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...r of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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... sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two... ...d America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For som... ...any, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other ... ...iling to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other in 42º ... ...om a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum ... ...ientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum of Natu... ...m, were unanimous on this point. Public opin- ion had been pronounced. The United States were the first in the field; and in New York they made prepar... ...ich he treasures all his greatest wonders.” For two whole hours an aquatic army escorted the Nau- tilus. During their games, their bounds, while rival... ...s, neverthe- less, crossed there to reach the Promised Land, and Pharaoh’s army perished precisely on that spot; and I think that excavations made in ...

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...are affable. I had but recently had an encounter with an imported Colonial statesman, who was being adver- tised like a soap as the coming saviour of ... ...able of understand- ing. But one could as soon have talked with one of the states- men at Madame T ussaud’s. An antiquated figure. The effect of these... ...han it experienced; it was steadily beating the spirit out of the Ger- man army and shoving it back towards Germany. Only peace can, I believe, preven... ... And upon the roads and beside them was the enormous equipment of a modern army advancing. Everywhere I saw new roads being made, railways pushed up, ... ...ino offensive, which exhausted Austria, wasted the flower of the Hungarian army and led directly to the Galician disasters and the intervention of Rum... ...war on that level might be as tedious as the South African war. But if the United States preferred to go into Mexican affairs with what I may perhaps ... ...that level might be as tedious as the South African war. But if the United States preferred to go into Mexican affairs with what I may perhaps call a ... ...rought upon the western front. These are Britain, France, Germany, and the United States of America. Less certainly equal to the effort are Italy, Jap... ...d overseas had by comparison a certain glamour. Except that when you said “United States” to him he would draw the air sharply be- tween his teeth and...

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...s. I have carried him thousands and thousands of miles on scout duty for the army, and there’s not a gorge, nor a pass, nor a valley, nor a fort, nor ... ... don’t know as well as we know the bugle calls. He is Chief of Scouts to the Army of the Fron tier, and it makes us very important. In such a positi... ...ome infantry. All glad to see me, including General Alison, commandant. The officers’ ladies and children well, and called upon me — with sugar. Colo... ...t trust my English, and I am aware, from what your brother used to say, that army officers educated at the Military Academy of the United States are t... ...st my English, and I am aware, from what your brother used to say, that army officers educated at the Military Academy of the United States are taught... ...ther used to say, that army officers educated at the Military Academy of the United States are taught our tongue. It is as I told you in my other lett... ...ed to say, that army officers educated at the Military Academy of the United States are taught our tongue. It is as I told you in my other letter: bot... ...ather have it from you than from the Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States, you incomparable little soldier! — and I don’t need to tak... ...ave it from you than from the Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States, you incomparable little soldier! — and I don’t need to take any o...

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...n with war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable. It is chaos or the United States of the World for mankind. There is no other choice. Ten years... ...war, the smash-up of civilization is inevitable. It is chaos or the United States of the World for mankind. There is no other choice. Ten years have b... ...d equipment, but it was an enormous pro- portion. Great Britain spent upon army and navy money and capacity, that directed into the channels of physic... ...ness of equipment and military efficiency. The great powers were first the United States, a nation ad- dicted to commerce, but roused to military nece... ... equipment and military efficiency. The great powers were first the United States, a nation ad- dicted to commerce, but roused to military necessities... ...ial ex- pansion, and its imposition of the German language upon a forcibly united Europe. These were the three most spirited and aggressive powers in ... ...British Empire were France and its allies, the Latin powers, heavily armed states indeed, but reluctant warriors, and in many ways socially and politi... ...women, had been caught in the destruction of the Post-Office, and a little army of volunteers with white badges entered behind the firemen, bringing o... ...vagely resolved to exterminate their enemies, and a continually reinforced army of invasion from Asia quartered upon the Pacific slope and supported b...

