...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James A... ...e Dove by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ...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... ...cepting her proposal; and had accordingly placed herself, by her act, in a boat that she more and more estimated as, hu- manly speaking, of the bigges... ...inordinate number of “feet of water” they drew; so that if, in your little boat, you had chosen to hover and approach, you had but yourself to thank, ... ...vely, they made an affair of! This easy and after all friendly jibe at her race was really for her, on her new friend’s part, the note of personal rec... ...f much other embroidery. She brooded with interest on this further mark of race, feeling in her own spirit a different economy. The joy, for her, was ... ...ity in a manner to show that he had often had it from young persons of her race, and that he was familiar even with the possibili- ties of their famil... ...wing; the question for him even as he sat there was of his train or of his boat. He had come back for something—as a sequel to his earlier visit; and ...

Excerpt: The Wings of the Dove by Henry James.

...tion George Cruikshank 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ing but himself, and, as in a sinking ship, must make his own rush for the boats, and fight, struggle, and trample for safety. In the midst of such a ... ... have a great deal of life in them, and pass muster very well. A villanous race of shoulder-shrugging mortals are his Frenchmen indeed. And the heroes... ...his group of Paddies? “Place me amid O’Rourkes, O’Tooles, The ragged royal race of Tara; Or place me where Dick Martin rules The pathless wilds of Con... ... open in short space; The toll-men thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode a race.” The rush, and shouting, and clatter are excellently depicted by the ... ...etch cowering under the bridge arch, as the waves come rushing in, and the boats are whirling away in the drift of the great swollen black waters. And...

...Excerpt: Accusations of ingratitude, and just accusations no doubt, are made against every inhabitant of this wicked world, and the fact is, that a man who is ceaselessly engaged in its trouble and turmoil, borne hither and thither upon the fierce waves of the crowd, bustling, shifting, struggling to keep himself somewhat above water--fighting for rep...

...eries Publication Youth, A Narrative by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... been chief officer in the P . & O. service in the good old days when mail-boats were square- rigged at least on two masts, and used to come down the ... ...o who answered to the name of Abraham. Mrs. Beard was an old woman, with a race all wrinkled and ruddy like a winter apple, and the fig- ure of a youn... ...How the devil did he get there? … ‘Hallo!’ we shouted. ‘I am adrift in our boat without oars,’ he cried. A belated waterman offered his ser- vices, an... ...the matter, caught up his wife, ran on deck, and across, and down into our boat, which was fast to the ladder. Not bad for a sixty-year-old. Just imag... ...tealthy Nemesis lies in wait, pursues, overtakes so many of the conquering race, who are proud of their wisdom, of their knowledge, of their strength....

...lows by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Rescue by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...day has not been robbed of all the mystery and romance of its past—and the race of men who had fought against the Portuguese, the Spaniards, the Dutch... ...eir country as the earth of their islands—has fallen a prey to the western race—the reward of superior strength if not of superior virtue. To-morrow t... ...his noble instincts is in the veneration with which a strange and faithful race cherish his memory. Misunderstood and traduced in life, the glory of h... ...ght coarse hair dyed a mahogany tint, was the tindal of the crew—a kind of boatswain’s or serang’s mate. The other, sitting beside him on the booms, w... ...ng without looking at the man behind him. “Between the islands there was a boat,” pro- nounced the man very softly. The serang, his hands behind his b... ...eacannie bent down a little from the height of the wheel grating. “I saw a boat,” he murmured with something of the tender obstinacy of a lover beggin...

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...rnhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- tion 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ship of a light blue sentinel, whose musket glittered in the sun. Numerous boats were seen, incontinently, to put off from the little shore. And now o... ...h black worsted, and ornamented with a shin- ing gold cord. A little squat boat, rowed by three ragged gallegos, came bouncing up to the ship. Into t... ...f England, about the size of a pocket-handkerchief,—and at the bows of the boat, the man-of-war’s pennant, being a strip of bunting considerably under... ...d though some of our party were of the tallest and fattest men whereof our race is composed, and their living sedans exceedingly meagre and small, yet... ...on which watches and survives you? The Maker has linked together the whole race of man with this chain of love. I like to think that there is no man b... ...what have these ladies in common with Aspasia (O fie)?Of the 39 Thackeray race of Englishmen who come wandering about the tomb of Socrates, do you th...

...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, trays, &c. of pre...

