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Excerpt from Tables of StoneAt luncheon the servant who stood at his elbow, and who knew himself to be the cynosure of the other waiters, inquired if our young gentleman had come from a foreign country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...

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Excerpt from Twice-Born Men: A Footnote in Narrative to Professor William James's Study in Human Nature 'the Varieties of Religious Experience'Possibly, then, every individual life apparently merged and lost in the thick density of the mass, could we penetrate to this solitude of the soul, would possess interest for the gossip and informa tion for the student of human nature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of...

Excerpt from Workshops of Destruction To - Of all my friends I know not one In tone, in form, in hue, So quite unlike a frothing Hun, My brilliant friend, as you. And there you sit by Britain's sword, And lend to dreadful strife A mind that from its youth adored The lovely things of life. But all our chiefs I saw in France, Great servants of the King, Had something of your gentle glance, And just your modest ring. Then let us hope S...

Excerpt from Souls in Action: In the Crucible of the New Life, Expanding the Narrative of Twice-Born MenThe second respect in which this book differs from twice-bom M eu is in the character of the people whose stories it attempts to tell. In Twice - Bom M eu the testators were all men, and of the humblest classes in the community, some of them the very lees and dregs of society. In the present book most of the stories concern women, and in all...

Excerpt from The Handy Man: And Other Verses First page. S/za/l we clap into 't round/y, wit/tout spitting or saying we are lzoarse, w/zic/z are file? Only prologue: to a bad voice? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconst...

Excerpt from The Life of General William Booth, Vol. 1 of 2: The Founder of the Salvation Army If I have succeeded in my work, posterity will be able to feel something of the power of William Booth's person ality, and to understand how it was his spirit could touch the human heart in so many lands and in almost all the varied circumstances of mortal life. If I have failed, it may be possible, I hope, because of the sincerity of my ambition, f...

Excerpt from The Happy Irish I am indebted to the Editor of the Daily Chronicle, at whose suggestion I went to Ireland, for his kind permission to incorporate into this book certain chapters or parts of chapters which appeared as articles in his newspaper. This book appeared in England under the title of The Lady Next Door - for the American edition I have chosen the title The Happy Irish. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundr...

Excerpt from The Convictions of Christopher Sterling: A Novel Having to overcome one's human feelings for the sake of the Fatherland is the horrible in War, but in that lies its greatness. Its sublime majesty consists just in this, that in War one murders without passion. The German Treitschke. That it may please Thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women laboring of child, all sick persons and young children, and to sh...

Excerpt from Other Sheep: A Study of the Peoples of India, With Particular Reference to the Collision Between Christianity and Hinduism "Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance." Beyond the narrow boundaries of Europe extends a vast territory thick-sown with a various population of heathen humanity. The pulse of civilization, throbbing so furiously in the West, seems over this enormous area scarcely to beat at all....

Excerpt from Master Workers I Hope this volume may be happy enough to achieve the two objects which are at once my reason and excuse for publishing, in book form, work which has already appeared in magazine pages. The first of these two objects is to show something of the various and complex tendencies of modern inquiry, by bringing into one compass and expressing in the language of conversation the thoughts of leading men whose expression i...

Excerpt from Albert Fourth Earl Grey: A Last WordBut I am being drawn beyond my limits. All I set out to do was to explain the genesis of the message, and to plead that it should receive, in this time of crisis, from all who believe in the future of the anglo-saxon race, that earnest consideration and attention that seem to us his due as much as they were his hope. I have.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of ra...

Excerpt from Fighting Lines and Various ReinforcementsAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection ...

Excerpt from The Vindication of Great Britain a Study in Diplomacy and Strategy: With Reference to the Illusions, of Her Critics and the Problems, of the Future In their well intentioned efforts to rouse the energies if this country, certain speakers and writers in England have succeeded in conveying to neutral nations, to our kinsmen across the seas, to our allies, and even to our enemies, an impression of Great Britain which I feel is not m...