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 maka titah Maharaja Dasarata, "Hei segala orang-kaya-kaya, pada sa-kutika ini baliwa hamba dan istri hamba beroleh kema- luan, hamba ini akan gugor deri atas perarakan ini; oleh sebab Balia Dari menahankan dengan tangan-nya, maka garitan hamba ini betul, tangan-nya pun patah deri-pada sangat kebaktian-nya ka-pada hamba. Tetapi jikalau hamba ada beroleh anak laki- laki dengan dia, maka anak bamba itu jadikan raja, di-pertuan oleh tuan-tuan sakalian dalam negri ini." Maka [sembah] se- gala raja-raja, dan chatria, perdana mentri, dan segala hulubalang sakalian, "Mana titab, patek sakalian junjong." Sa-telah sudah berarak, maka lalu kembali ka'istana Maharaja Dasarata dan Putri Mandu Dari. Maka tempat itu pun di-perbuat akan negri, maka di-nama'i tempat itu negri Madupura Nagara.

Brapa lama-nya Maharaja Dasarata dalam negri Madupura Nagara dudok, sa'orang pun tiada beranak, maka Maharaja Dasarata pun hairan. Maka Maharaja Dasarata pun pergi ka- pada sa'orang Maharsi, Dewata nama-nya, maka Maharaja Dasarata pun minta anak pada Maharsi itu. Maka Maharsi pun membri ampat biji guliga, maka guliga itu di-ambil Maharaja Dasarata, dua biji di-brikan ka-pada istri-nya, dua biji di-brikan Balia Dari. Sudah itu, maka Maharaja Dasarata pun kembali- lah ka'istana-nya. Hata brapa bulan selang-nya, maka Mandu Dari pun bunting, Balia Dari pun bunting: datang-lah ka-pada genap bulan-nya, maka Mandu Dari pun beranak, Balia Dari pun beranak; kedua-nya anak itu laki-laki. Yang anak Mandu Dari werna tuboh-nya seperti zimrut yang hijau, maka di-nama'i oleh Maharaja Dasarata anakda beginda itu Sri Rama; yang anak Balia Dari itu di-nama'i Berdan. Brapa lama-nya sudah beranak, maka bunting pula kedua-nya; sa-telah genap bulan- nya, maka beranak-lah kedua-nya laki-laki pula. Anak Mandu Dari itu di-nama'i Maharaja Laksamana, yang anak Balia Dari itu di-nama'i Chaterdan. Sa-telah ampat orang-lah anak Maha- raja Dasarata, raja yang bangsawan, ada pun anak beginda yang bernama Sri Rama itu pun be-ar-lah, terlalu maha élok rupa- nya, dalam 'alam dunia ini sa'orang pun tiada sa-bagai-nya, shahadan lagi perkasa dan brani; datang-lah usia-nya beginda ka-pada tujoh tahun, maka terlalu sakali nakal.

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 my lord the Governor, His Highness the Sultan desires to buy saltpetre, that is what His Highness the Sultan desires of my lord the Governor. Once more, if there is love and a disposition to help me with the Captain, I ask you to assist me by buying blankets, that is if the Captain has love and a willingness to help. Again, as for those ambassadors from Birni, I entrust them first of all to God, the Lord of all the universe, and the blessing of his prophet (to him be peace), and afterwards to your help and care for all of them, if they should be guilty of mistakes and stupidity. In this matter I desire your love, sincerity and affection towards me. My love for the Captain is (shown) only with (this present of) an individual and a besembong mat; pray do not despise this mark of the friendship of my heart towards the Captain.

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 by Roman letters as the native sounds; for they are not only very peculiar, but very alien to the genius, both of the European and insular languages. Following the order of the Roman alphabet, they are represented by the following characters:— f, g, h, k, ll, P, s, s, s', ç, t, x, z, z.

F is a letter found in a few of the rude languages of the Archipelago, but in no written one as representing a native sound. The Malays often in writing, and always in speaking, turn it into a p, just as the Arabs follow the opposite course, and turn a p into an f. The sound which is represented by an Italic g comes nearest to our Northumbrian r, but the Malays make no attempt at its true pronunciation, converting it into an ordinary g, or even into k. The Italic à is the common aspirate of the European languages, but the Malays hardly pronounce it at the beginning of words where it chiefly occurs. The Italic k represents the strong guttural of the Arabic language, which occurs in the Arabian words for coffee and alkoran, viz., kŭwăh and kăran; but the Malays make no attempt at its genuine pronunciation, substituting that of an ordinary k for it. The two letters marked ll and l' have sounds approaching that of the double ll of the French, and the soft 1 of the Italian language, but, perhaps, still more nearly resembling that of the double 11 of Welsh and Irish. The Arabs, no doubt, make a distinction between the pronunciation of these two letters, but neither Europeans nor Malays can do so; and the latter usually pro- nounce them as an ordinary 1. They are the same letters that the Persians convert into sibilants, and pronounce as z. The three sibilants marked as s, s', and ç, are all pronounced by the Malays like the ordinary s of the European languages, which is the same as the native Malay sibilant. The sound of the second is the sh of our own orthography, the ch of the French, and the sch of the German and Dutch. The letter marked as an Italic t is pronounced by the Malays like their own dental t. The letter x is taken from the old Spanish orthography, in which it represented the true Arabic sound. It is the strong harsh guttural, so frequent in the Celtic languages, as in the word loch, a lake, and the ch of the German and Dutch alphabets. The Malays pronounce it as a common k. There are two letters


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. But here, it may be, the illustrator will not intervene.

Art has scarcely begun in the world.

There have been a few forerunners and that is all. Leonardo, Michael Angelo; how they would have exulted in the liberties of steel! There are no more pathetic documents in the archives of art than Leonardo's memoranda. In these one sees him again and again reaching out as it were, with empty desirous hands, towards the unborn possibilities of the engineer. And Dürer, too, was a Modern, with the same turn towards creative invention. In our times these men would have wanted to make viaducts, to bridge wild and inaccessible places, to cut and straddle great railways athwart the mountain masses of the world. You can see, time after time, in Dürer's work, as you can see in the imaginary architectural landscape of the Pompeian walls, the dream of structures lighter and bolder than stone or brick can yield These Utopian town buildings will be the realisation of such dreams.

Here will be one of the great meeting-places of mankind. Here—I speak of Utopian London—will be the traditional centre of one of the great races in the commonalty of the World State—and here will be its social and intellectual exchange. There will be a mighty University here, with thousands of professors and tens of thousands of advanced students, and here great journals of thought and speculation, mature and splendid books of philosophy and science, and a glorious fabric of literature will be woven and shaped, and with a teeming leisureliness, put forth. Here will


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is an illegitimate son of the Emperor. At the age of twelve he is affianced to Lady Aoi, daughter of the Minister of the Left; but she is older than he is, and looks down upon him as a mere schoolboy. Genji falls in love with Rokujō, a widow eight years older than himself. She is passionately jealous of his wife, and relations with her become very difficult. Genji turns for consolation to Utsusemi, wife of a provincial governor: to Yūgao, a discarded mistress of his friend Tō no Chūjō: to the fantastic Suyetsumu, the 'lady with the red nose.' Utsusemi is carried off to the provinces by her husband; Yūgao dies, withered by the virulence of Rokujō's jealousy. Meanwhile Genji succeeds in establishing better relations with his wife, Aoi, only to lose her through the operation of the same baleful force that had destroyed Yūgao. Since his childhood he has passionately admired Fujitsubo, his father's second wife. He has a son by her, who is believed by the public to be the Emperor’s child.

Genji's enemies, in particular Kōkiden, who had been his mother's rival, are striving to get rid of him. He simplifies matters for them by starting an intrigue with Oborozuki, a much younger sister of Kōkiden.

At the end of Vol. I Genji marries Lady Murasaki, a niece of Fujitsubo; some years before he had taken her into his house and adopted her.

In Vol. II, Rokujō leaves the capital and goes to live at Ise, where her daughter is Vestal Virgin. Genji is caught making love to Oborozuki, and knowing that his enemies now have him in their grasp he retires as a voluntary exile to Suma. Here a storm destroys his house, and the Old

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14 Recluse of Akashi (a neighbouring bay) persuades him to move thither. Here he falls in love with the Recluse's daughter (the Lady of Akaski), by whom he has a child (called the Princess from Akashi). Genji, after three years of exile, is recalled, and wants to send for the Lady of Akashi to live with him in his palace. But she fears that her position there will be humiliating, and will not consent. Finally he instals her in a country house at Ōi, several miles from the capital. In this volume both Utsusemi (the governor's wife) and Rokujō re-appear at the capital. There is also a further encounter, of a diverting kind, between Genji and the lady with the red nose.

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was born about 978 Her father, Tametoki, belonged to a minor branch of the powerful Fujiwara clan. After holding various appointments in the Capital he became governor first of Echizen (probably in 1004); then of a more northerly province, Echigo. In 1016 he retired and took his vows as a Buddhist priest.

