... period in the garret of Tom
Dawes's house. "There they smoke tobacco till you cannot see from one end ofthe garret to the other. There
they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose ... to
estimate the value of colonies in terms of what they could buy, and not merely, as of old, in terms of what
they could sell. From this point of view, the superiority ofthe continental over the insular ... till midnight ofthe last day ofthe month of any such
announcement. The official release date of all Project Gutenberg Etexts is at Midnight, Central Time, of the
last day ofthe stated month....
... deterrent to the growth ofthe order in the East was the organization of two Granges
among the commission men and the grain dealers of Boston and New York, under the aegis of that clause of
the constitution ... most ofthe other States ofthe Union and even for the national regulation of railroads
through the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Supreme Court ofthe United States was the theater for the ... the incident.
The year 1873 is important in the annals ofthe Grange because it marks the retirement ofthe "founders" from
power. In January of that year, at the sixth session of the...
... brought with them the books and the habits ofthe reader and scholar of their
day. They were superior to those ofthe second and third generation in the breadth of their ideas and in the
vigor and ... their children; they disapproved of
the lax Dutch observance of Sunday and saw in the temptations ofthe place a menace to the habits and morals
of the younger members ofthe flock, and, in the ... derelictions of duty to the iniquity ofthe times rather
than to any evil intention ofthe heart. Then declaring that the chief aim ofthe charter was liberty of
conscience, the King struck at the very...
... with one another the
weapons of their common stock. The advance was made in the middle ofthe night, but at this season of the
year the whole {60} scene was brilliant with the light ofthe midnight ... land offered nothing to their search, the air was moderate and the weather singularly mild. The broad sheet
of open water, ofthe very colour ofthe ocean itself, buoyed up their hopes ofthe ... opportunity of alleviating the extreme
hunger that I suffered with the refuse ofthe table of one of my acquaintances.
At the end ofthe month (December 1770), they reached the woods, a thick growth of...
... of their posts; and it is
"armed with the tremendous weapons" which slay legislation. And if the voice ofthe
Church was the voice of God, so the voice ofthe Court is the voice of ... from the doctrine ofthe separation of
powers—that, while the function of making new law belongs to the legislative branch
of the Government, that of expounding the standing law, of which the ... importance" ofthe implications of this case for the future ofthe Republic,
contrasted the frivolity ofthe charges brought against Chase with the magnitude ofthe
crimes of which Warren...
... perusal ofthe
record is the inability of members to appreciate the importance ofthe issues. Much of
the tedious and pointless character of their speeches may be ascribed to the lack ofthe
personal ... disposition of two state governments, and the
efficacy ofthe provisions of their respective laws. And security of other States and the
money of all are at the discretion of one. These things ... better to throw the veil of charity over them,
ascribing their stiffness to the effects of age, or to the unskillfulness of my teacher,
rather than to pride and dignity of office, which God...
... duties of
office. The Constitution provides that “in case ofthe removal ofthe
President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to
discharge the powers and duties ofthe said office, ... message opened with the statement that “ever since the
beginning ofthe present session ofthe Senate, the different heads of
the departments attached to the executive branch ofthe government
have ... group the
nominations of several persons for public offices already filled. One
of these offices is the Collectorship ofthe Port of New York, now
held by General Merritt; another is the consul...
... to blame for their behaviour during the day.
The sons of liberty broke the windows of prominent loyalists; and the members ofthe Doric Club completely
wrecked {72} the office ofthe Vindicator ... factors the undisciplined
state ofthe loyalists, the darkness ofthe night, the vicinity of woods, and the proximity ofthe boundary-line,
{92} beyond which he did not allow the pursuit to go. The ... side of the
church, and the 32nd and 83rd on the other. Some ofthe rebels ran out and fired at the troops, then threw
down their arms and begged for quarter. Our officers tried to save the {99}...
... finish.
For a few minutes the two ships plunged ahead so near each other that the rammers ofthe American sailors
struck the side ofthe Frolic as they drove the shot down the throats of their guns. It ... recommendation to the mercy of the
President. The verdict was approved by Madison, but he remitted the execution ofthe sentence because of the
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CHAPTER VIII
THE LAST CRUISE OFTHE ESSEX
The last ... out-footed the enemy. But soon the Pomone and the Tenedos, frigates ofthe class ofthe Shannon
and the Guerrière, were in the hunt. Decatur was cornered, but his guns were served until a fifth of the...
... to send them to the other side ofthe globe. At a time when the British and the
Dutch East India companies insolently claimed a monopoly ofthe trade ofthe Orient,
No less devout were the merchants ... against each other, the gunners scorched by the
flashes ofthe cannon in the ports ofthe opposing ship, with scarcely room to ply the
rammers, and the sailors throwing missiles from the decks, ...
during the greater part ofthe eighteenth century. Yet with an immense tenacity of
purpose, these briny forefathers increased their trade and multiplied their ships in the
face of every manner of...
... day write. They include the epic ofthe coal in the
Pennsylvania hills, the epic ofthe ore, the epic ofthe railroad, the epic ofthe great city; and, in general, the
subjugation of a continental ... PIONEERS OFTHE MACHINE SHOP
IX. THE FATHERS OF ELECTRICITY
X. THE CONQUEST OFTHE AIR
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
THE AGE OF INVENTION
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hand. The owners ofthe mills are particularly ... Even in the early days
before machinery, division of labor was the rule in the shops of Massachusetts. One workman cut the leather,
often tanned on the premises; another sewed the uppers together,...
... was
safely off the planking ofthe bridge and on to the road proper with plenty of cover all round me.
As my clothes were of a light coffee tint they assimilated very well with the colours ofthe dusty ... over-flowing with the
surface water from the camp, when the rainy months come along.
At the end ofthe camp was a space wired off from the rest ofthe ground for the use ofthe soldier servants.
CHAPTER ... one ofthe baskets could be cut open from the inside, and the others could then be
opened with the keys that the occupant of this basket had on him.
At about eight o'clock the German officer...
... the
progress ofthe works. Ten years later he announced the official inauguration ofthe lighthouse on the 1st of
April. In 1736 the chief item was the engineer's report on the walls. Next year the ... together, in the light ofthe complete
naval and military proof. So perhaps the following short account may really be the first attempt to tell the tale
of Louisbourg from the foundation to the ... sort of running fight till they got under the covering fire of Louisbourg, when the pursuing British
immediately drew off.
Considering the number of boats that were stove and the intensity of the...
... map ofthe world place a finger of one hand on the western end of Alaska and a
finger ofthe other on the northeastern tip of Asia and follow the main bones ofthe two
continents. See how the ... politics.
The Atlantic coastal plain is by no means the only part ofthe United States where
the fertility ofthe soil is the dominant fact in the life ofthe people. Because of their
rich soil the ...
occur again in the Orinoco region of South America and the Sahara of Africa. Thence
they stretch almost unbroken toward the southern end ofthe continents. In view ofthe
fertility ofthe plains...