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The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 15, Science
Acknowledgment and thanks for the use of the following selections are herewith tendered to the Open Court Publishing Company, La Salle, Ill., for “Senses of Insects,” by Auguste Forel; to G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, for “Prolongation of Human Life” and “Nature of Man,” by Elie Metchnikoff; and to the De La More Press, London, […]
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The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 14, Philosophy and Economics
Acknowledgment and thanks for permission to use the following selections are herewith tendered to Houghton, Mifflin & Company, Boston, for “Looking Backward,” by Edward Bellamy; to Ginn & Company, Boston, for the International School of Peace, for “The Future of War,” by Jean Bloch; and to Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, for “Progress and […]
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The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 13, Religion and Philosophy
Apocrypha is a Greek word, signifying “secret” or “hidden,” but in the sixteenth century it came to be applied to a list of books contained in the Septuagint, or Greek translation of the Old Testament, but not in the Palestinian, or Hebrew Canon. Hence, by theological or bibliographic purists, these books were not regarded as […]
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The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 12, Modern History
Acknowledgment and thanks for permitting the use of the selection by H.A. Taine on “Modern Régime,” appearing in this volume, are hereby tendered to Madame Taine-Paul-Dubois, of Menthon St. Bernard, France, and Henry Holt & Co., of New York. Samuel Eliot, a historian and educator, was born in Boston in 1821, graduated at Harvard in […]
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The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 11, Ancient and Medieval History
Acknowledgment and thanks for permitting the use of the following selections–“The Dawn of Civilisation,” “The Struggle of the Nations” and “The Passing of the Empires,” by Gaston Maspero–which appear in this volume, are hereby tendered to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, of London, England.Island in Gaston Camille Charles Maspero, born on June 23, 1846, […]
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