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...pairs of musical notes are now owned, why jazz might be illegal if it were invented today, why most of 20th century culture is legally unavailable to us, and why today's policies would probably have smothered the World Wide Web at its inception. Appropriately given its theme, the book will be sold commercially but also made available online for free under a Creative Common...

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...ion, my thanks go out to the anonymous donor whose generous donation allowed us to found the Center for the Study of the Public Domain, and to Bob You... ...ion of industrial technologies that threatened the environ- ment also taught us to recognize its value. The explosion of information tech- nologies ha... ...ech- nologies has precipitated an intellectual land grab; it must also teach us about both the existence and the value of the public domain. This enli... ...ric Corley, who goes by the name Emmanuel Goldstein—the resistance leader in George Orwell’s 1984. In 1999, Universal City Studios brought suit agains... ...or many people around the world, and to infuriate a large number of others. “George Bush doesn’t care about black people!” Myers, the Post wrote, “now... ...es later it was up on their Web site: www.k-otix.com. 2 The song was called “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People” (also referred to as “George... ...ssing the Lewis biography (excerpt of a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Paul Allen [August 18, 1813], Let- ters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with... ...it has recently received powerful challenges, for example, that by Robert C. Allen, Enclosure and the Yeoman (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992)... ... which opened frequently, and with profit.” 8. Most notably work by Robert C. Allen: “The Efficiency and Distributional Conse- quences of Eighteenth Cen...

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...e, but he thinks after he‘s dead he‘ll be in ‗da skies‘ while the rest of us will be resting deep below---on the other side of the grass! But at lea... ...w---on the other side of the grass! But at least he says he‘s praying for us.‖ --―Wreck, I‘m just hoping for heaven. I‘m not there yet. But i... ...to sue and no reasons to.‖ --Nice to meet you all. I‘ve arranged for us to have our chat over lunch. Here at the Golden Dragon they make the fi... ...em because they are, or might be, unethical.‖ ―It reminds me that George Orwell said, that ‗Every generation imagines itself to be more inte... ...aelis‘ motto seems to be ‗an arm for a tooth.‘ ―Whether George Bush‘s real reasons for attacking Iraq were for its oil or to establ... ...ass destruction. ―People‘s beliefs are seldom totally congruent. George Bush‘s approach to capital punishment, as governor of Texas, was th... ...on. The Vatican says they may not accept communion. ―Similarly, politicians who advocate abortion, which is a grievous sin, should be denie... ...k they will be willing to give up their desires to have children? Or that politicians or business people will volunteer to reduce their populations.... ...ers were: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Ethan Allen, Thomas Paine and George Washington. ―It is often difficul...

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...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 sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia...

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...Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. ... ...t only we humans open our mouths and emit intelligible sounds that empower us to share so many types of knowledge. When we speak, we can:  D... ...r while they let the water support their weight. Body changes that let us walk upright did free our hands for tools and fire, but changes in our ... ...able of this nation’s founding fathers. He succeeded as author, satirist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. ... ...rship across the pitfalls of self-publishing and to editorial consultant George Nedeff for his wisdom and willingness to adjust to my sometimes conv... ...zoo Gazette showed interest when I exposed them to my rambling book talk: George Arwady, Bryan Gruley, and Rob Warden. Other helpers included coll... ...ters, and Powerful Ideas. New York: Basic Books, 1980. Paulos, John Allen. A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper. New York: Basic Books, 1995. ...

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...ould be a free marketplace for all sorts of ideas. My wife also set an example for us to become a 9 socially conscious family; Paul followed hi... ...pet ownership? Does the employment agency sell workers or productivity? Does the politician sell self-image or security for the voter? In terms o... ...at: Most evidence on the failures of information 45 campaigns actually tells us more about flaws in the communicator -the originator of message... ... by examining external features of the dwelling occupied by the family and Senator George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign strategists found th... ... reported in the case of a hypertension control program; he suggested: "This brings us to a need for product restaging (revitalization) ala package g... ...del for Social Marketing?" Marquette University Business Review 19, 17-22. Griff, Allen L. and Margaret Mead. 1978. Handbook of Nutrition and Food. ... ...relate with Consumer Behavior." Journal of Marketing Research 13, 121-27. Homans, George C. 1958. "Social Behavior as Exchange." American Journalof ... ...970. Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. New York: McKay. Miller, George A. 1956. "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some... ...972. Public Prices for Public Products. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute. Newell, Allen and Herbert A. Simon. 1972. Human Problem Solving. Englewood...

