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This eventful day had brought much that was unexpected to our friends in Thebes, as well as to those who lived in the Necropolis.

The Lady Katuti had risen early after a sleepless night. Nefert had come in late, had excused her delay by shortly explaining to her mother that she had been detained by Bent-Anat, and had then affectionately offered her brow for a kiss of "good-night."
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At last the pioneer's boat got off with his mother and the body of the dog, which he intended to send to be embalmed at Kynopolis, the city in which the dog was held sacred above all animals. ... Read more

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The cloudless vault of heaven spread over the plain of Pelusium, the stars were bright, the moon threw her calm light over the thousands of tents which shone as white as little hillocks of snow. All was silent, the soldiers and the Egyptians, who had assembled to welcome the king, were now all gone to rest. ... Read more

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Once or twice Pentaur and his companions had had to defend themselves against hostile mountaineers, who rushed suddenly upon them out of the woods. When they were about two days' journey still from the end of their march, they had a bloody skirmish with a roving band of men that seemed to belong to a larger detachment of troops.
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The night during which the Princess Bent-Anat and her followers had knocked at the gate of the House of Seti was past.

The fruitful freshness of the dawn gave way to the heat, which began to pour down from the deep blue cloudless vault of heaven. ... Read more

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Most of the literature that has its origin in the life and career of a great man may be grouped and classified under two heads: history and biography. The part that relates to the man's actions, and to the influence that such actions have had in shaping the destinies of peoples and states, belongs in the one class; while the part that derives its interest mainly from the man's personality, and deals chiefly with the mental and moral characteristics of which his actions were the outcome, goes properly into the other. The value of the literature included in these two classes depends almost wholly upon truth; that is, upon the precise correspondence of the statements made with the real facts of the man's life and career. History is worse than useless if it does not accurately chronicle and describe events; and biography is valueless and misleading if it does not truly set forth individual character.
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I had always had a great liking for the study of material plants and animals, and I was so much interested in the occurrence of this novel phenomenon--the growth and development of an oceanic island before my very eyes--that I determined to devote the next few thousand centuries or so of my aeonian existence to watching the course of its gradual evolution.
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"There, there, little woman! light of my eyes, and core of my heart! if you don''t stop this pretty soon, I very much fear I shall be compelled to join you, Edward Travilla said, between a laugh and a sigh, drawing Zoe closer to him, laying her head against his breast, and kissing her tenderly on lip and cheek and brow. I shall begin to think you already regret having staid behind with me. " ... Read more

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Very pleasurable read!
This is one of the better "Elsie Books" that I've read in a while. With plenty of story to go 'round, the book begins with Elsie's son (Edward) and his wife (Zoe) harboring the troublesome Miss Deane. Although polite on the outside, Zoe feels their visitor has harmful intentions, even though Edward doesn't sense it. Soon, there is a blockage between the couple, and Zoe well knows that it all stemmed from the disturbing Miss Deane. To top it off, Edward is involved in a train wreck and Zoe doesn't know if she'll ever again have the chance to ask forgiveness from her injured husband.

Meanwhile, Captain Raymond's daughter, Lulu, has slipped up on letting her temper slither through and eventually ends up hurting her young, baby sister. It was bad timing for this to happen, because the captain has come in on a surprise load of money and he wants to bless his children with so many gifts, but of course, Lulu has to wait on these wonderful things.

I had great pleasure in reading this specific book in the series, although I can't quite pin-point just what it is that made this story so delightful.

