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# Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth/Volume 2/Letter 20

To MRS. RUXTON.
EASTON GREY, Nov. 22, 1821.
Lady Catherine Bisset came with her two little nieces to call upon us, and Fanny won little Lady Mary-Rose's heart, partly by means of some Madeira and Portuguese figures from the chimney-piece, which she ranged on the table for her amusement, and partly by a whiz-gig, which Fanny plays to admiration.
And what is a whiz-gig? If you do not know, you must wait till I send you one.
Lady Catherine, when no one was seeing or looking, laid her hand on my arm most affectionately, and looking up in my face, said, "Do you know I have been half my life trying to be your good French governess. I love her."
We went to see her at her cottage, near her brother, Lord Suffolk's, and saw many curiosities from Ceylon, made entertaining to us by the comments and anecdotes of Captain Fenwick, who had been years at Ceylon. On our return we stopped to see Malmesbury Abbey—beautifully placed; the height of the arch sublime.
BOWOOD, Nov. 26.
We were fortunate enough to find Lord and Lady Lansdowne just returned from their tour. They looked at the Pyrenees, but they could not go into Spain, for the yellow fever rages there. A cordon of troops prevent any travellers who might be disposed to brave the danger of the fever, and fire if any attempt is made to pass. Lady Lansdowne would quite satisfy you by her love of the Italian women. Here are Miss Vernon, and Miss Fox, Lord Holland's sister, and Miss Fox, Lord Holland's daughter, and Mr. Ogden, the widower of that beautiful and extraordinary lady whom we met here three years ago. He has a great deal of cool, grave, gentlemanly humour, and has been amusing us with an account of his visit to Bowles, the poet, yesterday, and his musical sheep-bells and his susceptibility to criticism and his credulity. He wrote with all the simplicity of egotism to Murray to desire him, whenever any one who came into his shop was seen to look into the review of his controversy with Lord Byron on Pope, to pop into his hand his pamphlet by way of antidote.
Miss Vernon and Miss Fox are both very agreeable, and Miss Fox,
the young lady, beautiful, timid, and charming.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Mary Elizabeth, who married, 1830, the third Lord Lilford.
# Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth/Volume 2/Letter 22

To MRS. EDGEWORTH.
FROGNEL, HAMPSTEAD, Dec. 29, 1821.
We read—I mean we have heard read by Mr. Carr, who reads admirably, half the first volume of the Pirate, stopped at the chapter ending with the description of Norma of the Fitful Head. We were much pleased and interested, especially with the beautiful description of Mordaunt's education and employments: the sea-monsters, etc., most poetical, in Scott's master style: the manner in which, by scarcely perceptible touches, he wakens the reader's interest for his hero, admirable, unequalled by all but Shakespear. Wonderful genius; who can raise an interest even on the barren rocks of Zetland. Aladdin could only raise palaces at will, but the mighty master Scott can transport us to the most remote desert corner of the earth, ay, and keep us there, and make us wish to stay among beings of his own creation. I send a sketch of the room, and how we all sat last night as happy as possible listening to Mr. Carr reading; show this ground-plan to Honora, who knows the room, and she will insense you.
# Life And Letters Of Maria Edgeworth/Volume 2/Letter 23

To MRS. RUXTON.
FROGNEL, HAMPSTEAD, Jan. 2, 1822.
We have been enjoying in this family every delight which affection and cultivated tastes, and cheerful tempers can bestow. Upon nearer acquaintance I find Dr. Lushington worthy of the prize he has obtained in a wife, and I have heard from friends, who differ from him in political opinions, such honourable testimony to his integrity and strength of mind that my heart is quite at ease about her happiness.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Miss Edgeworth's old friend, Miss Sarah Carr.
# Letters to a friend on votes for women

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LETTERS TO A FRIEND
ON VOTES FOR WOMEN
BY ALBERT V. DICEY
K.C, Hon. D.C.L., LL.D.
VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1909
TO
C. E. S.
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# Letters to his brother Quintus

Translated by Evelyn Shuckburgh (1900)
    See also: works by Quintus Tullius Cicero

## Book 1

* 1.1 To Quintus in Asia, from Rome, December 60 BC
* 1.2 To Quintus in Asia, from Rome, 26 October 59 BC
* 1.3 To Quintus on his way to Rome, from Thessalonica, 15 June 58 BC
* 1.4 To Quintus at Rome, from Thessalonica, August 58 BC

