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...art thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit... ...e her his consort by changing the law to allow for a morganatic marriage (of people from different classes, with no rights of inheritance). Simpson ... ...ary/weekly/aa042597.htm http://www.patentmuseum.com/ebayhtmls/111mj.html Burma (Aung San) Aung San Suu Kyi is a much revered opposition leader in My... ... to India in the 1960s. She is cherished by all her countrymen. Moreover, Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of an illustrious figure in Burmese ... ...sand zetta (one septillion). Juan Enriquez quotes a study by the University of California at Berkeley in his tome, "As the Future Catches You -... ...emor of magnitude 6. The Kobe earthquake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale, the San Francisco tremor of 1906 was 8.3 (as was the earthquake in the ... ... the total energy of the tremor. The Kobe earthquake measured 7 on the MMS, the San Francisco tremor of 1906 was 7.6, and the Alaskan quake of 1964 ... ... mathematicians dedicated to studying the Fibonacci numbers (permutations of phi). Artists like Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok studied it obsessively. ... ... allowed to enter Leonardo's den, where he kept, as Giorgio Vasari in "Lives of the Artists", describes: "a number of green and other kinds of lizar...
...emonade by Wally Amos with Camilla Denton Aslan Publishing Lower Lake, California U.s.A. Published by AsIan Publishing P.O. Box 108 Lower La... ...cal, photocopy, recording or otherwise, with out prior written permission from Asian Publishing, Lower Lake, California, USA, with the exception of ... ...er and author. Portions of material in chapters 3 and 4 have been derived from The Famous Amos Story, © Wally Amos, 1983 Cover design by Dale Verme... ... hand. They were an order from The United States Ninth District Court in San Francisco, served on me on behalf of The (Nameless) Amos Chocolate Chi... ...nd. They were an order from The United States Ninth District Court in San Francisco, served on me on behalf of The (Nameless) Amos Chocolate Chip Co... ...vin Gaye, to mention a few. I worked with some of the most extraordinary artists of our time. I took the utmost care to respect these relation ship... ... my friends Helen Reddy and her husband Jeff Wald, Marvin Gaye and United Artists' president Artie Mogull, I set forth on my venture. I also receive... ...ess) Amos and its goodwill in the market. The second hearing was held in San Francisco. Patrick repre sented my response to the judge, claiming tha... ... Amos and its goodwill in the market. The second hearing was held in San Francisco. Patrick repre sented my response to the judge, claiming that my...
...enix, Arizona 2005 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest Information & Learning ... ...1-800-521-0600 (Customer Service) http://wwwlib.umi.com/bod/ and online from: Publishing Online, Co. (Seattle, Washington State) ... ...D (Women Organized to Respond to Life threatening Diseases based in Oakland, California) and Women’s AIDS Network of San Francisco and several othe... ...hreatening Diseases based in Oakland, California) and Women’s AIDS Network of San Francisco and several other advocacy organizations are dedicated ... ...tening Diseases based in Oakland, California) and Women’s AIDS Network of San Francisco and several other advocacy organizations are dedicated spec... ...and has stayed that way for some time. In the same sense we can say that the artists canvas learns the pattern of paints the artist smears on its s... ...n, Steven (1996) AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge. University of California Press, Berkeley and London. 32. Exner, T. M. et al. (19... ...evelopment the Origins and Plasticity of Interchanges, W.H. Freeman Company, San Francisco. 100. Rosser, S. V. (1991) AIDS and Women. AIDS Educ... ...opment the Origins and Plasticity of Interchanges, W.H. Freeman Company, San Francisco. 100. Rosser, S. V. (1991) AIDS and Women. AIDS Educatio...
... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cl... ...his beer—very flat and stale by this time—and tak- ing down his concertina from the bookcase, where in week days it kept the company of seven volumes ... ... the necessary books, but he was too hopelessly stupid to get much benefit from them. Then one day at San Francisco had come the news of his mother’s ... ...her had been a veterinary surgeon who had kept a livery stable near by, on California Street, and Marcus’s knowledge of the dis- eases of domestic ani... ...o-comiques and skirt dancers.” And after this came a great array of other “artists” and “specialty performers,” musical wonders, acro- bats, lightning... ...rtists” and “specialty performers,” musical wonders, acro- bats, lightning artists, ventriloquists, and last of all, “The feature of the evening, the ...
...her to foster curiosity about past Information Technology. Paraphrased from Henry Hobhouse’s introduction to Seeds of Change. Table of Contents... ... Francis Bacon. . CHAPTERS 1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet?... ...pe. Travelers to and from the Orient included not just merchants but also artists, diplomats, doctors, scholars, scientists, and priests from all re... ...cs trained to operate them—served as: Gathering places for scholars, artists, and literati. Sanctuaries for foreign translators, émigrés, and... ... he had earned enough to follow two brothers who had answered the lure of California gold. Stranded on the Isthmus on his way west, Darius had to det... ...O. Mills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boa... ...ills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boasted... ...nt and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundr... ...and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundred t...
...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sen...
