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Excerpt from A Sermon Preached in the South Congregational Church, Boston, Jan, 22, 1865 I AM to illustrate this ministry of reconciliation by some study of the character of the great man whom God has just now called away. I do not hesitate, as you know, my friends, to bring to this place even my own personal sorrows. For we are here in a home, and we meet here as friend with friend. But it is not from personal grief that I am to speak to-da...

Excerpt from Capt. Nathan Hale: An Address Delivered at Groton, Connecticut of the Hale Memorial Day, September 7, 1881Nathan hale was born on the oth of June, 1755, in Coventry, hard by us here, a town in which one would be glad, then or now, to have been born. He was born from a mother whom one would have been proud to have been born from. The son of a father whom one would be glad to call father. His early education, in the midst of a large...

Excerpt from His Level Best, and Other StoriesThe Queen of California, as will be seen, is my translation, from the Sergas of Esplandian, of every passage relating to the imagined island of Cali fornia. Since the first publication of that trans lation the principal public libraries of this country have obtained copies of that romance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www....

Excerpt from Sermons of the Winter: The Church and the World, September 18, 1892On this side of the ocean we have an advantage for the discussion of these duties which they have not in Canterbury. Our practical definition of the word Church is larger than theirs. This coun try was made by Englishmen, who crossed the ocean because they believed that the power of the Church belonged to all her people, while the government of England held that it...

Crusoe in New York - And Other Tales is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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PREFACE: This story was written in the summer of 1863. It was meant for the Americans of that day. It has since been introduced as a reading book in schools, and it is largely used in celebrations, especially on the patriotic anniversaries. It came into existence about the time when General Grant was entering Vicksburg, which he had been besieging for many months, and when nearly one hundred thousand men in the Northern army fought with nearly...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

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