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... only exists in the present moment it makes the Universe seem to be finite to us. We only perceive things in the present moment. We only perceive ... ...plitness of Actual Infinity. The in-betweenness of the Present Moment gives us a Relative perception of the fullness and emptiness of Space, and t... ...14 billion years into the last phase of that Infinite Path of Splitness. For us it seems that the first instant of the Big Bang happened incredibly... ...nd will lead to chaos… and instability. Chaos is another code-word used by politicians and people in power. I myself have never seen this imagina... ...ver been properly punished? When is the last time you ever heard of a corrupt politician actually going to jail? What is the worst punishment we me... ... ease, then you are automatically addicted to power, just as a president like George Bush Jr. is addicted to power, to ease, to the power of being a... ...ters even more horrible than the movie monsters Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney Jr. George Bush and George Bush Jr.: both of them kept their evil hidden. ... ...ore cunning depiction of evil as an agreeable oily, over- polite host. As was George Bush Jr. when compared to his father… Movie stars becoming poli... ...-down, dilapidated junk-heaps of secret cliques Much like the books of Edgar Allen Poe: who wrote of secret, unspoken travesties of hidden evils ins...

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...Swim before We Spoke? From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. ... ...t only we humans open our mouths and emit intelligible sounds that empower us to share so many types of knowledge. When we speak, we can:  Des... ...ter while they let the water support their weight. Body changes that let us walk upright did free our hands for tools and fire, but changes in our ... ...able of this nation’s founding fathers. He succeeded as author, satirist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. ... ...ership across the pitfalls of self-publishing and to editorial consultant George Nedeff for his wisdom and willingness to adjust to my sometimes conv... ...zoo Gazette showed interest when I exposed them to my rambling book talk: George Arwady, Bryan Gruley, and Rob Warden. Other helpers included colleg... ...ters, and Powerful Ideas. New York: Basic Books, 1980. Paulos, John Allen. A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper. New York: Basic Books, 1995. ...

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...g spheres. Freud was right... One uses women in espionage, in influencing politicians' decisions, in attracting businessmen - by their feminine char... ... are not! People are the same, but... different. 44 His irony against politicians: "the politicians of the ancient world were always talking abo... ...thority at all, for I'm not a dictator. Nothing from what belongs to us does really belong to us. We know that we don't know all. Et... ...undalini Energy (of divine nature) is the universal energy's projection in us. Athman (individual inward) blends with Brahman (collective inward... ...er the set of isolated points is of null measure. Nothing belongs to us in this world. Only our original ideas (if any!), transmitted to poste... ...York, 1964. 84 [ 4] Berlin, Isaiah (ed.), "The Empiricists: John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume", Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Ga... ... Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1961. [ 5] Bouvier, Alain, George, Michel, "Dictionnaire des Mathématiques", sous la direction de Fra... ...aking only two values {0, 1}, or Boolean Logic from British mathematician George Boole (1815-64), was named by the philosopher Quine (1981) “sweet s... ..., Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1959. [73] Hogg, Robert V., Craig, Allen T., Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, Second edition, The Mac...

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... the usual routine of influence. Her knee bending antics constantly holds us back, but this creature is somewhat disappointed. It is to her understa... ... a bush and lay in the driveway with third degree burns. “What do you want us to do?” The imp groaned. 15 “Carry on,” Snakelex responded without so m... ...e glowing with maternal joy and….” “Oh pleeease!” Snakelex groaned. “Spare us the goody two shoes routine. Be honest with her; she looks the pits. La... ...s and non-believers alike. It has become the favourite saying of parents, politicians, government departments and the world in general. See page six... ...on in glances between elderly folk, the traditionalists, who thought King George’s image on the odd cups not a reason to update church crockery. Thi... ... had not the nerve to disrupt his wife or even ask her to lower her tone. Allen just sat, admiring the cracks in the plaster walls. In the back row, ... ...ccasion to divide and ruin a group project. He gave a few examples, using politicians, nuclear testing and green peace. “It only takes one to start ...

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...stere and less fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At ... ...," thought Sang Huin, "and then we lose the things that our friends give to us." It felt less harsh to make the idea applicable for all mankind. Ther... ...rain touched him, that alone would justify a life of barren prospects. "Unto us a child is born. Unto us a child is given." He thought of the words o... ...decided to procrastinate packing and her last meeting with Betty by going to Allen Parkway. She parked her car in a lot nearby and told herself it w... ...st the rim of the steering wheel. Chapter Fourteen (1989: Houston) Back from Allen Parkway, Gabriele pulled into the driveway of the house she and Bet... ...." "Kennedy Smith of the Kennedy dynasty--are you from the family of wealthy politicians?" "No, nothing special. Hardware store." "A hardware tycoon.... ...had manufactured and proliferated in East Asia, and assassination plans for George Bush. The face of Gabriele's head kept staring at them while she ... ...ir virulence was greater than that envisaged by Al Queida -- at least so the George Jr. administration, for all its cowboy stuttering, still glibly an... ..., Cinco de Mayo celebrations, and traditional Mexican ballads. In would come George Bush Jr. signs and the American navy ships. It is a choice like th...