...2 Titu Popescu THE AESTHETICS OF PARADOXISM (second edition) Translated from Romanian by P. Georgelin, F. Smarandache, and L. Popescu American Res... ...rch Press Rehoboth 2002 3 This book can be ordered in microfilm format from: Bell and Howell Co. (University of Microfilm International) ... ...m Moses proclaims the closing of the museums and the transformation of the artists in programmers of our phantasms - in order to amplify an art or cr... ...inal form that Rene Berger calls “an attempt to communicate” (even if the artists are attached to ideologies and structures, it seems that their exp... ...994, p.80. Bledea, Ion, A Tangle of Language, in ‘Abracadabra”, Salinas, California, USA, October 1993, p.14. Vasile, Geo, The Exorcist from Phoe... ...he, in “American Poets of the 1990’s”, east and West Literary Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 1994, p.62. Lungu, Al., Prose, in “Argo”, Bonn, summer... ...in “American Poets of the 1990’s”, east and West Literary Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 1994, p.62. Lungu, Al., Prose, in “Argo”, Bonn, summer sol... ... Friedman, R. Seth, The Paradoxist Literary Movement, in “Fact Sheet 5”, San Francisco, October 1994, no.53, p.44. Lungu Al., Florentin Smarandac... ...riedman, R. Seth, The Paradoxist Literary Movement, in “Fact Sheet 5”, San Francisco, October 1994, no.53, p.44. Lungu Al., Florentin Smarandache: ...
... consisting in the concomitance of the opposites, which gives it a real specificity. The paradox is of the nature of an explosive nucleus resulting from the fusion of satisfaction and anxiety. The first situation, during an instant, is derived from the appearance of something with a convincing meaning; the second one, that comes immediately, is the perception of someth...
...her to foster curiosity about past Information Technology. Paraphrased from Henry Hobhouse’s introduction to Seeds of Change. Table of Contents... ... Francis Bacon. . CHAPTERS 1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet?... ...pe. Travelers to and from the Orient included not just merchants but also artists, diplomats, doctors, scholars, scientists, and priests from all re... ...cs trained to operate them—served as: Gathering places for scholars, artists, and literati. Sanctuaries for foreign translators, émigrés, and... ... he had earned enough to follow two brothers who had answered the lure of California gold. Stranded on the Isthmus on his way west, Darius had to det... ...O. Mills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boa... ...ills Bank in Sacramento in 1850 and later helped organize the Bank of San Francisco. That bank, a profitable business with unlimited credit, boasted... ...ident and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundr... ...t and returned East in 1873. Just two years later, that same Bank of San Francisco closed its doors with millions in liabilities and only hundred t...
...988. You could walk into that library, and the first thing you‘d see was the computer asking if there were any books you wanted. You selected books from our early selections and then inserted a floppy disc. Then you were prompted to close the drive door, and you got your books. No waiting. No overdue fines. Never any lost books. You could search books using the SEAR...
...fe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illustri- ous orators from the lower classes. Ijet me introduce to you the sophomore orator, Mr. ... ...ns Hall on Raphael and Uembrandt and was illustrated by slides both of the artists' works and of the country surrounding their homes. Prof. Rice showe... ... to Florence while still o youth; and here, under the influ- ence of other artists, he devoted his efforts to Madonnas. In this work the refinement an... ...here to thank the various alumni who, unsolicit- ed, have contributed news from time to time. The same prinoiplo obtains in the collection of under- g... ...ouses in Seattle, Wash., having branch of- fices in Spokane, i'ortland and San Francisco. '88 —Matthew H. Hoover, of Lookport, N. Y., on March 4 as- s... ...s in Seattle, Wash., having branch of- fices in Spokane, i'ortland and San Francisco. '88 —Matthew H. Hoover, of Lookport, N. Y., on March 4 as- sumed... ...rey Co., manufac- turers of building materials, at 1665-07 Mission street, San Fran- cisco. —The Williams alumni of Brooklyn, N. Y., will give an in- ... ...e Harvard law school. Johnson will study architecture at the University of California. Continued in the next isme. MONDAY. APRIL 15 7.80 p. m.—Last of...
...000 copies distributed in Williamstown, in addition to more than 600 subscribers across the country. The newspaper does not receive financial support from the college or from the student government and relies on revenue generated by local and national ad sales, subscriptions, and voluntary contributions for use of its website. Both Sawyer Library and the College Archives m...
...aw and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. The author has made an online version of this work a... ... 004.67 80112—dc22 2007050361 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for... ..., 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to an eager au- dience crammed into San Francisco’s Moscone Center. 1 A beautiful and brilliantly engineered ... ...07, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to an eager au- dience crammed into San Francisco’s Moscone Center. 1 A beautiful and brilliantly engineered devi... ...ined more a curiosity than a call to arms. Keith Bostic of the University of California–Berkeley computer science department described in a retrospect... ...ativity it enables among coders, but also by the creativity it enables among artists—and among groups of each. 90 THE GENERATIVE PATTERN Generative te... ...nowledgments 248 Notes 249 INTRODUCTION 1. Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple, Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address, Jan. 9, 2007, available at http://www... ...edgments 248 Notes 249 INTRODUCTION 1. Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple, Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address, Jan. 9, 2007, available at http://www.app... ...blishers, Untrustworthy Systems, and the Dream of a Digital Rev- olution for Artists, 114 H. L. R. 2438, 2455 – 56 (2001) (asserting that the No ...
