... welfare ofthe heathen; but their religious lessons should be given whilst they were instructing the Maoris inthe building of a house, the forging of a bolt, or the spinning of their native flax. ... 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 ... half the startled Maoris treasured the memory ofthe white-winged ships ofthe Hollander, before they saw any others like them. At length, in 1769, there appeared the expedition of Captain Cook....
... 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 ... unhitched the teams, and burned the wagons. When reinforcements reached the Federals they deployed their skirmishers and advanced in line of battle, only to see the Rangers riding over the hills inthe ... 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...
... 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 ... and defeats are bitter in their denunciations.Nevertheless, thehistoryofthewar should be written before the facts have faded from the memory of livingmen, and have become mere matters of...
... 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, ... Upon their gladly accepting the offer he led them to a small inn by the water side,and introduced them to the captain ofthe Moonlight, for so the lugger was called. Upon receiving a hint from the ... questioned, they crossed the border, androde into Scotland.Upon the day after their crossing the frontier they saw a body of horsemen approaching them. These drew upwhen they reached them, Harry having...
... for theirvenal economic interests. The ideology is the smoke screenfor their loot, the fictitious clothes spun by the intellectualsto hide the naked plunder ofthe Emperor. The task of the historian, ... banking and destabilized the economy, resulting in a series of financial crises that prepared the way for the imposi-tion ofthe Federal Reserve System. Part 2, on the “Origins ofthe Federal ... MANIPULATIONSBy far the leading specie coin circulating inAmerica was the Spanish silver dollar, defined as consisting of 387 grains of puresilver. The dollar was divided into “pieces of eight,” or “bits,”each...
... 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 ... get possession of a battery and to hold it againstrepeated endeavors ofthe Federals to regain. The death of McCulloch and of McIntosh made Pike the rankingofficer in his part ofthe field. It...
... feet. The forward plating was 3 inches of iron,backed by 30 inches of oak; at the stern, and abreast the engines, there was 2ẵ-inch iron, backed by 12 inches of oak; the rest ofthe sides ofthe ... 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 ... 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...
... http://www.nectec.or.th/inet-map/1995/ THEHISTORYOFTHE INTERNET IN THAILAND20key personnel. Yunyong explained that engineering students at the univer-sity were always allowed to participate inthe setting up ofthe Internetgateway ... countries with THEHISTORYOFTHE INTERNET IN THAILAND48able with the new technology. Also, the increased presence ofthe Internet in rural areas would help ISPs promote their services inthe long ... Acquiring the First E1 345. The National Network when the Internet ThailandAcquired the First E1 366. Local Internet Exchange in Thailand (as of August 1997) 43 THEHISTORYOFTHE INTERNET IN...
... the finest skyscraperdesigned and built inthe International Style. The building has very elegant proportions. It is setninety feet away from the main road, with thirty feet of space on either ... to the building's functions. The second was the development and use of iron, steel, glass, and reinforced concrete, and thirdly the economical creation of mass numbers of office buildings. ... the head of this institution, but once the Nazisshut down the school, the 'Functionalists' as they were known, emigrated to the U.S. The Functionalists included Gropius, Mies van der...
... for the iron gates of the galleries, and the removal ofthe wire guards from the windows inside ofthe galleries added much to theircheerfulness. The bars on the doors ofthe bedrooms, and 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. 28 Chapters intheHistoryofthe Insane in by Daniel Hack Tuke The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chapters intheHistoryofthe Insane in the British Isles,...
... continue to increase, since future sen-iors will benefit from continuing medical advances. Causes of Death In the 1980s and 1990s, the death rates for two of the three leading killers of older ... one in five Americans will be age 65 or older. The Merck Institute of Aging & Health and the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policyinstitute ofThe Gerontological Society of America, are ... improvement at the end ofthe decade. In 2000, 35 percent of older adults reported being physi-cally inactive during the past month (see Figure 7).Indicator 2: Overweightã Maintaining a healthy...
... some other territory in India was ceded to the Dutch in lieu of it. But this was the transaction ofthe king, not of parliament, and therefore makes nothing to the argument. But admitting, ... the breasts ofthe people, in the other colonies and in Great Britain, by insinuating that they have not had equal terms. But nothing can be more injurious, nothing farther from the truth. ... the cause ofthe peculiarity of their constitution ceases. “79. If the charters can be pleaded against the authority of parliament, they amount to an alienation ofthe dominions of Great...