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...book and style sheet” was considered important enough to be preserved, along with other items from the Press’s early years, in the cornerstone of the new Press building in 1903. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and by 1906 the pamphlet had become a book: Manual of Style: Being a compilation of the typographical rules in force at the University of Chicago Press, to which...

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...irst proofreader; added to from year to year, as opportunity would offer or new necessities arise; revised and re-revised as the scope of the work,... ... Kingdom, Northwest Territory, Cook County, Evanston Township, Kansas City (New York City-exception); (2) Department of the Lakes, Town- of Lake, Bo... ...ide Building, Capitol, White House, County Hospital, Boston Public Library, New York Post-Office, British Museum, Thatre Fran~ais, Lexington Hotel, ... ...um (Lyc6e de Paris); [the forty Im- mortals]; Civic Federation, Cook County Democracy, Tam- many Hall; Associated Press, Typographical Union No. 16;... ..."Neither France for her art, nor Germany for her army, nor England for her democracy, etc." But do not use a comma where "and," etc., serves to co... ...dsletti has said, . . . ." Deut. 3: 4b [s]. Grote, the great historian of Greece (see his History, I, 204 [second edition]), . . . . 163. Such ph...

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...ter, but his “unemployment tenure” will re-commence from month 1 with the new registration. I recommend instituting a households’ survey in addit... ... and the Netherlands). Optimally, they should be lower (as is the case in Greece, Germany and Hungary). Alternatively, even if sickness benefits are... ...its can be flat (as is the case in Bulgaria and Italy). In Australia and New Zealand, both sickness benefits and unemployment benefits are means te... ...ent. Thus, the employer would have an incentive to continue to employ the new worker. Employers will receive benefits for a new worker only if h... ...rk, and the Netherlands). Optimally, they should be lower (as they are in Greece, Germany and Hungary). Where sickness benefits are earnings-related,... ...unions still exist even in Western and better governed countries, such as Greece. In the former colonies of the British Empire, trade unions have to ... ...ivity. There’s no reward." A recent tome by Kevin Phillips - "Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich" - claims: "The top ...

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... Two consequently are much confounded at V .B.’s cutting them off from the new Texas question. Nearly half the leaders swear they won’t stand it. Of t... ... Jany. 19, 1845. DEAR GENERAL: I do not wish to join in your proposal of a new plan for the selection of a Whig candidate for Congress because: 1st. I... ...uent body, than exists by the old, and which you propose to retain in your new plan. If we take the entire population of the counties as shown by the ... ...ns. His voice spoke war and peace in the contest with Great Britain. “When Greece rose against the Turks and struck for lib- erty, his name was mingle... ...questions, so far as I know, the Judge never answers. It might involve the Democracy to answer them either way, and they go unanswered. As to Kansas. ... ...h party most favors amalgamation, the Republicans or the dear Union-saving Democracy. Dred Scott, his wife, and two daughters were all involved in the...

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...might be. It was, therefore, a matter near to Lady Lufton’s heart to see a new church built, and she was urgent in her eloquence both with her son and... ... were exactly suited to it; and everything was in good order;— not exactly new, so as to be raw and uncovered, and redo- lent of workmen; but just at ... ...ourcy Castle. As for the Duke of Omnium, he, comparatively speaking, was a new man. And then he was a member of Parliament, a friend of some men in po... ...lls.’ And Mr Supplehouse rises from his chair with gleaming eyes. ‘Has not Greece as noble a son as him? Aye, and much nobler, traitor that he is. We ... ...hy, as those powers existed in West Barsetshire,—and it may be added, that democracy would have very little to say to it, on one side or on the other....

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...ucation by John Dewey A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy and Education by John Dewey is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Democracy and Education by John Dewey, the Pennsylvania State University, E... ........................................................... 353 5 John Dewey Democracy and Education by John Dewey Chapter One: Education as a Necessity... ...ne hand, there 7 John Dewey is the contrast between the immaturity of the new-born members of the group —its future sole representatives— and the mat... ...bers who com- pose a society lived on continuously, they might educate the new-born members, but it would be a task directed by personal interest rath... ...m the act—he gets food, etc. But the horse, pre- sumably, does not get any new interest. He remains in- terested in food, not in the service he is ren... ...ife, then the appliances become the positive resources of civilization. If Greece, with a scant tithe of our material resources, achieved a worthy and... ...ieved a worthy and noble intel- lectual and artistic career, it is because Greece operated for social ends such resources as it had. But whatever the ... ... social. It originated, so far as con- scious formulation is concerned, in Greece, and was based upon the fact that the truly human life was lived onl...

