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...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

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...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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...right January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms an... ...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...nd in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentary, simultaneous conditions: Connection, an... ... This is the basic organic explanation of where the Universe came from. Thirteen billion years of the Causal process of Splitness is now being ... ... families. Where do you think the custom of All Empires neglecting their own colonies, and leaving them to fend for themselves comes from? Onl... ...grips with some previously non-experienced part of their cultural past. Take Germany and its flawed attempt to bury its recent past. Now German ch... ...en mostly whitewashed and deleted from their history books. Now: enlightened Germans are forced to re-experience a painful part of their cultural pa... ...wn countrymen. Why do you think the first emigrations had such huge Scottish emigrants to the new world? They were fleeing a land of hate and greed...

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Excerpt: What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells.

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...What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War By H.G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION ... ...IC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...nd. Long before Europe was familiar with the engaging person- ality of the German Crown Prince, he represented great air- ships sailing over England (... ...he trenches of France and Flanders, and on the battlefields of Russia, the Germans have been spending and making the world spend the comfort, the luxu... ...The total population of Bocking and Braintree is probably little more than thirteen thousand souls altogether, but for that there are two water suppli... ...tem of irrigation that was destroyed by the Mongol armies of Hulugu in the thirteenth century will be restored; the desert will again become populous.... ...y are re- gions of alien population. The path of the Dominions, settled by emigrants akin to the home population, Siberia, Canada, and so forth, to eq...

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...ne through Sixty-seven) by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2000 The Pennsylva... ...e—the cart arrived from Brompton, bringing the trunks and bandboxes of the emigrants from that village, and with them the old piano. Amelia would have... ...ves as they were riding out at the Cape; how Mrs. Hardyman had had out her thirteen sisters, daughters of a country curate, the Rev: Felix Rabbits, an... ...king at the carriages. There was Sir John’s great carriage that would hold thirteen people; my Lord Methuselah’s carriage, my Lord Bareacres’ chariot,... ...re—qui brenoit des sangviches dans la voiture,” said the courier in a fine German French. Kirsch emerging presently from the neighbourhood of the hold... ...was the interpreter for the party; having a good military knowledge of the German language, and he and the delighted George fought the campaigns of th...

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...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of th...

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...Preface: There are of course peculiar advantages as well as disadvantages in endeavouring to write the life of one recently departed. On the one hand, the remembrances connected with him are far fresher; his contemporaries can he consulted, and much can be made matter of certainty, for which a few years would have...

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. ...

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...LLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. Contents Etymology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... 1 Loomings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 The Carpet Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 The... ...3 The Spouter Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4 The Counterpane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5 Br... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 29 Enter Ahab; to him, Stubb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 30 The Pipe . .... ...oat as near the shore as it will come; but it will be aground in twelve or thirteen foot water.” Thomas Edge’s Ten Voyages to Spitzbergen, in Purchass... ...ty colony. Moreover, in the infancy of the first Australian settlement, the emigrants were several times saved from starvation by the benevolent biscui... ...aded whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottfisch of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words. He is, without doubt, the... ...t circumspection. For, like the Coronation banquet at Frankfort, where the German Emperor profoundly dines with the seven Imperial Electors, so these ... ...emigrated to the New England rocks with the noble brawn of the old English emigrants in the time of the Commonwealth. Thus, some of the best and furth...

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Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...THE PIONEERS OR, THE SOURCES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State El... ...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by Jame... ...Document File produced as part of an ongoing stu- dent publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ... become one of the most populous districts of New York. It sends forth its emigrants like any other old region, and it is pregnant with industry and e... ... with a kind of compelled resignation. “The time has been when I have shot thirteen deer without counting the fa’ns standing in the door of my own hut... ...r.” “Velcome, velcome Tchooge,” said the elder of the party, with a strong German accent. “Miss Petsy vill owe me a kiss.” “And cheerfully will I pay ... ...he quarry , with a pair of eyes that stood out like those of lobsters. The German’s muscles were unmoved, but his quick sight scanned each movement. M... ... the common market at Albany , that served as so many snares to induce the emigrants to enter into those wild mountains in search of competence and ha...

