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Charles Kingsley

Hereward, the Last of the EnglishCharles Kingsley Hereward, the Last of the English PRELUDE The heroic deeds of Highlanders, both in these islands and elsewhere, have been told in verse and prose, and not more often, nor more loudly, than they deserve. But we must remember, now and then, that the...

Health and EducationCharles Kingsley Health and Education THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH Whether the British race is improving or degenerating? What, if it seem probably degenerating, are the causes of so great an evil? How they can be, if not destroyed, at least arrested?—These are questions worthy the a...

Out of the Deep: Words for the SorrowfulCharles Kingsley Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful I. OUT OF THE DEEP OF SUFFERING AND SORROW Save me, O God, for the waters are come in even unto my soul: I am come into deep waters; so that the floods run over me. —Ps. lxix. 1, 2.I am brought into ...

Froude's History of EnglandCharles Kingsley Froude's History of England There appeared a few years since a ‘Comic History of England,’ duly caricaturing and falsifying all our great national events, and representing the English people, for many centuries back, as a mob of fools and knaves, led by...

Westward Ho! Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen ElizabethCHAPTER I. HOW MR. OXENHAM SAW THE WHITE BIRDCHAPTER II. HOW AMYAS CAME HOME THE FIRST TIMECHAPTER III. OF TWO GENTLEMEN OF WALES, ...

Sermons on National SubjectsCharles Kingsley Sermons on National Subjects I. THE KING OF THE EARTH FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT[Preached in 1849.]Behold, thy King cometh unto thee.—Matthew xxi. 4. This Sunday is the first of the four Sundays in Advent. During those four Sundays, our forefathers have ad...

Discipline and Other SermonsCharles Kingsley Discipline and Other Sermons SERMON I DISCIPLINE (Preached at the Volunteer Camp, Wimbledon, July 14, 1867.)Numbers xxiv. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion; and as a great lion.Who dare rouse him up? These were the words of the Eastern sage, as he lo...

The Good News of GodCharles Kingsley The Good News of God SERMON I THE BEATIFIC VISION Matthew xxii. 27Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. These words often puzzle and pain really good people, because they seem to put the hardest duty...

The Water of Life, and Other SermonsCharles Kingsley The Water of Life, and Other Sermons SERMON I THE WATER OF LIFE (Preached at Westminster Abbey)Revelation xxii. 17And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, ...

The Roman and the TeutonCharles Kingsley The Roman and the Teuton A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge PREFACE Never shall I forget the moment when for the last time I gazed upon the manly features of Charles Kingsley, features which Death had rendered calm, grand, su...