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The Big EngineThere are all sorts of screwy theories (the Professor said) of what makes the wheels of the world go round. There's a boy in Chicago who thinks we're all of us just the thoughts of a green cat; when the green cat...

Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays - Collected Works, Volume Two CONTENTS TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE 1. THE GREEK STATE Preface to an unwritten book(1871) 2. THE GREEK WOMAN Fragment (1871) 3. ON MUSIC AND WORDS Fragment (1871) 4. HOMER'S CONTEST Preface to an unwritten book...

The Story of the Airship (Non-rigid) - A Study of One of America's Lesser Known Defense WeaponsTo Admiral William A. Moffett, and the men his leadership inspiredto Landsdowne, McCord and Berryto Calnan and Dugan and other able juniors, to Maxfield and Hoyt, Hancock and...

HandymanJames Ypsilanti swung at the door with the steak cuber. Or was it the cube steaker? No matter. The door was a good, hardwood door and resisted his onslaught well. But time was on his side. It was the door to his room. It...

The Sweeper of LorayThey had left their spaceship before dawn, in order to witness the sunrise ceremonies in the village of Loray, upon the planet of the same name. Sunrise ceremonies, viewed from a proper distance, are often colorful and can provide a whole...

The State: Its History and Development Viewed SociologicallyThis little book has made its way. In addition to the present translation into English, there are authorized editions in French, Hungarian and Serbian. I am also informed that there are translations published in Japanese, Russian, Hebrew...

Vapaudesta Suomentaja. Hnen rakkaalle ja katkerasti kaivatulle muistollensa, hnen, joka oli innostuttavana ja osittain tekijn kaiken, mit parasta on minun kirjoituksissani ystvn ja vaimon, jonka ylev totuuden- ja oikeudentunto oli minun voimallisin kiihottajani ja jonka hyvksyminen parhain paikkani omistan min, tmn kirjan. Niinkuin kaikessa,...

The Just-Wed Cook Book - A Present from The Merchants of Reno, NevadaThe making of bread is, to a large degree, a chemical operation, and should be carried on with as much accuracy as a chemist would use in his laboratory. The flour should...

Louise Imogen GuineyIt is, she says, a stone-built paradise of a village not far from Oxford. There is an April wind blowing, and forty-three roses adorn one cottage doorway just out of sight from here. The old collie and I had a walk yesterday,...

Fun for the Household: A Book of GamesThe next advance in amusement is to play with a toy that goes on wheels, and therefore for a half hour at a time, little folk will be content by drawing around the nursery such toys as...

Blackie Thorne at Camp LenapeBlackie Thorne was the foremost boy on the first wagon. He clambered up on the narrow seat with so much eagerness to view the camp and the lake that he almost knocked over the stolid farmer who was driving the...

Brazilian Gold Mine MysteryMr. Stannart spoke in a low, tense tone as he glanced around the waiting room at Idlewild Airport. Biff Brewster felt a sudden surge of excitement when he took the envelope that the gray-haired man handed him. The envelope was tightly...

The Tory LoverThe last day of October in 1777, Colonel Jonathan Hamilton came out of his high house on the river bank with a handsome, impatient company of guests, all Berwick gentlemen. They stood on the flagstones, watching a coming boat that was just...

Poems Title: Poems Author: Jennie Earngey Hill Release Date: March 23, 2016 [EBook #51536] Language: English Credits: Produced by Larry B. Harrison. Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet...

Gedancken von Schertzen Ego in his praeceptis hanc vim, & hanc vtilitatem esse arbitror, non vt, ad reperiendum quid dicamus, arte ducamur, sed vt ea quae natura quae studio, quae exercitatione consequimur; aut recta esse confidamus aut praua intelligamus, quum quo refenda sint, didicerimus....

Self PortraitWell, here I am at Princeton. IFACS is quite a place, quite a place, but the atmosphere's darned informal. My colleagues seem to be mostly youngish fellows dressed in sloppy dungarees, sweatshirts (the kind Einstein made so famous) and moccasins, and when they're...

The Celestial HammerlockYour last message indicates you wish to leave the employment of the Interplanetary Amusement Corp. Under our employee policy, this is allowable, effective upon completion of your current assignment. Under precedent set as long ago as 2347 A. D. the company will...

In the Land of Cave and Cliff DwellersThe first chapter describing an expedition is liable to be prosaic to the point of dullness. It is full of promises that are expected to be realized, while as yet nothing has been done. Not one-tenth of...

With These HandsHalvorsen waited in the Chancery office while Monsignor Reedy disposed of three persons who had preceded him. He was a little dizzy with hunger and noticed only vaguely that the prelate's secretary was beckoning to him. He started to his feet when...

The Last LetterOn Tenthmonth 1, 2457 A.D., at exactly 9 A.M. Planetary Federation Timebut with a permissible error of a millionth of a second either wayin the fifth sublevel of NewNew York Robot Postal Station 68, Black Sorter gulped down ten thousand pieces of...