The Mystical Agent Mme Blavatsky and Her Odd Habits
The article recounts Helena Blavatsky's travels in India and Europe as the Visible agent of occult masters. It notes her vegetarian urges against meat and Anglophobia, her favorite symbol the white lotus, and her habit of drawing a lotus halo to symbolize the body’s mystic circle.
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Leonide
Biavataky
America
India
Theosophical Society
London
Paris
Germany
Mme, Blavatsky
China
Blavatsky
White Lotus Day and Helena Blavatsky Legacy Explored
The article recalls White Lotus Day as the Theosophical anniversary of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, detailing her life from birth in 1831 to death and succession. It covers her marriage, travels, founding of the Theosophical Society, personality traits, and famed occult claims as observers note her influence and dramatic persona.
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Blavatsky
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
London
H. Q. Judge
Students of Theosophy
Universal Brotherhood
Helena Petrovna Hahn
Likaterinslov
South Russia
Gen. Blavatsky
Imperialism and Man's Labor in American history
A defense of expansion over imperialism arguing that conquest harms free institutions and labor wages. It warns that annexing territories like Canada would require a standing army, disrupt production, waste capital on weapons, and betray constitutional values. Emphasizes labor dignity and peaceful progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Michigan
United States
Union
Canada
World fairs of the past and their financial fate
A survey traces money losses and rare profits across historic world exhibitions. Britain’s 1851 Crystal Palace show yielded profits, while Paris 1855 and Vienna 1873 ran deficits. Chicago 1893 profit near one million. overall, many fairs failed to break even, with risk considered inherent in grand international exhibits.
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England
Great Britain
Joseph Paxton
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
France
Paris
Florence
Italy
London
Prince Consort
Vienna
Europe
Philadelphia
Chicago
New World
Ita
South Africa
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
Austria
War profits across nations reveal financial gains
An analysis argues that war has often yielded net profits for victors, citing Britain, Germany, Japan, and France with large indemnities, territorial gains, and war-time earnings. Russia is noted as the less successful exception, facing unpaid indemnities and limited gains despite engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
Young lawyers in politics and public duty
The young lawyer should enter politics for public good and self development. He gains eloquence, attention, and influence in courts and juries, while warnings and advocacy protect rights. Excluding young lawyers would dull political friction, yet all citizens are partly politicians and must guard equal laws and liberty continuously.
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Lafayette
George Washington
Theosophists
Helena
Djellalogly
Tiflis
Daretemeng
Tifis
Odessa
Constantinople
Mme. Blavatsky
Col. Olcott
Eddys
Vermont
Sue
Pekoff
Russia
Katharine A Tingley
Blavatley
THE
By Bourke Cochran
Rudyard Kipling
Tommy Atkins
Spain
Philippines
Port Aml
Turkey
Greece
Japan
Russa
Frederick K. Coudert
McKinley
Paterson
Garrett A. Hobart
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