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William A. Williams in his work “The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved” unfolds the theme of everlasting strife of science and creationism. He tries, not without success, to prove that the evolution theory, so at variance with the facts and pernicious to the faith may be completely refuted. Quite an amazing reading, beginning with a discussion of the population of the world, a peculiar text book for every seeker of the truth.

Alexander and Janet Schaw, Scottish siblings, began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. Part of the early wave of Scottish colonization, the pair visited family and friends who had already established themselves in the colonies. Journal of a Lady of Quality is Janet Schaw’s account of this voyage through letters to a friend in Scotland. The letters describe the sights, scenery, and social life she encountered, but they also reveal the political atmosphere of an America on the verge of revolution. Stephen Carl Arch provides a new introduction for this Bison Books edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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CANTO FIRST.Come, sit thee by me, love, and thou shalt hearA tale may win a smile and claim a tear--A plain and simple story told in rhyme,As sang the minstrels of the olden time.No idle Muse I'll needlessly invoke--No patron's aid, to steer me from the rockOf cold neglect round which oblivion lies;But, loved one, I will look into thine eyes,From which young poesy first touched my soul,And bade the burning words in numbers roll;--They were the light in which I learned to sing;And still to thee will kindling fancy cling--Glow at thy smile, as when, in younger years,I've seen thee smiling through thy maiden tears,Like a fair floweret bent with morning dew,While sunbeams kissed its leaves of loveliest hue.Thou wert the chord and spirit of my lyre--Thy love the living voice that breathed--"aspire!"--That smoothed ambition's steep and toilsome height,And in its darkest paths was round me, light.Then, sit thee by me, love, and list the strain,Which, but for thee, had still neglected lain.

"Excerpt from the book..." Multis videri poterit, majorem esso differentiam Simiae et Hominis, quam diei et noctis; verum tamen hi, comparatione instituta inter summos Europae Heroes et Hottentottos ad Caput bonae spei degentes, difficillime sibi persuadebunt, has eosdem habere natales; --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Old David Stuart was the picture of health--a personification ofcontentment. When I knew him, his years must have considerably exceededthreescore; but his good-natured face was as ruddy as health could makeit; his hair, though mingled with grey, was as thick and strong as if hehad been but twenty; his person was still muscular and active; and,moreover, he yet retained, in all their freshness, the feelings of hisyouth, and no small portion of the simplicity of his childhood. I lovedDavid, not only because he was a good man, but because there was a greatdeal of _character_ or _originality_ about him; and though his brow wascheerful, the clouds of sorrow had frequently rested upon it. More thanonce when seated by his parlour fire, and when he had finished his pipe,and his afternoon tumbler stood on the table beside him, I have heardhim give the following account of the ups and downs--the trials, thejoys, and sorrows--which he had encountered in his worldly pilgrimage;and, to preserve the interest of the history, I shall give it in David'sown idiom, and in his own words.

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Originally published in 1892. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.