A Practical Physiology. Albert F. Blaisdell
We have just learned that the pitch of sound depends on the rapidity of the vibrations. This depends on the length of cords and their tightness for the shorter and tighter a string is, the higher is the note which its vibration produces. The vocal
Henry Ward Beecher. Lyman Abbott
Henry Ward Beecher (June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887) was a prominent, Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, abolitionist, and speaker in the mid to late 19th century. An 1875 adultery trial in which he was accused of having an affair with a
The Advance Of English Poetry In The Twentieth Century. William Lyon Phelps
Robert Browning, whose normality in appearance and conversation pleased sensible folk and shocked idolaters, summed up in two stanzas the difference between the popular conception of a poet and the real truth. One might almost take the first stanza
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The Empress Josephine. Louise Muhlbach
While the jailer read his list, suspense and excitement were visible on all faces, but no one would have so deeply lowered himself as to betray fear or anguish when his name fell from the lips of the jailer. The smile remained on the lip, friends
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher. Henry Jones
1899. The purpose of this book is to deal with Browning, not simply as a poet, but rather as the exponent of a system of ideas on moral and religious subjects, which may fairly be called a philosophy. Mr. Jones is conscious that it is a wrong to a
Making Good in Business. Roger W. Babson
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1921 года (издательство "New York, Chicago [etc.] Fleming H. Revell company").
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Past and Present. Thomas Carlyle
1909. Should humanity look backward to the past and try to recover the notion of goodness that seems to be lost or should humanity look forward and to the present to create a new enlightenment and spiritual prosperity? These are the mighty
Resist Not Evil. Clarence Darrow
Contents. 1. The Nature Of The State. 2. Armies And Navies. 3. The Purpose Of Armies. 4. Civil Government. 5. Theory Of Crime And Punishment. 6. Remedial Effects Of Punishment. 7. Cause Of Crime. 8. The Proper Treatment Of Crime. 9. Impossibility
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Music. Mary Weeks Burnett
Principles of Occult Healing: A Working Hypothesis Which Includes All Cures, by Mary Weeks Burnett. Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1891 года (издательство "London: Augener").
A Manual Of Pedagogics. Daniel Putnam
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1896 года (издательство "New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company").
The War Romance Of The Salvation Army. Evangeline Booth
He went on. He dozed, only to be sharply awakened by a truck which almost ran him down. He must be more careful, he thought to himself, feeling utterly alone and miserable. But in spite of his resolution his eyes soon closed again. He was awakened,
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Tremendous Trifles. G. K. Chesterton
So it was, certainly, with the Bastille. The destruction of the Bastille was not a reform; it was something more important than a reform. It was an iconoclasm; it was the breaking of a stone image. The people saw the building like a giant looking
Indian Speeches 1907-1909. Viscount John Morley
The Government are entirely zealous and in earnest, acting in thorough good faith, in the desire to press forward these proposals. I may tell you that our Bill is now quite ready. I shall introduce it at the first minute after the Address is over,
Japanese Plays and Playfellows. Osman Edwards
1901. With 12 plates by Japanese artists. Edwards offers his opinions on Japan and its theatrical matters based on a six-month stay in the country. Contents: Behind-the-scenes; Religious Plays; Popular Plays; Geisha and Cherry-Blossom; Vulgar
Rose And Rose (1921). Edward Verrall Lucas
Edward Verrall Lucas (11 June/12 June 1868 – 26 June 1938) was a versatile and popular English writer. His nearly 100 books demonstrate great facility with style, and are generally acknowledged as humorous by contemporary readers and critics.
Theosophy and the Theosophical Society. Annie Besant
1913. This volume contains four lectures delivered by Annie Besant at the 37th annual Convention of the Theosophical Society held in Adyar, Madras in 1912. These lectures are entitled: theosophy or paravidya; Theosophy, the open road to the