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Excerpt: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Volume One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan.

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.... I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.L M.DCCC.LVI. VI. VI. VI... ...One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...One, with Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by the Rev. George Gilfillan, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se... ...r even Ovid, would have been more congenial. His imitations of Horace shew us what he might have made of a complete translation. What a brilliant thin... ...stic subtlety, failed to make Pope a Christian, he made him a warm friend; Allen, Pope’s acquaintance, a rich father-in-law; and himself, by and by, t... ...men who read there. Yet sure, upon the whole, a bad author deserves better us- age than a bad critic; for a writer’s endeavour, for the most part, is ... ...o reflect, that even the worst authors might, in their endeavour to please us, deserve something at our hands. We have no cause to quarrel with them b... ...uaker’s wife, 200 Outdo Landaff 201 in doctrine,—yea, in life: Let humble Allen, 202 with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it... ...’ Harris by name, a worthy man, who had some- how offended the poet. 202 ‘Allen:’ of Bath, Warburton’s father-in-law, the proto- type of All-worthy i...

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... have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good. Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from... ...ed the dead issues of the past. Such a study of Lincoln’s life will enable us to avoid the twin gulfs of immorality and inefficiency—the gulfs which a... ...- ample of the man, intangible that of the hero. And, though it is not for us, as for those who in awed stillness listened at Gettysburg with inspired... ...ritings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One RESPONSE TO POLITICAL SMEAR TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem, June 21, 1836 DEAR COLONEL:—I am told that during my absen... ...ses Coffman (he let us appoint him a delegate yester- day), Aaron Coffman, George Gregory, H. M. Briggs, Johnson (at Birchall’s Bookstore), Michael Gl... ... deserves atten- tion), Matthew Crowder Jr., Greenberry Smith; John Fagan, George Fagan, William Fagan (these three fell out with us about Early, and ... ...erything that can be of any advantage. Your friend as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO GEORGE E. PICKETT—ADVICE TO YOUTH February 22, 1842. I never encourage dece... ...irchall, A. Lincoln, G . M. Cabanniss, Rob’t Irwin, P . A. Saunders, J. M. Allen, F . N. Francis. Executive Committee “Clay Club.” (Clay’s answer, Sep... ...Butler, who accepted, and proposed fighting next morning at sunrise in Bob Allen’s meadow, one hundred yards’ distance, with rifles. To this Whiteside...

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... that residential district of Zenith known as Floral Heights. His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he m... ...ed’s, Tinka’s, and the lone bath-towel with the huge welt of initial. Then George F. Babbitt did a dismaying thing. He wiped his face on the guest-tow... ...e was sufficiently roused by his wife to look at her. IV Myra Babbitt—Mrs. George F. Babbitt—was definitely mature. She had creases from the corners o... ...a good meal after the day’s work, but it would be a good thing for both of us if we took lighter lunches.” “But Georgie, here at home I always do have... ...ave a swell time if you had to eat the truck that new steward hands out to us at the Ath- letic Club! But I certainly do feel out of sorts, this morn-... ..., Rone, you going to—” Verona whirled. “Ted! Will you kindly not interrupt us when we’re talking about serious matters!” “Aw punk,” said Ted judiciall... ...fraid if we go on shilly-shallying like this we’ll just naturally lose the Allen sale, I had Allen up 32 Babbitt on carpet day before yesterday and g... ... that if we go on shilly-shallying like this we’ll just naturally lose the Allen sale. I had Allen up on the carpet day before yesterday, and got righ... ...ir Lewis V The meetings of the convention were held in the ballroom of the Allen House. In an anteroom was the office of the chairman of the executive...