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...rom the law. There was scarce a word interchanged, and no common sentiment but that of cold united us, until at length, having touched at Greenock, a ... ...es. The starboard forward gallery is the second cabin. Away abaft the engines and below the officers’ cabins, to complete our survey of the vessel, th... ...nature of emigration. Day by day throughout the passage, and thence- forward across all the States, and on to the shores of the Pacific, this knowledg... ...nd un- founded; times were bad at home; they were said to have a turn for the better in the States; a man could get on any- where, he thought. That wa... .... ‘Is it one of the crew?’ he asked. ‘I believe him to be a fireman,’ I replied. I dare say officers are much annoyed by complaints and alarmist infor... ...d of man you find in books. He had been at Sebastopol under English colours; and again in a States ship, ‘after the Ala- bama, and praying God we shou... ...said he; ‘and you can’t get hazed to death by a damned non-com- missioned—as you can in the army.’ Among nations, En- gland was the first; then came F... ... outside of a sudden and complete political subver- sion. Down must go Lords and Church and Army; and capi- tal, by some happy direction, must change ... ...th, living on the journey as he could. He would have enlisted, but he was too small for the army and too old for the navy; and thought himself fortuna...

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...of men known as the “New Finan- ciers,” one heard frightened old-fashioned statesmen assert- ing with passion that “dumping” didn’t occur, or that it ... ...bly clumsy and serious-looking implement ticketed “As used in the American army.” I had drawn out my balance from the savings bank, matter of two poun... ...now lives in us… . To every one, I think, came some parallel to the mental states I have already sought to describe —a wonder, an im- pression of joyf... ...y ideas whatever that I had before the Change about the personali- ties of statesmen, but I doubt if ever in those days I thought of them at all as ta... ... civilized men. Get some one else for this job! … Where’s the coffee?” The officers held their own horses, and talked to the men frankly, regardless o... ...purse-proud farmer with an enormous belly, that fine dream of freedom, the United States, by a cunning, lean-faced rascal in striped trousers and a bl... ...duties, did it obtain, but the “new countries,” as we called them then—the United States of America, the Cape Colony, Australia, and New Zealand—spent... ...orld. After a brief century of hope and pride, the great re- public of the United States of America, the hope as it was deemed of mankind, became for ...

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...baltern. The look on Aaron’s face became slowly satirical. “Oh, dry up the army touch,” said Jim contemptuously, to Robert. “We’re all civvies here. W... ...ure stalking down the station path. Jim had been an officer in the regular army, and still spent hours with his tailor. But instead of being a soldier... ... gloves, and his cap. He was in uni- form. He was one of the few surviving officers of the Guards, a man of about forty-five, good-looking, getting ra... ...he foot of the stairs, he let go again. He was in that rosy condition when united-we-stand. But unfortu- nately it is a complicated job to climb the s... ...ved or liked. He found all his affections snapping off, all the ties which united him with his own 180 Aaron’s Rod people coming asunder. And why? In... .... “But didn’t you put something in the seat to RESERVE it?” “Only that New Statesman—but he’s moved it.” The man still sat with the invisible sneer-gr... ...n the sofa sat the Marchesa del Torre, an American woman from the Southern States, who had lived most of her life in Europe. She was about forty years... ...coffee the talk turned to Manfredi’s duties. He would not be free from the army for some time yet. On the mor- row, for example, he had to be out and ... ...ness, neither of the beloved nor of oneself. Happiness is only one of many states, and it is 299 D. H. Lawrence horrible to think of fixing us down t...

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...: 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 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 ...

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...vy,” 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 ... ...proved 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 aut... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ... officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services a... ...ree government and free institutions. For the part which you and the brave army of which you are a part have, under Providence, performed in this grea... ...re prudent, it would re- quire more time to effect a junction between your army and that of the Rappahannock by the way of the Potomac and Y ork river... ...ANTON, Secre- tary of War. MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, Com- manding Army of the Potomac, before Richmond. PROCLAMATION REVOKING GENERAL HUNTER’... ...’S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the publi... ...R OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the public print...

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... young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

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...ading name to lead them against us, as the origin of his title had led the army of Gaul of old gloriously, scared sweet 4 Beauchamp’s Career sleep. W... ...wered them boldly, with the appalling statement that we had no navy and no army. At the most we could muster a few old ships, a couple of experimental... ...ition challenged the allegations of Government, pointed to the trimness of army and navy during its term of office, and proclaimed itself watch-dog of... ...hile Lords and Commons suggest the decapitation of the leading figure. The united three, however, no longer cast re- flections on one another, and wer... ...ent. Commander Beauchamp, in responding to the invitation of the great and united Liberal party of the borough of Bevisham, obeyed the inspirations of... ...ead of ancient Egyp- tians in spirituality or in priestcraft! They call it statesman- ship. O for a word for it! Let Palsy and Cunning go to form a wo... ...e it out worse to you than to any one else, because I want our minds to be united.’ ‘Give me a respite now and then.’ ‘With all my heart. And forgive ... ...ics of impatience. The study of politics should be guided by some light of states- manship, otherwise it comes to this wild preaching. These men are t... ...mp: she could not realize the friend of Trajan, ora- tor, lawyer, student, statesman, benefactor of his kind, and model of her own modern English gent...

