Perkins and the Strawberry Bed That Wasn’t
Mr Perkins debates garden promises and home improvements with his wife Mrs Perkins. He recounts failed plans for a strawberry bed and a lawn mower, cites Professor Tompkins against gardening, and notes bets and misadventures that foiled intentions. The couple reflects on postponed projects, welfare of the arbor, coal stock, and a turkey substitute as costs rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Tompkins
Mrs. Perkins
Sumner
Tam
Bradstreete
Turkey
Quail
Old Story in a Modern Mission in Japan and Bushido
The piece argues that true moral force behind Japan’s modernization lies in Bushido and samurai codes, not Western missionary efforts. It cites Sakuma Saigo Okubo Kido and thinkers like Ito Okuma Tagaki, noting Henry Norman’s view of Japan’s distinct honor codes and the challenge of grafting Christianity onto Bushido. It reflects on immortal doctrine in Jewish and Alexandrian thought and the tension between missionary aims and historical context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieee
Reagan
New Japan
Sakuma
Saigo
Okubo
Kido
Ito
Okuma
Tagabi
Nito
Hawaii
The Book of Baruch and Pagan Thought in Late Rome
A long excerpted reflection contrasts pre Christian religious ferment with early Christian hope from 200 BCE to 200 CE. It notes Epiphany as a living force, Virgilian Italy, Marcus Aurelius, and a city of God idea shaping Roman religious life and philosophy. The piece quotes classical voices on immortality and the divine order, linking pagan and Christian currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Spectator
London
Apis
Rome
Catullus
Lucretius
Matthew Arnold
the Spectator
Arnold
John Stuart Mills
Lausanne
Wordsworth
Dave
Jerusalem
Virgil
Italy
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Cecrops
God
Walter Pater
Plutarch
The Snippy Girl Susan Jones and Her Snippy Rise
Susan Jones grows snippy after a flood and earns enemies at school and church. She rejects modesty, attracts a marriage scam with an Italian count, and ends in a failed, lonely life of snippy bravado and poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Jones
Jamestown
Moses
Susan
Jones
America
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Mr. Perkins
Philosophy
Abe
Japan
Jesus
Earth
Vetesen
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