The Dawn and the Day - The Dawn and the Day by Henry Thayer Niles
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When Humboldt first ascended the Andes and saw the trees, shrubs and flora he had long before studied on the Alps, he had only to look at his barometer, or at the sea of mountains and hills below, the rocks and soil around, and the sun above, to understand this seeming marvel of creation; while those who knew less of the laws of order and universal harmony might be lost in conjectures about pollen floating in the upper air, or seeds carried by birds across seas, forgetting that preservation is perpetual creation, and that it takes no more power to clothe a mountain just risen from the sea in appropriate verdure than to renew the beauty and the bloom of spring.
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The Confessions of St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine - The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Augustine, Saint
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Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats - The following Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, are original, and have been used by the author and many of her friends
with uniform success. They are drawn up in a style so plain and minute, as to be perfectly intelligible to servants, and persons
of the most moderate capacity
New Etext of Bible New Etext of Bible
King James Version
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This version of the King James Bible was created by taking several public domain copies and painstakingly comparing them to find all
the differences, and selecting the most common version. Each of the differences was also compared to printed versions for verification
A Comparative View of Religions A Comparative View of Religions - The conception of religion presupposes, a, God as object; b, man as subject; c, the mutual relation existing between them
A History of the Moravian Church A History of the Moravian Church - When an ordinary Englishman, in the course of his reading, sees mention made of Moravians, he thinks forthwith of a foreign land, a
foreign people and a foreign Church. He wonders who these Moravians may be, and wonders, as a rule, in vain
Opera Stories from Wagner Opera Stories from Wagner
BY FLORENCE AKIN
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In the Rhine River there lived three beautiful maidens. They were called the Rhine-daughters. They had long, golden hair, which floated upon the waves as they swam from rock to rock. When their father went away, he left in their care a great lump of pure gold
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats
by Eliza Leslie
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The following Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, are original, and have been used by the author and many of her friends
with uniform success
How to Live How to Live
BY IRVING FISHER, Chairman, PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, YALE UNIVERSITY
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The purpose of this book is to spread knowledge of _Individual Hygiene_ and thus to promote the aims of the Life Extension Institute
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - Children, Grace be with you. Amen. I being taken from you in presence, and so tied up that I cannot perform that duty, that from God doth lie upon me to you-ward, for your farther edifying and building up in faith and holiness, etc
