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The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 8, May 1923)There be two handles to all things in this world, one called the good, and one the bad. But a man may lay hold of anything by whichever handle shall please him best.Old Stoic Maxim....

She and he; Lavinia; Memoir There is a natural desire to know something of the parentage and birth of renowned authors, and to learn something that may throw light on the formative influences which have operated in producing the works that have rendered them...

The Wanderings of an Elephant HunterThe most interesting and exciting form of elephant-hunting is the pursuit of the solitary bull. These fine old patriarchs stand close on twelve feet high at the shoulder and weigh from twelve thousand to fourteen thousand pounds or more,...

Fossil plants, Vol. 1: [A text-book] for students of botany and geologyIN acceding to Mr Shipleys request to write a book on Fossil Plants for the Cambridge Natural History Series, I am well aware that I have undertaken a work which was considered too...

The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, No. 7This man was arrested as a fugitive, by a Virginia planter, and imprisoned in Bridewell, where he remained eighteen months. The inmates of the prison knew him well, and they were always ready to speak a good word...

The West Point Rivals: or, Mark Mallory's StratagemYes, but listen, went on the first speaker. This ere bill says as how they got a Texas bronco that nobody kin ride. Now, I aint a going to stand that, nohow. Ill ride the bronco or...

An Open Verdict: A Novel, Volume 3 (of 3)Bella sat shivering at the paternal wrath. Mrs. Scratchell was weeping dumbly. All the younger Scratchells were ready to lift up their voices in a chorus of condemnation. Bellas folly in refusing Mr. Piper was, in...

The Tower of London, (Vol. 2 of 2)In Nicholss Progresses, that mine of information regarding James I., his court and times, it is related that James paid his first visit to the Tower on 3rd May 1603, when His Majesty set forward from the...

With our army in FlandersIn the words of the Chief of the Italian General Staff, the war correspondent is the link between that part of the nation that fights and that part which is watchinga noble and fertile mission, as great as any mission...

Œuvres complètes de Guy de Maupassant - volume 20NOUS venions de passer Gisors, o je mtais rveill en entendant le nom de la ville cri par les employs, et jallais massoupir de nouveau, quand une secousse pouvantable me jeta sur la grosse dame qui...

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 114, Vol. III, March 6, 1886A new discovery in medicine, which has established its claim to general utility, is as much a matter for congratulation on the part of the general public as...

Memories, by Admiral of the Fleet Lord FisherNot long ago a gentleman enclosed me the manuscript of his book, and asked me for a preface. I had never heard of him. He reminded me of Mark Twain in a similar casethe gentleman in a...

The Loves of the Lady ArabellaTis not in my nature to be cowed by any woman whatever. Therefore, when I found myself in the presence of my Lady Hawkshaw, in her Chinese drawing-room, with her great black eyes glaring at me, and her huge...

Diabetes: Its Cause and Its Treatment With InsulinWhen the scientific body that awards the Nobel prize each year met to consider the award for 1923, there was no question or debate as to the discovery that merited the honor. The prize was granted to...

"How Can I Help to Abolish Slavery?" or, Counsels to the Newly ConvertedYes, my friend, I can resolve your question. Twenty years of actual experience qualify one to reply. I have stood, as you now stand, on the threshold of this grandest undertaking of...

The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 6, March 1923)There is, of course, the Campus and Osborn Hall. There is Morys. There is Yale Station. There is the Bowl. Enumeration is unnecessary. That will serve well enough at the twenty-fifth reunion. For the moment...

The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 5, February 1923)We appear to have been surrounded in these weeks by a polemic atmosphere. Tremendous controversies have proved and disproved the validity of Christianity, the inability of the Faculty and Corporation to make great men from...

The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 4, January 1923)It is unfortunately not true to say that the only friend to the Christian is a Christian. Everyone, with the exception of a few free spirits like Gibbon or Nietzsche, has befriended the Christian by...

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXI, No. 6, December 1842Among the many brave men who early contributed to render the navy of the republic popular and respectable, the gallant seaman whose name is placed at the head of this article is entitled to a conspicuous place;...

A természettudomány fejlődésének története (2. kötet)Galilei sorsban ppen tban volt a dnt fordulat, mikor Regensburgban 1630 novemberben bezrult az egyetlen embernek lete, aki teljes nagysgban llott mellette: Kepler Jnos (szl. 1571-ben, a svbfldi Weil-der Stadt-ban). Kepler plyja valsgos regny, rdekfesztbb, mint amilyet klt fantzija...