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....................................................... 37 Chicago ..................................................................... 46 The American Army ................................................... 55 America?s Defenceless Coasts ................................. 60...

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............................................................. 46 The American Army ................................................... 55 America’s Defen... ...that the Yankee school-marm, the cider and the salt codfish of the Eastern States, are responsible for what he calls a nasal accent. I know better. Th... ...- tended to himself. He could not imagine an Englishman coming through the States from west to east instead of by the regularly ordained route. My fea... ...x-officer of the South over his evening drink to a colonel of the Northern army, my introducer, who had served as a trooper in the Northern Horse, thr... ...lly wondrous tales of riata-throwing in Mexico and Arizona, of gambling at army posts in Texas, of newspaper wars waged in godless Chi- cago (I could ... ...m that are not pretty. There are six million negroes, more or less, in the States, and they are increasing. The American, once having made them citize... ...shade of a clump of pines between whose trunks glimmered tents. A batch of United States troopers came down the road and flung themselves across the c... ...t chief, his horse’s tail tied up in red calico, swaggered in front of the United States cavalry, challenging all to single combat. But he was slain, ... ..., an’ mother, an’ me.” On a table-land overlooking all the city stands the United States garrison of infantry and artillery. The State of Utah can do ...

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...o the Congress January to April, 1917 by W oodrow Wilson, President of the United States, with the President’s proclamation of war April 6, 1917 and h... ...ongress January to April, 1917 by W oodrow Wilson, President of the United States, with the President’s proclamation of war April 6, 1917 and his mess... ...on’s When a Man Comes to Himself, On Being Human, and The President of the United States. *Harper & Brothers’ note. 4 Why We Are at War I A WORLD LEA... ...en a Man Comes to Himself, On Being Human, and The President of the United States. *Harper & Brothers’ note. 4 Why We Are at War I A WORLD LEAGUE FOR... ...most vital interests the war puts in constant jeopardy. The Central Powers united in a reply which stated merely that they were ready to meet their an... ...RES PEACE IS NOT FAR OFF It is inconceivable that the people of the United States should play no part in that great enterprise. To take part in such a... ...he manufacture of mu- nitions of war or of any products for the use of the army or navy. Fifth. An alien enemy shall not write, print or publish any a... ...y upon an. effective war footing and are about to create and equip a great army, but these are the simplest parts of the great task to which we have a... ... and women alike, will be a great national, a great international, service army—a notable and honored host engaged in the service of the na- tion and ...

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...rren- der almost as much of their sovereignty as the constituent sovereign States which make up the United States of America have surrendered to the F... ...of their sovereignty as the constituent sovereign States which make up the United States of America have surrendered to the Federal Government; if the... ...d at present. It is really quite idle to dream of a warless world in which States are still absolutely free to annoy one another with tar- iffs, with ... ...here is no means of settling boundary dis- putes. Moreover, as between the united States of the world and the United States of America there is this f... ... no means of settling boundary dis- putes. Moreover, as between the united States of the world and the United States of America there is this further ... ... any part of “our Empire” under a world administration on the footing of a United States territory. Until they cease to be staggered by anything of th... ...ng, the Allies as contem- porary soldiers. They were going to fight a 1900 army with a 1914 army, and their whole opening scheme was based on the conv... ...that seem to form the chief reading of our military experts, said that the army that entrenches is a defeated army. The silly dictum was repeated and ... ...against science, discipline, and priggishly keeping fit enough to join the army, as very good fun indeed, good matter for some jolly reeling ballad ab...