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...r. “He had accumulations enough to fill a barn.” “It’s a vice that some of us escape,” said Ridley. “Our friend Miles has another work out to-day.” Mr... ... old friends,” said Helen, smiling at the sight. “Now, is there a room for us to sit in?” Rachel opened a door. “It’s more like a landing than a room,... ...others. “It is a great pleasure that you have come,” he said, “for both of us.” Rachel murmured in obedience to her father’s glance. “We’ll do our bes... ... or her any good, let him have it. He’ll soon learn better.” “You’re not a politician, I see,” she smiled. “Goodness, no,” said Ridley. “I’m afraid yo... ... its more serious side, of all careers, for a man, I am bound to say, ‘The Politician’s.’” “The Bar or politics, I agree,” said Willoughby. “You get m... ...entleman. But his favourite reading was Huxley, Herbert Spencer, and Henry George; while Emerson and Thomas Hardy he read for re- laxation. He was giv... ...sts seeking their prey. Con- sciousness returned to Richard instantly. “By George!” he exclaimed, and stood shielding his eyes. “Ours, Dick?” said Cla... ...e of an Indian maiden dancing before her Rajah. The tune marched; and Miss Allen advanced with skirts extended and bowed profoundly to the engaged pai... ...ns linked together by a sound at the back of her throat. “Evie writes that George has gone to Glasgow. ‘He finds Mr. Chadbourne so nice to work with, ...

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... D. Harrell. Lieutenant Commanding Edward Donaldson. Lieutenant Commanding George H. Preble. Lieu- tenant Commanding Edward T. Nichols. Lieutenant Com... ...lbert N. Smith. Lieutenant Commanding Pierce Crosby. Lieutenant Commanding George M. Ransom. Lieu- tenant Commanding Watson Smith. Lieutenant Commandi... ...rder of the President: EDWIN M. STANTON, Secre- tary of War. MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Com- manding Army of the Potomac, before Richmond. PRO... ...laces that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to us of one regiment infan- try, two Companies cavalry, putting General Banks... ...l, after he joins you, precisely as you indicated in your long despatch to us of the 21st. A. LINCOLN. 15 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six T... ... from in front of Fredericksburg and went we know not where. Please inform us, if possible, what has be- come of the force which pursued Banks yesterd... ...t received. I have no recollec- tion of either John R. Cravens or Cyrus M. Allen having been named to me for appointment under the tax law. The latter... ...NEWELL. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, April 29, 1863. HON. W . A. NEWELL, Allentown, N.J.: I have some trouble about provost-marshal in your first di... ... which I supposed you gentlemen knew me well enough to understand. General Allen is considered here as a very faithful and capable officer, and one wh...

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...unding country. A.L. FRAGMENT OF SPEECH AT PARIS, ILL., SEPT. 8, 1858. Let us inquire what Judge Douglas really invented when he introduced the Nebras... ...rds. If Judge Douglas did not invent this kind of popular sovereignty, let us pursue the inquiry and find out what kind he 13 The Writings of Abraham... ... had better throw it aside and busy ourselves with something else. But let us inquire a little into this insignificant matter, as it is called by some... .... Fitzsimmons, William Few, Abraham Baldwin, Rufus King, William Paterson, George Claimer, Ri- chard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carro... ...Constitution would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again: George W ashington, another of the “thirty nine,” was then President of the... ...aham Lincoln: V ol Five the original Constitution. They were John Langdon, George Read, and Abraham Baldwin. They all, probably, voted for it. Certain... ...appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you is ... ... one as may be gotten up at any time by turbu- lent men aided by designing politicians, My advice to them, under such circumstances, is to keep cool. ... ... Wabash Riv- ers, including my own old boyhood home. Please see HON. C. M. Allen, Speaker of the Indiana House of Representa- tives, and unless you pe...

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...ne took place. We shall give it in the words of the humor- ous and amiable George Ellis, the collector and the editor of these Romances:— “Though the ... ...noon, and my meynie. Say him, it shall him nought avail, Though he for-bar us our vitail, 13 Sir Walter Scott Bread, wine, fish, flesh, salmon, and c... ...ail, 13 Sir Walter Scott Bread, wine, fish, flesh, salmon, and conger; Of us none shall die with hunger, While we may wenden to fight, And slay the S... ...refore should there be war betwixt thee and me? Let there be peace betwixt us.” “I am well contented,” answered he of the Couchant Leop- ard; “but wha... ... a lasting peace, and the withdraw- ing our armies from Palestine.” “Saint George!” said Richard, in astonishment. “Ill as I have justly thought of th... ... so, the name was now forgotten, and the Crusaders had christened it Saint George’s Mount, because from that commanding height the banner of England w... ... crave a drink after their merry-go-round.” “Aha, water, sayest thou, Long Allen?” exclaimed another archer, with a most scornful emphasis on the desp... ...will use him conforming.” “By Saint George, you will choke him!” said Long Allen; “and besides, it is a sin to throw away upon a heathen dog as much w... ... night-cap.” “Thou knowest not the nature of these T urks and pagans, Long Allen,” replied Henry Woodstall. “I tell thee, man, that this flagon of Cyp...