## Book 2

* 2.1 To Quintus in Sardinia, from Rome, 10 December 57 BC
* 2.2 To Quintus in Sardinia, from Rome, 18 January 56 BC
* 2.3 To Quintus in Sardinia, from Rome, 12 February 56 BC
* 2.4 To Quintus in Sardinia, from Rome, March 56 BC
* 2.5 To Quintus in Sardinia, from Rome, 8 April 56 BC
* 2.6 To Quintus returning from Sardinia, from Rome, May 56 BC
* 2.7 To Quintus in the country, from Rome, February 55 BC
* 2.8 To Quintus at Rome, from Cumae, April 55 BC
* 2.9 To Quintus in the Country, from Rome, February 54 BC
* 2.10 To Quintus in the Country, from Rome, February 54 BC
* 2.11 To Quintus in the Country, from Rome, 15 February 54 BC
* 2.12 To Quintus in Gaul, from Cumae, May 54 BC
* 2.13 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, 13 June 54 BC
* 2.14 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, July 54 BC
* 2.15 To Quintus in Britain, from Rome, September 54 BC

## Book 3

* 3.1 To Quintus in Britain, from Rome or Arpinum, 28 September 54 BC
* 3.2 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, October 54 BC
* 3.3 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, October 54 BC
* 3.4 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, 24 October 54 BC
* 3.5&6 To Quintus in Gaul, from Tusculum, October or November 54 BC
* 3.7 To Quintus in Gaul, from Tusculum, November 54 BC
* 3.8 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, November 54 BC
* 3.9 To Quintus in Gaul, from Rome, November or December 54 BC

## Other letters

* F 16.16: From Quintus in Gaul, to Cicero, 53 BC
* Cicero chronologically:
* 85 BC | 81 BC | 80BC | 76 BC | 70 BC | 69 BC | 68 BC | 67 BC | 66 BC | 65 BC | 64 BC | 63 BC | 62 BC | 61 BC | 60 BC | 59 BC | 58 BC | 57 BC | 56 BC | 55 BC | 54 BC | 53 BC | 52 BC | 51 BC | 50 BC | 49 BC | 48 BC | 47 BC | 46 BC | 45 BC | 44 BC | 43 BC
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# Lapique v. District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
271 U.S. 649
Lapique v. District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California
Mr. John Lapique, of Los Angeles, Cal., in pro. per.
Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus and motion for writ of error denied.

## Notes

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# Lapique v. District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California

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United States Supreme Court
271 U.S. 649
Lapique v. District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California

## Notes

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# Laocoon (Morgan)

* "Laocoon" in Weird Tales, 8 (1) (July 1926)
* "Laocoon" in Weird Tales, 30 (6) (December 1937)
# Lapina v. Williams

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United States Supreme Court
232 U.S. 78
Lapina v. Williams
Argued: December 1, 1913. --- Decided: January 5, 1914
Mr. William Hawkins for petitioner.
Assistant Attorney General Denison and Mr. Francis H. McAdoo for respondent
[Argument of Counsel from pages 79-82 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Justice Pitney delivered the opinion of the court:

## Notes

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# Lapsus Calami

The first edition of Lapsus Calami was issued April 1891, followed by a second edition the next month. The third edition, issued in June the same year, was thoroughly revised, dropping some pieces and adding a number of others. The fourth edition, issued in August, identical in contents to the third, added a preface and dropped the notes on the original publication of the individual poems.
* Lapsus Calami (1st ed., April 1891)
* Lapsus Calami (4th ed., August 1891)
# Life of Henry Clay (Schurz; v. 2)

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
| CHAPTER | CHAPTER | PAGE |
| XIV. | The Compromise of 1833 | 1 |
| XV. | The Removal of the Deposits | 23 |
| XVI. | French Difficulties. — Indians. — Patronage | 52 |
| XVII. | Slavery | 69 |
| XVIII. | The Exit of President Jackson | 95 |
| XIX. | The Crisis of 1837 | 113 |
| XX. | Clay and Van Buren | 128 |
| XXI. | Slavery again | 152 |
| XXII. | The Election of 1840 | 171 |
| XXIII. | Clay and Tyler | 198 |
| XXIV. | The Election of 1844 | 228 |
| XXV. | 1844-1849 | 268 |
| XXVI. | The Compromise of 1850 | 315 |
| XXVII. | The End | 373 |
American Statesmen
LIFE OF HENRY CLAY
BY
CARL SCHURZ
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
Copyright, 1887, By CARL SCHURZ.
All rights reserved.
* American Statesmen *
Edited by
JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
American Statesmen
EDITED BY
JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
# Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria

LIFE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA
HER MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA.
LIFE OF HER MAJESTY
Queen Victoria.
BY
MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT.
BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1895.
Copyright, 1895,
By Roberts Brothers.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
PREFACE.
It would have been impossible, within the limits of this little book, to narrate, even in barest outline, all the events of the Queen's long life and reign. In attempting to deal with so large a subject in so short a space, I have therefore thought it best to dwell on what may be considered the formative influences on the Queen's character in her early life, and in later years to refer only to political and personal events, in so far as they illustrate her character and her conception of her political functions. Even with this limitation, I am fully aware how far short I have come of being able to produce a worthy record of a noble life. I will only add that I begun this little book with a feeling towards Her Majesty of sincere veneration and gratitude, and that this feeling has been deepened by studying more closely than I had done before the ideal place of the Crown in the English Constitution, as a power above party, and the important part the Queen has taken now for nearly sixty years in making this ideal a reality. It is not too much to say that, by her sagacity and persistent devotion to duty, she has created modern constitutionalism, and more than any other single person has made England and the English monarchy what they now are.
A list of the books referred to will be found after the chronological table. Among them it is almost ​sary to say that I am especially indebted to "The Early Years of the Prince Consort," by General Grey, and to "The Life of the Prince Consort," by Sir Theodore Martin. I also desire to express my respectful thanks to H. R. H. Princess Christian, for help very graciously and kindly given in the selection of a portrait for this little volume.
MILLICENT GARRETT FAWCETT.
CONTENTS.
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# Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria/Books of Reference

Books of Reference.
* Early Years of the Prince Consort.
* Life of the Prince Consort.
* Memoir of Princess Alice.
* Leave from a Journal of our Life in the Highlands.
* More Leaves.
* Earl of Malmesbury's Autobiography.
* The Greville Memoirs.
* History of Our Own Times. By Mr. J. McCarthy, M. P.
* Life and Letters of Dean Stanley.
* Life of Archbishop Tait.
* Lady Bloomfield's Reminiscences.
* Diary of a Lady of Quality.
* Miss Martineau's Thirty Years' Peace.
* Two Noble Lives.
* Life of the Earl of Shaftesbury.
* Life of Bishop Wilberforce.
* Life of Viscount Palmerston. By Hon. Evelyn Ashley.
* Life of Baron Stockmar.
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# Life of Henry Clay (Schurz; v. 1)

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
| CHAPTER | CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. | Youth | 1 |
| II. | The Kentucky Lawyer | 13 |
| III. | Beginnings in Politics | 27 |
| IV. | Beginnings in Legislation | 38 |
| V. | The War of 1812 | 67 |
| VI. | Ghent and London | 102 |
| VII. | In the House of Representatives | 126 |
| VIII. | The Missouri Compromise | 172 |
| IX. | Candidate for the Presidency | 203 |
| X. | President-Maker | 236 |
| XI. | Secretary of State | 258 |
| XII. | The Party Chiefs | 311 |
| XIII. | The Campaign of 1832 | 350 |
American Statesmen
LIFE OF HENRY CLAY
BY
CARL SCHURZ
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
Copyright, 1887, By CARL SCHURZ.
All rights reserved.
* American Statesmen *
Edited by
JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
* By Carl Schurz.
* HENRY CLAY. In American Statesmen
* Series. 2 vols. 16mo, gilt top, $2.50;
* half morocco, $5.00.
* ABRAHAM LINCOLN. An Essay. 16mo,
* $1.00.
* HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
* Boston and New York.
American Statesmen
EDITED BY
JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
# Levis v. Kengla

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United States Supreme Court
169 U.S. 234
Levis v. Kengla
Henry E. Davis, for appellant.
J. Holdsworth Gordon, for appellee.
Mr. Justice GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

## Notes

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# Levinson v. Spector Motor Service

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United States Supreme Court
330 U.S. 649
Levinson v. Spector Motor Service
Argued: Oct. 21, 22, 1946. --- Decided: March 31, 1947
Mr. Harry L. Yale, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.
[Argument of Counsel from page 650 intentionally omitted]
Mr. Jeter S. Ray, of Washington, D.C., for Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Dept. of Labor, amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.
Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton, of Washington, D.C., for the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.
Mr. Roland Rice, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Levinson v. Deupree

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United States Supreme Court
345 U.S. 648
Levinson v. Deupree
Argued: Feb. 5 and 6, 1953. --- Decided: June 1, 1953
Mr. Charles E. Lester, Jr., Newport, Ky., for petitioners.
Mr. Robert S. Marx, Cincinnati, Ohio, for respondent.
Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Levinson v. United States

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## Dissenting Opinion

    McKenna
United States Supreme Court
258 U.S. 198
Levinson v. United States
Argued: March 3, 1922. --- Decided: March 13, 1922
Messrs. John A. McManus and Russell T. Mount, both of New York City, for appellant.
Mr. Henry Amerman, of New York City, for appellee Johnson.
Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Loss of Good Name

