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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... ...the Turks for deporting the urban Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire's major cities. Today there are less than 60,000 Armenians in Turkey com... ...antis (or Atlantica) was described in antiquity as a large island in the sea to the west of the known world (the Western Ocean), near the Pillars of... ...d and disease-stricken Irish immigrants flooded the new state. Young men in Canada West left in droves for the United States due to a shortage of a... ...deral Court on the Contempt of Court charge and was sentenced to six months in Cook County Jail. His appeal on that charge was subsequently dismisse... ...05:12 AM Property damage: Fire destroyed the business district of San Francisco. Cities along the fault (e.g., San Jose, Salinas, and Santa Rosa)... ...al/numnotation.htm http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm O OK Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the American President (1829-1837) was much... .../giantsquid/giantsquid.html Stamps On May 1, 1840, Great Britain was the first county to issue a postage stamp - the Penny Black, a one penny, ...

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The Voyage Out

By: Virginia Woolf

...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 Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ome sentence, they pass on. Sometimes the flats and churches and hotels of Westminster are like the outlines of Constantinople in a mist; sometimes th... ...cab, by trotting steadily along the same road, soon withdrew them from the West End, and plunged them into London. It appeared that this was a great m... ... Circus she was greatly relieved to pass a build- ing put up by the London County Council for Night Schools. “Lord, how gloomy it is!” her husband gro... ...nds, he told them the adventures of the day: how he had come upon poor old Jackson combing his moustache before the glass in the office, little expect... ...en treated him to a lunch of champagne and ortolans; paid a call upon Mrs. Jackson, who was fatter than ever, poor woman, but asked kindly after Rache... ...d a few flick- ering lights in empty streets marked the places where their cities were built. Red and yellow omnibuses were crowding each other in Pic... ...irring it with his walking-stick and clouding the water with mud), “making cities and moun- tains and whole universes out of nothing, or do we really ...

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What Your Bank Doesn't Want You to Know : About Where to Invest Your Money

By: Lillian R. Villanova

...s book is meant solely as a broad guideline. It is meant to assist the Layperson in understanding the law as it pertains to buying Tax Lien Certifica... ...ins general definitions, guidelines and simple forms. It will assist the reader in understanding the general principles involved, and in drafting s... ...................................................111 Included here is a State and County Directory with an indication of whether the States are Lien ... ...ess and spoken with or visited many counties in a number of states both east and west of the Mississippi. This book is written from the perspective... ..., you will want to give up. The material may seem overwhelming and the various County employees less than helpful. The process of sorting through t... ...duct Tax Deed Sales, ask which governmental entity does. You may find the local Cities and towns conduct the sales or that it is handled by the sta... ...e purchaser. County A division within a state, usually encompassing one or more cities or towns. Covenant that runs with the land A promise or ob... ...more, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lo... ...ton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Lit...

...ther institutional investors enjoy high yield returns on their money, many times using the capital provided by the small investor, such as you and I. In exchange for the use of that capital, they pay interest rates that ar...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...French Guiana 83 French Polynesia 84 Gabon 85 Gambia, The 87 Gaza Strip (see West Bank and Gaza Strip entry on page 276) German Democratic Republic (E... ...) German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 88 Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany) 90 Ghana 91_ Gibraltar 93^ Greece 9 Greenland 95 Grenada 96... ...er age 18 Elections: elections held for People's Congress representatives at county level Political parties and leaders: Chinese Communist Party (CCP)... ...for official purposes; unevenly distributed internal system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and most townships; services in interior and ... ...istance telephone ex- change lines with direct, automatic service to over 24 cities; 6.0 million telephones (3-5 telephones per 100 popl. in large cit... ...h about 700 main telegraph centers capable of general message service at the county level and above; subscriber tele- printer exchange (telex) service... ...ocratic Party of Liberia, Miatta Sher- man, Chairman; Liberian Action Party, Jackson Doe, Chairman; Liberian Unity Party, Gabriel Kpolleh, Chairman; U...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ... Street, Wlllamstown Prank L. Siazenger Golf, Tennis and Hockey Supplies 8 West 28th St., New York H.E, Kinsman& Go. College it it Photographers Also ... ...anv TAILORS At Bemls' .. NEW HAVEN, CONN. The Finest Line of Pianos in the County Cluett& Sons 1 16 State Street North Adams StA,NT)A"RD RBPiTTABl^E ^... ...anv TAILORS At Bemis' .. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Thm FInast Lino of Plmno» In ihm County Cluett& Sons 1 16 State Street North Adams iflMSiii**^ ' ' : . I \U ... ...hat a policy of municipal ownership of street railways is best in American cities." The camiidates are to speak in tlie following order; .VIIirinative... ...at a policy of ninnicipal ownership of street railways is best in American cities,'' which was evi- dently not thoroughly understood by some of the sp... ... be found in MoGuckin '08, Lich- tenhein, Woodfin '09, Abbott, Dunning and Jackson '10. As soon as the weather permits, the Taconic golf course will b... ...as used. WILLIAMS L. W. and A. W. Mitchell 4 Lynde and Dunning Gregory and Jackson 2 CORNELL- „ Cornell and Ingersall Turner and Adier StuU and Owens ...

