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                I propose to describe the Greatness and the Misery of the old Roman world; nor is there any thing in history more suggestive and instructive.                 A little city, founded by robbers on the banks of the Tiber, rises gradually into importance,...

About thirteen hundred years ago, when Attila the Hun, called "the scourge of God," was overrunning the falling empire of the Romans, some of the noblest citizens of the small cities of the Adriatic fled, with their families and effects, to the inaccessible marshes and islands at the extremity...

This work is designed chiefly for educational purposes, since there is still felt the need of some book, which, within moderate limits, shall give a connected history of the ancient world. The author lays no claim to original investigation in so broad a field. He simply has aimed to present the salient...

“It is my earnest hope that pondering upon the past may give guidance in days to come, enable a new generation to repair some of the errors of former years and thus govern, in accordance with the needs and glory of man, the awful unfolding scene of the future.”—Winston Spencer Churchill From...

This lecture is intended to set forth a memorable movement in the Roman Catholic Church,--a reformation of morals, preceding the greater movement of Luther to produce a reformation of both morals and doctrines. As the representative of this movement I take Savonarola, concerning whom much has of late...

Lieutenant John Smith was not a gentleman in the opinion of the pilots of 32 Squadron. He hadn’t attended public school and he was dashedly bad at cricket. To top that his own Captain, Thomas Albright-Parker, looked forward to the day when Smith’s flying career would be ended by the Hun. But...

7 naughty tales of cheating wives and cuckold husbands, from a wife who walks the streets for fun to an ebony babe who just can't keep her legs together, and a quiet lady who discovers that having African neighbours can be kinky fun. In this edition: Ashanti and Donna, Bareback Brenda, Alison's Swap,...

Grief Recovery Programs For Business & Industry: Combine Deming's "team", (or support group) approach with grief re- covery principles and you have an unbeatable organization. Churches: Christ centered programs for youth leaders, home groups, Bible studies, widows, people suffering with...

ARE YOU IN A LIFE OR DEATH BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL? Have you ever stood on the seashore just after a violent storm, and observed the crashing waves? In some areas, beaches are littered with wreckage of ships, and we shudder at their destruction. A mile or so down the beach, others may be standing on the...

Edward Gleichen commanded the 15th Infantry Brigade during the tumultous opening battles of the Great War. The division was mobilised by 10 August 1914, and fought in the opening battles at Mons, Le Cateau and the Marne. The 15th Infantry Brigade was a regular formation tht comprised four battalions...

All over the world, there is growing concern about the ramifications of globalization, late-modernity and general global social and economic restructuring on the lives and futures of young people. Bringing together a wide body of research to reflect on youth responses to social change in Africa, this...

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