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...................... 4 THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE...................... 54 SCHLOSSER?S LITERARY HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ...................... 60 FOX AND BURKE .................................................................................................................................................... 84 JUNIUS......................

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...phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several Sta...

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...Contents On the Knocking at the Gate, in Macbeth....................................................4 On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts .........................................9 LECTURE....................................................................

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...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the lib...

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...NY OF THE INTERVIEW OF PRINCES ..................................................... 104 CHAPTER XIV THAT MEN ARE JUSTLY PUNISHED FOR BEING OBSTINATE IN THE DEFENCE OF A FORT THAT IS NOT IN REASON TO BE DEFENDED .......................................................................... 105 CHAPTER XV OF THE PUNISHMENT OF COWARDICE .............................................

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