Of her childhood Murasaki tells us the following anecdote : 'When my brother Nobunori (the one who is now in the Board of Rites) was a boy my father was very anxious to make a good Chinese scholar of him, and often came himself to hear Nobunori read his lessons. On these occasions I was always present, and so quick was I at picking up the language that I was soon able to prompt my brother whenever he got stuck. At this my father used to sigh and say to me: "If only you were a boy how proud and happy I should be." But it was not long before I repented of having thus distinguished myself; for person after person assured me that even boys generally become very unpopular if it is discovered that they are fond of their books. For a girl, of course, it would be even worse; and after this I was careful to conceal the fact that I could write a single Chinese character. This meant that I got very little practice; with the result that to this day I am shockingly clumsy with my brush.'

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 of course, one of the good-looking gods), but he has the exasperating sensitiveness of a modern And then, he has the terrible persistence of a savage. I think he would have been capable of dashing whole tribes to war for a woman, and carrying her off on his shoulder, bound hand and foot, to his own country, and whether she loved him or hated him would n't have mattered so much—he would have got the woman. It must be very uncomfortable to be born with such a frightful will.

But I do not love him. I have told him that I do not love him. I have told him till I should think he would be ashamed to hear it again. But it seems only to make him worse and worse. He has a kind of sublimated insolence such as I never met in any other person, and when I scorn him for it, I find that I admire him for it—which is despicable in me, of course, and I know it perfectly.

He had the arrogance to tell me to-day in so many words that I did n't understand myself. He said—but I will not write what he said. The Accepted Manuscript rejects the quotation.—Oh, if I could talk with Ina! My poor Ina!—If I could only put my head on my mother's lap a minute! It seems to me a lonely girl is the loneliest being in all the world.


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 labour was not long peculiar to the Spaniards, being afterwards adopted by other European colonies: and though some attempts have been made to stop its progress in most of the United States, and several of them have the fairest prospects of success in attempting the extirpation of it, yet in others, it hath taken such deep root, as to require the most strenuous exertions to eradicate it.

The first introduction of Negroes into Virginia happened, as we have already mentioned, in the year 1620; from that period to the year 1662 there is no compilation of our laws, in print, now to be met with. In the revision made in that year, we find an act declaring that no Englishman, trader, or other, who shall bring in any Indians as servants and assign them over to any other, shall sell them for slaves, nor for any other time than English of like age should serve by act of assembly. The succeeding session all children born in this country were declared to be bond, or free, according to the condition of the mother. In 1667 it was declared, “That the conferring of baptism doth not alter the condition of the person baptized, as to his bondage or freedom.” This was


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16 Between 994 and 998 Murasaki married her kinsman Fujiwara no Nobutaka, a lieutenant in the Imperial Guard. By him she had two daughters, one of whom married the Lord Lieutenant of Tsukushi and is reputed (very doubtfully) to be the authoress of an uninteresting novel, the Tale of Sagoromo. Nobutaka died in 1001, and it was probably three years later that Murasaki's father was promised the governorship of Echizen. Owing to the machinations of an enemy the appointment was, at the last minute, almost given to some one else. Tametoki appealed to his kinsman the Prime Minister Fujiwara no Michinaga, and was eventually nominated for the post.

Murasaki was now about 26. To have taken her to Echizen would have ended all hope of a respectable second marriage. Instead Tametoki arranged that she should enter the service of Michinaga's daughter, the very serious minded Empress Akiko, then a girl of about sixteen. Part of Murasaki's time was henceforth spent at the Emperor's Palace. But, as was customary, Akiko frequently returned for considerable periods to her father's house. Of her young mistress Murasaki writes as follows : 'The Empress, as is well known to those about her, is strongly opposed to anything savouring of flirtation; indeed, when there are men about, it is as well for any one who wants to keep on good terms with her not to show herself outside her own room. . . . I can well imagine that some of our senior ladies, with their air of almost ecclesiastical severity, must make a rather forbidding impression upon the world at large. In dress and matters of that kind we certainly cut a wretched figure, for it is well known that to show the slightest sign of caring for such things ranks with our Mistress as an unpardonable fault. But I can see no reason why, even in a society where young girls are expected to

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 not being able to recall the talismanic word, he will remain in the shape into which he has changed himself.'

"When this strange document had been communicated to his majesty, he caused the dervish's mouth to be filled with sugar-candy, gave him a purse of gold, and bade him depart with every honour.

You had better at least have waited,' said the shrewd vizier, 'to see if the interpretation be correct, for who can tell whether this dervish is deceiving us or no!'

"King Mushook rejoined that that point should be put at rest at once, and, grimly smiling, ordered the vizier to take a pinch of powder, and change himself into whatever animal he pleased.

"Munsoor had nothing for it, but to wish himself a dog; he turned to the east, nodded his head thrice, swallowed the powder, and lo there he was—a poodle—an old fat, lame, one-eyed poodle; whose appearance made his master laugh inordinately, though Munsoor himself, remembering the prohibition and penalty, was far too wise to indulge in any such cachinnation.

"Having satisfied his royal master by his antics, the old vizier uttered the requisite word, and was speedily restored to his former shape.

"And now I might tell how the King of Persia and his faithful attendant indulged themselves in all sorts of transformations by the use of the powder; how they frequented the society of all manner of beasts, and gathered a deal of wisdom from their conversation; how perching on this housetop in the likeness of sparrows, they peered into all the family secrets of the proprietors; how buzzing into that harem window in the likeness of blue-bottle flies, they surveyed at their leisure the beauties within, and enjoyed the confusion of the emirs and noblemen, when they described to them at divan every particular regarding the shape, and features, and dress, of the ladies they kept so secretly in the anderoon. One of these freaks had like to have cost the king dear; for sitting on Hassan Ebu Suneebee's wall, looking at Bulkous, his wife, and lost in admiration of that moon of beauty, a spider issued out from a crevice, and had as nearly as possible gobbled up the King of Persia.


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Maxim Gorki, the famous Russian novelist, whose vivid portrayals of Russian life and character long stirred the world to sympathy with the ideals of the Russian Revolution, was at first antagonistic to the Soviet Government. He attacked the Bolsheviki in his paper, the Novo Zjin, and bitterly opposed the Soviet Government. The British Capitalist Press even reported that he had been executed by the Soviet Government.

Later, however, he became converted to Bolshevik methods, and accepted a post under the Soviet Government in order to help its literary and educational work. He has now definitely joined the Soviet Government, and has issued the following Manifesto to the civilised world:—

The war is at an end. German Imperialism has been defeated and has now to pay a heavy penalty for its lust of conquest.

The German proletariat, decimated by the war and exhausted by hunger, will dearly pay for the former victories, because in the past it obeyed the policy of its ruling classes.

On the other hand, the victors, who but a short time ago proclaimed to the world that they were destroying millions of human lives for the triumph of Justice and for the happiness of the peoples, have now compelled the defeated German nation to accept armistice terms which are ten times worse than those imposed on Russia by German Imperialism at Brest, and which threaten the German people with absolute starvation.

Day by day the cynicism and inhumanity of the Imperialists' policy grow more patent and threaten the peoples of Europe with new wars and fresh bloodshed.

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 where the masses of the people have realised their lawful right to take the power of government into their own hands, and are striving as best they can to lay the foundations of a new society.

I will not deny that the reconstruction on which the Russian people are engaged was preceded, in many cases, by unnecessary destruction; but, more than any one else, I am in a position to declare that the cultural transformation which is taking place under peculiarly difficult conditions and for which heroic efforts are necessary, is gradually assuming dimensions and forms such as human history has not known hitherto.

This is no exaggeration. But a short time ago I was an opponent of the Soviet Government, and even now I differ from it on numerous points; nevertheless I can say that future historians, in appraising the work accomplished by the Russian workers during one short year, will have nothing but admiration and amazement for the grandeur of the present cultural work.

I will not undertake here to cite facts. I will say only that this work will at last associate the Russian masses with the culture of the world. Everyone who aims at the renovation of the world must rejoice at the rapidity, energy and zeal with which the Russian people is endeavouring to build up a new life. It is true that in this work, which is of world-importance, great mistakes and unnecessary cruelties have been committed. But what are they in comparison with the bestial horrors of the war which was caused by the British and German Imperialists? This accursed war has inflamed with hate the hearts of all European nations, and has absolutely killed the general realisation of the value of life and the worth of labour, which was already none too robust. But is it because of any lack of generosity in the Russian workers' treatment of their defeated class enemies that the Imperialists of Europe and America have declared war on the revolutionaries of Russia? No, things are not so scrupulously idealistic as the capitalist papers of England, France, America and Japan are trying to represent them. The situation is much simpler than they pretend: the Imperialists of the three continents are anxious to strengthen and to consolidate the political conditions and institutions which give them power over the mind and will of their people. These conditions allow the will and life of the majority to be disposed of by a small minority which has caused this senseless and cruel slaughter.

