The Highest Type Race and City Development Vision
A speaker foresees the United States producing a superior race through climate and blood admixture and notes the Japanese-Chinese differences may reflect racial mixing. He predicts municipalities face huge costs and science-driven reform, forecasting the American city as a model of government amidst vast continental forces.
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Europe
Japan
Why Tears Flow From Laughter And Grief
A physiological exploration explains tears from both joy and sorrow. Tears arise when the exterior carotid is blocked during a loud laugh, forcing blood toward the brain via the interior carotid and around the eyes, triggering tear glands to secrete. In grief, brain congestion creates cerebral anaemia and tears act as a defense, reducing pain as an internal anaesthetic.
Secrets Love Should Hide in Honest Marriage Guidance
A reflection on how couples should handle confidences before and after marriage. It urges honest communication while cautioning against unnecessary disclosures that could harm harmony. The piece references the East Indian yogi saying and discusses gender differences and the need for mutual love to bridge divergent views.
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Tess
The Plan for a London Daily of the Whole Truth
A group of about sixteen London journalists plan to launch a daily newspaper that will publish the whole truth, including great and small scandals of courts and markets. They intend to ship it from near Belgium or France and mail it to London each morning, despite laws forbidding total candor.
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London
Savages
Belgium
France
England
The Coming Airship and the Future of Flight
A. Lawrence Rotch outlines the progression from balloons to heavier than air craft, noting early French and German airships, American aeroplanes, and the Wright brothers. He argues dirigibles are wind dependent, airplanes will dominate practical flight, and air travel will remain passenger and mail oriented, not for heavy cargo. He also critiques social exclusivity and cites the value of brains over wealth in society.
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Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Messrs. Renard and
Krebs
Patrie
France
Zepelin
Germany
Lilienthal
United States
Chanute
Langley
Wright Brothers
Farman
Delagrange
Church Peace By Francis H Rowley D D
Francis H Rowley argues the Christian church has a superb chance to advance world peace through arbitration. He outlines three roles for churches including teaching arbitration, highlighting the moral costs of war, and upholding Christian principles to promote universal brotherhood beyond national lines.
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Brotherhood of Man
Earth
The Man Behind Bars and Postprison Life
A reflective essay on how public attitudes toward released prisoners shape their reintegration. It argues that social judgment and expected stigma diminish self worth and hinder reentry, stressing that success depends less on pity than on fair opportunity and supportive civilization.
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