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...ound congenial, and I determined to continue it. The event is an important one for me, for good or evil; I hope for the former. In preparing these vol... ...ered upon the task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidabl... ... at the mouth of the Kanawha River, Vir- ginia, in 1825, being at the time one of the wealthy men of the West. My grandmother Grant died in 1805, leav... ...he Presidency; but he was a Whig, a great admirer of Henry Clay, and never voted for any other democrat for high office after Jackson. My mother’s fam... ...norable Thomas L. Hamer, one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced, was our member of Congress at the time, and had the right of nomination. He and my ... ...ss at the time, and had the right of nomination. He and my father had been members of the same debating society (where they were generally pitted on o... ...llion when, if the opportunity could have been afforded, it would not have voted for Jefferson Davis for President of the United 15 U. S. Grant State... ...he Bible. There were men in Georgetown who filled all the requirements for member- ship in these churches. Yet this far-off western village, with a po... ...democratic. All the officers stationed there at the time who offered their votes were permitted to cast them. I did not offer mine, however, as I did ...

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...n per- sonal aims, to further the accomplishment of a stupendous result no one of them at all expected—neither Napoleon, nor Alexander, nor still less... ...cause of the destruction of the French army in 1812 is clear to us now. No one will deny that that cause was, on the 4 War and Peace – Book Ten one h... ... and the hatred of the foe this aroused among the Rus- sian people. But no one at the time foresaw (what now seems so evident) that this was the only ... ...t the French were said to have already entered Vitebsk, the old prince re- membered his son’s letter. “There was a letter from Prince Andrew today,” h... ...hat our failures were due to a want of unity in the command and though the members of the committee were aware of the Emperor’s dislike of Kutuzov, af... ...n and ardor, hard to believe that Russia was really in danger and that the members of the English Club were also sons of the Father- land ready to sac... ... of St. Hel- ena in the peaceful solitude where he said he intended to de- vote his leisure to an account of the great deeds he had done, he wrote: Th...

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... a broom and used it without saying anything about it. That, certainly, is one way of tidying up. But it would have been too much to have expected me ... ..., Conrad political, Conrad reminiscent, Conrad controversial. Well, yes! A one-man show— or is it merely the show of one man? 6 Notes on Life and Let... ... For reasons like that. Yes! It recedes. And this was the chance to afford one more view of it—even to my own eyes. The section within this volume cal... ...to earth nor to heaven. His vision by a more scrupulous, prolonged and de- voted attention to the aspects of the visible world discovered at last the ... ...ghtens by relevant but unpuritanical anecdotes the austerity of a work de- voted to a subject so grave as the Polity of Penguins. It is a very admirab... ...ed with him in either of his English homes. My wife and I like best to re- member him riding to meet us at the gate of the Park at Brede. Born master ... ... unadorned, simple and straightforward. The Resident of Pahang has the de- voted friendship of jmat, the punkah-puller, he has an individual faculty o... ...ement will only be lim- ited by the power of helping itself to the severed members of its friends and neighbours. The era of wars so eloquently denoun... ... the moon. I felt so much like a ghost that the discovery that I could re- member such material things as the right turn to take and the general direc...

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... he wielded the pickaxe with a will. He treated the case of the inmates as one of opium poisoning, to be dealt with by seizing the patients roughly an... ... were born, horribly misplaced, into the garden of Klingsor; but sometimes one came upon horsebreakers and heartbreakers who could make the best of bo... ... of both worlds. As a rule, however, the two were apart and knew little of one another; so the prime minister folk had to choose between barbarism and... ...hrough the accident of being a hereditary peer can anyone in these days of Votes for Everybody get into parlia- ment if handicapped by a serious moder... ...t surprised. Have I not seen a public body for just the same reason pass a vote for 20 Heartbreak House œ30,000 without a word, and then spend three ... ...t tea for herself]. THE CAPTAIN. I am neglecting my social duties. You re- member Dunn? Billy Dunn? LADY UTTERWORD. Do you mean that villainous sailor... ...essed, fifty. THE GENTLEMAN. Fancy Hesione’s feelings! May I ask are you a member of the family? MANGAN. No. THE GENTLEMAN. I am. At least a connectio... ...nd- children? CAPTAIN SHOTOVER. They are mine also. HECTOR. Just so—we are members one of another. [He throws himself carelessly on the sofa]. I tell ...

