Addressesby Henry DrummondIntroductoryI was staying with a party of friends in a country house during myvisit to England in 1884. On Sunday evening as we sat around thefire, they asked me to read and expound some portion of Scripture.Being tired after the services of the day, I told them to ask HenryDrummond, who was one of the party. After some urging he drew asmall Testament from his hip pocket, opened it at the 13th chapter...
THE SPIRIT OF THE BORDERA ROMANCE OF THE EARLY SETTLERS IN THE OHIO VALLEYBY ZANE GREY1906To my brotherWith many fond recollections of days spent in the solitude of the forestswhere only can be satisfied that wild fever of freedom of which this booktells; where to hear the whirr of a wild duck in his rapid flight is joy;where the quiet of an autumn afternoon swells the heart, and where one maywatch the fragrant wood-smoke curl from the campfire, and see the starspeep...
致内地读者得怀着感恩的心情,在因缘际会下,我第一本在内地发行的书,是关于快乐/不快乐的课题,跟内地朋友分享自己这几年的体会。当前大势。不失为反思“拥有与失去”的黄金机会,能借此想到拥有的代价、失去的回报,内心得以从外在环境与际遇中释放,堪称千金不换。过去写下不少勾引别人眼泪的歌词,有时会反省自己是不是美化了伤感,有时又觉得让人落泪,可得到发泄,但愿也不算是作孽、遗害人间。有时看到内地网民在在线讨论我最伤感的歌词,看着看着,不期然想到所谓悲伤,不把它写得透彻见血见肉见骨,不把“苦”解剖,也难以找出解药,这样看,也算符合科学发展观吧。如果多难能兴邦,多了解苦,查找苦的成因,大抵亦能兴建乐的心灵国度。...
前 言:大国的兴衰 一流国家在世界事务中的相对地位总是不断变化的。主要原因有二:一是各国国力的增长速度不同;二是技术突破和组织形式的变革,可使一国比另一国得到更大的优势。例如,公元1500年以后问世的帆动力远洋炮舰和大西洋贸易的繁荣,就使欧洲各国受益不同,一些国家的发展速度比另一些国家快得多。同样,后来开发的蒸汽动力及其依赖的煤炭和金属资源,大大增强了一些国家的力量。一些国家的生产力一旦得到提高,便自然能比较容易地在平时承受大规模扩军备战的负担,能在战时保持和供养庞大的陆军和舰队。这种说法听起来似乎具有浓厚的重商主义色彩,但财富通常是支撑军事力量的基础,而要获取和保卫财富又总是需要军事力量。然而,如果一个国家把它的很大一部分资源不是用于创造财富,而是用于军事目的,那么,从长远来看,这很可能会导致该国国力的削弱。同样,如果一个国家在战略上过分扩张(如侵占大片领土和进...
Masterman Readyby Captain Marryat( Frederick Marryat )Chapter IIt was in the month of October, 18, that the Pacific, a large ship, was running before a heavy gale of wind in the middle of the vast Atlantic Ocean. She had but little sail, for the wind was so strong, that the canvas would have been split into pieces by the furious blasts before which she was driven through the waves, which were very high, and following her almost as fast as she darted through their boiling waters; sometimes heavi
_New England Reformers__A Lecture read before the Society in Amory Hall,__on Sunday, 3 March, 1844_Whoever has had opportunity of acquaintance with society in NewEngland, during the last twenty-five years, with those middle andwith those leading sections that may constitute any justrepresentation of the character and aim of the community, will havebeen struck with the great activity of thought and experimenting....
《46.没 说 离 婚 不 能 爱》作者:晓叁[内容简介] 他们不是离婚了吗?怎么“前夫”老搞不清状况,天天与她共进午餐,跟别人介绍她是内人,放着大房子不住,跑来跟她挤间小公寓,甚至每天同床共枕,顺道来个热吻?!不过看到有男同事对她有意思,便威胁公司老板叫她回家吃自己,去找他理论,便撞见他正跟秘书玩亲亲,她是昏了头才会相信他说的屁话,总是在外和别的女人激情过后,再摸摸她的头说“我的心里只有你”,这种马改不了处处留情,她只好伤心离去,只是──才短短六年就让花心男变“和尚”,还说一切的改变都是为了她,拜托!怎么说她也是有志气的下堂妇,哪能随便哄哄就给他完美的Ending,更何况她现在还多了个小拖油瓶……...
