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Man with No Name

By: Wally Amos

...CENSORED* How the founder of the Cookie Company lost everything, including his nome - and turned adv... ...ng P.O. Box 108 Lower Lake, CA 95457 (707) 995-1861 For a free catalog of all our titles, or to order more copies of this book please call (800)... ...or to order more copies of this book please call (800) 275-2606. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Amos, Wally. Man with no name:... ...essity! As these thoughts swirled through my head, I suddenly made up my mind. I was going back into the cookie business. I called out to my wife C... ... was like having a job, the only difference being that I was not paid for minding my man­ ners, only if I forgot to. No matter what time of day it w... ...t want to leave home, Ruby delivered, which was where I came in. I didn't mind the work; I got my share of fish "samiches" and all the other goodies... ...I learned that service to others would bring the best to my own life. My philosophy evolved into one of production, promotion and service. I was se... ... discover it to be a well of good fortune in our lives. My experience and philosophy is that everything works out to enhance our lives, even if the ... ...s Spunkrneyer, and their children. The owners had asked me to present my philosophy and experiences at an annual banquet they held for Otis Spunkrn...

...The story of how the founder of the Famous Amos Cookie Company lost everything, including his name----and turned adversity into opportunity. This revealing book chronicles Wally's loss of the cookie empire that he had built, to the ope...

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I and Thou

By: Martin Bube

...n fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may ... ... this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. . It has hitherto been eompa... ... has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context... ...s hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context of... ...t is, indeed, philosophical; but it is not an academic work of discursive philosophy. It is mystical, but it belongs to what' Pringle-Pattison has t... ...as thus called in doubt the massive monistic system within which !dealist philosophy has worked. The direct influence of Buber on philosophical tho... ...st be read more than once, and its. total e££ect allowed to work on the' mind; the obscurities of one part (so far as they are real obscurities, an... ...observation and dis­ cussion, its cosmic and metacosmic origin is kept in mind. For it reaches out from the undivided primal world which precedes fo... ...Himself in lnind ~ For he who speaks the word God and really has Tho~" in mind (whatever the illusion by 75 which he is held), a.ddresses the true...

...Tms work in its oripl, German form has already, since its publication fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. It has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-sp...

...The primal natm:e of the effort to establish relation is already to be seen in the earliest and most confined stage. Before anything isolated can be perceived, timid glances mOve out into indistinct space, towards something indefinite; and in...

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Answer the Question: What is Enlightenment?

By: Immanuel Kant, Dr.; Daniel Fidel Ferrer, Translator

...Essay translated from German to English by Daniel Fidel Ferrer in August 2013. Original publication of Immanuel Kant's essay in German: By Immanuel Kant. "Beantwortung der Frage: Was ist Aufklarung?" in Berlinische Monatsschrift Book. 4, 12. December, 1784), pages 481-494. ...

...Kant wrote in 1784 in the first part of his essay: "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one understanding without guidance from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not ...

...Table of Contents: Immanuel Kant’s Text translated into English (pages 2 to 10). Notes, Bibliography, Related Links, Etc., Appendix A (pages 12 to 25). Word Index (pages 26 to 45). ...

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Words from Cold Mountain

By: Han-Shan; Kline, Tony, translator

...Han-shan, the Master of Cold Mountain, and his friend Shi-te, lived in the late-eighth to early-ninth century AD, in the sacred T’ien-t’ai Mountains of Chekiang Province, south of the bay of Hangchow. The two laughing friends, holding hands, come...

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Kabbalah Revealed

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...uentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written ... ...this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied i... ...e case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. Kabbalah... ...rning to Kabbalah to further his scientific research. He received his PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy at the... ... introduc- tion to this book, is the founder and foremost exponent of Systems Philosophy and General Evolution Theory. Born in Budapest, Hungary in ... ...me, Newsweek, and the international media. Prof. Laszlo turned to science and philosophy in his mid-twenties and began publishing books and articles... ...e must foster a planetary consciousness. To move forward, we must cultivate a mindset that enables us to form a united human family, a planetary ci... ...o- phy… Kabbalah does not let us live our lives in the dust, but elevates our mind to the height of knowledge.” OTHER ROUTES But philosophers were no... ...d when we search for ways to satisfy these needs, we develop and improve our minds. In other words, it is the evolution of the will to receive plea...

...Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different aspect of the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, shedding new light on a teaching that has too often been shrouded in...

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The Kabbalah Experience

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...enue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written pe... ...f this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in cr... ...ST EDITION: DECEMBER 2005 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chap... ...tural world, without in- fluencing the advancement of humanity, as did western philosophy? After all, the Kabbalah sees as its goal the correction of... ...d as bitter as ever. And there are times it meets us uninvited, and pokes our mind and throws us to the ground, before we find the old subterfuge to... ...world Ein Sof, feel shame, Ein Sof, feel shame, Ein Sof if the Creator doesn’t mind which way it receives? A: You are right. There is indifference on ... ...reation? A: Kabbalah is based solely on experimentation, and not on the human mind, or even on philosophy or other rational considerations. It maint... ...lah is based solely on experimentation, and not on the human mind, or even on philosophy or other rational considerations. It maintains that everyth... ...that as soon as one climbs a little higher than this world, the whole Tibetan philosophy vanishes without a trace. That is why I was never intereste...

...The Kabbalah Experience is one of the most fascinating books ever published in Kabbalah. It is a journey in time from the past to the future, in situations we might all experience at some point. Anyone who wants to learn how to make the most of every momen...

...Introduction: The wisdom of Kabbalah teaches us how to live in the reality that is spread before us. It is a systematic method that has evolved over thousands of years, taught by a handful of unique individuals in every generation. Their task has bee...

...T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chapter2. The Wisdom of Kabbalah ................................................... 54 Chapter 3. The Study of Kabbalah ......................................

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The Path of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... By Rav Michael Laitman PhD The Path of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS T... ...of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS The Path of Kabbalah Executive Editor: Benzion Giertz Editor: Claire Gerus Tra... ....kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail: info@kabbalah.info THE PATH OF KABBALAH Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserved. P... ...y that something doesn’t hurt me when it does. I rely on my feelings, and no philosophy will help me in this case. This is the limit of my “self.” I... ...through intellectual study, is that they are unde- terred by the fact that the mind is but a product of their egoistic natures. That is why they are ... ...mselves before each other. When they get together, they should always keep in mind why they are there. Such attitudes must be formed in the very fir... ...ondary fac- tors. They process and support the fulfillment of our desires. The mind is but an accessory. As soon as one understands that it is the fe...

...ed His Essence, the Upper Force, and this is what we perceive as our world. As uncanny as it sounds, this notion hides in its wings the very prospect of freedom, for every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the und...

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G-Dimensional Theory & the Smarandache Quantum Paradoxes : Comparative Logic and Modern Quantum Theory

By: L. Stephen Young

...y Table 1A. Elliptic Parameters of S'. {θ θ θ θ = arcsin(v)} S' a b f 1 v a / b σ σ σ σ e a 1 co... ...be ordered in microfilm format from: Bell and Howell Co. (University of Microfilm International) 300 N. Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346, Ann A... ...31233-46-2 Standard Address Number 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 4 G-DIMENSIONAL THEORY & THE SMARANDACHE QUANTUM... ...ains constituting a "heap", however, as noted in the Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy, "The (sorites) argument certainly seems to be valid, employ... ... potential for structural projection to manifest at any time. This calls to mind the expression, 'if something can happen, it will.' Thus the quantu... ...msily tread, inclined to dismiss or take difference, to nonetheless bear in mind that posterity is able to distinguish between the trivial and fatal... ...maller than an atom,' and that, "physicists today adopt essentially the same philosophy as Hinton." [26] However, given the GDT atom, it is more than... ... Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1987, (p.33-34). [40] Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/ [41] Szab...

...The author's motivating interest the past few years has been the development and dissemination of G-dimensional theory (GDT). K. Toshihara, from Japan, proposed the concept of a paper defining G-Dimensional theory in relation to the Smarandache quantum paradoxes. After reviewing a draft, Dr. M. L. Perez, Editor of the ...

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The Devil‘S Legacy- to Earth Mortals. Being the Key Note to Black Arts!! Witchcraft, Devination , Omens, Forewarnings, Apparitions, Sorcery, Daemonology, Dreams, Predictions, Visions, And Compacts with the Devil!! with the Most Authentic History of Salem Witchcraft!