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 This event was a lesson to him, therefore; and he was so frightened by it, that he did not care for the future to be too curious about other people's affairs, or at least to take upon himself the form of such a fragile thing as a blue-bottle fly.

"One morning—indeed I believe on my conscience that his majesty and the vizier had been gadding all night, or they never could have been abroad so early—they were passing those large swampy grounds, which everybody knows are in the neighbourhood of Tehran, and where the Persian lords are in the habit of hunting herons with the hawk. The two gentlemen were disguised, I don't know how; but seeing a stork by the side of the pool, stretching its long neck, and tossing about its legs very queerly, King Mushook felt suddenly a longing to know what these motions of the animal meant, and taking upon themselves likewise the likeness of storks (the vizier's dumpy nose stretched out into a very strange bill, I promise you), they both advanced to the bird at the pool, and greeted it in the true storkish language.

Good morning, Mr. Long Bill,' said the stork (a female), curtseying politely, you are abroad early to day; and the sharp air, no doubt, makes you hungry: here is half an eel which I beg you to try, or a frog, which you will find very fat and tender.' But the royal stork was not inclined to eat frogs, being no Frank.

"Have a care, Scheherazade," here interposed the Sultan. "Do you mean to tell me that there are any people, even among the unbelievers, who are such filthy wretches as to eat frogs?—Bah! I can't believe it!"

Scheherazade did not vouch for the fact, but continued. "The king declined the proffered breakfast, and presently falling into conversation with the young female stork, bantered her gaily about her presence in such a place of a morning, and without her mamma, praised her figure and the slimness of her legs (which made the young stork blush till she was almost as red as a flamingo), and paid her a thousand compliments that made her think the stranger one of the most delightful creatures she had ever met.

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 honest and thinking man and woman can see that Capitalism has lost its constructive ability, and has become a survival of the past, an obstacle to progress and civilisation, that it causes enmity between individuals, families, classes and nations, and that the beautiful ideal of the fraternity of the peoples cannot be realised so long as the irreconcilable struggle between Capital and Labour subsists.

I do not wish to deny the services rendered by capitalism in the past to the working portion of mankind, out of whose blood and flesh it has created the conditions for the transition to a new and more perfect and just social system under Socialism. But now that the accursed war has revealed in the highest degree the meanness, the inhumanity and cynicism of the old system, it has pronounced its own death sentence.

We Russians, who are justly regarded as a culturally backward nation, a people without traditions, are therefore bolder, more rebellious and less attached to the inspirations of the past. We were the first to show the way to destroy the obsolete conditions of the capitalist order of society. We are convinced that in our great work we are entitled to the sympathy and assistance of the working classes of the whole world, as well as of those individuals who before the war already denounced the social conditions under which the masses live. If that denunciation were sincere and justified, it is the duty of all honest men and women in Europe and America to recognise our right to shape our life in the way we think necessary. If intellectual people have a real interest in the solution of the great social problem, they must revolt against those who aim at the restoration of the old regime, who are endeavouring to drown the Russian revolution in torrents of Russian blood, and who desire to subject Russia in order to plunder her, as they used to plunder Turkey and other countries before the war, and as they are preparing to plunder Germany now. These are the real intentions of the Imperials, this is their sacred task.

The leader of the campaign against Russia is Woodrow Wilson.* The torch of the Russian revolution, which is throwing a light all over the world is firmly held by Lenin, and the proletariat. The intellectuals will have to decide who is nearer to them—the champion of the old regime, the representative of the culture-destroying system of government by minorities, which has now outlived itself; or the leader and teacher of new social ideas and emotions, who embodies the beautiful ideal of labour happy in a fraternity of nations—an ideal which is precious to all workers.

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 considered itself as a sort of Messiah whose mission is to save the world. It is obvious that history has now invested with this great mission the starving Russian people mutilated by three centuries of slavery and exhausted by the war.

In face of the danger of being crushed by the bandits of capitalism the Russian people say to the workers of the world and to all honest men and women: ''Follow us to a new life for the creation of which we toil, unsparing of ourselves, of any one or anything save that ideal. We toil on amidst privations and sufferings, ardently hoping to achieve success. We leave our acts to the impartial judgment of history. Join us in our fight against the old order, in our work for a new structure and organisation of society and for the freedom and beauty of life.''

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 done, “that divers masters freed from this doubt may more carefully endeavour the propagating of Christianity, by permitting their slaves to be baptized.” It would have been happy for this unfortunate race of men if the same tender regard for their bodies, had always manifested itself in our laws, as is shewn for their souls in this act. But this was not the case; for two years after, we meet with an act, declaring, “That if any slave resist his master, or others, by his master’s orders correcting him, and by the extremity of the correction should chance to die, such death should not be accounted felony: but the master or other person appointed by his master to punish him, be acquit from molestation: since if could not be presumed that prepensive malice, which alone makes murder felony, should induce any man to destroy his own estate.” This cruel and tyrannical


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Military medical research, of good quality but limited in scope, is conducted in both military and civilian facilities. Principal military medical research facilities include the Institute of Aviation Medicine, Prague; the Institute of Radiology and the Military Research and Postgraduate Institute, Hradec Kralove; the Central Military Hospital and the Military Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, both in Prague. The major fields of military medical research include operational aviation medical—neurophysiological and psychological aspects, hypoxia, hyperventilation, and hypocapnia (a reduction of the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood) related to flight safety in high-performance aircraft, and on weightlessness; wound healing; drug-induced radiation immunity; protection against ionizing radiation and BW/CW agents; diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors; drugs to counteract the effects of LSD; and research on viral diseases. Benefits are also derived from civilian-conducted research and development having military implications. The general attitude of military medical personnel toward in-service research is favorable.

6. Other sciences

a. Chemistry and metallurgy (S)

The Czechoslovaks have an outstanding capability in chemical research. Their publications presently account for 2% of the world's chemical publications, slightly more than Poland but less than the U.S.S.R. The research program is well diversified, covering all of the important branches of chemistry. Both fundamental and applied aspects are included, and much of the applied research is directed towards meeting the needs of the expanding chemical industry. Most of the fundamental chemical research is conducted in the universities and in the many research institutes of the CSAV, while most of the applied chemical research is conducted at the numerous research laboratories and institutes associated with chemical and other industrial plants under the government ministries. In addition to the universities, the College of Chemical Technology in Prague and the Slovak Technical University are important centers for fundamental chemical research.

Czechoslovakia is strong in organic chemistry, including organic synthesis and physical organic chemistry. Much of the country's organic chemical research is done in support of the substantial organic chemical industry, which is interested in organic intermediates, pharmacologically active compounds, agricultural chemicals, dyes and pigments, and high polymers. Excellent organic chemical research is done at the CSAV Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague. At this institute, the country's most outstanding organic chemist, Dr. Frantisek Sorm, has done extensive research on steroids, the structure and function of proteins, the preparation of cancerostatic agents for leukemia, insecticidal esters, and recently on natural and synthetic materials with insect hormone activity. In cooperation with his associate, Vlastimil Herout, another prominent organic chemist, he has done considerable research on the isolation, identification, preparation, and proof of structure of terpenes and other plant substances.

Some of the foremost synthetic organic chemical research is done by Miroslav Protiva and his colleagues at the Pharmaceutical and Biochemical Research Institute in Prague. Their work on pharmacologically active organic compounds has included studies on the synthesis of tranquilizers and antidepressants, antihistamines, analgesics, and various heterocyclic compounds containing sulfur and nitrogen. The College of Chemical Technology in Prague maintains a strong research program in organic chemistry, including studies on asymmetric reactions, reactions in the pyridine series, and liquid phase catalytic hydrogenation of organic compounds (including studies with sulfide catalysts). Also physical organic investigations are done on alkaloids, amino acids, and peptides by Karel Blaha, an authority on organic nomenclature. His work includes infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, stereochemistry and conformation analysis. Extensive work on organosilicon compounds has been conducted by Vladimir Bazant at the CSAV Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Prague.

There is significant work at Charles University on anhydrousagars, at Palacky University on alkaloids, and at the Slovak Technical University on organic peroxides and isothiocyanates. Otto Exner at the Hevrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Prague, is prominent in research in physical organic chemistry including studies on inductive effects, dipole moments, structure and configuration, and additive physical properties of organic compounds.

Research on organic polymers has reached significant proportions. The most important research is done at the CSAV Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Prague and at the Research Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Brno. Otto Wichterle and others at the CSAV institute have done extensive work on vinyl polymerizations, the polymerization of caprolactam to polyamides, degradation of polymers,

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To A. Babbett, of Auburn, N. Y., for improvement in machinery for spooling.