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...lon. A brave general he was, and well he and his soldiers fought the Roman army! So well, that whenever in that war the Roman soldiers saw a great clo... ...avest was Caractacus, or Caradoc, who gave battle to the Romans, with his army, among the mountains of North Wales. ‘This day,’ said he to his sol d... ... sword, seventy thousand Romans in a few days. Suetonius strengthened his army, and advanced to give them battle. They strengthened their army, and d... ...people, established themselves in another; and gradually seven kingdoms or states arose in England, which were called the Saxon Heptarchy. The poor Br... ...tended his power over the whole of England, and so the Seven Kingdoms were united into one. When England thus became one kingdom, ruled over by one Sa... ...ut at any rate it is true that Fine Scholar could not hold out against his united brothers, and that he abandoned Mount St. Michael, and wandered abou... ... French powers he had promised, bribed, and bought, and they had naturally united against him. Af ter some fighting, however, in which few suf fered... ...tinent of Europe, occasioned by the reigning Princes of little quarrelling states in Italy having at various times married into other Royal families, ... ...the distinguished men who flourished in it. Apart from the great voyagers, statesmen, and scholars, whom it produced, the names of Bacon, Spenser,, a...

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...ead the Book........................18 Beginning My Studies.........................18 Beginners............................................19 To the States.......................................19 On Journeys Through the States..........19 To a Certain Cantatrice.......................20 Me Imperturbe....................................20 Savantism...........................

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..............18 Beginners............................................19 To the States.......................................19 On Journeys Through the S... .............................................244 France (the 18th Year of these States) ....................................................246 Year of M... ...Ballad (1854).....................278 Europe (The 72d and 73d Years of These States)...........................................280 A Hand Mirror......... ...a Ford....................313 Bivouac on a Mountain Side..............313 An Army Corps on the March...........314 By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame......... ...My Chant...........534 True Conquerors...............................535 The United States to Old World Critics ......................................... ...an the whole of the Mannahatta in itself, Singing the song of These, my ever united lands—my body no more inevitably united, part to part, and made ou... ...nd diverse contributions one identity, any more than my lands are inevitably united and made one identity; Nativities, climates, the grass of the gre... ...reak call—hark! how loud and clear I hear it wind, Swift! to the head of the army!—swift! spring to your places, Pioneers! O pioneers! TO Y OU Wh... ...talk I remember all, I remember the Declaration, It was read here, the whole army paraded, it was read to us here, By his staff surrounded the General...

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...ION It has been the ambition of my literary life to write a book about the United States, and I had made up my mind to visit the country with this obj... ...has been the ambition of my literary life to write a book about the United States, and I had made up my mind to visit the country with this object bef... ... visit the country with this object before the in- testine troubles of the United States government had com- menced. I have not allowed the division a... ...the country with this object before the in- testine troubles of the United States government had com- menced. I have not allowed the division among th... ...ates government had com- menced. I have not allowed the division among the States and the breaking out of civil war to interfere with my intention; bu... ...The writings which have been most popular in England on the subject of the United States have hitherto dealt chiefly with social details; and though i... ...ar as I could see, there was no analogy between the two cases. In India an army had mutinied, and that an army com- posed of a subdued, if not a servi... ... any sympathy shown by us to insurgent negroes. But, nevertheless, had the army which mutinied in India been in possession of ports and sea-board; had... ..., one after another, com- plaining of the contractors who were robbing the army, of the commanders who did not know how to command the army, and of th...

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...e phenomena in history. All historians agree that the external activity of states and nations in their conflicts with one another is expressed in wars... ... direct result of greater or less success in war the political strength of states and nations increases or decreases. Strange as may be the historical... ...nt of how some king or emperor, having quarreled with another, collects an army, fights his enemy’s army, gains a victory by killing three, five, or t... ...nfirm the truth of the statement that the greater or lesser success of one army against another is the cause, or at least an essential indication, of ... ...rength of the nation—even though it is unintelligible why the defeat of an army-a hundredth part of a nation—should oblige that whole nation to submit... ... off his wet clothes, gave them to be dried, and at once began helping the officers to fix up the dinner table. In ten minutes the table was ready and... ...ask of rum, white bread, roast mutton, and salt. Sitting at table with the officers and tearing the fat savory mutton with his hands, down which the g... ...“Well, never mind!” and immediately, blushing and looking anxiously at the officers to see if they appeared ironical, he said: “May I call in that boy... ...of prisoners, and Junot’s baggage train—still con- stituted a separate and united whole, though each of the groups was rapidly melting away. Of the ar...

