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...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, ... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ...f the United States under the super- vision and upon the responsibility of naval officers of such gov- ernments and in conformity to such regulations ... ...ed States to aid the rebellion; all who are or shall have been military or naval officers of said so-called Confederate Government above the rank of c... ...o the education of officers and engineers for the naval service. The Naval Academy is rendering signal service in preparing midshipmen for the highly ... ...E MANSION, W ASHINGTON, December 15, 1863. MOTHER MARY GONYEAG , Superior, Academy of Visitation, Keokuk, Iowa: The President has no authority as to w... ...the Ameri- can ladies, on the occasion of the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, by our illustrious friend, Edward Everett, now, ala...

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... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. T... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. This Por... ...ronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Electronic Classics ... ...ransmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, Electronic Classics Series ... ...ecessity of another resort to them. Already have the gallant exploits of our naval heroes proved to the world our inherent capacity to maintain our ri... ...of these are amply recompensed, in their turn, by the nursery for seamen and naval force thus formed and reared up for the support of our com mon rig... ...ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 301 tion from the Military Academy at West Point. A large parade followed the ceremony, and inaugura... ...otomac River, and on the far shore the sloping hills of Arling ton National Cemetery with its row on row of simple white markers bearing crosses or S...

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...er has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and f... ...e in the New Orleans ‘Times Democrat,’ based upon reports of able engineers, states that the river annually empties four hundred and six million tons ... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ..., he promptly resented even the merest sugges tions. Indeed, the law of the United States forbade him to listen to commands or suggestions, rightly c... ...e did not die at once, and his sufferings were very dreadful. A young French naval cadet, of fifteen, son of a French admiral, was fearfully scalded, ... ...sissippi Mark T wain 144 chor Line will have him in uniform—a natty blue naval uniform, with brass buttons, along with all the officers of the lin... ...just as it grew, and, therefore, perfect in its charm. Everything about this cemetery suggests the hand of the national Government. The Government’s w... ...e is nothing strikingly remarkable about it; but one can say of it as of the Academy of Music in New York, that if a broom or a shovel has ever been u... ... the fact. It is curious that cabbages and hay and things do not grow in the Academy of Music; but no doubt it is on account of the interruption of th...

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...ntly at Veronique as she returned to her seat from the altar where she had united herself with God,—a moment when she appeared to all the parish in he... ...f all chance of the episcopate. 38 The Village Rector This eminent priest united in himself great Christian mod- esty and a noble character. Without ... ...ith moss and lichen; but the other side and the apse, around which lay the cemetery, was covered with a wealth of varied blooms. A few trees, among ot... ...ous pines standing close against the apsis served as light- ning-rods. The cemetery, enclosed by a low, half-ruined wall, had for ornament an iron cro... ...on the right to choose the career that pleased me most,—either military or naval engineering, artillery, or staff duty, or the civil engineering of mi... ...Paris to the first suspension bridge built by an engineer, a member of the Academy of Sciences; a mel- ancholy collapse caused by blunders such as non... ...ld have smothered him. How many men from the Ecoles are to be found in the Academy of Sciences? Pos- sibly two or three. The man of genius develops al... ...magnificent phase of public works, which is destined to change the face of States and nations, to double human life, and modify the laws of space and ... ...ble human life, and modify the laws of space and time. Belgium, the United States of America, England, none of whom have an Ecole Polytechnique, will ...

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...otel-advertisement is personally addressed to me, no hotel-room tapestried with great-coats and railway wrappers is set apart for me, no house of publ... ... the Charles Dickens 42 male sex, in a checked shirt and without a coat, reading a newspaper; now, it was a man crimp and a woman crimp, who always i... ...oods and small shops, is the fancy of a humble artist, as exemplified in two portraits representing Mr. Thomas Sayers, of Great Brit- ain, and Mr. Joh... ...ere the boy Horatio Nelson got out of bed to steal the pears: not because he wanted any, but because every other boy was afraid: yet I have sev- eral ... ...ystem of for- tifications. Fifty times a day, I got down to harangue an in- furiated soldiery about the Bottle. Through the filthy degra- dation of th... ...legs, and the firmness with which they sustained the different positions, was truly remarkable. The broadsword exercise over, suddenly there was great... ... no premium at all? That they are also much esteemed in the Royal Navy, which they prefer, ‘because everything is so neat and clean and or- derly’? Or... ...landsmen, with loose papers, and with pens and inkstands, pervade it; and the general appearance of things is as if the late Mr. Amazon’s funeral had ... ...se at once gentle, disinterested, and de- termined, my friend—Mr. Kindheart—obtained access to the mourner, and undertook to arrange the burial. There...