...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation?a...
...ory of those who have parted …” The lyrics float up through the rotunda of San Jose, Calif.’s City Hall. It’s Dec. 1, 2009, World AIDS Day. I am one ... ...ser Ruth. It is my first public performance in 14 years. Three people away from me on the stage is a grey-haired man with a seeing-eye dog. Karl’s go... ... of combating AIDS, when one of the bands I worked with did a benefit for San Francisco’s Shanti Project. The man who came out from the group was sur... ...combating AIDS, when one of the bands I worked with did a benefit for San Francisco’s Shanti Project. The man who came out from the group was surpris... ...th did a benefit for San Francisco’s Shanti Project. The man who came out from the group was surprised that I was so willing to return his hug. “So ... ...alking about what music we listened to. People around me cited Christian artists like Don Francisco (whose "He's Alive" I had sung during a service... ... music we listened to. People around me cited Christian artists like Don Francisco (whose "He's Alive" I had sung during a service) and Keith Green... ...ity issues for four years, and I was at a rally protesting the passage of California's Proposition 8. Before Rev. Mike ever spoke, I was keenly aware... ...e of color and women into something righteous. Yet, with Proposition 8 in California, SB 1070 in Arizona and Oklahoma's new law requiring vaginal ul...
...ess Control Number: 2008932282 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO ... ...4 AM Page vi Acknowledgments ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 The ideas for this book come from the theoretical and practical work I have been doing for the last te... ...allow a decentralized and iconoclastic cultural ferment in which independent artists, musicians, and writers can take their unique visions, histories,... ...rhaps you are a collage artist who wishes to incorporate images that amateur artists have put online. None of the works are marked by a copyright symb... ...nclosure. Law students across America read Moore v. Regents of University of California, a California Supreme Court case deciding that Mr. Moore had n... ...eedom to add to it, and she did—“My Life.” Changed. On December 15, 2002, in San Francisco, a charitable organization called Creative Commons was laun... ...m to add to it, and she did—“My Life.” Changed. On December 15, 2002, in San Francisco, a charitable organization called Creative Commons was launched... ...rsity Press, 2004). 2. These types of patents are discussed in Chapter 7. 3. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Com... ...y Press, 2004). 2. These types of patents are discussed in Chapter 7. 3. San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc., et al. v. United States Olympic Committ...
...art thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to ... ...ding to this latter day - rational - version of the dismal science, people refrain from repeating their mistakes systematically. They seek to optim... ...rt Solow and, more importantly, by Paul Romer, an economist from the University of California at Berkeley, clearly demonstrates. Additionally, it i... ...Parr" the lead author of the Report. Public declarations issued in Havana, Cuba, in San Jose, Costa Rica in the late 1990's touted the benefits of f... ...Hal Varian of the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California in Berkeley summarizes the treatment of "Price Discri... ...atent it acquired in 1997 when VTel, from which Forgent was spun-off, purchased the San-Jose based Compression Labs. The patent pertains to a cruc... ...l Jackson, Schwarzenegger and Grisham are businessmen at least as much as they are artists. Intellectual property is a relatively new notion. In t... ...e revered. But they were rarely financially rewarded. Well into the 19th century, artists and innovators were commissioned - and salaried - to pro... ... wine bars. Pavlo Lazarenko, a former Ukrainian prime minister, is detained in San Francisco on money laundering charges. His defense team accuses...
...s even better. And a big thank you to Joy and Vickie; you are such beautiful artists. Credits: Senior Editor: Janet Musick Copy Editor: Jeannie Eddy C... ...n Castle Crag, Dirkk intro- duces her to his Ru’taha, soulless beings formed from Daradawn’s own people. Tongueless, they have no will except Dirkk’s.... ...ital, to save the city and Queen Tessa. They know time, and Peter’s weakness from overuse of the Power, works against them. Regan forces her will on Z... ... doorbell again, and then drew her finger back. A gust of wind pulled at her San Francisco Forty-niners’ baseball cap and, as she reached up a slender... ...rbell again, and then drew her finger back. A gust of wind pulled at her San Francisco Forty-niners’ baseball cap and, as she reached up a slender han... ...” Kelsey raised an eyebrow. The Mark Hopkins, one of the ritziest hotels in San Francisco, sat atop Nob Hill. Duncan had taken her to the rotating re... ...elsey raised an eyebrow. The Mark Hopkins, one of the ritziest hotels in San Francisco, sat atop Nob Hill. Duncan had taken her to the rotating restau... ...s, master. It will be as you command.” BARBARA M. HODGES lives in Nipomo, California, a small town on the central coast. She shares her life with h...