What I claim is not the abstract production of friction between the thread of yarn or any other substance, as the thread or yarn passes from the runners to the bobbin or spool, so as to secure the winding of the thread or yarn tightly on the bobbin or spool, but I do claim as my invention the combination of machinery hereinbefore described, whereby in machines for winding yarns or threads on bobbins or spools, the thread or yarn on its passage from the runners to the bobbin or spool, hs applied to it friction produced between the thread or yarn and any other substance, which friction diminishes with uniformity as the pull upon the thread or yarn from the runners diminishes, such combination consisting, as shown in the vibrating lever, the stand, the joint, the three pines, the four pins, the box, the spiral spring, any one of the three hooks, the staple, and the guide, substantially as set forth.

To S. G. Blackman, of Norwalk, Conn., for improvement in Carding Machines for preparing bats for felting.

I do not claim the producing an interlocking of the fibres of wool by means of a reciprocating longitudinal movement of either the carding cylinders of a carding machine working against the doffer; but what I claim is the production of the requisite interlocking combination of the fibres of wool preparatory to converting the same into felt cloth, by subjecting the said fibres to a rubbing or combing action while they are upon the doffer of the carding machine by means of auxiliary cards, or other suitable friction surfaces sustainably as herein set forth; not intending by this claim however, to limit myself to the special and particular manner of producing the said interlocking of the fibres of wool while they are upon the carding machine doffer, as herein set forth.

To Gail Borden, Jr., of Galveston, Texas, for preparation of portable Soup Bread.

I do not claim the extract of flesh made into what is known as portable soup; but I claim the new and useful manufacture of desicateddessicated [sic] soup-bread, formed of the concentrated extract of alimentary animal substances, combined with vegetable flour or meal, made into cakes and baked into bread, in the manner substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

[This is one of the most valuable inventions that has ever been brought forward, and will be the means of enabling travellers and mariners to enjoy both vegetables and flesh in a most dainty dish at any moment, and what is better, a traveller may carry a month's provisions in a small tin case. It is now exclusively by Texan vessels sailing from Galveston.

To James Bick of Bucksport, Me., for improved Excavating Augur.

What I claim is the formation of a machine or instrument for boring the earth under water or otherwise and retaining the substance bored until it can be brought to the surface which I construct in the manner following. I first make two sections of a cylinder or pods, the one of which is enough smaller than the other to admit its turning into the larger one, and I connect them together by pivots through the ends of each, the larger section of a cylinder or pod having a lip similar to a pod augur, and I attach a shaft or handle firmly to the upper pivot, which pivot passes through the centre of the outer section of a cylinder or pod, and is attached firmly to the smaller section of a cylinder or pod, so that by turning the shaft one way, I put it into a pod auger shape, ready for boring. By reversing the motion of the handle pr shaft it turns the inner section of a cylinder out of the other, making it into a cylindrical or bucket shape and thereby secure the substance bored.

To D. N. & E. B. Day, of Westfield, Mass., for improvement in Whip-lashes.

What we claim is a new manufacture for whip-lashes by making plaited whip-lashes of spun and twisted threads, or cords, as described, instead of leather tongs, the same being plaited over a central cord or core, extending the whole length, as described, and a swell made of cotton, or other soft and pliable cloth attached to the central core, without rolling, substantially as described.

To C. B. Hutchinson, of Waterloo, N. Y., for improvement in machines for cutting staves.

What I claim as my invention is the mode of cutting staves to the required curvature, with a spiral drawing stroke, by means of the segmental plate, having bars or robs at its ends, to which the knife is attached, segmental rims moving in the segmental slots formed in the side plates, and containing slots through which the segmental plates move; spiral slots in the plates and bars, passing through the same, substantially as herein set forth.

[This excellent machine is illustrated with four engravings in No. 2, this Vol., Sci. Am.

To J. Haines, of West Middleburgh, Ohio, for improvement in Washing Machines.

I do not claim the tub, nor do I claim fluted rubbers for cleaning clothes, or any of the parts heretofore used for washing clothes, but what I do claim is making the disc with a hinged segment, to admit the clothes beneath the same, being so arranged as to rise and fall vertically as it is turned horizontally over the clothes by turning the vertical rock shaft to the right and left, as described.

To J. Maryland, of Philadelphia, for improved friction roller sash reporters.

What I claim is the combination of the loose roller, spring, and friction wheel applied to the window sash, as herein set forth, whereby the sash is held in any position to which it may be raised.

To C. Jackson & J. Moir, of Cazenovia, N. Y., for improvements in Engines for Carding and Drawing Wool.

1st. We claim the combination of what is termed the main, or condensing cylinder, with the reciprocating rod, to give the carding cylinder, a reciprocating side to side motion, in combination with its rotary motion, in the manner as herein described, or in any other manner, substantially the same, to produce the same effects.

2nd, We claim the combination of a twisting band and drawing rolls, with rub rolls of the common construction, for the purpose of reducing roping, by drawing it with twist upon the carding machine, in the manner substantially as herein described, or in any other analogousanalagous [sic] manner.

[This is a valuable invention, secured against interference. An engraving of it will be found on page 355 of our last volume.

To R. Montgomery of New York, N. Y., for improved method of punching between rollers.

What I claim is the apparatus for the purpose of punching, consisting of a series of punches thrown out at proper intervals, substantially as above described, either with or without the combined operation of corrugating said plates, as above described.

To D. D. Parmlees, of New Paltz, N. Y., for improvement in Calculating Machines.

What I claim is the making additions of figures by means of keys, each communicating a proper and known motion to an indicator substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

To Wm. Sewell, Jr., of Williamsburgh, N. Y., for improvement in Water Meters.

What I claim is the employment of a flat spring with both sides of which the water, as it enters communicates substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth, in combination with the wings, with an adjusting spring in the centre, by means of which improvements I relieve the apparatus from danger arising from obstruction in its movement and the strain caused by the transmission of a non-elastic fluid, and cause it to move with less friction than any other form with which I am acquainted.

To James Spratt, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for improvement in attachments for Lightning Conductors.

What I claim is forming the eye of the metallic attachment with an opening, to allow the passage of a lug on the neck of the isolator, and so that the rod also can be inserted, after the attachment is secured to its place, when this is combined with a lug on the shank of the attachment corresponding to that on the isolator, substantially after the manner and for the purposes herein set forth, that is to say, enabling the rod at any time to be inserted or withdrawn, without disturbing the attachment in the building.

To P. J. Simmons, of Troy, N. Y., for design for Stoves.

To J. G. Lamb & C. Harris, (Assignors to Wm. C. Davis) of Cincinnati, Ohio, for Design for Stoves.

To Wm. P. Cresson, David Stuart & Peter Seibert, (Assignors to Wm. P. Cresson) of Philadelphia, for two DesignDesigns [sic] for Stoves.Ante-dated Oct. 1, 1849.

[According to the statement we made when we commenced publishing the claims, we omit those of Designs, because no idea of their nature could be obtained by publishing them. In respect to the two last patents above, we would say that they are for different things; the one is for the “Cottage Parlor Air Tight;” the other is for the “Radiator Screen Stove.” We pay the Patent Office for all the claims, but it is our object to economise our columns with condensed and useful matter. undefined

A meeting was held at the Syracuse House, Syracuse, N. Y., on the 30th of last month, for the purpose of adopting measures to get a repeal of the Act of Congress which extended the Woodworth Patent for Planing Machines. Hon. M. D. Burnet was called to the chair, and Amos Wescott, Sec'y. The object of the meeting was stated by the President. Hamilton White, Esq., H. Gifford, Esq., and several other gentlemen proceeded to address the meeting, showing the oppressive character of the act referred to, and the necessity of prompt and efficient measures being taken to obtain its repeal, which they had no doubt Congress would grant, as soon as the facts in the case could be brought before them.

Several gentlemen were in attendance from abroad, who had taken great pains to collect the different patents which could have any bearing upon this subject, together with the original and amended specification and claim of Mr. Woodworth, as also a great amount of evidence which has been elicited in the trial of the almost numberless suits which have from time to time been brought for violation of said patent.

These papers were referred to a commiteecommittee [sic] composed of Amos Wescott, Hon. Thomas Spencer. Henry Gifford, A. C. Powell, E. T. Hayden.

The commiteecommittee [sic], after a careful examination of the papers, unanimously reported the following preamble and resolutions:

Whereas, from the testimony laid before your commiteecommittee [sic], it is a matter of great doubt whether the original patent granted to Wm. Woodworth, in 1828, for planing machine, was for his own invention, and whereas it is most clearly shown that his amended specification and claim on which this patent was extended by an act of Congress passed in July, 1845 is not only materially different from the original one, but so framed as to embrace an almost unlimited range of machinery, not included in the original; and whereas, this act must be hence necessarlynecessarily [sic] have been obtained by misrepresentation; and whereas, the great and extensive demand for such machinery as is embraced under the new claim of 1845 has enabled the owners of this patent to demand, not to say extort, enormous sums from the various kinds of mechanics using such machinery, which they must pay or incur the hazard of being ruined by litigation: it is therefore,

Resolved, That while we would most unwillingly seek to limit either the rights or reward of real inventors, or in any way curtail the encouragement which enlightened legislation will always extend to those who make new and useful improvements in machinery, we are constrained to pronounce with this patent, particularly as shown in, and since the renewal of 1845, as an unprecedented example of misrepresentation, extortion and oppression, not only in many instances ruining the hard working mechanic, but also working great injury to the public, and hence a scheme which the public at large are in duty bound to oppose and resist.

