Beginnings or Glimpses of Vanished Civilizations. E-book. Formato PDF Marion Mcmurrough Mulhall   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Year after year shows more and more the phenomenal rapidity by which every branch of science moves on; new discoveries in all departments of applied science especially attract distinguished students, and the earth's hidden forces are but now on the threshold of discovery. Great scientists, however, who have from the earliest ages presumed God's works toscan in relation to the age of the earth and man's first appearance on it, in opposition to the teaching of the Book of Genesis, are no nearer to the realization of their problems than they ever were.

Rio Grande Do Sul: And Its German Colonies. E-book. Formato PDF Michael G. Mulhall   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The Empire of Brazil has made great strides in the last few years, not only in all branches of material progress, but also in the enlightened policy which has found such strenuous supporters in Dom Pedro Segundo and his minister, Viscount Paranhos do Rio Branco. The Emancipation law of 1871 is now being followed up by an extensive programme of English and German immigration, and a great effort to diffuse instruction among the lower orders of the people.