...state: Nawin of Thais By Steven Sills 1 He assumed that in being exhausted from sporadic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts ... ...time there was a languid battle with insomnia and inordinate time that he, from his "exalted tomb," disdainfully sullied. A god watching the cookie w... ...ny ways it besot him like orphic sound to a musician, or the tenebrisms of artists (Carvaggios like himself); but nonetheless he continued to project ... ...preted as a glowering figure and quickened her pace to escape him. Passing California Fitness, 7 Eleven, Robinson Department store, and a Haagen-Dazs ... ...and now, the beauty of the human frame was there to be shown by discerning artists. He posited that his own artistic proclivities in conjunction with ... ...dangling from bulletin boards, and pedestrian blockage rails near the Khao San Road police station and the National Gallery) it was apparent that the ... ... he had come here instead of picking up his airline ticket and flying into San Francisco as he had planned. Perhaps this was why he had forfeited a r... ...had come here instead of picking up his airline ticket and flying into San Francisco as he had planned. Perhaps this was why he had forfeited a retur...
...he Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE CORACLE TO THE CHRISTIANIZI... ...PACE COLORED PLATES, DRAWN ESPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK BY AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS. PUBLISHED AND MANUFACTURED BY HISTORICAL ... ... priest -- Collection of Peter's pence in the New World -- Crusader volunteers from America -- Interruption of communication -- Disappearance of the N... ...ery of Magellan Strait -- Hurrah! Afloat on the Great South Sea -- Loss of the San Antonio -- Away, across the Pacific -- A long voyage and provisions... ...passage -- Capture of other Spanish vessels on his way -- Among the natives of California -- The discovery of tobacco -- A camp on shore -- Fear of th... ... after that of Columbus is given in subsequent chapters, from the discovery of San Salvador to the reclamation of all the countries and islands of the... ... of three small vessels, and something more than 100 men, under the command of Francisco Hernandez, to make an exploration among the adjacent islands ... ...h exquisite manner that they vastly surpassed the best workmanship of European artists; and besides these, a Spanish helmet, which had been sent to Mo... ...f California, entering a bay, which is supposed to have been the harbor of San Francisco. When the Hind approached the shore several natives were seen...
...on ceremonies or reading their mandates became irrelevant. Yang Lin, parting from their movement toward the steps that led toward the Royal Museum, be... ...tely something that was not wanted. It stayed with him on the bus. On a ride from the Nambu Bus Terminal to Chongju, Sang Huin's sleep was spastic lik... ...ere sentient beings. They too knew that they were constructing homes in the San Andreas Fault Line. The shaking was quite palpable but what could th... ...sical prostitution. Before Hallmark removed her from their list of freelance artists for accidentally mailing in one of her profane sketches, she had ... ... She supported her premise with quotations from Emerson, Thoreau, and myriad artists. It was a typical speech presented and specifically catered to t... ...his would be a contemplative retreat. A week later she went from New York to San Fransisco; San Fransisco to Tokyo; and then Tokyo to Bangkok. She to... ...g with Led Zepplin. "I've made up my mind to make a new start./ I'm going to California with an aching in my heart./ Someone told me there is a girl o... ...made the proposal. "I was thinking that we might fly from Little Rock to San Francisco and then over that way." His hand pointed to the McDonalds arch... ...of you can go back to wherever you came from. It was in a descent to the San Francisco airport, when the seatbelt light went on and the captainﾁOs voi...
...art thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to ... ...- but there can be no doubt that it exists. Its rights - whatever they are - derive from the fact that it exists and that it has the potential to de... ...uninterrupted service. Predictably, failure ensued - from electricity utilities in California to railway operators in Britain. The simultaneous cru... ...wn) and a more universal one was relegated to a group of special individuals called artists. Theirs is the job to experience (mostly emotions), to ... .... They could be alive or dead (for instance, he could measure himself against past artists). They could be few or many, but they must exist for art... ...members of exploratory expeditions gone astray (the Donner Party in Sierra Nevada, California and John Franklin's Polar expedition), famine-stricke... ...o (fifth century AD), Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) in his "Summa Theologicae", Francisco de Vitoria (1548-1617), Francisco Suarez (1548-1617), ...
...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...R I JUST AFTER PASSING Caraher’s saloon, on the County Road that ran south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ranch from that of Los Muer... ... the faint and prolonged blowing of a steam whistle that he knew must come from the railroad shops near the depot at Bonneville. In starting out from ... ... end of the dry season, and all Tulare County, all the vast reaches of the San Joaquin Valley—in fact all South Central Califor- nia, was bone dry, pa... ...e part of Magnus Derrick, had come to stay in the dry, even climate of the San Joaquin for an indefinite length of time. He was thirty years old, and ... ...le. Once, even, he had made the entire run between the latter town and San Francisco in the cab. Dyke’s home was in Guadalajara. He lived in one of th... ...he county. The offices of the ranches were thus connected by wire with San Francisco, and through that city with Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago, New Yor... ...ir, such as one sees in the saints and evan- gelists of the pre-Raphaelite artists, hung over his ears. Presley again remarked his pointed beard, blac... ...a for the entire Fake. The decayed professors, virtuosi, litterateurs, and artists thronged to the place en masse. Their clamour filled all the air. O...