Resolved, That we must heartily concur and join in the call which has been issued and published, appointing a mass convention to be held at Rust's Hotel, in the city of Syracuse, on Wednesday, the 20th day of February next.

Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the papers of this city, together with the accompanying call, also in the New York Tribune and Scientific American; and that the call be kept in the papers above mentioned till the time of holding said convention. These resolutions were unanimously adopted. , Chairman. , Sec'y. The cal will be found on another (2nd) Page. undefined

, Norwich, Jan. 31, 1850.

—On the night of the 29th inst., an explosion took place at the paper mill of Mr. David Smith, in this village, under the following circumstances:—A large egg-shaped boiler, used for boiling rags, made of stout boiler iron, and weighing about four tons, was filled in the afternoon for boiling by putting into it about two tons of rags and half a barrel, or about 300 lbs., of soda ash, and two barrels of lime soda ash, previously dissolved in water, and water put in sufficient to cover the rags—the whole not filling it quite full.—It was then all closed tight with the exception if a small hole at the top, which was left open until it began to boil, then plugged up. It was heated by steam brought through a three-inch pipe, from a distance of eighty feet from the steam boiler, and was situated in a small building 30 feet from the side of the main building. After boiling about five hours it exploded, tearing off a part of the bottom, which was thrown, without touching the mill, high up over the top, and landed 400 feet from the mill, on the other side, or about 500 feet from the place it started from.

There were two distinct explosions, or reports, and the fireman says that the bricks came with the second report, though it was not so loud as the first, and he had just previously turned off a part of the steam. The steam is generated in six boilers, and but a small part of it is used to boil the rags, the rest being used in the cylinder of the paper machinery to dry the paper.

They building in which this rag boiler was situated was shivered into fragments, and another boiler, situated by the side of this one, and apparently filled in the same manner, and boiling at the same time, was left uninjured, with the exception of being moved a few inches. A large iron wrench that was left on the top of the boiler, was carried the whole distance with it—some of the rags and hot water were thrown as high as the top of the mill, which is four stories high

Will you be kind enough to inform your readers what, in your opinion, caused this explosion, and oblige yours, respectfully, J. S. [We know of only one instance of an explosion like the above, and we could not account for it, neither can we for the above. We plead ignorance, believing it to be far better to do so than pretend to be learned by a dissertation on the subject, embracing nothing but “words of wondrous length and thundering sound.”

All boilers for bleaching purposes, like the one spoken above, should have covers screwed down, and have safety valves on the covers. It would be better, also, to have a small stream of steam always escaping. This is the French plan and a wise one, we think. undefined

A treaty has been concluded, by which the Danish settlements in Africa, on the Gold Coast, have been ceded to Great Britain. It is stated that there is no reason to believe that, with suitable encouragement, a supply of cotton of very good quality might be obtained from that part of Africa, where it is now produced, in some quantity and of very good quality, by the natives for their own use.


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 act, was, at three different periods re-enacted, with very little alteration; and was not finally repealed till the year 1788—above a century after it had first disgraced our code. In 1668 we meet with the first traces of emancipation, in an act, which subjects Negroe women set free to the tax on titheables. Two years after, an act passed prohibiting Indians or Negroes, manumitted, or otherwise set free, though baptized, from purchasing Christian servants. From this act it is evident that Indians had before that time been made slaves, as well as Negroes, though we have no traces of the original act by which they were reduced to that condition. An act of the same session recites that disputes had arisen whether Indians taken in war by any other nation, and by that nation sold to the English, are servants for life, or for a term of years; and declaring that all servants, not being Christians, imported into this country by shipping, shall be slaves for their life-time; but that what shall come by land, shall serve, is boys and girls, until thirty years of age; if men and women twelve years, and no longer. On a rupture with the Indians in the year 1679 it was, for the better encouragement


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 of soldiers, declared that what Indian prisoners should be taken in war should be free purchase to the soldier taking them. Three years after it was declared that all servants brought into this country by sea or land, not being Christians, whether Negroes, Moors, mulattoes or Indians, except Turks and Moors in amity with Great Britain, and all Indians which should thereafter be sold by neighbouring Indians, or any others trafficking with us, as slaves, should be slaves to all intents and purposes. This act was re-enacted in the year 1705, and afterwards in 1753, nearly in the same terms. In 1705 an act was made, authorising a free and open trade for all persons, at all times, and at all places, with all Indians whatsoever. On the authority of this act, the general court in April term 1787 decided that no Indians brought into Virginia since the passing thereof, nor their descendants, can be slaves in this commonwealth.


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 In October 1778 the general assembly passed the first act which occurs in our code for prohibiting the importation of slaves; thereby declaring that no slave should thereafter be brought into this commonwealth by land, or by water; and that every slave imported contrary thereto, should upon such importation be free: with an exception as to such as might belong to persons migrating from the other states, or be claimed by descent, devise, or marriage, or be at that time the actual property of any citizen of this commonwealth, residing in any other of the United States, or belonging to travellers making a transient stay, and carrying their slaves away with them.—In 1785 this act unfortunately underwent some alteration, by declaring that slaves thereafter brought into this commonwealth, and kept therein one whole year together, or so long at different times as shall amount to a year, shall be free. By


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 this means the difficulty of proving the right to freedom will be not a little augmented: for the fact of the first importation, where the right to freedom immediately ensued, might have been always proved without difficulty; but where a slave is subject to removal from place to place, and his right to freedom is postponed for so long a time as a whole year, or perhaps several years, the provisions in favour of liberty may be too easily evaded. The same act declares that no persons shall thenceforth be slaves in this commonwealth, except such as were so on the first day of that session (Oct. 17th, 1785), and the descendants of the females of them. This act was re-enacted in the revisal made in 1792. In 1793 an additional act passed, authorising and requiring any justice of the peace having notice of the importation of any slaves, directly or indirectly, from any part of Africa or the West Indies, to cause such slave to be immediately apprehended and transported out of the commonwealth. Such is the rise, progress, and present foundation of slavery in Virginia, so far as I have been able to trace it. The present number of slaves in Virginia, is immense, as appears by the census taken in 1791, amounting


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 will not increase, the further importation of slaves being prohibited, whilst the free migrations of white people hither is encouraged. But this hope affords no other relief from the evil of slavery, than a diminution of those apprehensions which are naturally excited by the detention of so large a number of oppressed individuals among us, and the possibility that they may one day be roused to an attempt to shake off their chains.

Whatever inclination the first inhabitants of Virginia might have to encourage slavery, a disposition to check its progress, and increase, manifested itself in the legislature even before the close of the last century. So long ago as the year 1669 we find the title of an act, laying an imposition upon servants, and slaves, imported into this country; which was either continued, revised, or increased, by a variety of temporary acts, passed between that period and the revolution in 1776. —One of these acts passed in 1723, by a marginal note appears to have been repealed by proclamation, Oct. 24,


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above she is will I have her dragged down."

"Not a stone did she put over your head, and the strumpets of your sisters did not tend your grave. Why you were not eaten by worms I can't know."

On a sudden Towy shouted: "See an old parson do I. Is not this the day of rising up? Awful if the Big Man mistakes us for the Church. Not been inside a church have I, drop dead and blind, since I was born."

None gave heed to his cry, for the sound of the bargaining was most high. "Dissenters," he bellowed, "what right have Church heathens to mix with us? The Fiery Oven is their home."

The people were dismayed. Their number being small, the Church folk were pressed one upon the other; and after they were thrown in a mass against the gate of the Chariot House the Dissenters


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spread themselves easily as far as the door of the Crooked Stairway.

"Now, boys capel," Towy-Watkins said, "we will have a sermon. Fine will Welsh be in the nostrils of the Big Preacher. Pray will I at once."

The prayer ended, and one struck his tuning-fork; and while the congregation moaned and lamented, a tall man, who wore the habit of a preacher and whose yellow beard—the fringe of which was singed—hung over his breast like a sheaf of wheat, passed through the way of the door of the Stairway, and as he walked towards the Judgment Hall, some said: "Fair day, Respected," and some said: "Similar he is to Towy-Watkins."

"Shut your throats, colts," Towy rebuked the people. "Say after me: Go round my backhead, Satan.'"

Go round my backhead, Satan," the people obeyed.

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screamed. "Teach him we will to snook about here."

Fear arming his courage, Satan shouted: "He who hurts me him shall I pitch headlong to the flames." The people's hands went to their sides, and Satan departed in peace.

"In my heart is my head," Towy said. "Near the Oven we are. Blow your noses of the stench. Young youths, herd blockheads Church over here."

Before the stalwarts started on their errand, the Overseer of the Waiting Chamber came to the door of the lane that takes you into the Judgment Hall, wherefore the Dissenters wept, howled, and whooped.

"Ready am I, God bach," Towy exclaimed, stretching his hairy arms. "Take me."

"Patiently I waited for the last Trump and humbly do I now wait for the Crown from your fingers," said Ben Lloyd. "My


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 render it as little obnoxious as possible to the English merchants trading to Africa, and not improbably suggested by them, to the privy council in England. The preamble to this act is in these remarkable words, “We your majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, &c. taking into our serious consideration the exigencies of your government here, and that the duty laid upon liquors will not be sufficient to defray the necessary expences thereof, do humbly represent to your majesty, that no other duty can be laid upon our import or export, without oppressing your subjects, than a duty upon slaves imported, to be paid by the buyers, agreeable to your majesty’s instructions to your lieutenant governor.” This act was only for the short period of four years, but seems to have been continued from time to time till the year 1751, when the duty expired, but was revived the next year. In the year 1740 an additional duty of five per cent. was imposed for four years, for the purpose of an expedition against the Spaniards, &c. to be likewise paid by the buyers: and in 1742 the whole duty was continued till July 1, 1747.—The act of 1752, by which these duties were revived


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deeds are recorded in the books of chapels in England and Wales and in the archives of the Cymrodorion Society."

"Clap up," Towy admonished Ben. "My religious actions can't be counted."

Lowering his eyes the Overseer murmured: "I am not the Lord."

"For why did you not say that?" cried Towy. He stepped to the Overseer. "Hap you are Apostle Shames. A splendid photo of Shames is in the Beybile with pictures. Fond am I of preaching from him. Lovely pieces there are. 'Abram believed God.' Who was Abram? Father of Isaac bach. Who made Abram? The Big Man. And the Big Man made the capel and the respected that is the jewel of the capel. Is not the pulpit the throne? Glad am I to see you, indeed, Shames."

The Overseer opened his lips.

"Enter with you will I," said Towy. "Look through my glassy soul you can."


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"Silence" the Overseer began.

"Iss, silence for ever and ever, amen," said Towy. "No trial I need. How can the Judge judge if there's no judging to be? Go up will I then. Hope to see you again, Shames."

"The Overseer tightened his girdle. "Thus saith the Lord," he proclaimed: "'I will consider each by his deeds or all by the deeds of their two apostles.'"

"Ho-ho," said Towy. "Half one moment. Think will we. Dissenters, crowd here. Ben Lloyd, make arguments. Tricky is old Shames."

The Dissenters assembled close to Ben and Towy, and the Church people crept near them in order to share their counsel; but the Dissenters turned upon their enemies and bruised them with Bibles and hymn-books, and called them frogs, turks, thieves, atheists, blacks; and there never has been heard such a tumult in any house. Alarmed that he could not


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 and continued (as well as several former acts), takes notice that the duty had been found no ways burdensome to the traders in slaves. In 1754 an additional duty of five per cent. was imposed for the term of three years, by an act for encouraging and protecting the settlers on the Missisippi: this duty, like all the former, was to be paid by the buyers. In 1759 a duty of 20 per cent. was imposed upon all slaves imported into Virginia from Maryland, North Carolina, or other places in America, to continue for seven years. In 1769 the same duty was further continued. In the same session the duty of five per cent. was continued for three years, and an additional duty of ten per cent. to be likewise paid by the buyers, was imposed for seven years; and a further duty of five per cent. was, by a separate act of the same session, imposed for the better support of the contingent charges of government, to be paid by the buyers. In 1772 all these duties were further continued for the term of five years from the expiration of the acts then in force: the assembly at the same time petitioned the throne,


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 to remove all those restraints which inhibited his majesty’s governors assenting to such laws as might check so very pernicious a commerce, as that of slavery.


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 In the course of this enquiry it is easy to trace the desire of the legislature to pat a stop to the further importation of slaves; and had not this desire been uniformly opposed on the part of the crown, if is highly probable that event would have taken effect at a much earlier period than it did. A duty of five per cent. to be paid by the buyers, at first, with difficulty obtained the royal assent. Requisitions from the crown for aids, on particular occasions, afforded a pretext from time to time for increasing the duty from five, to ten, and finally to twenty per cent. with which the buyer was uniformly made chargeable. The wishes of the people of this colony, were not sufficient to counterbalance the interest of the English merchants, trading to Africa, and it is probable, that however disposed to put a stop to so infamous a traffic by law, we should never have been able to effect it, so long as we might have continued dependant on the British government: an object sufficient of itself to justify a


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 revolution. That the legislature of Virginia were sincerely disposed to put a stop to it, cannot, be doubted; for even during the tumult and confusion of the revolution, we have seen that they availed themselves of the earliest opportunity, to crush for ever so pernicious and infamous a commerce, by an act passed in October 1778, the penalties of which, though apparently lessened by the act of 1792, are still equal to the value of the slave; being two hundred dollars upon the importer, and one hundred dollars upon every person buying or selling an imported slave.

A system uniformly persisted in for nearly a whole century, and finally carried into effect, so soon as the legislature was unrestrained by “the inhuman exercise of the royal negative,” evinces the sincerity of that disposition which the legislature had shewn during so long a period, to put a check to the growing evil. From the time that the duty was raised above five per cent. it is probable that the importation of slaves into this colony decreased. The demand for them in the more southern colonies probably contributed also to lessen the numbers imported into this: for some years immediately preceding the revolution, the importation of


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 slaves into Virginia might almost be considered as at an end; and probably would have been entirely so, if the ingenuity of the merchant had not found out the means of evading the heavy duty, by pretended sales, at which the slaves were bought in by some friend, at a quarter of their real value.

Tedious and unentertaining as this detail may appear to all others, a citizen of Virginia will feel some satisfaction at reading so clear a vindication of his country, from the opprobrium, but too lavishly bestowed upon her of fostering slavery in her bosom, whilst she boasts a sacred regard to the liberty of her citizens, and of mankind in general. The acrimony of such censures must abate, at least in the breasts of the candid, upon an impartial review of the subject here brought before them; and if in addition to what we have already advanced, they consider the difficulties attendant on any plan for the abolition of slavery, in a country where so large a proportion of the inhabitants are slaves; and where a still larger proportion of the cultivators of the earth are of that description of men, they will probably feel emotions of sympathy and compassion, both for the slave and for


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 his master, succeed to those hasty prejudices, which even the best dispositions are not exempt from contracting, upon subjects where there is a deficiency of information.

We are next to confider the condition of slaves in Virginia, or the legal consequences attendant on a state of slavery in this commonwealth; and here it is not my intention to notice these laws, which confider slaves, merely as property, and have from time to time been enacted to regulate the disposition of them, as such; for these will be more properly considered elsewhere: my intention at present is therefore to take a view of such laws, only, as regard slaves, as a distinct class of persons, whose rights, if indeed they possess any, are reduced to a much narrower compass, than those, of which we have been speaking before.

Civil rights, we may remember, are reducible to three primary heads; the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property. In a state of slavery the two last are wholly abolished, the person of the slave being at the absolute disposal of his master; and property, what he is incapable, in that state, either of acquiring,


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 or holding, to his own use. Hence it will appear how perfectly irreconcilable a state of slavery is to the principles of a democracy, which form the basis and foundation of our government. For our bill of rights declares, “that all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights of which they cannot deprive or divest their posterity—namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property.” This is indeed no more than a recognition of the first principles of the law of nature, which teaches us this equality, and enjoins every man, whatever advantages he may possess over another, as to the various qualities or endowments of body or mind, to practice the precepts of the law of nature to those who are in these respects his inferiors, no less than it enjoins his inferiors to practise them towards him. Since he has no more right to insult them, than they have to injure him. Nor does the bare unkindness of nature or of fortune condemn a man to a worse condition than others, as to the enjoyment of common privileges. It would be hard to reconcile reducing the Negroes to a state of slavery to these principles, unless we first


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3 Good morning. This is a deposition of Angela McCallum, conducted by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol pursuant to House Resolution 503.

At this time, I'd like to ask the witness to please state her full name and spell her last name for the record.

The Angela McCallum, M-c-C-a-l-l-u-m.

Thank you.

So this will be a staff-led deposition. My name is I'm an investigative counsel for the committee. And I'm accompanied by my colleague here. I'll let her introduce herself.

And she's also investigative counsel for the committee.

And we may have members joining us. Actually, we're going to start off with Representative Zoe Lofgren here on the screen, and some other members may join as we go through the process here by video. And I'll do my best to note their appearance when they sign in, both for you all and for the record.

We're also joined here this morning by our chief clerk, who's also on committee staff, and, here,  another member of our professional staff.

