... question whether any govern- ment not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergen- cie... ...Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged…. Now that the election is ov... ...to Lincoln as the vicious and unpatriotic themselves. His life teaches our people that they must act with wisdom, because other- wise adherence to rig... ...eive 5 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One of a man farther removed from baseness, farther removed from corruption, from mere self-seeking; but... ...emingly incon- gruous qualities and forces in a character at the same time grand and most lovable, was so unique, and his career so abounding in start... ... then thrilled the soul of mankind with utterances of wonderful beauty and grandeur; who, in his heart the best friend of the defeated South, was murd... ... recollection, on the day or day after Gen. Adams started for the Illinois Rapids, in May last, that I was at the house of Gen. Adams, 120 The Writin... ...es January 23, 1841, while discussing the continuation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, Mr. Moore was afraid the holders of the “scrip” would lose....

... evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies. On this point, the present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test, and the Presidential election, occurring in regular course during the reb...

...American wheat. When complete, they will form the story of a crop of wheat from the time of its sowing as seed in California to the time of its consum... ..., slow-moving press of men and women in evening dress filled the vestibule from one wall to an- other. A confused murmur of talk and the shuffling of ... ...rating keen- ness of a Chicago evening at the end of February. The Italian Grand Opera Company gave one of the most popular pieces of its repertoire o... ...tion and, while waiting, found a vague amusement in counting the number of people who filtered in single file through the wicket where the tickets wer... ...f. And such toi- lettes!” 7 Frank Norris With every instant the number of people increased; progress became impossible, except an inch at a time. The... ...town of central Mas- sachusetts, was in great distress. She had never seen Grand Opera, she would not have missed a note, and now she was in a fair wa... ...d came as a grateful relief to the endless lines of houses built of yellow Michigan limestone that pervaded the rest of the neighbourhood in every dir... ...had given up the idea of finishing his studies in the High School in Grand Rapids, on the chance of going into business with a livery stable keeper. T... ...ine! You remember her, Sam. Re- member how you used to come out from Grand Rapids 157 Frank Norris every now and then to go squirrel shooting with me...

...t whom little was known, except that he was a pol- ished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but... ...act, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of 4 Around the World in 80 Days the Entomologis... ... with whom he had an open credit. His cheques were regularly paid at sight from his account current, which was always flush. Was Phileas Fogg rich? Un... ...her wife or chil- 5 Jules Verne dren, which may happen to the most honest people; either relatives or near friends, which is certainly more unusual. ... ...rne “My watch? A family watch, monsieur, which has come down from my great-grandfather! It doesn’t vary five min- utes in the year. It’s a perfect chr... ...ar the weight of the train.” This was a suspension-bridge thrown over some rapids, about a mile from the place where they now were. Accord- ing to the... ... the river, when the bridge, completely ruined, fell with a crash into the rapids of Medicine Bow. Chapter XXIX IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NAR- RA... ...o the Atlantic by limitless plains, levelled by na- ture. A branch of the “grand trunk” led off southward to Denver, the capital of Colorado. The coun... ...ns, and more proudly seated than ever on the borders of its beautiful Lake Michigan. Nine hundred miles separated Chicago from New York; but trains ar...

...y was full of such grotesqueries, but the clean towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses,... ...ete bridge fled a limousine of long sleek hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a L... ... hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a Little Theater play, an artistic adventure... ...r poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay. His large head was pink, his brown hair thin an... ...Oughtn’t to get grouchy like I do. But—Wish I’d been a pioneer, same as my grand-dad. But then, wouldn’t have a house like this. I—Oh, gosh, I don’t k... ...hey come around moo- ing for it! But the Traction gang can’t get away with grand larceny like it used to. I wonder when—Hank, I wish we could fix some... ...voice which once had roused them to cheer defiance at rooters from Ohio or Michigan or Indiana, whooped, “Come on, you wombats! All together in the lo... ... unceiled shack, wise in woodcraft as they tramped the forest and shot the rapids. He particularly remem- bered Joe Paradise, half Yankee, half Indian...