...ongest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 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...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...ect to the exception immediately following, this book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that co... .... It can be accessed through the author’s Web site at http://www.jz.org. Set in Adobe Garamond type by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printed in... ...ime Steve Jobs had launched a revolution. Thirty years earlier, at the First West Coast Computer Faire in nearly the same spot, the twenty-one-year-ol... ...d cyber café, just as automated teller machines (ATMs) are dispersed around cities today. People could perform electronic document research over anot... ... routinely sent to the TiVo mothership; 37 for example, in the case of Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe mal- function” during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime sh... ...easure- ment, and other legitimate business purposes.”). 38. See Ben Charny, Jackson’s Super Bowl Flash Grabs TiVo Users, CN N., Feb. 2, 2004,... ... THE LESSONS OF WIKIPEDIA 1. See Matthias Schulz, Controlled Chaos: European Cities Do Away with Traffic Signs, S O I’, Nov. 16, 2006, htt... ...al- tered the way courtrooms incorporate new technologies). 49. The Anderson County jailcam was discontinued as of November 27, 2006; the Web site no ... ...es/2006/11/25/tenn_jail_web_cam_jeopardizes _security/ (noting that Maricopa County, Arizona, also shut down its camera after los- ing a lawsuit by in...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...f Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Po... ...llectual property rights and the interests of Big Money, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Schwarzenegger and Grisham are businessmen at least as much as th... ...that support only the biggest and richest? I love "The Bridges of Madison County", but I don't think 95 years, or even 75 years, or even 56 years of... ...er heirs should be supported by it. It then becomes the "Duchy of Madison County" and we are stuck with generations of "Dukes of Madison County." W... ... library for the people. Add to this the number of academic institutions, cities, states, and nations, as well as charities, and you begin to realiz... ...e old restrictions of physical proximity, which can change the concept of cities and suburbs. Virtual teams can spring up and dissipate as needed w... ...o do can no longer be considered merely creative people. Madonna, Michael Jackson, Schwarzenegger and Grisham are businessmen at least as much as th...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pg 706 Incrementalism Cont’d Pg 709 Cities Pg 711 The Effect of Reverse Pyramidality in Human Values Pg 7... ...t Pg 892 Choice and Will Pg 890 Passion Pg 900 Innocence Pg 901 Modern Western Society Pg 903 The Consumer Dynamic Pg 915 The Destruction ... ...nical, robotocized way of viewing the world we live in. Science is a modern, western secular religious tradition: invented by a species which has pr... ... of cultural insanity which is getting progressively worse.. People living in cities covered with concrete and pavement no longer feel any connectio... ...to one's family? Work? Neighbors? Neighborhood? Politically? Municipal? County? State? National? How many charities can one support? Which... ... him in the street in front of the White House. If it had happened in Andrew Jackson’s term: he would have been shot down like a dog in the street.... ...rous split-identities. Try to resolve just how your street-neighborhood-city- county-province-state-national-political identity fits with your family...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...d gallantry displayed in the cap- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of various... ...adron commanded by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of rebel g... ...ral McDowell is in position on your right, his supplies must be drawn from West Point, and you will instruct your staff-officers to be prepared to sup... ...mitted by private messengers, who pursued a circuitous way to the seaboard cities, inland across the States of Pennsylva- nia and Ohio and the norther... ...ay, in your judgment, be neces- sary to garrison and hold all the numerous cities and military 69 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six positions... ... Gamble tele- graphed me, asking that the assessments outside of St. Louis County might be suspended, as they already have been within it, and this mo... ...ev. John M. Robinson, of Colum- bia, Missouri; James L. Matthews, of Boone County, Mis- souri; and James L. Stephens, also of Boone County, Mis- souri...

