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16 his purchase and glacing hurriedly about, stepped into the street. And paused, stricken.

She was under full sail and accompanied by a slimmer one when she saw him, but she tacked at once and came about in a hushed swishing of silk and an expensive clashing of impediments—handbag and chains and beads. Her hand bloomed fatly through bracelets, ringed and manicured, and her hothouse face wore an expression of infantile trusting astonishment.

"Mister Talliaferro! What a surprise," she exclaimed, accenting the first word of each phrase, as was her manner. And she really was surprised. Mrs. Maurier went through the world continually amazed at chance, whether or not she had instigated it. Mr. Talliaferro shifted his parcel quickly behind him, to its imminent destruction, being forced to accept her hand without removing his hat. He rectified this as soon as possible. "I would never have expected to see you in this part of town at this hour," she continued. "But you have been calling on some of your artist friends, I suppose?"

The slim one had stopped also, and stood examining Mr. Talliaferro with cool uninterest. The older woman turned to her. "Mr. Talliaferro knows all the interesting people in the Quarter, darling. All the people who are—who are creating—creating things. Beautiful things. Beauty, you know." Mrs. Maurier waved her glittering hand vaguely toward the sky in which stars had begun to flower like pale and tarnished gardenias. "Oh, do excuse me, Mr. Talliaferro—This is my niece, Miss Robyn, of whom you have heard me speak. She and her brother have come to comfort a lonely old woman—" her glance held a decayed coquetry, and taking his cue Mr. Talliaferro said:

"Nonsense, dear lady. It is we, your unhappy admirers, who need comforting. Perhaps Miss Robyn will take pity on

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 learned the name of empires lying beneath stars to us invisible. In many languages have I spoken, in barbarous tongues unknown to Babel; and I have heard the speech of many men, even of them that inhabit the strange isles of the sea of fire and the sea of snow. Thunder, and lutes, and battle-drums, the fine unceasing querulousness of gnats, and the stupendous moaning of the simoon; lyres of ebony, damascened with crystal, bells of malachite with golden clappers; the song of exotic birds that sigh like women or sob like fountains; whispers and shoutings of fire, the multitudinous mutter of cities asleep, the manifold tumult of cities at dawn, and the slow and weary murmur of desert-wandering streams—all, all have I heard, but never, in any place, from any tongue, a sound or syllable that resembled in the least the name I would learn."

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In a basin of porphyry, at the summit of a pillar of serpentine, the thing has existed from primeval time, in the garden of the kings that rule an equatorial realm of the planet Saturn. With black foliage, fine and intricate as the web of some enormous spider; with petals of livid rose, and purple like the purple of putrefying flesh; and a stem rising like a swart and hairy wrist from a bulb so old, so encrusted with the growth of centuries that it resembles an urn of stone, the monstrous flower holds dominion over all the garden. In this flower, from the years of the oldest legend, an evil demon has dwelt—a demon whose name and whose nativity are known to the superior magicians and mysteriarchs of the kingdom, but to none other. Over the half-animate flowers, the ophidian orchids that coil and sting, the bat-like lilies that open their ribbèd petals by night, and fasten with tiny yellow teeth on the bodies of sleeping dragonflies; the carnivorous cacti that yawn with green lips beneath their beards of poisonous yellow prickles; the plants that palpitate like hearts, the blossoms that pant with a breath of venomous perfume—over all these, the Flower-Devil is supreme, in its malign immortality, and evil, perverse intelligence—inciting them to strange maleficence, fantastic mischief, even to acts of rebellion against the gardeners, who proceed about their duties with wariness and trepidation, since more than one of them has been bitten, even unto death, by some vicious and venefic flower. In places, the garden has run wild from lack of care on the part of the fearful gardeners, and has become a monstrous tangle of serpentine creepers, and hydra-headed plants, convolved and inter-writhing in lethal hate or venomous love, and horrible as a rout of wrangling vipers and pythons.

And, like his innumerable ancestors before him, the king dares not destroy the Flower, for fear that the devil, driven from its habitation, might seek a new home, and enter into the brain or body of one of the king's subjects—or even the heart of his fairest and gentlest, and most beloved queen!


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TEARS

Thy tears are not as mine: Thou weepest as a green fountain among palms and roses, with lightly falling drops that bedew the flowery turf. My tears are like a rain of marah in the desert, leaving a bitter pool whose waters are fire and poison.

THE SECRET ROSE

My soul hath dreamt of a rose, whose marvellous and secret flower, fraught with an unimaginable perfume, hath never grown in any garden. Only in valleys of the shifting cloud, only among the palms and fountains of a land of mirage, only in isles beyond the seas of sunset, it blooms for a moment, and is gone. But ever the ghost of its fragrance haunts the hall of slumber; and the women whom I meet in dreams wear always its blossom for coronal.

THE WIND AND THE GARDEN

To thee my love is something strange and fantastical, and far away, like the vast and desolate sighing of the desert wind to one who dwells in a garden of palm and rose and lotus, filled by no louder sound than the mellow lisp of a breeze of perfume, or the sigh of silvering fountains.

OFFERINGS

Before thee, O goddess of my dreams, idol of my desires, I have burnt amber and myrrh, frankincense, and all the strange and rich perfumes of lands a thousand leagues beyond Araby or Taprobane. Strange and rich offerings have I brought thee, the gems of unknown regions, and the spoil of cities remoter than Caydon or Samarkand. But these delight thee not, only the simple-scented flowers of spring, and the diamonds and opals of dew, strung on the threads of the spider.

A CORONAL

The pale and flowerless poppies of Proserpine, the cold, blind lotus of Lethe, and the strange, white sea-blooms that grow from the lips of drowned men in the blue darkness of the nether sea,—these have I woven as a coronal for my dead love.


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92 HISTORY OF THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE value of six thousand pagodas; which though there is no reason to believe, yet the Dewan's officers will take occasion to make a demand as customary, and give us trouble by complaining to the Nabob. And Dr Brown being apparently guilty of a breach of the peace, it is resolved that he be committed to the custody of the Marshall, that others may be deterred from the like, and that the inhabitants may understand that such practises are not allowed." *

Dr. Browne was detained in custody for a week, after which he was discharged, in consideration of the fact that his patients required his services, he giving security to the satisfaction of the court.

The Cons. of 3rd Jan., 1697/98, note his discharge, from 30th Nov., 1697, the Court of Directors having disallowed the appointment of Second Surgeon at Fort St. George, which he had held for ten years. On 13th Jan., he was offered the post of surgeon at Chutanuti (Calcutta), but declined it; William Warren got the appointment from 30th June, 1698. On 11th Aug., the Assay Master at Madras, Nathaniel Stone, applied for leave to go home, and promised to instruct Samuel Browne in his duties before he left, so as to leave him qualified for that employment." On 22nd Sept., 1698, Browne died at Madras.

The Dictionary of National Biography includes Browne's name, but only states that from time to time he sent to England collections of dried plants, which now form part of the herbarium of the British Museum, and that particulars of his life are wanting. In 1688 Browne married Ann Baker. Two years after his death, in 1700, she married John Foquet, Scavenger of Madras. In spite of his unpleasant title, the scavenger was a civilian, in charge of house taxation and conservancy, and Foquet stepped from that post, in 1700, to that of Chief of Masulipatam. Browne's daughter, Elizabeth, in 1711, brought an action for breach of promise against Henry Cornwall, Captain of the frigate Sherborne, the ship on which William Hamilton was then serving as surgeon. Seven years later, in 1718, she married the Rev. Charles Long, Chaplain of Madras.

The career of Richard Benoni Ebenezer Blackwall is one of some interest. His name first appears in the Madras Press Lists on 8th March, 1688/89, in a letter from Fort St. George to John

 * From J. Talboys Wheeler's Madras in the Olden Time, Vol. I, pp. 300, 301. The Cons. from 1st Jan. to 30th Sept., 1696, are missing from the Fort St. George Factory Records in the India Office, nor can the deficiency here be supplied from the Mackenzie MSS. Apparently they are, or were, preserved at Madras.


text: Poems (Eminescu)/First Epistle

title: Poems (Eminescu)/First Epistle


text: Poems (Eminescu)/Second Epistle

title: Poems (Eminescu)/Second Epistle


text: Poems (Eminescu)/Third Epistle

title: Poems (Eminescu)/Third Epistle


text: Poems (Eminescu)/Fourth Epistle

title: Poems (Eminescu)/Fourth Epistle


text: Poems (Eminescu)/Fifth Epistle

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In a land where weirdness and mystery had strongly leagued themselves with eternal desolation, the lake was out-poured at an undiscoverable date of elder aeons, to fill some fathomless gulf far down amid the shadows of snowless, volcanic mountains. No eye, not even the sun's, when he stared vertically upon it for a few hours at midday, seemed able to divine its depths of sullen blackness and unrippled silence. It was for this reason that I found a so singular pleasure in frequently contemplating the strange lake. Sitting for I knew not how long on its bleak basaltic shores, where grew but a few fleshly red orchids, bent above the waters like open and thirsty mouths, I would peer with countless fantastic conjectures and shadowy imaginings, into the alluring mystery of its unknown and inexplorable gulf.