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...one, but who, nevertheless, possessed a fund of knowledge and penetration, united with a will as powerful as ever although clogged by a body rendered ... ...d alive?” “Why bury it there if it were dead? This garden has never been a cemetery.” “What is done to infanticides in this country?” asked Major Cava... ...ses un- der one’s hand, such as mines, lands, and funded property, in such states as France, Austria, and England, provided these treasures and proper... ...trition. I lost a battle in Spain, I have been defeated in Trieste, but my naval army in India will have taken some galleons, and my Mexican pioneers ... ...spinal marrow out of dogs with whalebone.” “And he is made a member of the Academy of Sciences for this?” “No; of the French Academy.” * Louis David, ... ...us French painter. 102 The Count of Monte Cristo “But what has the French Academy to do with all this?” “I was going to tell you. It seems” — “That h... ...w I ex- isted when it was arranged by your two families that you should be united. I have no enmity against M. Franz, and promise you the pun- ishment... ...s, styled himself truly at that time Fernand, as our esteemed contemporary states; but he has since added to his Christian name a title of nobility an... ...n his own element.” “What do you mean?” “The report was that he had been a naval officer, who had been confined for plotting with the Bonapartists.” “...

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...omise the influence of his family in the arrondissement of Arcis, that old statesman would doubtless propose for candidate some young man who could be... ...the country; he knows parliamentary necessities; he is much nearer being a statesman than my friend Simon, who will not pretend to have made himself a... ... Historical Mystery.”] The Marions, Grevins, and Giguets were all the more united be- cause the triumph of their political opinions, called “consti- t... ...rtain extent, be justified in complain- ing that the removal from a public cemetery to private grounds of the body of one who is dear to them as well ... ... were already so apparent in the work he did for his examinations that the Academy, under pressure of opinion, decided to crown him—though he laughed ... ...pulsion of this intolerable work, seemed to me most justifi- able. But the Academy, instigated by the public and by the newspapers, which talked of op... ...rille doubly promised, to a young English peer aged ten and a pupil in the Naval School of about the same years, came very near producing unpleasant c... ...uise, but he had not yet brought himself to visit her grave in the village cemetery where he had laid them. There was everything, therefore, to fear f... ...thful to any secret that concerned you per- sonally.” “ Ah! you are such a united pair,” said Madame de l’Estorade, with a heavy sigh. “I don’t regret...

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...iends and his community have at heart if he would be liked — especially as a statesman; and both as business man and statesman I wanted to study the t... ...and stature of the individual who wears it; and, besides, I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and th... ...ed to frighten me. One of my deepest secrets was my West Point — my military academy. I kept that most jealously out of sight; and I did the same with... ...academy. I kept that most jealously out of sight; and I did the same with my naval academy which I had established at a remote seaport. Both were pro... ...y. I kept that most jealously out of sight; and I did the same with my naval academy which I had established at a remote seaport. Both were prosperin... ...ift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief T error which we ... ...and. This little relaxation of sternness had a good effect upon the queen. A statesman gains little by the arbitrary exercise of iron clad authority u... ...ree sects, so that they will police each other, as had been the case in the United States in my time. Concentration of power in a po litical machin...