...ist of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to t...

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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... ...ss. And yet Washington has been a failure. It is commerce that makes great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and... ...and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great among the cities of the earth. They are beaten by none except by London and Paris. Bu... ...ou in the distance, and you will think that you approach the ruins of some western Palmyra. If you are a sportsman, you will desire to shoot snipe wit... ...treets which are really inhabited cluster round that half of it which runs westward from the Capitol. The eastern end, running from the front of the C... ...mediately facing the President’s house, is an equestrian statue of General Jackson. It is very bad; but that it is not nearly as bad as it might be is... ...as—was the ground put forward by South Carolina for secession when General Jackson was President and Mr. Calhoun was the hero of the South. Calhoun bo... ... kinsman than I do in your Englishman. I never ask an Englishman from what county he comes, or what was his town. To Irishmen I usually put such quest...

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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... ...vent. The locality of nearly all this seems to be St. Joseph and Buchanan County. I wish you to give special attention to this region, particularly... ... EXECUTIVE MAN- SION, W ASHINGTON, D. C., November 23, 1863. E. P. EV ANS, West Union, Adams County, Ohio: Y ours to Governor Chase in behalf of John ... ...ON, W ASHINGTON, D. C., November 23, 1863. E. P. EV ANS, West Union, Adams County, Ohio: Y ours to Governor Chase in behalf of John A Welch is before ... ... or other civil obligation on the ground of alienage. In common with other Western powers, our relations with Japan have been brought into serious jeo... ...Congressional Districts, and it would overwhelm us to attempt in counties, cities and towns. Nevertheless we do what we can to oblige in particular c... ...irs, first begun at Chicago and next held in Boston, Cincinnati, and other cities. The motive and object that lie at the bottom of them are worthy of... ...RY: Chaplain Fitzgibbon yesterday sent me a despatch invoking Clemency for Jackson, Stewart, and Randall, who are to be shot to-day. The despatch is ...

...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 Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 1 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...historian thus puts in antithesis. Abraham Lincoln, the rail-splitter, the Western country lawyer, was one of the shrewdest and most en- 6 The Writin... ...and some of his pieces were even deemed good enough for publication in the county weekly. Thus he won a neighborhood reputation as a clever young man,... ...m a friend to buy a new suit of clothes—”store clothes” fit for a Sangamon County statesman; and thus adorned he set out for the state capital, Vandal... ...o of so dramatic a con- test, he had been induced to visit several Eastern cities, and had astonished and delighted large and distinguished audiences ... ...ar different from that of Washington, who was revered with awe, or that of Jackson, the uncon- querable hero, for whom party enthusiasm never grew wea... ... to be immortalized; their names were to be transferred to coun- ties, and cities, and rivers, and mountains; and to be re- vered and sung, toasted th... ...le she is otherwise. She accompanied a large party on the railroad cars to Jacksonville last Monday, and on her re- turn spoke, so that I heard of it,...

...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the lib...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...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... ...cracy in America had ordained and established throughout nearly the entire Western Hemisphere. He had read the story of the FrenchRevolution, much of ... ...queville could not foresee. Yet, in his commendation of the local town and county governments, he applauds and sustains that elementary feature of our... ...eople are more rude in aristocratic coun- tries than elsewhere, in opulent cities than in rural districts. In those places where the rich and powerful... ...eople are more rude in aristocratic coun- tries than elsewhere, in opulent cities than in rural districts. In those places where the rich and powerful... ...he other hand, it may be said that the town- ship was organized before the county, the county before the State, the State before the Union. In New Eng... ...who had been appointed by his predecessor: and I am not aware that General Jackson allowed a single removable functionary em- ployed in the Federal se... ...r democratic character to be met with in all parties – Struggle of General Jackson against the Bank. Parties In The United States A great distinction ...

