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Preface and Hippocrates

In Fathers of Biology

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Charles McRae and Charles Mcrae


An account given of the lives of five great naturalists (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Vesalius and Harvey) will not be found devoid of int…

Peter the Great

In A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines

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Clayton Edwards


It would be pleasant indeed to gather the characters of this book together and listen to the conversation of wholly different but interested…

The Present State of the Nicaragua Canal

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 02. February 1896

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Adolphus W. Greely and National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles:* Venezuela: Her Governmen…

First Part, chapter I, part 1: Astronomers and Cartographers

In Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2

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Jules Verne


This volume, entitled "The Great Navigators of the 18th century", forms the second of three volumes under the general title of &qu…

Part I, Chapter IX

In Dead Souls

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, translated by D. J. Hogarth and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …

Ein Lied hinterm Ofen zu singen

In Adventskalender 2009

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Matthias Claudius


Diese Sammlung ist ein Adventskalender und enthält für jeden Tag vom 1.-24. Dezember einen Text oder ein Gedicht. Viele haben eine…

The Philippine Islands, Part 1

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 06. June 1898

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number.It includes the following articles:The P…

Humboldt, Part 1

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

A Typhoon off Japan by Jack London (1876-1916)

In Coffee Break Collection 013 - Weather

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Jack London


This is the thirteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…

Dedication & Prefaces

In Our Cats and All About Them

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Harrison Weir


The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first Pre…

Giordano Bruno

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 093

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Walter Pater


"Flirting is more serious than talking nonsense and not so serious as making love" was journalist Eliza Lynn Linton's take on rela…

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