No River Like the Jordan: A Volume on Its Singular Course
TheJordan rises 900 feet above sea level and travels sixty miles to a lake enclosed by mountains. The lake, fed by evaporation, sits about 1300 feet below sea level and is said to hide Sodom and Gomorrah. The lake’s waters never drain to open sea, creating a mysterious, sensational landscape described by P W Wilson.
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Palestine
Jordan
Joshua
Drs Shed
Naaman
John the Baptist
Sodom
Gomorrha
Grand Canyon
P. W. Wilson
Power of Sight in Animals Examined by Our Dumb Animals
L. E. Eubanks writes that large jungle animals often have weak sight contrary to popular belief. Elephants rely on smell due to poor eyes, rhinoceros eyes see little distance, buffalo have good vision, and bears possess poor sight leading them to retreat rather than confront.
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L. E. Eubanks
Shakespeare
Lieuven
London Daily News
Galla
Abyssinia
Red Sea
Massachut
Gallabat
Path of English Liberty Through Trial by Jury
The text traces English legal evolution from Alfred the Great hanging 44 judges after impeachment trials to the emergence of parliamentary power in the witenage mote. It notes Norman upheaval, Magna Carta under King John, and later Plantagenet Tudor Stuart eras, ending with the 1688 Revolution that established the bill of rights and liberty for the people.
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Alfred the Great
Alfred
John
England
That bony horse would not run over a boy
A frail horse pulling a light cart refuses to move as a driver pressures it. A young boy stands in the road and jeers at the animal, declaring it cannot run him over and would likely topple before him.
Pat and the hedge tale of whiskers and side cars
The village constable finds Pat moaning by the roadside. Pat explains he was not fighting but was knocked into a hedge by two motor bikes with side cars. He says they sped off before he could get their numbers. The officer corrects him on terminology.
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Pat
Trello
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