...y Hugh C. MacDougall A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication “The Lake Gun” by James Fenimore Cooper (Intro. and Notes by Hugh C. MacDoug... ...nimore Cooper (Intro. and Notes by Hugh C. MacDougall) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... for any pur- pose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...could discover nothing to reward their search. There was an old man in the boat, of the name of Peter, who had passed his life on the Seneca, and to h... ...“Wandering Jew.” Various were the accounts they gleaned from the different boatmen. One had heard he was to be met with off this point; another, in th... ...d, had very little more to do than to ease off, or flatten in a sheet, the boat being too large to be rowed; and cigars, and liquors of various sorts ... ...alutation of conven- tion, as it is so generally practiced between the two races. The Indian threw forward an arm with dignity, but maintained his ere... ...pathy, but in the noble simplicity of a heart depressed by the fall of his race—Fuller could not doubt; and every generous feeling of his soul was enl... ...e that the names of the red man and of the pale-faces should differ.” “The races are not the same, and each has its own traditions. I wish to hear wha...

...Excerpt: ?The Lake Gun? is one of James Fenimore Cooper?s very few short stories, and was written in the last year of his life. It was commissioned by George E. Wood for publication in a volume of miscellaneous stories and poems called...

...by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...gainst Phileas Fogg, who was set down in the betting books as if he were a race-horse. Bonds were issued, and made their ap- pearance on ‘Change; “Phi... .... A number of fishing- 24 Around the World in 80 Days smacks and coasting boats, some retaining the fantastic fash- ion of ancient galleys, were disc... ...of the Mongolia. The porters and fellahs rushed down the quay, and a dozen boats pushed off from the shore to go and meet the steamer. Soon her gigant... ...icturesque panorama of the town, while the greater part disembarked in the boats, and landed on the quay. Fix took up a position, and carefully examin... ...n. The aspect of the country, as well as the manners and distinc- tions of race, is daily changing. Formerly one was obliged to travel in India by the... ...account of the victim, who, he said, was a celebrated beauty of the Parsee race, and the daughter of a wealthy Bombay merchant. She had re- ceived a t...

Excerpt: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

...Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands By Charlotte Mary Yonge A Penn State Electronic Clas... ... Series Publication Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsy... ...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... ...m, great agility, and high spirit made him excel. Cricket, riding, running-races, all the school amusements were his delight; fireworks for the 5th of... ... good while later had more heart for play than work. Cricket, bathing, and boating were his delight; and though his school-work was conscientiously ac... ...George May Coleridge; and here the brothers and sisters climbed the rocks, boated, fished, and ran exquisitely wild in the summer holi- days. Christma... ...at the dinner annually given by the eleven of cricket and the eight of the boats at the hotel at Slough. A custom had arisen among some of the boys of... ...ies, and even the different families, (e.g., the Indo-Germanic and Semitic races,) is not only interesting, but very useful. I wish I had made myself ... ...ion. These were regarded as less quick but more steady than the Polynesian race, with somewhat the same difference of character as there is between th...

...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 made it ...

...cs Series Publication Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...r can he not? Is every man’s life subject to pure accident, is it only the race, the genus, the species, that has a universal reference? Or is this no... ...laimed Gerald, who had a real passion for discussion. ‘You couldn’t call a race a business concern, could you?—and nationality roughly corresponds to ... ...ione were always strangely but politely and evenly inimical. ‘Do you think race corresponds with nationality?’ she asked musingly, with expressionless... ...g. In front of them, at the corner of the lake, near the road, was a mossy boat-house under a walnut tree, and a little landing-stage where a boat was... ...n, decayed poles. All was shadowy with com- ing summer. Suddenly, from the boat-house, a white figure ran out, frightening in its swift sharp transit,... ...of her trance, hearing the knocking of oars. She looked round. There was a boat with a gaudy Japanese parasol, and a man in white, rowing. The woman w...

...KIDNAPPED Being the Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751 by Robert Louis Stevenson ... ...eries Publication Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 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... ...neighbourhood of the inn looked pretty lonely at that time of day, for the boat had just gone north with passengers. A skiff, however, lay beside the ... ...uis Stevenson ing on the thwarts; this, as Ransome told me, was the brig’s boat waiting for the captain; and about half a mile off, and all alone in t... ... a lawyer. “Ay, ay,” said he, “he passed me word of that. But, ye see, the boat’ll set ye ashore at the town pier, and that’s but a penny stonecast fr... ...re a gentleman; and that’s what does it. Now, if ye were one of the cursed race of Campbell, ye would gnash your teeth to hear tell of it. If ye were ... ...ncreased my fear of it; but I now know it must have been the roost or tide race, which had carried me away so fast and tumbled me about so cruelly, an... ...e, I gathered the Prince was a gracious, spir- ited boy, like the son of a race of polite kings, but not so wise as Solomon. I gathered, too, that whi...

