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The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song

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Frederick Walker Mott


From the Preface: "The contents of this little book formed the subject of three lectures delivered at the Royal Institution "On th…

A New Impulse

In Woman Suffrage and Politics

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Carrie Chapman Catt


Written after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and published in 1923, "This book's essential contribution must be sought in its …

Chapter 17: Truth will out

In A Woman and the War

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Frances Evelyn


It is not without serious reflection that I have collected these thoughts in war time to offer in book form to those who may care to read an…

XIV General Astronomy and Celestial Mechanics

In A History of Astronomy

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Walter W. Bryant


In this book, Walter W. Bryant traces the history of astronomy through the ages. We start at the very beginning, where astronomy was an occu…

Chapter IV. Luther by the Rev. T. M. Lindsay (part 3)

In The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 02, The Reformation

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Various


The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…

The Errors of Santa Claus

In Christmas Short Works Collection 2020

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Stephen Leacock


Presenting the Christmas 2020 collection with many surprises and a few old favorites. Amongst other stories Santa is kidnapped, a basket of …

Book 27, Chapters 57 to 92. Galeopsis; The glaux; Glaucion; The gallidraga; Hol…

In The Natural History Volume 6

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Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

CHAPTER I

In Syria: the Desert and the Sown

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Gertrude Bell


Gertrude Bell's Syria: The Desert and the Sown describes her travels in the Levant (also called Greater Syria) during the first years of the…

Chapter 10 B (III) 6. Sensation, and 7. The Extraverted Sensation Type

In Psychological Types: Or, the Psychology of Individuation

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Carl Gustav Jung


Ever wondered if there is any "theoretical basis" for the well-known Myers–Briggs Type Indicator Personality Test? In this groundb…

George Washington

In Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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Various


This publication of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of the Black Hills presents the history and description of one of the most …

Signing of Magna Charta AD 1215, By David Hume, part 1

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06

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Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Chapter 9

In Bible (YLT) NT 01: Matthew

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Young'S Literal Translation


This Bible version tries to stay as close to the original Hebrew and Greek texts as possible. As stated in the preface to the second edition…