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...s with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

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...between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. -- 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millennia, but Hindus in India and the Arabs unveil the numerical tools needed for modern science to emerge in the West. -- 12. Invaders from the North Scandinavian...

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...ourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millennia, but... ... ―As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, new scientific knowledge will flow to those who can apply it to practical ... ... about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds,... ...in a university print shop that made textbooks with offset machines and a new variety of mimeograph that duplicated the original to make the master ... ...) split geographically along a line that runs roughly from Scandinavia to Greece and almost touches the Black Sea. The eastward migration from t... ...nters and gradually spread their alphabet‘s use to places as far-flung as Greece, Sicily, Italy, North Africa, southern Spain, and the British Isles... ...ncourage the sharing of knowledge in a manner conducive to the success of democracy. CHAPTER 13 This we rhymed in school: Columbus sailed the... ...:  The Reformation,  The Industrial Revolution  Modern science  Democracy The Song of the Printer (See next page) personifies his invent... ...Benjamin Franklin for his printer pride. As president, Jefferson cited democracy’s debt to the preservative powers of print. Principal author of...

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...Chapter VI Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable ............................. 76 Chapter VII Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority only 92 Chapter VIII Of the Extension of the Suffrage ..................................................................................................... ...

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...ht forward in their support. Several of the opinions at all events, if not new, are for the present as little likely to meet with general acceptance a... ...asily, what they are al ready used to; but people also learn to do things new to them. Familiarity is a great help; but much dwelling on an idea will... ... untried things. The amount of capacity which a people pos sess for doing new things, and adapting themselves to new circumstances; is itself one of ... ...e government, what is meant by power? Not thews and sinews; otherwise pure democracy would be the only form of polity that could exist. To mere muscul... ...ustrious class who are neither slaves nor slave owners (as was the case in Greece), they need, probably, no more to insure their improvement than to m... ... Oriental people, in that condition it continues to stagnate; but if, like Greece or Rome, it had realized any thing higher, through the energy, patri... ...n. The proofs of this are apparent in every page of our great historian of Greece; but we need scarcely look further than to the high quality of the a... ...merely to one knot of public men or another; where the idea entertained of democracy is merely that of opening offices to the competition of all inste... ..., as 62 Considerations on Representative Government in a pure monarchy or democracy. This is the portion of truth in the opinion of the ancients, rev...

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................................................................... 15 OF THE NEW REIGN .................................................................... ...e experimen- talists in gliding one strong enough and light enough for the new purpose. And here we are! Or, rather, M. Blériot is! What does it mean ... ...g; there is no intellectual guide or stir in them; and to that we owe this new generation of nicely behaved, unenterprising sons, who play golf and do... ...as set quite another train of thought going in my mind. The age of natural democracy is surely at an end through these machines. There comes a time wh... ...ng Prince. Time will test these hopes, but certainly we, the innumer- able democracy of individually unimportant men, have felt the need for such a Pr... ...nt. The alternative, if it is an alternative, is resignation—to the Social Democracy. And it is just because we are all beginning to realise the immen... ...pose of improving style, “as the exact and beautiful languages of Rome and Greece.” Is it not time at least that this last, this favourite but thread-... ...ation more marked than in military and naval affairs. In the great days of Greece and Rome war was a special calling, requiring a special type of man....

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...oversies of the age by its latent presence, and is likely soon to make itself recognized as the vital question of the future. It is so far from being new, that, in a certain sense, it has divided mankind, almost from the remotest ages, but in the stage of progress into which the more civilized portions of the species have now entered, it presents itself under new condition...