Come join Elsie and her family. Their doors are always open. ... Read more

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Then God called to Adam and said, "Where art thou?" Before this, Adam and Eve had been happy when God was near, now they were afraid. Why? Because they knew they had done wrong. So sin makes us afraid of God. ... Read more

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The sky is dull and grey, Piercing and chill the blast, Each step resounds on the frosty ground, Winter is come at last.
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This is a sample from this extensive book:1. What is Orthography?The science and art of the Letters of a language.2. Of what does Orthography treat?The nature and power of letters, and correct spelling.3. From what is the word Orthography derived?Two Greek words, signifying "To write right."4. What is a Letter?A character used to represent an elementary sound, or combinationof sounds.5. What is an Alphabet of a Language?A complete list of its letters.6. What is the origin of the word Alphabet?It is derived from the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet:Alpha and Beta.7. Where did the Alphabet originate?The English comes from the Greek, which was brought by Cadmus fromPhoenicia, about the year 1490 B.C.8. What was the first Alphabet ever used?The Hebrew.9 How many letters were in the original Alphabet?Sixteen.10. Where did the other letters originate?They have been added since the time of Cadmus, as their use becamenecessary. ... Read more

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An hour later, Ani, in rich attire, left his father's tomb, and drove his brilliant chariot past the witch's cave, and the little cottage of Uarda's father.

Nemu squatted on the step, the dwarf's usual place. The little man looked down at the lately rebuilt hut, and ground his teeth, when, through an opening in the hedge, he saw the white robe of a man, who was sitting by Uarda. ... Read more

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The nectar is sweet if the heart so dares never for the meek where riskiness stares Just risking for a sign
It won't stay when you stay Goes when you're own your toes The rewards are from the chase Reach for it but never in haste Nothing does like it does
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The following papers are published chiefly because they treat in a concrete and personal manner some of the principles which the writer has developed in two previously published books, _The Educative Process_ and _Classroom Management_, and in a forthcoming volume, ... Read more

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A Necessary Voice of Dissent and Moderation
Once, William Bagley was known as a formidable critic of John Dewey and the excesses of progressive education. Since then, Bagley has been quite unjustly forgotten, even though much of what he foresaw has come to fruition. Lack of discipline has interfered with student ability to learn, over-focus on making lessons relevant to kids lives have created students who will not tolerate learning anything outside of their immediate interest. Under-focus on the tried-and-true method of drilling and fact recall have created students who cannot think critically because they have nothing to think ABOUT. Bagley saw all of this and spoke out about it. Now that much of his warnings have shown true, Bagley's work has become even more valuable.

First, do not get the wrong impression. Bagley was not a critic of all things progressive, and was certainly not a reactionary. He simply advocated that progressivism not be pushed to excess. We don't want to be Draconian OR say no to discipline; rather, we want to use discipline sparingly but effectively. We don't want to relentlessly drill rote facts into students OR say no to drilling fact, but rather, achieve a good balance between factual learning and activity.

The first several essays display Bagley's admiration for the teaching profession. (He was, himself, a teacher and principal.) "Craftmanship in Teaching" and "Optimism in Teaching" offer exaltation of teaching and a plea for teachers never to stop believing in the potential of students. The next few essays, such as "The Test of Efficiency in Supervision," are reminders that, just as in any profession, the scientific process of trial and error must and should be employed to find out what works in the classroom and what doesn't. In an age where Dewey dressed philosophy up and called it science (a trend continuing to this day in education via "Brain Based Ways of Learning") Bagley called out progressives in education for letting their zeal outpace scientific experiment and scrutiny.

The next essays are where we get down to the business of pointing out where progrsesive education often goes wrong. In essays like "Utility in Education," Bagley warns that taking a narrow view of uitiity in education (let's teach only what will help students find jobs) one is ignoring the fact that education is also supposed to teach lessons like the value of doing hard work (regardless of whether it is immediately interesting), and exposing kids to things they might not otherwise be exposed to.

Two other essays take on similar themes - "The Possibility of Training Children to Study" and "The New Attitude Towards Drilling" - warns that the progressive trends in education may make students happier, but often avoid imparting them with good habits like studying and memorizing, skills that, while sometimes boring, are necssary well past high school.