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...e gossip brought to him by his unsuspecting friends; for neither courtier, statesman, minister, nor friend ever looked upon those notes which this “li... ... In 1691 I was studying my philosophy and beginning to learn to ride at an academy at Rochefort, getting mightily tired of masters and books, and anxi... ...owed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind, therefore, to escape from my leading-strings;... ...ention that the (exiled) King of England looked on at this 13 Saint-Simon naval battle from the shore; and was accused of allowing ex- pressions of p... ...alting-places was Marienburgh, where we camped for the night. I had become united in friendship with Comte de Coetquen, who was in the same company wi... ...ition cost the King. M. le Duc presided this year over the Assembly of the States of Burgundy, in place of his father M. le Prince, who did not wish t... ...ry. The Abbes Tallemant, Toureil, and Dacier, three learned members of the Academy, were charged with the explanation to be placed opposite each of th... ...hich thus became due to them. Our fleet, too, hearing that a much superior naval force was coming to the assistance of the enemy, and being, thanks to... ...followed ‘lettres de cachet’. The families who had relatives buried in the cemetery of Port Royal des Champs were or- dered to exhume and carry them e...

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...e bump when she comes home. Oh! when will our poor remnants be once more a united family? and when shall I get into Cocksmoor school again?’ When Dr. ... ...eep in an argu- ment in which the lieutenant’s Indian reminiscences of the Naval Brigade were at issue with the captain’s Southdown practice, and the ... ... dark for taking aim, he and the weapon were so thor- 111 Yo n g e oughly united, that no further difficulty remained but of getting out his thanks t... ...rence between the staff of the middle school and of the private commercial academy. He evidently was pleased to stand upon his rights, to disap- point... ...ton friend, who, while quartered in Canada, had made excur- sions into the States, and acquired such impressions as high- bred young officers were apt... ...matters before your brother that might dissuade him from making the United States his home. You have justly more influence than I. Will you object to ... ... robust, with revived spirits, but bent on standing an examination for the academy at Woolwich. He had written about it several times before his retur... ...e his duty not to consent, cited the funeral of one of his scholars at the cemetery, and re- ferred to recent sanatory measures. Dr. May quickly excla...

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...tence, haunted him, each swelling to possession of him in turn; until they united to head a plunge into retro- spects; which led to his reviewing the ... ...e slight American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of ex... ...t American accent con- tracted during a lengthened residence in the United States is no bar to the patriotism urging him to pay his visit of expo- sit... ...sparkling to him. Skepsey enjoyed it, at the back of thoughts military and naval. Visible sea, this girdle of Britain, inspired him to exultations in ... ...now ‘in contrition of spirit,’ that in formerly opposing the scheme for an Academy, he helped to the hand- ing of our noble language to the rapid repo... ...l revealed in a quietness not less immobile than tombstones of an unending cemetery, with its last ghost laid. Did men but know it!—The habitual ne- c...

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...ring, not only from all the provinces of France, but even from all foreign states, the most celebrated swordsmen. It was not uncommon for Richelieu an... ...ng a gentle- man. I will write a letter today to the Director of the Royal Academy, and tomorrow he will admit you without any ex- pense to yourself. ... ... T reville, stopping him. “I promised you a letter for the director of the Academy. Are you too proud to accept it, young gentleman?” “No, sir,” said ... ...Musketeers were much attached to their young comrade. The friendship which united these four men, and the want they felt of seeing another three or fo... ...passed on. Farther on, a still greater terror seized him on passing by the cemetery of St. Jean, where state criminals were buried. One thing, however... ...h of whom he had before had business, and who both knew him again; so they united against him and hanged him on a tree. Then they came and boasted of ... ...l, then I shall hope for one of those events which change the destinies of states.” “If your Eminence would quote to me some one of these events in hi... ...post gave orders to let Felton pass, who, besides, wore the uni- form of a naval officer. Felton darted into the palace. At the moment he entered the ...

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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... ...was in consequence obliged to abandon his commis- sion and retire from the Academy. Will that young lady ever again sleep quietly in her bed? I should... ...I feel assured that West Point, taken as a whole, is an excellent military academy, and that young men have gone forth from it, and will go forth from... ...our years in the State. He is to be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the State, as is the President of those of the Union. I see... ...hurches in Lowell, a library, banks, and insurance office,; how there is a cemetery, and a park; and how everything is beautiful, philanthropic, profi... ...h—for at that time Beaufort, in South Carolina, had just been taken by the naval expedi- tion. He had, he said, a political expectation of a supply of...

