Abraham Lincoln and the UnionA Chronicle of the Embattled Northby Nathaniel W. StephensonPREFACEIn spite of a lapse of sixty years, the historian who attempts to portray the era of Lincoln is still faced with almost impossible demands and still confronted with arbitrary points of view. It is out of the question, in a book so brief as this must necessarily be, to meet all these demands or to alter these points of view. Interests that are purely local, events that did not with certainty contribu
【遇到周玉琴之前的丁学文】1984台湾师范大学附属中学快乐毕业,考进台大经济系。1986当选经济系学生代表,担任财委会主席暨建言代表,提报青年建言呈蒋经国先生。1988台湾大学经济学系毕业。1990神情愉快地从台湾新竹空军机场退役。1991接任美国康奈尔大学台湾同学会会长暨全美学生联合会纽约区理事。1992美国康奈尔大学财经研究所硕士班毕业。1993ABN-AMRO荷商荷兰银行。之后进入汇丰(HSBC)中华基金管理公司,历经研究员操练,并开创台中分公司,高雄分公司及消费金融部,且开始学习工商管理。任职期间公司基金资产规模自224亿新台币成长至1208亿新台币,成为当时台湾境内规模最大基金管理公司。...
作者:蔡桂林 《千古大运河》 题记 作者简介 蔡桂林 Cai Guilin (1960 )江苏金坛市人。文艺学•文学批评硕士。现在武警部队政治部工作,大校警衔。中国作家协会会员,中国当代文学研究会理事。 主要著作有:1、思想漫谈《名人的座右铭》/山东少年儿童出版社/1984年5月第一版;2、文学评论集《文学的当代思考》/黄河出版社/1991年10月第一版;3、文学评论集《苦恋的激情》天马(香港)图书有限公司/1993年1月第一版;4、长篇纪实文学《中国流失生纪实》/中国少年儿童出版社/1993年8月第一版;5、文学评论集《蔡桂林文学评论选》/明天出版社/1994年2月第一版;6、文学理论专著《冲浪:在军事文学的海面》/山东文艺出版社/1994年3月第一版;7、思想随笔《尘世的风铃》/黄河出版社/1996年5月第一版;8、长篇纪实文学《飞天之鹰》江苏人民出版社1999年9月第一版;9、思想随笔《世纪留言》/解放军文艺出版社/1999年1...
A History of Science, Volume 1by Henry Smith Williams, M.D., LL.D.ASSISTED BYEDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.IN FIVE VOLUMESVOLUME I.THE BEGINNINGS OF SCIENCEBOOK I.CONTENTSCHAPTER I. PREHISTORIC SCIENCECHAPTER II. EGYPTIAN SCIENCECHAPTER III. SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIACHAPTER IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABETCHAPTER V. THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCECHAPTER VI. THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALYCHAPTER VII. GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIODCHAPTER VIII. POST-SOCRATIC SCIENCE AT ATH
350 BCTHE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTIONby Aristotletranslated by Sir Frederic G. KenyonPart 1...[They were tried] by a court empanelled from among the noble families, and sworn upon the sacrifices. The part of accuser was taken by Myron. They were found guilty of the sacrilege, and their bodies were cast out of their graves and their race banished for evermore. In view of this expiation, Epimenides the Cretan performed a purification of the city....
The Anti-Slavery Crusade, A Chronicle of the Gathering Stormby Jesse MacyCONTENTSI. INTRODUCTIONII. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CRUSADEIII. EARLY CRUSADERSIV. THE TURNING-POINTV. THE VINDICATION OF LIBERTYVI. THE SLAVERY ISSUE IN POLITICSVII. THE PASSING OF THE WHIG PARTYVIII. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROADIX. BOOKS AS ANTI-SLAVERY WEAPONSX. "BLEEDING KANSAS"XI. CHARLES SUMNERXII. KANSAS AND BUCHANANXIII. THE SUPREME COURT IN POLITICSXIV. JOHN BROWNBIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE...
The Essays of Montaigne, V4by Michel de MontaigneTranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 4.XXII. Of custom, and that we should not easily change a law receivedXXIII. Various events from the same counsel.XXIV. Of pedantry.CHAPTER XXIIOF CUSTOM, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT EASILY CHANGE A LAW RECEIVEDHe seems to me to have had a right and true apprehension of the power ofcustom, who first invented the story of a country-woman who, having...
IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?(from My Autobiography)Scattered here and there through the stacks of unpublished manuscript which constitute this formidable Autobiography and Diary of mine, certain chapters will in some distant future be found which deal with "Claimants"claimants historically notorious: Satan, Claimant; the Golden Calf, Claimant; the Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, Claimant; Louis XVII., Claimant; William Shakespeare, Claimant; Arthur Orton, Claimant; Mary Baker G. Eddy, Claimantand the res
蓝梓与芥末 “站住!不要跑……” “抓住他,抓小偷……” “站住――” 傍晚的城市,传来没有多少营养的呼喊声,蓝梓背着他那破旧的小书包,奔跑在夕阳下的街道间,身后是呼喊与追赶的人们。 跑过小巷、跑过街道、跑过落日下的浮桥,大概十一二岁的孩子有着一张显得稚气的娃娃脸,蓬乱的头发,涨得通红的脸上汗珠挥洒着,由帆布制成的小书包在背后飞舞着,他抱着怀里的东西,没命地穿过了一拨拨的行人。一九九二年的中国南方小城,街道不宽却也并不拥挤,自行车、三轮、卡车或者拖拉机都有,四周的建筑都带着一股泥土般的陈旧感,并不美观,却很踏实,来来往往的人看着这互相追赶的人们,有的人也想要伸手帮忙拦截,但孩子却都仿佛泥鳅一般灵活地躲过去了。...
他是她一生的骄傲 有一个人,才十八岁,在念护校。 那年,因为车祸,父母不幸逝去,她不得不辍学并努力赚钱供养她念高中的弟弟。学费实在太贵了。她弟弟不想读,跑去建筑工地当小工挑石灰桶。她找到弟弟,打了他,拉着弟弟到父母坟头跪了一天。她问弟弟是否还记得父母的遗愿?弟弟抹着泪说记得。弟弟回了学校读书。她在社会上苦着,因为没有文凭,又乏工作经验,收入极为菲薄,仅够应付姐弟俩最起码的生活开销。她就瞒着弟弟去做了小姐,但每次去学校看望弟弟时总不忘洗尽脂粉,让自己清清爽爽。 弟弟考上了大学,每年光学费就要一万多,钱真经不住花,它们是妖怪,会吸人的血。她不得不更为拼命,赚来的钱除留下一部分生活必需外,全寄给弟弟。她不想弟弟在学校被人瞧不起。...