Excerpt: The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris.
...3 Frank Norris Blix by Frank Norris 1899 Chapter I IT HAD JUST STRUCK NINE from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, wh... ...hen and dining-room, so that the latter room was at the rear of the house. From its window one could command a sweep of San Fran- cisco Bay and the Co... ...was at the rear of the house. From its window one could command a sweep of San Fran- cisco Bay and the Contra Costa shore, from Mount Diablo, along pa... ...; and Howard added: “Here she comes now.” Travis Bessemer came in. Even in San Francisco, where all women are more or less beautiful, Travis passed fo... ...d Howard added: “Here she comes now.” Travis Bessemer came in. Even in San Francisco, where all women are more or less beautiful, Travis passed for a ... ...e out of mind had rented a half-pew in the church of their denomination on California Street, not far from Chinatown. By noon the family reassembled. ... ..., and a few months after his return home was taken on the staff of the San Francisco “Daily Times” as an associ- ate editor of its Sunday supplement. ... ...ay down to the wharf. For Condy had joined a certain San Francisco club of artists, journalists, musicians, and professional men that is one of the in... ...nday’s supplement of the “Times,” with il- lustrations by one of the staff artists. It attracted not the least attention. Just before he went to bed t...
...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer?s plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted ...
... that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constituti... ...serve should be valued by the human family. Those liberties had been wrung from reluctant monarchs in many contests, in many countries, and were group... ...en true in 1832, but is not so in 1874, when great cities like Chicago and San Francisco have sprung up in the Western States. But as yet the Western ... ...rue in 1832, but is not so in 1874, when great cities like Chicago and San Francisco have sprung up in the Western States. But as yet the Western Stat... ...xico in 1846, and ended in the conquest of an immense territory, including California. 196 Democracy in America Chapter XI: Why the People May Strict... ...ndian population of the United States is only 25,731, of whom 7,241 are in California. *I brought back with me to France one or two copies of this sin... ... path which fortune opens to him; he becomes a sailor, a pioneer, an arti- san, or a laborer with the same indifference, and he sup- ports, with equal... ...iences made less progress than in the United States; and in few have great artists, fine poets, or celebrated writers been more rare. Many Europe- ans... ...ndred habits. Amongst this people they found distinguished men of science, artists of skill, writers of eminence, and they were enabled to enjoy the t...
...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 the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which...
...oss The Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson CHAPTER I ACROSS THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDA... ...OSS THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’clock when ... ...THE PLAINS LEA VES FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF AN EMIGRANT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO MONDAY. – It was, if I remember rightly, five o’clock when we w... ...; and as there is no emigrant train on Sunday a great part of the passengers from these four ships was concentrated on the train by which I was to tra... ...g miles of desert, we might have taken an hour to each repast and arrived at San Fran- cisco up to time. For haste is not the foible of an emigrant tr... ...oon as I was alone with emigrants, and from the T ransfer all the way to San Francisco, I found this ceremony was pretermitted; the train stole from t... ...not written to you before now, you will be surprised to heare that we are in California, and that poor Thomas” (another brother, of fifteen) “is dead.... ...elieve that the name of Hills had become famous. Siron’s inn, that excellent artists’ barrack, was managed upon easy principles. At any hour of the ni... ...subsequent achievement appears dull and earthly in com- parison. We were all artists; almost all in the age of illusion, cultivating an imaginary geni...
...act, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of 4 Around the World in 80 Days the Entomologis... ... with whom he had an open credit. His cheques were regularly paid at sight from his account current, which was always flush. Was Phileas Fogg rich? Un... ...13 “ From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer 6 “ From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ..... 22 “ From San Francisco to New York, by rai... ... “ From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamer 6 “ From Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamer ..... 22 “ From San Francisco to New York, by rail ..... ...t Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York, and Lon- don—from the 2nd of October to the 21st o... ...ris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York, and Lon- don—from the 2nd of October to the 21st of De... ... But, instead of forming a pyramid by mounting each other’s shoulders, the artists were to group themselves on top of the noses. It happened that the ... ...ves on the floor, their noses point- ing to the ceiling. A second group of artists disposed them- selves on these long appendages, then a third above ... ...ng them English, many Americans, a large number of coolies on their way to California, and several East Indian officers, who were spending their vacat...
...ves as the authors of their own distinc- tion. He was of a fat habit, even from boyhood, and in- clined to a cheerful and cursory reading of the face ... ...s were as the chatter of tree-top apes; the paper brought him chill whiffs from it; he had met Englishmen who had asked lightly if he did not belong t... ...spair, that he turned his back on his native city, and set out on foot for California, with a more immediate eye to Glasgow. 19 Stevenson CHAPTER IV—... ...o some degree of self-compla- cency, and installed as a clerk in a bank in San Francisco, it would take too long to tell; nor in these episodes were t... ...me degree of self-compla- cency, and installed as a clerk in a bank in San Francisco, it would take too long to tell; nor in these episodes were there... ...This young man was the nephew of one of the Nob Hill magnates, who run the San Francisco Stock Exchange, much as more humble adventurers, in the corne... ... young man was the nephew of one of the Nob Hill magnates, who run the San Francisco Stock Exchange, much as more humble adventurers, in the corner of... ...ults and virtues in terms of our own. Hence the proverbial tol- eration of artists for their own evil creations. Hence, too, it came about that Dick N... ... certainty that they would hear no more of the transaction. Among resident artists he enjoyed celebrity of a non- professional sort. He had spent more...