By: M. Young

...TIONS, VISIONS, AND Compacts with the Devil!! WITH THE MOST AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT! Compiled by the publisher. NEW YO... ... double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Second Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake: Eye of newt and to... ...fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake: Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder‘s fork and blind-worm‘s sting, Lizz... ...em together precisely because of their similarity. ―Christ Knape, ―Doc. Of Philosophy, Medicine, and Surgery.‖ REMARKABLE FULFILLMENT OF A PRE... ...re you irreparably, it is not for spirits to touch mortal flesh.‘ I do not mind a small blemish,‘ said I. ‗You are a woman of spirit, (said he) ... ...lack ribbon which I bound round my wrist. When I came down, the agitation of my mind on my countenance, was too visible to pass long unobserved by S... ...dream; and again on the third night, when the impression was so powerful on his mind that he determined, in spite of the remonstrances of his wife ...

...Perhaps the title of this Book – The Devil‘s Legacy to Earth Mortals may at first seem somewhat strange; they will pause as they do at a Witches Prayer, and wonder whether they had best look into it or no, lest they should really raise the Dev...

...The power of these witches as we find in their earliest records originated in their intercourse with familiar spirits, invisible beings who must be supposed to be enlisted in the armies of the prince of darkness. We do not read in thes...

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Margele Risipite

By: Florentin Smarandache

...unm.edu/~smarandache/IonSoare2.pdf, iar alta, tot în englez ă, “Aesthetics of Paradoxism”, de Titu Popescu, se poate accesa la: http://gallup.unm.ed... ... Gheorghe NICULESCU 7 PARadOXisM, THE LAST VANGUARD OF SECOND MILLENNIUM A) Definition: PARADOXISM is an avant-g... ...nition: PARADOXISM is an avant-garde movement in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on excessive used of antitheses, parables, odd... ... movement in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on excessive used of antitheses, parables, odds, paradoxes in creations. It was set up and ... ...y. I started from politic, social, and immediately got to literature, art, philosophy, even science. Through experiments one brings new literary, ar... ...erstand all. That is the goal of the manifesto. Because Art is not for the mind, but for feelings. Because Art is also for the mind. Try to interpr... ...ible too!”), F. Smarandache initiated “paradoxism” in literature, art, and philosophy in the 1980s. Its main thesis is: “The Sense has a non-sense, a... ...ce code!). Each of Pi O`s experiments hide in our unconscious. Atwinkle of mind is in every poem, no letters – only numbers, comas, and some times a...

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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

... http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S PH YSI CS I. Time Asymmetry Re... ... PH YSI CS I. Time Asymmetry Re-Visited II. Negentropic Agents and the Increase of Entropy III. The Complexity of Simplicity IV. Bestowed Exist... ...tropy III. The Complexity of Simplicity IV. Bestowed Existence V. The Decoherence of Measurement VI. The Quantum of Continuity VII. Quantum Mecha... ...d: Natural Selection IS the vital power itself. Modern Physics is converging with Philosophy (possibly with the philosophical side of Religion as ... ...cs somehow relates to or is derived from a-priori structures embedded in the human mind. 2. It provides high information density, akin to stenogr... ...orms and structures: some of these are in the material world, others merely in the mind of the mathematician. 4. Mathematics is a flexible, "op... ...knowledge and necessary truths (either objective and "out there", or mental, in the mind) and because it is aesthetic (like the mind of the Creator,... ...ent view of the scientific endeavor competes with a more modest, semantic school of philosophy of science. Many theories - especially ones with bre... ...dvantage, to tackle questions that once were the exclusive preserve of religion or philosophy. The scientific method is ill-built to cope with such...

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Sappho's Journal

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a carefu... ...ty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett re... ...ving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, and faith of this remarkable woman whose inti... ... xiii PREFACE Steven James Bartlett Senior Research Professor of Philosophy, Oregon State University and Visiting Scholar in Psychology & ... ...iest ones, and read several passages. But I could not continue; I felt my mind wrapped in fog; my hands became icy. I shut my eyes and said to mysel... ...me and suggested we stroll in private. Obviously, he had something on his mind! He began by offering me an exquisite scarab, saying he had purchased... ...c as an amphora; little by little I must mold its lines on the wheel of my mind. It is the structure, containing the song. It must be graceful, stron...