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...s from records. And it is the apprehension of this contempt that hath made us so cautiously avoid the term romance, a name with which we might otherwi... ... is, genius, without a full vein of which no study, says Horace, can avail us. By genius I would understand that the power or rather those powers of t... ...e name of genius, as they are of those gifts of nature which we bring with us into the world. Concerning each of which many seem to have fallen into v... ... the behaviour of Partridge, who, when the serjeant drank a health to King George, repeated only the word King; nor could he be brought to utter more;... ...tender sensations. If thou hast al ready disposed of them all between thy Allen and thy Lyttleton, steal them a little while from their bosoms. Not w... ...ve, necessary to the poet, less to the critic, and the least of all to the politician. For the first, perhaps, Byshe’s Art of Poetry, and a few of our... ... was sorry I have found the girl.” “Brother,” answered she, “the deepest politicians, who see to the bottom, discover often a very different aspect ... ...heroe that he had found the lost bird. “I have seen, sir,” says he, “Black George, the gamekeeper, who is one of the servants whom the squire hath bro... ...e largest and blackest I ever saw. It was some time, however, before Black George could recollect me.” “Well, but what is your good news?” cries Jones...

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...repeated, settling his music and taking up the piccolo. “Yes—shall you buy us some, Father? Shall you?” “Candles!” he repeated, putting the piccolo to... ...about Christmas, as far as sweets is concerned. They ought to have allowed us six times the quantity—there’s plenty of sugar, why didn’t they? We s’ll... ... we’re dead: that or nothing. An’ it’s money as is between the masters and us. There’s a few educated ones got hold of one end of the rope, and all th... ...o? They don’t care how much power the mob has over them, the nation, Lloyd George and Northcliffe and the police and money. They’ll yield themselves u... ...ng to sail away next week—or steam dirtily away on a tramp called the Maud Allen Wing.” “Where to?” “Malta.” “Where from?” “London Dock. I fixed up my... ...mself accordingly. Francis was the son of a highly- esteemed barrister and politician of Sydney, and in his day would inherit his father’s lately-won ... ...bred gentlemen, and then perhaps, your profiteers and Rothschilds, and ALL politicians, and ending up with the proletariat,” said Argyle. “Then who wo... ...they say they want a leader, they mean they want an instrument, like Lloyd George. A mere instrument for their use. But it’s more than that. It’s the ...

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...vote being put to any test not found in the laws of Maryland. This brings us to a difference between Missouri and Maryland. With the same reason in ... ..., while Maryland has not. For example, General Trimble, captured fighting us at Gettysburg, is, without recanting his treason, a legal voter by the l... ...thing about going to Gettysburg. There will be a train to take and return us. The time for starting is not yet fixed, but when it shall be I will no... ...RAM TO COMMANDER BLAKE. EXECU- TIVE, MANSION, February 19, 1864. COMMANDER GEORGE S. BLAKE, Commandant Naval Academy, Newport, R. I.: I desire the cas... ...t, HON. Clement C. Clay, HON. Jacob Thompson, Professor James P. Holcombe, George N. Sanders, shall have safe conduct to the city of W ashington in co... ...ancing the Union cause, but on the distinct issue of Union or no Union the politicians have shown their instinctive knowl- edge that there is no diver... ...May [March] 20, 1865. MAJOR-GENERAL ORD, Army of the James Is it true that George W . Lane is detained at Norfolk without any charge against him? And... ...e world.” 341 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven TO GENERAL V AN ALLEN. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, April 14, 1865 GENERAL V AN ALLEN: I ...

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...mes that occur to me, like a mixed handful of jewels drawn from a bag, are George Street, Morley Roberts, George Gissing, Ella d’Arcy, Murray Gilchris... ... Pugh, Jerome K. Jerome, Kenneth Graham, Arthur Morrison, Marriott Watson, George Moore, Grant Allen, George Egerton, Henry Harland, Pett Ridge, W . W... ...ome, Kenneth Graham, Arthur Morrison, Marriott Watson, George Moore, Grant Allen, George Egerton, Henry Harland, Pett Ridge, W . W . Jacobs (who alone... ...or so. It was either Mr. Edward 8 The Country of the Blind Garnett or Mr. George Moore in a violently anti-Kipling mood who invented the distinction ... ...children.” And she promised in the pride of her heart to make interest for us with William to favour us so that we might get our parcels of drapery fr... ...ag. Surely she cannot mean—” “Jane,” I said, “is developing character. Let us hope for the best.” Jane came back with a pale, hard face. All the boots... ...t, Raut. It’s fine. And look at those furnaces of mine, how they rise upon us as we come down the hill. That to the right is my pet—seventy feet of hi... ...led, scholars studied, lovers sought one another, thieves lurked and fled, politicians planned their schemes. The presses of the newspapers roared thr... ...thought. ‘And sup- pose I vanish now!—Amazing disappearance of a prominent politician!’ That weighed with me. A thousand inconceiv- ably petty worldli...

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...AMELIA By Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Amel... ...tate Electronic Classics Series Publication Amelia by Henry Fielding, ed. George Saintsbury is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. ... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Amelia by Henry Fielding, ed. George Saintsbury, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ...-and-six. Only Swift, by combination of experi- ence and genius, has given us live lords in Lord Sparkish and Lord Smart. But Mrs. Ellison and Mrs. At... ...ced the same verdict? Had Amelia come between Joseph and To m, how many of us might have committed ourselves to some such sentence as this: “In Amelia... ...s; the ineffable irony and logical grasp of Jonathan Wild, might have left us with a slight sense of hard- ness, a vague desire for unction, if it had... ...EDICATION TION TION TION TION T T T T To RALP o RALP o RALP o RALP o RALPH ALLEN, ESQ. H ALLEN, ESQ. H ALLEN, ESQ. H ALLEN, ESQ. H ALLEN, ESQ. SIR,—Th... ... you are too well acquainted with the world to be told that the conduct of politicians is not formed upon the principles of religion.” “I am very sorr...

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...ortunity university. 3 H G Wells When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. [Herbert George] Wells CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I INSOMNIA IN... ..., until at last we recognise ourselves again. And as it happens to most of us after the night’s sleep, so it was with Graham at the end of his vast sl... ...la. For a time he doubted his ears. But surely these were the words: “Show us the Sleeper! Show us the Sleeper!” The thickset man rushed suddenly to t... ...ese coming times. “We were making the future,” he said, “and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!” “What hav... ...re lapses, but they beheaded King Charles, and ended practically with King George mere husk of a king … the real power in the hands of their parliamen... ...ur hope. That is the hope of the world. But Ostrog will not do it. He is a politician. T o him it seems things must be like this. He does not mind. He... ...e most part their names were strange to Graham, though he recognised Grant Allen, Le Gallienne, Nietzsche, Shelley and Goodwin. Great black festoons a...

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... the bookcase, where in week days it kept the company of seven volumes of “Allen’s Practical Dentist,” played upon it some half-dozen very mournful ai... ... A stand of shelves occupied one corner, filled with the seven volumes of “Allen’s Practical Den- tist.” On the top shelf McTeague kept his concertina... .... He was continually mak- ing use of the stock phrases of the professional politician— phrases he had caught at some of the ward “rallies” and “ratifi... ...r name?” “Huh?” asked Maria, straightening up, her hands on he hips. “Tell us your name,” repeated Marcus. “Name is Maria—Miranda—Macapa.” Then, after... ...e, Miss Trina, I like you better than any one else; what’s the matter with us getting married?” Trina sat up in the chair quickly, and then drew back ... ...ink be- fore you go, won’t you? Just to show that it’s all right be- tween us.” Maria sat down again. “Yes, I guess I’ll have a drink,” she answered. ... ...lves in the corner, side by side with the concertina and the vol- umes of “Allen’s Practical Dentist.” The canary woke and chittered crossly, his feat... ...rcus had the floor. “It can’t be proven,” he was yelling. “I defy any sane politician whose eyes are not blinded by party prejudices, whose opinions a... ...one of the officers as they came out into the kitchen, “cutting scrape? By George! Somebody’s been using his knife all right.” He turned to the other ...

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...the y the y the y the RE RE RE RE REV V V V V. GEOR . GEOR . GEOR . GEOR . GEORGE GILFILL GE GILFILL GE GILFILL GE GILFILL GE GILFILLAN AN AN AN AN A ... ...................................................................... 40 —TO ALLEN LORD BATHURST. ......................................................... ...the y the y the y the RE RE RE RE REV V V V V. GEOR . GEOR . GEOR . GEOR . GEORGE GILFILL GE GILFILL GE GILFILL GE GILFILL GE GILFILLAN AN AN AN AN VO... ...tical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 yet, a few sentences after, he told us that the “Commission- ers of the Fine Arts” selected Pope, along with Ch... ...t popular of English poets. In America, too, Lord Carlisle found, he tells us, the most cul- tivated and literary portion of that great community warm... ...ical; Pope would have made Skiddaw little better than a mass of prose. Let us hear Hazlitt: “Pope saw nature only dressed by art; he judged of beauty ... ...nt in our follies and our sins, Here honest Nature ends as she begins. Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last; As ... ...EP EPISTLE III. ISTLE III. ISTLE III. ISTLE III. ISTLE III. 20 —T T T T TO ALLEN L O ALLEN L O ALLEN L O ALLEN L O ALLEN LORD BA ORD BA ORD BA ORD BA ... ... motive this profusion draws, His oxen perish in his country’s cause; ’Tis George and Liberty that crowns the cup, And zeal for that great house which...

