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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot... ...net.ch/hermetic/cal_stud/cal_art.htm http://www.greenheart.com/billh/julian.html Canada Following a series of rebellions, the British North Am... ... Famished and disease-stricken Irish immigrants flooded the new state. Young men in Canada West left in droves for the United States due to a short... ...nd. The 1849 Gold Rush brought tens of thousands of gold diggers from the USA to Canada. Riots erupted in Montreal. A Rebellion Losses Bill, inte... ...tates). Texas (originally, Tejas) was an independent republic between 1836 and 1845. It was recognized by the United States and by many countri... ....htm http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm O OK Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the American President (1829-1837) was much ridiculed for...

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Enciklopedio de Esperanto (1933)

By: L. Kokeny Kaj V. Bleier

...eris faka vortareto en E, angla, franca kaj germana lingvoj. Akuzativo kun in ni tivo. En ĉi tiu frazkonstruo apud la rekta komplemento staras in n it... ...ocion kaj de tiam la movado ĉiam progresis. Grandan helpon alportis kelkaj in uaj homoj kaj precipe urbkonsilistoj de Buenos Aires altiritaj al E en ... ... jarcento. Ankaŭ Volapük tie ĉi bone prosperis, sed ĝia malsukceso malbone in uis la unuajn paŝojn de E. La unua lingvisto en la tempo de Schleyer, k... ...Jan Micislaw, polo, devenanta el franca familio, univ. prof. Nask. 3 marto 1845 en Radzymin apud Warszawa, mortis 3 nov. 1929 en W . Eminenta lingvist... ...oul (fovar-bastul) Leon, franco, skadronestro en kavalerio. Nask. 27 julio 1845 en Angers, mortis 1922. E-iĝis en 1900. Ano de la fama Dijona grupo, h... ... 1842 la poŝto de kelkaj Usonaj urboj, en 1843 Zürich, en 1844 Brazilo, en 1845 Finnlando, Italujo kaj Basel. La perfektigon de la poŝta servo celis l... ...j Bel- gujo. Publikigis kursojn en „Le Chasseur Francais“ kaj en gazeto en Canada. Redaktis la gazeton ,E', (v. Berthelot) Skribis en E-aj gazetoj (Re...

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The Conundrums of Psychology

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...The Metaphors of Mind – The Brain VII. The Metaphors of Mind - Psychotherapy VIII. In Defense of Psychoanalysis IX. Metaphors of Mind – The Dialog ... ...mfiture for his condition to qualify as a disease. To this extent, we are justified in classifying all diseases as "spiritual" or "mental". Is ther... ...at acquired mental illnesses are handed down the generations. Esquirol concurred in 1845 as did Henry Maudsley in 1879 and Adolf Meyer soon thereaft... ...r. Wilhelm Greisinger published "The Pathology and Therapy of Mental Disorders" in 1845. In it he traced their etiology to "neuropathologies", phys... ...srael's Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the USA. Consultant to foreign RND ventures a... ... developer. Raised funds through a series of private placements locally in the USA, Canada and London. 1993 to 1996 Publisher and Editor of a Capit... ...3833847 "Malignant Self Love – Narcissism Revisited" is now available from Amazon Canada – Click on this link: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/tg...

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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...phical essays and Musings http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com/culture.html World in Conflict and T ransition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.htm... ... PHYSICS Time Asymmetry Re-Visited Abstract Time does not feature in the equations describing the world of elementary particles an... ...at acquired mental illnesses are handed down the generations. Esquirol concurred in 1845 as did Henry Maudsley in 1879 and Adolf Meyer soon thereaft... ...r. Wilhelm Greisinger published "The Pathology and Therapy of Mental Disorders" in 1845. In it he traced their etiology to "neuropathologies", phys... ...rael's Blue-Chip firms, mainly on issues related to the capital markets in Israel, Canada, the UK and the USA. Consultant to foreign RND ventures a... ... developer. Raised funds through a series of private placements locally in the USA, Canada and London. 1993 to 1996 Publisher and Editor of a Capit...

Essays and articles about modern physics, speculations in science, pseudo-science and the alleged incompatibility between God and modern science.

