Relected Story of an Old Whaler's Life and Warnings
Captain Harding, a long seas veteran, recounts the whaling life and risks. He reflects on heart and home, the lure of the sea, shark dangers, and the discipline of crews. He recalls mates, voyages in Japan and Australia, and the shift from profitable whaling to changing times.
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Miss Waven
Captain Harding
Henry
Zarding
Noaw
Jack
Parley
Harding
Universal Church Bond Beyond Denominations
An essay reaffirms the soul’s union with the universal church beyond Roman Catholic, Episcopal, or Calvinist sects. It argues that true virtue is independent of local churches and that excommunication comes only from within the individual by the death of goodness.
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A. S. Pearce
Jets Otis Munro
Fenelon
Pascal
Borromeo
Archbishop Leighton
Jeremy Taylor
John Howard
Earth
Universal Church
Dr. Channing
Word Counts in Language Skill Across Ages and Works
A priest cites laborers with few hundred words in daily speech. He notes hieroglyphic Egypt and Italian opera librettos show limited vocabularies, while educated Britons use around three thousand words. Shakespeare and Milton reveal broader vocabularies, with ten thousand to fifteen thousand words in their works.
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Nomober
Sclergyman
Egypt
England
the Times
Mudie
Shakespeare
Milton
Prof
Max. Muller
Lavater on the disciplined mind and speech
The quotation highlights that a person who attends closely asks with intent speaks with calm and stops when done possesses strong mental gifts. It underscores disciplined observation, poised communication, and restraint as marks of intellect.
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Lavater
Education Needs Patience Toward Others’ Wants
An educational ideal stresses bearing with the desires and needs of others kindly. The sentiment underscores social maturity as part of learning.
Farapar's Theory of Liri and Human Lifespan
Faraday adapts Flourma's theory that man's natural age is a century but disease, poor diet, passions, and stress shorten life. He divides life into growth and decline, with infancy to 29, youth to 50, virility 50 to 75, and age from 75 onward, noting varying lifespans across species and that animals mature earlier and live shorter lives. Man may live 80 to 100 years if not for sickness or self-harm.
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Farapar
Faraday
Flourma
Providence
How To or Agreeable in a Printing Office Advises
A dated guide advises readers how to ingratiate themselves in a printing office. Enter the editor’s sanctum discuss beginnings and family, then inspect the copy room, observe the proof, question hands about cases and letters, whistle and sing, test the press, and promise another visit to be fondly remembered.
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Milwaukee
Cravatian Courtray. Sidney Smith Honored by All
Obscure tribute from Charles Kingsley recalling Sidney Smith as a brave man loved by rich and poor alike. The text praises his equal courtesy to guests, servants, and nobles, leaving a memory of goodwill and respect.
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Cravatian Courtray
Sidney Smith
Charles Kingsley
Proper roads boost country life and property values
The New York Observer argues for better rural roads emphasizing drainage to prevent washouts, wider drives, and shade trees. It notes current underfunding and neglect by farmers and local authorities, urging timely, quality road work before harvest and to include footpath provisions.
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Central Park
New York Observer
Insects and their strange lifelike habits described
Caterina Tunas-a writer in the Moravian discusses insect anatomy and behavior with curious observations. She notes six legs, breathing through numerous spiracles, and explains why severing body parts or beheading insects fails to stop them.
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Caterina Tunas
Hoeing Corn Provides More Than Weed Control
The New England Farmer argues hoeing moistens and nourishes soil, aiding drought resistance. It claims hoeing loosens compact soil, allows air to enter, carries moisture to plants, and can keep fields lush during hot, dry spells, boosting crop resilience.
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New England
Simple tone and human vowels ease sorrow
The passage meditates on how a gentle tone and the simple expression of the human voice can ease misery and lift spirits. It urges kindness as travelers toward death share a common fate and argues for sparing words and kind looks to comfort neighbors.
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N. Y. Tribune
Mother Earth
Necustry oF Recreation and The Need for Rest
The passage argues that men of strong nerves and rigorous principles need occasional repair to restore body and mind. It cites Lord Ricou about silence as rest for the road and states retreat renews our powers for further service. It compares human vigor to a mother earth requiring respite to avoid being overworked and unproductive.
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Ricon
Mother Earth
Fartiu Futh Describes Growth of Wisdom Tree
The text portrays Fartiu Futh as a blessed tree yielding noble fruits of wisdom virtue and felicity. It argues the tree will not thrive in a cold barren soil without man's constant care and industry and emphasizes timely effort.
Fraternity Row Opinion Sparked By Public Meeting
An 19th century Washington report notes a New York attendee amused by Elizabeth Cady Stanton's remarks at a public meeting on Woman's Rights. A Quaker gentleman in the back, in slow tones, advised that if a hen wants to crow she should be allowed to crow, then sat down.
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Henry
Ivanca
Coleridge
the Plaindealer
Wax Figuera
G. Washingter
Gen. Taylor
John Bunyan
Dr. Kidd
Dr. Webster
Parkham
Asa
Bérn
Ward
Tha
American Guardian
New York
Congress
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Iele
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Ap 6
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Mild
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