... deal of byplay, a great stand- ing off with folded arms and head drooping from side to side, stroking of a dimpled chin with a dimpled hand, sighing ... ...holic, but I want to buy it. Combien? Write it here.” And he took a pencil from his pocket and showed her the fly-leaf of his guide-book. She stood lo... ...rangeness. It was under these circumstances that he made his entrance into San Fran- cisco, the scene, subsequently, of his happiest strokes of fortun... ... the portico, a card upon which, under his name, he had written the words “San Francisco,” and while he presented it he looked warily at his interlocu... ... portico, a card upon which, under his name, he had written the words “San Francisco,” and while he presented it he looked warily at his interlocutor.... ...ered whether it would not be possible to “get up” something like it in San Francisco. He stood for half an hour in the crowded square before this edif... ...a pianist. It was, in fact, Madame de Cintre’s “authority,” as they say of artists, that especially impressed and fasci- nated Newman; he always came ... ...ou were, she would have taken you for a duke—an American duke, the Duke of California. I said that I could warrant you grateful for the smallest favor... ...like the thing,” Valentin rejoined. “Mademoiselle Nioche is like the great artists whose biographies we read, who at the beginning of their career hav...
... say that the first movable types were made on birch sticks—BUCHSTABE—hence the name. I was taught a lesson in political economy in Frankfort. I had b... ...ne as their clothes. In one of the shops I had the luck to stumble upon a book which has charmed me nearly to death. It is entitled THE LEGENDS OF THE... ...one man who could. I knew he could, however, because he told me so him- self. He was a middle-aged, simple-hearted miner who had lived in a lonely cor... ...But I did not care, for I had come out for a pedestrian tour anyway. CHAPTER XIV Rafting Down the Neckar WHEN THE LANDLORD LEARNED that I and my agent... ...k out of Heilbronn, but called up Go”tz von Berlichingen’s horse and cab and made us ride. I made a sketch of the turnout. It is not a Work, it is onl... ...s doing,” said the man, joyously, “and it’s the biggest luck in the world that I’ve found you. My name is Lykins. I’m one of the teachers of the high ... ...ing,” said the man, joyously, “and it’s the biggest luck in the world that I’ve found you. My name is Lykins. I’m one of the teachers of the high scho... ...s … you’ve come to the right place for that. When did you arrive?” “Just an hour ago.” “When are you intending to leave?” “For New York tomorrow eveni... ...you’ve come to the right place for that. When did you arrive?” “Just an hour ago.” “When are you intending to leave?” “For New York tomorrow evening—f...
... 6 sulphur and stone and other obstructing inborn heredities, brought down from the old geologic ages—prejudices, let us call them. Prejudices which n... ...trong ones. In each case, to get the best results, you must free the metal from its obstructing prejudicial ones by education— smelting, refining, and... ...rane ous matter that helped me to another link. It made me notorious, and San Francisco invited me to lecture. Which I did. And profitably. I had lon... ... ous matter that helped me to another link. It made me notorious, and San Francisco invited me to lecture. Which I did. And profitably. I had long ha... ...s: “In that region the weather —” “At that time it was a custom —” “But in California one never heard —” Eleven of them. They initialed the brief divi... ...ghtning; its duty was to remind me when it was time to begin to talk about San Francisco weather, where there is no lightning—nor thunder, either—and... ...ing; its duty was to remind me when it was time to begin to talk about San Francisco weather, where there is no lightning—nor thunder, either—and it ... ... English, and that answered very well. English and alien poets, statesmen, artists, heroes, battles, plagues, cataclysms, revolutions—we shoveled them... ...ock for the chief roles, and one of these is composed of the most renowned artists in the world, with Materna and Alvary in the lead. I suppose a doub...
...ost masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it. When Newland ... ...l world re- quired that the German text of French operas sung by Swed- ish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer un- derstanding o... ...her, leaning against the wall at the back of the club box, turned his eyes from the stage and scanned the op- posite side of the house. Directly facin... ... sold off a year or two before his mysterious and discred- itable death in San Francisco—an incident less publicly hu- miliating to the family than th... ...d off a year or two before his mysterious and discred- itable death in San Francisco—an incident less publicly hu- miliating to the family than the sa... ...omposed Mrs. Archer’s world lay the almost unmapped quarter inhab- ited by artists, musicians and “people who wrote.” These scat- tered fragments of h... ... ‘em out of it. When I built this house you’d have thought I was moving to California! Nobody ever HAD built above Fortieth Street—no, says I, nor abo...