It was at an hour of morning before the sun had surmounted the rough and broken rim of the summits, when I first came, and clomb down through the shadows which filled like some subtler fluid the volcanic basin. Seen at the bottom of that stirless tincture of air and twilight, the lake seemed as dregs of darkness.

Peering for the first time, after the deep and difficult descent, into the so dull and leaden waters, I was at length aware of certain small and scattered gleams of silver, apparently far beneath the surface. And fancying them the metal in some mysterious ledge, or the glints of long-sunken treasure, I bent closer in my eagerness, and finally perceived that what I saw was but the reflection of the stars, which, tho the day was full upon the mountains and the lands without, were yet visible in the depth and darkness of that enshadowed place.


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194

The king and all his kinsmen now left their land behind—

The best of all were taken that one therein could find—

None stay’d save Hagen only; that did he for the hate

He bore unto Kriemhilda; with purpose did he wait.

Before the mighty king came back to his home again,

Hagen had meanwhile managed the treasure great to gain.

Down in the Rhine at Lochheim he sank it bodily.

He hoped yet to enjoy it: but that was not to be.

The princes came back shortly, and with them many a man.

Of her great loss Kriemhilda to make complaint began,

And all her maids and ladies: great was their grief, in sooth.

Ready with faithful service was Giselher the youth.

They one and all said: “Hagen hath done us a foul wrong.”

Then from the princes’ anger  he kept aloof for long,

Till he regain’d their favour; and so they left him free:

Yet never to Kriemhilda could he more hateful be.

Before Hagen of Tronjé had hidden thus the hoard,

They made a pact together and with strong oaths assured,

That it should remain hidden as long as each should live:

None for himself should take it, nor to another give.

So now again with sorrow her heart was desolate:

First for her husband’s murder, and now that her estate

Had all been taken from her. Thus she became a prey

Unto her grief forever until her dying day.


text: Ebony and Crystal/The Traveler

title: Ebony and Crystal/The Traveler


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XX.]

After the death of Siegfried, as verily appears,

With many troubles burthen’d she dwelt for thirteen years;

And all the while could never forget the warrior dead.

She aye was faithful to him: that all the people said.

Now on a time it happen’d that lady Helka died;

Then was King Etzel minded to woo another bride:

His friends all bade him look to the land of Burgundy,

Towards a high-born widow; Kriemhilda named was she.

Soon after the fair Helka departed had this life,

Quoth they: “If thou would’st ever possess a noble wife,—

The highest and most worthy that king did ever have,

Then take this selfsame lady, widow of Siegfried brave.”

“How might that be accomplish’d,” then said the mighty king,

“Seeing Tamaheathen and ne’er had christening?

The lady is a Christian; she never would agree,

A miracle must happen, if this should ever be.”

The ready ones made answer: “What if perchance she should?

With thy high name to help thee and all thy substance good,

To win the noble lady one very well might try.

To woo so fair a person would please you verily.”


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Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986/Title II

{{SECTION|SEC. 201.|SEC. 201}}. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE VICTIMS OF APARTHEID.

 * (a) Section 105(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—
 * (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; and
 * (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

 * "(2) (A) (i) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, not less than $4,000,000 shall be used in each such fiscal year to finance education, training, and scholarships for the victims of apartheid, including teachers and other educational professionals, who are attending universities and colleges in South Africa. Amounts available to carry out this subparagraph shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of section 802(c) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
 * "(ii) Funds made available for each such fiscal year for purposes of chapter 4 of part II of this Act may be used to finance such education, training, and scholarships in lieu of an equal amount made available under this subparagraph.
 * "(B) (i) In addition to amounts used for purposes of subparagraph (A), the agency primarily responsible for administering this part, in collaboration with other appropriate departments or agencies of the United States, shall use assistance provided under this section or chapter 4 of part II of this Act to finance scholarships for students pursuing secondary school education in South Africa. The selection of scholarship recipients shall be by a nationwide panel or by regional panels appointed by the United States chief of diplomatic mission to South Africa.
 * "(ii) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and chapter 4 of part II of this Act for the fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 may be used in each such fiscal year for purposes of this subparagraph.
 * "(C) (i) In addition to the assistance authorized in subparagraph (A), the agency primarily responsible for administering this part shall provide assistance for inservice teacher training programs in South Africa through such nongovernmental organizations as TOPS or teachers' unions.
 * "(ii) Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and chapter 4 of part II of this Act, up to an aggregate of $500,000 for the fiscal year 1987 and up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988 may be used for purposes of this subparagraph, subject to standard procedures for project review and approval.".

 * (b) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after section 116 the following new section:
 * "SEC. 117. ASSISTANCE FOR DISADVANTAGED SOUTH AFRICANS—In providing assistance under this chapter or under chapter 4 of part II of this Act for disadvantaged South Africans, priority shall be given to working with and through South African nongovernmental organizations whose leadership and staff are selected on a nonracial basis, and which have the support of the disadvantaged communities being served. The measure of this community support shall be the willingness of a substantial number of disadvantaged persons to participate in activities sponsored by these organizations. Such organizations to which such assistance may be provided include the Educational Opportunities Council, the South African Institute of Race Relations, READ, professional teachers' unions, the Outreach Program of the University of the Western Cape, the Funda Center in Soweto, SACHED, UPP Trust, TOPS, the Wilgespruit Fellowship Center (WFC), and civic and other organizations working at the community level which do not receive funds from the Government of South Africa.".

{{SECTION|SEC. 202.|SEC. 202}}. HUMAN RIGHTS FUND.

 * (a) Section 116(e)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—
 * (1) by striking out "1984 and" and inserting in lieu thereof "1984,"; and
 * (2) by inserting after "1985" a comma and the following: "and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and for each fiscal year thereafter".

 * (b) Section 116 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
 * "(f) (1) Of the funds made available to carry out subsection (e)(2)(A) for each fiscal year, not less than $500,000 shall be used for direct legal and other assistance to political detainees and prisoners and their families, including the investigation of the killing of protesters and prisoners, and for support for actions of black-led community organizations to resist, through nonviolent means, the enforcement of apartheid policies such as—
 * "(A) removal of black populations from certain geographic areas on account of race or ethnic origin,
 * "(B) denationalization of blacks, including any distinctions between the South African citizenships of blacks and whites,
 * "(C) residence restrictions based on race or ethnic origin,
 * "(D) restrictions on the rights of blacks to seek employment in South Africa and to live wherever they find employment in South Africa,
 * "(E) restrictions which make it impossible for black employees and their families to be housed in family accommodations near their place of employment.
 * "(2) (A) No grant under this subsection may exceed $100,000.
 * "(B) The average of all grants under this paragraph made in any fiscal year shall not exceed $70,000.
 * "(g) Of the funds made available to carry out subsection (e)(2)(A) for each fiscal year, $175,000 shall be used for direct assistance to families of victims of violence such as 'necklacing' and other such inhumane acts. An additional $175,000 shall be made available to black groups in South Africa which are actively working toward a multi-racial solution to the sharing of political power in that country through nonviolent, constructive means.".

{{SECTION|SEC. 203.|SEC. 203}}. EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY.

 * (a) The Congress declares that—
 * (1) the denial under the apartheid laws of South Africa of the rights of South African blacks and other nonwhites to have the opportunity to participate equitably in the South African economy as managers or owners of, or professionals in, business enterprises, and
 * (2) the policy of confining South African blacks and other nonwhites to the status of employees in minority-dominated businesses,
 * is an affront to the values of a free society.

 * (b) The Congress hereby—
 * (1) applauds the commitment of nationals of the United States adhering to the Code of Conduct to assure that South African blacks and other nonwhites are given assistance in gaining their rightful place in the South African economy; and
 * (2) urges the United States Government to assist in all appropriate ways the realization by South African blacks and other nonwhites of their rightful place in the South African economy.

 * (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State and any other head of a department or agency of the United States carrying out activities in South Africa shall, to the maximum extent practicable, in procuring goods and services, make affirmative efforts to assist business enterprises having more than 50 percent beneficial ownership by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans.

{{SECTION|SEC. 204.|SEC. 204}}. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

 * Section 2(b)(9) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 is amended—
 * (1) by striking out "(9) In" and inserting in lieu thereof "(9)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in"; and
 * (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
 * "(B) The Bank shall take active steps to encourage the use of its facilities to guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in the extension of credit to business enterprises in South Africa that are majority owned by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans. The certification requirement contained in clause (c) of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to exports to or purchases from business enterprises which are majority owned by South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans.".