First printed in Paradyse of Dainty Devices, 1576, revised in the 1596 edition. Published by Grosart's in Miscellanies of the Fuller Worthies' Library, Vol. IV (1872) as "His good name being blemished he bewaileth"
Fram'd in the front of forlorn hope past all recovery, I stayless stand, to abide the shock of shame and infamy. My life, through ling’ring long, is lodg’d in lair of loathsome ways; My death delay’d to keep from life the harm of hapless days. My sprites, my heart, my wit and force, in deep distress are drown’d; The only loss of my good name is of these griefs the ground.   And since my mind, my wit, my head, my voice and tongue are weak, To utter, move, devise, conceive, sound forth, declare and speak, Such piercing plaints as answer might, or would my woeful case, Help crave I must, and crave I will, with tears upon my face, Of all that may in heaven or hell, in earth or air be found, To wail with me this loss of mine, as of these griefs the ground.   Help Gods, help saints, help sprites and powers that in the heaven do dwell, Help ye that are aye wont to wail, ye howling hounds of hell; Help man, help beasts, help birds and worms, that on the earth do toil; Help fish, help fowl, that flock and feed upon the salt sea soil, Help echo that in air doth flee, shrill voices to resound, To wail this loss of my good name, as of these griefs the ground.
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# Losing Our Memory/The Museum of Obsolete Technology

March 22, 2010 The National Archives
If the future of microfilm is in some dispute, then what can be said about some truly obsolete technologies. How many archives have their own hardware morgues or Computer Museums, where machines are kept on hand able to read floppies in 8-inch, 51/4 -inch or 31/2 -inch formats?
At Archives II in College Park, Maryland, we have our own museum in the Department of Special Media Preservation. Here you’ll find a recording device that uses coils of thin steel wire instead of tape. There are 70,000 18-inch glass discs —each with two hours of enemy radio broadcasts from World War II. They play on a Memovox. There are push-pull movie sound-tracks —1800 reels. There are a quarter million optical discs—the cutting edge technology of the 1980s—that depend on software and hardware no longer on the market. All of these technologies are less than a century old, and yet, the materials may be gone.
While the quantity of information saved has increased dramatically over the centuries, the durability of media has decreased exponentially. That is to say, the clay tablets from ancient Sumeria can still be seen today, medieval manuscripts on animal parchment are perfectly readable, and paper correspondence from the Renaissance is still in good condition. But the floppies of our recent past are all but useless. What is the shelf-life of an 8-track tape? Can anybody here remember WordPerfect? FoxPro? Netscape Navigator? Where have you gone, MS-DOS?
But, as Alexander Stille points out in his book The Future of the Past, "books printed on modern acidic paper are turning to dust. Black-and-white photographs may last a couple of centuries, while most color photographs become unstable within thirty or forty years. Videotapes deteriorate much more quickly than does traditional movie film. And the latest generation of digital storage tape is considered to be safe for about ten years, after which it should be copied to avoid loss of data."
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# Losing Our Memory/Space: the first frontier

Once upon a time, in the antediluvian days before the Internet (imagine such a time, boys and girls), historical records primarily were written on paper. Anyone with a filing cabinet or desk drawer knows just how quickly paper takes up space. For the National Archives, space—or the lack of it—was the first frontier.
The first approach to the lack of space was to create more of it. Necessity became the mother of retrofitting existing space within the National Archives building. A kind of warren exists in the stacks, half-floors and secret passageways that may well contain a secret cat or two. [Reminiscent of 28-48 Perkins.] More buildings were built.
At the same time, engineers realized that another solution would be to make the paper itself smaller. Microfilm. Archives and libraries began using microfilm in the mid-20th century as a preservation strategy and as a space-saving measure. In his 1945 book, The Scholar and the Future of the Research Library, Fremont Rider, the director of the Olin Library at Wesleyan University, calculated that research libraries were doubling in space every sixteen years. His suggested solution was microfilming.
Compression is obviously a great space-saving idea. Microfilm also allowed for access to fragile materials and is a stable archival form. Preservation-standard film has an estimated life of about 500 years under appropriate storage conditions. It is an analog version of an analog original, requiring no software to decode the data. One only needs magnification.
Problem solved. Raise your hands if you prefer sitting at a microfilm reader over sitting in front of a computer screen. The disadvantages of microfilm are also fairly obvious. One needs magnification, usually on a difficult-to-use machine, requiring careful winding and rewinding. And often the quality is poor, especially in terms of photographs and color. Nicholson Baker raised that point in his book Double Fold, which quite rightly took on the shame of microfilming newspapers while discarding the originals, and the resultant loss of information. Furthermore, like all analog media formats, microfilm is lacking in digital’s ability to be indexed and searched easily.
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# Loss and Gain

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* Loss and Gain, a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
* Loss and Gain, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow