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...s ies ies ies Publication Publication Publication Publication Publication War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of the Pennsylva- nia State U... ...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. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State University... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic... ...though, with the quickness of memory and perception befitting a man of the world, he indicated by a movement of the head that he was considering this ... ...ur family’s behalf that I’ll start my apprenticeship as old maid.” CHAPTER II ANNA P A VLOVNA’S drawing room was gradually filling. The highest Peters... ...the mainte- nance of the balance of power of Europe, and it would save the world!” “But how are you to get that balance?” Pierre was beginning. At tha... ...e hands symmetrically on his knees in the 45 Tolstoy naive attitude of an Egyptian statue, and decided in his own mind that all was as it should be, ... ...said Sonya, who had al- ways learned well, and remembered everything. “The Egyptians believed that our souls have lived in animals, and will go back i...

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...13-20 SECOND EPILOGUE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy is a publication of th... ...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. War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy, the Penns... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and Peace – Epilogues One and Two by Leo Tolstoy, the Pennsylvania Stat... ...e pos- sibility of life is destroyed. 6 War and Peace – Epilogues CHAPTER II IF WE ASSUME AS THE HISTORIANS do that great men lead hu- manity to the ... ...tion. He alone—with his ideal of glory and grandeur developed in Italy and Egypt, his insane self-adulation, his boldness in crime and frankness in ly... ...ions with all the crowned heads of Europe. The discred- ited rulers of the world can oppose no reasonable ideal to the insensate Napoleonic ideal of g... ...es when the justification is no longer needed, and displaying to the whole world what it was that people had mistaken for strength as long as an unsee... ...s themselves, is really quite well known to everybody. 69 Tolstoy CHAPTER II WHAT FORCE MOVES THE NATIONS? Biographical historians and historians of ...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. An October night on the Syrian border of Egypt towards the end of the XXXIII Dynasty, in the year 706 by Roman computation, afterwards reckoned by Christian computation as 48 B.C. A great radiance of silver fire, the dawn of a moonlit night, is rising in the east. T...

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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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylvania S... ...ATRA by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW ACT I AN OCTOBER NIGHT on the Syrian border of Egypt towards the end of the XXXIII Dynasty, in the year 706 by Roman compu... ...s, then, honorable? BELZANOR. O barbarous Persian, hear my instruction. In Egypt the bearer of good tidings is sacrificed to the gods as a thank offer... ...g about cowardice, these Romans: they fight to win. The pride and honor of war are nothing to them. PERSIAN. Tell us the tale of the battle. What befe... ... a lion when the field is full of sheep, except for the pride and honor of war, of which these Romans know nothing. So we escaped with our lives; and ... ...ered in many lands, seeking the lost regions from which my birth into this world exiled me, and the company of creatures such as I myself. I have foun... ...none who can do my day’s deed, and think my night’s thought. In the little world yonder, Sphinx, my place is as high as yours in this great desert; on... ...s the situation; and, with a great sob of relief, falls into his arms. ACT II Alexandria. A hall on the first floor of the Palace, ending in a loggia ...

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.............................................. 25 EPISTLE I.?TO SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, LORD COBHAM.*............................................ 26 EPISTLE II.?TO A LADY. ........................................................................................................... 33 EPISTLE III.20........................................................................................

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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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylv... ...MPLE, LORD COBHAM.*............................................ 26 EPISTLE II.—TO A LADY. ............................................................... ...mpression he has made on, and impulse he has given to, his own age and the world. In other words, what were his native powers, and what has he done, f... ...he judged of beauty by fashion; he sought for truth in the opinions of the world; he judged the feelings of others by his own. The capacious soul of S... ..., the breaking of a flower-pot or the fall of a China jar; for the tug and war of the elements, or the deadly strife of the passions, “‘Calm contempla... ... charity should own, Must act on motives powerful, though unknown. P. Some war, some plague, or famine, they foresee, Some revelation hid from you and... ...ion claim, Glorious in arms, in riches, and in fame: Though there the fair Egyptian heifer fed, And there deluded Argus slept and bled: Though there t... ...hts transfer, Let altars blaze and temples smoke for her; For her, through Egypt’s fruitful clime renown’d, Let weeping Nilus hear the timbrel sound. ...

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..................................................................................................................................................... 26 II. SELF-RELIANCE................................................................................................................................................ 26 COMPENSATION ..................................................

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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... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Pennsylvania State Universit... .......................................................................... 26 II. SELF-RELIANCE............................................................. ...lopaedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome, Gaul, Britain, America, lie folded already in the firs... ...mocracy, are merely the application of his manifold spirit to the manifold world. This human mind wrote history, and this must read it. The Sphinx mus... ...ve resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is do- ing to-day. The world exists for the education of each man. There is no age or state of soc... ... self, and not deny his conviction that he is the court, and if England or Egypt have any thing to say to him he will try the case; if not, let them f... ... life of ours is stuck round with 9 Emerson Egypt, Greece, Gaul, England, War, Colonization, Church, Court and Commerce, as with so many flowers and ... ... by so much virtue as they contain. Commerce, husbandry, hunting, whaling, war, eloquence, personal weight, are somewhat, and engage my respect as exa...

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...s arms to carry him and kiss him. and when thou hast finished reading, close the book and give thanks for every word out of the mouth of god; because in the lord?s field thou hast found a hidden treasure.?...

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...Contents PREFACE 3 THE PHILOBIBLON 7 NEWLY TRANSLATED 7 PROLOGUE 7 CHAPTER I 10 CHAPTER II 13 CHAPTER III 15 CHAPTER IV 17 CHAPTER V 23 CHAPTER VI 25 CHAPTER VII 29 CHAPTER VIII 32 CHAPTER IX 38 CHAPTER X 41 CHAPTER XI 44 CHAPTER XII 45 CHAPTER XIII 46 CHAPTER XIV 48 CHAPTER XV 50 CHAPTER XVI 53 CHAPTER XVII 56 ...

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...OLOGUE 7 CHAPTER I 10 CHAPTER II 13 CHAPTER III ... ...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. THE LOVE OF BOOKS THE PHILOBIBLON OF RICHARD DE BURY TRANSLAT... ... desire by an instinct of nature, infinitely surpasses all the riches of the world; in respect of which precious stones are worthless; in comparison w... ...rn ceases not to devour the children that he generates; all the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with t... ...f the earth, Julius, the invader of Rome and of the world, who, the first in war and arts, assumed universal empire under his single rule, faithful Fa... ... slothful Thersites handles the arms of Achilles and the choice trappings of war horses are spread upon lazy asses, winking owls lord it in the eagle’... ...e world. Yet we must tearfully recount the dreadful ruin which was caused in Egypt by the auxiliaries in the Alexandrian war, when seven hundred thous... ...y, are believed to have perished in those horrid flames. The religion of the Egyptians, which the book of the Perfect Word so commends; the excellent ...

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...evelation to Moses and to the other prophets. Between Christ and other recipients of revelation. Ambiguity of the word ?Spirit.? The different senses in which things may be referred to God. Different senses of ?Spirit of God.? Prophets perceived revelation by imagination. CHAPTER II ? Of Prophets. A mistake to suppose that prophecy can give knowledge of phenomena Certainty...

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...forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear....

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................................................................................................................................................ 6 CANTO II. Proem.?Ascent to the Moon.?The cause of Spots on the Moon.?Influence of the Heavens. ........ 10 CANTO III. The Heaven of the Moon.?Spirits whose vows had been broken.?Piccarda Donati.?The Empress Constance. ................

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...f Dante from the stains of Hell. ............................................................................................................ 6 CANTO II. Sunrise.?The Poets on the shore.?Coming of a boat, guided by an angel, bearing souls to Purgatory.? Their landing.?Casella and his song.?Cato hurries the souls to the mountain. ................................. 10 CANTO I...

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...Introduction: The Koran admittedly occupies an important position among the great religious books of the world. Though the youngest of the epoch-making works belonging to this class of literature, it yields to hardly any in the wonderful effect which it has produced on large masses of men. It has created an all but new phase of ...

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...who, forc?d by fate, And haughty Juno?s unrelenting hate, Expell?d and exil?d, left the Trojan shore. Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore, And in the doubtful war, before he won The Latian realm, and built the destin?d town; His banish?d gods restor?d to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line, From whence the race of Alban fathers come, And the long g...

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...Excerpt: Heartbreak house is not merely the name of the play which follows this preface. It is cultured, leisured Europe before the war. When the play was begun not a shot had been fired; and only the professional diplomatists and the very few amateurs whose hobby is foreign policy even knew that the guns were loaded. A Russian playwright, Tchekov, had pr...

