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Excerpt from France Facing Germany: Speeches and Articles Georges Clemenceau France facing Germany! My friends Louis Lumet and Jean Martet have brought together, under this title, a series of speeches and articles, sometimes condensed for the sake of avoiding digressions, upon the origin of the present war as well as upon the progress of hostilities. The reader will understand, I hope, the emotions and the ideas with which a patriotic French...

Excerpt from At the Foot of SinaiHere is his power and - his limitation. Logic is unbiased The pure logical mind is a surgeon's blade, sterilized by an acid. And Clemenceau is a surgeon by nature, a fencer by training. A short necked bull, the horror of the most daring espadas, said his old enemy, the dandy of France, M. Barrés. We would trans pose the comparison. He is the finest espada who ever lived in France, the terror of the oldest bulls...

Excerpt from South America to-Day: A Study of Conditions, Social, Political and Commercial in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil I have been asked for my impressions as a traveller, in South America. I had no sooner promised them than a' difficulty presented itself. I have no notes of my journey, and I should be sorry to have them, for. It is annoying to record impressions in black and white at the precise moment when one feels them most vividly. ...

Excerpt from The Strongest: Les Plus Fort The next day he was en route, lightheartedly leav ing the N anettes one of whom he was never to see again. 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 reconstruct the work, preserving the ori...

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Excerpt from The Surprises of LifeAnd the generosity of this primitive nature will be seen in the fact of his not keeping his hoard of knowledge to himself, but lavishing it upon all comers. He was equally willing to announce what the weather would be on the morrow and what it had been on the day before. By means of cabalistic signs on a very grimy bit of parchment he foretold any man's destiny: a choice destiny, indeed, of whose felicities he...

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.