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The English ConstitutionWalter Bagehot The English Constitution NO. I INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION There is a great difficulty in the way of a writer who attempts to sketch a living Constitution—a Constitution that is in actual work and power. The difficulty is that the object is in constan...

The Untroubled MindHerbert J. Hall The Untroubled Mind PREFACE A very wise physician has said that “every illness has two parts—what it is, and what the patient thinks about it.” What the patient thinks about it is often more important and more troublesome than the real disease. What the patient ...

Высказывания Свифта о родном языке. Памфлет написан в форме проекта, предложенного на рассмотрение одному из влиятельнейших английских чиновников – лорду-казначею графу Роберту Оксфорду.

From the Caves and Jungles of HindostanHelena Pretrovna Blavatsky From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan In Bombay Late in the evening of the sixteenth of February, 1879, after a rough voyage which lasted thirty-two days, joyful exclamations were heard everywhere on deck. "Have you seen the ligh...

Franse ToestandenHeinrich Heine Franse Toestanden I. Halfvasten? Er is geen tijd meer voor bespiegelingen over het verleden. Het heden is op dit moment belangrijker, en het thema, dat dit heden mij nu ter bespreking aanbiedt, is van die aard dat zelfs de vraag of ik kan verder schrijven ervan afh...

The Life of Buddha and Its LessonsHenry Steel Olcott The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons The thoughtful student, in scanning the religious history of the race, has one fact continually forced upon his notice, viz., that there is an invariable tendency to deify whomsoever shows himself superior to ...

Three Days in the VillageLeo Tolstoy Three Days in the Village / And Other Sketches. Written from 1909 to July 1910 THREE DAYS IN THE VILLAGE FIRST DAY TRAMPS Something entirely new, unseen and unheard-of formerly, has lately shown itself in our country districts. To our village, consisting of ei...

An Exhortation to Peace and UnityJohn Bunyan An Exhortation to Peace and Unity [We deem it proper to state, that, though the following Treatise of Christian Union appears in nearly all the collected editions of Bunyan’s Works, yet its genuineness has been called in question by the Rev. Mr Philip ...

Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano 1895-96Various Bollettino del Club Alpino Italiano 1895-96 / Vol. 29 Num. 62 R. H. Budden Fra le più care e tipiche figure dei pionieri dell’alpinismo italiano, che ormai col volgere degli anni, come natura vuole, vanno scomparendo, una più delle altre pareva v...

The YosemiteChapter 1. The Approach to the ValleyThe Sierra From The West Characteristics Of The Cañons The Incomparable Yosemite The Approach To The Valley The First View: The Bridal Veil General Features Of The Valley The Upper Cañons Natural Features Near The Valley Down The Yosemite Creek The...