{{SECTION|SEC. 205.|SEC. 205}}. LABOR PRACTICES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the labor practices used by the United States Government—
 * (1) for the direct hire of South Africans,
 * (2) for the reimbursement out of official residence funds of South Africans and employees of South African organizations for their long-term employment services on behalf of the United States Government, and
 * (3) for the employment services of South Africans arranged by contract,
 * should represent the best of labor practices in the United States and should serve as a model for the labor practices of nationals of the United States in South Africa.

 * (b) The Secretary of State and any other head of a department of agency of the United States carrying out activities in South Africa shall promptly take, without regard to any provision of law, the necessary steps to ensure that the labor practices applied to the employment services described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) are governed by the Code of Conduct. Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant any employee of the United States the right to strike.

{{SECTION|SEC. 206.|SEC. 206}}. WELFARE AND PROTECTION OF THE VICTIMS OF APARTHEID EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES.

 * (a) The Secretary of State shall acquire, through lease or purchase, residential properties in the Republic of South Africa that shall be made available, at rents that are equitable, to assist victims of apartheid who are employees of the United States Government in obtaining adequate housing. Such properties shall be acquired only in neighborhoods which would be open to occupancy by other employees of the United States Government in South Africa.

 * (b) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987 to carry out the purposes of this section.

{{SECTION|SEC. 207.|SEC. 207}}. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

 * (a) Any national of the United States that employs more than 25 persons in South Africa shall take the necessary steps to insure that the Code of Conduct is implemented.

 * (b) No department or agency of the United States may intercede with any foreign government or foreign national regarding the export marketing activities in any country of any national of the United States employing more than 25 persons in South Africa that is not implementing the Code of Conduct.

{{SECTION|SEC. 208.|SEC. 208}}. CODE OF CONDUCT.

 * (a) The Code of Conduct referred to in sections 203, 205, 207, and 603 of this Act is as follows:
 * (1) desegregating the races in each employment facility;
 * (2) providing equal employment opportunity for all employees without regard to race or ethnic origin;
 * (3) assuring that the pay system is applied to all employees without regard to rate or ethnic origin;
 * (4) establishing a minimum wage and salary structure based on the appropriate local minimum economic level which takes into account the needs of employees and their families;
 * (5) increasing by appropriate means the number of persons in managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs who are disadvantaged by the apartheid system for the purpose of significantly increasing their representation in such jobs;
 * (6) taking reasonable steps to improve the quality of employees' lives outside the work environment with respect to housing, transportation, schooling, recreation, and health; and
 * (7) implementing fair labor practices by recognizing the right of all employees, regardless of racial or other distinctions, to self-organization and to form, join, or assist labor organizations, freely and without penalty or reprisal, and recognizing the right to refrain from any such activity.

 * (b) It is the sense of the Congress that in addition to the principles enumerated in subsection (a), nationals of the United States subject to section 207 should seek to comply with the following principle: taking reasonable measures to extend the scope of influence on activities outside the workplace, including—
 * (1) supporting the unrestricted rights of black businesses to locate in urban areas;
 * (2) influencing other companies in South Africa to follow the standards of equal rights principles;
 * (3) supporting the freedom of mobility of black workers to seek employment opportunities wherever they exist, and make provision for adequate housing for families of employees within the proximity of workers' employment; and
 * (4) supporting the rescission of all apartheid laws.

 * (c) The President may issue additional guidelines and criteria to assist persons who are or may be subject to section 207 in complying with the principles set forth in subsection (a) of this section. The President may, upon request, give an advisory opinion to any person who is or may be subject to this section as to whether that person is subject to this section or would be considered to be in compliance with the principles set forth in subsection (a).

 * (d) The President may require all nationals of the United States referred to in section 207 to register with the United States Government.

 * (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may enter into contracts with one or more private organizations or individuals to assist in implementing this section.

{{SECTION|SEC. 209.|SEC. 209}}. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE.

 * No assistance may be provided under this Act to any group which maintains within its ranks any individual who has been found to engage in gross violations of internationally recognized human rights (as defined in section 502B(d)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961).

{{SECTION|SEC. 210.|SEC. 210}}. USE OF THE AFRICAN EMERGENCY RESERVE.

 * Whenever the President determines that such action is necessary or appropriate to meet food shortages in southern Africa, the President is authorized to utilize the existing, authorized, and funded reserve entitled the "Emergency Reserve for African Famine Relief" to provide food assistance and transportation for that assistance.

{{SECTION|SEC. 211.|SEC. 211}}. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO ANY PERSON OR GROUP ENGAGING IN "NECKLACING".

 * No assistance may be provided under this Act, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or any other provision of law to any individual, group, organization, or member thereof, or entity that directly or indirectly engages in, advocates, supports, or approves the practice of execution by fire, commonly known as "necklacing".

{{SECTION|SEC. 212.|SEC. 212}}. PARTICIPATION OF SOUTH AFRICA IN AGRICULTURAL EXPORT CREDIT AND PROMOTION PROGRAMS.

 * Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit South Africa to participate in agricultural export credit and promotion programs conducted by the Secretary at similar levels, and under similar terms and conditions, as other countries that have traditionally purchased United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof.


text: The Lay of the Nibelungs/Chapter 19

title: The Lay of the Nibelungs/Chapter 19


text: Ebony and Crystal/Images

title: Ebony and Crystal/Images


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 38 hinged upon the chief economic policy of the labor unions. So far is it from being Bolshevik or even Socialistic, that it is based upon the recognition of Capitalism and the desire to bargain with the owners of capital over the conditions of work without being handicapped by governmental opposition. The political action of the coming year, as in the past, is directed towards securing fair dealing for united labor from Congress and the Presidency.

Though most of the unions of the A. F. L. are craft unions, a few of them are industrial, joining all the workers in an industry in one organization. The industrial union is the kind of union organized by the I. W. W., and under its present constitution the industrial union is its unit organization. The Communists also favor the industrial union, and the Socialists have expressed themselves as upholding that type of organization. But the industrial union is to be judged by its purpose. With the I. W. W. and the Communists, its purpose is to lead on to the dictatorship of the proletariat and common ownership; with the Socialists, its purpose is to help political victory at the polls and gain better wages, etc. But when the industrial union is used solely as an agency for collective bargaining, it is to be classed solely as a labor union without ulterior political or revolutionary significance.

One proposal of a part of the labor unions has been termed Bolshevism. This is the Plumb Plan of the railroad unions for public ownership of the railroads. The plan provides for the purchase and ownership of the railroads by the Government, and their operation by a central Board of Directors and subordinate dis-


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 Rh trict railway councils. The Board of Directors would be composed of fifteen members, five appointed by the President of the United States, five elected by the railroad executives, and five elected by the "classified employees." The subordinate District Councils are chosen in a similar manner, save that the executives and employees within the district vote on their representatives, while the Board of Directors appoints the remaining one-third of the Council. A system of profit-sharing is also a part of the plan. The net earnings of the railroads are to be divided equally between the Government and the body of the railroad workers. The latter half of the profits will be divided among the railroad workers according to their wages and salaries. The executives, however, will get double the rate of dividend of the "classified employees."

Here we have public ownership and a new kind of management in which the Government and those who work in the industry cooperate. Because of these two elements, the Plumb Plan has been frequently called Bolshevik, and more frequently, an attempt to set up a railroad Soviet. But it is not Bolshevik, because it aims at obtaining the public ownership of only one industry through political victory at the polls. Neither can it be called a proposal to establish a railroad Soviet, for the Soviet is a political unit—a constituency of the State—the basis of a new kind of government, while the Plumb Plan looks to the partnership of one class of workers with the political State in the operation of the railroads.

Mr. Plumb has outlined an extension of his plan to the rest of industry. He divides the industrial fields into four sections. The first class embraces industries owned by individuals and managed and worked by them, such as small farms. The second class embraces industries which were formerly of the first class, but are now so owned and organized as to make the owners


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 40 directors of the work of others, who do not own any of the industry. The third class embraces industries based upon a public grant, special privilege or monopoly, such as public service corporations and industries engaged in exploiting natural resources. The fourth class is composed of railroads and commercial transportation facilities. For the last class, the railroads, etc., he proposes the Plumb Plan. For industries based on grants, privileges, monopolies, and those engaged in exploiting natural resources, there is a double choice, government ownership or private ownership. If government ownership is adopted, the general features of the Plumb Plan are to be applied. If private ownership is retained, he proposes a new system. In the new system there would be an equal partnership, in control and direction, by the public, the owners of the capital employed, and the workers in the industry. Capital would receive a guaranteed rate of dividends high enough to keep the securities at par. All over that sum would be divided in two parts. One-half would go to the public, and the other half would be given to capital and labor, according to the proportion of interest and wages. The individualist industries are to be left as now. Those industries formerly individualistic should be required, he proposes, to recognize the right of labor to share with the management in the control, management, and profits of the corporation on equal terms with the owners of the capital. All this is to be set in motion through legislation within the limits of our kind of Government.