............................................................. 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI............................................... ............................................................. 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON .................................................... ...e those against whom a writer does not intend to give a favorable verdict; people and places whom he desires to describe, on the peril of his own judg... ...general feelings of England to have been be- fore I found myself among the people by whom it was being waged. It is very difficult for the people of a... ...ll it had been made absurd by certain changes of circumstances, was always grand and usually beneficent. These changes of circumstances have altered t... ...e city, but it is a very pleas- ant city. They say that the harbor is very grand and very beautiful. It certainly is not so fine as that of Portland, ... ...is brothers to row, and reminding them that the stream runs fast, that the rapids are near and the daylight past? I asked, as a matter of course, whet... ...against him. Up in those regions which are watered by the great lakes—Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario—and by the St. Lawrence, the ... ...ll tributary streams, and I would come down upon one of them, shooting the rapids of the rivers as soon as the first freshets had left the way open. A...

...HAPTER VIII: NORTH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................. 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................

... on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. 1 From this place, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bang... ...ce, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log hut, I ... ...e neighboring shores. The river seemed shallow and rocky, and interrupted by rapids, rippling and gleaming in the sun. We paused a moment to see a fish... ...rprising neighbors that he did n’t know enough to put a question to them. No people can long continue provincial in character who have the propensity ... ... a sight of the river, — always a rocky and rippling stream. The roar of the rapids, the note of a whistler duck on the river, of the jay and chickade... ... among the parents, than which nothing can be more acceptable to a backwoods people. It was really an important item in our outfit, and, at times, the ... ...e up the Millinocket two miles, to the elder Fowler’s, in order to avoid the Grand Falls of the Penobscot, intending to exchange our batteau there for... ... new batteau was to be carried over the first portage of two miles, round the Grand Falls of the Penobscot, on a horse sled made of saplings, to jump t... ... sucker like fishes, which the Indian at once rejected, saying that they were Michigan fish (i. e. soft and stinking fish) and good for nothing. Also, he...

...y a relative of mine engaged in the lumber-trade in Bangor, as far as a dam on the west branch of the Penobscot, in which property he was interested. From this place, which is about one hundred miles by the river above Bangor, thirty miles from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log-hut, I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highe...

..............23 BOOK II............................................24 Starting from Paumanok.....................24 BOOK III............................... ...OK IV. CHILDREN OF ADAM ...103 To the Garden the World...................103 From Pent Up Aching Rivers............103 I Sing the Body Electric.......... ..........................559 The Unexpress’d...............................559 Grand Is the Seen..............................560 Unseen Buds.............. ... inure to themselves as much as to any—what a paradox appears their age, How people respond to them, yet know them not, How there is something relentl... ..., Countless masses debouch upon them, They are now cover’d with the foremost people, arts, institutions, known. See, projected through time, For me an... ...himself is, and how certain the future is. I say that the real and permanent grandeur of these States must be their religion, Otherwise there is just ... ... the eastern Chesapeake! land of the Delaware! Land of Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan! Land of the Old Thirteen! Massachusetts land! land of Vermont a... ...ills making for the sea, Songs of continued years I sing. Life’s ever modern rapids first, (soon, soon to blend, With the old streams of death.) Some ... ...yon days! FANCIES AT NAVESINK I The Pilot in the Mist Steaming the northern rapids—(an old St. Lawrence reminiscence, A sudden memory flash comes bac...

...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power, Cheerful, f...

.................................23 Thou Reader........................................23 BOOK II............................................24 Starting from Paumanok.....................24 BOOK III..........................................38...

.................................... ...................... 190 A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN ................................................................... ......................................................... ...... 210 EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY ............................................................ ...bought another acre or two and sold the most of it at a profit to pleasant people who were willing to build, and would be good neighbors and furnish a... ...llars!” All day long the music of those inspiring words sang through those people’s heads. From his marriage day forth, Aleck’s grip had been upon the... ...y who broke the stillness at last. He said, with exultation: “Ah, it’ll be grand, Aleck! Out of the first thousand we’ll have a horse and a buggy for ... ... was properly tame now and sub dued. Aleck forgave him with her eyes. The grand interest, the supreme interest, came instantly to the front again; no... ...he contrary, it is just to presume that he died permanently this time. The Michigan papers thus refer to the sorrowful event: Another Cherished Remnan... ...r. Went over in a tub—still not satisfactory. Swam the Whirl pool and the Rapids in a fig leaf suit. It got much damaged. Hence, tedious complaints a...