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...kov and Photius. He also acted badly by concerning himself with the active army and disband- ing the Semenov regiment.” It would take a dozen pages to... ...ng and self-confident limitations of this man raise him to the head of the army. The brilliant qualities of the soldiers of the army sent to Italy, hi... ...leet, which subsequently did not let a single boat pass, allows his entire army to elude it. In Africa a whole series of outrages are committed agains... ...HIS WIFE entered the drawing room the countess was in one of her customary states in which she needed the mental exertion of playing patience, and so—... ...esults are always simple ones. My whole idea is that if vicious people are united and constitute a power, then honest folk must do the same. Now that’... ...scow, and the Emperor Alexander, helped by the advice of Stein and others, united Europe to arm against the disturber of its peace. All Napoleon’s all... ... Old Guards, re- nounced the throne and went into exile. Then the skillful states- men and diplomatists (especially Talleyrand, who managed to sit dow... ...storians give, from the compilers of memoirs and the histories of separate states to the writers of general histories and the new histories of the cul... ...num- ber; of the next higher military rank—corporals and noncom- missioned officers of whom there are fewer, and of still-higher officers of whom ther...

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...ral, had a right to expect. This ship was full of recruits for the Spanish army, and bound to Concepcion. Even in that destiny was an iteration, or re... ... obliged to do such things. Besides all these grounds of evil, the Spanish army had just there an extra demoralization from a war with sav- ages—faith... ...ng a man. That word ‘kill’ is sprinkled *Alferez. This rank in the Spanish army is, or was, on a level with the modern sous-lieutenant of France. 101... ...or two hundred and twenty years. It is enough that she is reported to have united the stately tread of Andalusian women with the innocent voluptuousne... ...; and the French reporter of Catalina’s memoirs dwells upon the theme. She united, he says, the sweetness of the German lady with the energy of the Ar... ... for reclaiming them, or for chastising their revolt. Both conditions were united obviously in the person of Kien Long, the reigning Emperor of China,... ...of this paper have been translated by the Jesuit missionaries. The Emperor states the whole motives of his conduct and the chief incidents at great le... ...s ogy, when men talk of substances in different stages, or of transitional states, they do not mean that they have watched the same individual stratum... ...at they have watched the same individual stratum or phenomenon, exhibiting states removed from each other by depths of many thousand years; how could ...

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...ner yet no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke... ... no Vermont, in our business. There’s jest two kind o’ horse in the United States—them ez can an’ will do their work after bein’ properly broke an’ ha... ...n Chinn the Second was rather clever, but as the eldest son he entered the army, according to Chinn tradition. His duty was to abide in his father’s r... ...ars, and their points of pride were these: Firstly, they had fewer English officers than any native regi- ment. Secondly, their subalterns were not mo... ...he Order of British India, with thirty-five years’ spotless service in the army, and a rank among his own people superior to that of many Bengal princ... ...idence men, women, and children stole away to their villages as the little army passed by. They carried news that it was good and right to be scratche... ... par- ticulars from ours. And do you always stop trains in this way in the States, Mr. Sargent?” “I should if occasion ever arose; but I’ve never had ... ...d for a constable! lock him up! “ said that man, adjusting his collar; and unitedly they cast him into the lamp-room, and turned the key, while the dr... ...was great jealousy between the first and second de- tachments, but the men united in adoring Cottar, and their way of showing it was by sparing him al...

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...VI: CAIRO AND CAMP WOOD......................................................................................................... 114 CHAPTER VII: THE ARMY OF THE NORTH..................................................................................................... 135 CHAPTER VIII: BACK TO BOSTON.............................................................................

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........................................................ 114 CHAPTER VII: THE ARMY OF THE NORTH ............................................................ ..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ .............................. 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ....................................................................... ......................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: ... .................. 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: THE FIN... ...afe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might be central alike to all the States. It was presumed, when Washington was founded, that these three adva... ...he only city of the Union that has been in an enemy’s possession since the United States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, a... ... and then I knew that the Post-office had become a provision depot for the army. The official arrangements here for the public were so bad as to be ab... ...given. It no doubt may be said in excuse for this that the presence of the army round Washington caused, at that period, special inconvenience; and th...

