The Conditions of Existenceby Thomas H. HuxleyIN the last Lecture I endeavoured to prove to you that, while, as ageneral rule, organic beings tend to reproduce their kind, there is inthem, also, a constantly recurring tendency to varyto vary to agreater or to a less extent. Such a variety, I pointed out to you,might arise from causes which we do not understand; we therefore calledit spontaneous; and it might come into existence as a definite andmarked thing, without any gradations between itself and the form whichpreceded it. I further pointed out, that such a variety having oncearisen, might be perpetuated to some extent, and indeed to a verymarked extent, without any direct interference
THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWEFROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.THE TRAGICALHISTORY OF DOCTORFAUSTUS BYCHRISTOPHERMARLOWE FROM THEQUARTO OF 1616.EDITED BY THE REV.ALEXANDER DYCE.1- Page 2-THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWEFROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.DRAMATIS PERSONAE.THE POPE. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. RAYMOND, king ofHungary. DUKE OF SAXONY. BRUNO. DUKE OF VANHOLT....
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TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILLTWELFTH NIGHT; OR,WHAT YOU WILLWilliam Shakespeare16021- Page 2-TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILLDRAMATIS PERSONAEORSINO, Duke of Illyria SEBASTIAN, brother of Viola ANTONIO, asea captain, friend of Sebastian A SEA CAPTAIN, friend of ViolaVALENTINE, gentleman attending on the Duke CURIO, gentlemanattending on the Duke SIR TOBY BELCH, uncle of Olivia SIR ANDREWAGUECHEEK MALVOLIO, steward to Olivia FABIAN, servant to...
The Maintenance of Free Tradeby Gerard de Malynes1622The Maintenance of Free Trade, According to the Three Essentiall Parts of Traffique; Namely Commodities, Moneys and Exchange of Moneys, by Bills of Exchanges for other Countries. Or answer to a Treatise of Free Trade, or the meanes to make Trade floushish, lately Published.Contraria iuxta se Pofita magis Elucescunt.by Gerard Malynes Merchant.London, Printed by I.L. for William Shefford, and are to be sold at his shop, at the entring in of Popes head Allie out of Lumbard Street, 1622.To The Most High and Mighty Monarch, James, by the grace of God, King of great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc....
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and HomericaContains translations of the following works:Hesiod: "Works and Days", "The Theogony", fragments of "The Catalogues of Women and the Eoiae", "The Shield of Heracles" (attributed to Hesiod), and fragments of various works attributed to Hesiod.Homer: "The Homeric Hymns", "The Epigrams of Homer" (both attributed to Homer).Various: Fragments of the Epic Cycle (parts of which are sometimes attributed to Homer), fragments of other epic poems attributed to Homer, "The Battle of Frogs and Mice", and "The Contest of Homer and Hesiod".PREFACEThis volume contains practically all that remains of the post- Homeric and pre-academic epic poetry....
The SportsmanThe Sportsmanby XenophonTranslation by H. G. Dakyns1- Page 2-The SportsmanXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil ofSocrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens.Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for manyyears before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in354 B.C.The Sportsman is a manual on hunting hares, deer and wild boar,...
ALEXANDRIA AND HER SCHOOLSALEXANDRIA ANDHER SCHOOLSBy Charles Kingsley1- Page 2-ALEXANDRIA AND HER SCHOOLSPREFACEI should not have presumed to choose for any lectures of mine such asubject as that which I have tried to treat in this book. The subject waschosen by the Institution where the lectures were delivered. Still lessshould I have presumed to print them of my own accord, knowing howfragmentary and crude they are. They were printed at the special request...
"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER""SHE STOOPS TOCONQUER"by OLIVER GOLDSMITHA COMEDY.1- Page 2-"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER"To SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.Dear Sir,By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not meanso much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour toinform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. Itmay serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest...
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V11BY CONSTANTPREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRETRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK1895CONTENTS:CHAPTER XV. to CHAPTER XXIII.CHAPTER XV.During the second day of the battle of Dresden, at the end of which theEmperor had the attack of fever I mentioned in the preceding chapter, theKing of Naples, or rather Marshal Murat, performed prodigies of valor.Much has been said of this truly extraordinary prince; but only those whosaw him personally could form a correct idea of him, and even they neverknew him perfectly until they had seen him on a field of battle. Therehe seemed like those great actors who produce a complete illusion amid...
THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESARJULIUS CAESARWilliam Shakespeare15991- Page 2-THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESARACT I.2- Page 3-THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESARSCENE I. Rome. A street.Enter Flavius, Marullus, and certain Commoners.FLAVIUS. Hence, home, you idle creatures, get you home. Is this aholiday? What, know you not, Being mechanical, you ought not walk...
On the Significance of Science and Artby Leo TolstoyTranslated by Isabel F. HapgoodCHAPTER I.. . . {1} The justification of all persons who have freed themselvesfrom toil is now founded on experimental, positive science. Thescientific theory is as follows:-"For the study of the laws of life of human societies, there existsbut one indubitable method,the positive, experimental, criticalmethod"Only sociology, founded on biology, founded on all the positivesciences, can give us the laws of humanity. Humanity, or humancommunities, are the organisms already prepared, or still in processof formation, and which are subservient to all the laws of the...