Under this plan, though public ownership is widely extended, it is to be obtained by purchase through political legislation, and it leaves still a very wide area for private ownership. For these reasons it is not Bolshevism nor even Socialism. Neither is it the Soviet idea, since it proposes an industrial plan and not a political system. That it calls for a great change in


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BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS

Surely, beyond the mountains there is peace—beyond the mountains that lie so blue and still at the world's extreme. Such ancient calm, such infinite quietude is upon them, that surely, no toiling cities, no sea whose foam a ship has ever cloven, can lie beyond, but valleys of azure silence, where amaranthine flowers sleep and dream, untroubled of any wind, by the hyalescense of tranquilly flowing streams unbroken as the surface of a mirror.

THE BROKEN LUTE

Because you are silent to my lyric prayers, deaf to the melodies I have made from the sighs and murmurs of a wounded love, I have broken my golden lute, and cast it away, tarnished and unstrung, among the red leaves and faded roses of the September garden. Silence, the silver dust of lilies, the mournful muted wind of autumn, and the fitfully drifting leaves, have claimed it for their own. Seeing it there, as you pass on your queenly way amid the crumbling roses, will you not echo in your heart one sigh of the many sighs, which, as a music for your pleasure, were breathed from its chords, during the summer's half-forgotten days?

NOSTALGIA OF THE UNKNOWN

The nostalgia of things unknown, of lands forgotten or unfound, is upon me at times. Often I long for the gleam of yellow suns upon terraces of translucent azure marble, mocking the windless waters of lakes unfathomably calm; for lost, legendary palaces of serpentine, silver and ebony, whose columns are green stalactites; for the pillars of fallen temples, standing in the vast purpureal sunset of a land of lost and marvellous romance. I sigh for the dark-green depths of cedar forests, through whose fantastically woven boughs, one sees at intervals an unknown tropic ocean, like gleams of blue diamond;


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 Rh Capitalism is, of course, true; but it stops a long way from common ownership of all the means of production and distribution, while even in those industries placed under public ownership a system of profit-sharing is to be installed.

Public ownership of some of the means of production and distribution is often mistaken for Socialism, and in the turmoil of today is frequently called Bolshevism. Public ownership mayor may not be a foolish policy; that is not the question here. But whether wise or foolish, it is not Socialism for the precise reason that it is public ownership of only some of the means of production and distribution. The field of private ownership in the means of livelihood is limited by it, but not destroyed.

Within the ranks of the labor unions during the last year and a half, there has sprung up a Labor Party in opposition to the political policy of the A. F. L. In November, 1919, a National Labor Party was formed at a convention in Chicago. The Declaration of Principles adopted by the convention calls for the nationalization "under democratic management" of unused lands, public utilities, basic industries and natural resources, and banking and credit systems. A steeply graduated tax on incomes and inheritances and a limitation of the amount of both is another principle of the party.

A short time after the Labor Party was organized, the Committee of 48 met in St. Louis for a conference. The first article of its platform is: "Public ownership of transportation, including stock yards, large abattoirs, grain elevators, terminal elevators, terminal warehouses, pipe-lines and tanks. Public ownership of other utilities and of the principal natural resources, such as coal, oil, natural gas, mineral deposits,


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 42 large water powers and large commercial lumber tracts."

Five years ago a Non-Partisan League of farmers was organized in North Dakota. It stands for "State ownership of marketing facilities, such as terminal elevators, flour mills, packing houses, cold storage plants, and State banks." At the present it controls the North Dakota Government and has State officials in Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Nebraska and Colorado. A year ago, it had 188,365 members, and since then it has grown very much. In its last convention it added to its program the Plumb Plan and government ownership of the coal mines.

In North Dakota, labor has coöperated with the League from the start. Recently there has been formed in Minnesota, a Non-Partisan League for workingmen, which, in alliance with the Non-Partisan League of farmers, has become a very strong political combination. In the State of Washington a similar alliance has been made.

The programmes of the Non-Partisan Leagues, the Labor Party and the Committee of 48 unite in demanding the public ownership of a number of industries. The Labor Party stands for the public ownership of the largest number of industries of any of these groups, calling for the public ownership of basic industries and the banking and credit systems. All of them attack Capitalism as now organized and extended, but at the same time all leave a wide field for private ownership. They even leave a wide field for capitalistic organization. None of them plans the common ownership, for example, of factories engaged in other than basic industries and thus none of them proposes the elimination of capitalistic business.

For these reasons, although public ownership by their success would he extended over a large part of industry, the Socialist society would not be inaugurated.


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 Rh Since, too, the intention of all these organizations is to reach their aims by way of political victory at the polls, none of them uses the Bolshevik tactics.

A final distinction in these matters is worthy of notice. Capitalism and private ownership are often identified, and people in opposing either Bolshevism or the ordinary variety of Socialism are led to defend Capitalism. But Con1munism and Socialism do not level their guns at Capitalism alone. They attack private ownership itself; they want to substitute common ownership both for capitalistic private ownership and for all forms of private ownership in the means of production and distribution. Capitalism itself is a newcomer on the stage of the world, and late indeed in the United States. Capitalism is a kind of society in which the predominant means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by a comparatively small part of the people, while the propertyless section, which is very large, is forced by the hard facts of life to work for livelihood on other people's property for other people's primary advantage and profit. To oppose such a system is not to oppose private ownership, for Capitalism is only one very modern kind of private ownership. The Socialist opposes Capitalism, and also private ownership in the means of production and distribution. He aims at the substitution of common ownership for private ownership. The methods he uses or intends to use, and the kind of management of industry and society he proposes in the era of common ownership, distinguish the types of Socialism. But he who attacks Capitalism without aiming at private ownership and without desiring to substitute common ownership for Capitalism is not a Socialist of any kind nor can he be called one.


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 for isles of palm and coral, that fret an amber morning, somewhere beyond Cathay or Taprobana; for the strange and hidden cities of the desert, with burning brazen domes and slender pinnacles of gold and copper, that pierce a heaven of heated lazuli.

GREY SORROW

Ofttimes, in the golden, sad, November days, I meet among the dead roses of the garden the ghost of an old sorrow—a sorrow grey and dim as the mist of autumn—as a wandering mist that was once a rain of tears. There, through the long decline of afternoon, I walk among the roses with the ghost of my sorrow, whose half-forgotten, half-invisible form becomes dimmer and more indistinct, till I know its face no longer from the twilight, nor its voice from the vesper wind.

THE HAIR OF CIRCE

I am afraid of thy hair: Lustrous, heavily curled, it suggests the coils of a golden snake; and half the fascination of thy painted lips, of thy still and purple-lidded eyes, is due to the fear that it may awake beneath my caresses.

THE EYES OF CIRCE

Thine eyes are green and still as the lakes of the desert. They awake in me the thirst for strange and bitter mysteries, the desire of secrets that are deadly and sterile.


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In the Bishops' Programme of Reconstruction, published by the National Catholic War Council, we find the following sentence: "The majority must somehow become owners, at least in part, of the instruments of production." This statement shows that the Programme of the Bishops, while opposing Socialism, opposes Capitalism also and aims at the extension to the majority of the people of private ownership in the means of livelihood. It aims at a society in which wage-earners will also be part owners of the tools and materials with which they work. Involving to a great extent the abolition of the wage system, still it does not propose public ownership of all the means of production and distribution. It rejects Capitalism, but not private ownership.

Another statement in the same paragraph points out a truth of even greater interest now, than when it was written. "However slow the attainment of these ends," it reads, "they will have to be reached before we can have a thoroughly efficient system of production, or an industrial and social order that will be secure from the danger of revolution." Bolshevism is not an isolated phenomenon. It has its roots in the present scheme of things. It is an angry, impatient protest against the economic and social evils of the modern man. It is a bitter cry against Capitalism. Because Capitalism is one kind of private ownership, and the only kind of private ownership many have experienced, men are led in their protest to embrace Socialism. In their deep discontent and their unbridled impatience before the wrongs they suffer, some would rise up in their might and smash the sorry scheme of things. They plan then to build upon the ruins of a capitalist world a new society based on common ownership. But their angry protest and sharp impatience, their hatred of private own-


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 Rh ership, and their yearning for a revolution even at the cost of life itself, are the bitter fruits of Capitalism. As long as Capitalism stands, we are not safe from revolution. Out of Capitalism comes the demand for the evolutionary and political Socialism of the American Socialist and the revolutionary, industrial Socialism of the Bolshevik. "It is only when the reasonable and practicable are denied that men demand the unreasonable and impracticable; only when the possible is made difficult that they fancy the impossible to be easy."

