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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis BonaparteThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is one of Karl Marx most profound and most brilliant monographs. It may be considered the best work extant on the philosophy of history, with an eye especially upon the history of...
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Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1Please take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce...
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ShelleyShelley In the case of most great writers our interest in them as persons is derived from out interest in them as writers; we are not very curious about them except for reasons that have something to do with their art. With Shelley it...
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Shelley: An EssayShelley: An EssayThe Church, which was once the mother of poets no less than of saints, during the last two centuries has relinquished to aliens the chief glories of poetry, if the chief glories of holiness she has preserved for her own. The palm...
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The Ancien RégimeThe Ancien RégimeThe rules of the Royal Institution forbid (and wisely) religious or political controversy. It was therefore impossible for me in these Lectures, to say much which had to be said, in drawing a just and complete picture of the Ancien Rgime in...
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The Crisis in RussiaThe Crisis in Russia THE characteristic of a revolutionary country is that change is a quicker process there than elsewhere. As the revolution recedes into the past the process of change slackens speed. Russia is no longer the dizzying kaleidoscope that it was in...
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Twenty Years at Hull House with Autobiographical NotesTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesEvery preface is, I imagine, written after the book has been completed and now that I have finished this volume I will state several difficulties which may put the reader upon his guard unless he too postpones...
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Russia in 1919Russia in 1919I am well aware that there is material in this book which will be misused by fools both white and red. That is not my fault. My object has been narrowly limited. I have tried by means of a bald record of...
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History of the Conquest of PeruHistory of the Conquest of Peru - With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the IncasThe most brilliant passages in the history of Spanish adventure in the New World are undoubtedly afforded by the conquests of Mexico and Peru, - the two states...
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Some ReminiscencesSome Reminiscences As a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendly suggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defended myself with some spirit; but, with characteristic tenacity,...
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The French Revolution: A HistoryThe French Revolution: A History Diesem Ambos vergleich ich das Land, den Hammer dem Herscher; Und dem Volke das Blech, das in der Mitte sich krmmt. Wehe dem armen Blech, wenn nur willkrliche Schlge Ungewiss treffen, und nie fertig der Kessel erscheint! President Hnault,...
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The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of It Where were you previous to the eighth and immediately subsequent thereto? asked the city attorney. The prisoner looked sheepish and made no answer. A box car had been robbed on...
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SalammboSalammbo It was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar. The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feast to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the master was away, and they...
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Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria On November 6, 1817, died the Princess Charlotte, only child of the Prince Regent, and heir to the crown of England. Her short life had hardly been a happy one. By nature impulsive, capricious, and vehement, she had always longed for liberty;...
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Twenty Years AfterTwenty Years After In a splendid chamber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind...
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Ten Years LaterTen Years Later In the months of March-July in 1844, in the magazine Le Siecle, the first portion of a story appeared, penned by the celebrated playwright Alexandre Dumas. It was based, he claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in...
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The Three MusketeersThe Three MusketeersIn which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them. A short time ago, while...
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Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de BergeracLa salle est un carr long; on la voit en biais, de sorte qu'un de ses cts forme le fond qui part du premier plan, droite, et va au dernier plan, gauche, faire angle avec la scne, qu'on aperoit en pan coup....
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Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de BergeracThe hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are...
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Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Buffalo Bill"]Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Buffalo Bill"] In presenting this volume to the public the writer has a twofold purpose. For a number of years there has been an increasing demand for an authentic biography of "Buffalo...
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