“光有天赋不行。你还得是匈牙利人。” 罗伯特·卡帕的话《生活》周刊,1997年4月19日 1948年秋:在一架租借来的美式达科塔飞机的尾翼上,古老的匈牙利底色上新涂了一颗红星。罗伯特·卡帕看着底下花布片一样的农田,自封建时代以来,那些田地一直都没有发生过太大的变化。之后,他看到青年时代的河流,那就是多瑙河。几分钟后,他的飞机就在跑道上颠簸起来,滑向一栋弹孔累累的建筑,表情严肃的政府官员站在那里等他。 卡帕回到了阔别17年的家乡。他的感情错综复杂:有乡愁和强烈的好奇,同时也有担忧,不知道在这么一个新成立的国家会看到什么。所到之处,一定会有很多事物让他想起自己的以前:一个挤撞、挣扎、绝处逢生,最后功成名就的犹太小伙子。...
The Essays of Montaigne, V5by Michel de MontaigneTranslated by Charles CottonEdited by William Carew Hazilitt1877CONTENTS OF VOLUME 5.XXV. Of the education of children.XXVI. That it is folly to measure truth and error by our owncapacity.CHAPTER XXVOF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDRENTO MADAME DIANE DE FOIX, Comtesse de GursonI never yet saw that father, but let his son be never so decrepit ordeformed, would not, notwithstanding, own him: not, nevertheless, if he...
卸去浓妆,给签约弟子杨钰莹写“真” 吴颂今自述: 经历了“师生恩怨”风波之后,我跟杨钰莹已经没有了来往。但是她毕竟是自己过去的签约歌手,我无法不关注和牵挂着这名昔日弟子。有关她的报刊新闻、网站消息、社会传言,不时地牵引着我的视听。不管杨钰莹对我好也罢,坏也罢,我都不希望她的名字被一些乱七八糟的传闻所沾污。 2000年,“杨钰莹炮打吴颂今”事件发生后不久,为了核实自己和杨钰莹交往的一些细节,我去了一趟南昌。一天,一位朋友急匆匆打电话给我:“颂今,你最好马上离开南昌。”我有些莫名其妙。朋友说:“昨天晚上,我在一家酒店见杨钰莹在请客吃饭,她不是在报上‘炮打’你吗?我担心她知道你在南昌调查她,想通过有关部门找你的麻烦。”...
1择偶犹如再投胎人的一生中,结婚标志着人的成熟,不仅标志着生理上的成熟,也标志着社会角色的成熟,开始担负起繁衍后代的责任。家庭是社会的细胞,是每个人栖身生活的安乐窝。美满的生活来源于幸福的家庭,幸福的家庭来源于完美的婚姻,而完美的婚姻必须有情投意合的配偶。所以,一个家庭的幸福,维系在终身伴侣的选择上;择偶婚配,决定了一个家庭的命运。我国民间有一种说法:“结婚犹如二次投胎。”如果说第一次投胎选择了父母,那么父母的优劣就决定了一个人的少年、青年时代的命运。结婚择偶是又一次选择人生的命运,男人选择了好女人,好女人给他一个温暖、舒适的避风港,贤妻良母式的妻子让丈夫事业有成、活得滋润、心宽体胖。同样,女人选择了好男人,好男人给他一副坚实、宽厚的肩膀,顶天立地的丈夫为妻子撑起一把抵挡生活风雨的巨伞,让妻子备受呵护,活得无忧无虑。...
The Conquest of New France, A Chronicle of the Colonial Warsby George M. WrongCONTENTSI. THE CONFLICT OPENS: FRONTENAC AND PHIPSII. QUEBEC AND BOSTONIII. FRANCE LOSES ACADIAIV. LOUISBOURG AND BOSTONV. THE GREAT WESTVI. THE VALLEY OF THE OHIOVII. THE EXPULSION OF THE ACADIANSVIII. THE VICTORIES OF MONTCALMIX. MONTCALM AT QUEBECX. THE STRATEGY OF PITTXI. THE FALL OF CANADABIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTETHE CONQUEST OF NEW FRANCE...