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Excerpt from The Poetry of Life, Vol. 2 of 2 On entering upon the poetry of the human mind, the passions naturally present themselves as a proper subject of interesting discussion, because as poetry belongs not so much to the sphere of intellect, as to that of feeling, we must look to the passions, as to the living principle, which gives intensity to perception, and vividness to thought. All mankind who are gifted with common sense, are capab...

Excerpt from Bird World: A Bird Book for Children IT may be of interest to some of our readers to know under what guidance they are to make this little journey im the borders of Bird World. 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...

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Excerpt from A Minisink Double Wedding: A Story of Old Minisink Village Between the Minisink Indian War of 1754-8, and the French and Indian War of 1763-5 With the advent of peace in 1758 many Indians resumed their trading at Minisink and brought their bundles of furs for barter as of old. But there was not a resumption of former friendly feelings. The white peo ple were suspicious of them, the Minsi sullen and spiritless. About the Publishe...

Excerpt from War in the Philippines: And Life and Glorious Deeds of Admiral Dewey, a Thrilling Account of Our Conflicts With the Spaniards and Filipinos in the Orient To-day the war is ended. Messages telling of brilliant and surpris ing victories are no longer sent from south and east, bulletins are no longer posted in the streets, but, while the American nation is bravely assuming the White Man's Burden, the result of its great conquest. A...

Excerpt from The Defects of the Interstate Commerce: An Address by A. B. Stickney, President of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company at a Meeting of the Washington Economic Society, in Washington, D. C., February 3, 1905A schedule of definite rates which the law should declare reasonable and just would be enforceable, because of cer tainty, while the words of the present law, that all rates shall be reasonable and just, and that every unj...

Excerpt from State Control of Trade and Commerce People v. Sheldon quoted. Page Attempted limitation of its doctrine to articles of necessity. This point examined. 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, pre...

Excerpt from Home, or the Iron Rule, Vol. 2 of 3: A Domestic StorySleep on, said she, it is for the mise rable to wake and weep. Sleep on, thy in nocent bosom is unconscious of the frightful thoughts that have so lately tortured mine. Sleep on, thou wilt awake when the morning sun smiles sweetly on us both, but thou alone wilt find beauty or gladness in his beams.Seating herself upon the side of the couch, she then looked stedfastly upon the f...

Excerpt from Biographic Sketches of Fenner Bryan Satterthwaite, 1887: Together With the Obituary Proceedings of the Washington Bar, Etc After a lapse of a decade from his death I begin the arduous task of compiling some biographic sketches, variously collected, of Fenner Bryan Sattkktuwaite. A great man is about to pass beyond the memory of this generation unnoticed. Nor is it sitting in us to so overwhelm ourselves with the business of this...

Excerpt from De Hermolai Barbari Vita Atque Ingenio Dossertationem Sed neque scholae et impressores (ut notumst) seien tiam per se creare ualent indigenam, ita aduenticios fuisse patet omnes quorum nomina supra protulimus Inter Venetos siquis porro ciuis scientia litterisque in lustris recognoscat, primum fuisse quosdam comperiet qui e Graecis assidu'e uentitantibus quos in supellectili tulissent codices auidi saepe et acuti emerent. Talis Ma...

Excerpt from Democratic Government: A Study of Politics But we must go on with the experiment. We must continue the growth. We must enter on its next stage. 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...

Excerpt from In the Valley of the Merrimack Beauty. Prelude. The spirit sees the flowers of beauty, In this cold earth-land blossoming To light the shadowy path of duty, Till the celestial warblers sing Of the eternal spring. Beauty, the web for poet's weaving, Heroic forms that joy can borrow, - Visions of light, earth's woes retrieving, Nature's sweetest rest from sorrow Picturing a tranquil morrow. Blue skies and sights of sunset s...

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Excerpt from Home, or the Iron Rule, Vol. 3 of 3: A Domestic StoryWhatever were the feelings of tenderness, compunction, or regret, which Visited the mind of Stephen Grey on the death of his son Allan, they were inclosed Within a sanctuary whose secrets were exposed to no human eye.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 i...

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This book is risky. Challenging naïve optimism and the illusion of certainty in shallow religion, the author cites a Judeo-Christian faith that has "left us in the dark, so that we can never know what God is up to, whether he's coming or going" (Ecclesiastes 3, The Message). And yet, the invitation is to explore authentic spiritual formation by balancing the objective with the subjective, the historically given Holy Bible with a private mys...

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