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...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connect...

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...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to det...

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...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of A... ...Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...or any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone ass... ...e University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsi- bility for the material... ...consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squad- rons and single ships such offic... ...rvices and gallantry in action against an enemy, be restored to the active list, and not otherwise.” In conformity with this law, Captain David G . Fa... ... Court-House. A. LINCOLN. CALL FOR TROOPS. NEW YORK, June 30, 1862. TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE SEVERAL STATES: The capture of New Orleans, Norfolk, and C... ...ALL FOR 300,000 VOLUNTEERS, JUL Y 1, 1862. June 28, 1861. The undersigned, governors of States of the Union, impressed with the belief that the citize...

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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

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...my depart for France, As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city, Tours, In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne and Alencon, Seven earls, twelve barons and twenty reverend bishops, I have perform?d my task and was espoused: And humbly now upon my bended knee, In ...

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...Introduction: Dead Souls, first published in 1842, is the great prose classic of Russia. That amazing institution, ?the Russian novel,? not only began its career with this unfinished masterpiece by Nikolai Vasil?evich Gogol, but practically all the Russian masterpieces that have come since have grown o...

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...roduction: Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favour; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason....

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...Contents. I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper. II. Tom?s early life. III. Tom?s meeting with the Prince. IV. The Prince?s troubles begin. V. Tom as a patrician. VI. Tom receives instructions. VII. Tom?s first royal dinner. VIII. The question ...

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...Preface: As the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. The...

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

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