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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...art thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit... ...e her his consort by changing the law to allow for a morganatic marriage (of people from different classes, with no rights of inheritance). Simpson ... ...Standard at the beginning of the Civil War on 22 August 1642." Edward abdicated from the throne on 11 December 1936, making a different speech. ... ... maintained as time passes? Woody Hastings, a microbiologist at the University of Illinois, noticed in the early 1960s that though the bacterial p... ...ing of successful - even brilliant - battles and coalitions with local warlords and politicians which culminated in the liberation of Peru. In 1824,... ...pone.html Car Race The first car race in the Unites States, sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald was held in 1895. The contestants drove fro... ...Conversation in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (musical) The musical "Chicago" won 6 Academy awards (Os... ...tly divorced her husband. She died of tuberculosis, in a hospital bed. http://www.chicagothemusical.com/indexl.html Cigarettes Smokers inhale the... ...al, India in the 1890s. The London Metropolitan Police introduced them in 1901. The Illinois Supreme Court was the first to rule that fingerprints a...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author... ...drawn with power. Bartlett is an accomplished writer.” PAUL ENGLE in The Chicago Tribune: “...articulate, believable ... charms with an expert know... ...and poetry. Our most recent publication is the remarkable quintet, Voices from the Past, by bestselling author Paul Alexander Bartlett, whose novel,... ...hanges to its content, provided that both the author and the original URL from which this work was obtained are mentioned, that the contents of this ... ...a.m. To commence my diary I will use lines I wrote a few years ago for an Illinois newspaper. May 20, 1863 I am six feet four inches tall and we... ...e 20, 1863 Some of my happy days were passed in East Salem, when I was an Illinois postmaster. Since the mail arrived only twice a week, I could per... ...f some questions this evening: must civilization be influ- enced by greedy politicians, connivers, self-promoters, toadies? Is there such a thing as ... ...Commander-in-Chief. My qualification: integrity. I can not sleep. In Chicago, one windy night, I attended my first symphony concert. I was in t... ...ith a nod or lifted hand. They are masters of military deception, just as politicians are masters of ambiguity. The colonels have their lingo; the m...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private world...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTION OF IDEAS: A MICROPROCESS 12 FROM PROBLEMS TO SOCIAL ISSUES TO SOCIAL CHANGE: A MACROPROCESS 14... ...auses 14 SOME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN CONCERN WITH IDEAS 17 From Inner to Other-Directedness 17 Voluntary Simplicity 18 SUMM... ...h As Problem Solving. 20 IDEAS AS PRODUCTS: SOCIAL MARKETING 21 Deriving benefits from product offerings 21 The "Scope Broadening" Debate 22 Socia... ...duals too lazy to think for themselves. It is also sought after, or should be, by politicians vitally concerned with the opinions of their constitu... ...s paid for the purchase! Once they have successfully sold the "Vote for me" idea, politicians produce and market a host of other concepts, in aspir... ...t a "neglected cluster of professionals," Wharton (1977) raises the question: The politicians are the persons who must adopt, finance, advocate and ... ...n accumulation of empirical research by Father Andrew Greeley of the University of Chicago, whose work focuses on determinants of acceptance of relig... ...d A. H. Niehoff. 1964. Introducing Social Change: A Manual for Americans Overseas. Chicago: Aldine. Aspinwall, Leo V. 1962. "The Characteristics of ... ...ood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. Blau, Peter M. 1955 .The Dynamics of Bureaucracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 127 Bloom, Paul N. and...

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These are some of the questions dealt with in this book. In this first chapter the nature...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements ... ...nce Pg 265 Memory and Wisdom Chapter Five: Modern Humans: The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements. Pg 267 Modern Humans before C... ...e of Indulgences Pg 1015 The Protestant Psychological Reformation of Slavery from Unwilling to Willing Work Slaves Pg 1017 Sharing Pg 1020 Shari... ...nd will lead to chaos… and instability. Chaos is another code-word used by politicians and people in power. I myself have never seen this imagina... ... to jail? What is the worst punishment we mete out to the worst, most corrupt Politicians? We just don’t let them have all that Power again. Some ... ...their crimes and are punished for being honest? One-in ten million corrupt politicians are honest enough to publicly admit their corruption; and h... ...t an earlier government agent called Elliot Ness who fought organized crime in Chicago in the 20’s and 30’s. Because there were no brave ’G’ men to ... ...vestigate and prosecute Al Capone. He managed to whitewash the entire corrupt Chicago City Government and the Mayor of Chicago by keeping all the na... ... dammed rivers and lakes, factories… the pits of hell, the slaughterhouses of Chicago… the millions and millions of domesticated enslaved cows, pigs,...

... fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization....

...r 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-299 The Transition from Hunter-gatherers to Settlements Chapter 6: Civilization Pgs 300-704 A: The Beginnings of Civilization Pgs 705-1474 B: The Effect of Civilization on Humans Pgs 1475-1868 Chapter 7:...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...ences in my life * Young people don't want to farm * Life is dying out from irrigation canals * Should we have more development Villages and... ...of the pillar house 64 * Building practices 68 Equipment of living 69 From buffalo to motor car 69 * Conveniences of living 71 * Triumph of h... ...pound 41 * Making a communal living 43 * Childhood environments 45 * From village school to university 46 School of life 47 From villager ... ...iousness industry. Everywhere, modern consciousness technicians reporters, politicians, advertising people, artists and researchers incessantly try to... ...vited high-ranking guest might have made a speech, and prior to elections, politicians also came to funerals to speak. While waiting to depart, the fu... ...future, and in Lampang, too, public speech of local leaders, officials and politicians echoes with endless development liturgy. In the world of belief... ...ok. — 1972. Rice and Man. Agricultural Ecology in Southeast Asia. Aldine, Chicago. — 1975. The Thai Social Order as Entourage and Circle. G. William... ...east Asia. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology 29. Quadrangle Books, Chicago. Murray, Charles A. 1977. A Behavioral Study of Rural Modernizatio... ...inese Society. Stanford. — 1976. Thai Peasant Social Structure. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago – London. Potter, Jack M. – May N. Diaz – George M....

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...f, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@... ... Internet, has been transformed beyond recognition since March 2000. From an open, somewhat anarchic, web of networked computers - it has evolve... ... properties. The likes of Disney and Bertelsmann have swung a full circle from considering the Internet to be the next big thing in New Media deliver... ... unhealthy posture. "Internetophobia" is already discernible. People (and politicians) talk about how unsafe the Internet is and about its possible ... ...chael S. Hart is a Professor of Electronic Text at Benedictine University (Illinois, U.S.A.) and a former Visiting Scientist at Carnegie Mellon Unive... ...e $100 million in spare computer time you were given by the University of Illinois? A. What allowed me to think of this particular use for computers... ... create properly formatted citations and bibliographies in MLA, APA, ASA, Chicago, and Turabian styles. All these can be filed in a user’s customiz... ... unhealthy posture. "Internetophobia" is already discernible. People (and politicians) talk about how unsafe the Internet is and about its possible ... ... speech (authoritarian and dictatorial regimes, governments, conservative politicians) against pro- speechers. It will become a new arena of warfare ...

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Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...on ceremonies or reading their mandates became irrelevant. Yang Lin, parting from their movement toward the steps that led toward the Royal Museum, be... ...tely something that was not wanted. It stayed with him on the bus. On a ride from the Nambu Bus Terminal to Chongju, Sang Huin's sleep was spastic lik... ...iguk." Sometimes at the primary school in Muguk he would ask, "Where are you from?" Then once, in a coaching effort for the pitch of a complete sente... ...." "Kennedy Smith of the Kennedy dynasty--are you from the family of wealthy politicians?" "No, nothing special. Hardware store." "A hardware tycoon.... ...agon fly missionaries who had knocked on her door earlier that week--Nauvoo, Illinois, Mormon flies so succulent and "so fuckable," whom she had relu... ...s toddler days as American military barrooms, had the crime level of LA and Chicago combined. She didn't really have a reason for her inability to ac...