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ...rida, the Caddo and Iroquois confederacies of Indians in North America, the Cree in Canada, the Witoto, natives of Colombia and Peru, the Carib in t... ...icing, 1989). The United States has bilateral antitrust agreements with Australia, Canada, and Germany, which was followed by a bilateral agreement... ...al law - partly applicable in many of its former colonies, such as India, Pakistan, Canada, and Australia - is a mishmash of overlapping and contra... ...at acquired mental illnesses are handed down the generations. Esquirol concurred in 1845 as did Henry Maudsley in 1879 and Adolf Meyer soon thereaft... ...r. Wilhelm Greisinger published "The Pathology and Therapy of Mental Disorders" in 1845. In it he traced their etiology to "neuropathologies", phys...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ...rida, the Caddo and Iroquois confederacies of Indians in North America, the Cree in Canada, the Witoto, natives of Colombia and Peru, the Carib in t... ...icing, 1989). The United States has bilateral antitrust agreements with Australia, Canada, and Germany, which was followed by a bilateral agreement... ...al law - partly applicable in many of its former colonies, such as India, Pakistan, Canada, and Australia - is a mishmash of overlapping and contra... ...at acquired mental illnesses are handed down the generations. Esquirol concurred in 1845 as did Henry Maudsley in 1879 and Adolf Meyer soon thereaft... ...r. Wilhelm Greisinger published "The Pathology and Therapy of Mental Disorders" in 1845. In it he traced their etiology to "neuropathologies", phys...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ...- Engagement as a cabin boy -- Rapid promotion, and part taken in the war with Canada -- Cook's account of an eclipse of the sun -- Placed in command ... ...cretary of the French Embassy to London, and in 1756 served in the war between Canada and France, as aid- de-camp to Montcalm. In 1761 he was in a sho... ... regions. FOUNDING OF THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY. Meantime the French had occupied Canada, and an adventurer named Grosselies had penetrated from the St. ... ...omerset, and had great hopes that it might be the entrance to the open sea. In 1845, Franklin and the volunteers who accompanied him left England in t...

...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the 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 mai...

... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- 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 -- Hamilc...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... strong idea, which I expressed before in speak- ing of the capital of the Canadas, that no man can ordain that on such a spot shall be built a great ... ...ngs in a wilder- ness. We are now trying the same experiment at Ottawa, in Canada, having turned our back upon Montreal in dud- geon. The site of Otta... ...ed for thirty years, and al- most always to the detriment of the South. In 1845 Florida and Texas were admitted into the Union as slave States. I thin... ...of the individual States. One special article, the eleventh, enjoins that “Canada, acceding to the Con- federation, and joining in the measures of the...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania Stat... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...tates, in the manner prescribed in the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1845, which desig- nates certain frontier ports through which merchandise m... ...umerated in the seventh section of the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1845, aforesaid, from and after the date of this proclamation. In witness w... ...on with the question of continuing or modifying the rights of transit from Canada through the United States, as well as the regulation of imposts, whi... ... understood while making this state- ment that the colonial authorities of Canada are not deemed to 230 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven b... ..., in the man- ner prescribed in the act of Congress of the third of March, 1845, which designates certain frontier ports through which merchandise may...

...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...

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The Young Step-Mother; Or a Chronicle of Mistakes

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Young Step-Mother; Or A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...eninsular officer, and his brother, older by many years, held a command in Canada. Maurice and Albinia, early left orphans, had, with a young cousin, ... ...the memory of Lucy, the beloved wife of Edmund Kendal. Died February 18th, 1845, aged 35 years. Edmund Meadows Kendal, born January 20th, 1834. Died F... ...years. Edmund Meadows Kendal, born January 20th, 1834. Died February 10th, 1845. 17 The Young Step-Mother Maria Kendal, born September 5th, 1840. Die... ..., and by his advice had fled from home to the protection of her brother in Canada. ‘Without waiting for Bluebeard’s asking for the key! Oh, Maria!’ cr... ...tself, it must be dead already, now they have seen we have not run away to Canada. Your heroics only make it more ridiculous.’ ‘I must tell Loo never ...

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Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melan... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... BOYHOOD A YHOOD A YHOOD A YHOOD A YHOOD AT ET T ET T ET T ET T ETON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. ON. 1838—1845. AFTER the... ... the ‘select,’ at his last examination for the Newcastle, in the spring of 1845. Before the list was given out he had written to his father that the D... ...ONTINENT THE CONTINENT THE CONTINENT THE CONTINENT THE CONTINENT . . . . . 1845—1852. 1845—1852. 1845—1852. 1845—1852. 1845—1852. UNIVERSITY LIFE is a... ...eover, strong opinions derived from experience of the Red Indians in Upper Canada—namely, that to reclaim the young, and educate them was the only hop...

