Be Independent and Work for Yourself, Child of Mine
A long moral essay urges independence and self reliance, advising women to wash their own dishes and manage households, and men to learn a trade, work hard, and avoid reliance on others. It contrasts past and present, noting social changes and the need for personal responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dicken
Sanacrit
Spain
Naples
Baillon
Our
Samuel Bard
Bretznonneau
Philadelpia
Mackenzie
New York
Munchanson
Williamsport
Hand-to-Hand Combat Casualties Across Historic Wars
Analysis covers casualty rates in major battles from Canne Hastings Crecy to modern wars, noting high losses in Zorndorf and Eylau and comparing rates in 1859 1870 71 conflicts. Anecdotes include a quip about a will and a colporteur tale and a convict description of shoe shiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canne
Hastings
Crecy
Zorndorf
Waterlon
Zorodorf
Eylau
Italy
Magente
Solferino
Worth
Spidetop
Marsle-Tour
Gravelotts
Marsle- Tour
Sedan
Althenium
Admonitions on Virtue and Self-Rashioned Character
A long reflection on living by one’s own principles and avoiding borrowed values. It argues that true independence comes from self exertion, simplicity, and humane zeal, warning that rhetoric alone does not equal action and that vanity harms conversation and character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
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Exsea
Grimmenfeld
Rochester
Binco
United States
Jackson
California
Washington
London
Atlantic
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Lost Toulh
Pantalonia
Dietret
Academy
Connecticut
Fami-Liew
S Glans
Gates of Heaven
Elsc Hall
Map
Alwaye
Silver Spring
Georgia
Oklawaha
Isdore
John McElroy
Popular Science Monthly
Resto
Sho
Lebanon
Nature
Sthes Bic
Sha GE
Mass
Atlanta
F. Povanns & Co
Cuthbert, Ga
ROYA
Mitchell
Bancroft
Powells, Dreggin and Bookseller
Frme Insurance
London and Globe
Houee
Benry Tawart
HOWE
Powell, Béeller and Feallower
Tallus
Tal Man
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