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Main Street

By: Sinclair Lewis

...aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering, of lassies in sunbonnets, an... ...onsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities. But it secretes friendly girls, yo... ...- ness of her body when they saw her in sheer negligee, or darting out wet from a shower-bath. She seemed then but half as large as they had supposed;... ...h which led 11 Sinclair Lewis her to study professional library-work in a Chicago school. Her imagination carved and colored the new plan. She saw he... ...gain. She wrote to him once a week—for one month. VI A year Carol spent in Chicago. Her study of library-cata- loguing, recording, books of reference,... ...r up to the top. There was a swell traveling man in there—probably been to Chicago, lots of times. Oh, the dandiest people to know here! There was a l... ...pleasurable activities, instead of letting them fall into the hands of the politicians.” “I don’t suppose it will take more than thirty or forty years... ...ding was good enough for us when we were kids! I hate these would-be women politicians, don’t you?” IV The first week of March had given promise of sp... ...always deferring hope till the next generation. We’re tired of hearing the politicians and priests and cautious reform- ers (and the husbands!) coax u...

...nesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills....

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 3 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

................................................................. 4 SPEECH AT CHICAGO, JUL Y 10, 1858. ..................................................... ...ES & DEBATES of LINCOLN WITH DOUGLAS In the Senatorial Campaign of 1858 in Illinois SPEECH AT SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 17, 1858 [The following speech was del... ... evidences of design, and con- cert of action, among its chief architects, from the beginning. The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more t... ...lavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by Congressional prohibition. Four days... ... legis- late slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it there- from, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate t... ...is sure to come. 12 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Three SPEECH AT CHICAGO, JUL Y 10, 1858. IN REPL Y TO SENATOR DOUGLAS DELIVERED AT CHICAGO,... ... for the Senate. Senator Douglas is of world- wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for years past, hav... ... June last. He says that he carefully read that speech. He told us that at Chicago a week ago last night and he repeated it at Bloomington last night.... ... having the institution amongst us. In that precise condition our Nebraska politicians have at last suc- ceeded in placing our own new Territories; th...

...T SPRINGFIELD, JUNE 17, 1858 ............................................................................................................ 4 SPEECH AT CHICAGO, JULY 10, 1858. .................................................................................................................. 12 IN REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS ..........................................................

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...h the advice and 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... ...o as to give the greatest protection to this capital which may be possible from that distance. [Indorsement.] TO THE SECRET ARY OF W AR: The President... ...ut consulting me. A. LINCOLN. 9 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GENERAL McCLELLAN. W ASHINGTON, May 18, 1862. GEN... ...io. Alexander Ramsey, Governor of Minne- sota. Richard Y ates, Governor of Illinois. Edward Salomon, Governor of Wisconsin. THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MA... ...twice as many new troops in the field as all the other States together. If Illinois had got forward as many troops as Indiana, Cumberland Gap would so... ...he did! D.W .] REPL Y TO A COMMITTEE FROM THE RELI- GIOUS DENOMINATIONS OF CHICAGO, ASK- ING THAT THE PRESIDENT ISSUE A PROCLA- MATION OF EMANCIPATION... ...s the root of the rebellion, or at least its sine qua non. The ambition of politicians may have instigated them to act, but they would have been impot... ...nduce me to believe we should re- voke or suspend the order suspending the Chicago Times; and if you concur in opinion, please have it done. Y ours tr... ... find the letter to you botched up in the Eastern papers, telegraphed from Chicago. How did this happen? A. LINCOLN. ORDER CONCERNING COMMERCIAL REGU-...

...cember, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommenda...

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... that separated the Declaration of the In- dependence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constituti... ...serve should be valued by the human family. Those liberties had been wrung from reluctant monarchs in many contests, in many countries, and were group... ...eople and in vin- dication of truths that will stand for their deliverance from monarchical rule, while time shall last. A French aristocrat of the pu... ...0 miles, four whose course is from 800 to 1,000 miles in length, viz., the Illinois, the St. Peter’s, the St. Francis, and the Moingona; besides a cou... ...0 miles, four whose course is from 800 to 1,000 miles in length, viz., the Illinois, the St. Peter’s, the St. Francis, and the Moingona; besides a cou... ... may have been true in 1832, but is not so in 1874, when great cities like Chicago and San Francisco have sprung up in the Western States. But as yet ... ...order to deprive *Chap. I. sect. ii. Section 8. **See the constitutions of Illinois, Maine, Connecticut, and Georgia. 129 Tocqueville him of his powe... ...ible to say what bounds could then be set to tyranny. Some of our European politicians expect to see an aristoc- racy arise in America, and they alrea... ...one. The general affairs of a country only engage the attention of leading politicians, who assemble from time to time in the same places; and as they...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 4 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... that I or my friends would marry negroes if there was no law to keep them from it; but as Judge Douglas and his friends seem to be in great apprehens... ...e in great apprehension that they might, if there were no law to keep them from it, I give him the most solemn pledge that I will to the very last sta... ...ngress, re- turned to Illinois in the month of August, he made a speech at Chicago, in which he made what may be called a charge against Judge Douglas... ...o know very well whether an assertion he was making, as a conclusion drawn from a set of facts, was true or false; and as a conclusion of my own from ... ...e points Judge Douglas makes upon Judge Trumbull is, that when he spoke in Chicago he made his charge to rest upon the fact that the bill had the prov... ... read north and south. I knew all the while that the speech that I made at Chicago, and the one I made at Jonesboro and the one at Charleston, would a... ...on of slavery, denied the truth of it. I know that Mr. Calhoun and all the politicians of his school denied the truth of the Declaration. I know that ... ... of slavery is the mere agitation of office-seekers and ambitious Northern politicians. He thinks we want to get “his place,” I suppose. I 78 The Wri... ...stitution of slavery spring from office-seeking, from the mere ambition of politicians? Is that the truth? How many times have we had danger from this...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 1 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...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... ...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... ...out much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free from ridi- cule.” On Easter Day, 1865, the world knew how little this ridic... ...m H. Lambert, of Philadelphia, and Mr. C. F. Gunther, of Chi- cago, to the Chicago Historical Association and person- ally to its capable Secretary, M... ..., Estes & Co., and L. C. Page & Co., of Boston; to A. C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago; to The Robert Clarke Co., of Cincin- nati, and to the J. B. Lippin... ...g judgment and his conscientious statement of the truth, but the practical politicians were also right in their predic- tion of the immediate effect. ... ...y principles. Meanwhile, the national Republican convention as- sembled at Chicago on the 16th of May, full of enthusi- 30 The Writings of Abraham Li... ... following, mainly from New York, New England, and the Northwest. Cautious politicians doubted seriously whether Seward, to whom some phrases in his s... ...ter than any other statesman of his time, for his prestige with the active politicians had been immensely strengthened by his triumphant re-election; ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...ters? He is true as steel, and his judgment is very good. The last I heard from him, he rather thought Weldon, of De Witt, was our best timber for rep... ...uly 16, 1858. HON. JOSEPH GILLESPIE. MY DEAR SIR:—I write this to say that from the specimens of Douglas Democracy we occasionally see here from Madi-... ... it can only be done by carrying the Fillmore men of 1856 very differently from what they seem to [be] going in the other party. Below is the vote of ... ...Y DEAR SIR:—Y our doleful letter of the 8th was received on my return from Chicago last night. I do hope you are worse scared than hurt, though you ou... ...cuttings of Lincoln’s speeches at Peoria, in 1854, at Springfield, Ottawa, Chicago, and Charleston, in 1858. They were pasted in a little book in whic... ...s form, was made by Judge Douglas on, I believe, the 9th of July, 1858, in Chicago, in my hearing. On the next evening, I made some reply to it. I inf... ...appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you is ... ... one as may be gotten up at any time by turbu- lent men aided by designing politicians, My advice to them, under such circumstances, is to keep cool. ... ...drive that one out of the Union, it is presumed the whole class of seceder politicians would at once deny the power and de- nounce the act as the grea...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...f water-carriage and a sea-port; secondly, that it might be so far removed from the sea-board as to be safe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might... ... into our hands, and we burned it. As regards the third point, Washington, from the lie of the land, can hardly have been said to be centrical at any ... ...ng to the irregularities of the coast it is not easy of access by railways from different sides. Baltimore would have been far better. But as far as w... ...iverpool, New York, Lyons, Glasgow, Venice, Marseilles, Hamburg, Calcutta, Chicago, and Leghorn have all become popu- lous, and are or have been great... ...elphia, perhaps, justi- fies the partiality. The same thing may be said of Chicago, of Buffalo, and of Baltimore. But the same thing cannot be said in... ...e matter had never been attained at New York or Philadelphia, at Boston or Chicago. The Northern provincial world of the States had declared to itself... ... so 58 North America V ol. 2 as to include the leaders among the Northern politicians. They never begrudged to these assistants a full share of the g... ... this there has undoubtedly been treachery as well as rebellion. Had these politicians been honest—though the political growth of Washington has hardl... ...owth of Washington has hardly admitted of political honesty— but had these politicians been even ordinarily respectable in their dishonesty, they woul...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... have recently reached the War Department, and thence been laid before me, from Missouri, three communications, all similar in import and identical in... ... attention to this region, particularly on election day. Prevent violence from whatever quarter, and see that the soldiers themselves do no wrong. Y ... ...e country. This will heal a dangerous schism for him. It will relieve him from a dangerous position or a misunderstanding, as I think he is in danger... ... upon a call of the greatest respectability, a convention has been held at Chicago upon the same subject, a summary of whose views is contained in a m... ...e Linder—Daniel Linder, I think, and certainly the son of U. F. Linder, of Illinois, please send him to me by an officer. A. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO MILI... ...CUTIVE MAN- SION, W ASHINGTON D. C., December 26, 1863. HON. U. F. LINDER, Chicago, Ill.: Y our son Dan has just left me with my order to the Secretar... ...r to effect a special exchange of Lieut. Col. A. F. Rogers, of Eighti- eth Illinois V olunteers, now in Libby Prison, and I shall be glad if you can e... ...etter by those who hear me than by myself, and these fairs, first begun at Chicago and next held in Boston, Cincinnati, and other cities. The motive ... ...ancing the Union cause, but on the distinct issue of Union or no Union the politicians have shown their instinctive knowl- edge that there is no diver...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