...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...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State... ...t calculation of beating you and your friends for the lower house, in that county. They offer to bet upon it. Billings and Job, respec- tively, have b... ...ite me at your first leisure. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO JOHN MATHERS, JACKSONVILLE, ILL. SPRINGFIELD, JULY 20, 1858. JNO. MA THERS, Esq. MY DEAR ... ...w Territo- ries from the baneful influence of human bondage, as the North- western Territories were sought to be preserved by the Ordi- nance of 1787,... ..., that barrier. Come down again to our State of Illinois. The great North- west T erritory, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished... ...ent means to counteract, even, if neces- sary, to the bombardment of their cities and, in the extremist necessity, the suspension of the writ of habea... ...ly, A. LINCOLN. We consent: R. MALLORY . H. GRIDER. G . W . DUNLAP . J. S. JACKSON. C. A. WICKLIFFE. August 5, 1861. I repeat, I would like for Col. B...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...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. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...s about the wide land of yellow wa- ters and bleached buffalo bones to the West; the South- ern levees and singing darkies and palm trees toward which... ...arms beyond.” “I know but— Of course I’ve spent nine years around the Twin Cities—took my B.A. and M.D. over at the U., and had my internship in a hos... ... theirs is a pio- neer land. What is its future? she wondered. A future of cities and factory smut where now are loping empty fields? Homes universal ... ...no park to rest the eyes. And since not Gopher Prairie but Wakamin was the county- seat, there was no court-house with its grounds. She glanced throug... ...is afternoon—mighty good duck-shot. The tall husk beyond him is Jack Elder—Jackson Elder—owns the planing-mill, and the Minniemashie House, and quite ... ...he arm of Kennicott’s chair. He was gossiping with Sam Clark, Luke Dawson, Jackson Elder of the planing-mill, Chet Dashaway, Dave Dyer, Harry Haydock,... ...Anoka.” “He did not!” roared Mr. Stowbody. “He settled first in Blue Earth County, him and his father!” (“What’s the point at issue?” Carol whispered ...

...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohi...

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American Notes for General Circulation

By: Charles Dickens

...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 ... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , th... ...even o’clock, or thereabouts; when the captain comes down again, in a sou’ wester hat tied under his chin, and a pilot coat: making the ground wet whe... ..., and so gravely presented on a small scale, that it was like look ing at Westminster through the wrong end of a tele scope. The governor, as her Ma... ...ses and all conditions. In the kind of pro vincial life which prevails in cities such as this, the Pulpit has great influence. The peculiar province ... ...s ev ery session. It is said that on the occasion of a visit from General Jackson or General Harrison to this town (I forget which, but it is not to ... ...e roof of the Governor of the State, until Monday morning. These towns and cities of New England (many of which would be villages in Old England), are... ... but slumber, in the House of Lords. I have seen elections for borough and county, and have never been impelled (no matter which party won) to damage ... ... have a display of goods in their windows, such as may be seen in thriving county towns in England; and there are some which would do no discredit to ...

...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any exist...

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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... ...RATIVE HAPPINESS OF THE SLAVE-BOY AND THE SON OF A SLAVEHOLDER. In T albot county, Eastern Shore, Maryland, near Easton, the county town of that count... ...as smaller, less commodious and less substantial—the cabins erected in the western states by the first settlers. T o my child’s eye, how- ever, it was... ...s, which mark and characterize the slave system, in the southern and south-west- ern states of the American union. The argument in favor of this opini... ... the community in which he lives. Mr. Gore lived in St. Michael’s, T albot county, when I left Maryland; if he is still alive he probably yet resides ... ...rs of the south. In the country, this conflict is not so apparent; but, in cities, such as Baltimore, Richmond, New Orleans, Mobile, &c., it is seen p... ...rs in here.” I also remember attending a revival meeting in the Rev. Henry Jackson’s meeting-house, at New Bedford, and going up the broad aisle to fi... ...e and My Freedom. I visited and lectured in nearly all the large towns and cities in the United Kingdom, and en- joyed many favorable opportunities fo...

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The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins

By: Mark Twain

...arge 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 Stat... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Cle... ...ief citizen was York Leicester Driscoll, about forty years old, judge of the county court. He was very proud of his old Virginian ancestry, and in his... ... trifle of money when he arrived, and he bought a small house on the extreme western verge of the town. Between it and Judge Driscoll’s house there wa... ...as at work over a set of tangled account books in his workroom, which looked westward over a stretch of vacant lots, when a conversation outside distu... ...vate letter to pawnbrokers and—” Blake slapped his thigh, and cried out: “By Jackson, he’s got you, Pudd’nhead! Now why couldn’t I or any fool have t... ...bout me; but I warn’t troublin’ myself none ‘bout dem. “‘Bout dat time Sally Jackson, dat used to be my second chambermaid en ‘uz head chambermaid now... ...sory be fore the fact. The twins were transferred from the city jail to the county prison to await trial. Wilson examined the finger marks on the kni... ...ful Italian “freak”—or “freaks”—which was—or which were—on exhibition in our cities—a combination consist The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson - Mark Tw...

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Babbitt

By: Sinclair Lewis

...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. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ...ll three minutes ago.” V Before he followed his wife, Babbitt stood at the westernmost window of their room. This residential settle- ment, Floral Hei... ...ester- day,” said the Scholar, “and you remember the blizzard they had out West three days ago—thirty inches of snow at Greeley, Colorado—and two year... ... in Zenith or anywhere else. He had heard it said that “conditions” in the County Jail and the Zenith City Prison were not very “scientific;” he had, ... ...an English family—in- deed, more precisely, considering the opinion of old county families upon newly created brewery barons and woolen- mill viscount... ...s souls at an average cost of less than ten dollars a head.” Of the larger cities of the land, only Zenith had hesi- tated to submit its vices to Mike... ...s to hold its annual convention at Monarch, Zenith’s chief rival among the cities of the state. Babbitt was an official delegate; another was Cecil Ro... ...epper lads and slips you a dose of real laughter. Shoot the up and down to Jackson and West for graceful tappers. They run 1-2 under the wire. Provin ...

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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... ...n another; the inflow of English and other immigrants another; their drift westward (my ancestors among them) another; the settlement of certain of th... ...Henry II. Give him thirty five squares of red paper. These hens must face west, like the former ones. (Image not available—ed. ) This hen differs fro... ...ave been startled with the news of extraordinary events—the destruction of cities, the fall of thrones, the murder of kings, the wreck of dynasties, t... ...Is Man and Other Essays 120 changed. A slave came flying from Palmyra, the county seat, a few miles back, and was about to escape in a canoe to Illin... ...no choice. It brought in a true bill, and pres ently the case went to the county court. The trial was a fine sensation. The prisoner was the principa... ...d Decay, fagged with distributing damage and repulsiveness among the other cities of the planet in accordance with the policy and business of their pr... ...y points of interest which he wove into his stories, such as Holiday Hill, Jackson’s Island, or Mark T wain Cave, are now monuments to his genius. Han...

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A Tramp Abroad

By: Mark Twain

...tate University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpos... ...h the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmi... ...se to belong to private parties, instead of gracing and dignifying herself with the honor of possessing and pro- tecting it. Frankfort is one of the s... ...nd in order to commemorate the epi- sode, Charlemagne commanded a city to be built there, which he named Frankfort—the ford of the Franks. None of the... ...oom. They are like long, narrow, high-ceiled bird-cages hung against the building. My room was a corner room, and had two of these things, a north one... ...e rain, but it turned out to be only the murmur of the restless Neckar, tumbling over her dikes and dams far below, in the gorge. I got up and went in... ...comfortably in a blossomy summer meadow instead of being persecuted by a wintry Mark Twain 140 midnight tempest: “I will tell you about that man. It ... ...trickling out and joining the gravy, archipelagoed with mushrooms; a town- ship or two of tender, yellowish fat gracing an outlying dis- trict of this... ... a little to the present day, but with the hyphens left out, in the German fashion. This is the shape it takes: instead of saying “Mr. Simmons, clerk ...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...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. Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania St... ...lemen seem to have indirectly hit upon new clews to that same mystic North-West Passage.” —From “Some- thing” unpublished. “It is impossible to meet a... ... come from lanes and alleys, streets and av- enues—north, east, south, and west. Y et here they all unite. Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the ne... ...an of him. But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg dis- dained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happi... ...e stumped and paupered arm of old Cervantes; Thou who didst pick up Andrew Jackson from the pebbles; who didst hurl him upon a war-horse; who didst th... ...gh the entire breadth of the state of New Y ork; through numerous populous cities and most thriving villages; through long, dis- mal, uninhabited swam... ...d him off to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a 396 Moby Dick fiddler’... ...White Whale; he’ll nail ye! This is a pine tree. My father, in old Tolland county, cut down a pine tree once, and found a silver ring grown over in it...

