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Excerpt from New England and the Bavarian IlluminatiJedidiah Sawyer's Old Charlestown, eta, p. 299, has an engaging account Of Morse's loyalty to the cause of Federalism, and of the pain ful, though not serious physical consequences, in which in at least one instance this involved him. Cf. Also Memorabilia in the Life of Jedediah Morse, D. D., by his son, Sidney E. Morse. A bibliography of thirty-two titles by Morse is appended to the sketch i...

Excerpt from The Music of the Bible: With Some Account of the Development of Modern Instruments From Ancient Types N o apology is needed, I hope, for issuing in this form the substance of the series of articles which I contributed to the Bible Educator. Some of the statements which I brought forward in that work have received further con firmation by wider reading, but some others I have ventured to qualify or alter. Much new matter will be f...

Excerpt from A General History of Freemasonry: Based Upon the Ancient Documents Relating to and the Monuments Erected by This Fraternity, From Its Foundation, in the Year 715 B. To the Present Time Separation Of the Colleges of Builders into different Erection of the first Christian churches and Architectural knowledge of monastic refugees. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find m...

Excerpt from The Archaeological Journal, Vol. 25: Published Under the Direction of the Central Committee of the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Encouragement and Prosecution of Researches Into the Arts and Monuments of the Early and Middle Ages Sepulchral Barrows at Broad Down, Devon, and a unique Cup of Bituminous Shale found there. By the Rev. Richard kirwan, m.a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books pu...

Excerpt from The Path of Discipleship: Four Lectures Delivered at the Twentieth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, at Adyar, Madras, December 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1895Manifested universe must needs lie in this very variety that if there be more than the One then there must be well nigh infinite multipli city, in order that the One, which is as a mighty sun sending forth beams of light in all directions, may send beams everywhere, and in th...

Excerpt from Jesus the Christ HE limits of this little book will permit no exhaustive discussion of the subject of which it treats. Of necessity some things must be omitted which it might be desirable and help ful to consider. There is no room for any nega tive work. We can take no Space to refute doctrines that we do not accept. What we do not teach concerning the subject must be largely inferred from What we do teach. About the Publisher ...

Excerpt from The Religious Quest of IndiaThe writers of this series of volumes on the variant forms of religious life in India are governed in their work by two impelling motives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the ...

Excerpt from The World a Spiritual System: An Outline of Metaphysics The trend of metaphysics has long been in the dirce tion of idealism, but in recent years this system has assumed popular forms, true or perverted. It is now out on the street and in the air, and this creates an occasion for a plain exposition of the subject. The ology is also being rewritten in the light of idealistic or monistic philosophy, and this book endeavors to apply...

Excerpt from Judaism The following chapters are nothing more than an attempt to give the general reader interested in Judaism some idea of the various stages through which that religion has passed, and of the many tendencies that have reacted and still react upon it. A subject so vast and complicated must of necessity be difficult to present in so brief a compass. The Bibliography, however, which is appended, will it is hoped enable the stude...

Excerpt from A Brief English GrammarSince this book is designed for the pupil rather than for the teacher, all suggestions as to the teaching of English grammar have been conveyed rather by implication than by specific recommendation. The text itself is, however, designed to indicate a general method of presentation, vari able in detail at the will of the individual teacher. Each chapter, it will be evident, presents not the material for any f...

Excerpt from History of BiologyIt is the purpose of the following chapters to Show how this insignificant body of information expanded into the biology of the twentieth century, how it became enriched by a multitude of new facts, strength ened by new methods and animated by new ideas.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an...

Excerpt from The Journey: Odes and SonnetsOU are so young, i Yet older than the eldest things that be - Older than cliffs affronted by the sea, That crumble into legend, shelf by shelf, Older than bright Orion, lost for lust, Dust-born and dimming back again to dust, Older than memory's first incarnate hour, Older than age itself And sprung In life's immortal April like a ¿ower. N ow, as you turn Where the high road's cut off against the light...

Excerpt from King Lear: A Tragedy in Five Acts King Lear was first printed, in quarto form, in 1608. Two editions of it appeared in that year. Their relationship and order of publication were for long doubtful , but it is now certain that the earlier is that which bears the following title-page: - M. William Shak-speare: | His | True Chronicle Historie of the life and | death of King Lear and his three | Daughters. | With the unfortunate lif...

Excerpt from Statistics and Sociology, Vol. 1 It has not been thought necessary to refer every particular statistical figure to volume and page of official publications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the wor...

Excerpt from A Statistical Inquiry Into the Probability of Causes of the Production, of Sex in Human OffspringIntroductory Preponderance of male births Is the ratio of male to female births the same in all races.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technol...

Love. Friendship. Betrayal. Those are the themes of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Critics tend to portray the play as a workshop effort that laid the groundwork for his later, more mature plays like As You Like It and Twelfth Night. The play is definitely a forerunner to those more sophisticated works, yet The Two Gentlemen of Verona stands on its own merit. The Two Gentlemen of Verona follows young Vale...

Excerpt from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 13The work of connecting the capital through this vast tableland with the United States was comparatively easy. But when it came to constructing the lines from the high elevation of the City of Mexico, as has been done in various directions, toward the coasts, it became a herculean task, calling for engineering Skill and a large expenditure of capital. Notwithstanding the Obstacles, the mount...

Excerpt from History of India, Vol. 2 This volume covers the interesting period from the century in which Buddha appeared down to the first centuries after the Mohammedans entered India, or, roughly speaking, from 600 B. C. to 1200 A. D. During this long era India, now Aryanized, was brought into closer contact with the outer world. The invasion of Alexander the Great gave her at least a touch of the West, the spread of Buddhism and the growt...

Excerpt from Vice in the Horse: And Other Papers on Horses and RidingThere are few cases of vice in the saddle - horse that cannot be prevented or cured by the school method of training, for by easy lessons the horse is so disciplined that obedience becomes a habit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historic...

Excerpt from After: A Novel High up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the land lies with no urban pall between itself and God a semi-circle of azure-capped hills looked down, and caught the sight of David Duncan as he climbed steadily down the ladder from the newly shingled roof of his dwelling - and print shop. He carried the ladder around to the back of the building, returned to the front and looked up at the clean roof, and went into the ...