So, under the House deposition rules, neither committee members nor staff may discuss the substantive testimony that you provide today unless the committee approves its release. You, Ms. McCallum, and your attorney will have an opportunity to review the transcript.

And, before we begin, I'd like to discuss just a few ground rules.

We will follow the House deposition rules that we provided to your counsel


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4 previously. Under the House deposition rules, counsel for other persons or government agencies may not attend, and you are permitted to have your attorney present.

Counsel, at this time, would you state your name for the record, please?

Mr. Yes. My name is Paul Brothers. I'm with Graves Garrett and counsel for Ms. McCallum.

Great. Thank you.

So we have an official court reporter here transcribing the record of this deposition.

Ms. McCallum, have you ever been deposed before?

The No.

Okay. So the ground rules are pretty simple here. We will just ask for you to please wait for each question to be completed before you respond, and that's so that the reporter can get everything clearly on the record. We will also try to wait until your response is completed before asking another question. And we'll ask that you respond verbally, since the court reporter can't record responses like a nod of the head or anything—shaking your head—like that.

So we also will ask that you provide complete responses, complete answers, based on your best recollection. If the question is not clear, please do ask for clarification, and we'll be happy to do that. If you do not know the answer, please say so.

And you may only refuse to answer a question to preserve a privilege that is recognized by the select committee. So, if you refuse to answer a question based on a privilege, staff may either proceed with the deposition or seek a ruling from the chair on the objection. If the chair overrules an objection, you are required to answer the question.

And I also want to remind you that it is unlawful to deliberately provide false


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5 information to Congress. Since this deposition will be under oath, providing false information could also result in criminal penalties for perjury or providing false statements.

Do you understand that?

The I do.

Okay. Great.

I'd ask for you now to—for the court reporter to swear you in.

[Witness sworn.]

Okay. Great. We're ready to proceed?

Mr. We are.

Great.

So I don't think that we're going to take your whole day today, but we will go for probably a couple of hours. And we will plan to take some breaks, but if at any time during the questioning you would like a break or you'd like a chance to talk to your attorney, please let us know and we'll do that.

Mr. And I should note one thing. I'm not sure if you meant "proceed" as to ready to start asking questions. I do have a few things I need to put on the record before we begin.

Sure. This is the right time to do it, so—

Mr. All right.

—go right ahead.

Mr. So let me preface this first by saying, obviously Ms. McCallum is here. What I am about to say is not grounds that Ms. McCallum is using to not appear before the committee for a deposition today, nor is it grounds she is asserting to not answer questions from the committee today.


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6 We have some objections to raise to preserve for the record, not to have a ruling on today, but to have preserved in the event the committee would request further testimony, further depositions, or further document production.

We just want the record to be clear that, for these depositions, Ms. McCallum—or, for this deposition, Ms. McCallum's appearance and testimony isn't waiving these objections, and she reserves the right ta raise them at a later time if the need were to arise.

I have four of those objections.

The first is that the committee is not properly composed. As the committee is aware, the resolution forming the committee required the appointment of 13 committee members. At least five of those members were required to be appointed with consultation of the minority leader. The Speaker rejected the minority leader's appointments and the slate of appointments he offered. Because of that—and appointed all 13 members on her own. Because of that, there was no consultation with the minority Member, and Ms. McCallum's position is the committee is not properly composed.

The failure to properly compose the committee resulted in invalidation of all of the committee's actions, including Ms. McCallum's subpoena.

Again, she is here today. She is willing to testify today, but she is preserving that objection for the record if the need to raise it would arise further down the road.

The second objection is similar to the first—that is, the subpoenas issued by the committee, including the subpoena for Ms. McCallum, are not properly issued.

This, again, goes back to the problems with the composition of the committee. Because there are no minority appointees of the committee, the committee lacks a ranking member. This is denoted by Representative Cheney's title as "vice chair" rather


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7 than "ranking member."

The resolution forming the committee authorizes the committee to compel witnesses to appear for depositions through subpoena. The chairman has that authority in consultation with the ranking member. Because the committee does not have a ranking member due to its composition problems, there has, by definition, been no consultation between the chairman and the ranking member. This lack of consultation invalidates the subpoena. The subpoena was not properly issued.

Once again, I want to note Ms. McCallum is here today and is not asserting that objection today to not appear or to not testify, but is merely preserving that objection in case it needs to be raised in the future.

The third objection is Ms. McCallum's subpoena is not supported by a committee function.

We acknowledge the committee is tasked with investigating the causes of January 6th, and we are aware of the general assertions of the committee that this will entail an investigation into the certification of election results and allegations of election irregularities.

However, information regarding allegations of election irregularities and arguments regarding election results certification is already well-known through public litigation, public statements, and media statements from numerous individuals.

Our position is the committee has all the information it needs to inform its inquiry into what potential legislation in this area may be necessary, and there is no need to probe the internal operations of a major Presidential campaign through this witness.

We do not believe Ms. McCallum's subpoena is in furtherance of a legitimate committee function. And, once again, we are just asserting this objection to preserve it for the record, not to prevent Ms. McCallum from appearing today or from answering


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8 your questions today.

Finally, Ms. McCallum has produced numerous documents to this committee. I sent a letter along with those documents raising numerous objections regarding production issues for Ms. McCallum. Those objections still stand, and we want the record to be clear that Ms. McCallum is not waiving any of the objections in that letter. I believe they were First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, legislative purpose, pertinence, common law privileges that were raised in that letter.

And Ms. McCallum is not waiving those objections by appearing today or answering the committee's questions. However, she is here today. She is not asserting those objections as a basis for not appearing today or as a basis for not answering questions today.

Those are the objections for the record.

I also have a few ground rules I would like to propose.

I understand that, due to the composition of the committee, there is one committee staff; we don't have a minority staff. So that makes the traditional rounds aspect of this deposition difficult. However, we would request that we maintain the 60-minute round format, just allowing everyone a short break every 60 minutes.

Second, I understand we have two counsels for the select committee, and my understanding is both may ask questions. We would request to adhere to a more traditional deposition format. As counsel are both undoubtedly aware, in a traditional deposition one attorney is allowed to ask questions. Same thing in a courtroom for an evidentiary hearing. We would like to remain closer to the traditional format for depositions.

A compromise we are willing to offer would be that, whoever is doing the questioning, if you would like to switch to the other counsel having questions, we are


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9 agreeable to that only after a short break. And then every time that you guys want to pass back and forth questioning, we would request a short break, just to keep things clear and organized.

We would be open to a more free-flowing conversation where multiple counsels for the committee could ask questions and just interject in a less formal interview setting, whether that be transcribed or not. Ms. McCallum made that request, and the committee rejected it. Because of that rejection, we are requesting to stick closer to the traditional deposition format.

And the last thing, and it's really almost moot at this point, but we do have the binders of the exhibits you have provided. We did ask to be provided with any documents that you were going to present to Ms. McCallum that were not part of her production. discussed the one document with me right before we went on the record that pertains to that, and I thank you for that and I appreciate that.

And I shouldn't have said that was the last thing. This is the last thing: For form objections, we would just ask for a stipulation that any potential objections to hearsay are preserved so those don't need to be stated on the record as a form objection.

Okay—sorry. Didn't mean to cut you off.

Mr. I'm—

Is there anything else?

Mr. No, I'm finished.

That was the last one.

Mr. Appreciate your patience.

Okay. No problem.

All right. Well, let me respond to each of those issues that you just raised—

Mr. Uh-huh.


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10 —probably not in the order that you raised them.

So I understand that you, just at the beginning of your statements just now, entered for the record several objections, including to the formation of the committee and other, sort of, fundamental questions about the select committee's work. But I understand that you are prepared to answer questions today, notwithstanding the fact that you stated those objections.

With your objections pending, one way that we might need to do that is hold this deposition open. We can continue as planned today with us asking you some questions, Ms. McCallum, with you answering those questions or raising privilege objections to specific questions, if you have them, as you go, and then hold the deposition open to seek a ruling on those objections from the chair.

I don't think, with those objections standing, that we would be prepared to conclude the deposition today, but it sounds like we can proceed. And I think, with those having been stated for the record, we can proceed today and see how things go.

Mr. That's acceptable.

Okay.

On the process stuff, I think an hour break is a perfectly acceptable idea for everybody involved, or maybe even less, depending on the sort of structure here.

However, on the manner in which we question, that's not something that we're prepared to agree to today. Our process is that counsel for the committee—and here you have and myself, but we may be joined by other members of the staff during the deposition—each may ask questions. And, in addition, we have our members who may join, and they may ask questions as we go throughout the deposition.

Obviously, we hope that this can be a productive and non-, you know, confrontational process. So I'm not prepared to accept your limitation on our


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11 questioning, but I do suggest that we proceed and see how it goes. We're not in any—you know, our goal here is not to badger your client or pester you with questions, but this is the process that we follow.

Mr. We can proceed. Certainly, we're not going to let this come between us in proceeding with the deposition today.

