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Mirabilia descripta - The wonders of the East
by Friar JordanusThe book itself does not add anything to our knowledge; but the observations of a traveller who resided in India so far back as the beginning of the fourteenth century must be very dull indeed if sufficient interest cannot be derived from their date to make them acceptable. Nor do I think our author is dull, whilst I regret that he is so brief, and..
Freedom! Equality!! Justice!!!
by Victoria C. WoodhullFreedom! Equality!! Justice!!! These Three; but the Greatest of These Is JusticeA Speech on the Impending Revolution, Delivered in Music Hall, Boston, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1872, and the Academy of Music, New York, Feb. 20, 1872.Standing upon the apex of the nineteenth century, we look backward through the historic era, and in the distant, dim past cat..
Philosophumena, Volume I
by Antipope HippolytusThe story of the discovery of the book here translated so resembles a romance as to appear like a flower in the dry and dusty field of patristic lore. A short treatise called Philosophumena, or “Philosophizings,” had long been known, four early copies of it being in existence in the Papal and other libraries of Rome, Florence and Turin. The supersc..
An Authentick Account of the Measures and Precautions Used at Venice
by AnonymousIt is now the Third Century since the following Regulation took its Rise. The Office of Health is furnished with such ample Power and Authority, as makes it at once useful and respectable; it is administered by the Subjects of the Republick most eminent for their Prudence, Dignity and Talents; it is furnished with Abundance of Officers, a few of wh..
A Body of Divinity, Vol. 4 (of 4)
by Thomas RidgleyA Body of Divinity, Vol. 4 (of 4)Wherein the doctrines of the Christian religion are explained and defended, being the substance of several lectures on the Assembly's Larger Catechism..
Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women
by Elizabeth BlackwellIt is a great advantage to have been born one of a large family group of healthy, active children, surrounded by wholesome influences. The natural and healthy discipline which children exercise upon one another, the variety of tastes and talents, the cheerful companionship, even the rivalries, misunderstandings, and reconciliations where free..
The Goose-step - A Study of American Education
by Upton SinclairWhat is the so-called “higher education” of these United States? You have taken it, for the most part, on faith. It is something which has come to be; it is big and impressive, and you are impressed. Every year you pay a hundred million dollars of public funds to help maintain it, and half that amount in tuition fees for your sons and daughters. Yo..
Buried Cities and Bible Countries
by George St. ClairThis book contains a description of some of the most important modern discoveries bearing upon the Bible, the selection being made to meet the wants of those who have no time to follow the course of exploration, and no taste for technical details. The preparation of such a volume has often been urged upon me by those who have listened to my lecture..