...In Sappho’s Journal, the author brings the famous Greek poet Sappho back to life in a finely crafted novel that reveals her sense of beauty, her loves, her reflections, her inner world. Based on a careful study of ancient Greece and Sappho’s surviving fragments of poetry, Bartlett recreates Sappho in a lyrical account of the life, passion, fears, a...

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Theory of the Person

By: Antonio Mercurio

...NTHROPOLOGY By Antonio Mercurio Editions Solaris Institute of SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME Creative Commons Licence - Attribution-... ...censor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial pur... ...ian by Martha S. Bache-Wiig, authorized by the author. 2 Table of Contents CHAPTER I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE PERSON ...... ...of my being and have managed to make my SELF emerge? Some examples come to mind that I find myself wondering about. Let’s look at Baudelaire: I woul... ... not just for women. Today we are all alienated from our bodies. Today the mind, the psyche, has completely taken over our bodies and our spirits, t... ...ation. Let’s compare the psyche with the invention of the atomic bomb: the mind once again was exploited to create a destructive weapon. By whom? By... ...sonal and Cosmic SELF and not to God, to that God that has been created by philosophy and theology, in other words by other men like you and me. ...

...Do we really know what meaning to give to the term PERSON? In this book, the author proposes, through an in depth dialog with the students of the S.U.R. (Sophia University of Rome), the following answer: a PERSON is a spiritual, unifying principle that is endowed with its own freedom and its own identity, it is an end unto itself and unto no other, and its const...

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Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

By: Charles Dickens

...s A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylva- ... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Univer- sit... ...Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens PREFACE WHAT IS EXAGGERATION to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly ca... ...morable event in En- glish History, which must carry conviction, even to a mind (if such a mind there be) remaining unconvinced by these presumptive p... ...e remarkable words wrought (as well they might) a strong impression on his mind, and he was in the habit of repeating them very often. The just interp... ...ending now, ma’am?’ said Martin’s friend, turning again to Mrs Brick. ‘The Philosophy of the Soul, on Wednesdays.’ ‘On Mondays?’ ‘The Philosophy of Cr... ...n Wednesdays.’ ‘On Mondays?’ ‘The Philosophy of Crime.’ ‘On Fridays?’ ‘The Philosophy of Vegetables.’ ‘You have forgotten Thursdays; the Philosophy of... ... ‘No,’ said Mrs Brick. ‘That’s Tuesdays.’ ‘So it is!’ cried the lady. ‘The Philosophy of Matter on Thursdays, of course.’ ‘You see, Mr Chuzzlewit, our...

...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether...

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Paradoxism and Postmodernism in Florenitin Smarandache's Work

By: Ion Soare

...n be ordered in microfilm format from: Bell and Howell Co. (University of Microfilm International) 300 N. Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346, Ann... ... 1-931233-32-2 Standard Address Number 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 4 Ion Soare PARADOXISM AND POSTMODERNISM I... ...IN SMARANDACHE’S WORK “Through paradoxical extension, the interior of a phenomenon conquers its exterior. In other words, it belongs to i... ...stmodernists, the homologation and the consideration of the exceptional human mind’s values are not considered compulsory anymore, everyone having- ... ...che is the name that I write and utter perhaps with the deepest emotion in my mind; after Nichita Stanescu’s disappearance only Levantul of the bril... ...ache himself finds out - in his play Antique Tragedy - paradoxes in the Greek philosophy, without fear or other resentments. The debate among the thr... ...m the affiliation to logic or aesthetics of this notion -”an old structure in philosophy and a matter of study in logic”(Titu Popescu), Smarandache ... ...beauty behalf, that could be framed within the general-positive principles of philosophy. The absolute reached by Smarandache belongs to the postmode... ...that one of the high icy summits, accessible only for strong nature or choice minds. The postmodernism of Smarandache (whom we dedicated a separat...

...in accordance with the paradoxism and even to confirm it, the way the mathematician writer Florentin Smarandache is received is ... paradoxical. Tens of books, studies and articles have already been written about both, scientist and smarandachism - the name given to the movement by Ion Rotaru and Titu Popescu. However the paradoxist number 1 in the world is less known in h...