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... alteration even in the volumes. Sir Francis Walsingham was a young rising statesman in 1572, instead of the elderly sage he is represented; his daugh... ...nnora W alwyn, and finding that her father, one of the grav- est of T udor statesmen, would not hear of her breaking her engagement to the honest Dors... ...lliam, Baron of Hurst Walwyn, a valiant knight at Guingate and Boulogne, a statesman of whom Wolsey had been jealous, and a ripe scholar who had share... ...cts were on foot, and were much relished by the young King, for raising an army and striking a blow at Spain by aiding the Reformed in the Netherlands... ...ot but draw such a fate on himself. Now all is smooth, the estates will be united in their true head, and you—you too, my child, will be provided for ... ... knows that the place is full of shrubs and thickets, where one half of an army might spend a fine day in looking for the other.’ ‘And at night you wi... ...e crews, and there were narrations of outrages committed on Catholics. The army were enraged by their failure before La Rochelle; in effect, it was re... ... light gone out from the earth! Reckless and weary, she had let herself be united to M. de Selinville, and in her bridal honours and amusements had tr... ..., nephew, the lot of you all depends on your not giving um- brage to these officers of her Majesty. I will do my poor best for you; but submission is ...

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...Mansfeld. — Christian, Duke of Brunswick. — Wallenstein raises an Imperial Army at his own expense. — The King of Denmark defeated. — Death of Mansfel... ...ons. — Wallenstein deprived of the Command. — Gustavus Adolphus. — Swedish Army. — Gustavus Adolphus takes his leave of the States at Stockholm. — Inv... ...tavus Adolphus. — Swedish Army. — Gustavus Adolphus takes his leave of the States at Stockholm. — Invasion by the Swedes. — Their progress in Germany.... ...he Lech. — Defeat and Death of Tilly. — Gustavus takes Munich. — The Saxon Army invades Bohemia, and takes Prague. — Distress of the Emperor. — Secret... ...by their adhesion, it on the other was indispens- able to their interests. States which hitherto scarcely concerned themselves with one another’s exis... ...hrough the Ref- ormation an attractive centre of interest, and began to be united by new political sympathies. And as through its influence new relati... ...een citizen and citizen, and be- tween rulers and subjects, so also entire states were forced by it into new relative positions. Thus, by a strange co... ...n of the tenth and the twentieth penny, the See of Rome had never lost the United Netherlands. Princes fought in self-defence or for aggrandizement, w... ...y exertions against the ambition of Austria, or the States themselves have united so closely against the common enemy. The power of Austria never stoo...

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...treet indicates possibili- ties in the Oriental imagination of the eminent statesman who stooped to conquer fact through fiction. Thackeray’s attitude... ...e to appease her cravings earlier than she would have had as much from the United Liberal Cabinet, but at a cost both to her and to England. Meanwhile... ...d faith in the active intellect, and that is the thing to be prayed for by statesmen who would register permanent successes. The Irish, it is true, do... ...the ‘quatre pattes’. We consider that we have not lost by his temerity. In states of dubitation under impelling elements, the instinct pointing to cou... ... ancient city last evening I met General Cadogan and two superior Prussian officers, who by this time must have joined Victor Emmanuel’s headquarters ... ...d’armee seem destined to operate. The English general and the two Prussian officers above men- tioned are to follow the king’s staff, the first as Eng... ... good posi- 16 Miscellaneous Prose tions for contesting the advance of an army crossing the Po at Lago Scuro, or at any other point not far from it, ... ...known in London fashionable society, entered as a volunteer in the Italian army, and was appointed orderly officer to General Lamarmora. The choice of... ...Arpino is not the only Neapolitan nobleman who has enlisted in the Italian army since the war with Austria broke out. In order to show you the importa...

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...these forces-millions of men, reckoning those transporting and feeding the army-moved from the west eastwards to the Rus- sian frontier, toward which ... ...private also refused, there would have been so many less men in Napoleon’s army and the war could 5 Tolstoy not have occurred. Had Napoleon not taken... ...t want war and would always love and honor him— yet he set off to join his army, and at every station gave fresh orders to accelerate the movement of ... ... express his devotion to his monarch except by cruelty. In the organism of states such men are necessary, as wolves are necessary in the organism of n... ...chia, and now he won’t have those splen- did provinces. Y et he might have united them to his empire and in a single reign would have extended Russia ... ...n a Ger- man theorist in whom all the characteristics of those others were united to such an extent. Pfuel was short and very thin but broad-boned, of... ... The campaign began, the regiment was moved into Poland on double pay, new officers arrived, new men and horses, and above all everybody was infected ... ... Lord.” “As one community, without distinction of class, without en- mity, united by brotherly love—let us pray!” thought Natasha. “For the peace that... ...ring not only of nobles but also of the merchant-class—les etats generaux (States- General)—evoked in him a whole series of ideas he had long laid asi...

