as other people do. The second is by leading the herd to war, which immediately and infal- libly makes them forget everything, even ... ...ct of the play at this mo- ment is the terrible topicality given it by the war. We were at peace when I pointed out, by the mouth of Ferrovius, the pa...

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