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...self recognized as the vital question of the future. It is so far from being new, that, in a certain sense, it has divided mankind, almost from the re... ...civilized portions of the species have now entered, it presents itself under new conditions, and requires a different and more fundamental treatment. ... ...ions of history with which we are earliest familiar, particularly in that of Greece, Rome, and England. But in old times this contest was between subj... ...ers. The rulers were conceived (except in some of the popular governments of Greece) as in a nec essarily antagonistic position to the people whom th... ... of government would never be abused to their disadvantage. By degrees, this new demand for elective and temporary rulers became the prominent object ... ...Eu ropean society to whose real or supposed interests On Liberty — Mill 6 democracy is adverse, has had no difficulty in es tablishing itself; and... ...ps each within the limits of reason and sanity. Unless opinions favorable to democracy and to aristocracy, to property and to equality, to co operatio... ... government of mediocrity from being mediocre government. No government by a democracy or a numerous aristocracy, either in its political acts or in t...

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... was completed;—thereby, in these his seemingly so aimless rambles, planting new standards, founding new habitable colonies, in the immeasurable circu... ... to him; and then, by quite foreign suggestion. By the arrival, namely, of a new Book from Professor Teufelsdr¨ ockh of Weissnichtwo; treating express... ...urrent without opposition in high places; but must and will exalt the almost new name of Teufelsdr¨ ockh to the first ranks of Philosophy, in our Germa... ... heaps, that they might ferment there, and in time unite. The birth pangs of Democracy, wherewith convulsed Europe was groaning in cries that reached ... ... both slopes of the Altaic chain, in the central Platform of Asia; in Spain, Greece, Turkey, Crim Tartary, the Curragh of Kildare? One man, in one yea...

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...nslator – Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. ... ... the document or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. ... ...lvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Tocqueville Democracy In America Volume 1 By Alexis de Tocqueville T ranslator – Henry ... ... and thorough. When the Constitution was thus perfected and established, a new form of government was created, but it was neither speculative nor expe... ...es sealed with blood, in many great struggles of the people. They were not new to the people. They were consecrated theories, but no govern- ment had ... ...he love of God – had matured, in the excellent wisdom of their counsels, a new plan of government, which embraced every security for their liberties a... ...own courts of justice. It cannot be doubted that the *This was the case in Greece, when Philip undertook to ex- ecute the decree of the Amphictyons; i... ...respecting their slaves. The most profound and capacious minds of Rome and Greece were never able to reach the idea, at once so general and so 500 De... ...er say that it was by the luxuries of Rome and the Epicurean philosophy of Greece. If their social con- dition, their present circumstances, and their...

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... I am that you did not come too; really Tibby is too tiresome, he starts a new mortal disease every month. How could he have got hay fever in London? ... ...rminate note. Into which country will it lead, England or Suburbia? It was new, it had is- land platforms and a subway, and the superficial comfort ex... ...ng with that parcel.” He strode into the booking-office, and called with a new voice: “Hi! hi, you there! Are you going to keep me waiting all day? Pa... ...s rank and his income would have corresponded. But in his day the angel of Democracy had arisen, enshadowing the classes with leathern wings, and proc... ...y, lest he slip into the abyss where nothing counts, and the statements of Democracy are inaudible. As he walked away from Wickham Place, his first ca... ...mber you from year’s end to year’s end.” “Have you been in the East?” “Oh, Greece and the Levant. I used to go out for sport and business to Cyprus; s... ...red, a little surprised. “What did you talk about? Me, presumably.” “About Greece too.” “Greece was a very good card, Henry. Tibby’s only a boy still,... ...eater melodies about our country-side have all issued through the pipes of Greece. Deep and true as the native imagination can be, it seems to have fa...

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...s called Bendis in Thrace, Bubastis in Egypt, Dian in Rome, and Artemis in Greece. There was a Grand Turk from Stamboul. He could not help thinking th... ...he Nopolis Tea-Pot’—as nearly as I can recollect, this was the name of the new paper. The leading article, I must admit, was brilliant—not to say seve... ...ent to his lately-ac- quired charger —an attachment which seemed to attain new strength from every fresh example of the animal’s ferocious and demon-l... ...nished neighborhood stood idly around in silent and pathetic wonder. But a new and fearful object soon rivetted the attention of the multitude, and pr... ...rairie dogs,” an exception which seems to dem- onstrate, if anything, that democracy is a very admirable form of government—for dogs. April 6.—Last ni... ...pervading all things in Earth an Heaven—wild attempts at an omni-prevalent Democracy were made. Y et this evil sprang necessarily from the leading evi... ... indefinite, and was the shadow nei- ther of man nor of God—neither God of Greece, nor God of Chaldaea, nor any Egyptian God. And the shadow rested up...