But in the United States, at the present time, the demand for common ownership has made only slight headway, while Bolshevism has obtained even fewer adherents. Social unrest is wide and deep, but people have not yet turned in large numbers either to Socialism or to Communism. The members of the organizations pledged to a Communist United States are relatively few. Many who belong to those organizations have little influence, while others, though members, do not believe in the Communist theory and tactics. But if the threat now of a revolution cannot be taken seriously no one can be certain of the future. For our social unrest can easily grow to revolutionary proportions, unless concerted and far-reaching action is taken to right the economic wrongs which are the soil from which revolutions spring.


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In the quest of her whom I had lost, I came at length to the shores of Lethe, under the vault of an immense, empty, ebony sky, from which all the stars had vanished one by one. Proceeding I knew not whence, a pale, elusive light as of the waning moon, or the phantasmal phosphorescence of a dead sun, lay dimly and without lustre on the sable stream, and on the black, flowerless meadows. By this light, I saw many wandering souls of men and women, who came, hesitantly or in haste, to drink of the slow unmurmuring waters. But among all these, there were none who departed in haste, and many who stayed to watch, with unseeing eyes, the calm and waveless movement of the stream. At length in the lily-tall and gracile form, and the still, uplifted face of a woman who stood apart from the rest, I saw the one whom I had sought; and, hastening to her side, with a heart wherein old memories sang like a nest of nightingales, was fain to take her by the hand. But in the pale, immutable eyes, and wan, unmoving lips that were raised to mine, I saw no light of memory, nor any tremor of recognition. And knowing now that she had forgotten, I turned away despairingly, and finding the river at my side, was suddenly aware of my ancient thirst for its waters, a thirst I had once thought to satisfy at many diverse springs, but in vain. Stooping hastily, I drank, and rising again, perceived that the light had died or disappeared, and that all the land was like the land of a dreamless slumber, wherein I could no longer distinguish the faces of my companions. Nor was I able to remember any longer why I wished to drink of the waters of oblivion.


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My dreams are like a caravan that departed long ago, with tumult of intrepid banners and spears, and the clamour of bugles and brave, adventurous songs, to seek the horizons of perilous untried barbaric lands, and kingdoms immense and vaguely rumoured, with cities beautiful and opulent as the cities of Paradise, and deep Edenic vales of palm and cinnamon and myrrh, lying beneath skies of primeval azure silence. For traffic in the realms of mystery and wonder, in the marts of scarce-imaginable cities, and metropoli a million leagues away, on the last horizon of romance, my dreams departed, as a caravan with its laden camels. Since then, the years are many, the days have flown as the flocks of southering swallows; unnumbered moons have multiplied in fugitive silver, uncounted suns in irretainable gold. But, alas, my dreams have not returned. Have the swirling sands engulfed them, on a noon of storm when the desert rose like the sea, and rolled its tawny billows on the walled gardens of the green and fragrant lands? Or perished they, devoured by the crimson demons of thirst, and the ghouls and vultures? Or live they still, as captives in alien dungeons not to be ascertained, or held by a wizard spell in palaces demon-built, and cities baroque and splendid as the cities in a tale from the Thousand and One Nights?


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From her balcony of pearl the princess Almeena, clad in a gown of irisated silk, with her long and sable locks unbound, gazes toward the sunset-flooded sea beyond a terrace of green marble that peacocks guard. Below, in the tinted light, fantastic trees whose boles are serpentine, train a fine and hairlike foliage, mingling with the moon-shaped leaves of enormous lilies. Rainbow-coloured reeds cluster about the pools and fountains of black water, that are rimmed with carven malachite. But these the princess does not heed, but gazes upon the far-off seas, where the golden ichors of the sun have gathered in a vast lake overflowing the horizon. Ere long, a wind from the west, from islands where palm trees blossom above the purple foam, brings in its breath the odour of unknown flowers to mingle with the balms of the garden, and the sweet suspiration of the princess—the princess who dreams, listening to the wind, that her lover, the captain of the emperor's most redoubtable trireme of war, sailing the sky-blue seas beyond the horizon and the sunset, has remembered her wild and royal loveliness, and has breathed in his heart a secret sigh.


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In the alcove whose curtains are cloth-of-gold, and whose pillars are fluted sapphire, reclines the emperor Chan, on his couch of ebony set with opals and rubies, and cushioned with the furs of unknown and gorgeous beasts. With implacable and weary gaze, from beneath unmoving lids that seem carven of purple-veined onyx, he stares at the crystal windows, giving upon the infinite fiery azures of a tropic sky and sea. Oppressive as nightmare, a formless, nameless fatigue, heavier than any burden the slaves of the mines must bear, lies forever at his heart: All deliriums of love and wine, the agonizing ecstasy of drugs, even the deepest and the faintest pulse of delight or pain—all are proven, all are futile, for the outworn but insatiate emperor. Even for a new grief, or a subtler pang than any felt before, he thinks, lying on his bed of ebony,, [sic] that he would give the silver and vermilion of all his mines, with the crowded caskets, the carcanets and crowns that lie in his most immemorial treasure-vault. Vainly, with the verse of the most inventive poets, the fanciful purple-threaded fabrics of the subtlest looms, the unfamiliar gems and minerals from the uttermost land, the pallid leaves and blood-like petals of a rare and venomous blossom—vainly, with all these, and many stranger devices, wilder, more wonderful diversions, the slaves and sultanas are a type of grape [sic]sultanas have sought to alleviate the iron hours. One by one he has dismissed them with a weary gesture. And now, in the silence of the heavily curtained alcove, he lies alone, with the canker of ennui at his heart, like the undying mordant worm at the heart of the dead.

Anon, from between the curtains at the head of his couch, a dark and slender hand is slowly extended, clasping a dagger whose blade reflects the gold of the curtain in a thin and stealthily wavering gleam: Slowly, in silence, the dagger is poised, then rises and falls like a splinter of lightning. The emperor cries out, as the blade, piercing his loosely folded robe,


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 wounds him slightly in the side. In a moment the alcove is filled with armed attendants, who [sic]sieze and drag forth the would-be assassin—a slave girl, the princess of a conquered people, who has often, but vainly, implored her freedom from the emperor. Pale and panting with terror and rage, she faces Chan and the guardsmen, while stories of unimaginable monstrous tortures, of dooms unnamable, crowd upon her memory. But Chan, aroused and startled only for the instant, feels again the insuperable weariness, more strong than anger or fear, and delays to give the expected signal. And then, momentarily moved, perchance, by some ironical emotion, half-akin to gratitude—gratitude for the brief but diverting danger, which has served to alleviate his ennui for a little, he bids them free the princess; and, with a regal courtesy, places about her throat his own necklace of pearls and emeralds, each of which is the cost of an army.


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, Edward (1)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, Edward (2)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, Francis (1)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, Francis (2)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, George (1)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenvill, (Sir) George


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, George (2)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, John (1)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, John, earl of Bath


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenville, John (2)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Grenvill, Richard


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text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresham, (Sir) Edward


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresham, (Sir) John


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresham, Marmaduke


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresham, Ralph


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresham, (Sir) Thomas


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresham, Thomas (1)


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text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresley, Charles (1)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresley, Charles (2)


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresley, Francis


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Gresley, (Sir) George


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Whereas the House of People’s Representatives has resolved that the work of codification of national laws has progressed to the point where Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code should be promulgated;

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Author:Cecil John L'Estrange Malone

Works

 * The Russian Republic (1920)
 * Bulgaria (1925)
 * New China (1926)
 * The Slavery of China (1927)
 * Poland and Ukraine (1931)
 * Manchoukuo: Jewel of Asia(1936)

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 Therefore, it is commanded, by and with the advice and consent of the House of People’s Representatives, that the following Act be enacted:

This Act shall be called the Act Promulgating the Provisions of Book 5 of the Civil and Commercial Code, 2477 Buddhist Era.

This Act shall come into force from the day of its publication in the Royal Gazette onwards.

The provisions of Book 5, containing section 1435 through section 1598 as enacted at the end of this Act, shall be inserted in the Civil and Commercial Code as part of its, and the provisions of this Book shall come into force from the 1st day of October 2478 Buddhist Era onwards.

The provisions of this Book do not affect—

the marriages which took place before the day of coming into force of this Book, as well as the family relationships arising therefrom;

the exercise of the parental power, guardianships, custodianships, and adoption of children which took place before the day of coming into force of this Book, or the rights and obligations arising therefrom.

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Author:Hendrik van Cuyk

Works

 * Paraenetica De Henrico Bochorinck Desertore Catholicae religionis (1595)
 * Epistola paranetica ad Mauritium comitem Nassavium (1599)
 * Ermanungschreiben An den Hochgebornen Herren Graf Moritzen von Nassaw (1600)
 * Ad Mauritium Comitem Nassauium secunda paraenetica epistola (1600)
 * Epistola expostulatoria ad Nystadiensis oppidi in Palatinatu praefectos (1601)
 * Ad Florentium a Pallandt Comitem Culenburgensem paraenetica epistola (1601)
 * Speculum concubinariorum sacerdotum, monachorum, clericorum (Bernardus Gualtherus, 1599; Joannes Masius, 1601)
 * De Novi Testamenti sacrificio, sermones XX (Arnoldus de Corswaremia, 1605)
 * Ad S.P.Q. Culenburgensem Parenetica Epistola (Arnoldus de Corswaremia, 1605)
 * Epistolae paranetica tres (Hertogenbosch, Scheffer, 1609)

title: Author:Hendrik van Cuyk


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Haslewood, Henry


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Haselwood, John


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 The status of a wife prior to the coming into force of this Code may be proved by the records in the register according to the forms designated by the law.

The provisions of this Book do not affect the Regulatory Rules for Administration of the Seven Outer Towns Area, 120 RE, in respect of families.

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PETERSON’S MAGAZINE.

Vol. XXVII.

JOAN OF ARC.

BY CHARLES J. PETERSON,

Tax story of Joan of Are is familiar to all, But a doubt long existed as to the exact nature other character. Pailing a victim to treachery, and exeeuted by the enemies of her country, erery means was taken, by her murderers, to tleken her reputation. English history, even tw thie day, is generally unjust to her.

‘The truth, as Michelet has established from toemporary writers, is that Joan was an enthu- fiat, who, being endowed with « vivid imagina- tion, realized what to others were mere dreams. The advanced gcience of the nineteenth contory recognizes such phenomens. Joan honestly be- lieved that she saw angelic visions, that she was in communication with spiritcal advisera, and tat heaven had delegated to her the task of Uberating her country from the English yoke.

After baying been the terror of the invaders, fet more than © year, and achieved a series of scceeaea which ceased only with the final libera- tion of France, Joan was captured by « party of Bargandiana, who had joined the English against their native land and were then besieging Com- pens, To the disgrace of her king, Charles the Seventh, no effort was made to procure her tachange. To the still greater disgrace of the Trench prelates, they sought to get her into the hands of the Inquisition, instigated by a secret leaning to the British, Her doom was not left lng in doubt. The anserapatoos men, who directed English affairs during the infancy of Henry the Sixth, believing that the disgrace and dexth of Joan was necessary to the retention of the British conquesta, determined to buy her of the Borgundians. ‘Ten thousand livres, and an annuity of three hundred more, large sums in that day, were the price of her blood.

To have merely executed the poor girl would Bot have answered the ends of her enemies. It Ws requisite to destroy her influence as well as to take away her life; and for this purpose there was nothing so efficacious, in that age, as a charge of sorcery. The traitorous French prelates lent their aid to this maliguant plot. The bishop of Besuvsin and five others, with the Vicar-General of the French Inquisition, were the prominent jadges selected to be the toole of the Britieh party. Every ingenuity of mental torture was exhausted in order to induce Joan to confess to crime, Her answers were porverted; she was denied counsel; the rack was threatened; and even the pretended authority of the charch was invoked aguinst her. At last, on the pro- mise of life, she wes induced to sign a confession artfully put before her. But nothing could save her, for not only did the brutel English soldiery, who bsd been prejudiced against her as s witch, ory out for her blood, but even the nobility de- manded it,

‘The vile arts which were now adopted, to bring her to the stake, would seem incredible on any authority lose positive than that which bas come down to ug. At last the base intrigues succeeded. Hering laid aside the male attire, which she wore before her condemnation, she was tricked into resuming it, and for this was condemned to the flames as « relapeed heretic and sorcerer. Placed in a cart, she was hurried to the market- place of Rouen, where the dreadfal doom was to be inflicted.

‘The stake was fixed upon a lofty ecaffold, not only that all might see her suffer, but thet the executioner might not be able to approach her to shorten her agonies. Brought to the foot of the pile, Joan knelt down, and sfter imploring pardon for herself, and audibly forgiving ber enemies, turned to the bystanders and besought them to pray for her. Her behavior was co devout, humble and touching, that sympathy for her became contagious, The bishop of Beanvais himself melted into tears; the bishop of Boulogoe sobbed aloud; and even the English cried, the ernel Winchester with the rest,

But this emotion waa only temporary. Re-

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text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Haslewood, William


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Haslocke, William


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Haslop, Thomas


text: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Hassell, Henry


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PETERSON’S MAGAZINE.

Vol. XXVII. GUARDIAN ANGELS.

BY REV. JAMES STEVENS.

The belief in guardian angels is not wholly without warrant. There is, indeed, no direct authority for it in Scripture; but neither docs Holy Writ condemn it; while many analogies saggest it to de peculiarly in harmony with the Providence of God. Few things imprass us so deeply with the love and care of our heavenly Father as the thought that he has set hie angels te watch over as, co that whether we are friend- Jets ot in prosperity, whether we are in a strange lund of smong oar kindred, ministering hands tt round about us, a fenpe and a shield from ‘wil, if we will but submit to their guidance. As ‘Milton saya,

“Hilioes of spiritual oreztares walk the earth, Caseen, both when we sleop and whon we wake.”

‘Who can look upon children asleep, yet doubt thst there are guardian angels? In the sweet, picid faces of the slumbering innocents there isa holinesa which belongs not to earth, ay if the countenances were irradiated from invisible spiritual watehers. The beautiful Irish tradi- ten, which says that when an infant smiles it is because the angels are whispering to it, ia no mere poetiosl fancy. In the soul of childhood there atill Lingers something of the light of the heaven from which it has come; and that holy ‘messengers do mot disdain to visit it, to gase lovingly upon it, to influence it insensibly to a file of goodness, is not irrational to believe. Slams of this trath, broke on Wordsworth, wha he wrote hie “Intimations of Immortality.” “Not in entire forgetfulness, And cot in atter nakedness, Bat trailing clouda of glory do we come From God, who iz oar home; Heaven lier about us in our infancy! Hence, is season of calm weather, ‘Though inland far we be, Our souls have aight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can ina moment travel thither, And see the obildren sport upon the shore, And be mighty waters rolling evermore.”

There are thone who believe that it is the sapeoial privilege of “the loved and lost” to be thereafter the guanilan watchers of the living who are lef bebind. Such s persuasion has dried many ® mourner’a tear. In the over- whelming grief which death brings, it is s relief unspeakable to think that the lamented parent, the cherished partner, or the darling child are still with us, separated only by a diviclon as thin aa air, sympathizing with us, watching over ug, silently persuading us to holy actions, Often has auoh conviction checked the rising thought of evil, and tarned @he tempted and erring back to the paths of virthgh We would fain believe, that thoae sweet innocents who are given to their parents for awhile, and who are thon taken away just as they have begun to weave themselves ‘about our hearts, are angels in disguise, sent to wean us from earthly things, and revive in our souls the longing for Paradise. God spiritualizea ng, in this way, when all other means fail.

There are praying mtothers, whose sons are fur sway, to whom this belief hes sometimes come with pggaliar beauty. Oh! what inexpres- sible joy toWMink that guardian angela attend the wanderer in the watches of the night, in the storm st aea, on the wide prairie, on the bleak sierra, Grown men, separated by vast oceans from their early homes, often feel as if some invisible presence was with them: & presence ns though a celestial spirit, won by a mother's petitions, constantly protected thelr foatsteps. There is a German legend which says that each of 0s, at birth, bas s gaardian angel appointed, who remeins with us until death, unless driver away by our remorseless wickedness. Alas! for those who have banished their invisible attendant. What a dissolution theirs must be, as they go out into the dark eternity to come, lonely wan- dorers whom no messenger from Paradise takes by the hand!