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... Johann Cristoph Friedrich von Schiller: German Writer — 1759-1805. Volume One Preface THE PRESENT IS the only collected edition of the principal work... ... Denmark and Sweden, into the political system of Europe; and while on the one hand the Protestant League was strengthened by their adhesion, it on th... ... their interests. States which hitherto scarcely concerned themselves with one another’s existence, acquired through the Ref- ormation an attractive c... ...e was ef- fected; a guarantee, which, being rejected by the Roman Catholic members of the Diet, and only inserted in the treaty under their protest, c... ...other; the eccle- siastical princes in particular, as the most defenceless members of the empire, were in- cessantly tormented by the ambition of thei... ...cise of his undoubted, imperial, and personal prerogatives; a court, whose members being appointed and paid by him, had no law but the interest of the... ...Hungary—they surprised him with an entirely new demand. The Roman Catholic votes were still the most numerous in the Diet; and as every thing was deci... ...xed, Ferdinand summoned to it as lawful king of Bohemia, and his electoral vote, after a fruitless resistance on the part of the Bohemian Estates, ack... ...sistance on the part of the Bohemian Estates, acknowledged to be good. The votes of the three ecclesiastical electorates were for him, Saxony was favo...

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... the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- one associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsib... ...m, our plantations were in the hands of factors, who enriched them- selves one after another, though a few scores of hogsheads of tobacco were all the... ...r late quarrel hath separated us, may surely be proud to be descended from one who in all ways was so truly noble. My dear mother died in 1736, soon a... ... wisest, the bravest, the highest born, the most eloquent of men among its members. Father Holt bade him keep his views se- cret, and to hide them as ... ..., or to the af- fairs of that mysterious society whereof Father Holt was a member, his pupil, Harry Esmond, remains in entire ignorance. The rest of h... ... scourge of the world, has somewhat been abated in our part of it; and re- member in my time hundreds of the young and beautiful who have been carried... ...t at my Lord Duke’s unjust treat- ment of General W ebb, and applauded the vote of thanks which the House of Commons gave to the General for his victo... ... the Maid of Honor had been trying to get Mr. Esmond to talk, and no doubt voted him a dull fellow. For, by some mistake, just as he was going to pop ...

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... Scotland, first rose into dis- tinction in the person of James Dalrymple, one of the most eminent lawyers that ever lived, though the labours of his ... ...might not be put under ground, but that her coffin should stand upright on one end of it, promising that while she remained in that situa- tion the Da... ...ished race were suifficient to have accounted for the dignities which many members of the family attained, without any supernatural assistance. But th... ...e lover, in return, declined positively to receive such an answer from any one but his mistress in person; and as she 5 Sir Walter Scott had to deal ... ...avenswood a large proportion of his spoils, or of adopting, as an ally and member of his own family, the heir of this impoverished house, he felt as t... ...the substance? Can you say as Sir William Ashton says, think as he thinks, vote as he votes, and call your father’s murderer your worshipful father-in... ...elf, Bucklaw.” “I have not forgot your merits,” said his patron; “I do re- member that, in my extremities, you had a mind to CRIMP me for the service ... ... six more distant kinsmen, his factor and his chamberlain, were all hollow votes; and the Girnington interest had always carried, betwixt love and fea...

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...ul spleen, The Grecian navy burn, and drown the men? She, for the fault of one offending foe, The bolts of Jove himself presum’d to throw: With whirlw... ...to your heav’n and rites divine, Are banish’d earth; and, for the wrath of one, Remov’d from Latium and the promis’d throne. Are these our scepters? t... ...tripp’d the rapid flood. “Ho, strangers! have you lately seen,” she said, “One of my sisters, like myself array’d, Who cross’d the lawn, or in the for... ...he will of Pallas had withstood, And dared to violate the sacred wood. All vote t’ admit the steed, that vows be paid And incense offer’d to th’ offen... ...rodigies of Heav’n, require What he commands, and their advice desire. All vote to leave that execrable shore, Polluted with the blood of Polydore; Bu... ...Panting, but past the danger, now I seiz’d The craggy cliffs, and my tir’d members eas’d. While, cumber’d with my dropping clothes, I lay, The Aeneid ... ...ill’d with equal flame; As much as earthy limbs, and gross allay Of mortal members, subject to decay, Blunt not the beams of heav’n and edge of day. F... ... gates, The wary guardian Janus doubly waits. Then, when the sacred senate votes the wars, The Roman consul their decree declares, And in his robes th... ...ossess’d. The pavement ever foul with human gore; Heads, and their mangled members, hung the door. Vulcan this plague begot; and, like his sire, Black...

