Monatsarchive: September 2017

On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold

Publiziert am 25. September 2017 von Jazzybee

On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold – Michel Chevalier

The accomplished author of this treatise has been known as one of the most earnest writers in favour of free trade, and as the champion of every cause which tends to promote the progress of an elevated civilisation, and the best interests of humanity. He has qualified himself for this task by a long and laborious study of the currency question, having given to the world some essays on money and the precious metals, which are recognised as standard works, and invest his name with an authority on such subjects, hardly second to that of Humboldt himself. In the pages of this book will be found almost every … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Wealth

Publiziert am 25. September 2017 von Jazzybee

Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Wealth – Edwin Cannan

Edwin Cannan was not only a British economist and historian of economic thought, but also a professor at the London School of Economics. In this book he has managed to make room for some very fundamental matters which are often ignored in general treatises of moderate length. He refers especially to the hereditary character of inequalities of income, the inferiority of women’s earnings, and the differences in the wealth of different “countries” or “nations.”

Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Wealth

Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Wealth

Format: Paperback.

Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Wealth.

ISBN: 9783849676643.

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Old Boston Days & Ways

Publiziert am 24. September 2017 von Jazzybee

Old Boston Days & Ways – Mary Caroline Crawford

The famous happenings of an eventful period in Boston’s early history, from the dawn of the Revolution until the town became a city, are here handled with a fresh and vigorous touch. Many little-known incidents are introduced and a large amount of material hitherto the possession of some private family is included. The chapters on the early social and literary life, the establishment of the first theatre and the famous French visitors are of special interest. Miss Crawford’s style achieves that happy mingling of historical accuracy and vivacious comment that have made her previous books so successful.

Old Boston Days & Ways

Old Boston Days & Ways

Format: Paperback.

Old Boston Days & Ways.

ISBN: 9783849676629.… Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Of Prayer

Publiziert am 24. September 2017 von Jazzybee

Of Prayer – John Calvin

John Calvin begins this classic treatise on prayer by giving us a definition of prayer, emphasizing its necessity and use. He addresses the objections that some people have when it comes to prayer, such as, that prayer seems useless, because God already knows our wants. He then outlines four rules to be observed in prayer: reverence to God, a sense of our want, the suppression of all pride, and a sure confidence of being heard. He gives a good overview of different kinds of prayers: vows, supplications, petitions, thanksgivings. After he gives some guidance for the use of prayer in public worship, he gives a wonderful exposition of the Lord’s Prayer. While certain of Calvin’s … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Animism – The Seed Of Religion

Publiziert am 24. September 2017 von Jazzybee

Animism – The Seed Of Religion – Edward Clodd

An animistic philosophy, explaining the more strange or striking phenomena of nature by the hypothesis of spiritual agency, is universally prevalent among savage races; and unless the wide-spread animistic beliefs of savages are to be regarded as but degenerate or corrupted relics of those possessed by more cultured peoples, a theory which can scarcely be held to account for the essential and native appropriateness of animism as it flourishes among races of low culture, and its less appropriate and apparently derivative character as it survives in higher civilisations, there seems tenable ground for the inference, that an animistic philosophy must have been that which was earliest developed among the prehistoric societies … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The World Set Free

Publiziert am 22. September 2017 von Jazzybee

The World Set Free – H. G. Wells

The successor in our day to both Jules Verne and Edward Bellamy is H. G. Wells, and his book, “The World Set Free,” embodies more of his creed than anything heretofore published. The goal of Mr. Wells’ thinking is the end of war and the realization upon earth of a real “parliament of the world.” This outcome is to be reached, not as in Bellamy’s scheme by peaceful evolution, but only after the present social order has been rent asunder by the release of certain elemental physical forces to be revealed to man through processes similar to those that have led to the great discoveries and inventions of the more recent past. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Palmistry For All

Publiziert am 22. September 2017 von Jazzybee

Palmistry For All – Cheiro

Cassian was one of the first and most prominent of the Semi-Pelagians, maintaining that while man is by nature sinful, he yet has some good remaining in him, and that, while the immediate gift of God’s grace is necessary to salvation, conversion may also be begun by the exercise of man’s will. He further asserted that God is always willing to bestow his grace on all who seek it, though, at the same time, it is true that he sometimes bestows it without its being sought. These views have been held by a very large part of the church from his time, and embrace much of the essence of Arminianism. The style of Cassianus is … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Sacred Writings of John Cassian

Publiziert am 22. September 2017 von Jazzybee

The Sacred Writings of John Cassian

Cassian was one of the first and most prominent of the Semi-Pelagians, maintaining that while man is by nature sinful, he yet has some good remaining in him, and that, while the immediate gift of God’s grace is necessary to salvation, conversion may also be begun by the exercise of man’s will. He further asserted that God is always willing to bestow his grace on all who seek it, though, at the same time, it is true that he sometimes bestows it without its being sought. These views have been held by a very large part of the church from his time, and embrace much of the essence of Arminianism. The style of Cassianus … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Books of Zechariah And Malachi

Publiziert am 21. September 2017 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Books of Zechariah And Malachi – John Calvin

Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. The greatest part of ZECHARIAH was written, according to Lowth, in prose; but he adds that “some parts about the end of his Prophecy (Zechariah 9, 10. and the beginning of 11.) are poetical and highly embellished, and that they are sufficiently perspicuous, though written by a Prophet, who of all is perhaps the most obscure.” The last of the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Comte De St. Germain

Publiziert am 21. September 2017 von Jazzybee

The Comte De St. Germain – Isabell Cooper-Oakley

Among the strange mysterious beings, with which the eighteenth century was so richly dowered, no one has commanded more universal comment and attention than the mystic who was known by the name of the Comte de St. Germain. A hero of romance; a charlatan; a swindler and an adventurer; rich and varied were the names that showered freely upon him. Hated by the many, loved and reverenced by the few, time has not yet lifted the veil which screened his true mission from the vulgar speculators of the period. Then, as now, the occultist was dubbed charlatan by the ignorant; only some men and women here and there realised the power of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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