Modeste Mignonby Honore de BalzacTranslated by Katharine Prescott WormeleyDEDICATIONTo a Polish Lady.Daughter of an enslaved land, angel through love, witch throughfancy, child by faith, aged by experience, man in brain, woman inheart, giant by hope, mother through sorrows, poet in thy dreams,to THEE belongs this book, in which thy love, thy fancy, thyexperience, thy sorrow, thy hope, thy dreams, are the warp throughwhich is shot a woof less brilliant than the poesy of thy soul,whose expression, when it shines upon thy countenance, is, tothose who love thee, what the characters of a lost language are toscholars.De Balzac.MODESTE MIGNON...
A treatise on Good Worksby Dr. Martin Luthertogether with theLetter of Dedicationby Dr. Martin Luther, 1520INTRODUCTION1. The Occasion of the Work. Luther did not impose himself asreformer upon the Church. In the course of a conscientiousperformance of the duties of his office, to which he had beenregularly and divinely called, and without any urging on hispart, he attained to this position by inward necessity. In 1515he received his appointment as the standing substitute for thesickly city pastor, Simon Heinse, from the city council ofWittenberg. Before this time he was obliged to preach onlyoccasionally in the convent, apart from his activity as teacherin the University and convent. Through this appointment he was...
Up From Slavery: An Autobiographyby Booker T. WashingtonUp From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. WashingtonThis volume is dedicated to my Wife Margaret James Washington And to my Brother John H. Washington Whose patience, fidelity, and hard work have gone far to make the work at Tuskegee successful.PrefaceThis volume is the outgrowth of a series of articles, dealing with incidents in my life, which were published consecutively in the Outlook. While they were appearing in that magazine I was constantly surprised at the number of requests which came to me from all parts of the country, asking that the articles be permanently preserved in book form. I am most grateful to the Outlook for permission to gratify these requests.I have tried to tell a simple, straig...
The Rise and Progress of Palaeontologyby Thomas Henry HuxleyThat application of the sciences of biology and geology, whichis commonly known as palaeontology, took its origin in the mindof the first person who, finding something like a shell, or abone, naturally imbedded in gravel or rock, indulged inspeculations upon the nature of this thing which he had dug outthis "fossil"and upon the causes which had brought it intosuch a position. In this rudimentary form, a high antiquity maysafely be ascribed to palaeontology, inasmuch as we know that,500 years before the Christian era, the philosophic doctrines ofXenophanes were influenced by his observations upon the fossilremains exposed in the quarries of Syracuse. From this time...
作者:楼兰藏尽◇网友“心尘”点评◇序◇001 最崇高的褒扬◇002 快乐才可以无限◇003 爱情的恒久范式◇004 巧妙的拒绝◇005 你真的成了佛◇006 想起当时的感觉◇014 一个不错的选择◇015 吟唱出万种风情◇016 悄然而致的幸福◇017 二月的花瓣轻洒◇018 最美丽的时刻◇019 月亮开启的唇边◇020 蜜与花香的天堂◇021 隐隐流动着风情◇022 如水飘轻的身体◇023 一种重叠的质感◇024 爱情的纽扣◇025 飞鸟如何去爱◇026 最直接的能量◇027 爱如影随形◇028 心灵触动之后◇029 像多年前一样◇030 深情爱抚簇拥缠绵◇031 梦幻一般的交融◇032 伤心和喜悦的泪◇033 一份自然的生硬◇034 被本土饮食文化侵袭◇035 最本能的恐惧◇036 激发心中的角落◇037 燃烧着我的灵魂◇038 最艰难的赌注◇039 怎样突破藩篱◇040 离开将意味着什么◇041 碰见她之前◇042 狼藉四野的惆怅◇043 等她对我的爱与想念◇044 正是我想对你讲的...
A Question of Latitudeby Richard Harding DavisOf the school of earnest young writers at whom the word muckrakerhad been thrown in opprobrium, and by whom it had been caught up asa title of honor, Everett was among the younger and lessconspicuous. But, if in his skirmishes with graft and corruptionhe had failed to correct the evils he attacked, from the contestshe himself had always emerged with credit. His sincerity and hismethods were above suspicion. No one had caught him inmisstatement, or exaggeration. Even those whom he attacked,admitted he fought fair. For these reasons, the editors ofmagazines, with the fear of libel before their eyes, regarded himas a "safe" man, the public, feeling that the evils he exposed weredue to its own indifference, with unco...
