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Excerpt from Local on Line Insurance Politicies: The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance CompanyAmerican life companies announced to its representatives that, on satisfactory assignment of its policies, it would make cash loans on them for fifty per cent. Of the net reserve.This radical change of then current methods in the business was solely due to competition, and heralded the host of concessions entitled policy privileges at first voluntaril...

Excerpt from Social Forces, Philanthropy: Williams College, 1867, an OrationOnce in an age, says a classic legend, the genius of ancient Athens comes, and standing for a sorrowful hour in the shadow of the Acropolis, watches with tearful eyes for some sign of rekindling life, heroes and sages sleep on, their dust heaves not, and no responses rise from the shrines of silence. Another spirit waits to-day, not the tokens of resurrection, not the ...

Excerpt from The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut: 1647-1697HE true story of witchcraft in old Connecticut has never been told. It has been hidden in the ancient records and in manuscripts in private collections, and those most conversant with the facts have not made them known, for one reason or another. It is herein written from authoritative sources, and should prove of interest and value as a present-day interpretation of that s...

Excerpt from Report on the Organization for the Administration of Civil Government Instituted by Emilio Aguinaldo and His Followers in the Philippine ArchipelagoSir: I have the honor to submit the following report respecting the organizations for the administration of the affairs of civil government instituted by Emilio Aguinaldo and his followers in the Philippine Archipelago.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands ...

Excerpt from Maximilian and Carlotta: A Story of ImperialismYou have placed me between dishonor and death, and my choice is made. Maximilian 70 Emma, Mexico, 1866.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...

Excerpt from Roger Ludlow, the Colonial LawmakerThey tell of the faith of Robinson and Hooker, the piety of Brewster, the diplomacy of Wins low and Winthrop, the valor of Standish and Mason, they define the cardinal motives of the strong and masterful men among the twenty-six thousand people who came over from Old England to New England from 1620 to 1640.And these motives had their origin in the ecclesiastical and civil despotism of the Eng li...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Is the Union voluntary or an agreement with no escape route? Setting the tone, John M. Taylor leads off by noting the travails of a respected ancestor. Major questions in America are explored, including differing views of the meaning of union. Though numerous issues led to war, most modern establishment historians generalize everything down to one. Pre-war and post-war years are largely ignored, trivialized, or sanitized. The four-year travest...

Is the Union voluntary or an agreement with no escape route? Setting the tone, John M. Taylor leads off by noting the travails of a respected ancestor. Major questions in America are explored, including differing views of the meaning of union. Though numerous issues led to war, most modern establishment historians generalize everything down to one. Pre-war and post-war years are largely ignored, trivialized, or sanitized. The four-year travest...

Excerpt from Maximilian and Carlotta: A Story of Imperialism He deplored the Mexican expedition, which he said he could not comprehend neither could he comprehend the emperor's passion for expeditions to the ends of the earth, which were exhausting the energies of France, without giving her wealth or glory. He said he could no longer stand the way things were going on. There was a very large number of would-be Imperialists who were dissatisfi...

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This book chronicles the evolution of the Manuscript Society, a fifty-year-old organization of collectors and archivists, in the context of autograph collecting in general. The author presents a comprehensive account of the growing problems posed by forgers and discusses the notorious Salt Lake City bomber, undoubtedly one of the most skillful forgers of this century. From the dilemma faced by archivists when papers are threatened with destruc...

Donovan Research Library and the US Armor Research Library are now part of theManeuver Center of Excellence Libraries Virtual Library program. For the past fewyears, both libraries have processed large parts of their historical collections of studentpapers, post newspapers, documents, yearbooks, and other materials to be digitized.The collections represent the intellectual talent of research and education that soldiersreceive from the faculty,...

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