... Marsden's work among the convicts ofthe other sex. There was sweetness as well as strength inthe straight glance ofthe well-opened eye, and inthe fine lines ofthe compressed lips. In one respect ... beginning of better things. Out ofthe midst ofthe failure and the shame this man of faith was able to gather hope for the future. A History of the English Church in New Zealand [ii] To the ... firm hold ofthe maritime nations[2] of Europe, from whom the missionaries ofthe future were to spring. The capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1452 may be taken as the turning point. It...
... crossedeach other inthe charge and, wheeling, had mingled inthe fight.But the Rangers were compelled to discard the carbine and the saber for other reasons than their inferiority in the hand-to-hand ... detachments of three or four, journey eastward into the Cumberland Mountains, thenwork southward, traveling by rail after we were well within the Confederate lines, and finally the evening of the third ... ESCAPES OFTHECIVIL WAR WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN INTHE SOUTHEDITED BY G.W. CABLE The following diary was originally written in lead-pencil and in a book the leaves of which were too soft totake...
... commander ofthe Defences of Washington inthe spring of 1862, I was, owing to the nature of my duties, brought into intimate relations with the statesmen whocontrolled the Government at the time, ... consequence of my association with them at West Point, and, subsequently, in the regular army. Indeed, several of them, including Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill, were, prior to the war, officers inthe ... Asthrough their manifold offences inthe way of starving our prisoners, etc., the rebel President and his cabinetwere afraid of reprisals, there was great dismay at the weakness ofthe garrison there,...
... certain superiority in dress betokened to be the captain of a vessel. They were talking ofthe war, and ofthe probability ofthe Scottish army taking part in it. The fishermen were all ofthe ... negotiations ofthe king for a marriage between his son and the Infanta of Spain raised the fears ofthe people to the highest point. The remembrance ofthe Spanish armadawas still fresh in their minds, ... through the opening inthe hut. In the grove they were joined by Jacob. They then made their way to the seashore, where they saw lying a largeshallop, drawn partly up on the beach. A man was sitting...
... inthehistoryoftheWarof Secession as being the most decisivevictory to date ofthe Union forces inthe West and as marking the turning point inthe political relationship of the State of ... one ofthe most disgraceful, in thehistoryoftheWarof Secession, in its border phase. The first inthe long procession of refugees were those ofthe army of Opoeth-le-yo-ho-la who, after their ... movement initiated in their behalf. The desire to recover lost ground in Indian Territory, under the pretext of restoring the fugitives, aroused the fighting instinct of many young men in southern...
... heathenism.These inventions were the spinning jenny, the steam engine, the power loom, the wool-combing machine, and the cotton gin. They augmented the output of spinning mills, and in cheapening ... moresuccessful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes inthe principles of the Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals ofthe common branches, and teaching them the ... ofthe moral and intellectual training of such asthey held in servitude."[2] To elevate their slaves to the plane of men, southern Quakers early hit upon the scheme of establishing in the...
... speculators in accounting for the precipitousdecline ofthe domestic purchasing power ofthe mark. Insteadthey direct his attention to the motives ofthe German Reichs-bank in expanding the money ... tell us is that inthe past definite menor groups of men were valuing and acting in a definite way.Whether they will inthe future value and act inthe sameway remains uncertain. All that can ... on the market. As Rothbard explains:28 A Historyof Money and Banking inthe United States: The Colonial Era to World War II44One ofthe first expositions ofthe operation of this law, within...
... feet. The forward plating was 3 inches of iron,backed by 30 inches of oak; at the stern, and abreast the engines, there was 2½-inch iron, backed by 12 inches of oak; the rest ofthe sides ofthe ... below the intended position ofthe mortar-boats on the west bank ofthe stream. The day following was spent in perfecting the arrangements, and by the morning of the 18th two divisions of mortar-boats ... raised the light upperdecks. The Lexington, having destroyed the trestle-work at the end ofthe bridge, rejoined the following morning;and the three boats, continuing their raid, arrived the next...
... countries with THE HISTORYOFTHE INTERNET IN THAILAND48able with the new technology. Also, the increased presence ofthe Internet in rural areas would help ISPs promote their services inthe long ... http://www.nectec.or.th/inet-map/1995/ THE HISTORYOFTHE INTERNET IN THAILAND20key personnel. Yunyong explained that engineering students at the univer-sity were always allowed to participate inthe setting up ofthe Internetgateway ... political instability. Since the beginning, the government was very slowto acknowledge the importance ofthe Internet, and react to the country’sshortage of human resources. Instead of promoting the...
... is rather for the protection of society than the care ofthe lunatic.A Committee ofthe House of Commons was appointed in 1763, to inquire into the state ofthe privatemad-houses ofthe kingdom. ... an immense amount of good.CHAPTER II. 28Chapters intheHistoryofthe Insane in by Daniel Hack Tuke The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chapters intheHistoryofthe Insane in the British Isles, ... representing the interior of one ofthe wards of Bethlem about the year 1745, when the hospital, therefore, was in Moorfields. There are manacles on the arms of a patient who islying on the floor,...
... been equal to the county of Paris when the count of Paris had been elected by his equals king of France. If the king of Wessex had been elected king of England by the other kings ofthe Heptarchy, ... could not, inthe existing condition of publicopinion, be made; and the state has therefore got into the habit of providing and paying for all these thingsitself. When the majority of male adults ... antagonistic theories.It is mainly a battle of phrases, in which few pause to examine what their opponents or they themselves meanby the epithets they employ. Inthe sense in which the individualist...