Tracer of Egos Chronicle of Dr Phileas Immanuel
The memoir recounts Dr Phileas Immanuel, a Greek physician, and Noureddin Bey, Turkish ambassador in London, detailing reincarnation, friendship, and the doctor’s martyrlike death in a field hospital during war. Immanuel dies after protecting a wounded Greek soldier, leaving a legacy of light from darkness.
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Egos
Phileas Immanuel
Victor Rousseau
Tian
Tle
Hig
Noureddin Bey
Great Britain
Immanuel
London
Monsieur
Herbert Spencer
Asia
Constantinople
Red Cross
Salonica
Immahuic
Doutor
Pentapoulos
Noureddin
W. G. Chapman
Why Oil Calms the Waters
The article explains that wind creates surface ripples on water, which grow into larger waves by piling on each other. Spreading oil on water reduces wave size because oil has low internal friction, preventing ripples from building up. Waves then dissipate, yielding a calm sea ahead of a steamer.
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Mid-Ocean
The Great Compliment About Mrs Billington
The piece recalls Mrs Billington and Mrs Bullington, noting a famed moment when Haydn critiqued a Reynolds portrait. Haydn remarked that she listened to angels rather than angels listening to her, a remark on the singer’s divine reception.
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Reynolds
Haydn
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Asia Minor
Christ
Mahomet
Irn
Jesaneas
Nousddin Bey
Calais
Greece
America
Nouredin Rey
Neld
Timanrel
Alce
Hell