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... graven images, and almost all the great variety of creeds professed among us English-speaking peoples prescribe certain gen- eral definitions of what... ...ive a directing light in some cases, but not a conclusive light. It leaves us inconsistent and un- certain amidst these unavoidable problems. Yet upon... ... mood of the moment or the spin of a coin. Reli- gious conviction may help us, it may stimulate us to press for clearer light upon these matters, but ... ...and there is not in America, any party, any section, any group, any single politician even, based upon the manifest trend and purpose of life as it ap... ...sposal still. Conceivably Addison would find the rich, allusive English of George Meredith obscure; conceivably we might find a thousand words and phr... ...bat- tered circumlocutions. Even nowadays, and when they are veterans, Mr. George Meredith and Mr. Henley get ever and again a screed of abuse from so... ...ecessary, even if it were possible, that I should borrow the mantle of Mr. George Gissing or the force of Mr. Arthur Morrison, and set myself in cold ... ...o hereditary government tempered by elec- tions, or government by the ward politician and the polling booth? Cannot we have that sense and tradition o... ...le can take machines to pieces than can put them together again. Mr. Grant Allen used to call our current prohibitions Taboos. Well, the fact is, in t...

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... and then the organizations which they founded or inspired. This will lead us to the spread of Social- ism in more recent years, and thence to the Syn... ...nor so free from prejudices and weaknesses as their courtiers wish to make us believe.” In March, 1914, Bernstein delivered a lecture in Budapest in w... ...work, “Reflections on Violence,” authorized trans- lation by T . E. Hulme (Allen & Unwin, 1915). After quot- ing Bernstein, with approval in so far as... ...rown very strong. It is this opposition in its older form that will occupy us in our next chapter. 29 Bertrand Russell CHAPTER II BAKUNIN AND ANARCHI... ...ed with Proudhon, who exercised a considerable influence on him; also with George Sand and many other well-known people. It was in Paris that he first... ... had taken place. Marx’s paper, the “Neue Rheinische Zeitung,” stated that George Sand had papers proving Bakunin to be a Russian Government agent and... ...the recent arrest of Poles. Bakunin, of course, repudiated the charge, and George Sand wrote to the “Neue Rheinische Zeitung,” denying this statement ... ... development as showing the vanity of political triumphs. Very many French politicians who have risen to power have begun their political career as So... ...nd Pay.” Also, Chapter vi of “Principles of Social Reconstruction” (George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.).] There is no longer to be the present competition f...

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...aff Assistant Marco A. Cordero Professional Staff Member Rajesh De Counsel George W . Delgrosso Investigator Gerald L. Dillingham Professional Staff M... ...Law 107-306, November 27, 2002). Our mandate was sweeping.The law directed us to investigate “facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attack... ...rld by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitless. Its purpose is to rid the world of religiou... ...nd wiser. That September day, we came together as a nation.The test before us is to sustain that unity of purpose and meet the challenges now confront... ...e began to line up for a White House tour. In Sarasota, Florida, President George W . Bush went for an early morning run. For those heading to an airp... ...age. He next spoke to Vice President Cheney , Dr. Rice, New Y ork Governor George Pataki, and FBI Director Robert Mueller. He decided to make a brief ... ...no choice nor, unfortunately, will we have a plan.”The assistant secretary,Allen Holmes, took the paper to Slocombe’s chief deputy, Jan Lodal, but it ... ... what Tenet’s assistant director for collection, the indefatigable Charles Allen, called an “all- out, all-agency, seven-days-a-week” effort. 132 The ... ...d. It was now higher than it had been on December 20. 133 In February 1999,Allen proposed flying a U-2 mission over Afghanistan to build a baseline of...