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...HEARTBREAK HOUSE: A FANTASIA IN THE RUSSIAN MANNER ON ENGLISH THEMES by BERNARD SHAW 1913-1916 A Penn St... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heartbreak House: A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes by George Bernard Shaw is a publica... ...lay which follows this preface. It is cultured, leisured Europe before the war. When the play was begun not a shot had been fired; and only the profes... ... futilization in that overheated drawingroom atmosphere was delivering the world over to the control of ignorant and soulless cunning and energy, with... ... came upon horsebreakers and heartbreakers who could make the best of both worlds. As a rule, however, the two were apart and knew little of one anoth... .... For four years she smote our firstborn and heaped on us plagues of which Egypt never dreamed. They were all as preventable as the great Plague of Lo... ...y because they had not been prevented. They were not undone by winning the war. The earth is still bursting with the dead bodies of the victors. The W... .... Give me deeper darkness. Money is not made in the light. 75 GB Shaw ACT II The same room, with the lights turned up and the curtains drawn. Ellie c...

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...nment, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently r...

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...Index A A blow felled Artaxerxes, with a thrust 466 A branch of Est there in the Guelfian tree 392 A bugle small he winded loud and shrill, 162 ?A burning fire, so are those deserts charmed, 307 A Christian once, Macon he now adores, 27 A dreadful thunder-clap at last he heard, 402 A false Armenian...

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...ivered by T orquato T asso (1544-1595) Gerusalemme Liberata Published 1581 in Parma, Italy Translated by Edward Fairfax(1560-1635) Translation First P... ... Italy Translated by Edward Fairfax(1560-1635) Translation First Published in London, 1600 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Jerusa... ...d free, I sing; much wrought his valor and foresight, And in that glorious war much suffered he; In vain ‘gainst him did Hell oppose her might, In vai... ...es prest, Reduced he to peace, so Heaven him blest. 4 Jerusalem Delivered II O heavenly Muse, that not with fading bays Deckest thy brow by the Helic... ...ill these lines with other praise than thine. III Thither thou know’st the world is best inclined Where luring Parnass most his sweet imparts, And tru... ...season now was come and gone, That forced them late cease from their noble war, When God Almighty form his lofty throne, Set in those parts of Heaven ... ... As it is hence up to the highest star), Looked down, and all at once this world beheld, Each land, each city, country, town and field. VIII All thing... ... shall with doubt be overcast. If we forslow the siege I well foresee From Egypt will the Pagans succored be.” XXIX This said, the hermit Peter rose a... ...but kept it secret there. LXVII For he by faithful spial was assured, That Egypt’s King was forward on his way, And to arrive at Gaza old procured, A ...

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...harge 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. Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton , the Pe... ...forts them with hope yet of regaining heaven, but tells them lastly of a new world and new kind of creature to be created, according to an ancient pro... ... the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore u... ...and with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God Raised impious war in heav’n and battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power ... ..., We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war Irreconcilable, to our grand foe, Who now triumphs, and in th’ excess... ... Voyce they soon obeyd Innumerable. As when the potent Rod Of AMRAMS Son in EGYPTS evill day Wav’d round the Coast, up call’d a pitchy cloud Of LOCUS... ...e they, who from the bordring flood Of old EUPHRATES to the Brook that parts EGYPT from SYRIAN ground, had general Names Of BAALIM and ASHTAROTH, thos... ...t consult began. THE END OF THE FIRST BOOK. Paradise Lost Milton 19 BOOK II The Argument The consultation begun, Satan debates whether another ...

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...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 , ... ...hich can win the affections of its citi zens and command the respect of the world. I dwell on INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STA... ... of uncertainty. The zeal and ardor of the people during the Revolu tionary war, supplying the place of government, com manded a degree of order suf... ...vices, the gratitude of mankind, the happy fruits of them to himself and the world, which are daily increas ing, and that splendid prospect of the fu... ...disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the ... ... the spoils and to shout for one or the other, as those collected in Gaul or Egypt and the lesser Asia would furnish the larger divi dend. The spirit... ...g remembered as the year of the greatest progress since the end of World War II toward a lasting peace in the world. The peace we seek in the world is... ... the Constitution of the United States.” United States Constitution, Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIT...