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Excerpt from The Plebs in Cicero's Day: A Study of Their Provenance and of Their Employment During the last two hundred years of the Roman Republic far-reaching changes took place in the racial composition of the plebs. The foreign element so greatly increased that in 64 B.C. Rome could be called by a contemporary a state made up of an assembly of the nations, and Appian and Suetonius in describing events of 44 could note, one a universal mix...

Excerpt from Writings of Rev. William Bradford Homer: Late Pastor of the Congregational Church in South Bwerwick, Me, , With an Introductory Essay and a Memoir So numerous were the personal friends of the subject of the following Memoir, and especially of his late honored father, that an edition of twelve hundred and fifty copies of his Writings was soon exhausted, and the volume has been out of print for some years. There has been such a dem...

Excerpt from Memoir of the Life and Character of Samuel Hopkins, D. D A recent number (CXI.) of the Westminster Review contains the following remark: "A fault of the Americans, to which we fear they are becoming more and more addicted, is a certain tendency to decry the abilities and virtues of their most distinguished historical characters." The justness of this remark, is apparent in the disposition of some American authors to depreciate th...

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Excerpt from The Sabbath School Hymn and Tune Book: Selected From the Sabbath Hymn and Tune BookOne of the most important circumstances connected with this subject, undoubtedly, is the selection of hymns and tunes, and it 13 With especial reference to this point that this little book has been prepared.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a ...

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Excerpt from Jesus of Nazareth As they gradually drew nearer the city, Jesus could not help thinking more and more of the harsh treatment, perhaps death even, that was in store for him. We must understand that the Jews were a very pious people. They took their religion very seriously, and considered it a great sin for any one to say anything against God or the Messiah or the Bible. Such sins were called blasphemy, and were considered crimes w...

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Excerpt from The Life and Character of Leonard Woods, D.D., LL. DThe reasons for these prophecies regarding him were the following He was inured to habits of mental diligence, and his capacious memory retained the large information which he had acquired, he started in his public life at no small distance ahead of his co-equals in age, and there appeared no reason to believe that he would lose the vantage-ground attained by his early discipline...

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