...re nor less than with an aquatic mammal, unknown till then, which threw up from its blow-holes columns of water mixed with air and vapour. Similar fac... ...Navigation Company. But this extraordinary creature could transport itself from one place to another with surprising velocity; as, in an inter- val of... ...pace, when, on the 2nd of July, they learned that a steamer of the line of San Francisco, from California to Shanghai, had seen the animal three weeks... ..., when, on the 2nd of July, they learned that a steamer of the line of San Francisco, from California to Shanghai, had seen the animal three weeks bef... ...nd of July, they learned that a steamer of the line of San Francisco, from California to Shanghai, had seen the animal three weeks before in the North... ... last souvenirs of that world which is dead to me. In my eyes, your modern artists are already old; they have two or three thousand years of existence... ... but an im- mense sea. Some sails on the horizon, doubtless those going to San Roque in search of favourable winds for doubling the Cape of Good Hope....
...aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering, of lassies in sunbonnets, an... ...onsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities. But it secretes friendly girls, yo... ...the Chinese lantern which Mr. Marbury had brought back as his present from San Francisco. Carol found the Marburys admiring and therefore admirable. T... ...Chinese lantern which Mr. Marbury had brought back as his present from San Francisco. Carol found the Marburys admiring and therefore admirable. This ... ... of a place called Gopher Prai- rie, but ten thousand towns from Albany to San Diego: Dyer’s Drug Store, a corner building of regular and un- real blo... ...ht. The Arab village of Djeddah—an intricately chased jewel-box. A town in California which had changed itself from the barren brick fronts and slatte... ...hey were a special caste, neither above nor below the Haydocks, but apart, artists and adventurers. The night telegraph-operator at the railroad stati... ...Ander- son, Henry Mencken, and all the other subversive phi- losophers and artists whom women were consulting ev- erywhere, in batik-curtained studios... ...where, in batik-curtained studios in New York, in Kan- sas farmhouses, San Francisco drawing-rooms, Alabama schools for negroes. From them she got the...
...y was full of such grotesqueries, but the clean towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses,... ... hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a Little Theater play, an artistic adventure... ...u— some genuine bargains that came in to-day: SILVER GROVE.—Cute four-room California bungalow, a.m.i., garage, dandy shade tree, swell neighborhood, ... ...to chumminess with the arts. He called on the famous actors and vaudeville artists when they came to town, gave them cigars, addressed them by their f... ...ift-books”—large, expensive editions of fairy-tales illustrated by English artists and as yet un- read by any Babbitt save Tinka. In a corner by the f... ...ce.” “That’s a fact. Say, uh, speaknubout hotels, I hit the St. Francis at San Francisco for the first time, the other day, and, say, it certainly is ... ... “That’s a fact. Say, uh, speaknubout hotels, I hit the St. Francis at San Francisco for the first time, the other day, and, say, it certainly is a fi... ...lks, but New York is cursed with unnumbered foreigners. So are Chicago and San Francisco. Oh, we have a golden roster of cities—Detroit and Cleve- lan... ... but New York is cursed with unnumbered foreigners. So are Chicago and San Francisco. Oh, we have a golden roster of cities—Detroit and Cleve- land wi...
..............23 BOOK II............................................24 Starting from Paumanok.....................24 BOOK III............................... ...OK IV. CHILDREN OF ADAM ...103 To the Garden the World...................103 From Pent Up Aching Rivers............103 I Sing the Body Electric.......... ...es of the Organ.........................................121 Facing West from California’s Shores ....................................................1... ...the Conquer’d Fame..137 We Two Boys Together Clinging.......138 A Promise to California.....................138 Here the Frailest Leaves of Me........... ... the antique to justify it. 5 Dead poets, philosophs, priests, Martyrs, artists, inventors, governments long since, Language shapers on other sho... ...erica, The drops I distil upon you shall grow fierce and athletic girls, new artists, musicians, and singers, Leaves of Grass –Whitman 114 The babes... ...e, The city wharf, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, San Francisco, the departing ships when the sailors heave at the capstan;... ...he city wharf, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, San Francisco, the departing ships when the sailors heave at the capstan; Eve...
...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, f...
.................................23 Thou Reader........................................23 BOOK II............................................24 Starting from Paumanok.....................24 BOOK III..........................................38...
...art only broken images of the truth which they perceive. Speech which goes from one to another between two natures, and, what is worse, between two ex... ... process of the mind, but in a supreme self-dictation, which keeps varying from hour to hour in its dictates with the varia- tion of events and circum... ... thirty, or a hundred thousand at his banker’s, or if all Yorkshire or all California were his to manage or to sell, he would still be morally pennile... ...isagreeable remembrance is of a bracing, Republican postman in the city of San Francisco. I lived in that city among working folk, and what my neighbo... ...reeable remembrance is of a bracing, Republican postman in the city of San Francisco. I lived in that city among working folk, and what my neighbours ... ...he practisers of delightful industries, like gardening; some are students, artists, inventors, or dis- coverers, men lured forward by successive hopes... ... that point is one rather of the difference of arts than the difference of artists. Throughout his best and worst, in his highest and most divine imag...
