Earth-Hunger and Other Essays. E-book. Formato EPUB William Sumner   -  Blackmore Dennett, 2018  - 

"Now it has seemed to me, in my own experience with Sumner, and in my teaching, that such an attitude toward the questions of societal life is, for the young at least, the one best adapted to open—wrench open, if you will—the gates of the mind and introduce the impulse to independent thinking. I do not mean at all that this result is to be attained by an unresisting acceptance of the forcefully expressed opinions of a compelling reasoner; in fact, I believe that, in the case of Sumner, many a man has been goaded to think things out for himself for very rage at the conclusive manner in which Sumner used to dispose of some of his pet or traditional notions. Sometimes such a man came to agree with Sumner; again he believed that he had won the right not to assent—but in either case there had come to him an awakening in the matter of his own mental powers and life. This is why so many men who have eventually come to dissent from Sumner's positions, yet look back upon him as an intellectual awakener. The difficult thing about getting a vision in the large is in the attainment of an elevated plane of thought; if someone can lift you to it, you will find room enough there to range away from the exact spot upon which you were originally set down. It is the "lift" which is crucial—and that it is which only the strong and positive man, who has wrought himself up beyond the pull of the trivial and traditional, can give." - A.G. Keller

Robert Henry Hendershot, or the Brave Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock. E-book. Formato PDF William Sumner Dodge   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Patriotism, or love of country, is one Of the cardinal virtues of every true heart. It has been recognized as the crowning glory of generous manhood and womanhood in all ages and in all countries. Through all history, from the dawn of civilized and even barbaric life tothis present day, mankind have declared it, written it, acted it, vindicated it at all times, under all circum stances, through good report and evil report, at the council fires Of the untutored savage, in the patriarchal circles of Eastern lands, in the household, in the forum, the legislative halls of States and (nations, and amid the carnage and wreck of battles. It shines forth from the lore of the ancient and mediaeval commonwealths.

The Swiss Chalet Book: A Minute Analysis and Reproduction of the Chalets of Switzwerland, Obtained by a Special Visit to That Country, Its Architects, and Its Chalet Homes. E-book. Formato PDF William Sumner Barton Dana   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The Swiss 01mm Book is that series grown to larger propor tions and much matured. The best works on the subject have been studied and their best made use of. The plans and photographs of the chalet architects and fabriques, as well as their written and detailed descriptions, have been an invaluable and indispensable aid in the preparation of these pages.