...Excerpt: How he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called Written by himself and now...

... of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Fac ulty Editor, nor an... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Fac ulty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsi bility for the ma... ...other animals; he was an exceedingly humane man toward the erring of his own race. Theft he could not abide, and plainly there was a thief in his hous... ...d name the comforter. Was she bad? Was she worse than the general run of her race? No. They had an unfair show in the battle of life, and they held it... ...w deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world. Pudd nhead Wilson s Calendar P e... ...ic and excited, and the Coopers were steeped in happiness all the while. The boats were very uncertain in low water in these primi tive times. This t... ...ry uncertain in low water in these primi tive times. This time the Thursday boat had not arrived at ten at night—so the people had waited at the land... ..., she was thirty five. She got a berth as second chambermaid on a Cincinnati boat in the New Orleans trade, the Grand Mogul . A couple of trips made ...

Excerpt: The Tragedy of Pudd?nhead Wilson by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

...ERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...there to the fine edge of my conscience, that heirloom of the ages, of the race, of the group, of the family, colourable and plastic, fashioned by the... ...rsonal experience. 91 Joseph Conrad For Englishmen especially, of all the races of the earth, a task, any task, undertaken in an adventur- ous spirit... ... one hesitates to regret his early death. Like one of the men in his “Open Boat,” one felt that he was of those whom fate seldom allows to make a safe... ...ng this examination in terms of eternity. It is all very well for him. His race is run. But I may find myself coming out of this room into the world o... ... I ever spent on salt water was by invitation, in a big half-decked pilot- boat, cruising under close reefs on the look-out, in 114 Some Reminiscence... ... made the guest of the Corporation of Pilots, and had the freedom of their boats night or day. And many a day and a night too did I spend cruising wit...

...SERIES PUBLICATION A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ere to the fine edge of my conscience, that heir- loom of the ages, of the race, of the group, of the family, colourable and plastic, fashioned by the... ...-told tale of per- sonal experience. For Englishmen especially, of all the races of the earth, a task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit a... ...et his early 82 A Personal Record death. Like one of the men in his “Open Boat,” one felt that he was of those whom fate seldom allows to make a safe... ... this exami- nation in terms of eternity. It is all very well for him. His race is run. But I may find myself coming out of this room into the world o... ...y I ever spent on salt water was by invitation, in a big half-decked pilot-boat, cruising under close reefs on the lookout, in misty, blowing weather,... ... made the guest of the corporation of pilots, and had the freedom of their boats night or day. And many a day and a night, too, did I spend cruising w...

...OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF ... ...ORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a public... ...ete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ..................................................................... 197 THE BOAT ON THE SERCHIO. ......................................................... ...food and their retreat for ever gone, So much of life and joy is lost. The race Of man flies far in dread; his work and dwelling Vanish, like smoke be... ...es of thy sweet singing, Far far away into the regions dim Of rapture—as a boat, with swift sails winging Its way adown some many-winding river, ... ...5. 5. 5. Rest, rest, and shriek not, thou gentle child! The rocking of the boat thou fearest, And the cold spray and the clamour wild?— ... ...at and free does keep, That is our home! … Mild thoughts of man’s ungentle race _5 Shall our contented exile reap; For... ...ed glance on ye. 8. 8. 8. 8. 8. With plough and spade, and hoe and loom, T race your grave, and build your tomb, _30 And...

Excerpt: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One.

............................................................................................................................ 19 Oh! there are spirits of the air, ..................................................................................................................................... 19 TO WORDSWORTH. ...................................................................

...e from Slavery and Reconstruction by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University as- sumes any responsibility for the mate... ... of the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace was at that time made by ferry-boat, on board of which I met a young colored man by the name of Nichols, w... ...e name of Nichols, who came very near betraying me. He was a “hand” on the boat, but, instead of minding his business, he insisted upon knowing me, an... ...intance as soon as I could decently do so, and went to another part of the boat. Once across the river, I encountered a new danger. Only a few days be... ...ew Bedford three and forty years ago, the place was not entirely free from race and color prejudice. The good influence of the Roaches, Rodmans, Arnol... ...e, one condition to the exercise of the elective franchise, for men of all races and colors alike. This great measure is sought as earnestly by loyal ...