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...lemen seem to have indirectly hit upon new clews to that same mystic North West Passage.” From “Something” unpublished. “It is impossible to meet a wh... ... come from lanes and alleys, streets and avenues — north, east, south, and west. Yet here they all unite. Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the nee... ...an of him. But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might haply g... ...e stumped and paupered arm of old Cervantes; Thou who didst pick up Andrew Jackson from the pebbles; who didst hurl him upon a war horse; who didst th... ...ugh the entire breadth of the state of New York; through numerous populous cities and most thriving vil lages; through long, dismal, uninhabited swam... ...d him off to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a fiddler’s frolic on the ... ...White Whale; he’ll nail ye! This is a pine tree. My father, in old Tolland county, cut down a pine tree once, and found a silver ring grown over in it...

...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dus...

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Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Bill Clinton

...arge 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 Stat... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , ... ............................44 John Quincy Adams......................57 Andrew Jackson...........................65 Andrew Jackson......................... ...ere may be little solidity in an ancient idea that congregations of men into cities and nations are the most pleasing objects in the sight of superior... ...Union, without preference or regard to a northern or southern, an eastern or western, position, their various political opinions on unessential points... ...ting. To put our extensive coast in such a state of defense as to secure our cities and interior from invasion will be attended with expense, but the ... ... governed in a body, and whose dominions seldom exceeded the dimensions of a county in one of our States, a tumultuous and disorderly movement per mi... ...lay, one of the front runners, threw his support to Mr. Adams so that Andrew Jackson’s candidacy would fail. General Jackson had polled more popular v... ...earth. Harry S. Truman INAUGURAL ADDRESS THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 A former county judge, Senator and Vice President, Harry S. Truman had taken the o...

...........31 James Monroe..............................35 James Monroe..............................44 John Quincy Adams......................57 Andrew Jackson...........................65 Andrew Jackson...........................69 Martin Van Buren.........................72 William Henry Harrison................83 James Knox Polk........................106 Zachary Taylor.....

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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... ................................................. 102 CHAPTER VIII: NORTH AND WEST.......................................................................... ...hom I found on a wet afternoon in the best inn of a provincial town in the west of England. He was seated on a horsehair-cov- ered chair in the middle... ...ssion of ports and sea-board; had they held in their hands vast commercial cities and great agricultural districts; had they owned ships and been mast... ...cowardly, and were afraid to send our own regiments through one of our own cities.” This alluded to a demand that had been made on the Government that... ... myself by my labor. He will not stay at the Glen House, but will go on to—Jackson’s I think they call the next hotel, at which he will sleep. From th... ...g the three or four last presi- dencies, and I believe back to the time of Jackson, there has been an organized system of dishonesty in the man- ageme... ...en days, who has lived in the State for a year, and for four months in the county in which he votes. He can vote for all “officers that now are, 246 ...

...RA ...................................................................................................................... 102 CHAPTER VIII: NORTH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .....................................................................

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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 ... ...lative of mine engaged in 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... ...as cended by white men in 1804. It was visited by Professor J. W. Bailey of West Point in 1836; by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, the State Geologist, in 18... ...s visited by Professor J. W. Bailey of West Point in 1836; by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, the State Geologist, in 1837; and by two young men from Boston i... ...med the chief man of the two; the same, as I remembered, who had accompanied Jackson to the mountain in ’37. The same questions were put to Louis, and... ...aid down. Let those talk of poverty and hard times who will in the towns and cities; cannot the emigrant who can pay his fare to New York or Boston pa... ... opposed to the intelligence and refinement which are thought to emanate from cities, it would be among the rusty inhabitants of an old settled country... ... was printed before the boundary question was settled, this single Penobscot county, in which we were, was larger than the whole State of Vermont, wit...

...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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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... ... children, and was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg ... ...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...r set up for himself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and ... ...except, I believe, that he was the first Mayor of Georgetown. He supported Jackson for the Presidency; but he was a Whig, a great admirer of Henry Cla... ...f Henry Clay, and never voted for any other democrat for high office after Jackson. My mother’s family lived in Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania, for... ...ng to West Point would give me the opportu- nity of visiting the two great cities of the continent, Phila- delphia and New York. This was enough. When... ...ve. The soldiers were principally foreigners who had enlisted in our large cities, and, with the exception of a chance drayman among them, it is not p...