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...elville A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...oat as near the shore as it will come; but it will be aground in twelve or thirteen feet water.” —Thomas Edge’ s Ten V oyages to Spitzbergen, in Purch... ...colony. Moreover, in the infancy of the first Austra- lian settlement, the emigrants were several times saved from star- vation by the benevolent bisc... ...circumspection. For, like the Coronation banquet at Frank- fort, where the German Emperor profoundly dines with the seven Imperial Electors, so these ... ...n or animal, the mystical brow is as that great golden seal affixed by the German Emperors to their decrees. It signifies—”God: done this day by my ha... ...aves, but through the tall grass of a rolling prairie: as when the western emigrants’ horses only show their erected ears, while their hidden bodies w...

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Excerpt: The French Revolution. A History (Volume Three).

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...ine Prescott Wormeley A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Lily of the Valley by Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Worme... ...y Honoré de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...to find some other post under the white flag, and never sought, like other emigrants, to take up an industry. Perhaps he had not the sort of courage t... ...rted him; he became morose, fell ill, and was charitably cared for in some German hospital. His disease was an inflammation of the mesenteric membrane... ... France, under the decree of the Emperor which permitted the return of the emigrants. As the wretched wayfarer crossed the Rhine and saw the tower of ... ...ut it is with him as with you; when I first saw you I took you to be about thirteen.” We now reached the Cassine, where Jacques, Madeleine, and I foll... ...ilent, as deeply hurt as though it were a first wound; forgetting that for thirteen years this man had lost no chance to shoot his arrows into her hea...

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...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask m...

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... Orations by John Quincy Adams is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University, nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any... ... project, The Penn sylvania State University’s Electronic Classics Series, to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy acce... ...al works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copyright © 1998 The Pennsylvania State University T... ...derated people 3 of the North American Union. They had been the settlers of thirteen separate and distinct English colonies, along the margin of the ... ... Union. They had been the settlers of thirteen separate and distinct English colonies, along the margin of the shore of the North American Continent; ... ...nds—and with them were intermingled the de scendants of Hollanders, Swedes, Germans, and French fugitives from the persecution of the revoker of the ... ...rnment over civilized man, accomplished. The Revolution itself was a work of thirteen years— and had never been completed until that day. The Dec lar... ...her set tlers, but the commands of conscience were the only stimulus to the emigrants from Leyden. Previous to their expedition hither, they had endu...

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Excerpt: The French Revolution. A History.

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...Contents THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A HISTORY.......................................................................................................... 12 VOLUME I.?THE BASTILLE ...............................................................

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...ORY by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the ... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ............................................... 307 Chapter 2.5.V . Kings and Emigrants. ................................................................... ...r: every hour produces its pamphlet, or litter of pam- phlets; ‘there were thirteen to-day, sixteen yesterday, nine- two last week.’ (Arthur Young, Tr... ... Chateau- Vieux come up,—which can fight, but can hardly speak ex- cept in German gutturals; let soldiers march, and highways thunder with artillery-w... ...goose Gobel, for example,—or Go(with an umlaut)bel, for he is of Strasburg German breed, be a Constitutional Arch- bishop? Alone of all men there, Mir... ...d kind management of these but prosper, how much better were it than armed Emigrants, Turin-intrigues, and the help of Austria! Nay, are the two hopes...

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...Preface: If a book by an author who must call herself a veteran should be taken up by readers of a younger generation, they are begged to consider the first few chapters as a sort of prologue, introduced for the sake of those of elder years, who were kind enough to be interested in the domestic politics of the Mohuns and the Underwoods....

