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William Henry Furness Folk-lore in Borneo A Sketch

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An 1823 graduate of the Theological Department of Harvard University, he became Minister of the First Unitarian Church [more]

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David W. Yandell Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky A Sketch

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In the endeavor to chronicle the lives and achievements of Kentucky Pioneers in Surgery, I shall not attempt [more]

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Richard Raby Pope Adrian IV An Historical Sketch

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THE information, which has come down to us respecting the early life of the only Englishman, who ever [more]

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Ferruccio Busoni Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music

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Benvenuto Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and [more]

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Mary Parmele A Brief Historical Sketch of France

The Evolution of an Empire

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Evolution of an Empire, by Mary Parmele This eBook is for the use [more]

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Ferruccio Busoni Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music

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Ferruccio Busoni was born in the Tuscan town of Empoli, Italy, the only child of two professional musicians. [more]

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Mary Parmele A Brief Historical Sketch of Germany

The Evolution of an Empire

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Evolution of an Empire, by Mary Parmele This eBook is for the use [more]

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Charles Eliot Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume 2 (Of 3) An Historical Sketch

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“In The Following Pages I Have Occasion To Transcribe Words Belonging To Many Oriental Languages In Latin Characters. Unfortunately A Uniform System Of Transcription, Applicable To All Tongues, Seems Not To Be Practical At Present. It Was Attempted In The Sacred Books Of The East, But That System Has Fallen Into Disuse And Is Liable To Be Misunderstood. It Therefore Seems Best To Use For Each Language The Method Of Transcription Adopted By Standard Works In english Dealing With Each, For French And German Transcriptions, Whatever Their Merits May Be As Representations Of The Original Sounds, Are Often Misleading To English Readers, Especially In chinese. For Chinese I Have Adopted Wade'S System As Used In Giles'S Dictionary, For Tibetan The System Of Sarat Chandra Das, For Pali That Of The Pali Text Society And For Sanskrit That Of Monier-Williams'S Sanskrit Dictionary, Except That I Write ś Instead Of S. Indian Languages However Offer Many Difficulties: It Is Often Hard To Decide Whether Sanskrit Or Vernacular Forms Are More Suitable And In Dealing With Buddhist Subjects Whether Sanskrit Or Pali Words Should Be Used. I Have Found It Convenient To Vary The Form Of Proper Names According As My Remarks Are Based On Sanskrit Or On Pali Literature, But This Obliges Me To Write The Same Word Differently In different Places, E.G. Sometimes AjâtaśAtru And Sometimes Ajâtasattu, Just As In a Book Dealing With Greek And Latin Mythology One Might Employ Both Herakles And Hercules. Also Many Indian Names Such As Ramayana, Krishna, Nirvana Have Become Europeanized Or At Least Are Familiar To All Europeans Interested In Indian Literature. It Seems Pedantic To Write Them With Their Full And Accurate Complement Of Accents And Dots And My General Practice Is To Give Such Words In Their Accurate Spelling (Râmâyana, Etc.) When They Are First Mentioned And Also In The Notes But Usually To Print Them In Their Simpler And Unaccented Forms. I Fear However That My Practice In This Matter Is Not Entirely Consistent Since Different Parts Of The Book Were Written At Different Times.” [more]

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Charles Eliot Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume 2 (Of 3) An Historical Sketch

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“In The Following Pages I Have Occasion To Transcribe Words Belonging To Many Oriental Languages In Latin Characters. Unfortunately A Uniform System Of Transcription, Applicable To All Tongues, Seems Not To Be Practical At Present. It Was Attempted In The Sacred Books Of The East, But That System Has Fallen Into Disuse And Is Liable To Be Misunderstood. It Therefore Seems Best To Use For Each Language The Method Of Transcription Adopted By Standard Works In english Dealing With Each, For French And German Transcriptions, Whatever Their Merits May Be As Representations Of The Original Sounds, Are Often Misleading To English Readers, Especially In chinese. For Chinese I Have Adopted Wade'S System As Used In Giles'S Dictionary, For Tibetan The System Of Sarat Chandra Das, For Pali That Of The Pali Text Society And For Sanskrit That Of Monier-Williams'S Sanskrit Dictionary, Except That I Write ś Instead Of S. Indian Languages However Offer Many Difficulties: It Is Often Hard To Decide Whether Sanskrit Or Vernacular Forms Are More Suitable And In Dealing With Buddhist Subjects Whether Sanskrit Or Pali Words Should Be Used. I Have Found It Convenient To Vary The Form Of Proper Names According As My Remarks Are Based On Sanskrit Or On Pali Literature, But This Obliges Me To Write The Same Word Differently In different Places, E.G. Sometimes AjâtaśAtru And Sometimes Ajâtasattu, Just As In a Book Dealing With Greek And Latin Mythology One Might Employ Both Herakles And Hercules. Also Many Indian Names Such As Ramayana, Krishna, Nirvana Have Become Europeanized Or At Least Are Familiar To All Europeans Interested In Indian Literature. It Seems Pedantic To Write Them With Their Full And Accurate Complement Of Accents And Dots And My General Practice Is To Give Such Words In Their Accurate Spelling (Râmâyana, Etc.) When They Are First Mentioned And Also In The Notes But Usually To Print Them In Their Simpler And Unaccented Forms. I Fear However That My Practice In This Matter Is Not Entirely Consistent Since Different Parts Of The Book Were Written At Different Times.” [more]

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James Anthony Froude Caesar: A Sketch (fiscle part-XII) Part 1

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To The Student Of Political History, And To The English Student Above All Others, The Conversion Of The Roman Republic Into A Military Empire Commands A Peculiar Interest. Notwithstanding Many Differences, The English And The Romans Essentially Resemble One Another. The Early Romans Possessed The Faculty Of Self-Government Beyond Any People Of Whom We Have Historical Knowledge, With The One Exception Of Ourselves. In Virtue Of Their Temporal Freedom, They Became The Most Powerful Nation In The Known World; And Their Liberties Perished Only When Rome Became The Mistress Of Conquered Races, To Whom She Was Unable Or Unwilling To Extend Her Privileges. If England Was Similarly Supreme, If All Rival Powers Were Eclipsed By Her Or Laid Under Her Feet, The Imperial Tendencies, Which Are As Strongly Marked In Us As Our Love Of Liberty, Might Lead Us Over The Same Course To The Same End. If There Be One Lesson Which History Clearly Teaches, It Is This, That Free Nations Cannot Govern Subject Provinces. If They Are Unable Or Unwilling To Admit Their Dependencies To Share Their Own Constitution, The Constitution Itself Will Fall In Pieces From Mere Incompetence For Its Duties. [more]

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