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...oun- try. He is the well-known Prince Bolkonski who had to retire from the army under the late Emperor, and was nicknamed ‘the King of Prussia.’ He is... ...answer you all at once?” said Prince Andrew. “Besides, in the actions of a states- man one has to distinguish between his acts as a private person, as... ...war for freedom I could understand it and should be the first to enter the army; but to help England and Austria against the greatest man in the world... ...under their thick long lashes watched her cousin who was going to join the army , with such passionate girlish adoration that her smile could not for ... ... up in you, and that in spite of the distance separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart rebels against fate and in spite of ... ...e conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced not only that all the... ... his soul. He firmly believed in the possibility of the brotherhood of men united in the aim of supporting one another in the path of virtue, and that... ...om his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, how close was the bond that united him to Denisov and and the whole regiment. On approaching it, Rostov... ...d Speranski’s famous laugh, and this ringing, high pitched laughter from a statesman made a strange im- pression on him. He entered the dining room. T...

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...nterests of eternal justice (and recent friendship), does not apply to the United States of America. There, if one may believe the long and helpless i... ...s of eternal justice (and recent friendship), does not apply to the United States of America. There, if one may believe the long and helpless indignat... ...es on Life and Letters battlefield among its own dead, in the manner of an army having won a barren victory. It will not know when it is beaten. And p... ...ds the introductory chapter of the story which, as the author’s dedication states, has inspired an admirable draughtsman and a skilful dramatist, each... ...ct he seems to depart from his sceptical philosophy. But as an illustrious statesman, now no more, a great prince too, with an ironic mind and a liter... ...tradesmen? I suppose that there are some very perfect people who allow the Army and Navy Stores to censor their diet. So much merit, however, I imagin... ...eness of their character stands them in good stead. But the Japanese grand army has yet another advantage in this nerve-destroying contest, which for ... ...il n’y a plus d’Europe!” There is, indeed, no Europe. The idea of a Europe united in the solidarity of her dynasties, which for a mo- ment seemed to d... ...kind of beet. He exported this seed, not only with profit (and even to the United States), but with a certain amount of glory which seemed to have gon...

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...n the French came to this country with Monsieur Rochambeau, not one of his officers was superior to my Henry, and he was not the equal of my poor Geor... ...at he asked leave to serve as a vol- unteer, and join the Duke of Argyle’s army in Scotland, which the Pretender never had the courage to face; and th... ... a story (whereof I myself was the au- thor) was got to be believed in the army, that he was eldest son of the hereditary Grand Bootjack of the Empire... ...fore-named George; and left issue besides, Thomas, a colonel in the King’s army, who afterwards joined the Usurper’s Government; and Francis, in holy ... ... and with the Dutch, when King Charles was compelled to lend troops to the States; and against them, when his Maj- esty made an alliance with the Fren... ...f this illustrious prince, this invincible warrior, this wise and moderate statesman. Loyalty to the exiled king’s family was traditional, as has been... ...ous gentlemen following in his suite. His Grace reviewed the troops of the States-General between Liege and Maestricht, and afterwards the English 21... ...h!) Henry Esmond hath been Marquis of Esmond and Earl of Castlewood in the United Kingdom, and Baron and Viscount Castlewood of Shandon in Ireland, an... ...d lonely under its ruined old roof? We were all so, even when together and united, as it seemed, following our separate schemes, each as we sat round ...

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...hout a question, even from his chief officer. He has the power to turn his officers off duty, and even to break them and make them do duty as sailor... ...a small schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at a... ... schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at anchor, ... ...alled who speak the English language) who have married Californians, become united to the Catholic church, and acquired considerable property. Havi... ...ure was chiefly turned against a large, heavy moulded fellow from the Middle States, who was called Sam. This man hesitated in his speech, and was ra... ...acquitted, yet he was so frightened that he never would show himself in the United States again; and I could not persuade him that he could never be ... ...ed, yet he was so frightened that he never would show himself in the United States again; and I could not persuade him that he could never be tried a... ...ate of Americans, in favor of the retention in office of an officer of our army who was wounded at San Pazqual and whom some wretched caucus was goi... ... it, of joining the steamer or signing a parole of honor not to serve in the army or navy of the United States. Thank God no one accepted the former o...