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...ur room (the same that Dr. Wallace occupied there) and boarding only costs us four dollars a week. Ann Todd was married something more than a year sin... .... I most heartily wish you and your Fanny would not fail to come. Just let us know the time, and we will have a room provided for you at our house, an... ...ference between them. If the Whig abolitionists of New York had voted with us last fall, Mr. Clay would now be President, Whig principles in the as- c... ... shall be en- tirely free; and the municipal authorities of Washington and Georgetown, within their respective jurisdictional limits, are hereby empow... ...incoln: V ol Two Sec. 5. That the municipal authorities of Washington and Georgetown, within their respective jurisdictional limits, are hereby empow... ... of the District of Columbia not now included within the present limits of Georgetown. 97 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two BILL GRANTING LAN... ...owed by friends, and the most dreaded by opponents, of all living American politicians. In all the great ques- tions which have agitated the country, ... ...vered a Fourth of July oration, or a eulogy on an occasion like this. As a politician or statesman, no one was so habitually careful to avoid all sect... ...ess voted for it, beginning in the House of Representa- tives with Charles Allen of Massachusetts, and ending with Richard Y ates of Illinois; and tha...

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...Point, some sixty miles off, by two more Bangoreans, who had decided to join us in a trip to the mountain. We had each a knapsack or bag filled with su... ...n then turn them over and straighten them by a weight at each end. They told us that one wore out in two years, or often in a single trip, on the rock... ...rel between the canoe and the boat, a fur trader’s boat. The ferry here took us past the Indian island. As we left the shore, I observed a short, shab... ...road. At Passadumkeag we found anything but what the name implies, — earnest politicians, to wit, — white ones, I mean, — on the alert, to know how th... ... Eighteen miles from the Point brought us in sight of McCauslin’s, or “Uncle George’s,” as he was familiarly called by my companions, to whom he was w... ... of hard bread, ten pounds of “clear” pork, and a little tea, made up “Uncle George’s” pack. The last three articles were calculated to be provision e... ...e first rapid, a slight specimen of the stream we had to navigate. With Uncle George in the stern, and Tom in the bows, each using a spruce pole about ... ... that he will require the countersign, and will perchance take you for Ethan Allen, come to demand the surrender of his fort in the name of the Contin...

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...f my future fortune being known to Him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions. The notes one of my uncles (who had the same kin... ...I was a boy he came over to my father in Boston, and lived in the house with us some years. He lived to a great age. His grand son, Samuel Franklin, ... ...his short hand, and had with him many volumes of them. He was also much of a politician; too much, perhaps, for his station. There fell lately into my... ... brackets, “here insert it,” but the poetry is not given. Mr. Sparks informs us (Life of Franklin, p. 6) that these volumes had been preserved, and we... ... me to a school for writing and arithmetic, kept by a then fa mous man, Mr. George Brownell, very successful in his pro fession generally, and that ... ...e first printer in Pennsylvania, but removed from thence upon the quarrel of George Keith. He could give me no employment, having little to do, and he... ...ad purchased from the captain of a ship; he, too, was to be made a pressman. George Webb, an Oxford scholar, whose time for four years he had likewise... ...ree months; and by that time I could reckon among my acquired friends, Judge Allen, Samuel Bustill, the secretary of the Province, Isaac Pearson, Jose... ...thout much expectation of obtaining it. Meanwhile, Colonel Lawrence, William Allen, Abram Tay lor, Esqr., and myself were sent to New York by the ass...

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...ecip- rocal effect. The single scenes and pictures which Boswell has given us will all of them bear close scrutiny for their precision, their economy ... ...n, and through them that he will exert the force of his person- ality upon us. BIOGRAPHY IS THE literature of realized person- ality, of life as it ha... ...ts a vast number of people, men, women, children, nay even ani- mals, from George the Third down to the cat Hodge. By the author’s magic each is alive... ...g-headedly severe. He used 26 Boswell’s Life of Johnson (said he) to beat us unmercifully; and he did not distinguish between ignorance and negli- ge... ...ckstone, and others; not forgetting the celebrated popu- lar preacher, Mr. George Whitefield, of whom, though Dr. Johnson did not think very highly, i... ...the celebrated David Garrick and his 44 Boswell’s Life of Johnson brother George, and a Mr. Offely, a young gentleman of good fortune who died early.... ...e day when we had dined with his neighbour and landlord in Bolt-court, Mr. Allen, the printer, whose old housekeeper had stud- ied his taste in every ... ..., called The Universal Visitor. There was a formal written contract, which Allen the printer saw. Gardner thought as you do of the Judge. They were bo... ...e a letter to Johnson, asking him to employ his pen in favour of Dodd. Mr. Allen, the printer, who was Johnson’s landlord and next neighbour in Bolt-c...