To believe in guardian angels lifts the soul

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2669

Adopted by the Security Council at its 9231st meeting, on 21 December 2022

The Security Council,

Expressing deep concern at the ongoing state of emergency imposed by the military in Myanmar on 1 February 2021 and its grave impact on the people of Myanmar,

Recalling its Press Statements SC/14986 of 27 July 2022, SC/14785 of 2 February 2022, SC/14430 of 4 February 2021 and Presidential Statements S/PRST/2021/5 of 10 March 2021 and S/PRST/2017/22 of 7 November 2017,

Expressing further deep concern at all forms of violence across the country, and attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including educational, health and energy infrastructure and facilities, and attacks on businesses and public properties,

Recalling its condemnation of the execution of activists in July 2022 and reiterating its deep concern at the ongoing arbitrary detention of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint, among others,

Underlining the need to uphold the rule of law and to fully respect human rights, stressing in particular the need to fully protect the rights of women and children, stressing the importance of accountability, and expressing deep concern at restrictions on medical personnel, civil society, labour union members, journalists and media workers,

Expressing deep concern at the increasingly large numbers of internally displaced persons, and dramatic increase in humanitarian need, particularly among women, children and persons in vulnerable situations, stressing the need for the protection of minority groups, noting the rise in extreme poverty, and stressing the urgent need to mobilise sufficient resources to meet humanitarian needs in the country,

Reiterating the need for full, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need; and underlining the need for the full protection, safety and security of humanitarian and medical personnel,

Stressing the need to uphold democratic institutions and processes in accordance with the will and interests of the people Myanmar,

Underlining the need for a peaceful, genuine and inclusive process to de-escalate violence and reach a sustainable political resolution; and stressing the need for any political process to include the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and of a diverse set of representatives from all sections of the society and political groups,

Reiterating its full support for ASEAN’s central role in facilitating a peaceful solution in the interests of the people of Myanmar and their livelihoods; welcoming the efforts of the Chair of ASEAN and the ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar, including efforts to facilitate constructive dialogue among all parties, as well as the provision of humanitarian assistance,

Expressing deep concern over the limited progress on the implementation of ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus, and reiterating its call for concrete actions to effectively and fully implement the Five Point Consensus,

Welcoming the ASEAN Leaders’ review and decision on the implementation of the Five Point Consensus which reaffirmed that the Five Point Consensus remains the valid reference and should be implemented in its entirety, and noting ASEAN’s call on the UN and ASEAN’s external partners to support ASEAN’s efforts in implementation of the Five Point Consensus,

Reiterating support to the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar for her good offices, and underlining the need for close coordination with the ASEAN Special Envoy, and encouraging them to maintain communication and engage intensively with all parties, and reaffirming the need for them to meet with all concerned parties,

Expressing concern that recent developments in Myanmar pose particularly serious challenges for the voluntary, safe, dignified, and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons, and underlining the risks that the Rohingya situation poses for the wider region,

Welcoming the recent release of prisoners by the military and the statement issued by the Special Envoy of the Chair of ASEAN and reiterating its call for the immediate release of all those who continue to be arbitrarily detained,

Commending the efforts of the Government of Bangladesh, with the assistance of the United Nations, their partners and other non-government organisations, to provide safety, shelter, and humanitarian assistance to those who have fled the violence in Myanmar,

Reaffirming its support for the people of Myanmar and its strong commitment to the sovereignty, political independence, territorial integrity and unity of Myanmar,

 * 1. Demands an immediate end to all forms of violence throughout the country, and urges restraint and de-escalation of tensions;
 * 2. Urges the Myanmar military to immediately release all arbitrarily detained prisoners, including President Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi;
 * 3. Reiterates its call to uphold democratic institutions and processes and to pursue constructive dialogue and reconciliation in accordance with the will and interests of the people of Myanmar;
 * 4. Urges all parties to respect human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law;
 * 5. Acknowledges ASEAN’s central role in helping to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Myanmar in the interests of the people of Myanmar, and encourages the international community to support the ASEAN-led mechanism and process in this regard, including ASEAN’s efforts in the implementation of the Five Point Consensus;
 * 6. Calls for concrete and immediate actions, noting the military’s commitments to ASEAN Leaders, to effectively and fully implement ASEAN’s Five Point Consensus agreed on 24 April 2021 by all members of ASEAN, and requests that the Secretary-General or through his Special Envoy, in coordination with the ASEAN Special Envoy, reports orally by 15 March 2023 to the Security Council on UN support on implementation of the Five Point Consensus;
 * 7. Reiterates support for the ASEAN Special Envoy’s efforts to engage intensively with all relevant parties in Myanmar, with a focus on promoting fully inclusive and representative dialogue, to achieve an end to the violence and to support the path of democracy, and encourages close coordination with the UN Special Envoy in pursuit of this;
 * 8. Urges all parties in Myanmar to work constructively with the ASEAN Special Envoy and the UN Special Envoy to commence dialogue to seek a peaceful solution in the interests of the people of Myanmar;
 * 9. Reiterates the necessity for full, safe and unhindered humanitarian access, and underlines the need for scaled up humanitarian assistance to all people in need in Myanmar and to ensure the full protection, safety and security of humanitarian and medical personnel;
 * 10. Underscores the need to address the root causes of the crisis in Rakhine State, and to create conditions necessary for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees and internally displaced persons, encourages diplomatic efforts between the parties concerned to help address the issues facing Rohingyas, and further stresses the importance of providing continued protection and assistance to refugees and displaced persons;
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THE CAMILLA. As made by Molyneux Bell, Mantilla and Cloak Importer and Manufacturer, No. 58 Canal street, New York; and sold in Philadelphia, by Le Boutillier & Brothers, No. 208 Chesnut street.


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 * "Farewell to Whiskey" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw
 * "Gow's Fareweel to Whiskey" in the chapbook Gow's Fareweel to Whiskey (est. 1812-1820)

title: Niel Gow's Farewell to Whiskey


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An engagement may be entered into only when the man has attained full seventeen years of age and the woman has attained full fifteen years of age.

If the man or woman has not yet attained majority, the consent of the father and mother must be obtained before the engagement can be entered into. If the father or mother has died, the consent of the surviving one must be obtained.

If the man or woman lives with the father or mother, the consent of such father or mother must be obtained.

If there is a guardian, the consent of the guardian must be obtained.

Engagement gift is the property given on the part of the man to the part of the woman as evidence and guarantee that he will marry her.

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UNDER-SLEEVES.

FLOWER IN CROCHET.


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 and then afterward, if you like, come home with me. I should greatly like to hear your work."

"It is only a sketch, not worth much; but I should like to go with you to the session."

"What is that, batyushka? Have you heard? He gave a special opinion," said Katavasof, who was putting on his dress-coat in the next room.

And the talk turned on the university question.

The university question was a very important topic this winter in Moscow. Three old professors in the council would not accept the opinion of the younger ones; the younger ones expressed a special opinion. This opinion, according to some, was dreadful, according to others was the simplest and most righteous of opinions, and the professors were divided into two parties.

The one to which Katavasof belonged saw in the opposition dastardly violation of faith, and deception; the other side charged their opponents with childishness and lack of confidence in the authorities.

Levin, although he was not connected with the university, had heard and talked much during his stay in Moscow regarding this affair, and had his own opinion regarding it. So he took part in the conversation, which was continued even after they had got out into the street, and until they had all three reached the buildings of the old university.

The session had already begun. Six men were sitting around a table covered with a cloth; and one of them, nearly doubled up over a manuscript, was reading something. Katavasof and Metrof took their places at the table. Levin sat down in an unoccupied chair near a student, and asked him in a low voice what they were reading. The student, looking angrily at Levin, replied:—

"The biography."

Levin did not care much for the savant's biography, still he could not help listening, and he learned various interesting particulars of the life of the celebrated man.

When the reader came to an end, the chairman congratulated him, and then read some verses which had

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PETERSON’S MAGAZINE.

Vol. XXVII. THE HUSBAND'S RUSE.

BY E. W. DEWEES.

Two handsome children—a boy of twelve, and a girl of ten years of age, were wandering together about a garden. They carried between them a great wicker basket, which they were filling with the choicest of the flowers, and { exclamations of delight and exultation burst forth, as a bud or blossom more beautiful than { its fellows, was added to the glowing collection which already graced the basket.

All was pleasant and harmonious, till the boy, Pemberton Walton, chanced to say,

"Look, Louisa, did you ever see such a beautiful rose ? I declare, " he added, laughingly, as he held it beside her face, " it's even prettier than you are yourself!"

Louisa's face flushed angrily; she pushed the rose away, exclaiming with a pout,

"I hate roses !"

Pemberton laughed, as he replied good-naturedly, " No, you don't, Lou, you only don't like their beauty to be praised at the expense of yours. Ah, Lou, Lou, jealous of rose!"

But Louisa's pretty face remained clouded, and it was not till her companion's unfailing good-humor had borne a pretty severe test, that she deigned once more to smile and be agreeable. Ten years later saw that same boy and girl united as husband and wife.

Time had made little change in them. The disposition of each remained as in childhood. Pemberton, the gay, careless boy, was equally open and good-natured as a man. And Louisa, with much that was amiable and good, still retained her besetting sin-her jealous, exacting temper.

