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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

Excerpt from MoralityIt augurs ill for any state when its members are not restrained by their inner consciousness from doing immoral acts, and only refrain from untruthfulness or immorality if the same be not authorized by the usages Of society, or are legally but not morally honest, acting as if they believed man to be but'a handful of dust, a machine to be utilized to the utmost whilst usable, then crumble back to the dust it came from when ...

An essential compendium of some of the most world-changing discoveries and inventions of all time, from the first use of money to antibiotics and artificial intelligence.In a stylish miscellany, celebrated author Richard Platt and printmaker James Brown travel through time to showcase the amazing breakthroughs in science and technology that have changed our lives forever. From the wheel to the telephone to the Internet, human history is studde...

Wenn es diese 30 genialen Erfindungen nicht gäbe, wäre es nicht möglich, das neue Buch von Richard Platt und James Brown nachts heimlich im Licht der Nachttischlampe zu lesen, denn dann gäbe es weder Elektrizität noch Papier noch den Buchdruck. Von der Entdeckung des Feuers bis zu den Errungenschaften des Computerzeitalters: Dieses Buch zeigt, dass die Kreativität des Menschen keine Grenzen kennt. Manche Entdeckungen wurden aus purem Zufall ge...

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Money is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and con...

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Excerpt from LifeOur acts, our angels are, or good or ill, Those fated shadows that walk by us still.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 digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Platt's Essays, Vol. 2: Life, Morality, ProgressMy thoughts are with the dead, with them I live in long past years Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hepes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with a humble mind. Somnnr.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 importa...

Excerpt from Men and WomenThe altered osition of women is a subject that requires the most care 1 consideration - she claims rights, and res onsibilities hitherto denied her. She is not content to lees indirectly by her home in¿uence, but wants to take an active part in life's struggles. Women now ask to take those positions in life as bread-earners, as electors and as representatives locally, and inferential] im y, that only men have hitherto...

Excerpt from Platt's Essays, Vol. 1: Business-Money-EconomyI rave re-arranged, revised, and added to my six essays, making one volume of Business, Money, and Economy, and another of Life, Morality, and Progress. My Object is to make men think more of life as it is, to study living - how to live, what to do with life, but, above all, to alter the prevailing tone that life has to be undergone as a kind of penance. There are a few who think it to...

Excerpt from Platt's Essays, Vol. 1: Business-Money-EconomyI rave re-arranged, revised, and added to my six essays, making one volume of Business, Money, and Economy, and another of Life, Morality, and Progress. My Object is to make men think more of life as it is, to study living - how to live, what to do with life, but, above all, to alter the prevailing tone that life has to be undergone as a kind of penance. There are a few who think it to...

Excerpt from DemocracyNo English politician could fail to notice the absence from political life of the leading men in the country. He would find them immersed in business, in squatting pursuits, or what in England would be called country life, or in the practice of the professions, but would rarely see them in the Assembly, still more rarely in the Ministry. He would, on the other hand, be extremely shocked to hear accusations of the most sha...

Excerpt from DemocracyNo English politician could fail to notice the absence from political life of the leading men in the country. He would find them immersed in business, in squatting pursuits, or what in England would be called country life, or in the practice of the professions, but would rarely see them in the Assembly, still more rarely in the Ministry. He would, on the other hand, be extremely shocked to hear accusations of the most sha...

Excerpt from MoneyMoney! an attractive title - a subject every man is interested in, and my object is to bring clearly before your mind how largely the success of English trade depends upon the currency laws in relation to our system of banking, that being the recognized medium for supplying borrowed capital, the life-blood upon which our large trade depends, and I hope to awaken within you a desire to understand this subject better than heret...

Excerpt from LandIt is the lot of the majority of mankind to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow. N 0 law has ever altered, or can ever alter, this, our unfortunate condition. To help the poor, to assist the needy, and to ameliorate, by good laws or otherwise, the position of the labouring classes, is commendable before God and man. The way to do this is often difficult to see. One thing is clear: that it is not to be rightly done by i...