Author: John RuskinPublisher:
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Articles from the Fortnightly Review, May 1, 1872, The Contemporary Review, November, 1883, March, 1884, The Nineteenth Century, September, 1886, Marked by John Ruskin
Author: John RuskinThe National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Author: The Fortnightly Review
Author: A General Index to the "Contemporary Review", the "Fortnightly Review", and the "Nineteenth Century"
Author: W.-M. GriswoldThe Fortnightly Review, Vol. 12
Author: John MorleyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267629091
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Excerpt from The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 12: July 1 to December 1, 1872 B would be a mistake to think that the republican movement in France has only a political character. The schools of science have also a powerful influence in the development of our ideas. Among them all the most prominent is the Positive School, whose general tendency is to substitute for theology and even metaphysics the purely human ideas which are indicated by reason, strengthened by experience, in harmony with nature, innate in the spirit, foreign to every transcendental tendency, and opposed to the supernatural. The series of fundamental ideas of this school is not at this moment a part of our theme, but its influence is clearly seen in the political and social tendency of the republican spirit of our time: Since the fourteenth century human reason has tended to rebel against the theocratic rule, and the human will to revolt against the feudal rule. This double spirit of opposition led in the Latin peoples to a monarchical and plebeian dictatorship; in the germanic-saxon peoples, to an aristocratic and Protestant dictatorship. But while this was taking place in the political and social world, human reason was gradually freeing itself by analytic efforts from theological ideas. The eighteenth century did much to accomplish this work. Political systems absorb ideas, as the plant the juices of the earth in which it grows. Three capital facts indicated the termination of the old theocratic state; first, the expulsion of the Jesuits, the army of authority and theology; second, the reforms of Turgot, which tended to found society upon a positive basis; third, the American revolution. All these facts were necessary preliminaries to the French revolution. This revolution was born in the midst of illusions, fancying it was to humanize its new ideas with the ancient monarchy; but the annihilation of the monarchy was the first result of the revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Party of Humanity
Author: Edwin Mallard EverettPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 26
Author: John MorleyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334929083
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Excerpt from The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 26: July 1 to December 1, 1876 Was vivisection the method, or the principal method, which led Harvey to his great discovery of the circulation of the blood The Royal Commission have expressed themselves very decidedly upon the subject. Harvey, they say, appears to have been almost entirely indebted to vivisection for this ever-memorable discovery. I venture to contest this view, high as the authority may be on which it was made, and in doing so I shall rely entirely on Harvey's account of his own work. The matter is of interest in itself, as an event in the history of science; which, like other events, should be recorded accurately. But it is also of more pressing interest at the present time, because it so happens that Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood is one of that very small number of important discoveries which have forcibly impressed the great mass of unscientific minds. In the deplorable condition of our present historical and scientific training - history leaving out science, and science leaving out history - discoverers of equal or greater intrinsic merit than Harvey remain uncommemorated. Archimedes, Kepler, Huyghens, Lagrange, Lavoisier, Bichat, are names which though known to the many, are appreciated only by the few. But Harvey has an oration in his honour every year in the College of Physicians. Every medical practitioner throughout the country can lecture about him at the nearest mechanics' institute. Every elementary primer on animal physiology records Therefore it is that this importation of his name into the controversy is of considerable moment. First, then, What was the problem which Harvey set himself to solve? Secondly, what were the methods which he used And, finally. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Fortnightly Review, The. 1 LS, 8 TLS to J. B. Pinker and Son. Relate to Joseph Conrad 1907 Nov. 20 - 1934 May 19
Author: The Fortnightly reviewThe Fortnightly Review, Vol. 24
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ISBN: 9781331863779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Excerpt from The Fortnightly Review, Vol. 24: January 1, 1917 Prohibition is the one question on which they find themselves able to unite, the only agency by which they can hope to influence the people. They welcome Billy Sunday because he emphasizes what they all regard as a common ideal. Henry Ford also champions prohibition, like so many other big employers who advocate the Taylor system and try to convert their workingmen into machines." Mr. Kenkel shows how foolish are those who combat prohibition from the point of view of "personal liberty," and adds: "Alcoholic beverages are not a necessity. A man can satisfy his hunger and thirst without them. They do not belong to the necessaries of life. On the other hand the injury that alcohol causes is so great at times that Society and the State are justified in considering the advisability of forbidding its manufacture and sale. The only question that arises is whether the evil of drunkenness and the habitual abuse of strong drink can be cured in no other, more effective way than by statutory prohibition, and whether prohibition would really bring about the desired reform; also, whether it is right and just to deprive millions of men of a means of enjoyment for the sole reason that a comparatively small number abuse the same. Our opinion is that the abuse of alcoholic drinks could be stamped out without adopting the drastic measure of prohibition. Italy and Spain furnish proofs of this assertion. In the long run more will be accomplished by employing moral means than by calling in the police. Our misfortune is that America, as a whole, has no agency able to apply such means, and consequently prohibition is certain to grow until the last brewery and the last distillery have been legislated out of existence; and then people will find that a nation can practice abstinence from strong drink without being virtuous." We need hardly add that this view of the matter agrees with our own. Romance And The War It is strange to read in the literary magazines how many books and stories concerning the European war have been forbidden by the "German censors," and how, as a consequence, the poor author is forced to send his precious manuscript to "Switzerland" or to some unbiassed and high-minded publisher in a neutral country. We have heard this concerning so many books and brochures on the gi eat war that we are getting somewhat suspicious. The latest work said to have merited this fate is a romance of the war by one Dr. Edward Stilgebauer. A reviewer in the New York Times Book Review (September 10) offers the information that "in order to write and publish the book Dr. Stilgebauer exiled himself from his native land, and in consequence of its publication he does not now dare return to Germany, where, also, it is forbidden to own, sell or read the volume. It was published in a Dutch translation in Holland a year ago, and appeared in German in Switzerland last spring." We are then treated to the following synopsis of the book, which is entitled, "Love's Inferno" "The primary purpose of Dr. Stilgebauer is to scourge the makers of the war mainly by picturing the awful deeds of the battlefield. But as a vessel in which to offer the draft of human blood, he fashions a human, pitiful love story. The young wife of a Prussian major, fair and sweet, and of fine intelligence and high soul, loves better than she does her husband and is loved by a captain in the same regiment. She had married the major, nearly twice her age, only to save her father from ruin. Their affection is innocent, but the major suspects them and manoeuvres his troops on the front in France in such a way as to compass, if possible, the death of the captain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com