...erne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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. Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, the Pennsylvania St... ...ghty days, now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened. Here is the estimate made by the... ...gg, continuing to play despite the discussion. “But suppose the Hindoos or Indians pull up the rails,” replied Stuart; “suppose they stop the trains, ... ...distances were relatively moder- ate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond m... ...us hypogea, concealed south- east from the docks, or those fine remains of Buddhist archi- tecture, the Kanherian grottoes of the island of Salcette. ... ...rld in 80 Days were seen picturesque bungalows, viharis (sort of abandoned monasteries), and marvellous temples enriched by the ex- haustless ornament... ...emples shaded by immense ce- dar-trees, holy retreats where were sheltered Buddhist priests and sectaries of Confucius, and interminable streets, wher...

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... forever" --Thucydides Part I Koan 0 There was tranquility to be had in a long morphine induced sleep where dreams were as uneventful as the ide... ...erwards with excruciating pain from her backbone being lodged inordinately in one position on her bed for hours, despite the pillows she put under he... ...hat she would experience on awakening from these sleeps was serendipitous in its own way, for it made her reluctant to use the drug, or to use it spa... ...he had shagged impudently in the illusion of love in quiet retreats behind Buddhist temples. Now she could only fixate on what living presences there... ... Back then, wasn't there a belief that this family of indigenous American Indians and pseudo-animists of a Catholic nuance, this seemingly eternal u... ...ome of the occasional drops on her tongue, the way she, a belated American Indian severed of the culture, horselessness notwithstanding, had galloped... ...you once were in your late twenties shows a significant contribution to a Buddhist temple as a form of spiritual retreat lasting a year; and at the a... ...ontinent, sleeping on park benches, in hostels, living in guest houses of Buddhist Monasteries, having no money but no responsibilities in exchange ... ... sleeping on park benches, in hostels, living in guest houses of Buddhist Monasteries, having no money but no responsibilities in exchange for the c...

...This experimental literary novel seeks to probe the mind of Kenyon, an isolated invalid in her home, as she goes through morphine induced sleep and lucid wakefulness, and in both seeking meaning for her life and to be reconciled to her estranged marriage...

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...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 transmis- sion, in any way. A Book of Golden Deeds, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... ...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... ...ased after Louis’s death in a condition which disproves this atrocity. The Indian mutiny might likewise have supplied glorious instances of Christian ... ...est acts that history can show. Y et, it was paralleled in the time of the Indian Mutiny, when every English man and woman was flying from the rage of... ..., at the mouth of the Indus, he sent his ships to survey the coasts of the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf, while he himself marched along the shore of ... ...ll as monks. They were thus all in one—knights, priests, and nurses; their monasteries were both castles and hospi- tals; and the sick pilgrim or woun... ...he curving harbour of Rhodes, with the fine fortified town of churches and monasteries. Some eighteen years after the conquest of Rhodes, the whole is... ...ut they must have retained some of the wind- raising enchantments of their Buddhist brethren in Asia. A great mine had been made under the gate of Ars...

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... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...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 se... ...k Sea and scatter its language west toward the Atlantic, southeast toward India, and northeast toward the Pacific? 4. Scripting Symbols of Shape ... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ...r of the void blocked the advance of science for millennia, but Hindus in India and the Arabs unveil the numerical tools needed for modern science to... ...nth century. Charlemagne’s war against ignorance Roman Catholic Church monasteries in the darkest of the ―Dark Ages‖ prevented the complete colla... ...ir proper dates—and biblical studies. Along with other works from English monasteries, they contributed greatly to a rebirth of scholarship on the c... ...d priests from all religions, including Catholics, Nestorians, Armenians, Buddhists, and Muslims. Kublai Khan‘s reign spawned numerous development... ...ong the Europe‘s west coast. These invading Norsemen plundered British monasteries and prompted monks to pray: From the fury of the Norsemen d...

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...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name ev...

...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 sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of cra...

...The Varieties of Religious Experience A Study in Human Nature by William James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PU... ...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James is a publication of the Pennsylvania 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... ...—”Cosmic conscious- 8 The V arieties of Religious Experience ness”— Yoga— Buddhistic mysticism— Sufism— Christian mystics— Their sense of revelation—... ..., who follows the con- ventional observances of his country, whether it be Buddhist, Christian, or Mohammedan. His religion has been made for him by o... ...urse, the Buddha himself stands in place of a God; but in strict- ness the Buddhistic system is atheistic. Modern tran- scendental idealism, Emersonia... ...we call character than literature can have it under similar conditions. So monasteries and communities of sympathetic devotees open their doors, and i... ...r promise, she knew not where to begin. Having thought on the religious in monasteries, that they forsook all earthly things by being shut up in a clo... ..., we have the church fugient, as one might call it, with its her- mitages, monasteries, and sectarian organizations, both churches pursuing the same o...

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