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...BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Long Vacation by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...th made him heir to the estate, but his life was a very frail one till his thirteenth year, when he seemed to have outgrown the shock to spine and ner... ...hat but for her the poor natives would never have been able to go to their German baths.” “Oh, no such philanthropy, my dear. It is homeliness, or rat... ...e way to make me dread him. Y ou were to lie fallow.” “Not exactly. I have thirteen or fourteen years’ reading and thinking to make up. I have done no... ... tonight,” said Mr. Flight. “What did you call her?” said Geraldine. “Some German or foreign name, Schnetterling, and the school calls her Lydia.” At ... ...ry grandest and handsomest man I ever did see, and so good to all the poor emigrants in the steerage. He is very kind to me; but I see that my brother...

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...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would suppo...

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...olumes V olume 2 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publicat... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2002 The Pennsylva... ...d be improvements on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. They touch thirteen of our States-Pennsyl- vania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missi... ...hio, Wis- consin, and Iowa. Now I suppose it will not be denied that these thirteen States are a little more interested in improve- ments on that grea... ... On the fourth day of July, 1776, the people of a few feeble and oppressed colonies of Great Britain, inhabiting a por- tion of the Atlantic coast of ... ...bill. This fact is worth remembering. Some Yankees in the East are sending emigrants to Nebraska to exclude sla- very from it; and, so far as I can ju... ...ch, along with white Americans, were included, to be sure, but the French, Germans, and other white people of the world are all gone to pot along with...

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... by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...e Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy acce... ...orks of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2001 The Pennsylva... ...enth and twelfth, their geographical distribution throughout space; in the thirteenth, their classification or mu- tual affinities, both when mature a... ... now hardly one peculiar mammal, and France but few distinct from those of Germany and conversely, and so with Hungary, Spain, &c., but that each of t... ...as species. Look at the common oak, how closely it has been studied; yet a German author makes more than a dozen species out of forms, which are very ... ...nts have separated sexes, they never naturally crossed. He then fertilised thirteen flowers of the one with the pollen of the other; but only a single... ...ide space of open ocean extends, with not an island as a halting-place for emigrants; here we have a barrier of another kind, and as soon as this is p...

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...Excerpt: ?IT IS VERY KIND in the dear mother.? ?But--what, Rachel? Don?t you like it! She so enjoyed choosing it for you.? ?Oh yes, it is a perfect thing in its way. Don?t say a word to her; but if you are consulted for my next birthday present, Grace, c...

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...y Charlotte M. Y onge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of th... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...Docu- ment File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...der changed circumstances. Her husband had been in various commands in the colonies, without returning to England; and all that was known of her was a... ...g, and that was the most dreadful time of all! Then he wrote from a little German town, where he was getting his bread as a photographer’s assistant. ... ...the business that had brought her, collecting and adapting old clothes for emigrants.—It was not exactly gentlemen’s pastime, and Ermine tried to put ... ...of the word?” he said, leaning back. “Heros, yes from the same root as the German herr,” readily responded Rachel, “meaning no more than lord and mast... ...n of the Family “How long is it since you poured out tea for me, Ermine?” “Thirteen years next June, when you and Harry used to come in from the crick...

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...Preface: No one can be more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neither the ?tale? for the young, nor the novel for their elders, but a mixture of both....

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...By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of t... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsyl- vania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access... ... works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright © 2004 The Pennsylva... ...nd a twisted pillar of Derbyshire spar on each side. He was the founder of thirteen almshouses, and had endowed two scholarships at Oxford, the object... ...ing his absence on a voyage—his last, and Alan’s first. Alan, the elder by thirteen years, had been like a father to the little boy, showing judgment ... ...m that beau- tiful history of Dr. Spencer going to take care of those poor emigrants in the fever, what do you think he said? ‘Yes, Spen- cer was alwa... ...isiting Egypt and Palestine, and refreshing his memory with every Italian, German, or French Cathedral, or work of art, that had delighted him in earl... ...maxim that no one unpaid could be trusted; and when he talked of beautiful German churches with pierced spires, declared that the building must not ma...