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In the Days of the Comet

By: H. G. Wells

... G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic ... ...nry James’s phrase and story of “The Great Good Place,” twinkled across my mind, and passed and left no light. The man I saw wrote with a thing like a... ...portion of the world used these lamps. All this first scene will go, in my mind at least, to that olfactory accompaniment. That was the evening smell ... ...proper setting for existence imaginable. It was the world as I knew it. My mind was entirely occupied then by graver and intenser matters, and it is o... ...their choice of that word is exhaustively eloquent of the quality of their philosophy. But, if you can master these alien ideas upon which the old sys...

...Excerpt: I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing: He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze an...

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The Story of the Gadsby

By: Rudyard Kipling

...ard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Story of The Gadsby by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Story of The Gadsby by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...I acknowledge that you paid the money at once, but you have prejudiced the mind of Mrs. Mafflin against my- self, for though I am almost the only resp... ...eful? (Spreads stock- ing-heel on open hand for inspection.) Miss D. Never mind that! You can’t mend it. Help me with this hateful bodice. I’ve run th... ...S. Then we’re pretty certain to have a heavy go of it. Heigho! I shouldn’t mind changing places with Gaddy for a while. ‘Sport with Amaryllis in the s... ...t we say, it’s what we don’t say, that helps. And it’s all the profoundest philosophy. But no one would understand—even if it were put into a book. MR...

...to disregard it and have followed Gadsby?s example--as I betted you would. I acknowledge that you paid the money at once, but you have prejudiced the mind of Mrs. Mafflin against myself, for though I am almost the only respectable friend of your bachelor days, she has been darwaza band to me throughout the season. Further, she caused you to invite me to dinner at the Club,...

.......... 5 THE WORLD WITHOUT............................................................................................................. 16 THE TENTS OF KEDAR.............................................................................................................. 27 WITH ANY AMAZEMENT .......................................................................................

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Values

By: Kline, Tony

Collections of original poetry in the mainstream European tradition.

...bsence All Kinds Hill-Fort Whitethorn Earth-Flame That Strain, That Churning Un-Managed Alone Find Silence Going Owl-Cries II: The Citadel of Mind Ancestral Mapping Wilderness As Selves River Things The More And Less Mind-Clothes Every Child Intense Denial Hawk in Winter Abyss To Know Is Not To Feel Patience Not As It Seems Candle Transformatio...

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The Confidence- Man

By: Herman Melville

...Series Publication The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...shold at daybreak. 7 Melville CHAPTER II. Showing that Many Men have Many Minds “ODD FISH!” “Poor fellow!” “Who can he be?” “Casper Hauser.” “Bless m... ...rt with the poor fellow, against one who had just before turned nearly all minds the other way. So he with the wooden leg was forced to retire; when t... ...n him, as if it were a mastiff he had by the neck. 15 Melville “Never you mind how it is”—with a sneer; “but all horses ain’t virtuous, no more than ... ... any serious degree (supposing such degree of it to be), by observation or philosophy; for that, probably, his nature, by its opposition, imperfectly ... ... to his stumps by fortune, could be ever thrown off the legs of a laughing philosophy. Foiled again, the good merchant would not desist, but ven- ture... ... sequel may show, not less acquainted, in a Spar- tan way of his own, with philosophy and books, than with wood-craft and rifles. He must have overhea...

...Excerpt: At sunrise on a first of April there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a lo...

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One of Our Conquerors

By: George Meredith

...y George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...Regent and his Court, together with the view taken of honest labour in the mind of super- cilious luxury, even if indebted to it freshly for a trifle;... ...plea of a shock from a fall, required to account for the triviality of the mind, were humiliating to him who had never hitherto missed a step, or owne... ...ke being beaten by anything! he re- plied to an admonishment of his better mind, as he touched his two fingers, more significantly dubious than the wh... ...ker overhead when her warm blood had drawn her to some ac- ceptance of the philosophy of existence, in a savour of gratifi- cation at the prospect of ... ...they can,’ said mademoiselle. Nesta transformed herself into a disciple of Philosophy on the spot. ‘Yes, all these feelings of ours are moth-dust! One... ...nkind has informed us, we were led up to our civilization by the nose. But Philosophy warns us on that eminence; to beware of trusting exclusively to ...

Excerpt: One of Our Conquerors by George Meredith.

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