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...t numbers, fit quantity of syllables, and the sense variously drawn out from one verse into another , not in the jingling sound of like endings, a fau... ...taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing Heav’nly M... ...eav’n so highly, to fall off From their Creator, and transgress his will For one restraint, lords of the world besides? Who first seduced them to that... ...e renounce, and changing stile be call’d Princes of Hell? for so the popular vote Inclines, here to continue, and build up here A growing Empire; doub... ...se infernal States, and joy Sparkl’d in all thir eyes; with full assent They vote: whereat his speech he thus renews. Well have ye judg’d, well ende... ...er shape, If shape it might be call’d that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joynt, or limb, Or substance might be call’d that shadow seem’d, ...

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...g. The fear has not been realized, that the only two first-rate Powers who are also free nations would take to tearing each other in pieces, both the one and the other in a bad and odious cause. For while, on the American side, the war would have been one of reckless persistency in wrong, on ours it would have been a war in alliance with, and, to practical purposes, in def...

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...are also free nations would take to tearing each other in pieces, both the one and the other in a bad and odious cause. For while, on the American sid... ...and odious cause. For while, on the American side, the war would have been one of reckless persistency in wrong, on ours it would have been a war in a... ...it has ruined, our colonies,— we should have lent a hand to setting up, in one of the most commanding positions of the world, a powerful republic, dev... ... newspaper, to the farthest ends of the earth, would have believed and re membered one thing only—that at the critical juncture which was to decide w... ... tell the world, and they told their own citi zens when they wanted their votes, that the object of the 9 J S Mill fight was slavery. Many years ago... ...ishing it in the District of Columbia; and this they are now doing, having voted, I perceive, in their present pecuniary straits, a million of dollars... ...ommitted by their public authorities be fore the people were called on to vote; though in taking the votes terrorism in many places reigned triumphan... ... of each State in the Lower House of Congress. Why should the masters have members in right of their human chattels, any more than of their oxen and p... ... and that it is acknowledged by Europe, and takes its place as an admitted member of the community of nations. It will be desirable to take thought be...

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...r the purpose of enabling scientific men to communicate their discoveries to one another. He himself had already begun his electrical researches, whic... ...ter of Hutchinson and Oliver. On his arrival in Philadelphia he was chosen a member of the Continental Congress and in 1777 he was dispatched to Franc... ...igelow, and is here reproduced in recognition of its value as a pic ture of one of the most notable personalities of Colonial times, and of its ackno... ...ost notable personalities of Colonial times, and of its acknowledged rank as one of the great autobiographies of the world. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIS AUTO... ...ry of the Province, Isaac Pearson, Joseph Cooper, and several of the Smiths, members of Assembly, and Isaac Decow, the surveyor general. The latter w... ...nto; we met on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of M... ...thought it convenient to oblige and encourage me. Bradford still printed the votes, and laws, and other publick business. He had printed an address of... ...iffer ence: it strengthened the hands of our friends in the House, and they voted us their printers for the year ensuing. Among my friends in the Hou... ...great encouragements. He procured for me, also, the printing of the laws and votes of that gov ernment, which continu’d in my hands as long as I foll...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A De...

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...al FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANE... ...r Bob Kerrey John F . Lehman Timothy J. Roemer James R.Thompson COMMISSION MEMBERS Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page xi Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:2... ...age xii Joanne M.Accolla Staff Assistant Alexis Albion Professional Staff Member Scott H.Allan, Jr. Counsel John A. Azzarello Counsel Caroline Barnes... ...customer service representative at the check-in counter. He did so because one of the brothers did not have photo identification nor could he understa... ...Boeing 767. It carried its full capacity of nine flight attendants. Eighty-one passengers boarded the flight with them (includ- ing the five terrorist... ...e terrorists stabbed the flight attendants to get a cockpit key , to force one of them to open the cock- pit door, or to lure the captain or first off... ...rew mem- bers to revolt against the hijackers. According to one call, they voted on whether to rush the terrorists in an attempt to retake the plane. ... ...11:46 AM Page 197 6.4 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY On November 7, 2000,American voters went to the polls in what turned out to be one of the closest presid... ...on other than their boldness in carrying an unprecedented Afghan weapon: a voter registration card. Afghanistan’s president, Hamid Karzai, is brave an...