... more nobly and profoundly than he speaks; and the best of teachers can impart only broken images of the truth which they perceive. Speech which goes from one to another between two natures, and, what is worse, between two experiences, is doubly relative. The speaker buries his meaning; it is for the hearer to dig it up again; and all speech, written or spoken, is in a dea...
...hope you will find your house at Mentone nice. I have been obliged to stop from writing by the want of a pen, but now I have one, so I will con- tinue... ...se of justice forbids the receipt of less – than half-a- crown. – Greeting from, Sir, your most affectionate and needy son, R. STEVENSON. Letter: TO M... ... of the mistress. R. L. S. CHAPTER IV – THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT, MONTEREY AND SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 1879-JULY 1880 Letter: TO SIDNEY COLVIN ON BOARD SS. ‘D... ...the mistress. R. L. S. CHAPTER IV – THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT, MONTEREY AND SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 1879-JULY 1880 Letter: TO SIDNEY COLVIN ON BOARD SS. ‘DEVON... ...e closes. Letter: TO SIDNEY COLVIN [IN THE EMIGRANT TRAIN FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 1879.] DEAR COLVIN, – I am in the cars between Pittsb... ...oses. Letter: TO SIDNEY COLVIN [IN THE EMIGRANT TRAIN FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 1879.] DEAR COLVIN, – I am in the cars between Pittsburgh... ... R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO SIDNEY COLVIN [COAST LINE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 1879.] HERE is another curious start in my life. I am... ...ere your name appears. It is called ‘Fontainebleau: Village Communities of Artists,’ and the signature of R. L. Stevenson will be found annexed Please... ... please keep or return. As for not giving a reduction, what are we? Are we artists or city men? Why do we sneer at stock-brokers? O nary; I will not t...
...Stack up on that fer a high cyard,” approved Big Jim Belden, who had come down from his claim on Mazy May to spend Christ mas, and who, as every one ... ...n that line I ever did in my 1 First magazine publication in Overland Monthly, San Francisco, Jan., 1899. First book publi cation in The Son of the W... ...at line I ever did in my 1 First magazine publication in Overland Monthly, San Francisco, Jan., 1899. First book publi cation in The Son of the Wolf,... ... ask Father Roubeau here: he performed the ceremony.” The Jesuit took the pipe from his lips, but could only express his gratification with patriarchal... ...pect, with a scant six days’ 2 First magazine publication in Overland Monthly, San Francisco, Feb., 1899. First book pub lication in The Son of the W... ..., with a scant six days’ 2 First magazine publication in Overland Monthly, San Francisco, Feb., 1899. First book pub lication in The Son of the Wolf,... ...ublication in Brandur Magazine, Oct., 1902. Second magazine publication in The California Review, V ol. 2, No. 6, pp. 376 83, 1904. 118 JACK LONDON B... ...e had undergone. He also babbled incoherently of his mother, of sunny Southern California, and a home among the orange groves and flowers. The days wer... ... of Klakee Nah, a chief, and she lived in the Holy Cross Mission where were no artists, but only pure souled Sisters who were interested in cleanlines...
... Roy, of having some scien- tific person on board, accompanied by an offer from him of giving up part of his own accommodations, that I volunteered my... ...o him; and to add that, during the five years we were together, I received from him the most cordial friendship and steady as- sistance. Both to Capta... ...win gave a pleasing effect to the nearer parts of the scen- ery. BAHIA, OR SAN SALVADOR. BRAZIL, Feb. 29th. — The day has passed delightfully. Delight... ...striches readily take to the water. Mr. King informs me that at the Bay of San Blas, and at Port Valdes in Patagonia, he saw these birds swimming seve... ...ident. When thus em- ployed, their forms resemble the symbol by which many artists represent marine birds. Their tails are much used in steering their... ...but on the western coast, as Dr. Hooker tells me, it extends to the R. San Francisco in California, and perhaps even to Kamtschatka. We thus have an i... ...stern coast, as Dr. Hooker tells me, it extends to the R. San Francisco in California, and perhaps even to Kamtschatka. We thus have an immense range ...
....................................... .............................. 79 THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE ........................................................... .................................... ...................... 190 A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN ................................................................... ......................................................... ...... 210 EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY ............................................................ ...i cittadini, che, per mezzo della pubblica vettura n. 365, lo transporto a San Giovanni di Dio. Ivi il medico di guardia gli riscontro la frattura del... ... other. He was a perfect pet. And he was always a favorite with his fellow artists, and was a conspicuous member of their benevolent secret society, c... ...ous instructions. The ink war ranted to be the kind used by the very best artists. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories 190 A MONUMENT TO ADAM SOME... ... the very least. They must use some of the same people over again, likely. San Francisco is one eighth as populous as New York; there are 60 deaths a ... ... very least. They must use some of the same people over again, likely. San Francisco is one eighth as populous as New York; there are 60 deaths a week... ...a week in the latter—if they have luck. That is 3,120 deaths a year in San Francisco, and eight times as many in New York—say about 25,000 or 26,000. ...
...K ............................................................................................................................................ 79 THE CALIFORNIAN?S TALE ............................................................................................................................... 121 A HELPLESS SITUATION.........................................................