It was impossible but that Pemberton should be fully aware of this unlovely fault in the "lady of his love, "for it had been hers all her life, and many a time and oft, had he been forced to mote it during their courtship ; but he had the advantage of knowing also Louisa's many fine and noble qualities, and he thought he was able to estimate exactly what risk he ran in trusting his happiness to her keeping. Besides, his almost unfailing good-humor enabled him to bear with, or laugh off her jealous fancies, as few men could, or would have done, and he hoped that his devotion, and her own good sense would, in time, cure her of her folly. For a month or two after marriage, even Louisa was satisfied in the exclusive devotion of her husband lover. But when the wedding tour was over, and two honeymoons were passed, and the young husband, as was inevitable in the nature of things, began to return to old pursuits and occupations, Louisa was unable to endure this abridgment of her prerogatives- she could not bear to feel that she was but one of many objects of interest to her husband, when she had once been all in all. She gave herself up to fit after fit of jealous wretchedness ; tormenting her truly kind and forbearing husband, and annoying herself almost sick. Did Pemberton come home half an hour late to dinner, or tea, he was sure to find his wife in a fit of the pouts, occasioned by his cruel desertion and neglect. Did he chance to omit the slightest attention or caress, to which she had been accustomed, she was certain to notice it, and he was often surprised by a shower of tears, the cause of which he could not even guess. Worst crime of all was it, he found, to profess ignorance on such occasions- that was but adding insult to injury. Do what he would, say what he would, unless he was entirely occupied with Louisa, to the exclusion of all other objects and thoughts, he found himself adjudged a cruel monster, guilty of making a fond and lovely wife " very unhappy." In vain he sought by every reasonable concession, by playful raillery, and fond assurances


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 been sent to him in honor of the occasion by the poet Mient, of whose work he spoke eulogistically. Then Katavasof read in his loud, harsh voice a sketch of the work of Svintitch. When Katavasof had finished, Levin looked at his watch and found that it was already two o'clock; he realized that he should lose the concert if he should read his treatise to Metrof, and, moreover, he no longer cared to do it.

During the reading of the papers he had come to a conclusion regarding the conversation he had just had. It was clear to his own mind that, though Metrof's ideas very likely had some value, yet his own ideas also had value, and that ideas could be made clear and profitable only when every person should work separately in his chosen path, but that the communication of these ideas was perfectly profitless.

And, having decided to decline Metrof's invitation. Levin at the end of the session went up to him. Metrof introduced Levin to the chairman, with whom he was talking about the political news. Thereupon Metrof told the chairman what he had already told Levin, and Levin made the same remarks as he had made that morning, but for the sake of variety he also told his new theory which had just come into his mind. After this the conversation again turned on the university question. As Levin had already heard as much as he cared to about this, he made haste to tell Metrof that he regretted that he could not accept his invitation, bade him good-by, and hastened to Lvof's.

CHAPTER IV

, who had married Natalie, Kitty's sister, had spent his life in the European capitals, where he had not only received his education, but had also pursued his diplomatic career.

The year before he had resigned his diplomatic appointment, not because it was distasteful to him,—for he never found anything distasteful to him,—and had

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IL PENSEROSA.

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 acepted a position in the department of the palace in Moscow, so that he might be able to give a better education to his two sons.

In spite of very different opinions and habits, and the fact that Lvof was considerably older than Levin, they had seen much of each other this autumn, and had become great friends.

Levin found his brother-in-law at home, and went in without ceremony.

Lvof, in a house-coat with a belt, and in chamois-skin slippers, was sitting in an arm-chair, and with blue glasses was reading a book which rested on a stand, while he held a half-burned cigar in his shapely hand. His handsome, delicate, and still youthful face, to which his shining, silvery hair gave an expression of aristocratic dignity, lighted up with a smile as he saw Levin.

"Good! I was just going to send to find out about you all. How is Kitty?" said he; and, rising, he pushed forward a rocking-chair, "Sit down here: you 'll find this better. Have you read the last circular in the journal de St. Pétersbourg? I find it excellent," said he, with a slight French accent.

Levin informed him of what he had heard as to the reports in circulation at Petersburg; and, after having spoken of politics, he told about his acquaintance with Metrof and the session at the university. This greatly interested Lvof.

"There! I envy you your intimacy in that learned society," said he, and he went on speaking, not in Russian, but in French, which was far more familiar to him. "True, I could not meet them very well. My public duties, and my occupation with the children, would prevent it; and then, I do not feel ashamed to say that my own education is too faulty."

"I can't think that," said Levin, with a smile, and, as always, touched by his modest opinion of himself, expressed not for the sake of bringing out a flattering contradiction, but genuine and honest.

"Oh, dear! I now feel how little I know. Now that I am educating my sons, I am obliged to refresh my

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Her Chance

 * Her Chance (1907) by I. A. R. Wylie
 * Her Chance (1916) by E. R. Punshon

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PETERSON’S MAGAZINE.

Vol. XXVII.

CHILDREN'S FASHIONS FOR MAY.


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 After the engaged couple has married, the engagement gift becomes subject to the rights of the woman.

Bride price is the property given on the part of the man to the part of the woman’s father, mother, or guardian in return for the woman agreeing to marry. If the marriage failed to take place, the man may claim its return.

No engagement shall ground a request for a court to enforce a marriage.

If there is a promise to pay a penalty upon breach of the engagement contract, such promise is void.

Upon engagement, if any party breaches the engagement contract, that party must be liable to pay compensation.

Such compensation may be claimed for the following:

for compensating the injury to the body or reputation of the man or woman;

for compensating the expenses incurred in good faith by the engaged person or his or her father, mother, or guardian in preparation for the marriage;

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 memory. I learn my lessons over again. Just as in your estate, you have to have workmen and overseers, so here it needs some one to watch the teachers. But see what I am reading,"—and he pointed to the grammar of Buslayef lying on the stand,—"Misha has to learn it, and it is so hard. .... Now explain this to me."

Levin wanted to explain to him that it was impossible to understand it, that it simply had to be learned. But Lvof did not agree with him.

"Yes, now you are making fun of it."

"On the contrary, you can't imagine how much I learn, when I look at you, about the way to teach children."

"Well! You could not learn much from me."

"I only know that I never saw children so well brought up as yours, and I should not want better children than yours."

Lvof evidently wanted to restrain himself so as not to betray his satisfaction, but his face lighted up with a smile.

"Only let them be better than I. That is all that I want. But you don't know the bother," he began, "with lads who, like mine, have been allowed to run wild abroad."

"You are regulating all that. They are such capable children. The main thing is—their moral training. And this is what I learn in looking at your children."

"You speak of the moral training. You can't imagine how hard it is. Just as soon as you have conquered one crop of weeds, others spring up, and there is always a fight. If you don't have a support in religion,—be- tween ourselves,—no father on earth, relying on his own strength and without this help, could ever succeed in training them."

This conversation, which was extremely interesting to Levin, was interrupted by the pretty Natalie Aleksandrovna, dressed for going out.

"I didn't know you were here," said she to Levin, evidently not regretting, but even rejoicing, that she had interrupted his conversation, which was too long for her

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HEAD-DRESS.

THE FELICIA.


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 pleasure. "Well! and how is Kitty? I am going to dine with you to-day. See here, Arseny," she said, turning to her husband, "you take the carriage." ....

And between husband and wife began a discussion of the question how they should spend the day. As the husband had to attend to his official business, and the wife was going to the concert and to a public session of the Committee of the Southeast, it was needful to discuss and think it all over. Levin, as a member of the family, was obliged to take part in these plans. It was decided that he should go with Natalie to the concert and to the public meeting, and then send the carriage to the office for Arseny, who would come and take her to Kitty's, or if he was not yet ready Levin would serve as her escort.

"This man is spoiling me," said Lvof to his wife; "he assures me that our children are lovely, when I know that they are full of faults."

"Arseny goes to extremes. I always say so," said his wife. "If you expect perfection, you will never be satisfied. And papa is right in saying that when we were children they went to one extreme: they kept us on the entresol, while the parents lived in the bel-étage; but now, on the contrary, the parents live in the lumber-room, and the children in the bel-étage. The parents are now of no account; everything must be for the children."

"Supposing this is more agreeable?" suggested Lvof, with his winning smile, as he offered her his arm. "Any one not knowing you would think that you were not a mother, but a step-mother."

"No, it is not good to go to extremes in anything," said Natalie, gently, laying his paper-cutter in its proper place on the table.

"Ah, here they are! Come in, ye perfect children," said Lvof to the handsome lads, who came in, and, after bowing to Levin, went to their father, evidently wishing to ask some favor of him.

Levin wanted to speak with them, and to hear what they said to their father, but Natalie was talking with

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