...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few ...

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Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Char... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...h is truth.’ THE LONG-DELAYED WEDDING took place on the 13th of Janu- ary, 1845, and the bride and bridegroom immediately de- parted for a year’s visi... ...ed to gaiety?’ said Claude. ‘You will say next that William is coming from Canada, on pur- pose.’ ‘That tall captain!’ said Lord Rotherwood. ‘He used ... ...’ ‘No, but I have seen your eldest brother.’ ‘William? Why, he has been in Canada these three years. Where could you have seen him?’ ‘At Brighton, abo... ...ourse of the next winter had been cut short by his father. He then went to Canada, and had had no opportunity of renewing his acquaintance till the la...

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My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith

By: Frederick Douglas

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas, the Pennsylvani... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... to exhibit on the platform or in the lecture desk. A visit to England, in 1845, threw Mr. Douglass among men and women of earnest souls and high cult... ... wailing notes, and was much affected by them. It was during the famine of 1845-6. In all the songs of the slaves, there was ever some expression in p... ...ee no spot on this side the ocean, where we could be free. We had heard of Canada, the real Canaan of the American bondmen, simply as a country to whi... ... of knowledge and usefulness. The writing of my pamphlet, in the spring of 1845, endangered my liberty, and led me to seek a refuge from republican sl... ...he has no sympathy in England, Scot- land, or Ireland; that he has none in Canada, none in Mexico, none among the poor wild Indians; that the voice of...

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What Is Man and Other Essays of Mark Twain

By: Mark Twain

...ge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the docu ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. What Is Man and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, a... ...t have been troubled by the pagan mother’s distress—Jesuit missionaries in Canada in the early French times, for instance; see episodes quoted by Park... ... ON THE M ISSISSIPPI R IVER, in the State of Mis souri—a village; time, 1845. La Bourboule les Bains, France—a village; time, the end of June, 1894...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ........................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA ....................................................................... ......................................................... 51 CHAPTER V: UPPER CANADA ....................................................................... ...d States, if New York, which stretches from the Atlantic to the borders of Canada, had been endowed with the power of cutting off the six Northern Sta... ...and thus Lowell was commenced. The Lowell Machine-shop was incorporated in 1845, and since that no new establishment has been added. In 1821, a certai...

.... 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT ............................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA ................................................................................................................ 51 CHAPTER V: UPPER CANADA .................................................................................

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Narrative Tive of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

By: Frederick Douglass

...5 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL 1845 1845 1845 1845 1845 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicatio... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Narrative of the Live of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave b... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...5 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL NO. 25 CORNHILL 1845 1845 1845 1845 1845 NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRA NARRATIVE OF TIVE OF TIVE ... ...GRESS, IN GRESS, IN GRESS, IN GRESS, IN GRESS, IN THE THE THE THE THE YEAR 1845 BY FREDERICK YEAR 1845 BY FREDERICK YEAR 1845 BY FREDERICK YEAR 1845 B... ...ree. We knew 71 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass nothing about Canada. Our knowledge of the north did not extend farther than New York; an... ...alker, and should like to go where I could get work. I thought of going to Canada; but he decided against it, and in favor of my going to New Bedford,...

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The Maine Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

... . . . . . 199 Ktaadn 1 Ktaadn O N THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the rai... ...he railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the ... ...lumber trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about on... .... Jackson, the State Geologist, in 1837; and by two young men from Boston in 1845. All these have given accounts of their ex peditions. Since I was t... ... either hand, and beyond, was a wholly uninhabited wilderness, stretching to Canada. Neither horse nor cow, nor vehicle of any kind, had ever passed o... ...e country of uninterrupted forest, stretching away up the East Branch toward Canada, on the north and northwest, and toward the Aroostook valley on th... ... the Jesuit missionaries, accustomed to the St. Lawrence and other rivers of Canada, in their first expeditions to the Abenaquinois, speak of rivers fe...

...Excerpt: ON THE 31st of August, 1846, I left Concord in Massachusetts for Bangor and the backwoods of Maine, by way of the railroad and steamboat, intending to accompany a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobsco...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...andi- date, and that they are for Texas anyhow. As ever yours, A. LINCOLN. 1845 SELECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL CAN- DIDATES TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN, SPRINGFI... ...OF CONGRESSIONAL CAN- DIDATES TO Gen. J. J. HARDIN, SPRINGFIELD, Jany. 19, 1845. DEAR GENERAL: I do not wish to join in your proposal of a new plan fo... ...e. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO _________ WILLIAMS, SPRINGFIELD, March 1, 1845. FRIEND WILLIAMS: The Supreme Court adjourned this morning for the ter... ...ropose. If to-day he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You... ...they have is very limited, but they drive at it might and main. He invaded Canada without resistance, and he outvaded it without pursuit. As he did bo... ...treaty with Great Britain by which fugitive slaves may be re- claimed from Canada. As yet they are but few on either 172 The Writings of Abraham Linc...