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...ur and industry began. And the leagues that have been made between several states and kingdoms, either expressly or tacitly disowning all claim and ri... ...abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge free dom. For in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is n... ...res, that so their industry might be encouraged, and their interest better united, to make provision and lay up goods for their common issue, which un... ...nd maintenance might be varied and regulated by that contract which first united them in that society, nothing being neces sary to any society that ... ... all these subordinate relations of wife, children, ser vants and slaves, united under the domestic rule of a family, with what resemblance soever it... ... very little property, and wanted not vari ety of rulers and abundance of officers to direct and look after their execution where there were but few ... ...king laws for the community from time to time, and executing those laws by officers of their own ap pointing, and then the form of the government is ... ...han the common practice of martial discipline. For the preservation of the army, and in it of the whole commonwealth, re quires an absolute obedience... ...whole community is one body in the state of Nature in respect of all other states or persons out of its community. 82 Concerning Civil Government, 2nd...

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...driv’n along, And thro’ the clouds pursued the scatt’ring throng: Now, all united in a goodly team, They skim the ground, and seek the quiet stream. A... ...d ready to receive The golden burthen, and their friends relieve; All with united force, combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive: Wit... ...ding crown Now threats a fall, and throws the leafy honors down. T o their united force it yields, tho’ late, And mourns with mortal groans th’ approa... ...he force Of Spartan dogs, and swift Massylian horse. The T yrian peers and officers of state For the slow queen in antechambers wait; Her lofty course... ...ing their hasty flight to happier lands; Such, and so thick, the shiv’ring army stands, And press for passage with extended hands. Now these, now thos... ...ies feed, And creep within their bells, to suck the balmy seed: The winged army roams the fields around; The rivers and the rocks remurmur to the soun... ...the same parts of heav’n his navy stands, T o the same parts on earth; his army lands; The town he conquers, and the tow’r commands.” Y et more, when ... ...n saw, and turn’d his ships to shore. ‘T was on a solemn day: th’ Arcadian states, The king and prince, without the city gates, Then paid their off’ri... ...relied; Who promis’d, who procur’d, the Spartan bride? When all th’ united states of Greece combin’d, T o purge the world of the perfidious kind, Then...

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.... And of the two atmospheres it is hard to say which was the more fatal to statesmanship. Revolution on the Shelf Heartbreak House was quite familiar ... ...ing any objection to war at all, and had not only had military training in Officers’ T rain- ing Corps, but had proclaimed on public occasions that th... ... climax of legal lawlessness was reached in France. The greatest Socialist statesman in Europe, Jaures, was shot and killed by a gentleman who resente... ... wrath on which many suns go down before it is appeased. Yet it was in the United States of America where nobody slept the worse for the war, that the... ...on which many suns go down before it is appeased. Yet it was in the United States of America where nobody slept the worse for the war, that the war fe... ...scientious objectors, hold back because the ship had been neglected by its officers and scuttled by its wreckers. The ship had to be saved, even if Ne... ... knew no bounds. They de- clared that this would put a new spirit into the army; and had no suspicion that the soldiers in the trenches roared with la... ...er that it would do the blighters at home good to have a taste of what the army was up against. Sometimes the smallness of view was pathetic. A man wo... ... war before we had not only achieved the triumph of vanquishing the German army and thereby over- throwing its militarist monarchy, but made the very ...

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...2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, 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?...

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... Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...MS 215 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and... ...5 7.1 First Arrivals in California 215 7.2 The 9/11 Pilots in the United States 223 7.3 Assembling the Teams 231 7.4 Final Strategies and Tactic... ... of Effort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table o... ...ort in the Congress 419 13.5 Organizing America’s Defenses in the United States 423 Appendix A: Common Abbreviations 429 Appendix B:Table of Names... ...nted document condemned the Saudi monarchy for allowing the presence of an army of infidels in a land with the sites most sacred to Islam, and celebra... ...d States rushed out of Somalia in shame and dis- grace.” Citing the Soviet army’s withdrawal from Afghanistan as proof that a ragged army of dedicated... ... international jihad con- federation. In Sudan, he established an “Islamic Army Shura” that was to serve as the coordinating body for the consortium o...