360 BCSOPHISTby Platotranslated by Benjamin JowettSOPHISTPERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: THEODORUS; THEAETETUS; SOCRATES;An ELEATIC STRANGER, whom Theodorus and Theaetetus bringwith them; The younger SOCRATES, who is a silent auditorTheodorus. Here we are, Socrates, true to our agreement ofyesterday; and we bring with us a stranger from Elea, who is adisciple of Parmenides and Zeno, and a true philosopher.Socrates. Is he not rather a god, Theodorus, who comes to us inthe disguise of a stranger? For Homer says that all the gods, andespecially the god of strangers, are companions of the meek and...
1690CONCERNING CIVIL GOVERNMENT, SECOND ESSAYAN ESSAY CONCERNING THE TRUE ORIGINAL EXTENT ANDEND OF CIVIL GOVERNMENTby John LockeChapter IOf Political Power1. It having been shown in the foregoing discourse:** An Essay Concerning Certain False Principles.Firstly. That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood orby positive donation from God, any such authority over his children,nor dominion over the world, as is pretended.Secondly. That if he had, his heirs yet had no right to it.Thirdly. That if his heirs had, there being no law of Nature nor...
El Doradoby Baroness OrczyFOREWORDThere has of late years crept so much confusion into the mind ofthe student as well as of the general reader as to the identity ofthe Scarlet Pimpernel with that of the Gascon Royalist plotterknown to history as the Baron de Batz, that the time seemsopportune for setting all doubts on that subject at rest.The identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel is in no way whateverconnected with that of the Baron de Batz, and even superficialreflection will soon bring the mind to the conclusion that greatfundamental differences existed in these two men, in theirpersonality, in their character, and, above all, in their aims.According to one or two enthusiastic historians, the Baron de Batzwas the chief agent in a vast network of conspiracy, entirel...
幽灵谋杀案作者：杨恒均第01章 黎海是广海市公安局副局长兼刑警大队队长，也是在全国公安系统颇有名气的神探。 广海市是中国最早开放的沿海成市之一，常住人口五百万，加上流动人口，总人口不下七百万，具体数字却从来没有哪个部门掌握过。在这样一个国际大都市里，几乎每天都有几十起恶性事件发生，打得头破血流甚至弄得缺胳膊断腿是稀松平常事，死人大案也时有发生。然而，这些涉及到人命的大案都很少能够引起市刑警大队队长黎海的兴趣。 身高不到一米七，但体魄健壮的黎海从小练南拳，并立志要当路见不平拔刀相助的大侠，大学毕业后主动联系分配到和专业相差甚远的公安局刑警队，三十五岁时已经是全国闻名的神探，三年后的今天升职为广海市公安局副局长兼刑警大队队长。 他是福尔摩斯迷，他感兴趣的是好莱坞大片里那些看到最后才让你恍然大悟的侦破片，他看“纽约警探”、“犯罪现场”、“法律和秩序”以及各种美国...
109 ADHISTORIESby P. Cornelius Tacitustranslated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson BrodribbBOOK I, January - March, A.D. 69I BEGIN my work with the time when Servius Galba was consul forthe second time with Titus Vinius for his colleague. Of the formerperiod, the 820 years dating from the founding of the city, manyauthors have treated; and while they had to record the transactions ofthe Roman people, they wrote with equal eloquence and freedom. Afterthe conflict at Actium, and when it became essential to peace, thatall power should be centered in one man, these great intellects passed...
The Ethics [Part 4](Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata)by Benedict de SpinozaTranslated by R. H. M. ElwesPART IV: Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the EmotionsPREFACEHuman infirmity in moderating and checking the emotions I name bondage:for, when a man is a prey to his emotions, he is not his own master, butlies at the mercy of fortune: so much so, that he is often compelled,while seeing that which is better for him, to follow that which is worse.Why this is so, and what is good or evil in the emotions, I propose toshow in this part of my treatise. But, before I begin, it would be wellto make a few prefatory observations on perfection and imperfection,...
未来杀机 作者：顾倾城 诡异的银行劫案 还有十五分钟，银行就要关门了。 现金服务窗口的小姐们除了保留两个窗口继续服务之外，其余人员都在打着哈欠点算柜台的现金。里间VIP室里的业务应该也完成得差不多了吧，身形高大的客人正在站起来。 这是一个平常不过的傍晚，一如表面上看到的风平浪静。 墙上的时钟，分针又轻轻过去了一格。三个戴着墨镜的男人踏着夕阳的余光走进了银行。 银行的保安有礼貌的迎上前去：“今天的号已经派完，请明天……” 走在最前面的魁梧男子狠狠的挥出一拳，猝不及防的保安一头栽倒在地上。 “啪”清脆整齐的拔枪声，显示出劫匪们配合无间。 “所有人把双手放在脑后，客人马上蹲下！你，把现金拿出来，放进这个袋子！”一个瘦长个子穿格子衬衣的劫匪气势汹汹的叫着。 柜台后的小姐战战兢兢的将一迭迭的现金放进黑色塑胶袋里面。 “还要，还要，全部！听到没？不准...