I will say: Nontraditional. I mean, the committee insisted on a deposition. And I think, when the committee is going to insist on a deposition, it should hold a deposition, not hold some sort of hybrid that it's come up with.

I also would note that, you know, that's not common in traditional depositions, that's not common in courtrooms, and, frankly, that is not common in committee hearings, public committee hearings. It's not just an open hot bench, if you will, where members just get to shoot questions and interject.

So I don't think that it is appropriate. However, we are willing to proceed.

And I think the compromise we can reach is: You guys have your procedures. We will abide by them. However, I will interject if I feel that we're just rapid-firing, switching between people, and badgering the witness. I will not allow that, and I will request a break if that becomes a problem to allow the witness a break from any badgering.

Yep. We have no intention of badgering your client.

So I think it sounds like, with all that being said, we could probably get started here.

Mr. I agree.

Okay.

Let me, before we do get started, though, allow Ms. Lofgren—is there anything you would like to say before we get going with the questioning?


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Satan was distressed. "If it was not for personal reasons," he said, "I would let them go to Hell." He sent into the Chamber a carpenter who put a barrier from wall to wall, and he appointed Jude in charge of the barrier to guard that no one went under it or over it.

Then the wise men of the Dissenters continued to examine the Lord's offer; and a thousand men declared they were holy enough to go before God, and from the thousand five hundred were cast out, and from the five hundred three hundred, and from the two hundred one hundred were cast away. Now this hundred were Baptists, Methodists, and Congregationalists, and they quarrelled so harshly and decried one another so spitefully that Ben and Towy made with them a compact to speak specially for each of them in the


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To arrive at a clear understanding of the proper relationship of the Communist Party and the workers' industrial organisations, one must first examine the purpose and structure of industrial organisation.

According to Webb, the aim "is to maintain and increase the standard of wages." Brentano and Sombart say that the object is "to subsidise the members in time of strike, and to safeguard their interests by increasing their wages."

The Bolshevik Party has never given it adhesion to these phrases. It has never approved the formula generally accepted by the Second International. This was defined by a well-known Austrian militant industrialist, Adolf Braun, as the organisation of the workers "in permanent craft or Trade Unions of wage earners, with the object of securing ameliorations of working conditions within the limits of the capitalist system, and to fight within those limits to prevent conditions growing worse."

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private ear of God. The strife quelled and Towy having cried loudly: "Dissenters and Churchers, glad you are that me and Ben Lloyd are your apostles," he and Ben followed the Overseer.

In the Judgment Hall the two apostles crouched to pray, and they were stirred by Satan laying his hands on their shoulders.

"Prayers are useless here, my friends," said the Devil. "We must proceed with the business. I am just as anxious as you are that everything reaches a satisfactory conclusion."

"I object," said Ben. "Solemnly object. I don't know this infidel. I don't want to know him."

"Go from here," Towy gruntled. "A sweat is in my whiskers. Inhabitants, why isn't his tongue a red-hot poker? . . . Well, boys Palace, grand this is. Say who you are?" he asked one whose face shone like a mirror. "Respected Towy-Watkins am I."


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He whose face shone like a polished mirror answered that he was Moses the Keeper of the Balance. "The Lord is in the Cloud," he said.

Towy addressed the Cloud, which was the breadth of a man's hand, and which was brighter than the golden halo of the throne: "Big Man, peep at your helper. Was not I a ruler over the capel? Religious were my prayers."

"I did not hear any," said God.

"Mistake. Mistake. Towy bach eloquent was I called. Here am I with the Speech, and the Speech is God and God is the Speech. Take you as a great gift this nice hymn-book."

"What are hymns?" asked God.

"Moses, Moses," cried Towy, "explain affairs to Him."

God spoke: "Satan, render your account of the mischief you made these men do."

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 the workers should be organised in a Union covering the entire industry, not merely a sectional craft trade within the industry.

The Communist Party declared that the Industrial Unions should conduct the economic fight of the workers, and should constantly collaborate with the workers' political party in the working-class struggle for emancipation, the abolition of wage slavery, and the victory of Socialism.

For this reason the Bolshevik Party has never considered the Industrial Union as an organisation aspiring only to secure some reforms and ameliorations of working conditions within the limits of capitalist society. On the contrary, the Bolshevik Party, in complete accord with the doctrine of Marx, has always seen that the Industrial Union is one of the most important organisations of the working class; one that has been created for the fight for Socialism in intimate collaboration with the political party, and one that, in consequence, is favourable to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Since 1918 important changes have come about in Russia. The power has passed into the hands of the working class. The bourgeoisie has been expropriated; the workers are no longer obliged to sell their labour power to the divers exploiting employers.

If we consider that fact, it immediately becomes clear to us that the functions of the Industrial Unions in Russia are subject to important modifications.

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12 Ms. Not at this time. Thank you.

Okay. Great.

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Okay. So here we are. Ms. McCallum, could we start off with some basic background about you? Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Greenwood, South Carolina.

Okay. And where do you live now?

My permanent residency is in Abbeville, South Carolina. I currently reside in Cayce, South Carolina.

Okay. That's my first name, so it sounds like a lovely place.

Can you walk us through a little bit of your professional background, starting with where you went to college or any other education that you've received?

Yeah. I graduated from Clemson University with a degree in—a bachelor's of science in economics in December of 2019.

After that, I interned at the White House in the Office of Cabinet Affairs. I interned there from the end of January of 2020 until March of 2020. The class was cut short due to COVID. And, shortly after that, I joined the Trump campaign, working out of the Arlington, Virginia, headquarters.

And, after the campaign, I contracted with the National Republican Senatorial Committee and worked in Atlanta, Georgia, for the Senate runoff.

And I currently work at First Tuesday Strategies in Columbia, South Carolina.

Okay. Great. Thank you.

So, for your White House internship in the early part of 2020, can you give us a general sense of what your roles and responsibilities were during your internship?


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of the House," said Ben. "Traditions that are dear to me, being taught them at my mother's knees. I refuse to be drenched in Satan's froth. Against one who if he had lived would be an M.P. you are taking the evidence of the most discredited man in the universe—the world's worst sinner."

He ceased, because Satan had begun to read; and Satan read rapidly, with shame, and without pantomime, not pausing at what times he was abused and charged with lying; and he read correctly, for the Records Clerk followed him word by word in the Book of the Watchers; and for every sin to which he confessed Moses placed a scarlet tablet in the scale of wickedness.

"I will attend to what I have heard," said the Lord when Satan had finished. "Put your tablets in the scale and go into the Chamber."

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passed out they beheld that the scale of scarlet tablets touched the ground.

Then the Cloud vanished and God came out of the Cloud.

"My wrath is fierce," He said. "Bind these Welsh and torment them with vipers and with fire in the uttermost parts of Hell. They shall have no more remembrance before me."

"Will you destroy the just?" asked Moses.

"They have chosen."

"Shall the godly perish because of the godless?"

"I flooded the world," said God.

"The righteous Noah and his house and his animals you did not destroy. And you repented that you smote every living thing. May not my Lord repent again?"

"I am not destroying every living thing," God replied. "I am destroying the vile."

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 "The October Revolution, which transferred the power from the bourgeoisie to the workers and poor peasants, has created entirely new conditions for all the workers' organisations, and especially for the Industrial Unions.

"Under the changed conditions, the industrial organisation can no longer be regarded as the advance guard of the fight put up by the worker in selling himself to the employer. The employer who used to buy labour power of old, exists no more. It is no longer necessary for the Unions to collect strike funds or to organise strikes."

What are the real functions of the industrial organisations in Russia to-day?

The same resolution of the First All- Russian Congress of Industrial Unions says on this point:—

"The Unions must now transfer their centre of gravity to economic reconstruction."

To explain what an industrial organisation really is under the conditions now obtaining in Russia, one is first obliged to make clear that:—

"An Industrial Union in Russia to-day is a permanent union of all the workers in a given industry; it represents one of the principal bases of the organisation of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

"The Industrial Union to-day (under the guidance of the Communist Party) transfers its centre of gravity to the domain of economic organisation, by making its aim an energetic participation in all the efforts of the workers for a Communist reconstruction of society and for the abolition of social classes. This participation takes the following forms:—


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sinned after their deliverance. The doings of Sodom stayed."

Moses also said: "You gave your ear to Jonah from the well of the sea."

"I sacrificed my Son for man."

"And loosed Satan upon him."

"Is scarlet white?" asked God.

"Is justice the fruit of injustice? The two men were not of the Church, and the Church may be holy in your sight."

"I have judged."

"And your judgment is past understanding," said Moses, and he sat at the Balance.

The servants of the Lord spoke one with another: "I cannot eat of the supper," said one; "The songs will be as a wolf's howlings in the wilderness," said another; "The honey will be as bittersweet as Adam's apple," said a third. But Satan exclaimed: "Come, let us seek in the Book of the Watchers for an act that will turn Him from His purpose."