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Excerpt: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau

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...probably as old as the Nile or Euphrates, did not begin to have a place in civilized history, until the fame of its grassy meadows and its fish attrac... ...th Bridge,” over which in April, 1775, rolled the first faint tide of that war, which ceased not, till, as we read on the stone on our right, it “gave... ...re ground, on waves of Concord, in which was long since drowned the din of war. But since we sailed Some things have failed, And many a dream ... ... judging there honorably, between the seasons and between meals, leading a civil politic life, arbitrating in the case of Spaulding versus Cummings, ... ...y sometimes see the curious circular nests of the Lamprey Eel, Petromyzon Americanus, the American Stone Sucker, as large as a cart wheel, a foot or ... ...ua, an old gray town where men grow old and sleep already under moss grown monuments,—outgrow their usefulness. This is ancient Billerica, (Villarica?... ...d, and referring him to some new ge nealogy. “Son of——and——. He aided the Americans to gain their independence, instructed mankind in economy, and dr... ...ncy that they naturally flow and run together. They read as if written for military men, for men of business, there is such a despatch in them. Compar... ...ls penetrated into this frith, or up that river of some remote isle! Their military monuments still remain on the hills and under the sod of the valle...

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...Excerpt: It would appear that for inquirers into Foreign Literature, for all men anxious to see and understand the European world as it lies around them, a great problem is presented in this Goethe; a singular, highly significant phenomenon, and now also means more or less complete for ascertaining its significance. A m...

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...went too far; that Religion, being a great sanc- 12 Autobiography tion to civil morality, is of use for keeping society in order, at least the lower ... ... noblest men have, even from the beginning, warring with the very evils we war with, both made and been what will be vener- ated to all time? A wide a... ... he was destined to fall under it in a special manner. In the Seven Years’ War, which was now raging, France took the side of the empire against Frede... ...cene in Auerbach’s cellar. Egmont was also begun under the stimulus of the American Rebel- lion. A way of escaping from his embarrassments was unex- p... ... the only memorial left from ancient times of the precautions due from the civil govern- ment to its citizens. The beautiful stream above and below br... ...hear the drums, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, and cornets played upon by the military, the city musicians, and whoever else might furnish his tones. The... ...d it be more cumbersome than to my father, who was obliged to take foreign military inhabitants into his scarcely finished house, to open for them his... ...ercial activity, comfort and wealth, which announces itself to us in these monuments. Yet quite to my taste were 227 Goethe the houses, which to me s... ...Huguenots, who settled there after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.— American Note. 235 Goethe me. Her ill health kept her constantly at home. ...

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........................................................................................................................... 23 THE SYSTEM OF DOCTOR TARR AND PROFESSOR FETHER ...................................................................... 31 HOW TO WRITE A BLACKWOOD ARTICLE ....................................................................................................

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...here, the dark, tall statures of the Princes Metzengerstein—their muscular war-coursers plunging over the carcasses of fallen foes —startled the stead... ...les, Lettres, Universal, Experimental, Biblio- graphical, Association, To, Civilize, Humanity.” Dr. Moneypenny made the title for us, and says he chos... ...making known to him the wishes of the society, he re- ceived me with great civility, took me into his study, and gave me a clear explanation of the wh... ...ut. Audacity:—Y our diddler is audacious.—He is a bold man. He carries the war into Africa. He conquers all by assault. He would not fear the daggers ... ...he least interesting of which is the fact that a thousand years ago actual monuments had fallen into disuse— as was all very proper —the people conten... ...ously laid by itself “solitary and alone” (excuse me for quoting the great American poet Benton!), as a guarantee of the magnani- mous intention. We a... ...suspended; and but for the knot under my left ear (which had the feel of a military stock) I dare say that I should have experienced very little incon... ...is full share of the blessings of mortality? He was the originator of tall monuments—shot-towers—lightning- rods—Lombardy poplars. His treatise upon “... ...it. The truth is, I labored under the disadvantage of having no monkey—and American streets are so muddy, and a Democratic rabble is so obstrusive, an...

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...Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, ... ...and with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God Raised impious war in heav’n and battle proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power ... ..., We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war Irreconcilable, to our grand foe, Who now triumphs, and in th’ excess... ...ring tell Of BABEL, and the works of MEMPHIAN Kings, Learn how thir greatest Monuments of Fame, And Strength and Art are easily outdone By Spirits rep... ...ends, fit body to fit head; Was this your discipline and faith ingag’d, Your military obedience, to dissolve Allegeance to th’ acknowledg’d Power supr... ...y right of merit Reigns. Goe MICHAEL of Celestial Armies Prince, And thou in Military prowess next GABRIEL, lead forth to Battel these my Sons Invinci... ...That under ground they fought in dismal shade; Infernal noise; Warr seem’d a civil Game To this uproar; horrid confusion heapt Upon confusion rose: an... ...e; O how unlike To that first naked Glorie. Such of late COLUMBUS found th’ AMERICAN to girt With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde Among the T... ...ell, Rape or Adulterie, where passing faire Allurd them; thence from Cups to civil Broiles. At length a Reverend Sire among them came, And of thir doi...