............................................................. 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI............................................... ............................................................. 303 CHAPTER XX: FROM BOSTON TO WASHINGTON .................................................... ...en the North and South; but I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried o... ...s the component parts of one nation. Such, I take it, is the belief of all politicians in Europe, and of many of those who live across the water. But ... ...t that treaties must necessarily be null and void through the falseness of politicians. 26 North America V ol. 1 “And what will England do for cotton... ...ake improvement by choosing for them- selves new ways. If so, the American politicians have not been the first in the world who have thought that any ... ...nada, Quebec has 60,000; Montreal, 85,000; Toronto, 55,000. In the States, Chicago has 120,000; Detroit, 70,000; and Buffalo, 80,000. If the populatio... ...ion of inhabitants, while Montreal has 85,000? Why has that babe in years, Chicago, 120,000, while Toronto has not half the number? I do not say that ... ...that Montreal and Toronto should have gone ahead abreast with New York and Chicago. In such races one must be first, and one last. But I do say that t...

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

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...either Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matte... ...ey and property. They live in Boonville, Missouri, and have not been heard from lately enough for 4 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two me to s... ...Campbell of Spring Creek—(Berlin P .O.). He has received several documents from you, and he says they are old newspapers and documents, having no sort... ...ed the petition of H. M. Barney, post- master at Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, report: That they have been satisfied by evidence, that on the 15... ...at principle for the benefit of the State in which he resided the State of Illinois. The alternate sections were to be given for the purpose of con- s... ...d, and also, at the rate of $1500 per year, for the Piqua, Fort Wayne, and Chicago service, as mentioned above. These accounts have already been discu... ...to be given to Illinois, and that Mr. Ewing desires Justin Butterfield, of Chicago, to be the man. I give you my word, the appointment of Mr. Butterfi... ...owed by friends, and the most dreaded by opponents, of all living American politicians. In all the great ques- tions which have agitated the country, ... ...C. WHITNEY. SPRINGFIELD, July 9, 1856. DEAR WHITNEY:—I now expect to go to Chicago on the 15th, and I probably shall remain there or thereabouts for a...

...ess matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the matter; all will be harmony. In relation to the ?coming events? about which Butler wrote you, I had not heard one word before I got your letter; but I have...

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Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

..............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.......... ...t Pipes of the Organ.........................................121 Facing West from California’s Shores ................................................... ...g running Mississippi, and down to the Mexican sea, Chants of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, Chants going forth from the cent... ...summer ripples on Paumanok’s sands, Crossing the prairies, dwelling again in Chicago, dwelling in every town, Observing shows, births, improvements, s... ... walks, laughs, shouts, embraces, procreates. O the farmer’s joys! Ohioan’s, Illinoisian’s, Wisconsinese’, Kanadian’s, Iowan’s, Kansian’s, Missourian’... ...adly and savage, Manhattan rising, advancing with menacing front—Cincinnati, Chicago, unchain’d; What was that swell I saw on the ocean? behold what c... ...the good old cause in it? Has it not dangled long at the heels of the poets, politicians, literats, of enemies’ lands? Does it not assume that what is... ...ts, face to face? What does it mean to American persons, progresses, cities? Chicago, Kanada, Arkansas? Does it see behind the apparent custodians the...

...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...

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Crime Its Cause and Treatment

By: Clarence Darrow

... 1922 1922 PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE THIS BOOK comes from the reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court... ... reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, the topics I have treated are such as h... ...l” is a comparatively new idea. The whole subject has long been dealt with from the standpoint of meta- physics. Man has slowly banished chance from t... ...they have a popular significance which is easy to follow. Clarence Darrow. Chicago, August 1, 1922. CRIME ITS CAUSE AND TREATMENT I I I I I WHA WHA WH... ...den does not mean that these things are necessarily evil; but rather, that politicians believe there is a demand for such legislation from the class o... ... law as sacred. T rue they have no more acquaintance with law-mak- ers and politicians in general than with the criminal class, which, of course, is o... ... the books. It is very hard to get it repealed. Men are lazy and cowardly; politicians look for votes; members of legislatures and Con- gress are not ... ..., a psy- chology of movement, of impatience, of waste, of futility. Men in Chicago start to drive to Milwaukee without the slightest reason for going ... ...fessional criminals are against the parole board. Speaking of the State of Illinois, I am sure that the parole law, instead of shortening the time of ...

...Preface: This book comes from the reflections and experience of more than forty years spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, the topics I have treated are such as have always held my interest and inspired a taste for books that dis...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...newal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 7... ... We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, ... ...ommissioners—five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation’s capital at a time of great partisan division—have come to... ...is flying the plane—I think we are going down—I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building—Don’t worry, Dad— If it happen... ...s MAK. 40 Other cities with branches of al Khifa included Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and T ucson. 41 Al Khifa recruited American Muslims to... ...gnificant investigations in a number of field offices, including New York, Chicago, Detroit, San Diego, and Minneapolis. On a national level, however,... ...n, dominated by a wealthy and indolent elite. Saudi contacts with American politicians are frequently invoked as accusations in partisan polit- ical a... ...stigation Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois CIA Officials Outline of the 9/11 Plot Jacqueline Maguire, Special...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s ca...

...ganization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to the New: The First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation?and Nonadaptation? . . . in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation Administration 82 3.4 . . . and in t...

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Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

By: Ulysses S. Grant

...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...he aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, an... ... occupied by descendants of his to this day. I am of the eighth generation from Mathew Grant, and sev- enth from Samuel. Mathew Grant’s first wife die... ...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...oms, and su- perintended their drill. It was evident, from the time of the Chicago nomination to the close of the canvass, that the 115 U. S. Grant e... ...accepted with their organizations as they were, except in two instances. A Chicago regiment, the 19th infantry, had elected a very young man to the co... ...ection of the State. It embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politicians, merchants, bankers and ministers, and some men of ma- turer ye... ...presidency had declared the war a failure. Treason was talked as boldly in Chicago at that convention as ever been in Charleston. It was a question wh... ...st Richmond and Lee, the credit would be given to them for the capture, by politicians and non-combatants from the section of country which those troo...

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