The Pursuit of the House-Boatby John Kendrick BangsCHAPTER I: THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTIONThe House-boat of the Associated Shades, formerly located upon the River Styx, as the reader may possibly remember, had been torn from its moorings and navigated out into unknown seas by that vengeful pirate Captain Kidd, aided and abetted by some of the most ruffianly inhabitants of Hades. Like a thief in the night had they come, and for no better reason than that the Captain had been unanimously v
Andreas HoferAn HISTORICAL NOVELby Lousia MuhlbachCONTENTS.CHAPTERI 1809II The Emperor FrancisIII The Courier and the AmbassadorIV The Emperor and his BrothersV The Performance of "The Creation"VI Andreas HoferVII Andreas Hofer at the TheatreVIII Consecration of the Flags, and FarewellIX Tis Time!X Anthony Wallner of Windisch-MatreyXI The Declaration of LoveXII Farewell!...
Democracy In America, Volume 1by Alexis de ToquevilleTranslator - Henry ReeveBook OneIntroductionSpecial Introduction By Hon. John T. MorganIn the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroi
Philosophy of Historyby HegelTable of ContentsIntroductionO The subject of this course of Lectures is the Philosophical History of the World.SECTION ONE: Original History§ 1 They simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to the realm ofrepresentative intellect.§ 2 The influences that have formed the writer are identical with those which have moulded theevents that constitute the matter of his story....
本文摘自北京出版社出版的长篇纪实文学《全球寻找“北京人”》。在北京的西山脚下,有一个小村庄,叫周口店。1914年春,瑞典著名地质学家、考古学家安特生教授受中国北洋政府的邀请来到中国,一次偶然之机,发现了周口店。之后,在中国地质调查所和北京协和医学院的主持下,在美国洛克菲勒基金会的资助下,中外科学家开始联手发掘周口店。1926年,安特生教授首次向世界公布:在中国北京的周口店发现了两颗古人类牙!1929年,我国著名古人类学家裴文中在周口店发现了第一个“北京人”头盖骨。这一发现把最早的人类历史从距今不到10万年推至距今50万年。“北京人”头盖骨的出土被学术界誉为“古人类研究史中最为动人的发现之一”。1936年,我国的另一位著名考古学家贾兰坡在周口店又发现了三个“北京人”头盖骨,于是世界为之震撼!不久,日本入侵中国,中美双方决定,将“北京人”头盖骨化石暂时转运美国保存,战后再归...
小说细致刻画了社会转型时期的领导干部的选拔、考察、任用等过程中体制上的矛盾,构成一幅幅多姿多彩的现实生活画卷。 主人公贾士贞以一名普通的党校教师被借调到省委组织部工作,却处处不适应,自认为有才华和正确的做法不仅得不到承认和认同,反而受到排挤甚至被退回党校。严峻的现实教育了他,他慢慢调整自己的心态和做法,逐渐适应组织部门的工作。于是在日常工作的激烈竞争中不断地成熟起来叙述了由科级、副处到正处级职务变化的全过程;并通过他在省委组织部8年的所见所闻所为,目睹了组织部门在选拔、考察、任用领导干部中存在的弊端,提出了改革建议,但遇到种种阻力和矛盾在困难和压力下,他不断思考,巧妙地把握机遇,使得公开选拔、任用领导干部的办法初步得到实施为实现干部人事制度的制度化、法制化作出一定努力的描写让人们全面深刻地了解到省委组织部大小官员的另一幕人生,给人们留下无限的深思。...
卷上 卷中 卷下 —————————————————————————————— 冥报记卷上 吏部尚书唐临撰 —————————————————————————————— 夫含气有生。无不有识。有识而有行。随行善恶而受其报。如农夫之播植。随所植而收之。此盖物之常理。固无所可疑也。上智达其本源。知而无见。下愚闇其踪迹。迷而不返。皆绝言也。中品之人。未能自达。随缘动见。逐见生疑。疑见多端。各怀异执释典论其分别。凡有六十二见。邪倒于是乎生者也。临在中人之后。幸而寤其万一。比见众人不信因果者说见虽多。同谓善恶无报。无报之说。略有三种。一者自然。故无因果。唯当任欲待事而已。二者灭尽。言死而身灭。识无所住。身识都尽。谁受苦乐。以无受故。知无因果。三者无报。言见今人有修道德。贫贱则早死。或行凶恶。富贵灵长。以是事故。知无因果。临窃谓。儒书。论善恶之报甚多。近者报于...
在斯德哥尔摩东城一条主要街道上,上下班时经常能看到一位老人在街角站立,他昂首挺胸,目视前方,活像一尊雕塑。我到瑞典不久,人们就推荐我去看这“街头一景”。 那是立春后不久的一个早晨,我匆匆赶去上班,果真在那街角看到了他,只是又多了一项内容:在我驻足的一两分钟内,他忽然向右侧踱着碎步,头偏向右方,似在作“向右看齐”的动作,然后又刷地甩过头,保持垂手并脚的立正姿势。他可能是个退伍军人,我脑子里一下子闪过了这个念头。我向过路的几个行人打听,这位老者是谁?为什么站在这儿?他们有的摇摇头,有的摊开两手。我知道瑞典人的脾气,从不管别人的私事。 瑞典夏日阵雨多,出门必带雨具。有一次我经过他身边,正赶上下雨,他既未穿雨衣,也没打雨伞,仍笔直地站在那儿。雨水顺着他的头发流到面颊上,他全然不知晓似的。我立刻将伞撑到他头顶上,雨住了,我才离开。他没有说一句话,甚至也没有看我一眼...