In all of this, Bagley offers a refreshing counterbalance to the education theorists of the day like Dewey and Montessori. Before ED Hirsch and even Mortimer Adler before him, Bagley was trying to warn educators that while progrssive education had many things to offer, we would be best not to extremize it (as we did in the eighties and nineties). I leave the reader with some of my favorite quotes from this book:
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Bagley on the importance of habit building in students: "The only full-fledged law that I know of in the educative process is the law of habit-building... I am often told that this "law" is fallacious. It has differeed from some other so-called laws, however, in this respect: it alwatys works. loc. 574]
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Bagley on motivation: "The best way to promote growth in either pupils or teachers is neither to let them do as they please nor to force them to do as you please, but to get them to please to do what you please to have them do. ]loc. 664]
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BAgley on the dangers of having students learn only what interests them: "The result was a well-established prejudice [in students] against everything that was not superficially attractive and intrinsically interesting." [loc. 484]
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Bagley on drilling: "What is needed, now that we have gotten away from the lock step, now that we are happily emancipated form the meaningless thralldom of drill for its own sake - what is needed now is not less drill, but better drill." [loc. 690]
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Lastly, Bagley on progressive education: "[I]f one wishes to winthe applause of the multitude one may do it easily enough by proclaiming some new and untried plan."

How true. How true.

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It is hardly necessary to apologise for the miscellaneous character of the following collection of essays. Samuel Butler was a man of such unusual versatility, and his interests were so many and so various that his literary remains were bound to cover a wide field.
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Ambition came, with Sterling Silver Breast-Plate and Flaming Sword, and sat beside a Tad aged 5. The wee Hopeful lived in a Frame House with Box Pillars in front and Hollyhocks leading down toward the Pike. ... Read more

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It was late in the fall of the second year of the civil war that I rejoined my company at Santa Fé, New Mexico, from detached service in the Army of the Potomac. The boom of the sunrise gun awoke me on the morning after my arrival, and I hastened to attend reveille roll-call. ... Read more

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A Very Good Adventure Story
I read this book in several sittings, because I was afraid that something would happen to the characters, because I grew to be so fond of them.This book is very descriptive of traveling across the desert areas by horseback and wagon, describing the beauty of the land and the ways the people adapted to it.Did you know that there were wagon odometers?Now you know...The men's personal horses, and of course, Vic, or Victoriana, the author's dog, were just as much as active in the story as were the men and women.There are the english speaking settlers and Army soldiers, the spanish people, the various Indian groups, all speaking some of each other's languages.There are good and bad people of each group, reminiscent of real life.
The dialogue is a bit stilted, that was the style of writing during this time, but you can get used to it.I really liked this book and am looking forward to reading it again.It is a good read, and is informative regarding the history of that time and locale. ... Read more

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This seems a fitting place in which to explain the general aim of this series of Reading Books. Primarily, it is intended to provide a systematic course for use in schools which are under State inspection; and, with this view, each Book in the series, after the Primer, is drawn up so as to meet the requirements, as set forth in the English and Scotch codes issued by the Committees of Council on Education, of the Standard to which it corresponds.
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The public may possibly wonder why it is that they have never heard in the papers of the fate of the passengers of the __Korosko__. In these days of universal press agencies, responsive to the slightest stimulus, it may well seem incredible that an international incident of such importance should remain so long unchronicled. Suffice it that there were very valid reasons, both of a personal and political nature, for holding it back. ... Read more

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Peru Unit study lesson plan is a hands on interactive journey to Peru; it is for kids of all ages to enjoy hours of learning fun. I have been teaching this unit to children ages 5-14. You will learn about modern day culture, geography, architecture, religion, government, celebration, history and much more. Each unit is internet linked with endless possibilities to what you can learn. Here you will find everything that you need to get you started on your journey, including directions to crafts, activities, interactive printable forms, colorful pictures and discussion questions, material lists and preparation instructions as well as other ideas to take you farther on your journey in the exploration of Peru. Among these are step by step directions on how to make a Andean house, weaving lesson, Yunza tree and much more. This unit can be done individually or with a group of various aged children and each Culture Quest Unit Study can stand alone. ... Read more