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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 ... .... If the old system be thought to be vague, as to all the delegates of the county voting the same way, or as to instructions to them as to whom they a... ...join in proposing them only because I choose to leave the decision in each county to the Whigs of the county, to be made as their own judg- ment and c... ...need of having their feelings corrected than mine were. Since I saw you at Jacksonville, I have had no more suspicion of the Whigs of Morgan than of t... .... I mention the Coles and Edgar courts in order that if I should not reach Jacksonville at the time named you may understand the reason why. I do not,... ... and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west, and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east. Fifth. Whether... ... In Philadelphia alone this drain averaged $5000 per quarter; and in other cities of the seaboard it was proportionate. (7) The embarrassment of the d... ...aid the damages. Even between the different wards and streets of towns and cities we find this same wrangling and difficulty. Now these are no other t...

...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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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...ed the aircraft. 12 All five hijackers passed through the Main T erminal’s west security screen- ing checkpoint; United Airlines, which was the respon... ...set up as one of the first outposts of Azzam and Bin Ladin’s MAK. 40 Other cities with branches of al Khifa included Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Pittsbu... ...ment authority. Terrorist watchlists were not available to them. Mayors in cities with large immigrant populations sometimes imposed limits on city em... ...the event—a plane crash, fire, and partial building collapse—the Arlington County Fire Department served as incident com- mander. Different agencies h... ...ncident required a major rescue, fire, and medical response from Arlington County at the U.S. military’s headquarters—a facility under the control of ... ... videotape, Dulles main terminal checkpoints, Sept. 11, 2001; see also Tim Jackson interview (Apr. 12, 2004). 15. Metropolitan Washington Airports Aut... ... videotape, Dulles main terminal checkpoints, Sept. 11, 2001; see also Tim Jackson interview (Apr. 12, 2004). 16. For investigation findings, see FAA ...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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Two Years before the Mast, And Twenty-Four Years After: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

By: Richard Henry Dana

... THUNDER STORM CHAPTER XXXV — A DOUBLE REEF TOP SAIL BREEZE—SCURVY—A FRIEND IN . . . . . . . . 183 NEED—PREPARING FOR PORT—THE GULF STREAM CHAPTER ... ...sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in th... ...n to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o’clock, in f... ...overnment, and the Dublin frigate, and Lord James Townshend, and President Jackson, and the ship Ann M’Kim of Baltimore. It would probably never h... ... but whom, for some reason or other, we never forget. He called himself Bill Jackson; and I know no one of all my accidental acquaintances to whom I... ...ibutaries—the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Feather Rivers—to the far inland cities of Sacramento, Stockton, and Marysville. The dock into whic... ...on Pablo de la Guerra, a Senator in the State Legislature for Santa Barbara County. The points in the country, too, he noticed, as he passed the... ...f the Merced, where so many fatal fights are had. Thence I went to Mariposa County, and Colonel Fremont’s mines, and made an interesting visit to ‘‘... ...es, and agricultural wealth, and rapidly filling population, and its large cities, so far from the coast, with their education, religion, arts, an...

... I; DEPARTURE -- The fourteenth of August was the day fixed upon for the sailing of the brig Pilgrim on her voyage from Boston round Cape Horn to the western coast of North America. As she was to get under weigh early in the afternoon, I made my appearance on board at twelve o?clock, in full sea-rig, and with my chest, containing an outfit for a two or three years? voyage,...

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Little Dorrit

By: Charles Dickens

...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. Little Dorrit Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...aturday night, would be corrupt on Sunday morn- ing; albeit my lord, their county member, was amazed that they failed to sleep in company with their b... ...But the equinoctial gales were blowing out at sea, and the impartial south-west wind, in its flight, would not neglect even the narrow Marshalsea. Whi... ...t she considered nothing so improbable as that he ever walked on the north-west side of Gray’s-Inn Gardens at exactly four o’clock in the afternoon. H... ...o. I am sure I cannot imagine what the cause of it is. There was a certain Jackson here once, a turnkey of the name of Jackson (I don’t think you can ... ...e duration elapsed, in which there was no bid for Mrs General. At length a county- widower, with a daughter of fourteen, opened negotiations with the ... ...ined glass, and the massive curtains that hung in the doorways. From these cities they would go on again, by the roads of vines and olives, through sq... ...ll not be a coward now. One of my frequent thoughts is this:— Old as these cities are, their age itself is hardly so curious, to my 543 Little Dorrit...

...uous attention than anyone else can have given them during its desultory publication, it is not unreasonable to ask that the weaving may be looked at in its completed state, and with the pattern finished....

...rrit?s Party 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream 16. Nobody?s Weakness 17. Nobody?s Rival 18. Little Dorrit?s Lover 19. The Father of the Marshalsea in two or three Relations 20. Moving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disapp...

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