... 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...
... crossed
each 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, then
work 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 SOUTH
EDITED BY G.W. CABLE
The following diary was originally written in lead-pencil and in a book the leaves of which were too soft to
take...
... 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 who
controlled 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 ... As
through their manifold offences inthe way of starving our prisoners, etc., the rebel President and his cabinet
were 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 armada
was 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 large
shallop, drawn partly up on the beach. A man was sitting...
... inthehistoryoftheWarof Secession as being the most decisive
victory 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 ... more
successful. 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 as
they 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 precipitous
decline ofthe domestic purchasing power ofthe mark. Instead
they direct his attention to the motives ofthe German Reichs-
bank in expanding the money ... tell us is that inthe past definite men
or groups of men were valuing and acting in a definite way.
Whether they will inthe future value and act inthe same
way 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 II
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One 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 upper
decks.
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 THAILAND
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able 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 THAILAND
20
key personnel. Yunyong explained that engineering students at the univer-
sity were always allowed to participate inthe setting up ofthe Internet
gateway ... political instability. Since the beginning, the government was very slow
to acknowledge the importance ofthe Internet, and react to the country’s
shortage 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 private
mad-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, ... 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 is
lying 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 public
opinion, be made; and the state has therefore got into the habit of providing and paying for all these things
itself. 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 mean
by the epithets they employ. Inthe sense in which the individualist...