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...ing of a hard glossy substance with a pearly lus- tre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks. This, when examined with a lens, is fou... ...es, finely coni- cal at both ends. Two of these are shown in the wood- cut united together. They vary in length from .04 to .06, and even to .08 of an... ...is very inferior in force and rapidity to that of a hawk. *Read before the Academy of Sciences in Paris. L’Institut, 1834, p. 418. 63 Charles Darwin ... ...mpelled to vomit up the carrion it may have recently gorged. Lastly, Azara states that several Carranchas, five or six together, will unite in chase o... ...from the last species, as it never occurs southward of lat. 41 degs. Azara states that there exists a tradition that these birds, at the time of the c... ...little island with the following titles, — it is a grave, tomb, pyra- mid, cemetery, sepulchre, catacomb, sarcophagus, mina- ret, and mausoleum! 536 ... ..., can circumnavigate the globe. Besides the vast improvements in ships and naval resources, the whole western shores of America are thrown open, and A... ...trifling evil, cured in a week. If, on the other hand, he take pleasure in naval tactics, he will assuredly have full scope for his taste. But it must...

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...benches, and began to reach the ushers and monitors of this great Ayrshire academy. This arose in part from his lax views about religion; for at this ... ...emony can do aught to fix the wandering affec- tions, here were two people united for life. Mary came of a superstitious family, so that she perhaps i... ...Whitman’s intense Americanism, his unlimited belief in the future of These States (as, with reverential capitals, he loves to call them), made the war... ...rose and Poetry . . . for the most cogent purposes of those great in- land states, and for T exas, and California, and Oregon;” – a statement which is... ...uperficial, even at command; he could not swoop into a parlour and, in the naval phrase, “cut out” a human being from that dreary port; nor had he inc... ...ons they held through the prison wall, and dear was the sympathy that soon united them. It fell first to the lot of Kusakabe to pass before the judges... ...pped, let the blind paupers go and sepa- rate the good from the bad in the cemetery of the Innocents! For his own part the poet can see no distinction... ...gibility, and that bad business about Thevenin Pensete in the house by the cemetery of St. John. He was reclaimed by the ecclesiastical authorities as... ... rigging of ships from a model; and “looking and improving himself of the (naval) stores with” – hark to the fellow! -”great delight.” His familiar sp...

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.............................................................. 76 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States- General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is... ...nd;—shall draw them again elsewhere, in the strangest way. Off Ushant some naval thunder is heard. In the course of which did our young Prince, Duke d... ...hemist Berthollet too,—on the part of Monseigneur de Chartres. Had not the Academy of Sciences, with its Baillys, Franklins, Lavoisiers, interfered! B... ...c Oath, of the One- 70 The French Revolution and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new- idea, which, in these coming years, shall ... ...entation,’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...ys a rising man; he used to tell Mercier, “You will see; I shall be in the Academy before you.” (Mercier, Nouveau Paris.) Likely indeed, thou skilfull... ...emale Insur- rectionary Force, according to Camille, resembles the English Naval one; there is a universal ‘Press of women. ’ Robust Dames of the Hall... ...ich let not us do. Above a hundred carts heaped with Dead fare towards the Cemetery of Sainte-Madeleine; bewailed, bewept; for all had kindred, all ha...

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...ted me, Honouring they greet me thus, and well they judge.” So I beheld united the bright school Of him the monarch of sublimest song, That o’er ... ...rn’d shall come, and bring Their bodies, which above they now have left. The cemetery on this part obtain With Epicurus all his followers, Who with th... ...mong the inhabitants of that city, and among the leaders of the neighbouring states. v. 70. The pleasant land.] Lombardy. v. 72. The twain.] Guido d... ... was engaged to marry a lady of the Amidei family, but broke his promise and united himself to one of the Donati. This was so much resented by the for... ...n the confines of the Maremma, has led them to conceive hopes of becom ing a naval power: but this scheme will prove as chimerical as their former pl... ...ne of the wisest and most valorous knights the best speaker, the most expert statesman, the most renowned and enterprising, man of his age in Italy, ... ...ine, Which in the presence of the Son of God Is void), the same hath made my cemetery A common sewer of puddle and of blood: The more below his triump... ...er learnt from the Grecian bard than from the teachers of the porch or the academy, he says— And dost thou ask, what themes my mind engage? The lone...