The Muse of the Departmentby Honore de BalzacTranslated by James WaringDEDICATIONTo Monsieur le Comte Ferdinand de Gramont.MY DEAR FERDINAND,If the chances of the world of literature/habent sua fata libelli/should allow these lines to be anenduring record, that will still be but a trifle in return for thetrouble you have takenyou, the Hozier, the Cherin, the King-at-Arms of these Studies of Life; you, to whom the Navarreins,Cadignans, Langeais, Blamont-Chauvrys, Chaulieus, Arthez,Esgrignons, Mortsaufs, Valoisthe hundred great names that formthe Aristocracy of the "Human Comedy" owe their lordly mottoes andingenious armorial bearings. Indeed, "the Armorial of the Etudes,devised by Ferdinand de Gramont, gentleman," is a complete manual...
第一章 风起时,我正站在路边,站在一棵叫不出名的树下,望着路上匆忙和不匆忙的人们。大概也有人在望我吧?虽然我不知道,就象我望他们一样。 风加大了力,带起片片落叶,它可不管人是否忙?它只管忙自己的。原先静静躺在绿化带里的落叶,被迫跟着忙碌起来,飞舞在半空,洒落满路面。行人踩在落叶上,发出一种象磨牙的声音,听着很不舒服,我还是往落叶多的地方走。 人们并不因为风大而有所改变,除非风吹起的是钞票。 太阳变得虚弱不堪了,卖报人也把衣服套上他的光膀子,吆喝声比先前更大。 呼机的震动让我停住脚步,低头瞄了一眼,想掏出手机,却见一个民工模样的老兄在我不远处对着手机吼,只好打消此念头。我不是民工,也不是下岗工人,是什么我已想了两年。 走了一段路,呼机的蜂鸣仍在腰间,现在倒不急复机了,急的是找方便的地方,是呼机的震动引起的反应。四下里张望,周围是鳞次栉比的高楼,这条街被我称之为"白领街",如此黄金...
CHAPTER 1 - RUMBLINGS AND DREAMS 8CHAPTER 2 - VISIONS AND HORIZONS 13CHAPTER 3 - EXPLORATIONS 19CHAPTER 4 - INTRODUCTIONS 24CHAPTER 5 - GETTING CLOSE 30CHAPTER 6 - BUT NOT TOO CLOSE 37CHAPTER 7 - SIMMERING 43CHAPTER 8 - THE DISH 48CHAPTER 9 - SPIRITS 53CHAPTER 10 - BOLT FROM THE BLUE 59CHAPTER 11 - HAND JIVE 65CHAPTER 12 - HANDOFF 67CHAPTER 13 - COLLEGIALITY 72CHAPTER 14 - DANGER SIGNAL 78CHAPTER 15 - MEETING PLACE 82CHAPTER 16 - A FUR HAT FOR THE WINTER 88CHAPTER 17 - FLASH TRAFFIC 94CHAPTER 18 - CLASSICAL MUSIC 100CHAPTER 19 - CLEAR SIGNAL 109CHAPTER 20 - STAGING 115CHAPTER 21 - VACATION 120CHAPTER 22 - PROCUREMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS 126CHAPTER 23 - ALL ABOARD 132...
To Carolyn Conger"What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world."ALBERT EINSTEIN"Deep in the chaotic regime, slight changes in structure almost always cause vast changes in behavior. plex controllable behavior seems precluded."STUART KAUFFMAN"Sequelae are inherently unpredictable."IAN MALCOLMIntroduction:"Extinction at the K-T Boundary"The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction.It is hardly a new subject - Baron Georges Cuvier had first demonstrated that species became extinct back in 1786, not long after the American Revolution. Thus the fact of extinction had been accepted by scientists for nearly three-quarters of a century before Darwin put forth his th...
WIN in the Gulf An hour before dawn, in the Straits of Hormuz: a dark and dangerous time and place. The air was a chill mixture of sea and sweetness, giving no hint of the heat that would be generated once day took over. The massive Japanese-registered oil-tanker Son of Takashuni slowly ploughed its way towards the Gulf of Oman and parative safety. Its vast deck rolled gently; the tall superstructure, rising from the stem, looking like a block of flats, appeared to tip more violently than the deck because of its height. Every officer and rating aboard could feel a tightening of the stomach muscles, the sense of urgency, and the absurd detached feeling which people experience when they know any minute could bring death by fire, explosion, bullet or water. ...