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Pyrotechnics
by Bryce WaltonThe word “fireworks” as a metaphor, used either to describe the higher flights of oratory, of literature, or of human strife, whether it be in Parliament or the Parish Hall, or merely descriptive of domestic discord, is familiar, even threadbare.Moreover, the metaphor has generally a humorous flavour; why is this? Is there anything inherently comic..
The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita
by William GemmellThis English version of The Diamond Sutra, translated from the Chinese text of Kumarajiva, owes its inception to successive conversations with a friend, profoundly interested in the interpretation of oriental systems of philosophy. During those conversations renderings into English were made of numerous passages from the works of Confucius, Mencius..
Riches and Poverty
by L. G. Chiozza MoneyThe present edition of "Riches and Poverty" revises my estimates of the distribution of the wealth of the United Kingdom down to the year 1908. The effect of the revision is to show that in the five years that have elapsed since this work was first published, the distribution of wealth has grown even more unequal. The comparative stationariness of ..
A monograph on sleep and dream - their physiology and psychology
by Edward W. CoxSome papers on the Phenomena of Sleep and Dream, read before The Psychological Society of Great Britain, having excited much interest and caused considerable discussion, I was requested to put them into the more formal shape of a treatise. For this purpose I found it necessary to recast and rewrite the whole.The modern endeavour to pursue Psycholog..
Cadet Life at West Point
by Hugh T. ReedI believe it to be well established that the mental habits are fully as strong as the physical habits of man. That is, thought moves in grooves day after day and day after day as walks in life do. The habit of retrospectant thought fastened itself upon me several years ago, and the habit confined itself largely and almost irresistibly to my life at..
Medical Jurisprudence, Volume 3 (of 3)
by A. B. FrostThis is the least complicated case that can occur; the medical inquirer has not only the advantage of the patient’s testimony, but that also of his own observations upon the symptoms and circumstances of the case. We have already stated that the declaration of a person, made under an apprehended pending dissolution, is by the law of this realm cons..
Tactics, Volume 1 (of 2). Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry
by William BalckThe first volume of “Tactics,” which appeared in its first edition in 1896, and for which the preparatory work reached back more than a decade, now appears in its fourth edition in a completely changed form. The lessons gained in war and improvements in weapons have corrected many earlier views. While the Boer war confused the views on infantry com..
The Tournament—Its Periods and Phases
by R. Coltman ClephanThose students of arms and armour who have Mr. Clephan’s work on Defensive Armour, Weapons and Engines of War in their libraries will expect to find valuable material for study when they find his name as author of a work on the Tournament. And in this they will surely not be disappointed. It is perhaps a novel experience for one who has for some ye..