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How Spring Came in New EnglandHow Spring Came in New England New England is the battle-ground of the seasons. It is La Vendee. To conquer it is only to begin the fight. When it is completely subdued, what kind of weather have you? None whatever. What is this New...
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Captain John SmithCaptain John Smith When I consented to prepare this volume for a series, which should deal with the notables of American history with some familiarity and disregard of historic gravity, I did not anticipate the seriousness of the task. But investigation of the subject...
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The Story of PocahontasThe Story of Pocahontas The simple story of the life of Pocahontas is sufficiently romantic without the embellishments which have been wrought on it either by the vanity of Captain Smith or the natural pride of the descendants of this dusky princess who have...
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SaunteringsSaunterings I should not like to ask an indulgent and idle public to saunter about with me under a misapprehension. It would be more agreeable to invite it to go nowhere than somewhere; for almost every one has been somewhere, and has written about...
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Being a BoyBeing a Boy I. BEING A BOY II. THE BOY AS A FARMER III. THE DELIGHTS OF FARMING IV. NO FARMING WITHOUT A BOY V. THE BOY'S SUNDAY VI. THE GRINDSTONE OF LIFE VII. FICTION AND SENTIMENT VIII. THE COMING OF THANKSGIVING IX. THE...
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On HorsebackOn Horseback The Professor had ridden through the war for the Union on the right side, enjoying a much better view of it than if he had walked, and knew as much about a horse as a person ought to know for the sake...
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The Complete Essays of Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Essays of Charles Dudley Warner Thirty years ago and more those who read and valued good books in this country made the acquaintance of Mr. Warner, and since the publication of My Summer In a Garden no work of his has needed...
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The People for Whom Shakespeare WroteThe People for Whom Shakespeare WroteQueen Elizabeth being dead about ten o'clock in the morning, March 24, 1603, Sir Robert Cary posted away, unsent, to King James of Scotland to inform him of the "accident," and got made a baron of the realm for...
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The Novel and the Common SchoolThe Novel and the Common SchoolThere has been a great improvement in the physical condition of the people of the United States within two generations. This is more noticeable in the West than in the East, but it is marked everywhere; and the foreign...
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EnglandEnglandEngland has played a part in modern history altogether out of proportion to its size. The whole of Great Britain, including Ireland, has only eleven thousand more square miles than Italy; and England and Wales alone are not half so large as Italy. England...
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Thoughts Suggested by Mr. Froude's "Progress"Thoughts Suggested by Mr. Froude's "Progress"To revisit this earth, some ages after their departure from it, is a common wish among men. We frequently hear men say that they would give so many months or years of their lives in exchange for a less...
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Modern FictionModern FictionOne of the worst characteristics of modern fiction is its so-called truth to nature. For fiction is an art, as painting is, as sculpture is, as acting is. A photograph of a natural object is not art; nor is the plaster cast of...
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What Is Your Culture to Me?What Is Your Culture to Me?Twenty-one years ago in this house I heard a voice calling me to ascend the platform, and there to stand and deliver. The voice was the voice of President North; the language was an excellent imitation of that used...
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EqualityEqualityIn accordance with the advice of Diogenes of Apollonia in the beginning of his treatise on Natural Philosophy"It appears to me to be well for every one who commences any sort of philosophical treatise to lay down some undeniable principle to start with"we offer...
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The Relation of Literature to LifeThe Relation of Literature to LifeThe county of Franklin in Northwestern Massachusetts, if not rivaling in certain ways the adjoining Berkshire, has still a romantic beauty of its own. In the former half of the nineteenth century its population was largely given up to...
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Literary CopyrightLiterary CopyrightThis is the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The original members were selected by an invitation from the American Social Science Association, which acted under the power of its charter from the Congress of the United States....
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The Indeterminate Sentence: What Shall Be Done with the Criminal Class?The Indeterminate Sentence: What Shall Be Done with the Criminal Class?The problem of dealing with the criminal class seems insolvable, and it undoubtedly is with present methods. It has never been attempted on a fully scientific basis, with due regard to the protection of...
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The Education of the NegroThe Education of the NegroAt the close of the war for the Union about five millions of negroes were added to the citizenship of the United States. By the census of 1890 this number had become over seven and a half millions. I use...
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Some Causes of the Prevailing DiscontentSome Causes of the Prevailing DiscontentThe Declaration of Independence opens with the statement of a great and fruitful political truth. But if it had said:"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created unequal; that they are endowed by their Creator...
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The Pilgrim, and the American of Today—(1892)The Pilgrim, and the American of Today—(1892)This December evening, the imagination, by a law of contrast, recalls another December night two hundred and seventy years ago. The circle of darkness is drawn about a little group of Pilgrims who have come ashore on a...
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