...urs of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or...

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Walden, Or Life in the Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

...Henry David Thoreau s or Life in the Woods This publication of Walden, or Life in the Woods is part of Th... ...ng Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, faculty editor. Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...savage. But to make haste to my own experi ment. Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, nearest ... ...there, which, by accident, was on Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, 1845, my house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence agains... ...y any existance for him. He was about twenty eight years old, and had left Canada and his father’s house a dozen years before to work in the States, a... ...n 225 and the faint honk or quack of their leader as they hurried off. In 1845 Walden froze entirely over for the first time on the night of the 22d ... ...cled about over my head, twenty nine of them, and then steered straight to Canada, with a regular honk from the leader at intervals, trusting to break... ...re. The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a...

Excerpt: Walden, or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau.

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Walden Or, Life in the Woods

By: Henry David Thoreau

...als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 The Pond in Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Spr... ... HEN I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myse... ... neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands ... ...wiser savage. But to make haste to my own experiment. Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, neares... ...s there, which, by accident, was on Independence Day, or the fourth of July, 1845, my house was not finished for winter, but was merely a defence again... ...dly any existence for him. He was about twenty eight years old, and had left Canada and his father’s house a dozen years before to work in the States,... ...to feed, and the faint honk or quack of their leader as they hurried off. In 1845 Walden froze entirely over for the first time on the night of the 22d... ...rcled about over my head, twenty nine of them, and then steered straight to Canada, with a regular honk from the leader at intervals, trusting to bre... ...here. The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in...

...Excerpt: WHEN I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. ...

... -- Higher Laws, 132 -- Brute Neighbors, 140 -- House-Warming, 149 -- Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors, 160 -- Winter Animals, 169 -- The Pond in Winter, 176 -- Spring, 186 -- Conclusion, 199...

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Autobiography

By: John Stuart Mill

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiography by John Stuart Mill , the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...at variance with their principles, such as the Irish Coercion Bill, or the Canada Coercion in 1837, they came forward manfully, and braved any amount ... ...end ing to complete internal self government, were in full opera tion in Canada within two or three years, and have been since extended to nearly al... ...portance which I had previously written. It was commenced in the autumn of 1845, and was ready for the press before the end of 1847. In this period of...

...ine that any part of what I have to relate can be interesting to the public as a narrative or as being connected with myself. But I have thought that in an age in which education and its improvement are the subject of more, if not of profounder, study than at any former period of English history, it may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was u...

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Proposed Roads to Freedom

By: Bertrand Russell

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell, the Pennsylvania... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ely derived. Perhaps more important than any of these was Robert Owen.] In 1845 Marx was expelled from Paris and went with Engels to live in Brussels.... ...he price of food must ultimately increase also as the sources of supply in Canada, the Argentine, Australia and elsewhere are more and more used up. T...

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Familiar Studies of Men and Books

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson, th... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... are worth; and it is chilling to think how many must lose their wager. In 1845, twenty-eight years old, an age by which the live- liest have usually ... ... full quantity upon the reader in such books as Cape Cod, or The Yankee in Canada. Of the latter he con- fessed that he had not managed to get much of... ...d to get much of himself into it. Heaven knows he had not, nor yet much of Canada, we may hope. “Nothing,” he says somewhere, “can shock a brave man b... ...there are few spots more shocking to the brave than the pages of Yankee in Canada. There are but three books of his that will be read with much pleasu...

...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of ...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...rge 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 Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant, the Pennsylvani... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...but we only met once in the period of four years and three months. In May, 1845, I procured a leave for twenty days, visited St. Louis, and obtained t... ...themselves and 26 Personal Memoirs the State to the United States, and in 1845 their offer was accepted. The occupation, separation and annexation we... ...United States was passed. It reached President T yler on the 1st of March, 1845, and promptly received his approval. When the news reached us we began... .... The cloth was thicker than anything of the kind I had ever seen, even in Canada. The overcoat extended nearly to his feet, and was so large that it ...

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