...Excerpt: In the first narrative of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and in various writ ings since, I have given the public what I considered very good reasons for withholding the manner of my escape. In substanc...

...y Honore de Balzac, trans. Katharine Prescott Wormeley is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...cksands, which efface during the night the tracks made by day, and also by boats which cross the arm of the sea that makes the port of Croisic. This f... ...ificing men upon their dolmens. Useless to say what they were! To-day this race, equal to the Rohans without having deigned to make themselves princes... ..., equal to the Rohans without having deigned to make themselves princes, a race which was powerful before the an- cestors of Hugues Capet were ever he... ...is exile, the perils of his five crossings through a turbulent sea in open boats, had weighed upon his head, and he looked a hun- dred; therefore, at ... ...raided the short locks curling on the nape of her neck—which are a sign of race. This tiny braid, concealed in the mass of hair always carefully put u... ...She carried at the end of a string fastened to the belt of her casaquin, a boatswain’s whistle, with which she was wont to summon Mariotte by one, and...

...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

...ication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ...ether to gratify Matey. The Saturday autumn evening’s walk home, after the race out to tea at a distant village, too late in the year for cricket, too... ...t, that he would bestow it legally on a woman, a stranger, and imperil his race by mix- ing blood with a creature of unknown lineage, was—why, of cour... ...lar in French, German, Italian, with a shrewd knowl- edge of the different races, and with sound English sentiment too, and the capacity for writing g... ...d curiosity regarding a married Aminta. She slew my lord on board a packet-boat; she bears the arrows that 80 Lord Ormont and His Aminta slay. My lor... ...liberty of this country hung wa- vering in the balance with those Boulogne boats. Now look at Ulm and Austerlitz. Essling, Wagram; put the victors in ... ... there ‘s a country house open on the upper Thames, you can have swimming, boating, botanizing …’ He saw her throat swallow. But as he was offering ag...

... A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publicat... ...nished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. N... ... 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 associate... ...n, I knew the faces of only about fifty; but these I saw everywhere, and daily. They walked about the streets and the wooded hills, they drove in cabs... ... he sing, now, he not sing at all, no, he only make like a cat which is unwell.” Where and how did we get the idea that the Germans are a stolid, phle... ... into the midst of this peaceful scene burst that slim-shanked boy in the brief shirt, wild-eyed, erect-haired, and shouting, “Fire, fire! Jump and ru... ... inspiring cry: “Sail ho!” “Where away?” shouted the captain. “Three points off the weather bow!” We ran forward to see the vessel. It proved to be a ... ...legged pauper, on his bed, in a very short shirt, and nothing more; he was dangling his legs contentedly back and forth, and wheezing the music of “Ca... ...ng contemplation of a spirit, not an inert mass of rocks and ice—a spirit which had looked down, through the slow drift of the ages, upon a million va...

...IC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Pandora by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the materi... ... a place where, between the sides of two big ships, he could see the ferry-boats pass; the large pyramidal low-laden ferry-boats of American waters. H... ...Mrs. Steuben’s blackamoor informed him, in the communicative manner of his race, that the ladies had gone out to pay some visits and look at the Capit... ...with his first and fairest acquaintance. The breath of the Potomac, on the boat, had been a little harsh, but on the softly-curving lawn, beneath the ... .... For the rest of the trip he was rather restless. He wan- dered about the boat, talking little with the returning picnickers. Toward the last, as the...

... (1915) (1915) (1915) A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells 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... ...State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the mate- ... ...ngly for the helmet, and then gripped the sides. It was like dropping in a boat suddenly into the trough of a wave—and going on dropping. We were both... ...st drain and clear away? Or is it to have a use in the greater life of our race that now begins? Will man value the jungle as he values the precipice,... ...ou swim now? I can swim. Oh! I can swim half a mile. Some day we will swim races together. Why not? And you ride? … “The horse bolted—and you stuck on... ... it is our manifest duty and destiny as the elect and favoured sons of our race to direct ourselves. “It isn’t any choice of Hercules I mean, any mere... ...! but how they slip away from me!” He got up and walked to the side of the boat. She surveyed his back for some moments. Then she went and leant over ... ...- ive orchards and flower-starred alps and pine forests and awning-covered boats, and by sunset and moonlight and starshine; and out of these agreeabl...

Excerpt: The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells.